ACLS 8-K
Axcelis Technologies Inc (ACLS)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 | 0 | 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 | ||