Superconductor Technologies Announces Death of Chairman of the Board Martin A. Kaplan
07 Agosto 2019 - 7:30AM
Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) (Nasdaq: SCON) today issued
the following statement:
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Chairman
Martin (Marty) A. Kaplan. On behalf of our Board of Directors,
management team and employees, we extend our deepest sympathies to
Marty’s family,” said Jeff Quiram, STI’s president and CEO.
“Marty provided inspiration, remarkable passion and exceptional
experience to STI. We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss.
Marty was an innovative and visionary leader with a passion for
next generation technologies. He was a fantastic teacher and a
great friend. His positive attitude and valuable counsel will be
sorely missed. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his
family.”
Mr. Kaplan served on STI’s board since 2002 and was named
Chairman of the Board in October 2010. From 2000 through 2012, Mr.
Kaplan was Chairman of the Board of JDS Uniphase, Inc. (“JDSU”), a
telecommunications equipment company, where he remained a director
until August 2015. In August 2015, JDSU spun off its communications
and commercial optical products business into the publicly-traded
company Lumentum Holdings Inc., at which time Mr. Kaplan resigned
from the JDSU Board and became Chairman of the Board of Lumentum
Holdings Inc. In a career spanning 40 years, Mr. Kaplan last served
as Executive Vice-President of the Pacific Telesis Group, which
became a subsidiary of SBC Communications in 1997. Mr. Kaplan
served as a director for a number of other public and private
companies.
Mr. Kaplan earned a B.S. in Engineering from California
Institute of Technology.
Mr. Kaplan was 81 years old.
About Superconductor Technologies Inc.
(STI)Superconductor Technologies Inc. is a global leader
in superconducting innovation. Its Conductus® superconducting wire
platform offers high performance, cost-effective and scalable
superconducting wire. With 100 times the current carrying capacity
of conventional copper and aluminum, superconducting wire offers
zero resistance with extreme high current density. This provides a
significant benefit for electric power transmission and also
enables much smaller or more powerful magnets for motors,
generators, energy storage and medical equipment. Since 1987, STI
has led innovation in HTS materials, developing more than 100
patents as well as proprietary trade secrets and manufacturing
expertise. For more than 20 years STI utilized its unique HTS
manufacturing process for solutions to maximize capacity
utilization and coverage for Tier 1 telecommunications operators.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Superconductor Technologies Inc.'s
common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the
ticker symbol “SCON.” For more information about STI, please visit
http://www.suptech.com.
Safe Harbor
Statement Statements in this press release
regarding our business that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees
of future performance and are inherently subject to uncertainties
and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements. These factors and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our limited cash and
a history of losses; our need to materially grow our revenues from
commercial operations and/or to raise additional capital (which
financing may not be available on acceptable terms or at all) in
the very near future, before cash reserves are depleted (which
reserves are expected to be sufficient into the third quarter of
2019), to implement our current business plan and maintain our
viability; the performance and use of our equipment to produce wire
in accordance with our timetable; overcoming technical challenges
in attaining milestones to develop and manufacture commercial
lengths of our HTS wire; the possibility of delays in customer
evaluation and acceptance of our HTS wire; the limited number of
potential customers and customer pressures on the selling prices of
our products; the limited number of suppliers for some of our
components and our HTS wire; there being no significant backlog
from quarter to quarter; our market being characterized by rapidly
advancing technology; the impact of competitive products,
technologies and pricing; manufacturing capacity constraints and
difficulties; the impact of any financing activity on the level of
our stock price; the dilutive impact of any issuances of securities
to raise capital; the steps required to maintain the listing of our
common stock with a U.S. national securities exchange and the
impact on the liquidity and trading price of our common stock if we
fail to maintain such listing; the cost and uncertainty from
compliance with environmental regulations; and local, regional, and
national and international economic conditions and events and the
impact they may have on us and our customers.
Forward-looking statements can be affected by many other
factors, including, those described in the "Business" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" sections of STI's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018, and in STI's other public
filings. These documents are available online at STI's website,
www.suptech.com, or through the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.
Forward-looking statements are based on information presently
available to senior management, and STI has not assumed any duty to
update any forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations ContactMoriah Shilton or
Kirsten Chapman LHA
+1-415-433-3777
invest@suptech.com
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