SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4SEC 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

CONNECTICUT

06901

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

UNITED STATES

(Country)

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)

2a. Foreign Trading Symbol

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/28/2026

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

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

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

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock								2,250,000⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	See footnote 2 below
Common Stock								11,000⁽³⁾	I⁽³⁾	See footnote 3 below
Common Stock	05/28/2026		M		6,000	A	$7.4	713,341	D
Common Stock	05/28/2026		M		6,000	A	$11.51	719,341	D
Common Stock	05/28/2026		M		6,000	A	$10.22	725,341	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Restricted Stock Units	⁽⁴⁾							⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	2,839		2,839⁽⁴⁾	D
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7.4	05/28/2026		M			6,000	05/11/2018	05/11/2028	Common Stock	6,000	$0	0⁽⁵⁾	D
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.51	05/28/2026		M			6,000	03/23/2021	03/23/2031	Common Stock	6,000	$0	0⁽⁵⁾	D
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$10.22	05/28/2026		M			6,000	03/02/2022	03/02/2032	Common Stock	6,000	$0	0⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to a Schedule 13D filed on January 25, 2016, as amended (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 Shares").

2. Indicates 2,250,000 Common Shares 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 a Portfolio Manager of Kokino. Mr. Averick holds an indirect interest in certain Common Shares through his minority ownership of Piton, which is a Kokino Family Client (which ownership may be held through Piton's managing member, Piton Capital Management LLC ("PCM")). Also, Mr. Averick's incentive compensation/allocation as an employee of Kokino and member of Piton, which are generally calculated in Kokino's discretion subject to Piton's and PCM's governing documents, may be based on the performance of Common Shares held by Kokino Family Clients. Such compensation/allocation may be paid or made in cash and/or by way of increasing Mr. Averick's interest in Piton (either directly or indirectly through PCM). Kokino is PCM's managing member.

3. Indicates Common Shares held by Mr. Averick's spouse.

4. This is the total of all restricted stock units held by Mr. Averick as of the filing date of this Form 4.

5. Following the reported exercise, no shares remained subject to the director stock option reported on this line.

6. Following all of the transactions reported on this Form 4, Mr. Averick no longer holds any director stock options (right to buy) of the Issuer.

	/s/ Robert Averick	06/01/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)

Director Averick Robert M exercised 18,000 shares at a strike of $9.71, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 725,341 units (SEC Form 4)