Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2019

REGISTRATION NO. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

34-1818596
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

108 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

LYNNETTE C. FALLON

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

108 Cherry Hill Drive

Beverly, Massachusetts 01915

(617) 787-4000

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

with copies to:

MATTHEW C. DALLETT

Locke Lord LLP

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7613

(617) 239-0100

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company o
		Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed

Title of securities

Amount to be

maximum offering

maximum aggregate

Amount of

to be registered

registered

price per share

offering price

registration fee

Common Stock, $.001 par value

3,000,000 shares

(1)

16.10

(2)

48,300,000

(2)

5,853.96

(1) Includes pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), such additional number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as may be issued upon a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction.

(2) Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price for the shares have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 20, 2019.

Statement Regarding Incorporation by Reference from Effective Registration Statement

The Registrant hereby increases the number of shares of its Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), registered for issuance under its 2012 Equity Incentive Plan by 3,000,000 shares. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the entire contents of its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181750) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 30, 2012 relating to the registration of 3,800,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. The Registrant also incorporates by reference the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 (Commission File Nos. 333-188967, 333-196157, 333-204544, 333-211673, and 333-218225) with the Commission relating to the registration of 3,250,000, 1,500,000, 2,500,000, 4,000,000, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan on May 31, 2013 , May 22, 2014 , May 29, 2015 , May 27, 2016 , and May 25, 2017 , respectively.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description

4.1*		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as adopted November 2, 2017. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 3, 2017.

4.3*		Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended as of May 13, 2014. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 19, 2014.

5.1		Opinion of Locke Lord LLP as to the legality of the shares being registered hereunder. Filed herewith.

10.1		Axcelis Technologies, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through May 14, 2019. Filed herewith.

23.1		Consent of Locke Lord LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent accountants. Filed herewith.

24.1		Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).

* Indicates exhibit previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated herein by reference. Exhibits filed with Forms 10-Q or 8-K of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. were filed under Commission File No. 000-30941.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beverly, Massachusetts, on the 20th day of May, 2019.

	AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


	By:	/s/ Mary G. Puma
		Mary G. Puma, Chief Executive Officer and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Mary G. Puma, Kevin J. Brewer, and Lynnette C. Fallon, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of 3,000,000 shares, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, with respect to the registration of shares under the Axcelis Technologies, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Mary G. Puma	Director and Principal Executive Officer	*
Mary G. Puma	Director and Principal Executive Officer

/s/ Kevin J. Brewer	Principal Accounting and Financial Officer	*
Kevin J. Brewer	Principal Accounting and Financial Officer

/s/ Tzu-Yin Chiu	Director	*
Tzu-Yin Chiu

/s/ Richard J. Faubert	Director	*
Richard J. Faubert

/s/ R. John Fletcher	Director	*
R. John Fletcher

/s/ Arthur L. George, Jr.	Director	*
Arthur L. George, Jr.

/s/ Joseph P. Keithley	Director	*
Joseph P. Keithley

/s/ John T. Kurtzweil	Director	*
John T. Kurtzweil

/s/ Thomas St. Dennis	Director	*
Thomas St. Dennis