Form DEFA14A - Additional definitive proxy soliciting materials and Rule 14(a)(12) material
30 September 2023 - 7:00AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
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Definitive Proxy Statement |
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Definitive Additional Materials |
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Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 |
AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if
other than the Registrant)
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Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |
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Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |
Akoustis Technologies, Inc.
Supplement to the Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held on November 2, 2023.
This proxy statement supplement (this “Proxy
Supplement”) supplements, updates and amends the definitive proxy statement of Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”) regarding the annual
meeting of shareholders to be held on November 2, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”).
This Proxy Supplement contains important supplemental
information to the Proxy Statement and should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. To the extent that information in this
Proxy Supplement differs from, conflicts with, or updates information contained in the Proxy Statement, the information in this Proxy
Supplement is more current and shall prevail. The Company is providing you with the following additional information in order to further
assist you in voting your shares at the Annual Meeting.
On September 26, 2023, Akoustis Technologies,
Inc. (the “) Company entered into a Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Employment Agreement, dated as of June
15, 2015 and amended as of September 6, 2017, by and between the Company and its Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey B. Shealy (as amended,
the “Shealy Employment Agreement”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment:
| (i) | Dr. Shealy’s base salary is set at $550,000; |
| (ii) | Dr. Shealy’s target annual bonus is set at 100% of his
base salary (with maximum bonus potential under the Company’s annual incentive bonus plan for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024
of 145% of his base salary); |
| (iii) | Dr. Shealy will be eligible to receive a supplemental discretionary
bonus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 of up to 50% of his base salary based on such factors and payable at such time as the
Company’s Board of Directors may determine in its sole discretion; |
| (iv) | Dr. Shealy’s equity incentive awards for fiscal year 2024
will consist of 80,000 restricted stock units and 120,000 performance-based restricted stock units with market value appreciation conditions,
each under the Company’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan; |
| (v) | Dr. Shealy is eligible to earn a cash retention bonus of $200,000
if he remains employed with the Company through the earlier of June 30, 2024 and the date of a change of control of the Company; and |
| (vi) | for purposes of calculating the amount of severance payable
in the event of a termination before June 30, 2024, Dr. Shealy’s base salary will be assumed to be $750,000. |
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