Subsequent Event	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event	Note 20. Subsequent Event In April 2024, Tongmei obtained $691,000 in a new one-year bank loan with an annual interest rate of 3.5%. The bank loan is unsecured. On May 6, 2024, a putative shareholder class action was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Nowakowsky vs. AXT, Inc., 1:24-cv-03341-DLI-JRC. Named as defendants are the Company, Morris Young, and Gary Fischer. The case alleges claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. That Court has ordered the case to be transferred to the Northern District of California, where the Company’s headquarters is located.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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