UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number 001-34426

 

Astrotech Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

91-1273737

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

 

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

 

 

2028 E. Ben White Blvd.,2105 Donley Drive, Suite 240-9530,100, Austin, Texas

 

7874178758

Address of Principal Executive Offices

 

Zip Code

 

(512) 485-9530

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Not Applicable

Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

ASTC

 

NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes      No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes     No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

  

Smaller reporting company

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes     No 

As of February 12,November 8, 2021, the number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding was: 19,731,600.49,514,467.

 

 

 


ASTROTECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

PART I:

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

3

ITEM 2.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

18

ITEM 3.

 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

2322

ITEM 4.

 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

22

PART II:

OTHER INFORMATION

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

PART II:ITEM 1.

 

OTHER INFORMATIONLEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

24

23

ITEM 1.1A.

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGSRISK FACTORS

 

2423

ITEM 1A.2.

 

RISK FACTORS

24

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

23

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

23

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

23

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

23

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

 

24

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

24

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

24

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

24

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

25

 

 


 

PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

ASTROTECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

June 30,

2020

 

 

September 30,

2021

 

 

June 30,

2021

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Note)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Note)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

22,121

 

 

$

3,349

 

 

$

31,650

 

 

$

35,936

 

Restricted cash

 

 

542

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments

 

 

27,302

 

 

 

27,351

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

95

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

5

 

Inventory:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raw materials

 

 

173

 

 

 

416

 

 

 

1,348

 

 

 

1,056

 

Work-in-process

 

 

221

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

147

 

Finished goods

 

 

194

 

 

 

222

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

297

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

 

 

 

429

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

76

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

164

 

 

 

318

 

Total current assets

 

 

23,422

 

 

 

4,672

 

 

 

61,017

 

 

 

65,110

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

85

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

343

 

 

 

263

 

Assets held for disposal

 

 

 

 

 

237

 

Operating leases, right-of-use assets, net

 

 

72

 

 

 

851

 

 

 

228

 

 

 

249

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

11

 

Total assets

 

$

23,579

 

 

$

5,930

 

 

$

61,599

 

 

$

65,633

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

228

 

 

 

239

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

396

 

Payroll related accruals

 

 

434

 

 

 

433

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

344

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

939

 

 

 

627

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

888

 

Income tax payable

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Term note payable - related party

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

2,500

 

Term note payable

 

 

421

 

 

 

210

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

82

 

 

 

339

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

81

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

4,606

 

 

 

4,350

 

 

 

1,921

 

 

 

4,211

 

Term note payable, net of current portion

 

 

121

 

 

 

332

 

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

42

 

 

 

623

 

 

 

189

 

 

 

215

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,769

 

 

 

5,305

 

 

 

2,110

 

 

 

4,426

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 2,500,000 shares authorized; 280,898 shares of Series D issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 18,941,345 and 8,250,286 shares issued at December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively; 18,541,429 and 7,850,362 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively

 

 

190,610

 

 

 

190,599

 

Treasury stock, 399,916 shares at cost at December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020

 

 

(4,129

)

 

 

(4,129

)

Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 2,500,000 shares authorized; 280,898 shares of Series D issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 49,450,558 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021

 

 

190,641

 

 

 

190,641

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

35,841

 

 

 

13,934

 

 

 

78,330

 

 

 

77,971

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(203,512

)

 

 

(199,779

)

 

 

(209,411

)

 

 

(207,382

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(23

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

18,810

 

 

 

625

 

 

 

59,489

 

 

 

61,207

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

23,579

 

 

$

5,930

 

 

$

61,599

 

 

$

65,633

 

Note: The balance sheet at June 30, 2020,2021, has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by the United States generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

.

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


ASTROTECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revenue

 

$

130

 

 

$

205

 

 

$

270

 

 

$

206

 

 

$

187

 

 

$

140

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

128

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

113

 

Gross profit

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

27

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

803

 

 

 

1,110

 

 

 

1,729

 

 

 

2,312

 

 

 

1,426

 

 

 

926

 

Research and development

 

 

758

 

 

 

939

 

 

 

1,367

 

 

 

1,794

 

 

 

639

 

 

 

609

 

Disposal of corporate lease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

544

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

544

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

1,561

 

 

 

2,049

 

 

 

3,640

 

 

 

4,106

 

 

 

2,065

 

 

 

2,079

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(1,559

)

 

 

(2,040

)

 

 

(3,611

)

 

 

(4,096

)

 

 

(2,053

)

 

 

(2,052

)

Interest and other expense, net

 

 

(63

)

 

 

(43

)

 

 

(122

)

 

 

(55

)

Other income and (expense), net

 

 

24

 

 

 

(59

)

Loss from operations before income taxes

 

 

(1,622

)

 

 

(2,083

)

 

 

(3,733

)

 

 

(4,151

)

 

 

(2,029

)

 

 

(2,111

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,622

)

 

$

(2,083

)

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

(4,151

)

 

$

(2,029

)

 

$

(2,111

)

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

 

15,864

 

 

 

5,947

 

 

 

11,769

 

 

 

5,769

 

 

 

47,428

 

 

 

7,719

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.04

)

 

$

(0.27

)

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(2,029

)

 

$

(2,111

)

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized loss

 

 

(48

)

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(1,622

)

 

$

(2,083

)

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

(4,151

)

 

$

(2,077

)

 

$

(2,111

)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 


 

 

ASTROTECH CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series D

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2020

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

7,850

 

 

$

190,599

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

13,934

 

 

$

(199,779

)

 

$

625

 

Stock offering costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

Restricted stock cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,111

)

 

 

(2,111

)

Balance at September 30, 2020

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

7,844

 

 

$

190,599

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

13,976

 

 

$

(201,890

)

 

$

(1,444

)

Issuance of stock, net of offering costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,714

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,819

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,830

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

 

Restricted stock cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

���

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,622

)

 

 

(1,622

)

Balance at December 31, 2020

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

18,541

 

 

$

190,610

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

35,841

 

 

$

(203,512

)

 

$

18,810

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series D

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2021

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

49,451

 

 

$

190,641

 

 

$

 

 

$

77,971

 

 

$

(207,382

)

 

$

(23

)

 

$

61,207

 

Net change in available-for-sale marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48

)

 

 

(48

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

359

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

359

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,029

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,029

)

Balance at September 30, 2021

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

49,451

 

 

$

190,641

 

 

$

 

 

$

78,330

 

 

$

(209,411

)

 

$

(71

)

 

$

59,489

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series C

 

 

Series D

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2019

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

5,775

 

 

$

190,571

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

7,964

 

 

$

(191,698

)

 

$

2,708

 

Adjustment to opening retained earnings related to adoption of ASC Topic 842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

230

 

 

 

230

 

Issuance of shares, net of offering issuance costs of $7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

321

 

 

 

 

 

 

321

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

Restricted stock issuance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,068

)

 

 

(2,068

)

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

5,926

 

 

$

190,597

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

8,363

 

 

$

(193,536

)

 

$

1,295

 

Issuance of stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

433

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

 

 

952

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

 

Restricted stock cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

Forfeiture of stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,083

)

 

 

(2,083

)

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

6,348

 

 

$

190,598

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

9,397

 

 

$

(195,619

)

 

$

247

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series D

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number of

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Amount

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Amount

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2020

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

7,850

 

 

$

190,599

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

13,934

 

 

$

(199,779

)

 

$

 

 

$

625

 

Stock offering costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

Restricted stock cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,111

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,111

)

Balance at September 30, 2020

 

 

 

281

 

 

$

 

 

 

7,844

 

 

$

190,599

 

 

$

(4,129

)

 

$

13,976

 

 

$

(201,890

)

 

$

 

 

$

(1,444

)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


 

ASTROTECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

(4,151

)

 

$

(2,029

)

 

$

(2,111

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation, net of forfeitures

 

 

90

 

 

 

187

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

359

 

 

 

44

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

141

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

81

 

Loss on disposal of assets

 

 

173

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

194

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

6

 

 

 

(210

)

 

 

(201

)

 

 

49

 

Inventory

 

 

88

 

 

 

57

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

429

 

 

 

215

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

429

 

Inventory, net

 

 

(195

)

 

 

64

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(282

)

 

 

(164

)

Other assets and liabilities

 

 

319

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

(66

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(2,498

)

 

 

(3,356

)

 

 

(2,189

)

 

 

(1,480

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

(97

)

 

 

(16

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

(97

)

 

 

(16

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from term note payable - related party

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

Proceeds from issuance of stock, net of offering issuance costs

 

 

21,828

 

 

 

1,272

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

21,828

 

 

 

2,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of related party debt

 

 

(2,000

)

 

 

0

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(2,000

)

 

 

0

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

19,314

 

 

 

(584

)

 

 

(4,286

)

 

 

(1,496

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

3,349

 

 

 

1,588

 

 

 

35,936

 

 

 

3,349

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

22,663

 

 

$

1,004

 

 

$

31,650

 

 

$

1,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

22,121

 

 

$

393

 

Restricted cash

 

$

542

 

 

$

611

 

Total

 

$

22,663

 

 

$

1,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

502

 

 

$

0

 

Income taxes paid

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

Impact to retained earnings from adoption of ASC Topic 842

 

$

 

 

$

230

 

Operating right-of-use assets and associated liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

1,608

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


ASTROTECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(1) General Information

Description of the Company – Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC) (“Astrotech,” “the Company,the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Delaware corporation organized in 1984, is a science and technology development and commercializationmass spectrometry company that launches, manages, and buildscommercializes scalable companies based on its innovative technology in order to maximize shareholder value.core technology.

 

Basis of Presentation – The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2021.2022. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020.2021.

 

Our Business Units

 

Astrotech Technologies, Inc.

 

Astrotech Technologies, Inc. (“ATI”) owns and licenses the Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology™ (the “AMS Technology”), the platform mass spectrometry technology originally developed by 1st Detect Corporation (“1st Detect”). The AMS Technology has been designed to be inexpensive, small, and easy to use. Unlike other technologies, the AMS Technology works under ultra-high vacuum, which eliminates competing molecules, yielding higher resolution and fewer false alarms. The intellectual property includes 3224 patents granted with two2 additional patents in process along with extensive trade secrets. With a number of diverse market opportunities for the core technology, ATI is structured to license the intellectual property for different fields of use. ATI currently licenses the AMS Technology to three3 wholly-owned subsidiaries of Astrotech on an exclusive basis, including to 1st Detect for use in the security and detection market, to AgLAB Inc. (“AgLAB”) for use in the agriculture market, and to BreathTech Corporation (“BreathTech”) for use in breath analysis.

 

1st Detect Corporation

 

1st Detect, a licensee of ATI for the security and detection market, has developed the TRACER 1000™, the world’s first mass spectrometer (“MS”) based explosives trace detector (“ETD”) certified by the European Civil Aviation Conference (“ECAC”), designed to replace the ETDs used at airports, cargo facilities,and other secured facilities, and borders worldwide. The Company believes that ETD customers are unsatisfied with the currently deployed ETD technology, which is driven by ion mobility spectrometry (“IMS”). The Company believes that IMS-based ETDs are fraught with false positives, as they often misidentify personal care products and other common household chemicals as explosives, causing facility shutdowns, unnecessary delays, frustration, and significant wasted security resources. In addition, there are hundreds of different types of explosives, but IMS-based ETDs have a very limited threat detection library reserved only for those several explosives of largest concern. Adding additional compounds to the detection library of an IMS-based ETD fundamentally reduces the instrument’s performance, further increasing the likelihood of false alarms. In contrast, adding additional compounds to the TRACER 1000’s detection library does not degrade the TRACER 1000’sits detection capabilities, as it has a virtually unlimited and expandable threat library.

 

In order to sell the TRACER 1000 to airport and cargo security customers in the European Union, ECAC certification is required. Certain other countries around the globe also accept ECAC certification. After receivingThe Company received ECAC certification for the TRACER 1000 on February 21, 2019, the Company2019. It is now marketing to and taking orders from airports and cargo facilities outside of the U.S. that accept ECAC certification.

 

On June 26, 2019, the Company announced the official launch of the TRACER 1000, and on November 22, 2019, also announced the first commercial sale of TRACER 1000 units to a global shipping and logistics company. 

In the United States, the Company is working with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) towards Air Cargoair cargo certification. On March 27, 2018, the Company announced that the TRACER 1000 was accepted into TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Technology Qualification Test (“ACSQT”) and, on April 4, 2018, the Company announced that the TRACER 1000 was beginning testing with TSA for passenger screening at airports. On November 14, 2019, the Company announced that the TRACER 1000 had been selected by the TSA’s Innovation Task Force (“ITF”) to conduct live checkpoint screening at Miami International Airport. With similar protocols as ECAC testing, the Company has received valuable feedback from all programs. Following ECAC certification and the Company's early traction within the cargo market, testing for cargo security continued with the TSA. With the COVID-19 pandemic, all testing within the TSA was put on hold; however, cargo non-detection testing resumed thisduring the summer of 2020, and the Company subsequently announced on September 9, 2020 that the TRACER 1000 passed the non-detection testing portion of the TSA’s ACSQT. TSA cargo detection testing resumed this fallis ongoing and continues to move forward. This is the next and final step to be listed on the Air Cargo Screening Technology List (“ACSTL”) as an “approved” device and,


ifdevice. If approved, therebythe TRACER 1000 will be approved for cargo sales in the United States. Given the deterioration in air traffic caused by the pandemic, TSA certification testing for passenger checkpoint security has been put on indefinite hold. 

 

Finally, on October 28, 2020, the CompanyOn August 25, 2021, 1st Detect announced that it had surpassed $1.0 million inhas secured an important landmark purchase ordersorder for the TRACER 1000, andrepresenting the first units to be deployed at an additional $1.0 million in future service and support commitments, also announcing DHL (Deutsche Post AG) as its largest flagship customer.airport security checkpoint.


 

AgLAB Inc.

 

AgLAB, is aan exclusive licensee of ATI andfor the agriculture market, has developed the AgLAB-1000™ series of mass spectrometers for use in the agriculture industry for both process controlhemp and cannabis market with initial focus on optimizing yields in the detection of trace amounts of solventsextraction and pesticides.distillation process. The AgLAB product line is a derivative of the Company’s core AMS Technology. The AMS Technology provides a significant competitive advantage due to its small size, rugged design, quick analysis, and ease of use.

 

BreathTech Corporation

 

BreathTech is developing the BreathTest-1000, a breath analysis tool to screen for volatile organic compound (“VOC”) metabolites found in a person’s breath that could indicate they may have an infection, including COVID-19 or pneumonia. While vaccines have been deployed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, only a small fraction of the world has been vaccinated and new variants continue to pose a significant and evolving threat. New tools to aid in the battle against COVID-19 remain of the utmost importance to help defeat the disease, and BreathTech, in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic, are at the forefront of developing a quick and easy to use device to help aid in preventing the further spread of the disease.

 

Development of the BreathTest-1000 follows the Company’s results in pre-clinical trials for the BreathDetect-1000™, a rapid self-serve breathalyzer that iswas designed to detect bacterial infections in the respiratory tract, including pneumonia. The pre-clinical trials were conducted in collaboration with UT Health San Antonio in 2017.

 

On October 20, 2020, the Company announced a joint development agreement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to explore leveraging the BreathTest-1000 to rapidly screen for COVID-19 or related indicators. The goal of the agreement is to develop a non-invasive device that will use breath samples to identify COVID-19 strains, with the potential to provide a low-cost, self-service screening option that could be deployed on a large-scale.

(2) LeasesInvestments

 

As of July 1, 2019, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02 Leases: Topic 842 (“Topic 842”), using the modified retrospective method of adoption. Astrotech elected to use the transition option that allowed the Company to initially apply the new lease standard at the adoption dateThe following tables summarize gains and recognize a cumulative-effect adjustmentlosses related to the opening balanceCompany’s investments as of retained earnings in the year of adoption. The adoption of Topic 842 resulted in an adjustment to accumulated deficit of $230 thousand atSeptember 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021:

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Available-for-Sale

 

Adjusted

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Cost

 

 

Gain

 

 

Loss

 

 

Value

 

Mutual Funds - Corporate & Government Debt

 

$

19,998

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(48

)

 

$

19,950

 

ETFs - Corporate & Government Debt

 

 

7,375

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(23

)

 

 

7,352

 

Total

 

$

27,373

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(71

)

 

$

27,302

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

Available-for-Sale

 

Adjusted

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Cost

 

 

Gain

 

 

Loss

 

 

Value

 

Mutual Funds - Corporate & Government Debt

 

$

19,998

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(13

)

 

$

19,985

 

ETFs - Corporate & Government Debt

 

 

7,376

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

7,366

 

Total

 

$

27,374

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(23

)

 

$

27,351

 

(3) Leases

At the beginning of fiscal year 2020.

The2021, the Company had two existing facility leases and several small equipment leases. Astrotech leased office space consisting of 5,219 square feet in Austin, Texas that housed executive management, finance and accounting, sales, and marketing and communications. The lease began in November 2016 and was originally expiredset to expire in December 2023.2023. On August 3, 2020, the Company decided to terminate the lease. Upon lease termination, the Company recognized a decrease in the related operating right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and operating lease liability of approximately $539 thousand and $506 thousand, and $540 thousand, respectively.

 

In May 2013, 1st Detect completed build-out ofOn April 27, 2021, Astrotech entered into a 16,540 square foot leasednew lease for a research and development and production facility of approximately 5,960 square feet in Webster, Texas. This facility is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories,Austin, Texas that includes a clean room,laboratory, a small production shop, and offices for staff.staff, although many of the Company’s employees continue to work remotely. The lease commenced on June 1, 2021 and has a lease term of the lease is 62 months and includes options to extend for two additional five-year periods. In February 2015, 1st Detect exercised its right of first refusal on the adjoining space of 9,138 square feet. The original lease began in May 2013 and was to expire in June 2018; these dates were amended in October 2014 with the amended lease beginning February 1, 2015, and expiring April 30, 2020, with provisions to renew and extend the lease for the entire premises, but not less than the entire premises, for two renewal terms of five years each. On June 1, 2018, the Company entered into its third amendment of the original lease removing 8,118 square feet from its leased space, leaving leased premises with a total square footage of 17,560. On January 21, 2020, the Company entered into its fourth amendment of the original lease, with the amended lease beginning May 1, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2021, with the option to renew and extend the lease for one renewal term of one year. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company has decided to allow the Webster lease to expire on its expiration date and declined the option to renew the lease. This resulted in a reduction of the related operating ROU asset and operating lease liability of $171 thousand and $192 thousand, respectively.36 months.

 

Operating lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of lease payments. Significant judgement is required when determining the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Upon the adoption of Topic 842, the Company’s accounting for financing leases, previously referred to as capital leases, remains substantially unchanged from prior guidance.


 


The balance sheet presentation of the Company’s operating and finance leases is as follows:

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Classification on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

Classification on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

September 30, 2021

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease assets

 

Operating leases, right-of-use assets, net

 

$

72

 

 

Operating leases, right-of-use assets, net

 

$

228

 

Financing lease assets

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

52

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

48

 

Total lease assets

 

 

 

$

124

 

 

 

 

$

276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations

 

Lease liabilities, current

 

$

72

 

 

Lease liabilities, current

 

$

90

 

Financing lease obligations

 

Lease liabilities, current

 

 

10

 

 

Lease liabilities, current

 

 

10

 

Non-current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations

 

Lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

8

 

 

Lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

162

 

Financing lease obligations

 

Lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

34

 

 

Lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

27

 

Total lease liabilities

 

 

 

$

124

 

 

 

 

$

289

 

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases are as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ended June 30,

 

Operating Leases

 

 

Financing Leases

 

 

Total

 

2021

 

$

72

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

78

 

For the Year Ending June 30,

 

Operating Leases

 

 

Financing Leases

 

 

Total

 

2022

 

 

6

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

18

 

 

$

76

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

85

 

2023

 

 

6

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

115

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

105

 

2025

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

9

 

2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease obligations

 

 

84

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

134

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

314

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

4

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

25

 

Present value of net minimum lease obligations

 

 

80

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

252

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

289

 

Less: lease liabilities - current

 

 

72

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

100

 

Lease liabilities - non-current

 

$

8

 

 

$

34

 

 

$

42

 

 

$

162

 

 

$

27

 

 

$

189

 

 

Other information as of December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

 

 

0.32.6

 

Financing leases

 

 

 

 

4.23.4

 

Weighted-average discount rate:

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

 

 

11.06.4

%

Financing leases

 

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

Cash payments for operating leases for the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 totaled $53$10 thousand and $96 thousand, respectively. Cash payments for operating leases for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 totaled $123 thousand and $192$70 thousand, respectively.

 

Cash payments for financing leases for each of the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 totaled $3 thousand and $0, respectively. Cash payments for financing leases for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 totaled $6 thousand and $0, respectively.thousand.

 

(3)(4) Property and Equipment

 

As of December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020,2021, property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

 

(In thousands)

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

Furniture, fixtures, equipment & leasehold improvements

 

$

1,943

 

 

$

2,522

 

 

$

711

 

 

$

535

 

Software

 

 

315

 

 

 

326

 

 

 

315

 

 

 

315

 

Capital improvements in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

187

 

Gross property and equipment

 

 

2,258

 

 

 

2,848

 

 

 

1,134

 

 

 

1,037

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(2,173

)

 

 

(2,512

)

Property held for disposal, net

 

 

 

 

 

(237

)

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(791

)

 

 

(774

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

85

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

343

 

 

$

263

 

 


Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment for the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were $15$17 thousand and $58 thousand, respectively. Depreciation expense of property and equipment for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were $37 thousand and $117$22 thousand, respectively.

 

On August 3, 2020, the Company terminated its corporate office lease in Austin, Texas and wrote-off the remaining net book value of the related leasehold improvement assets in the amount of $229 thousand.


 

(4)(5) Stockholders’ Equity

 

Public Offerings of CommonPreferred Stock

 

On October 21, 2020,The Company has issued 280,898 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock (“Series D Preferred Shares”), all of which are issued and outstanding. Series D Preferred Shares are convertible to common stock on a one-to-one basis. Series D Preferred Shares are not callable by the Company. The holder of the preferred stock is entitled to receive, and we shall pay, dividends on shares equal to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of common stock when, and if, such dividends are paid on shares of common stock. NaN other dividends are paid on the preferred shares. Preferred shares have no voting rights. Upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of the Company, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “First Purchase Agreement”) with certain purchasers named therein, pursuantwhether voluntary or involuntary, the preferred shares have preference over common stock. The holder of Series D Preferred Shares has the option to which the Company agreedconvert said shares to issue and sell 7,826,086 shares (the “Public Offering Shares”) of the Company’s common stock par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an offering price of $2.30 per share (the “Public Offering”).the holder’s discretion.

 

The Public Offering resultedholder of the preferred stock previously agreed with the Company that they would not convert the preferred stock until such time as the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (the “2020 Certificate Amendment”) was accepted for filing with the state of Delaware, which occurred in gross proceeds of approximately $18.0 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses.October 2021.

 

Pursuant to an engagement agreement dated July 23, 2020, as amended, the Company engaged H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”) to act as the Company’s exclusive placement agent in connection with the Public Offering. The Company issued to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 1”) to purchase up to 469,565 shares of Common Stock, which represents 6.0% of the Public Offering Shares sold in the Public Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 1 have an exercise price of $2.875 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the Public Offering Shares, and a termination date of October 21, 2025. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 1 had a fair value per share of $2.01 as of the date of issuance.

On October 28, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Second Purchase Agreement”) with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering (the “Registered Offering”), 2,887,906 shares (the “Registered Offering Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, at an offering price of $2.15 per share.

The Registered Offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $6.2 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses.

Pursuant to an engagement agreement dated July 23, 2020, as amended, the Company engaged the Placement Agent to act as the Company’s exclusive placement agent in connection with the Registered Offering. The Company also issued to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 2”) to purchase up to 173,274 shares of Common Stock, which represents 6.0% of the Registered Offering Shares sold in the Registered Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 2 have an exercise price of $2.6875 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the Registered Offering Shares, and a termination date of October 28, 2025. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 2 had a fair value per share of $1.80 as of the date of issuance.

At-the-Market Agreements

From November 9, 2018 through March 25, 2020, the Company sold 793,668 shares of Common Stock pursuant to an At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “B. Riley ATM Agreement”) with B. Riley FBR, under which B. Riley FBR acted as the sales agent. In connection with the sale of these shares of Common Stock, the Company received net proceeds of $2.3 million. The weighted-average sale price per share was $3.04. No additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock will be sold pursuant to the B. Riley ATM Agreement. The Company did not incur any termination penalties as a result of its termination of the B. Riley ATM Agreement.

On December 18, 2020, the Company entered into an at-the-market offering agreement (the “Wainwright ATM Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC as agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through H.C. Wainwright, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $3,582,614.


Warrants

 

A summary of the common stock warrant activity for the three months ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 is presented below:

 

Shares

(In thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 

 

Aggregate Fair Market Value at Issuance (In thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)

 

Number of Shares Underlying Warrants

(In thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 

 

Aggregate Fair Market Value at Issuance (In thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)

 

Outstanding June 30, 2020

 

86

 

 

$

5.14

 

 

$

194

 

 

 

4.74

 

Outstanding June 30, 2021

 

2,393

 

 

$

2.40

 

 

$

3,747

 

 

 

4.63

 

Warrants issued

 

643

 

 

 

2.82

 

 

 

1,256

 

 

 

4.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2020

 

729

 

 

$

3.10

 

 

$

1,450

 

 

 

4.74

 

Outstanding September 30, 2021

 

2,393

 

 

$

2.40

 

 

$

3,747

 

 

 

4.35

 

 

The Company has made an immaterial error correction to the table above to reflect the correct weighted average exercise price and weighted average remaining contractual term reported as of June 30, 2021. Management evaluated the materiality of the error, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and concluded that it was not material to the financial statements of any period presented.

The following represents a summary of the warrants outstanding at each of the dates identified:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares Underlying Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares Underlying Warrants

(In thousands)

 

Issue Date

 

Classification

 

Exercise Price

 

 

Expiration Date

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Classification

 

Exercise Price

 

 

Expiration Date

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

March 26, 2020

 

Equity

 

$

6.25

 

 

March 25, 2025

 

 

24,780

 

 

 

24,780

 

 

Equity

 

$

6.25

 

 

March 25, 2025

 

 

25

 

 

 

25

 

March 30, 2020

 

Equity

 

$

4.69

 

 

March 27, 2025

 

 

61,133

 

 

 

61,133

 

 

Equity

 

$

4.69

 

 

March 27, 2025

 

 

61

 

 

 

61

 

October 23, 2020

 

Equity

 

$

2.89

 

 

October 21, 2025

 

 

469,565

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

2.88

 

 

October 21, 2025

 

 

470

 

 

 

470

 

October 28, 2020

 

Equity

 

$

2.69

 

 

October 28, 2025

 

 

173,274

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

2.69

 

 

October 28, 2025

 

 

173

 

 

 

173

 

February 16, 2021

 

Equity

 

$

4.06

 

 

February 11, 2026

 

 

171

 

 

 

171

 

April 12, 2021

 

Equity

 

$

1.88

 

 

April 7, 2026

 

 

1,493

 

 

 

1,493

 

Total Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

728,752

 

 

 

85,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,393

 

 

 

2,393

 

 

Nasdaq Compliance

As previously noted in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market because its stockholders’ equity was below the required minimum of $2.5 million at June 30, 2020. On September 11, 2020, the Company received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that it was not in compliance with the required stockholder’s equity of $2.5 million.

The notice had no immediate effect on the Company’s listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company originally had until October 26, 2020 to submit a plan to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement; however, Nasdaq granted an extension of the deadline to submit a plan until November 2, 2020.

Following the offerings mentioned above, the Company is now in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement.

(5)(6) Net Loss per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and the if-converted method. Potentially dilutive common shares include outstanding stock options and share-based awards.

 


The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used in the computations of both basic and diluted net loss per share:

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,622

)

 

$

(2,083

)

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

(4,151

)

 

$

(2,029

)

 

$

(2,111

)

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per share — weighted average common stock outstanding

 

 

15,864

 

 

 

5,947

 

 

 

11,769

 

 

 

5,769

 

 

 

47,428

 

 

 

7,719

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

(0.32

)

 

$

(0.72

)

 

$

(0.04

)

 

$

(0.27

)

 

 

All unvested restricted stock awards for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 are not included in diluted net loss per share, as the impact to net loss per share would be anti-dilutive. Options to purchase 321,225152,532 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.85 to $8.35$6.00 per share outstanding as of December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 were not included in diluted net loss per share, as the impact to net loss per share would be anti-dilutive.


(6)(7) Revenue Recognition

 

Astrotech recognizes revenue employing the generally accepted revenue recognition methodologies described under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“Topic 606”), which was adopted by the Company in fiscal year 2019. The methodology used is based on contract type and how products and services are provided. The guidelines of Topic 606 establish a five-step process to govern the recognition and reporting of revenue from contracts with customers. The five steps are: (i) identify the contract with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations within the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations within the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.  

 

An additional factor is reasonable assurance of collectability. This necessitates deferral of all or a portion of revenue recognition until collection. During each of the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company had one1 revenue source that totaled $130 thousand. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2020, the Company had one material revenue source.materially comprised all of its revenue. Revenue was recognized at a point in time consistent with the guidelines in Topic 606.

The Company disaggregates revenue by reporting segment to depict the nature of revenue in a manner consistent with its business operations and to be consistent with other communications and public filings. Refer to Note 13 for additional details of revenues by reporting segment.

 

Contract Assets and Liabilities. The Company enters into contracts to sell products and provide services, and it recognizes contract assets and liabilities that arise from these transactions. The Company recognizes revenue and corresponding accounts receivable according to Topic 606 and, at times, recognize revenue in advance of the time when contracts give us the right to invoice a customer. The Company may also receive consideration, per the terms of a contract, from customers prior to transferring goods to the customer. The Company records customer deposits as deferred revenue. Additionally, the Company may receive payments, most typically for service and warranty contracts, at the onset of the contract and before services have been performed. In such instances, the Company records a deferred revenue liability. The Company recognizes these contract liabilities as sales after all revenue recognition criteria are met.

 

Practical Expedients. In cases where the Company is responsible for shipping after the customer has obtained control of the goods, the Company has elected to treat the shipping activities as fulfillment activities rather than as a separate performance obligation. Additionally, the Company has elected to capitalize the cost to obtain a contract only if the period of amortization would be longer than one year. The Company only gives consideration to whether a customer agreement has a financing component if the period of time between transfer of goods and services and customer payment is greater than one year.

 

Product Sales. The Company recognizes revenue from sales of products upon shipment or delivery when control of the product transfers to the customer, depending on the terms of each sale, and when collection is probable. In the circumstance where terms of a product sale include subjective customer acceptance criteria, revenue is deferred until the Company has achieved the acceptance criteria unless the customer acceptance criteria are perfunctory or inconsequential. The Company generally offers customers payment terms of less than one year.60 days or less.

 

Freight. The Company records shipping and handling fees that it charges to its customers as revenue and related costs as cost of revenue.

 

Multiple Performance Obligations. Certain agreements with customers include the sale of equipment involving multiple elements in cases where obligations in a contract are distinct and thus require separation into multiple performance obligations, revenue recognition guidance requires that contract consideration be allocated to each distinct performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. The value allocated to each performance obligation is then recognized as revenue when the revenue recognition criteria for each distinct promise or bundle of promises has been met.

 

The standalone selling price for each performance obligation is an amount that depicts the amount of consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring the good or service. When there is only one performance obligation associated with a contract, the entire amount of consideration is attributed to that obligation. When a contract contains multiple


performance obligations, the standalone selling price is first estimated using the observable price, which is generally a list price net of applicable discount or the price used to sell the good or service in similar circumstances. In circumstances when a selling price is not directly observable, the Company will estimate the standalone selling price using information available to it including its market assessment and expected cost, plus margin.

 

The timetable for fulfilment of each of the distinct performance obligations can range from completion in a short amount of time and entirely within a single reporting period to completion over several reporting periods. The timing of revenue recognition for each performance obligation may be dependent upon several milestones, including physical delivery of equipment, completion of site acceptance test, and in the case of after-market consumables and service deliverables, the passage of time.

(8) Fair Value Measurement

ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurement” (“Topic 820”) defines fair value, establishes a market-based framework or hierarchy for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Topic 820 is applicable whenever assets and liabilities are measured and included in the financial statements at fair value.

The fair value hierarchy established in Topic 820 prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques into three levels as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The following tables present the carrying amounts, estimated fair values, and valuation input levels of certain financial instruments as of September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021:

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Fair Value Measured Using

 

 

Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Value

 

Available-for-Sale Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds - Corporate & Government Debt

 

$

19,950

 

 

$

19,950

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

19,950

 

ETFs - Corporate & Government Debt

 

 

7,352

 

 

 

7,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,352

 

Total

 

$

27,302

 

 

$

27,302

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

27,302

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Fair Value Measured Using

 

 

Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Value

 

Available-for-Sale Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds - Corporate & Government Debt

 

$

19,985

 

 

$

19,985

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

19,985

 

ETFs - Corporate & Government Debt

 

 

7,366

 

 

 

7,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,366

 

Total

 

$

27,351

 

 

$

27,351

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

27,351

 

The value of available-for-sale investments is based on pricing from third-party pricing vendors, who use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 inputs).

 


(9) Debt

On September 5, 2019, the Company entered into a private placement transaction with Thomas B. Pickens III, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company for the issuance and sale of a secured promissory note to Mr. Pickens with a principal amount of $1.5 million (the “2019 Note”), and on February 13, 2020, the Company entered into a second private placement transaction with Mr. Pickens for the issuance and sale of a second secured promissory note to Mr. Pickens with a principal amount of $1.0 million (the “2020 Note” and, collectively with the 2019 Note, the “Original Notes”). Interest on the Original Notes accrued at 11% per annum. The principal amount and accrued interest on the Original Notes originally were to become due and payable on September 5, 2020; however, on August 24, 2020, the Company and Mr. Pickens agreed to extend the date of maturity of the Notes and payment of accrued interest to September 5, 2021 (the “Original Maturity Date”).

The Company had the option to prepay the principal amount and all accrued interest on the Original Notes at any time prior to the Original Maturity Date.

In connection with the issuance of the Original Notes, the Company, along with 1st Detect Corporation and Astrotech Technologies, Inc. (the “Subsidiaries”), entered into two security agreements, dated as of September 5, 2019 and February 13,


2020 (collectively, the “Original Security Agreements”), with Mr. Pickens, pursuant to which the Company and the Subsidiaries granted to Mr. Pickens a security interest in all of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ Collateral, as such term is defined in the Original Security Agreements. In addition, the Subsidiaries jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for the Company’s obligation to repay the Original Notes pursuant to a subsidiary guarantee.

On September 3, 2021, the Company entered into (1) the Omnibus Amendment to the Secured Promissory Notes (the “Amended Notes”) with Mr. Pickens, in connection with the Original Notes, and (2) the Omnibus Amendment to the Security Agreements (the “Amended Security Agreements”, and together with the Amended Notes, the “Amendments”) with the Subsidiaries, in connection with the Original Security Agreements. Pursuant to the Amendments, (a) the principal amount of $1.0 million and accrued interest of $172 thousand on the 2020 Note was paid in full and the 2020 Note was cancelled, and (b) $1.0 million of the principal amount and $330 thousand of accrued interest on the 2019 Note was paid and the maturity date on the remaining balance of $500 thousand of the 2019 Note was extended to September 5, 2022 (the “Amended Maturity Date”).

In addition, the Subsidiaries jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for the Company’s obligation to repay the remaining balance on the 2019 Note pursuant to subsidiary guarantees, dated September 5, 2019 and February 13, 2020, respectively, as amended by the Omnibus Amendments to Subsidiary Guarantees, dated August 24, 2020 and September 3, 2021, respectively (the Omnibus Amendment to Subsidiary Guarantees dated September 3, 2021, the “Amended Subsidiary Guarantee”). The Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to the 2020 Note was also cancelled by the Amended Subsidiary Guarantee due to the 2020 Note being repaid in full.

(10) Business Risk and Credit Risk Concentration Involving Cash

For the each of the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company had 1 customer that materially comprised all of the Company’s revenue.  

The Company maintains funds in bank accounts that may exceed the limit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of $250 thousand per depositor. The risk of loss attributable to these uninsured balances is mitigated by depositing funds in what we believe to be high credit quality financial institutions. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

(11) Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Option Activity Summary

The Company’s stock option activity for the three months ended September 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

 

Shares

(in thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2021

 

 

275

 

 

$

5.25

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled or expired

 

 

(122

)

 

 

4.96

 

Outstanding at September 31, 2021

 

 

153

 

 

$

5.41

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable at September 30, 2021 was $0, as the fair value of the Company’s common stock is less than the exercise prices of these options. The remaining stock-based compensation expense of $1 thousand related to stock options will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.03 years.

The table below details the Company’s stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2021:

Range of exercise prices

 

Number

Outstanding (In thousands)

 

 

Options

Outstanding

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (years)

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Number

Exercisable (In thousands)

 

 

Options

Exercisable

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

$1.85 – 2.83

 

 

13

 

 

 

6.99

 

 

$

2.08

 

 

 

6

 

 

$

2.31

 

$5.00 – 5.85

 

 

88

 

 

 

5.61

 

 

 

5.55

 

 

 

88

 

 

 

5.55

 

$6.00 – 6.00

 

 

52

 

 

 

0.89

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

6.00

 

$1.85 – 6.00

 

 

153

 

 

 

4.12

 

 

$

5.41

 

 

 

146

 

 

$

5.57

 

Compensation costs recognized related to stock option awards were $0 thousand for each of the three months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020.


Restricted Stock

The Company’s restricted stock activity for the three months ended September 30, 2021, is as follows:

 

 

Shares

(in thousands)

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2020

 

$

2,023

 

 

$

2.05

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(1

)

 

 

3.08

 

Canceled or expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at September 31, 2021

 

$

2,022

 

 

$

2.05

 

Stock compensation expenses related to restricted stock were $359 thousand and $44 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020. The remaining stock-based compensation expense of $3.3 million related to restricted stock awards granted will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.47 years.

(12) Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized. As of September 30, 2021, the Company established a valuation allowance against all of its net deferred tax assets.

For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $2.0 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provided certain tax relief measures including the acceleration of the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit previously paid. The CARES Act allows for the acceleration of the refundable AMT credit up to 100% of the AMT credit. In response to the impact of the CARES Act, the Company received the remaining AMT credit of $429 thousand for AMT previously paid during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes” addresses the accounting for uncertainty in income tax recognized in an entity’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Company currently has approximately $300 thousand of uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2021, all of which are accounted as contra-deferred tax assets. The Company does 0t expect any significant changes to its uncertain tax positions in the coming 12 months.

Loss carryovers are generally subject to modification by tax authorities until three years after they have been utilized; as such, the Company is subject to examination for the fiscal years ended 2001 through present for federal purposes and fiscal years ended 2006 through present for state purposes.

(13) Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is subject to various lawsuits and other claims in the normal course of business. In addition, from time to time, the Company receives communications from government or regulatory agencies concerning investigations or allegations of noncompliance with laws or regulations in jurisdictions in which the Company operates.

The Company establishes reserves for the estimated losses on specific contingent liabilities, for regulatory and legal actions where the Company deems a loss to be probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In other instances, the Company is not able to make a reasonable estimate of liability because of the uncertainties related to the outcome or the amount or range of potential loss.

Litigation, Investigations, and Audits

On April 15, 2021, a putative stockholder of the Company commenced a class action and derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Stein v. Pickens, et al., C.A. No. 2021-0322-JRS (the “Stein Action”), in which it was alleged, among other things, that the Company improperly included broker non-votes in the tabulation of votes counted in favor to approve the 2020 Certificate Amendment and, thus the 2020 Certificate Amendment was defective. The Company investigated these allegations and disputed them. Following a period of discovery, the parties entered into a settlement in principle. No date to present the settlement to the Court of Chancery has yet been set.  

On April 30, 2021, the Company filed a validation proceeding in the Delaware Court of Chancery, In re Astrotech Corporation, C.A. No. 2021-0380-JRS, pursuant to Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Section 205 Action”).  The


Company did not believe that the filing and effectiveness of the 2020 Certificate Amendment was either invalid or ineffective. However, to resolve any uncertainty, the Company determined to pursue corrective actions to ratify the 2020 Certificate Amendment through the filing of the Section 205 Action. The Company’s request for validation from the Court of Chancery was granted on October 6, 2021, thereby ratifying the 2020 Certificate Amendment and all issuances of shares made pursuant thereto.  

Further information regarding the Stein Action and the Section 205 Action is provided in the Schedule 14A proxy statement amendment and supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2021.

(14) Segment Information

The Company has determined that it does not meet the criteria of ASC 280 “Segment Reporting” because the Company’s subsidiaries represent Company brands that leverage the same core technology rather than independent operating segments. Furthermore, restatement of prior results is not necessary as they would mirror the consolidated results.

(15) Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

 

The Company has taken what it believes are necessary precautions to safeguard its employees from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company continues to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) guidance and the recommendations and restrictions provided by state and local authorities. All of the Company’s employees who do not work in a lab setting are currently on a telecommunication work arrangement and have been able to successfully work remotely. The Company’s lab requires in-person staffing and the Company has been able to continue to operate its lab, minimizing infection risk to lab staff through a combination of social distancing and appropriate protective equipment. There can be no assurance, however, that key employees will not become ill or that the Company will be able to continue to operate its labs.

 

To date, the Company has seen delays with respect to the TSA certification process and parts of its supply chain, particularly the impact of the global semiconductor shortage, as a result of COVID-19. In addition, although passenger demand for air travel has recently rebounded to a certain extent, the overall recovery of the airline industry and ancillary services remains highly uncertain and is dependent upon, among other things, the number of cases declining around the globe, public health impacts of new COVID-19 variants, the continued administration of vaccines to unvaccinated populations, and the duration of immunity granted by vaccines.

The continuingCompany continues to manage production, to secure alternative supplies, and to take other proactive actions. If supply chain shortages become more severe or longer term in nature, the Company’s business and results of operations could be adversely impacted; however, the Company does not expect this issue to materially adversely affect its liquidity position. The long-term impact thatof the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the Company’s operations, including duration, severity, and scope, remains uncertain and cannot business may not be fully predicted at this time. Accordingly,reflected until future periods.

The Company continues to evaluate the Company believes thatcurrent and potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to adversely impacton its business, results of operations, cash flows, and consolidated financial conditionstatements. The Company also continues to actively monitor developments and business conditions that may cause it to take further actions that alter business operations as may be required by applicable authorities or that it determines are in the future.best interests of its employees, customers, suppliers, and stockholders.

 

AsCARES Act

On March 27, 2020, the Company’s business operations continueCARES Act was enacted. The CARES Act, among other things, includes provisions relating to be impacted byrefundable payroll taxes, deferment of employer side social security payments, net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the pandemic,net interest deduction limitations, and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The most significant relief measures which the Company continuesqualified for are a loan pursuant to monitor the situation and the guidance that is being provided by relevant federal, state, and local public health authorities. The Company may take additional actions based upon their recommendations. However, it is possible thatPaycheck Protection Program for which the Company may have to make further adjustments to its operating plans in reaction to developments that are beyond its control.

(7) Fair Value Measurement

has received full forgiveness, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, employee retention credit, and payroll tax deferral. The accounting standard for fair value measurements defines fair value, establishes a market-based framework or hierarchy for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The standard is applicable whenever assets and liabilities are measured and included inpayroll tax deferral was effective from the financial statements at fair value.

The fair value hierarchy established in the standard prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques into three levels as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

As ofenactment date through December 31, 2020, the fair valueand the deferred amount will be repaid in two installments, 50% of the Company’s cashdeferred amount by December 31, 2021 and cash equivalents approximate their carrying value due to their short-term nature. the remainder by December 31, 2022. The deferred payroll taxes are recorded within accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

(8) Debt

On September 5, 2019,The Company will continue to assess the Company entered into a private placement transaction with Thomas B. Pickens III, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairmantreatment of the Board of DirectorsCARES Act to the extent additional guidance and regulations are issued, the further applicability of the Company for the issuance and sale of a secured promissory note (“Note No. 1”)CARES Act to Mr. Pickens with a principal amount of $1.5 million. Interest on Note No. 1 shall accrue at 11% per annum. The principal amount and accrued interest on Note No. 1 shall become due and payable on September 5, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company may prepay the principal amount and all accrued interest on Note No. 1 at any time prior to the Maturity Date. In connection with the issuance of Note No. 1, the Company, along with 1st Detect Corporation and Astrotech Technologies, Inc. (the “Subsidiaries”), entered into a security agreement, dated as of September 5, 2019, with Mr. Pickens (the “Security Agreement No. 1”), pursuant to which the Company, and the Subsidiaries granted to Mr. Pickens a security interest in all ofpotential impacts on the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ Collateral, as such term is defined in Security Agreement No. 1. In addition, the Subsidiaries jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for the Company’s obligation to repay Note No. 1 pursuant to a subsidiary guarantee.business.

 

On February 13, 2020, the Company entered into a second private placement transaction with Mr. Pickens for the issuance and sale of a secured promissory note (“Note No. 2”) to Mr. Pickens with a principal amount of $1.0 million. Interest on Note No. 2 shall accrue at 11% per annum. The principal amount and accrued interest on Note No. 2 shall become due and payable on the Maturity Date. The Company may prepay the principal amount and all accrued interest on Note No. 2 at any time prior to the Maturity Date. In connection with the issuance of Note No. 2, the Company, along with the Subsidiaries, entered into a second security agreement, dated as of February 13, 2020, with Mr. Pickens (the “Security Agreement No. 2”), pursuant to which the Company and the Subsidiaries granted to Mr. Pickens a security interest in all of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ Collateral, as such term is defined in Security Agreement No. 2. In addition, the Subsidiaries jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for the Company’s obligation to repay Note No. 2 pursuant to a subsidiary guarantee.

On August 24, 2020, the Company and Mr. Pickens agreed to extend the Maturity Date of both the notes and payment of accrued interest to September 5, 2021.


On April 14, 2020, the Company entered into a promissory note under the Paycheck Protection Program “(PPP”) for $542 thousand (the “PPP Promissory Note”) with a commercial bank (the “Bank”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The PPP Promissory Note bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum. Payments are due monthly beginning November 10, 2020. The remaining principal amount of the PPP Promissory Note along with any unpaid interest is due on April 1, 2022. The principal and interest may be forgiven if the proceeds are used for forgivable purposes as defined by the terms in the PPP Promissory Note, and the Company has used the proceeds from the PPP Promissory Note for forgivable purposes as defined by the terms of the PPP Promissory Note. The Company has applied for forgiveness under the provisions of the CARES Act and escrowed the balance of the note with the lender. Forgiveness is subject to the sole approval of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and it may deny our application for forgiveness in whole or in part. Interest expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $1 thousand and $2 thousand, respectively.(16) Subsequent Events

 

On October 19, 2020, as required by the SBA prior to executing the First Purchase Agreement on October 21, 2020,7, 2021, the Company andfiled with the Bank entered intoSecretary of State of the State of Delaware a Cash Reserve Agreement wherein the Company agreed to deliverCertificate of Amendment to the Bank an amount equalCompany’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to $542 thousand to be held in a separate restricted cash account in accordance withincrease the terms and conditionsauthorized number of the Cash Reserve Agreement for the purpose of establishing a source of payment for the Company’s obligations to repay and/or obtain forgiveness of the PPP Promissory Note.

(9) Business Risk and Credit Risk Concentration Involving Cash

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had one customer that materially comprised all of the Company’s revenue.

The Company maintains funds in bank accounts that may exceed the limit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of $250 thousand per depositor. The risk of loss attributable to these uninsured balances is mitigated by depositing funds in what we believe to be high credit quality financial institutions. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

(10) Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Option Activity Summary

The Company’s stock option activity for the six months ended December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

Shares

(in thousands)

 

 

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2020

 

 

325

 

 

$

5.68

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled or expired

 

 

(4

)

 

 

5.30

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2020

 

 

321

 

 

$

5.68

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable at December 31, 2020 was $0, as the fair valueshares of the Company’s common stock is less thanfrom 50,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares. The Delaware Court of Chancery on October 6, 2021


ratified and confirmed the exercise prices of these options. The remaining stock-based compensation expense of $2 thousand relatedamendment to stock options will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.78 years.

The table below details the Company’s stock options outstanding asCertificate of December 31, 2020:

Range of exercise prices

 

Number

Outstanding

 

 

Options

Outstanding

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (years)

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Number

Exercisable

 

 

Options

Exercisable

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

$1.85 – 3.55

 

 

76,500

 

 

 

2.28

 

 

$

3.43

 

 

 

66,500

 

 

$

3.43

 

$5.30 – 5.85

 

 

114,725

 

 

 

6.36

 

 

 

5.49

 

 

 

113,203

 

 

 

5.49

 

$6.00 – 8.35

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

3.89

 

 

 

7.19

 

 

 

86,000

 

 

 

6.59

 

$1.85 – 8.35

 

 

321,225

 

 

 

4.39

 

 

$

5.68

 

 

 

265,703

 

 

$

5.33

 

Compensation costs recognized relatedIncorporation filed on July 1, 2020 with the Delaware Secretary of State, which was a precondition to stock option awards were $0 and $41 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively and $1 thousand and $85 thousand for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.


Restricted Stock

The Company’s restricted stock activity for the six months ended December 31, 2020, is as follows:

 

 

Shares

(in thousands)

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2020

 

 

133

 

 

$

3.95

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(54

)

 

 

1.79

 

Canceled or expired

 

 

(23

)

 

 

5.40

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2020

 

 

56

 

 

$

3.92

 

Stock compensation expenses related to restricted stock were $46 thousand and $42 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively and $90 thousand and $102 thousand for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The remaining stock-based compensation expense of $161 thousand related to restricted stock awards granted will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.98 years.

(11) Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized. As of December 31, 2020, the Company established a valuation allowance against all of its net deferred tax assets.

For the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $1.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $3.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The total effective tax rate was approximately 0% for the eachfiling of the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

For each of the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the valuation allowance placed against its net deferred tax assets. 

The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provided certain tax relief measures including the acceleration of the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit previously paid. The CARES Act allows for the acceleration of the refundable AMT credit up to 100% of the AMT credit. In response to the impact of the CARES Act, the Company received the remaining AMT credit of $429 thousand for AMT previously paid during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes” addresses the accounting for uncertainty in income tax recognized in an entity’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Company had no unrecognized tax benefit for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.

Loss carryovers are generally subject to modification by tax authorities until three years after they have been utilized; as such, the Company is subject to examination for the fiscal years ended 2001 through present for federal purposes and fiscal years ended 2006 through present for state purposes.

(12) Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is subject to various lawsuits and other claims in the normal course of business. In addition, from time to time, the Company receives communications from government or regulatory agencies concerning investigations or allegations of noncompliance with laws or regulations in jurisdictions in which the Company operates.

The Company establishes reserves for the estimated losses on specific contingent liabilities, for regulatory and legal actions where the Company deems a loss to be probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In other instances, the Company is not able to make a reasonable estimate of liability because of the uncertainties related to the outcome or the amount or range of potential loss.

Litigation, Investigations, and Audits – We are not party to, nor are our properties the subject of, any material pending legal proceedings.


(13) Segment Information

The Company currently has two reportable business units: 1st Detect Corporation and AgLAB Inc.

1st Detect Corporation

1st Detect is a manufacturer of explosives and narcotics trace detectors developed for use at airports, secured facilities, and borders worldwide.

AgLAB Inc.

AgLAB is developing a series of mass spectrometers for use in the agriculture market for process control and the detection of trace amounts of solvents and pesticides.

All intercompany transactions between business units have been eliminated in consolidation.

Key financial metrics of the Company’s segments are as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31, 2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenue

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

Loss before

Income Taxes

 

 

Revenue

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

Loss before

Income Taxes

 

1st Detect

 

$

130

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

(841

)

 

$

205

 

 

$

58

 

 

$

(2,083

)

AgLAB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(781

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

130

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

(1,622

)

 

$

205

 

 

$

58

 

 

$

(2,083

)

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31, 2019

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenue

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

Loss before

Income Taxes

 

 

Revenue

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

Loss before

Income Taxes

 

1st Detect

 

$

270

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

(2,251

)

 

$

206

 

 

$

117

 

 

$

(4,151

)

AgLAB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,482

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

270

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

206

 

 

$

117

 

 

$

(4,151

)

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

(In thousands)

 

Fixed Assets,

Net

 

 

Total Capital

Expenditures

(1)

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Fixed Assets,

Net

 

 

Total Capital

Expenditures

(2)

 

 

Total Assets

 

1st Detect

 

$

85

 

 

$

16

 

 

$

23,579

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,930

 

AgLAB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

85

 

 

$

16

 

 

$

23,579

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,930

 

(1)

Total capital expenditures are for the six months ended December 31, 2020.

(2)

Total capital expenditures are for the twelve months ended June 30, 2020.

(14) Subsequent Events

Subsequent to the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 and as of February 9, 2021, the Company has sold 1,139,323 shares of common stock pursuant to the Wainwright ATM Agreement. In connection with the sales of these shares of common stock, the Company has received net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. The weighted-average sale price per shares was $3.14.

On February 11, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering (the “February Registered Offering”), 2,845,535 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at an offering price of $3.25 per share.

The February Registered Offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $9.25 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses.

Pursuant to an engagement agreement, dated July 23, 2020, as amended, the Company engaged the Placement Agent to act as the Company’s exclusive placement agent in connection with the February Registered Offering. The Company will also issue to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Placement Agent’s Warrants”) to purchase up to 199,187 shares of Common


Stock, which represents 6.0% of the Shares sold in the February Registered Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants have an exercise price of $4.06 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the Shares and a termination date of February 11, 2026.

Charter Amendment.



 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include the words “may,” “will,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” and other similar expressions. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the global economy, including the possibility of a global recession, and more specifically the impact to our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees;

The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the global economy, including the possibility of a global recession, and more specifically the impact to our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees;

Our ability to raise sufficient capital to meet our long and short-term liquidity requirements;

Our ability to successfully pursue our business plan and execute our strategy, including our recent collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic;

Our ability to successfully pursue our business plan and execute our strategy, including our recent collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic;

The effect of economic and political conditions in the United States or other nations that could impact our ability to sell our products and services or gain customers;

Our ability to continue as a going concern;

Product demand and market acceptance risks, including our ability to develop and sell products and services to be used by governmental or commercial customers;

The effect of economic and political conditions in the United States or other nations that could impact our ability to sell our products and services or gain customers;

The impact of trade barriers imposed by the U.S. government, such as import/export duties and restrictions, tariffs andquotas, and potential corresponding actions by other countries in which the Company conducts its business;

Product demand and market acceptance risks, including our ability to develop and sell products and services to be used by governmental or commercial customers;

Technological difficulties and potential legal claims arising from any technological difficulties;

The impact of trade barriers imposed by the U.S. government, such as import/export duties and restrictions, tariffs andquotas, and potential corresponding actions by other countries in which the Company conducts its business;

Supply chain delays and challenges;

Technological difficulties and potential legal claims arising from any technological difficulties;

Uncertainty in government funding and support for key programs, grant opportunities, or procurements;

Supply chain delays and challenges;

The impact of competition on our ability to win new contracts; and

Uncertainty in government funding and support for key programs, grant opportunities, or procurements;

The impact of competition on our ability to win new contracts; and

Our ability to meet technological development milestones and overcome development challenges.

Our ability to meet technological development milestones and overcome development challenges.

Although we believe that the assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate; therefore, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in our forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our objectives and plans will be achieved. Some of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements are more fully described in our 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or in the documents incorporated by reference herein. Except as may be required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or advise of any change in any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. In making these statements, we disclaim any obligation to address or update each factor in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or communications regarding our business or results, and we do not undertake to address how any of these factors may have caused changes to discussions or information contained in previous filings or communications. In addition, any of the matters discussed above may have affected our past results and may affect future results, so that our actual results may differ materially from those expressed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in prior or subsequent communications.

 


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following information should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report.

Business Overview

Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC) (“Astrotech,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Delaware corporation organized in 1984, is a science and technology development and commercializationmass spectrometry company that launches, manages, and buildscommercializes scalable companies based on its innovative technology in order to maximize shareholder value.core technology.

The Company’s efforts are focused on commercializing its platform mass spectrometry technology through its wholly-owned subsidiaries:

 

Astrotech Technologies, Inc. (“ATI”) owns and licenses intellectual property related to the Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology™ (the “AMS Technology”).

Astrotech Technologies, Inc. (“ATI”) owns and licenses intellectual property related to the Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology™ (the “AMS Technology”).

 

1st Detect Corporation (“1st Detect”) is a manufacturer of explosives and narcotics trace detectors developed for use at airports, cargo and other secured facilities, and borders worldwide. 1st Detect holds an exclusive AMS Technology license from ATI for airportair passenger and cargo security applications.

AgLAB, Inc. (“AgLAB”) is developing a series of mass spectrometers for use in the agriculture market for process control and the detection of trace amounts of solvents and pesticides. AgLAB holds an exclusive AMS Technology license from ATI for agriculture applications.

AgLAB, Inc. (“AgLAB”) is developing a series of mass spectrometers for use in the hemp and cannabis market with initial focus on optimizing yields in the extraction and distillation process. AgLAB holds an exclusive AMS Technology license from ATI for agriculture applications.

BreathTech Corporation (“BreathTech”) is developing a breath analysis tool to screen for volatile organic compound (“VOC”) metabolites found in a person’s breath that could indicate they may have an infection, including COVID-19 or pneumonia. BreathTech holds an exclusive AMS Technology license from ATI for breath analysis applications.

BreathTech Corporation (“BreathTech”) is developing a breath analysis tool to screen for volatile organic compound (“VOC”) metabolites found in a person’s breath that could indicate they may have an infection, including COVID-19 or pneumonia. BreathTech holds an exclusive AMS Technology license from ATI for breath analysis applications.

 

Our Business Units

 

Astrotech Technologies, Inc.

 

ATI owns and licenses the AMS Technology, the platform mass spectrometry technology originally developed by 1st1st Detect. Long recognized as the gold standard in chemical detection, mass spectrometry has historically been too costly, bulky, and cumbersome. In contrast, the AMS Technology has been designed to be inexpensive, small, and easy to use. Unlike other technologies, the AMS Technology works under ultra-high vacuum, which eliminates competing molecules, yielding higher resolution and fewer false alarms. The intellectual property includes 3224 granted patents and two additional patents in process along with extensive trade secrets. With a number of diverse market opportunities for the core technology, ATI is structured to license the intellectual property for different fields of use. ATI currently licenses the AMS Technology to three wholly-owned subsidiaries of Astrotech on an exclusive basis, including to 1st Detect for use in the security and detection market, to AgLAB for use in the agriculture market, and to BreathTech for use in breath analysis.

 

ATI has contracted with Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina”), a leading contract manufacturer with a worldwide presence. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, Sanmina completed production of the first batch of TRACER 1000 instruments. Sanmina has already helped to reduce the cost of the TRACER 1000™ and we have leveraged their expertise to improve manufacturability and reliability of our systems.

1st Detect Corporation

 

1st Detect, an exclusivea licensee of ATI for the security and detection market, has developed the TRACER 1000™,1000, the world’s first mass spectrometer (“MS”) based explosives trace detector (“ETD”) certified by the European Civil Aviation Conference (“ECAC”), designed to replace the ETDs used at airports, cargo facilities,and other secured facilities, and borders worldwide. We believeThe Company believes that ETD customers are unsatisfied with the currently deployed ETD technology, which is driven by ion mobility spectrometry (“IMS”). We believeThe Company believes that IMS-based ETDs are fraught with false positives, as they often misidentify personal care products and other common household chemicals as explosives, causing facility shutdowns, unnecessary delays, frustration, and significant wasted security resources. In addition, there are hundreds of different types of explosives, but IMS-based ETDs have a very limited threat detection library reserved only for those several explosives of largest concern. Adding additional compounds to the detection library of an IMS-based ETD fundamentally reduces the instrument’s performance, further increasing the likelihood of false alarms. In contrast, adding additional compounds to the TRACER 1000’s detection library does not degrade the TRACER 1000’sits detection capabilities, as it has a virtually unlimited and easily expandable threat library. With terrorist threats becoming more numerous, sophisticated, and lethal, security professionals have been looking for better instrumentation, and specifically for mass spectrometry, to address the evolving threats, but mass spectrometry has long been too expensive, too cumbersome, and not practical for security applications until the launch of the TRACER 1000.

 

In order to sell the TRACER 1000 to airport and cargo security customers in the European Union, ECAC certification is required. Certain other countries around the globe also accept ECAC certification. After receivingWe received ECAC certification for the TRACER 1000 on February 21, 2019, we2019. We are now marketing to and taking orders from airports and cargo facilities outside of the U.S. that accept ECAC


certification.

On June 26, 2019, the Company announced the official launch of We have deployed or received orders for the TRACER 1000 in approximately twenty locations in thirteen countries throughout Europe and on November 22, 2019, we announced our first commercial sale of TRACER 1000 units to a global shipping and logistics company. Asia.

 


In the United States, we arethe Company is working with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) towards Air Cargoair cargo certification. On March 27, 2018, wethe Company announced that the TRACER 1000 was accepted into TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Technology Qualification Test (“ACSQT”) and, on April 4, 2018, wethe Company announced that the TRACER 1000 was beginning testing with TSA for passenger screening at airports. On November 14, 2019, wethe Company announced that the TRACER 1000 had been selected by the TSA’s Innovation Task Force to conduct live checkpoint screening at Miami International Airport. With similar protocols as ECAC testing, we havethe Company has received valuable feedback from all programs. Following ECAC certification and the Company's early traction within the cargo market, testing for cargo security continued with the TSA. With the COVID-19 pandemic, all testing within the TSA was put on hold; however, cargo non-detection testing resumed thisduring the summer of 2020, and wethe Company subsequently announced on September 9, 2020 that the TRACER 1000 passed the non-detection testing portion of the TSA’s ACSQT. TSA cargo detection testing resumed this fallis ongoing and continues to move forward. This is the next and final step to be listed on the Air Cargo Screening Technology List (“ACSTL”) as an “approved” device and, ifdevice. If approved, therebythe TRACER 1000 will be approved for cargo sales in the United States. Given the deterioration in air traffic caused by the pandemic, TSA certification testing for passenger checkpoint security has been put on indefinite hold. 

 

Finally, on October 28, 2020, the CompanyOn August 25, 2021, 1st Detect announced that it had surpassed $1.0 million inhas secured an important landmark purchase ordersorder for the TRACER 1000, andrepresenting the first units to be deployed at an additional $1.0 million in future service and support commitments, also announcing DHL (Deutsche Post AG) as its largest flagship customer.airport security checkpoint.

 

AgLAB Inc.

 

AgLAB, an exclusive licensee of ATI for the agriculture market, has developed the AgLAB-1000™ series of mass spectrometers for process control anduse in the detection of trace levels of solventshemp and pesticides.cannabis market with initial focus on optimizing yields in the extraction and distillation process. The AgLAB product line is a derivative of the Company’sour core AMS Technology. The AMS Technology provides a significant competitive advantage due to its small size, rugged design, quick analysis, and ease of use, and affordability. These attributes are valuable for agriculture applications in both processing facilities and in the field.use.

 

BreathTech Corporation

 

BreathTech an exclusive licensee of ATI for breath analysis, is developing the BreathTest-1000, a breath analysis tool to screen for VOC metabolites found in a person’s breath that could indicate they may have an infection, including COVID-19 or pneumonia. While vaccines have been deployed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, only a small fraction of the world has been vaccinated and new variants continue to pose a significant and evolving threat. New tools to aid in the battle against COVID-19 remain of the utmost importance to help defeat the disease, and BreathTech, in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic, are at the forefront of developing a quick and easy to use device to help prevent the further spread of the disease.

 

Development of the BreathTest-1000 follows the Company’s positiveour results in pre-clinical trials for the BreathDetect-1000™, a rapid self-serve breathalyzer that detectswas designed to detect bacterial infections in the respiratory tract, including pneumonia. The pre-clinical trials were conducted in collaboration with UT Health San Antonio in 2017.

On October 20, 2020, we announced a joint development agreement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to explore leveraging the BreathTest-1000 to rapidly screen for COVID-19 or related indicators. The goal of the agreement is to develop a non-invasive device that will use breath samples to identify COVID-19 strains, with the potential to provide a low-cost, self-service screening option that could be deployed on a large-scale.

 

Trends and Uncertainties - COVID-19

 

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

 

We are subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business is uncertain and difficult to predict, as the disease and the responses that we, other businesses, and governments are taking continue to evolve. Furthermore, capital markets and economies worldwide have also been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it isremains possible that it could cause a prolonged global economic recession. Policymakers around the globe have responded with fiscal policy actions to support the economy as a whole. The magnitude and overall effectiveness of these actions have been somewhat positive, but continuing actions remain uncertain.uncertain and pose some degree of risk.

 

To date, we have seen delays with respect to the TSA certification process and parts of our supply chain, particularly the impact of the global semiconductor shortage, as a result of COVID-19. In addition, with a reduction inalthough passenger demand for air travel causedhas recently rebounded to a certain extent, the overall recovery of the airline industry and ancillary services remains highly uncertain and is dependent upon, among other things, the number of cases declining around the globe, public health impacts of new COVID-19 variants, the continued administration of the vaccine to unvaccinated populations, and the duration of immunity granted by the pandemic, we are seeing a reduction in near-term demand for ETDs at checkpoints.current vaccine.

 

It is possible that the continued spreadWe continue to manage production, to secure alternative supplies, and to take other proactive actions. If supply chain shortages become more severe or longer term in nature, our business and results of COVID-19operations could cause further disruption inbe adversely impacted; however, we do not expect this issue to materially adversely affect our supply chain; cause delay, or limit the abilityliquidity position. The long-term impact of customers to perform, including in making timely payments to the Company; cause further delay in regulatory certification testing of our instruments; impact investment performance; and cause other unpredictable events. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic on our business may innot be fully reflected until future periods.


We continue to evaluate the future materiallycurrent and potential impact of the pandemic on our financial condition, liquidity, orbusiness, results of operations, is uncertain.and consolidated financial statements. We also continue to actively monitor developments and business conditions that may cause us to take further actions that alter business operations as may be required by applicable authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, suppliers, and stockholders.

 


Critical Accounting Policies

 

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three months ended December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, compared to three months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020:

 

Selected consolidated financial data for the quarters ended December 31,September 30, 2021, and 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revenue

 

$

130

 

 

$

205

 

 

$

187

 

 

$

140

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

128

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

113

 

Gross profit

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

27

 

Gross margin

 

 

2

%

 

 

4

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

19

%

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

803

 

 

 

1,110

 

 

 

1,426

 

 

 

926

 

Research and development

 

 

758

 

 

 

939

 

 

 

639

 

 

 

609

 

Disposal of corporate lease

 

 

 

 

 

544

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

1,561

 

 

 

2,049

 

 

 

2,065

 

 

 

2,079

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(1,559

)

 

 

(2,040

)

 

 

(2,053

)

 

 

(2,052

)

Interest and other expense, net

 

 

(63

)

 

 

(43

)

Other income and (expense), net

 

 

24

 

 

 

(59

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,622

)

 

$

(2,083

)

 

$

(2,029

)

 

$

(2,111

)

 

RevenueTotal revenue decreased $75increased $47 thousand during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021,2022, compared to the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020.The decrease was due to the timing of orders. 2021.All of the revenue generated in the secondfirst quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021 and 2020 was fromrelated to the sales of our TRACER 1000 to DHL (Deutsche Post AG).

 

Cost of Revenue Gross profit is comprised of revenue less cost of revenue. In the secondfirst quarters of fiscal 20212022 and 2020,2021, cost of revenue was comprised of labor, materials, shipping, warranty reserve, and overhead allocation related to the sale of TRACER 1000 units. Gross margin was inCost of revenue increased $62 thousand during the single digits as we have low volume production and certain costs related to refining our product for the cargo environment. Gross margin should improve as we increase production and benefit from associated volume discounts, and as we further enhance our technology for the cargo environment. Gross margin remained consistent in the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021,2022, compared to the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020.2021 due to the increase in revenue described above. Gross margin decreased by 13% in the first quarter fiscal 2022, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2021 due to addressing issues relating to the sales of our earliest, ultra-low volume production units. We also incurred increased international shipping expenses caused by the current global shipping crisis.

 

Operating Expenses – Operating expenses decreased $488$14 thousand, or 24%1%, during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021,2022, compared to the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020.2021. Significant changes to operating expenses include the following:

 

Selling, general and administrative increased $500 thousand, or 54%, due to non-cash equity compensation for employees that incentivizes retention, payroll-related accruals, and legal expenses related to our derivative litigation.

Selling, general and administrative decreased $307 thousand, or 28%, due to a decrease in office rent and related expenses associated with the former corporate office. In addition, due to COVID-19, our expenses related to travel and conferences also declined. Finally, we also had a decline in compensation and related expenses due to a reduction in headcount.

Research and development increased $30 thousand, or 5%, during the first quarter of fiscal 2022, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2021. This increase is mainly due to expenses resulting from moving our R&D facility from Webster to Austin.  

Disposal of long-lived assets decreased $544 thousand due to our termination of our corporate office lease and the disposal of the leasehold improvement assets and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with that lease in the prior period.

Research and development decreased $181 thousand, or 19%, during the second quarter of fiscal 2021, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2020. This decrease is mainly due to decreases in compensation and related expenses as well as less materials purchased for R&D purposes as development of the core AMS Technology is largely complete.


 

Income Taxes Income tax benefit did not change during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021,2022, compared to the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020.2021. The realization of tax benefits depends on the existence of future taxable income. Pursuant to ASC 740 “Income Taxes”, a valuation allowance has been established on all of the Company’sour deferred tax assets.

 



Six months ended December 31, 2020, compared to six months ended December 31, 2019:

Selected consolidated financial data for the six months ended December 31, 2020, and 2019 is as follows:

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenue

 

$

270

 

 

$

206

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

241

 

 

 

196

 

Gross profit

 

 

29

 

 

 

10

 

Gross margin

 

 

11

%

 

 

5

%

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

1,729

 

 

 

2,312

 

Research and development

 

 

1,367

 

 

 

1,794

 

Disposal of corporate lease

 

 

544

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

3,640

 

 

 

4,106

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(3,611

)

 

 

(4,096

)

Interest and other income, net

 

 

(122

)

 

 

(55

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,733

)

 

$

(4,151

)

Revenue – Total revenue increased $64 thousand during the six months ended December 31, 2020, compared to the six months ended December 31, 2019. All of the material revenue generated during each of the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was from the sales of our TRACER 1000 units.

Cost of Revenue – Gross profit is comprised of revenue less cost of revenue. During each of the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, cost of revenue was comprised of labor, materials, overhead, warranty reserve, and shipping related to the above sales. Gross margin increased to 11% during the six months ended December 31, 2020, compared to the six months ended December 31, 2019, as the margin in the prior period was driven by the FIFO inventory methodology where much of the inventory used to build the TRACER 1000 had R&D volume pricing.

Operating Expenses – Operating expenses decreased $466 thousand, or 11%, during the six months ended December 31, 2020, compared to the six months ended December 31, 2019.Significant changes to operating expenses include the following:

Selling, general and administrative decreased $583 thousand, or 25%,due to decreases in office rent and related expenses associated with the former corporate office. In addition, due to COVID-19, our expenses related to travel and conferences also declined. Finally, we also had a decrease in compensation and related expenses due to a reduction in headcount.

Research and development decreased $427 thousand, or 24%, mainly due to decreases in compensation and related expenses as well as less materials purchased for R&D purposes as development of the core AMS Technology is largely complete.

Disposal of long-lived assets increased $544 thousand due to our termination of our corporate office lease and the disposal of the leasehold improvement assets and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with that lease. As a result of this termination, our net cash savings will be approximately $870 thousand over the next three years.

Income Taxes – Income tax benefit did not change during the six months ended December 31, 2020, compared to the six months ended December 31, 2019. The realization of tax benefits depends on the existence of future taxable income. Pursuant to ASC 740 “Income Taxes”, a valuation allowance has been established on all of the Company’s deferred tax assets.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The following is a summary of the change in our cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(2,498

)

 

$

(3,356

)

 

$

858

 

 

$

(2,189

)

 

$

(1,480

)

 

 

(709

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(97

)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(81

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

21,828

 

 

 

2,772

 

 

 

19,056

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(2,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,000

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

19,314

 

 

$

(584

)

 

$

19,898

 

 

$

(4,286

)

 

$

(1,496

)

 

$

(2,790

)

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As of December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, we held cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $22.7$31.7 million, and our working capital was approximately $18.8$59.1 million. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $3.3$35.9 million, and our working capital was approximately $0.3$60.9 million. Cash and cash equivalents increased $19.3decreased $4.3 million as of December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, compared to June 30, 2020,2021, due to public offeringsthe partial repayment of common stock with net proceeds of approximately $21.8 million, partially offset by funding our normalthe related party notes including accrued interest as well as continuing operating activities and research and development initiatives.expenses.

 

Operating Activities

 

Cash used in operating activities decreased $0.9increased $0.7 million for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, compared to the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019, primarilySeptember 30, 2020, due to a reduction in our expenses as well as a decreasean increase in accounts receivable from receivingsales of the remaining alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit.TRACER 1000, as well as increases in inventory and accounts payable as we continue to purchase raw materials to build the TRACER 1000.

Investing Activities

 

Cash used in investing activities increased $16$81 thousand for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, compared to the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, due to purchasesthe addition of equipment.leasehold improvement assets related to our new R&D facility in Austin.

 

Financing Activities

 

Cash provided byused in financing activities increased $19.1$2.0 million for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, compared to the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020 due to the net proceeds from salepartial repayment of common stock of $21.8 million in the current period, compared to a note payable from a related party as well as the sale of shares of common stock through an “at the market offering” program in the prior period.notes.

 

Liquidity

 

Our annual report on Form 10-K forHistorically, our primary uses of cash have been to fund research and development, inventory, and selling, general and administrative expenses. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 indicated substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. On October 23, 2020,2021, we successfully completed aseveral public offeringofferings of our common stock, raising grossnet proceeds of $18.0 million, and on October 30, 2020, we also completed a registered direct offering of our common stock, raising gross proceeds of $6.2approximately $67.6 million. We believe this solves our liquidity issue, and we no longer have substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We will continue to evaluate opportunities to further strengthen our liquidity, including selling the Company or a portion thereof, licensing some of our technology, raising additional funds through the capital markets, debt financing, equity financing, merging, or engaging in a strategic partnership. However, our ability to successfully effectuate any such transactions depends on operating and economic conditions, some of which are beyond our control. If additional capital is needed, we may not be able to obtain debt or equity financing on terms favorable to us, or at all. Based on current expectations, we believe we have sufficient liquidity to meet our capital expenditure and cash flow needs during the fiscal year 2022 from our available financial resources.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accountsProvision for Income Tax

Our effective tax rate is 0% for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and we expect that our effective tax rate for the full fiscal year 2022 year will be 0%. Based on the weight of available evidence, including net cumulative losses and expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to amountsfuture losses, we have determined that areit is more likely than not tothat our U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of December 31, 2020, the Company establishedrealized and therefore a full valuation allowance against all of itshas been provided on the U.S. federal and state net deferred tax assets.

 

ForIn general, if we experience a greater than 50 percentage point aggregate change in ownership over a three-year period (a Section 382 ownership change), utilization of its pre-change net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards are subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 of the three months ended December 31, 2020Internal Revenue Code. Generally, U.S. state laws have laws similar to Internal Revenue Code Section 382. The annual limitation generally is determined by multiplying the value of the Company’s stock at the time of such ownership


change (subject to certain adjustments) by the applicable long-term tax-exempt rate. Such limitations may result in expiration of a portion of the NOL carryforward before utilization.

We file U.S. federal and 2019,state income tax returns. We are not currently subject to any income tax examinations. Dating back to June 2002, we have net operating loss carryovers, which generally allows all tax years to remain open to income tax examinations for all years for which there are loss carryforwards.

Uncertain Tax Positions

We recognize the financial statement effects of a tax position when it becomes more likely than not, based upon the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination. We currently have approximately $300 thousand of uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2021, all of which are accounted as contra-deferred tax assets. The Company incurred pre-tax lossesdoes not expect any significant changes to its uncertain tax positions in the amount of $1.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $3.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The total effective tax rate was approximately 0% for the each of the three and six months ended December 31, 2020  and 2019.coming 12 months.

 

For each of the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate of 21%, primarily due to the valuation allowance placed against its net deferred tax assets. Income Taxes

 

The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provided certain tax relief measures including the acceleration of the AMT credit previously paid. The CARES Act allowsThere is $0 provision for the acceleration of the refundable AMT credit up to


100% of the AMT credit. In response to the impact of the CARES Act, the Company received the remaining AMT credit of $429 thousand for AMT previously paidincome taxes during the three months ended September 30, 2020.2021.  

 

FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes” addresses the accounting for uncertainty in income tax recognized in an entity’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Company had no unrecognized tax benefit for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.

Loss carryovers are generally subject to modification by tax authorities until three years after they have been utilized; as such, the Company is subject to examination for the fiscal years ended 2001 through present for federal purposes and fiscal years ended 2006 through present for state purposes.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2020,September 30, 2021, or June 30, 2020.2021.

 

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on the evaluation and criteria of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.effective at the reasonable assurance level.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the sixthree months ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 



PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

 

AsOn April 15, 2021, a putative stockholder of December 31, 2020, we are not involved in any pending or threatened legal proceedings that we believe could reasonably be expected to havethe Company commenced a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. From time to time, we are subject to legal proceedingsclass action and business disputes involving ordinary routine legal matters and claims incidental to our business. The ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to such matters generally cannot be estimated with certainty and requires the use of estimates in recording liabilities for potential litigation settlements or awards against us. Estimates for losses from litigation are made after consultation with outside counsel. If estimates of potential losses increase or the related facts and circumstances changederivative lawsuit in the future, we may be requiredDelaware Court of Chancery, Stein v. Pickens, et al., C.A. No. 2021-0322-JRS (the “Stein Action”), in which it was alleged, among other things, that the Company improperly included broker non-votes in the tabulation of votes counted in favor to recordapprove an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “2020 Certificate Amendment”) and, thus the 2020 Certificate Amendment was defective. The Company investigated these allegations and disputed them. Following a period of discovery, the parties entered into a settlement in principle. No date to present the settlement to the Court of Chancery has yet been set.  

On April 30, 2021, the Company filed a validation proceeding in the Delaware Court of Chancery, In re Astrotech Corporation, C.A. No. 2021-0380-JRS, pursuant to Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Section 205 Action”).  The Company did not believe that the filing and effectiveness of the 2020 Certificate Amendment was either moreinvalid or less litigation expense.ineffective. However, to resolve any uncertainty, the Company determined to pursue corrective actions to ratify the 2020 Certificate Amendment through the filing of the Section 205 Action. The Company’s request for validation from the Court of Chancery was granted on October 6, 2021, thereby ratifying the 2020 Certificate Amendment and all issuances of shares made pursuant thereto.  

Further information regarding the Stein Action and the Section 205 Action is provided in the Schedule 14A proxy statement amendment and supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2021.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Our stock price has fluctuated in the past, has recently been volatile and may be volatile in the future, and as a result, investors in our common stock could incur substantial losses.

Our stock price has fluctuated in the past, has recently been volatile and may be volatile in the future. By way of example, on February 1, 2021, the price of our common stock closed at $2.11 per share, while on February 10, 2021, our stock price closed at $4.05 per share with no discernable announcements or developments by the Company or third parties.  On January 14, 2021, the intra-day sales price of our common stock fluctuated between a reported low sale price of $2.24 and a reported high sales price of $2.58. We may incur rapid and substantial decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that are unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. In addition, the recent outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused broad stock market and industry fluctuations. The stock market in general and the market for companies such as ours in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our common stock. The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including the following:

investor reaction to our business strategy;

the success of competitive products or technologies;

our continued compliance with the NASDAQ listing standards;

regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries, especially changes in laws or regulations applicable to our products;

actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our products, manufacturing process or sales and marketing terms;

variations in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived to be similar to us;

the success of our efforts to acquire or in-license additional products or product candidates;

developments concerning our collaborations or partners;

developments or disputes concerning patents or other proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our products;

our ability or inability to raise additional capital and the terms on which we raise it;

declines in the market prices of stocks generally;

trading volume of our common stock;

sales of our common stock by us or our stockholders;

general economic, industry and market conditions; and

other events or factors, including those resulting from such events, or the prospect of such events, including war, terrorism and other international conflicts, public health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and natural disasters such as fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the United States or elsewhere, could disrupt our operations, disrupt the operations of our suppliers or result in political or economic instability.

These broad market and industry factors may seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. Further, recent increases are significantly inconsistent with any improvements in actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or other indicators of value, including our loss per share of $1.31 and $0.27 for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 and the three months ended September 30, 2020. Since the stock price of our common stock has fluctuated


in the past, has been recently volatile and may be volatile in the future, investors in our common stock could incur substantial losses. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and growth prospects. There cancash flows may be no guarantee thatimpacted by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our stock price will remain at current levels or that future salescontrol, including those set forth in our Form 10-K and our Form 10-Qs, the occurrence of any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our common stock will not be at prices lower than those sold to investors.actual results.

 

Additionally, securities of certain companiesThere have recently experienced significant and extreme volatility in stock price due short sellers of shares of common stock, known as a “short squeeze.”  These short squeezes have caused extreme volatility in both the stock prices of those companies and in the market, and have ledbeen no material changes to the price per share of those companies to trade at a significantly inflated rate that is disconnected from the underlying value of the company. Many investors who have purchased sharesRisk Factors previously disclosed in those companies at an inflated rate face the risk of losing a significant portion of their original investment, as in many cases the price per share has declined steadily as interest in those stocks have abated. While we have no reason to believe our shares would be the target of a short squeeze, there can be no assurance that we won’t be in the future, and you may lose a significant portion or all of your investment if you purchase our shares at a rate that is significantly disconnected from our underlying value.fiscal year 2021 Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

On October 28, 2020, the Company issued the Placement Agent Warrants No. 2 to the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Placement Agent Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act and were issued in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.None.

 

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 


ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

 

Incorporation by Reference

1.1

 

3.1

 

AtCertificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Market Offering Agreement, dated December 18, 2020, by and between Astrotech Corporation and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLCSecretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Exhibit 1.13.1 to Form 8-K filed on December 18,28, 2017.

3.2

Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 28, 2017).

Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K filed on December 28, 2017.

3.3

Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Exhibit 3.3 to Form 8-K filed on December 28, 2017.

3.4

Certificate of Designations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 17, 2019.

Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2019.

3.5

Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 17, 2019.

Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2019.

3.6

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Astrotech Corporation.

Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

4.13.7

 

FormCertificate of Placement Agent’s WarrantAmendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Astrotech Corporation.

 

Exhibit 4.13.1 to Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2020.12, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

4.24.1

 

Form of Placement Agent’s WarrantOmnibus Amendment to Secured Promissory Notes, dated September 3, 2021.

 

Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on October 30, 2020.September 8, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Securities Purchase AgreementAcknowledgment, Consent and Affirmation of Guarantors, dated September 3, 2021.

 

Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2020.September 8, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

FormOmnibus Amendment to Security Agreements, dated September 3, 2021, by and among the Company, certain of Securities Purchase Agreementthe Company’s subsidiaries and Thomas B. Pickens III.

 

Exhibit 10.110.2 to Form 8-K filed on October 30, 2020.September 8, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

99.110.3

 

Joint Development and Option Agreement,Omnibus Amendment to Subsidiary Guarantees, dated October 20, 2020September 3, 2021, made by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in favor of Thomas B. Pickens III.

 

Exhibit 99.110.3 to Form 8-K filed on October 20, 2020.September 8, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

99.2

Cash Reserve Agreement, dated October 19, 2020

Exhibit 99.3 to Form 8-K filed on October 20, 2020.

31.1

 

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

Filed herewith.

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Filed herewith.

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Filed herewith.

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

Filed herewith.

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Filed herewith.

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Filed herewith.

104

The following financial informationcover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periodquarter ended December 31, 2020September 30, 2021, has been formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language: (i) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (iv) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.Inline XBRL.

 

Filed herewith.

 



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Astrotech Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: February 16,November 12, 2021

 

/s/ Eric Stober

 

 

Eric Stober

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

 

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