---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-015764"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:29:42.068683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astrotech appoints Jim Becker to Board, regains Nasdaq compliance

## Summary
- Jim Becker appointed effective June 20, 2022 to fill a Board vacancy.
- Granted 50,000 restricted shares vesting in three equal annual installments from 2023.
- Appointment regains Nasdaq compliance for audit committee size and independent board majority.
- Becker will serve on audit, compensation, and governance committees; is CEO of Becker Logistics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-015764
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774922015764/0001437749-22-015764-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774922015764/astc20220620_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-015764
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-015764.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-015764.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Becker was appointed as director at ASTROTECH Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On June 20, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Astrotech Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Jim Becker as a director of the Company, effective as of June 20, 2022, to fill a vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774922015764/0001437749-22-015764-index.htm

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