Asteres Inc. Names Retail Veteran Kevin Tripp to Board of Directors

SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
Asteres Inc., the industry`s leading provider of automated pharmacy and wellness
kiosks and maker of ScriptCenter®, announced today that it has named industry
retail veteran Kevin Tripp to its Board of Directors.

"We are excited to have Kevin join our Board," said Mark de Bruin, Asteres CEO.
"Kevin`s wealth of retail operations expertise will be of great value to Asteres
as ScriptCenter expands in pharmacy and into the front of the store for health
and wellness products."

"ScriptCenter delivers a solution that reduces costs and grows revenue while
enhancing the overall customer experience," said Kevin Tripp. "I am eager to
work with Asteres to help retailers understand and maximize the value automated
retail technology brings to chain drug, supermarkets and mass merchants."

Tripp has over 30 years of leadership and strategic planning expertise in the
pharmacy and grocery store industry. Most recently he held the position of
Executive Vice President and President, Retail Midwest at SUPERVALU INC. Tripp
joined SUPERVALU INC. through the 2006 acquisition of Albertsons, Inc., where he
was Executive Vice President, Drug Operations and President, Drug Store
Division, as well as a member of the corporation`s executive council that
directed food and drug operations in 37 states.

Throughout his career, he has held positions in grocery and drug store
operations, pharmacy operations, managed care, pharmacy marketing and regional
management. Tripp`s prior affiliations were with National Association of Chain
Drug Stores (NACDS) as an executive board member, executive committee member and
charitable foundation board member. He also served as a board member for the
University of Southern Nevada, College of Pharmacy.

Tripp is a registered pharmacist and holds a Bachelors of Science degree in
pharmacy from the University of Wyoming. He also completed the Kellogg Graduate
School of Management, Negotiating Skills Program and the Advanced Management
Program at Harvard Business School.

ABOUT ASTERES

Asteres Inc. develops secure self-service kiosks for the storage and delivery of
prescriptions and consumer products. Asteres` premier product is ScriptCenter,
the first prescription pick-up kiosk for retail, healthcare and military
pharmacies that allows patients to pickup and pay for their prescriptions even
when the pharmacy is closed.For more information visitwww.asteres.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth
in the forward-looking statements.

Asteres Inc.
Sara Lake, 858-777-8608
slake@asteres.com

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