ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC — Director's Dealing 2012

May 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC (ASTE)
CIK: 0000792987
Period of Report: 2012-05-04

Reporting Person: FRIERSON DANIEL K (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-04	Common Stock	A	276	$29.97	Acquired	4431	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3918	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options	$17.75	2014-04-28	Common Stock (630)	630	Direct
Stock Options	$17.03	2014-08-01	Common Stock (657)	657	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The securities consist of deferred stock units (DSU's) acquired under the issuer's 1998 Non-Employee Directors Incentive Plan. The DSU's convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of the issurer's common stock subsequent to the reporting person's termination of services as a director.

F2: Transaction represents shares isued in payment of reporting person's quarterly board fee.