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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001515971-12-000255
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120810
ITEM INFORMATION:		Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120810
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120810

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASTROTECH Corp \WA\
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001907
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GUIDED MISSILES & SPACE VEHICLES & PARTS [3760]
		IRS NUMBER:				911273737
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34426
		FILM NUMBER:		121022525

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CONGRESS AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1650
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5124859530

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 CONGRESS AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1650
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SPACEHAB INC \WA\
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951006
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>UNITED STATES</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): &nbsp;August 10, 2012</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:24pt" align=center><B>Astrotech Corporation</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center>of incorporation) </P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1.333px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=302.6><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>401 Congress Ave. Suite 1650 Austin, Texas</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code:</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; float:left">Item 3.03.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><U>Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders</U>.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>As previously disclosed, on July 29, 2009, the Board of Directors of Astrotech Corporation (the&nbsp;&#147;Company&#148;) declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a &#147;Right&#148;) for each outstanding share of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company. As previously disclosed, the description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement (the&nbsp;&#147;Rights Agreement&#148;) between the Company and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;). &nbsp;Under the terms of the Rights Agreement, the Rights were to expire on August 10, 2010 (the &#147;Expiration Date&#148;) unless the Expiration Date were extended or unless the Rights were earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company. As previously disclosed, on July 29, 2010, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into Amendment One to Rights Agreement, which extended the Expiration Date from August 10, 2010 to August 10, 2011. &nbsp;As previously disclosed, on August 10, 2011, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into Amendment Two to Rights Agreement, which extended the Expiration Date from August 10, 2011 to August 10, 2012. On August 10, 2012, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into Amendment Three to Rights Agreement (the &#147;Amendment&#148;), which extends the Expiration Date from August 10, 2012 to August 10, 2013.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; float:left">Item 9.01.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>(d) Exhibits.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px" align=justify>4.1 Amendment Three to Rights Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2012, between Astrotech Corporation and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px">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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" width=225.8 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>ASTROTECH CORPORATION<B>.</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=99><P style="margin:0px" align=center>4.1</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>AMENDMENT THREE </B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px" align=justify><B>THIS AMENDMENT THREE TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT</B> (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;), dated as of August 10, 2012, is entered into by and between Astrotech Corporation, a Washington corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the &#147;<U>Rights Agent</U>&#148;), pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;29, 2009, as amended July&nbsp;29, 2010 and August 10, 2011, (the &#147;<U>Rights Agreement</U>&#148;), between the Company and the Rights Agent.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px" align=justify><B>WHEREAS</B>, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that prior to the time any person becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) the Company may from time to time supplement and amend any provision of the Rights Agreement in any respect without the approval of the holders of the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement); and</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px" align=justify><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Rights under the Rights Agreement are scheduled to expire at the Close of Business on August 10, 2012 (the &#147;<U>Expiration Date</U>&#148;); and </P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px" align=justify><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company to amend the Rights Agreement to extend the Expiration Date, and to take such further actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate such extension.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:96px" align=justify><B>NOW THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth herein and in the Rights Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:144px; float:left"><U>Section 1.</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><I>Definitions</I>. &nbsp;Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Rights Agreement. </P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:144px; float:left"><U>Section 2.</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px"><I>Amendments to Rights Agreement.</I></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(a)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><U>Amendment of Section 1(m) of the Rights Agreement</U>. &nbsp;Section 1(m) is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:144px">&#147;<U>Expiration Date</U>&#148; shall mean the Close of Business on August 10, 2013</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(b)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><U>Amendment of Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement</U>. &nbsp;Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by replacing references to &#147;2012&#148; with &#147;2013&#148;.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(c)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><U>Amendment of Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement</U>. &nbsp;Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by replacing references to &#147;2012&#148; with &#147;2013&#148;.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:144px; float:left"><U>Section 3.</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px"><I>Miscellaneous.</I></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(a)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>The term &#147;Agreement&#148; as used in the Rights Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Rights Agreement as amended hereby.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(b)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>This Amendment shall be effective as of the date first above written, and, except as set forth herein, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:84px; width:144px; float:left">(c)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Washington and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>The Rights Agent and the Company hereby waive any notice requirement under the Rights Agreement pertaining to the matters covered by this Amendment.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Except to the extent specifically amended hereby, the provisions of the Rights Agreement shall remain unmodified, and the Rights Agreement as amended hereby is confirmed as being in full force and effect.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>[<I>Signature page follows</I>]</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:54px" align=justify><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, </B>the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px"><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=21.133><P style="margin:0px">By:</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" width=204.667><P style="margin:0px">/s/ Thomas B. Pickens III</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px"><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" width=225.8 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px">Name:Thomas B. Pickens III</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px"><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" width=225.8 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px">Title:<FONT style="font-size:7.5pt">&nbsp;</FONT>Chairman of the Board and Chief</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" width=204.667><P style="margin:0px">/s/ Paula Caroppoli</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px"><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=21.133><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" width=204.667><P style="margin:0px">Name: Paula Caroppoli</P>
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