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Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D. UTEK Corporation Improving University-Industry Tech Transfer Using an Equity Model

Important Notice: 

Important Notice Certain matters discussed in this presentation are "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the Company "expects," "anticipates" or words of similar meaning. Similarly, statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the Company can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this presentation and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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U.S. trading snapshot (August 22, 2006) IPO, October 2000 at $6.00 AMEX & LSE-AIM: UTK Shares outstanding: 8,898,254 Recent closing price: $20.60 Market capitalization: $183m

UTEK Overview: 

UTEK Overview Specialty finance company focused on technology transfer Public companies retain UTEK to rapidly acquire innovative technologies from universities and research laboratories usually in exchange for their equity Acquired and transferred more than 77 university technologies for our clients (24 year-to-date) Rapidly expanding technology transfer business

UTEK Mission: 

UTEK Mission Enhance the growth and value of companies with university and laboratory research innovations Minimize invention risk and expense by outsourcing basic research to universities and federal laboratories Provide a platform to allow companies to access externally developed university technology through our U2B service Empower clients to use their equity (or cash) to acquire licenses to university technologies to enhance their new product pipeline

U2B® Business Model: 

U2B® Business Model © 2006 UTEK CORPORATION

Marketplace: 

Marketplace Public Company Demand More than 6,000 small public companies need new technology infusions: Cannot afford to conduct & finance research Limited awareness of and access to university discoveries University Technology Supply Top US, UK & Canadian universities and medical centers receive more than $44 billion annually in grants to conduct research This results in the development of more than 18,000 new technologies each year UTEK’s has assembled a proprietary database and search engine with more than 35,000 new technologies available for license (1) Association of University Technology Managers Licensing Survey & UK University Commercialization Survey: Nottingham University Business School

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UTEK’s Proprietary Search Engine

UTEK’s University Supplier Network (partial listing): 

UTEK’s University Supplier Network (partial listing) Brown University California Institute of Technology Cambridge University Cornell University Dartmouth College Emory University Fraunhofer Institute Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Jet Propulsion Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory McGill University National Tech-Transfer Center Oakridge National Laboratory Oxford University Princeton University Stanford University Tufts University Université Louvain-la-Neuve University of Akron University of California at Berkeley University of Chicago University of Loughborough University of Memphis University of Miami University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia University of West Florida University of Warwick Virginia Tech Weizmann Institute of Science Yale University More than 250 universities and research centers worldwide have technologies posted on UTEK’s proprietary IP exchanges

Science Advisory Council : 

Science Advisory Council Assist in due diligence of technologies 38 members, including one Nobel laureate, two university presidents and a department chair: Walter Kohn, Ph.D. - Physical chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara; (Nobel Prize recipient) Marcel Crochet, Ph.D. - Fluid mechanics, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Anders Flodström, Ph.D. - Semiconductor physics, President of the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Ralph S. Greco, M.D. - General, endocrine and gastrointestinal surgery, Division Head of General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

The UTEK Advantage: 

The UTEK Advantage For Companies Rapidly acquire significant university intellectual property using equity For Research Institutions Receive up-front cash payment from UTEK and 100% of future royalties: resulting in more frequent and faster technology transfers

Performance Analysis: 

Performance Analysis Strategic Alliances active at period-end 8 36 17 25 25 Number of technology transfers completed 6 16 11 4 14

Net Asset Growth: 

Net Asset Growth Equity holdings at fair value (market value less discount) Fair value: June 2006: $61.8m Approximately 90% of portfolio companies are publicly traded Fair value represents on average 35% to 40% discount to market value Cash, treasuries and CD’s June 2006: $ 20.4m $m Net assets 23.1 11.2 44.4 71.4 7.4

Company Summary: 

Company Summary Expanding customers base for technology transfers Proprietary database & search engine to facilitate identifying technologies for transfer Scientific due diligence for each technology transferred Strong balance sheet ($71.4m in net assets, no debt) Equity stakes in approximately 60 small-cap companies each having licensed a proprietary university technology