AKTS Akoustis Technologies Inc

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2023

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-38029		33-1229046
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)				Identification Number)

 

9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A

Huntersville, NC 28078

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

704-997-5735

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class:		Trading Symbol:		Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value		AKTS		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.b-2 of this chapter)

 

Emerging Growth Company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On November 2, 2023, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP Amendment”) at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The ESPP Amendment increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), authorized for issuance under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including pursuant to incentive stock options, from 500,000 to 1,000,000 shares.

 

A description of the terms of the ESPP Amendment is set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 19, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), under the heading “Proposal 4−Amendment to Employee Stock Purchase Plan” which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the ESPP Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On November 2, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for the purpose of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, from 125,000,000 shares to 175,000,000 shares. The Certificate of Amendment became effective on upon filing with the Secretary of State.

 

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held the Annual Meeting on November 2, 2023. The certified results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are more fully described in the Proxy Statement, are as follows:

 

Proposal 1 – The Company’s stockholders elected the eight nominees to the Company’s board of directors to serve one-year terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal, with the votes cast as follows:

 

			For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Steven P. DenBaars			26,745,960				3,318,395				16,243,358
Arthur E. Geiss			26,644,803				3,419,552				16,243,358
J. Michael McGuire			26,509,411				3,554,944				16,243,358
Jeffrey K. McMahon			26,404,480				3,659,875				16,243,358
Jerry D. Neal			23,191,393				6,872,962				16,243,358
Michelle L. Petock			26,684,471				3,379,884				16,243,358
Suzanne B. Rudy			26,342,372				3,721,983				16,243,358
Jeffrey B. Shealy			26,208,566				3,855,789				16,243,358

  

  

Proposal 2 – The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, with the votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
22,016,577		7,499,406		548,372		16,243,358

 

Proposal 3 – The Company’s stockholders approved the Certificate of Amendment, with the votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Broker Non-Votes
37,388,404		8,919,309		N/A

 

Proposal 4 – The Company’s stockholders approved the ESPP Amendment, with the votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
26,051,875		3,819,576		192,904		16,243,358

 

Proposal 5 – The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, with the votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
44,832,023		910,611		565,079		16,243,358

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
10.1		Amendment to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Akoustis Technologies, Inc.
Date: November 2, 2023	By:	/s/ Kenneth E. Boller
	Name:	Kenneth E. Boller
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

 

1. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting Section 4.1 of ARTICLE IV thereof in its entirety and replacing Section 4.1 of ARTICLE IV with the following:

 

“4.1 Number of Authorized Shares; Par Value. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one-hundred and eighty million (180,000,000)) shares, of which one-hundred and seventy-five million (175,000,000)) shall be designated as common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and of which five million (5,000,000) shares shall be designated as preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.”

 

2. The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has caused this Certificate to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 2^nd day of November 2023.

  

	By:	/s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy
	Name:	Jeffrey B. Shealy
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 10.1 

 

AMENDMENT
TO
AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

This Amendment (“Amendment”) to the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Existing Plan”; as amended hereby, the “Plan”) of Akoustis Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as of August 31, 2023, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholders”).

 

Statement of Purpose

 

The Existing Plan was originally approved by the Board on August 24, 2018, and by the Stockholders on November 1, 2018, upon which date it became effective. Under Section 19.9 of the Existing Plan, the Board may amend the Existing Plan at any time, contingent on the approval of the Stockholders if Stockholder approval is required by applicable law. The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to amend the Existing Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Existing Plan is hereby amended as follows, subject to the approval of the Stockholders:

 

1. Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Plan.

 

2. Amendment to Existing Plan.

 

Section 13.1 “Number of Shares:” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

13.1 Number of Shares. A total of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock have been reserved as authorized for the grant of options under this Plan. The shares of Common Stock may be newly issued shares, treasury shares, or shares acquired on the open market. If an option under this Plan expires or is terminated unexercised for any reason, the shares as to which such option so expired or terminated again may be made subject to an option under this Plan.

 

3. Reference to and Effect on the Plan. The Plan, as amended hereby, and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith, shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

*            *            *

 

Effective this 31^st day of August 2023, subject to Stockholder approval.

 

 

 

 

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