- Current report filing (8-K)
March 20 2009 - 1:49PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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):
March 20, 2009
AXT,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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000-24085
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94-3031310
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File
No.)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification
No.)
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4281
Technology Drive
Fremont,
California 94538
(Address of principal executive offices)
(510)
683-5900
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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 (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c)
On March 20, 2009,
AXT, Inc. (the Company) announced that the Board of Directors has
invested Wilson W. Cheung, the Companys Chief Financial Officer, with the
responsibility of administering day-to-day operations following the resignation
of the Companys Chief Executive Officer on March 17, 2009. Mr. Cheung is expected to perform the
functions of principal executive officer in addition to his function as Chief
Financial Officer during this transition period, and pending the appointment of
an interim chief executive officer to serve until a successor Chief Executive
Officer is named.
Mr. Cheung joined
AXT as vice president, corporate controller in May 2004 and was promoted
that same month to Chief Financial Officer. From February 2001 to April 2004,
Mr. Cheung was corporate controller of interWAVE Communications
International Ltd. (now Alvarion, Ltd.), a publicly traded
manufacturer of wireless voice and data communications systems. From 2000 to
2001, Mr. Cheung was senior finance manager of Yahoo! Inc., a global
Internet products and services provider. Mr. Cheung spent more than eight
years, from 1991 to 1999, in public accounting with KPMG and Deloitte &
Touche, and served as a senior manager in Deloittes San Francisco office from
1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Cheung served on the board of
directors of the Hong Kong Association of Northern California. Mr. Cheung
is a California certified public accountant, and a member of the AICPA,
California Society of CPAs and the Financial Executives International. In May 2005,
Mr. Cheung was certified as director of corporate governance by UCLAs
Anderson School of Management. Mr. Cheung has a B.A. degree in Economics/Business
from the University of California, Los Angeles.
A copy of the press
release announcing this action is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
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No.
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Description
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Exhibit 99.1
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Press Release dated
March 20, 2009 announcing support of interim operations.
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SIGNATURES
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: March 20, 2009
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AXT, Inc.
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By:
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/S/ WILSON W. CHEUNG
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Wilson W. Cheung
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Chief Financial Officer
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