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Issuer:     AMTECH SYSTEMS INC (ASYS)
CIK:        0000720500
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-000865
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Amtech Systems appoints Michael M. Ludwig to board following Jong S. Whang's retirement
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- Ludwig appointed to fill board vacancy created by former CEO/Chairman Jong S. Whang's retirement on Dec 31, 2022.
- Ludwig most recently SVP Finance and CFO of Rogers Corporation; previously held senior finance roles at FormFactor.
- Board determined Ludwig meets NASDAQ independence standards; he holds no Amtech stock ownership.
- Compensation for board service will be consistent with other independent non-employee directors.
- Whang's retirement was mutual and not due to any disagreement with the company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720500/000095017023000865/0000950170-23-000865-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720500/000095017023000865/asys-20230113.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000865

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