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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-069236
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191203
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191203

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001113232
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				341818596
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30941
		FILM NUMBER:		191264715

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		108 CHERRY HILL DRIVE
		CITY:			BEVERLY
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01915
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978-787-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		108 CHERRY HILL DRIVE
		CITY:			BEVERLY
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01915

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EATON SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000501
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)<BR>
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): December 3, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>Axcelis
Technologies, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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area code: <B>(978) 787-4000</B></P>

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since last report.)</P>

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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(&sect;230.405
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On <FONT>December 3,</FONT>
2019, Axcelis Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release regarding its stock repurchase program.&nbsp;
The Company&rsquo;s press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated by
reference herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 19.8pt">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="tm1924050d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm1924050d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Press Release dated December <FONT>3, 2</FONT>019. Filed herewith.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date<FONT>: December 3, 2019</FONT></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Axcelis Technologies, Inc.&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Lynnette C. Fallon</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Lynnette C. Fallon</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Executive Vice President HR/Legal and General Counsel</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Axcelis Announces Expansion and Extension of Share Repurchase
Program</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">BEVERLY, Mass., Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --&nbsp;<U>Axcelis
Technologies</U>, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry,
today announced that its Board of Directors has increased its stock repurchase authorization to $50 million, expanding and extending
the $35 million share repurchase authorization granted in December 2018. Execution is planned through 2020. The purchases are funded from available working capital.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&quot;The increase in our stock repurchase program emphasizes
the confidence that management and the board of directors have in Axcelis' operational strength and prospects for the future,&quot;
said Mary G. Puma, president and chief executive officer. &ldquo;We will continue to execute on our plans to drive shareholder
value through share repurchases over time as a complement to the investments we are making to realize our long-term growth opportunities.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Repurchases of the Company's common stock will be made from
time to time under the SEC's Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions. These shares may be purchased in the open market or through
privately negotiated transactions. The Company may from time to time enter into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to facilitate the repurchase
of its common stock pursuant to its share repurchase program. The Company has no obligation to repurchase shares under the authorization.
The Company may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Safe Harbor Statement</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Statements made in this press release that are not of known
historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, which include our plans to execute a share repurchase program, are based on management's
current expectations and should be viewed with caution. They are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the continuing strength of our financial
position and ability to make share repurchases, as well as the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the documents
filed or furnished by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the risk factors described in our
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information
or statements made in this press release.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Axcelis:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Axcelis (Nasdaq: ACLS), headquartered in Beverly, Mass.,
has been providing innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor industry for over 40 years. Axcelis is
dedicated to developing enabling process applications through the design, manufacture and <U>complete life cycle support</U>
of <U>ion implantation</U> systems, one of the most critical and enabling steps in the IC manufacturing process. Learn more
about Axcelis at <U>www.axcelis.com</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Company Contacts</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Investor Relations:<BR>
Doug Lawson<BR>
978.787.9552</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Editorial/Media:<BR>
Maureen Hart<BR>
978.787.4266</P>

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