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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001206774-09-000006.txt : 20090105
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090105155054
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-09-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090102
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090105

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:		09504951

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 S CLARK DR
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6029675146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUARTZ ENGINEERING & MATERIALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870715
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<DESCRIPTION>CURRENT REPORT
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<P align=center><B><FONT face=serif>UNITED STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=4>FORM 8-K</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT face=serif>CURRENT
REPORT<BR>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>Securities Exchange Act of
1934</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=serif>January 2, 2009<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=serif size=4>Amtech Systems, Inc.<BR></FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2></FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><FONT face=serif>Arizona</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="89%"><FONT face=serif>000-11412</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><FONT face=serif>86-0411215</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face=serif>(State or other
      jurisdiction</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="89%"><B><FONT face=serif>(Commission</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face=serif>(IRS
      Employer</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face=serif>of
      incorporation)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="89%"><B><FONT face=serif>File
      Number)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face=serif>Identification
      No.)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="89%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=justify width="94%" colSpan=2>131 South Clark Drive, Tempe, Arizona&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%">85281</TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=justify width="94%" colSpan=2><B>(Address of principal
      executive offices)</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="5%"><B>(Zip
Code)</B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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    <TD noWrap width="20%"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area
      code</B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="80%">
      <P align=center>(480) 967-5146</P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <P align=center>Not applicable.</P></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last
      report.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt solid" align=center width="20%">&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD align=center width="40%">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=justify><FONT face=serif>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 (<I><FONT face=serif>see
</FONT></I><FONT face=serif>General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>&nbsp; </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT> <FONT face=sans-serif size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>&nbsp; </FONT></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)</FONT> <FONT face=sans-serif size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>&nbsp; </FONT></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>&nbsp; </FONT></FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>
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<P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 8.01 Other Events.
</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>On December
31, 2008, the Board of Directors of Amtech Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)
approved a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company may purchase
up to $4,000,000 of its common stock over a one-year period commencing on
January 2, 2009. </FONT></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>On January
5, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing its stock repurchase
program. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Report. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 9.01</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> </FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Financial Statements and Exhibits.
</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit No.</FONT></B> </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" align=left width="98%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Description</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Press
      Release dated January 5, 2009, announcing stock repurchase
      program.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></B></P>
<P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>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 hereunto duly
authorized. </FONT></P>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%" colSpan=2><FONT face=serif size=2>AMTECH
      SYSTEMS, INC.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 5, 2009<FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=serif size=2>By:<FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT size=2>/s/ Robert T. Hass</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Name:<FONT size=3>&nbsp; </FONT>Robert T. Hass</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Title:<FONT size=3>&nbsp; </FONT>Chief Accounting Officer</FONT>&nbsp;
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>exhibit99-1.htm
<DESCRIPTION>PRESS RELEASE DATED JANUARY 5, 2009, ANNOUNCING STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM.
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<P align=center><FONT face=serif>EXHIBIT 99.1 </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=serif>Amtech Systems Announces Stock Repurchase
Program </FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>TEMPE, Arizona &#150; January 5,
2009</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2> &#150; Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a
global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for
the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today
announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program
authorizing the repurchase of up to $4 million of its common stock. As of
September 30, 2008, Amtech had outstanding approximately 9.1 million shares of
common stock. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Amtech, commented, &#147;At current price levels, we believe Amtech&#146;s
common stock represents an attractive investment opportunity for the Company. We
also believe we can continue to invest in the initiatives that are key to our
future success as well as enhance the value of our Company by repurchasing
common stock under this program.&#148; </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>Under the program, shares may be
repurchased from time to time in open market transactions at prevailing market
prices or in privately negotiated purchases. The timing and actual number of
shares purchased will depend on a variety of factors, such as price, corporate
and regulatory requirements, alternative investment opportunities, and other
market and economic conditions. Repurchases under the program will be funded
from available working capital. The program may be commenced, suspended or
terminated at any time, or from time-to-time at management&#146;s discretion without
prior notice. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>About Amtech Systems,
Inc.<BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures
capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal
processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells and
semiconductor devices. Semiconductors, or semiconductor chips, are fabricated on
silicon wafer substrates, sliced from ingots, and are part of the circuitry, or
electronic components, of many products including solar cells, computers,
telecommunications devices, automotive products, consumer goods, and industrial
automation and control systems. The Company&#146;s wafer handling, thermal processing
and consumable products currently address the diffusion, oxidation and
deposition steps used in the fabrication of solar cells, semiconductors, MEMS
and the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><I><FONT face=serif size=2>Statements contained in this press
release that are not historical facts may be forward looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act. Such statements may use words
such as &#147;proposed,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148;
&#147;predict,&#148; &#147;project&#148; and similar expressions as they relate to Amtech Systems,
Inc. or our management. When we make forward-looking statements, we are basing
them on our management&#146;s beliefs and assumptions, using information currently
available to us. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the
forward looking statements are reasonable, these forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions including the risk of
unsuccessful development of the new PECVD system, the risk of the market not
accepting this product, and the risks discussed in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. If one or more of these risks materialize,
or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary
materially from what we projected. Any forward looking statements contained in
this press release reflect our current views with respect to future events and
are subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to
our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. We have no
intention, and disclaim any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future results or otherwise.
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Amtech Systems,
      Inc</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>MKR Group, Inc.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Bradley C.
      Anderson</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Investor Relations</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Chief Financial
      Officer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(480)<FONT size=3>
      </FONT>967-5146</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT size=2>(323)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>468-2300</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>asys@mkr-group.com</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="99%" colSpan=2><FONT size=2>#&nbsp; #&nbsp; #</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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