SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Vadapalli Anand (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVE (Street) ANCHORAGE AK 99503 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP INC [ ALSK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CEO and President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2013
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person 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. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction 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, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		M		32,350	A	$0.00(1)	156,104	D
common stock, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		M		10,784	A	$0.00(2)	166,888	D
common stock, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		M		8,609	A	$0.00(3)	175,497	D
common stock, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		M		87,458	A	$0.00(3)	262,955	D
common stock, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		A		53,110	A	$0.00(4)	316,065	D
common stock, $.01 par value	03/01/2013		F		52,200	D	$1.78	263,865	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)		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: 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
Restricted stock units	$0.00(1)	03/01/2013		M			32,350	03/01/2013(5)	03/01/2013(5)	Common stock	32,350	$0.00(1)	0	D
Restricted stock units	$0.00(2)	03/01/2013		M			10,784	03/01/2013(6)	03/01/2013(6)	Common stock	10,784	$0.00(2)	10,783	D
Restricted stock units	$0.00(3)	03/01/2013		M			8,609	03/01/2013(7)	03/01/2013(7)	Common stock	8,609	$0.00(3)	8,610	D
Restricted stock units	$0.00(3)	03/01/2013		M			87,458	03/01/2013(8)	03/01/2013(8)	Common stock	87,458	$0.00(3)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Amount represents long term incentive restricted stock units granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.

2. Restricted stock unit award under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan

3. Restricted stock unit award under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan

4. Performance stock unit award granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan and vested upon acheivement of previously established peformance criteria.

5. Amount represents restricted stock units granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan which vested on an accelerated basis due to company achievement of performance targets on a cummulative basis for each of the three prior years.

6. Amount represents restricted stock units granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan as part of a larger award, 10,783 shares of which have previously vested upon achievement of company performance goals and 10,783 which will vest on 1/1/2015, based on continued employment.

7. Represents 8,609 restricted stock units granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan as part of a larger award. 8,609 units have previously vested and 8,610 units are subject to future time and/or employment conditions.

8. Restricted stock units granted under the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan scheduled to vest on March 1, 2013, subject to continued employment.

Remarks:

	/s/Leonard Steinberg for Anand Vadapalli	03/05/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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