diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSLFFileHandler.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSLFFileHandler.java
index 043d39099..7aab65765 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSLFFileHandler.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSLFFileHandler.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class XSLFFileHandler extends SlideShowHandler {
 	@Override
     @Test
 	public void test() throws Exception {
-        File file = new File("test-data/slideshow/ae.ac.uaeu.faculty_nafaachbili_GeomLec1.pptx");
+        File file = new File("test-data/slideshow/ca.ubc.cs.people_~emhill_presentations_HowWeRefactor.pptx");
 		try (InputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file)) {
 			handleFile(stream, file.getPath());
 		}
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawShape.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawShape.java
index 242b9d6a6..9977e667e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawShape.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawShape.java
@@ -66,7 +66,15 @@ public class DrawShape implements Drawable {
         if (tx == null) {
             tx = new AffineTransform();
         }
-        final Rectangle2D anchor = tx.createTransformedShape(ps.getAnchor()).getBounds2D();
+
+        // we saw one document failing here, probably the format is slightly broken, but
+        // maybe better to try to handle it more gracefully
+        java.awt.Shape transformedShape = tx.createTransformedShape(ps.getAnchor());
+        if(transformedShape == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final Rectangle2D anchor = transformedShape.getBounds2D();
 
         char cmds[] = isHSLF ? new char[]{ 'h','v','r' } : new char[]{ 'r','h','v' };
         for (char ch : cmds) {
@@ -184,7 +192,7 @@ public class DrawShape implements Drawable {
         }
 
         AffineTransform tx = (AffineTransform)graphics.getRenderingHint(Drawable.GROUP_TRANSFORM);
-        if(tx != null && !tx.isIdentity()) {
+        if(tx != null && !tx.isIdentity() && tx.createTransformedShape(anchor) != null) {
             anchor = tx.createTransformedShape(anchor).getBounds2D();
         }
         return anchor;
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawSimpleShape.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawSimpleShape.java
index c5abefa4c..7ed1d35da 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawSimpleShape.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawSimpleShape.java
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ public class DrawSimpleShape extends DrawShape {
         }
 
         Rectangle2D anchor = getAnchor(graphics, sh);
+        if(anchor == null) {
+            return lst;
+        }
         for (Path p : geom) {
 
             double w = p.getW(), h = p.getH(), scaleX = Units.toPoints(1), scaleY = scaleX;
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawTextShape.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawTextShape.java
index ed1465381..413ab218c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawTextShape.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/draw/DrawTextShape.java
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ public class DrawTextShape extends DrawSimpleShape {
         TextShape<?,?> s = getShape();
         
         Rectangle2D anchor = DrawShape.getAnchor(graphics, s);
+        if(anchor == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         Insets2D insets = s.getInsets();
         double x = anchor.getX() + insets.left;
         double y = anchor.getY();
diff --git a/test-data/slideshow/ca.ubc.cs.people_~emhill_presentations_HowWeRefactor.pptx b/test-data/slideshow/ca.ubc.cs.people_~emhill_presentations_HowWeRefactor.pptx
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..544ee321e
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