Akoustis Announces $10 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules

Charlotte, N.C., May 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today that it has entered into definitive securities purchase agreements for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 50,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (or common stock equivalents) at a purchase price of $0.20 per share of common stock (or common stock equivalent) in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. The offering is expected to close on or about May 24, 2024 subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Roth Capital Partners is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

Akoustis expects the gross proceeds from the offering to be approximately $10,000,000 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by Akoustis. Akoustis intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering for working capital and to fund operations. 

A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262540) relating to the shares of common stock (and common stock equivalents) to be issued in the offering was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and is currently effective. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement, relating to the offering that will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting Roth Capital Partners, LLC at 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach CA 92660, by phone at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, the shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents), nor will there be any sale of the shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents) in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

About Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Akoustis (http://www.akoustis.com) is a high-tech BAW RF filter solutions company that is pioneering next-generation materials science and MEMS wafer manufacturing to address the market requirements for improved RF filters ‒ targeting higher bandwidth, higher operating frequencies and higher output power compared to legacy polycrystalline BAW technology. The Company utilizes its proprietary and patented XBAW manufacturing process to produce bulk acoustic wave RF filters for mobile and other wireless markets, which facilitate signal acquisition and accelerate band performance between the antenna and digital back end. Superior performance is driven by the significant advances of poly-crystal, single-crystal, and other high purity piezoelectric materials and the resonator-filter process technology which enables optimal trade-offs between critical power, frequency and bandwidth performance specifications.