Failure to Satisfy Listing Rule Form 8 K

On December 17, 2024, Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") received written notice (the "Notice") from the Office of General Counsel of The Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") indicating that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel") has determined to delist the Company's shares from Nasdaq due to the Company's failure to meet Nasdaq's continued listing standards. As previously disclosed, the Company has not been compliant with the requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Additionally, the Notice informed the Company that, pursuant to the discretionary authority granted to Nasdaq under Listing Rule 5110(b), the Company's previously disclosed seeking of voluntary protection under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code would serve as an additional basis for delisting the Company's common stock The Notice also advises the Company of its right to appeal Nasdaq's determination pursuant to procedures set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5800 Series. The Company does not intend to pursue an appeal.

Trading of the Company's common stock will be suspended from the Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on December 18, 2024. The Company expects that Nasdaq will file a Form 25-NSE with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which will remove the Company's common stock from listing and registration on Nasdaq.

Cautionary Note Regarding the Company's Common Stock

The Company's security holders are cautioned that trading in the Company's securities during the pendency of the Company and its subsidiaries' chapter 11 cases (the "Cases") is highly speculative and poses substantial risks. Trading prices for the Company's securities may bear little or no relationship to the actual recovery, if any, by holders thereof in the Cases. The Company currently does not expect that holders of the Company's common stock or other equity securities will receive any payment or other distribution on account of those securities in the Cases given the expected proceeds of the sale of its assets and the amount of the liabilities owed to more senior creditors. Accordingly, the Company urges extreme caution with respect to existing and future investments in its securities.