---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-011577"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACLS"
cik: "0001113232"
company_name: "AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:01:49.017332+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axcelis stockholders approve merger with Veeco; >95% vote for share issuance

## Summary
- Share issuance proposal approved with 24,128,309 votes for (95.84%) and 1,048,205 against.
- Adjournment proposal approved but not needed; 92.86% voted for.
- Merger completion still subject to Chinese regulatory approval (SAMR) and other customary conditions.
- Companies continue to expect merger close in the second half of 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-011577
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACLS
- cik: 0001113232
- company_name: AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926011577/0001104659-26-011577-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926011577/tm265450d1_8k.htm

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