---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-056230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACLS"
cik: "0001113232"
company_name: "AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:30:52.187572+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axcelis Technologies annual meeting results: all director nominees and proposals approved

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with 88.16%-98.73% of votes cast (no broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed with 91.82% of votes cast; 25.44M for, 2.27M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 90.56% of votes cast; 22.86M for, 2.38M against.
- Turnout: 90.24% of 30.73M eligible shares represented (27.73M shares voted).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-056230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACLS
- cik: 0001113232
- company_name: AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926056230/0001104659-26-056230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926056230/tm2613755d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Election of the eight nominees as directors at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: 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:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926056230/0001104659-26-056230-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation for the year ended December 31, 2025 at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926056230/0001104659-26-056230-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: 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:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465926056230/0001104659-26-056230-index.htm

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