---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-058781"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACLS"
cik: "0001113232"
company_name: "AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:25:12.276106+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axcelis director Arthur L. George resigns; board size reduced to nine

## Summary
- Director Arthur L. George resigned for personal reasons effective May 11, 2022, declining another term after re-election.
- All ten director nominees elected at May 10 Annual Meeting; advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 97.68% approval.
- Board elected Richard J. Faubert as Chairperson; committee chairs appointed for Audit, Compensation, Nominating, and Technology committees.
- By-laws amended to replace 'Chairman' with 'Chairperson' and remove gender-specific pronouns.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-058781
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACLS
- cik: 0001113232
- company_name: AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465922058781/0001104659-22-058781-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465922058781/tm2213765d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-058781
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-058781.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-058781.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arthur L. George, Jr. resigned as Director at AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective May 11, 2022, Arthur L. George, Jr., a director of the Company, resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors for personal reasons, declining to serve a further term despite his re-election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465922058781/0001104659-22-058781-index.htm

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