Form 8-K

8-K — AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC

Accession: 0001104659-26-056230

Filed: 2026-05-06

Period: 2026-05-05

CIK: 0001113232

SIC: 3559 (SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND

EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section

13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 5, 2026

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in

its charter)

Delaware

000-30941

34-1818596

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

108 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, Massachusetts

01915

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (978) 787-4000

(Former name or former address, if changed

since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended

to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of

each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

ACLS

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging

growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ¨

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for

complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”)

of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was held at the offices of the Company at 108 Cherry Hill Drive in Beverly,

Massachusetts, on May 5, 2026. Out of 30,729,970 shares of common stock (as of the record date of March 12, 2026) eligible to

vote at the Annual Meeting, 27,730,608 shares, or 90.24%, were present in person or by proxy.

1. At the Annual Meeting, each of the eight nominees for election as directors received the number of votes set forth opposite such nominee’s

name, constituting a plurality of the votes cast, and therefore such nominee has been duly elected as a director of the Company:

Proposal 1

Number of Votes

Proposal to elect the following nominees as a director

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Percentage of

Total Voted For

1. Tzu-Yin Chiu

24,713,401

580,447

2,436,760

97.71 %

2. Gregory Graves

23,996,653

1,297,195

2,436,760

94.87 %

3. John Kurtzweil

22,672,494

2,621,354

2,436,760

89.64 %

4. Russell Low

24,880,084

413,764

2,436,760

98.36 %

5. Jeanne Quirk

22,297,935

2,995,913

2,436,760

88.16 %

6. Necip Sayiner

24,973,530

320,318

2,436,760

98.73 %

7. Thomas St. Dennis

22,666,006

2,627,842

2,436,760

89.61 %

8. Jorge Titinger

24,862,803

431,045

2,436,760

98.30 %

2. The following sets forth the tally of the votes cast on the proposal to ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of Ernst &

Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the

year ending December 31, 2026. A majority of the votes cast were voted in favor of the proposal, and therefore the appointment of

auditors has been ratified by the stockholders:

Proposal 2

Number of Votes

Broker

Percentage of

Non-

Total Voted

For

Against

Abstaining

Votes

For

Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2026.

25,444,085

2,266,088

20,435

91.82 %

3. The following sets forth the tally of the votes cast on the proposal that the stockholders of the Company advise the Board of Directors

that they approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025, as

described under “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with

the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”). A majority of the votes cast were voted

in favor of the proposal, and therefore such advisory vote has passed.

Proposal 3

Number of Votes

Broker

Percentage of

Non-

Total Voted

For

Against

Abstaining

Votes

For

Proposal that the stockholders of the Company advise the Board of Directors that they approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025, as described under “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement.

22,860,849

2,381,859

51,140

2,436,760

90.56 %

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 6, 2026

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

By:

/s/ Eileen J. Evans

Eileen J. Evans

Executive Vice President, HR/Legal, and General Counsel

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