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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-002294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACLS"
cik: "0001113232"
company_name: "AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T04:28:41.193898+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axcelis estimates $20M-$50M FY2025 revenue hit from new BIS China export rules

## Summary
- BIS interim final rules (Dec 2, 2024) add entities to Entity List, restrict semiconductor equipment exports to China.
- Axcelis estimates FY2025 revenue reduction of $20M-$50M from the 2024 BIS Rules.
- Impact based on preliminary review; estimate subject to change as further assessment continues.
- No other details on specific products or customer impacts provided in this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-002294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACLS
- cik: 0001113232
- company_name: AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465925002294/0001104659-25-002294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465925002294/tm252784d1_8k.htm

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