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 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)
02/10/2020

(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)
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	02/10/2020		P		19,935	A	$ 5.56 ⁽³⁾	189,935	D
Common Stock	02/11/2020		P		1,565	A	$ 5.29 ⁽³⁾	191,500	D

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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)

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock

24,000

24,000 ⁽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 M. Averick		02/12/2020
^**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)	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 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 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, may be based on the performance of the shares of Common Stock held by the 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 the managing member of PCM.
(3)	The reported price in Column 4 is a weighted average price rounded to the nearest hundredth. The shares purchased on February 10, 2020 were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $5.19 to $5.61 per share. The shares purchased on February 11, 2020 were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $5.27 to $5.316 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.
(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.

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