---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-017822"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASYS"
cik: "0000720500"
company_name: "AMTECH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:10:31.621596+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Sukesh Mohan to not stand for re-election; second board vacancy also pending

## Summary
- Sukesh Mohan will not stand for election at the 2023 annual meeting; departure not due to any disagreement with company policies.
- Previously announced retirement of director Jong S. Whang effective December 31, 2022, creates a second board seat vacancy.
- Nominating committee will search for candidates to succeed both departing directors.
- Board will remain majority independent with all committees of at least three independent directors after departures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-017822
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASYS
- cik: 0000720500
- company_name: AMTECH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720500/000095017022017822/0000950170-22-017822-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720500/000095017022017822/asys-20220824.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017822.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sukesh Mohan departed as Director at AMTECH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: will not stand for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 24, 2022, Mr. Sukesh Mohan informed the Board of Directors of Amtech Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) that he would not stand for election as a director at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720500/000095017022017822/0000950170-22-017822-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.