FORM 8K

 

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): June 9, 2003

 

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.)

 

55 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)

 


 

Item 5.    Other Events

 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. announced on June 9, 2003, that Neil Moses, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has left Axcelis to pursue other opportunities. Stephen G. Bassett, who served as an audit partner at Ernst & Young LLP until 1996, has been appointed interim CFO while Axcelis conducts a search for a permanent replacement.

 

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure

 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. issued a press release on June 9, 2003, providing certain guidance with respect to anticipated financial results. The press release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and (i) the two paragraphs under the heading "Reiterated Second Quarter Guidance" and (ii) the one paragraph under the heading "Safe Harbor Statement" are hereby incorporated herein by reference and furnished pursuant to Regulation FD. Axcelis undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

 


 

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: June 10, 2003

     

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

           

By:

 

/S/ MARY G. PUMA


               

Mary G. Puma

President and Chief Executive Officer


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description


99.1

  

Press release dated June 9, 2003