# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000720500
**File Stem:** 0000950170-23-005998
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 6566
**Document Hash:** fcf15372c19385d5e2813cdd40296f85
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-23-005998.hdr.sgml**: 20230303

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-23-005998

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230301

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230303

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230303

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMTECH SYSTEMS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000720500
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 860411215
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** AZ
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-11412
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23704022

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
- **CITY:** TEMPE
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85288
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4809675146

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
- **CITY:** TEMPE
- **STATE:** AZ
- **ZIP:** 85288

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** QUARTZ ENGINEERING & MATERIALS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19870715

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM** 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** March 01, 2023<br>

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Amtech Systems, Inc.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Arizona | 000-11412 | 86-0411215 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 131 S. Clark Drive |  |  |
| Tempe**,** Arizona |  | 85288 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (480) 967-5146<br>

Not Applicable

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | ASYS | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On March 1, 2023, Amtech Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders considered three proposals, each of which are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement dated January 20, 2023. As of January 13, 2023, there were 14,023,534 shares of the Company's common stock issued, outstanding and eligible to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting. The total number of shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 11,336,756 or 80.84% of the shares eligible to vote. The voting results for each of the proposals are set forth below.

<u>Proposal 1 – Election of directors</u>

The individuals listed below received the highest number of affirmative votes of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock present or represented by proxy and voting at the Annual Meeting and were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve a one-year term on the Company's board of directors.

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|  | **For** | **Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Michael Whang | 9,202,662 | 47,219 | 2,086,875 |
| Lisa D. Gibbs | 8,496,599 | 753,282 | 2,086,875 |
| Robert M. Averick | 9,073,311 | 176,570 | 2,086,875 |
| Robert C. Daigle | 9,063,316 | 186,565 | 2,086,875 |
| Michael Garnreiter | 8,857,923 | 391,958 | 2,086,875 |
| Michael M. Ludwig | 9,206,148 | 43,733 | 2,086,875 |

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<u>Proposal 2 – To approve the ratification of the independent registered public accountants</u>

The shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 11,254,293 | 43,753 | 38,710 | 0 |

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<u>Proposal 3 – Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation</u>

The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 8,369,822 | 319,268 | 560,791 | 2,086,875 |

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No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | AMTECH SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Date: | March 3, 2023 | By:  | /s/ Lisa D. Gibbs |
|  |  |  | Name: Lisa D. Gibbs<br>Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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