Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (the “Issuer”)
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
Three Riverway, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77056
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing
Andrew M. Lessman (“Mr. Lessman”)
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
430 Parkson Road, Henderson, Nevada 89015
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
United States of America
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Shares”)
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
871628202
Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c),
Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
This Item 3 is not applicable.
Item 4. Ownership:
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
As of December 31, 2018, Mr. Lessman may be deemed the beneficial owner of 574,958 Shares.
Item 4(b) Percent of Class:
As of December 31, 2018, Mr. Lessman may be deemed the beneficial owner of approximately 5.2% of Shares outstanding. (This percentage is based on a total of 11,022,283 outstanding as of November 1, 2018, according to information in the current report on Form 10-Q filed by the Issuer on November 20, 2018.)
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has:
| (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: | 574,958 |
| (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: | 0 |
| (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: | 574,958 |
| (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: | 0 |
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
This Item 5 is not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
This Item 6 is not applicable.
| Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person: |
This Item 7 is not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
This Item 8 is not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
This Item 9 is not applicable.
Item 10. Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
/s/ Andrew M. Lessman
Andrew M. Lessman
February 14, 2019
Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute federal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).
