Edgar Filing: AMTECH SYSTEMS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 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

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)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O KOKINO LLC, 201 TRESSER BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/17/2017

(Street)

STAMFORD, CT 06901

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) ⁽¹⁾

$ 5.755

03/17/2017

6,000

⁽²⁾

03/17/2027

Common Stock

6,000

⁽³⁾

6,000 ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Averick Robert M C/O KOKINO LLC 201 TRESSER BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR STAMFORD, CT 06901	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Robert Averick		03/21/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Mr. Averick is a Portfolio Manager at Kokino LLC ("Kokino"), which is a single family office. Mr. Averick holds an indirect minority interest in shares of the issuer's $.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock") through his minority ownership of one of Kokino's clients, Piton Capital Partners LLC ("Piton") (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 shares of Common Stock held by Kokino's 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, and Mr. Averick's and Piton's beneficial ownership of Common Stock is reported in a Schedule 13D filed on January 25, 2016.
(2)	The option vests on September 18, 2017.
(3)	Price omitted because the transaction is a grant of a stock option.
(4)	This is the number of derivative securities, with the same terms and conditions, following the reported transaction. Total of all derivative securities, including those with different terms and conditions, held following the reported transaction is 12,000.

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