Robert Averick - May 13, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for AMTECH SYSTEMS INC (ASYS)

Role: Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Robert M. Averick
Stock symbol: ASYS
Transactions as of: May 13, 2022
Transactions value $: $316,150
Form type: 4
Date filed: 5/17/2022, 04:08 PM
Previous filing: Mar 4, 2022
Next filing: Jun 3, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ASYS	Common Stock	Purchase	$116K	+15K	+5%	$7.71	315K	May 13, 2022	Direct	F4
transaction	ASYS	Common Stock	Purchase	$201K	+25K	+7.94%	$8.02	340K	May 16, 2022	Direct	F4
holding	ASYS	Common Stock						2.25M	May 13, 2022	See footnote 2 below	F1, F2
holding	ASYS	Common Stock						500	May 13, 2022	See footnote 4 below	F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	ASYS	Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)						42K	May 13, 2022	Common Stock	42K		Direct	F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	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").
F2	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.
F3	Indicates 500 Common Shares held in a custodial account for the benefit of an immediate family member of Mr. Averick.
F4	The reported prices in Column 4 are weighted average prices rounded to the nearest hundredth. The prices of shares purchased on May 13, 2022 ranged from $7.57 to $7.98 per share. The prices of shares purchased on May 16, 2022 ranged from $7.94 to $8.05 per share. 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.
F5	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.