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A123 CFO Rubino Leaving

Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. said Tuesday that its chief financial officer Michael Rubino is leaving in January.

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. said Tuesday that its chief financial officer is leaving.

Michael Rubino will leave A123 on Jan. 14 to join a Boston-based "clean tech" startup, the company said.

Rubino guided the company from its early financing through a 2009 initial public offering. Prior to working for A123 Systems, he served as the CFO of Maker Communications, which was acquired by Conexant Systems after a successful IPO, and of Agile Networks, which was acquired by Lucent Technologies.

Shares of A123 dropped 19 cents, or 2.1 percent, to close at $9.

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