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Investor Presentation
June 2017
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Safe Harbor
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forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current
expectations, but are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to
adverse changes in conditions in the global economy and volatility in the capital markets, the
integration of businesses we may acquire in the future, changing technologies, product
development and market acceptance of our products, the cost and pricing of our products,
manufacturing, competition, dependence on collaborative partners and key suppliers, capital
spending and government funding policies, changes in governmental regulations, intellectual
property rights, litigation, and other risk factors discussed from time to time in our filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. A more comprehensive list of factors is identified and
described in more detail in our filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, our annual
report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.
Designs and builds business enterprises around
extraordinary opportunities.
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• Restructured balance sheet to avoid bankruptcy
• Converted $65 million in debt to equity
• Streamlined operations to focus on most promising initiatives
• Set up Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) as an easy carve-out
• Launched 1st Detect and Astrogenetix
• Improved profitability
• Increased prices
• Reduced unnecessary costs
• Realigned management
• Identified Lockheed Martin as the key buyer of subsidiary ASO
• Managed entire transaction with no investment bank
• Received 100% of $6.1 million indemnity holdback with no claims
Proven Value Creation for Shareholders
• Purchased ASO in August 2014
Terms:
• $61.0M total consideration
• 12.4X EBITDA
Executed Spacehab (now Astrotech Corporation) turnaround and sold ASO subsidiary.
MAKING THE WORLD SAFER
Develops, manufactures, and sells chemical analyzers
for government and commercial markets.
May 10, 2017 – Astrotech announced that it has engaged
Chardan to pursue strategic alternatives for 1st Detect,
including the sale of the subsidiary.
• Disruptive technology
• Performance far exceeds leading competing
technology, Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS)
• Performance on par with traditional lab
mass spectrometers
• Low cost
• Over $40 million invested
• Validation
• Awarded the Department of Homeland Security’s next-generation ETD
development contract with Smiths Detection, the world’s leading ETD provider
• Awarded the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD)
development contract
Breakthrough in Low-Cost Chemical Detection
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1st Detect vs IMS Technology
• Explosives Trace Detector (ETD) market
• Of the 25,000 ETDs currently deployed, 22,000 are outdated
and ready for replacement
• Growing market driven by terrorist threats and vulnerability of
key targets
• Currently preparing for TSL testing
Large Markets with Differentiated Solutions
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TRACER 1000 MS-ETD
Opportunities focused in large markets.
• Hospital bedside breath analyzer market
• The BreathDetect 1000 represents a breakthrough technology
• Avoids lengthy blood analysis and enables critical instant care
• Over 5,500 registered hospitals in the US
• Initial focus on Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)
• Human breath samples currently being acquired by University of Texas
Health Science Center in preparation for FDA approval
BreathDetect 1000
29 PATENTS
AWARDED*
Robust Intellectual Property Portfolio
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1. Driving an ion trap mass spectrometer or mass
filter
2. End cap voltage control of ion traps
3. Mass Spectrometer Ion Trap Having Assymetric
End Cap Apertures
4. End cap voltage control of ion traps
(Continuation)
5. Systems and Methods for Adjusting a Mass
Spectrometer Output
6. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
7. End Cap Voltage Control of Ion Traps (Japan)
8. Driving an ion trap mass spectrometer or mass
filter (Japan)
9. Mass Spectrometer Having An External Detector
10. Mass Dependent Automatic Gain Control for
Mass Spectrometer
11. Systems and Methods for Calibrating Mass
Spectrometers
12. Automatic Gain Control with Defocusing Lens
13. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
(European Community)
14. Mass Spectrometer Ion Trap Having Assymetric
End Cap Apertures (Continuation)
15. Preconcentrating a sample for PCT – Japan
16. Mass Spectrum Noise Cancellation by Alternating
Inverted Synchronous RF
17. Ion Trap with Radial Opening in Ring Electrode
18. Methods and Systems for Applying End Cap DC
Bias in Ion Traps
19. End Cap Voltage Control of Ion Traps
(Continuation) (Japan)
20. Systems and Methods for Calibrating Mass
Spectrometers (Continuation)
21. Evacuating a Sample Chamber
22. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
(China)
23. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
(Japan)
24. Preconcentrating a sample for PCT
25. Mass Dependent Automatic Gain Control for
Mass Spectrometer (Continuation)
26. Evacuating a Sample Chamber (Japan)
27. Ionization Within Ion Trap Using Photoionization
and Electron Ionization
28. Evacuating a Sample Chamber (China)
29. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
(Continuation)
15 PATENTS
PENDING
1. End Cap Voltage Control of Ion Traps (Canada)
2. End Cap Voltage Control of Ion Traps (European
Community)
3. Preconcentrating a Sample for PCT (European
Community)
4. Preconcentrating a Sample (Hong Kong)
5. Chemical Analysis Instrument with Multi-Purpose
Pump
6. Evacuating a Sample Chamber (Canada)
7. Introducing An Analyte Into A Chemical Analyzer
(Canada)
8. Evacuating a Sample Chamber (European
Community)
9. Reduced Pressure Liquid Sampling
10. Method for Detecting Organic and Inorganic
Explosives
11. Mass Spectrometers Having Real Time Ion
Isolation Signal Generators (European
Community)
12. Mass Spectrometers Having Real Time Ion
Isolation Signal Generators (Canada)
13. Mass Spectrometers Having Real Time Ion
Isolation Signal Generators
14. System for Transferring Ions to a Mass
Spectrometer
15. Ion Source for Use in Surface Ionization
*US Patents unless stated otherwise
1st Detect is ideally positioned to disrupt the ETD Market.
• TSA has disclosed that they are seeking more capable ETD instrumentation (DHS BAA 13-03)
• Enhanced trace detection capabilities
• Increased throughput
• Increased detection limits
• Decreased false alarm rate
• Instant threat library updates
• Mass spectrometry is the only technology that can meet all of TSA’s requirements
• Historically very expensive
• Able to outperform existing ETD technologies
• Expected to render all existing ETD technologies obsolete
• 1st Detect’s TRACER 1000 is the first low-cost mass spectrometer ETD
• No industry consolidators have a competitive mass spectrometry solution
1st Detect Provides the TSA Solution
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Digitizes, restores, enhances, and optimizes media
across the entertainment industry.
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Leading Digital Image Correction & Enhancement (ICE)
Astral Black ICE™Astral Color ICE™ Astral HDR ICE™
Digital ICE® proprietary technology uses intelligent algorithms, originally
developed by IBM and Eastman Kodak to remove defects such as scratches,
dust, and lint from film.
• Disruptive technology ahead of market
• Dramatically reducing cost and time through automation and proprietary software
• Competition uses expensive and time-consuming manual process
• Increasing traction
• Most major studios have reviewed or are reviewing technology
• Excellent feedback
• Significant market opportunity upon technology transition
• Conversion will happen when there is a large enough installed base of UHD televisions
• Adoption of UHD televisions progressing faster than HDTV
Another Breakthrough Technology
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ESTIMATED SEGMENT OF HDR CONVERSION CANDIDATES*
Movies TV Shows
~6,100 ~26,800
* Independent third party compiled data from five studios (Warner Brothers, Sony, Lionsgate, Paramount and Disney. HDR conversion candidates were selected based on
availability (in the catalog), genre (Sci-Fi and action vs. drama), and potential ROI (popularity/box office success worthy of additional investment).
Maintaining Artistic Integrity, Selected by Industry Leaders
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Savings lives on earth by
developing products in space.
Developing Vaccines
• Flew 12 biomarker missions to the International Space Station (ISS)
• Funded by NASA and working with the University of Maryland Center of Vaccine Development
• Continuing pursuit of an FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Salmonella
• Requiring minimal investment from Astrotech Corporation – working on next stage of funding
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Salmonella Vaccine Discovered
Microgravity ManufacturingPreclinical TrialsBiomarker Discovery
Financial Highlights
Continuing conservative cost management.
• Expect $3.5M in savings through FY 2017 from July 2016 corporate realignment
• Cash burn rate of ~$1M per month
Maintaining a healthy balance sheet at March 31, 2017.
• $17.4M in cash and investments
• No debt
Aligned interests with shareholders.
• CEO owns ~17% of company
• Additional ~10% closely held by the board and senior management
Receiving little credit for valuable businesses and history of success.
• Cash value = $0.85/share
• Trading at $1 intraday on June 9, 2017
• Enterprise value of $3.1M provides excellent opportunity
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