Axcelis Announces Timing and Availability of First Quarter Results and Conference Call

BEVERLY, Mass., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS) today announced it will hold its quarterly earnings call to discuss results for the first quarter 2012 on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm ET. The call will be available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed through the Investors page of Axcelis' website at www.axcelis.com, or by dialing 1.888.713.4211 (1.617.213.4864 outside North America). Participants calling into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name, Axcelis Technologies, and pass code: 67967613. Webcast replays will be available from 8 pm ET on May 3, 2012 until 11:59 pm on June 3, 2012.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), 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. For more information, visit the company's website at: www.axcelis.com.

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