On March 3, 2015, Axcelis Technologies Inc. filed a proxy statement urging its shareholders to elect its director nominees: R. John Fletcher, Arthur L. George, James W. Green, Joseph P. Keithley, Duy-Loan T. Le, Barbara J. Lundberg, Patrick H. Nettles, Mary G. Puma, and Thomas St. Dennis to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. In addition, the Company urged its shareholders not to return any proxy card sent by Vertex Capital Advisors, LLC.