Axcelis Announces Timing & Availability of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results and Conference Call

BEVERLY, Mass., Feb 02, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS) today announced that the company will be hosting a conference call on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm ET. The purpose of the call is to discuss fourth quarter and full year results for fiscal year 2009. The call will be available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed through Axcelis' home page at www.axcelis.com, or by dialing 1-888-679-8040 (1-617-213-4851outside North America). Participants calling into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name, Axcelis Technologies and passcode: 68128785. A webcast replay will be available from 8 pm ET on February 17, 2010 until 11:59 pm on May 24, 2010. A telephone replay will be available from 8:00 pm ET on February 17, 2010 until 11:59 pm ET on May 24, 2010. Dial 1-888-286-8010 (617-801-6888 outside North America), and enter conference ID code# 90659114.

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. The company's Internet address is: http://www.axcelis.com/.

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