Robert M Averick Form 4 AMTECH SYSTEMS / Robert M Averick ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Averick Robert M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O KOKINO LLC

201 TRESSER BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR

(Street)

STAMFORD CT 06901

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMTECH SYSTEMS INC [ ASYS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2019

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								2,250,000(1)(2)	I(1)(2)	See footnote 2 below
Common Stock	08/28/2019		P		659	A	$4.9	150,659	D
Common Stock	08/30/2019		P		19,341	A	$5.28(3)	170,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)	(4)							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	24,000		24,000(4)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to a Schedule 13D filed on January 25, 2016 (as amended on August 24, 2017, December 18, 2017, July 17, 2018 and November 27, 2018) (as further amended from time to time, the "Schedule 13D"), (i) Piton Capital Partners LLC ("Piton"), Cornice Fiduciary Management LLC (as trustee of the Trust (as defined in the Schedule 13D)) and M3C Holdings LLC (collectively, the "Kokino Family Clients"), (ii) Mr. Averick, and (iii) OIH LLC also report beneficial ownership of shares of the Issuer's $.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock").

2. Indicates 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Kokino Family Clients. Mr. Averick is a Portfolio Manager at Kokino LLC ("Kokino"). Mr. Averick manages the Kokino Family Clients' investment in the Issuer as Kokino's Portfolio Manager. Mr. Averick holds an indirect minority interest in certain shares of Common Stock through his minority ownership of Piton, which is one of the Kokino Family Clients (which ownership may be held directly and indirectly through Piton's managing member, Piton Capital Management LLC ("PCM")). Also, Mr. Averick's incentive compensation as an employee of Kokino, which is calculated in Kokino's discretion, may be based on the performance of the shares of Common Stock held by the Kokino Family Clients. Such compensation may be paid in cash and/or by way of increasing Mr. Averick's minority interest in Piton (either directly or indirectly through PCM). Kokino is the managing member of PCM.

3. The reported price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $5.19 to $5.3 per share, inclusive. Mr. Averick undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or to the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

4. This is the total of all derivative securities, including those with different terms and conditions, held by Mr. Averick as of the filing date of this Form 4.

	/s/ Robert Averick	08/30/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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