Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Crowdex Investment, LLC	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. [ ASTI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/9/2021
(Street) DOVER, DE 19901 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock (1)	12/9/2021		C		2725205300	A	$0.0001	14725205300	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Convertible Promissory Note	$0.0001	12/9/2021		C			2725205300 (2)	6/9/2020	(2)	Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	2725205300	$0.0001	0 (2)	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	This joint filing includes Mr. Bernd Fortsch who is the 100% indirect owner of Crowdex Investment, LLC.
(2)	Represents $272,520.53 of outstanding principal and interest calculated through December 9, 2021, on which date such amount converted into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share of $0.0001.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Crowdex Investment, LLC 1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B DOVER, DE 19901		X
Fortsch Bernd 1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B DOVER, DE 19901		X

Signatures
/s/ David Peterson, Manager of Crowdex Investment, LLC		12/13/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ David Peterson, power of attorney of Bernd Fortsch		12/13/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date