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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):<b> April&nbsp;14, 2008</b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;14, 2008,
Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release
regarding its guidance for its financial results for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2008. The Company&#146;s press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholder
Letter.&#160; The Company hereby furnishes as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2
to this Form&nbsp;8-K a copy of a letter to shareholders dated April&nbsp;14,
2008.&#160; Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 shall not be
deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section&nbsp;and shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or the Exchange Act.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Letter to Shareholders
  from the Board of Directors of Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. dated</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: April&nbsp;14,
  2008</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:53.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis
  Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:53.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ STEPHEN G. BASSETT</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephen G. Bassett</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.58%;">
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  President</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Chief Financial
  Officer</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis
  Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. press release dated April&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Letter to Shareholders
  from the Board of Directors of Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. dated</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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99.1</font></b></p>

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  <h3 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in -.5in .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></h3>
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  <h3 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in -.5in .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">Agency Contact:</font></i></b></h3>
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  <h3 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in -.5in .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></h3>
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  <h3 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in -.5in .0001pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></h3>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AXCELIS PROVIDES UPDATED INFORMATION AND
CONFERENCE CALL TIMING FOR FIRST QUARTER 2008</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BEVERLY,
Mass. &#151; April&nbsp;14, 2008</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#150; Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.
(Nasdaq: ACLS) today revised its previously announced guidance for the first
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008. &#160;Axcelis expects its net loss per share to be in
the range of $0.10 to $0.14, which is below the $0.04 to $0.08 range previously
provided.&#160; The reason for the shortfall
is due to an unanticipated drop in the quarter in the equity income and
royalties received from SEN, the Company&#146;s 50% owned joint venture with
Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
mid-March&nbsp;2008, SEN provided revised forecasts that projected net income
and royalties payable to Axcelis to be significantly less than their original December&nbsp;forecast,
creating an increase to Axcelis&#146; net loss for the quarter of $6 million, or
$0.06 per share.&#160; Axcelis&#146; guidance was
based on a forecast provided by SEN in December&nbsp;2007 which was not updated
by SEN prior to mid-March.&#160; SEN&#146;s
forecasts have historically been very reliable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A conference call to discuss first quarter results for 2008</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> and to provide guidance for the second quarter
of 2008 is scheduled for </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wednesday May&nbsp;7, 2008, beginning at
5:00 pm ET.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The call will be
available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed
through Axcelis&#146; home page&nbsp;at www.axcelis.com, or by dialing
1-800-479-1628 (1-719-457-2729 outside North America). Participants calling
into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name: Axcelis
Technologies, the conference leader:&nbsp;David Snyder, and pass code: # </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7110454</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. A webcast replay will be available from
8:00 pm ET on&nbsp;May&nbsp;7, 2008 until 5:00 pm ET&nbsp;June&nbsp;7, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Safe Harbor Statement</font></i></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This document
contains forward-looking statements under the SEC safe harbor provisions. These
statements, which include our guidance for future financial performance, are
based on management&#146;s current expectations and should be viewed with caution.
They are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside
the control of the Company, including the timing of orders and shipments, the
conversion of orders to revenue in any particular quarter, or at all, our
ability to implement successfully our profit plans, the continuing demand for
semiconductor equipment, relative market growth, continuity of business
relationships with and purchases by major customers, competitive pressure on
sales and pricing, increases in material and other production costs that cannot
be recouped in product pricing and global economic, </font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">political and
financial conditions. These risks and other
risk factors relating to Axcelis are described more fully in the most recent Form&nbsp;10-K
filed by Axcelis and in other documents filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc., headquartered in Beverly,
Massachusetts, provides innovative, high-productivity solutions for the
semiconductor industry. Axcelis is dedicated to developing enabling process
applications through the design, manufacture and complete life cycle support of
ion implantation and cleaning systems. Axcelis also licenses its 50% owned
joint venture, SEN Corporation, an SHI and Axcelis Company, to manufacture and
sell certain implant products in Japan. The company&#146;s Internet address is:
www.axcelis.com.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Axcelis shareholder,</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With the Axcelis Annual
Meeting of Shareholders upcoming on May&nbsp;1, 2008, we want to update you on
the company&#146;s progress, share with you the Board&#146;s current perspective of
Axcelis&#146; business potential, and comment on the proposed unsolicited offer to
acquire Axcelis by SHI.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.25in .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Market conditions in the
semiconductor industry remain very weak.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> This market weakness has impacted our business as
well as that of our competitors.&#160; Many of
our customers have delayed capital spending for semiconductor equipment and
pushed out major projects at least several quarters. While we are confident
that the market will indeed strengthen in the future, timing for improvement is
uncertain, particularly in light of the broad economic uncertainty of the
moment.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.25in .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Axcelis continues to make good
progress in product development and introduction.&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are working closely with customers to design in our
new products so that we are well positioned when the market does turn up. For
example:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis is receiving further positive
feedback from our customers regarding the Optima HD as the tool continues to
outperform the competition head-to-head in high volume manufacturing at a major
memory customer. In fact, we recently received an order from this customer for
a fifth standard Optima HD, further demonstrating the value of our single wafer
high current solution. We expect to begin receiving a meaningful share of this
customer&#146;s high current business, as well as gain traction with other memory,
logic and foundry customers as fab utilization begins to increase and the
industry recovers.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis has also run multiple demos of
the Optima XE, our new single wafer high energy offering, for both existing and
new high energy customers. The response has been quite good and supports our
expectation that we will maintain our leadership in this segment. We are ahead
of the market demand for this technology and plan to commence shipping the
Optima XE this quarter.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company will soon launch our new
Integra RS dry strip system, which we expect will increase our overall market
position in the cleaning space.&#160; Our
customers are excited about the innovative design of our tool, which combines
unmatched productivity with superior process performance.&#160; It is our view that the Integra RS will
become the benchmark by which all other dry strip systems are measured.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">While our progress is
encouraging, there is clearly more work to be done to regain our rightful
market share in implant and forge ahead of our competition in dry strip.
Although it is difficult during this market slow down to translate this
progress quickly into improved financial performance, Axcelis management
remains keenly focused on execution to ensure that we deliver customers winning
new products that drive profitable growth.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">On March&nbsp;17,
2008, the Board rejected Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.&#146;s unsolicited proposal
to acquire Axcelis at $6.00 per share.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; Given that SHI
is communicating its views to shareholders and the media, we feel that it&#146;s
important that you understand our perspective in making this decision.&#160; We have been aware, for many years, that a &#147;one
company&#148; approach combining Axcelis and SEN could yield significant operational
and commercial synergies, and we have on several previous occasions sought
unsuccessfully to engage in such discussions. However, based on our view of
current market conditions and of the company&#146;s prospects when market conditions
do improve, we felt it would not be in the best interests of our shareholders
to accept the most recent SHI acquisition proposal.&#160; At the same time, we stated that we were
ready to meet with SHI, on a private and confidential basis, to explore whether
we could reach a mutually beneficial transaction to optimize return to our
shareholders.&#160;&#160; However, thus far we have
been unable to reach an agreement with SHI on appropriate terms for such
discussions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.25in .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Axcelis feels strongly that in order to
engage in serious, productive discussions, significant confidential information
must be shared between the parties.&#160; As
we noted in an earlier press release, we have been ready to share confidential
information with SHI on customary terms since 2006.&#160; However, we believe it is imperative that
both SHI and Axcelis agree to keep the content of such conversations private,
and to agree not to pursue actions in the public stock market based on any
non-public disclosures between the parties. To this end, we proposed a
customary confidentiality and standstill agreement to SHI that sought to
protect Axcelis&#146; confidential information and the content of our negotiations
for a reasonable period of time. Since sending the draft agreement, we also
have proposed several compromises in an effort to reach a conclusion on the
agreement and begin discussions with SHI.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SHI, however, has been unwilling to agree
that it will keep our discussions private.&#160;
SHI has also been unwilling to agree that, after receiving confidential
information from us, it will not immediately turn around and commence an
unsolicited tender offer or a proxy fight or start a creeping accumulation of
our shares. Given SHI&#146;s unwillingness to agree to the most basic and customary
protections, to date we have been unable to commence discussions with them.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are concerned that at this point, SHI
may be trying to use you, our shareholders, as a tool to pressure the Board by
advocating that you withhold votes for our director </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">nominees. The
Board rejected SHI&#146;s $6.00 per share offer, which SHI has said it does not
intend to increase, because we continue to believe that this offer
significantly undervalues the Company.&#160;
While we are ready to have discussions with SHI, the fact that SHI will
not agree to reasonable terms for those discussions, and that it continues to
lobby our shareholders for withhold votes, suggests that SHI may now simply be
trying to gain negotiating leverage.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 1.25in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As you know, SHI owes our shareholders no
duties, and it is in SHI&#146;s interest to try to acquire Axcelis at the lowest
possible price.&#160; We ask that you consider
the ramifications of SHI&#146;s approach so that you may act in a manner that serves
your best interest.&#160; In turn, we will
continue to commit to discussions with SHI at such time as SHI is ready to
agree to reasonable terms for those discussions, and we will continue to be
open to all reasonable solutions.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our priority as directors
of Axcelis is to optimize the value of Axcelis&#146; business and, in turn, the
company&#146;s value to all shareholders.&#160; The
Board intends to do whatever the facts and reasonable assumptions lead us to
conclude is right to accomplish these goals.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 1.25in .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
hope to have your support at the 2008 annual meeting and beyond.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter contains
statements about Axcelis&#146; plans and potential performance and the development
of our products and markets.&#160; These are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. &#160;Actual events or results may differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a number of
important factors involving risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: whether Axcelis&#146; new products
will meet customers&#146; technological and </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">timing requirements, the
impact of the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, Axcelis&#146; ability
to keep pace with rapid technological changes in the semiconductor
manufacturing processes, the impact of the highly competitive nature of the
semiconductor equipment industry, quarterly fluctuations in operating results
attributable to the timing and amount of orders for our products and services,
Axcelis&#146; dependence on SEN (Axcelis&#146; Japanese joint venture) for access to the
Japanese semiconductor equipment market, and Axcelis&#146; ability to obtain
necessary financing on acceptable terms, including without limitation its
ability to repay the outstanding convertible debt.&#160; Further risks and uncertainties associated
with Sumitomo Heavy Industries&#146; unsolicited proposal to acquire Axcelis
include: the risk that key employees may leave for other employment opportunities
due to concerns for their employment security with Axcelis, the risk of
creating uncertainty and disruption in customers&#146; purchasing plans, the risk
that the acquisition proposal will make it more difficult for Axcelis to
execute its strategic plan and pursue other strategic opportunities, and the
risk that stockholder litigation in connection with Sumitomo Heavy Industries&#146;
unsolicited proposal may result in significant costs of defense,
indemnification and liability.&#160; If any of
those or other risks or uncertainties materializes, Axcelis&#146; business,
financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed and the
trading price of its common stock could decline.&#160; More information about potential factors that
could affect Axcelis&#146; business and financial results is included under the
captions &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations&#148; in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, which is on file with the SEC and
available at the SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov.&#160;
All forward-looking statements are qualified by these cautionary
statements and are made only as of the date they are made. The Company is under
no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.</font></p>

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