SABOL THOMAS B 4

What Happened

• Thomas B. Sabol, Chief Financial Officer of AMTECH SYSTEMS INC (ASYS), was granted a derivative award of 45,000 stock options on 2026-05-14. The Form 4 reports the acquisition as an award/grant (derivative instrument); no exercise price or monetary value is provided in the filing, so the grant’s current dollar value cannot be determined.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-14
• Form 4 filed: 2026-05-29 (15 days after the transaction)
• Transaction type: Grant / Award of stock options (derivative acquisition)
• Shares/units granted: 45,000 options
• Price/value: Omitted in filing (footnote F2: price omitted because transaction is a grant of a stock option)
• Vesting: One‑third of the option grant vests on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date (footnote F1)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing
• Timeliness: The Form 4 was filed 15 days after the grant date (Form 4s are normally due within two business days), so disclosure was delayed.

Context

• These were option awards (not an open‑market purchase or a sale). The options have a multi‑year vesting schedule and were not reported as exercised or sold at grant — they are compensation, which is common for executives and does not by itself signal immediate buying or selling intent. The delayed filing reduces the promptness of disclosure for investors.