---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-002269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:16:17.127245+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astrotech appoints Bob McFarland to board of directors, expands board to five

## Summary
- Board size increased from four to five directors; McFarland appointed effective Jan 27, 2023.
- McFarland granted 2,150 restricted shares under 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, vesting over three years.
- He brings experience as former VA CIO and Dell executive; will advise on mass spectrometry and BreathTest-1000 FDA approval.
- No material transactions between McFarland and the company; standard non-employee director compensation applies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-002269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923002269/0001437749-23-002269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923002269/astc20230131_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-002269
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-002269.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-002269.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bob McFarland was appointed as director at ASTROTECH Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On January 27, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Astrotech Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from four to five directors and appointed Bob McFarland as a director of the Company, effective as of January 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923002269/0001437749-23-002269-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.