UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2004

 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

000-30941

34-1818596

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

108 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, Massachusetts

01915

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 787-4000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

Effective October 27, 2004, one of the Company’s Directors, Naoki Takahashi, resigned from the Board of Directors.

 

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: October 28, 2004

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ STEPHEN G. BASSETT

 

 

Stephen G. Bassett

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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