UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20212022

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 001-38029

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 33-1229046
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)
 (IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A  
Huntersville, NC 28078
(Address of principal executive offices) (Postal Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-704-997-5735

Securities registered under 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)

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
  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.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes   No

As of April 26, 2021,2022, there were 50,374,19455,962,798 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 20212022

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page No.
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 20212022 and June 30, 20202021 (unaudited) 1
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 (unaudited) 2
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 (unaudited) 3
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 (unaudited) 5
   
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 6
   
ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 1918
   
ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 2524
   
ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 2524
   
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
   
ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 2625
   
ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS 2625
   
ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS 27
   
ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES 27
   
ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 27
   
ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION 27
   
ITEM 6.EXHIBITS 2728
   
EXHIBIT INDEX 28
   
SIGNATURES 29

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  March 31,  June 30, 
  2021  2020 
Assets      
Assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $90,392  $44,308 
Accounts receivable  1,620   351 
Inventory  1,446   136 
Other current assets  1,572   1,408 
Total current assets  95,030   46,203 
         
Property and equipment, net  28,755   23,605 
         
Intangibles, net  579   544 
         
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net  531   699 
Restricted cash     100 
Other assets  282   282 
Total Assets $125,177  $71,433 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current Liabilities:        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $5,163  $5,899 
Deferred revenue  123    
Operating lease liability - current  260   231 
Short term loans payable  1,218    
Total current liabilities  6,764   6,130 
         
Long-term Liabilities:        
Convertible notes payable, net     21,628 
Operating lease liability - non-current  274   472 
Long term loans payable  392   1,591 
Other long-term liabilities  117   117 
Total long-term liabilities  783   23,808 
         
Total Liabilities  7,547   29,938 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, par value $0.001: 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 50,374,194 and 37,990,380 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively  50   38 
Additional paid in capital  255,230   145,072 
Accumulated deficit  (137,650)  (103,615)
Total Stockholders’ Equity  117,630   41,495 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $125,177  $71,433 
  March 31,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Assets      
Assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $55,871  $88,322 
Accounts receivable  3,089   1,170 
Inventory  3,429   1,390 
Other current assets  3,884   2,314 
Total current assets  66,273   93,196 
         
Property and equipment, net  48,042   30,730 
Goodwill  8,051    
Intangibles, net  9,349   572 
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net  317   471 
Other assets  60   25 
Total Assets $132,092  $124,994 
         
Liabilities and Equity        
Current Liabilities:        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $10,025  $6,954 
Contingent consideration  744    
Deferred revenue  115   41 
Operating lease liability  292   270 
Total current liabilities  11,176   7,265 
         
Long-term Liabilities:        
Contingent consideration  535    
Operating lease liability  18   202 
Deferred tax liability  1,804    
Other long-term liabilities  117   117 
Total long-term liabilities  2,474   319 
         
Total Liabilities  13,650   7,584 
         
Equity        
Preferred stock, par value $0.001: 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 55,951,298 and 51,235,764 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively  56   51 
Additional paid in capital  301,554   265,130 
Accumulated deficit  (190,570)  (147,771)
Total Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Equity $111,040  $117,410 
Noncontrolling interest  7,402    
Total Equity  118,442   117,410 
Total Liabilities and Equity $132,092  $124,994 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements

 


Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  For the
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
  For the
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2020
  For the
Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
  For the
Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2020
 
Revenue            
Revenue with customers $2,517  $363  $4,461  $1,424 
                 
Cost of revenue  2,973   217   7,224   1,340 
                 
Gross profit (loss)  (456)  146   (2,763)  84 
                 
Operating expenses                
Research and development  5,225   5,769   17,171   15,736 
General and administrative expenses  3,395   2,589   9,683   8,158 
Total operating expenses  8,620   8,358   26,854   23,894 
                 
Loss from operations  (9,076)  (8,212)  (29,617)  (23,810)
                 
Other (expense) income                
Interest (expense) income  (2,027)  (1,162)  (5,162)  (3,259)
Rental income     54      164 
Change in fair value of contingent real estate liability     480      446 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  928   1,066   744   396 
Total other (expense) income  (1,099)  438   (4,418)  (2,253)
Net loss $(10,175) $(7,774) $(34,035) $(26,063)
                 
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.22) $(0.21) $(0.83) $(0.80)
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted  45,620,610   36,236,779   41,047,723   32,659,339 
  For the
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2022
  For the
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
  For the
Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2022
  For the
Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
 
Revenue            
Revenue with customers $4,607  $2,517  $10,146  $4,461 
                 
Cost of revenue  5,370   2,973   12,821   7,224 
                 
Gross profit (loss)  (763)  (456)  (2,675)  (2,763)
                 
Operating expenses                
Research and development  8,314   5,225   25,481   17,171 
General and administrative expenses  5,721   3,395   14,742   9,683 
Total operating expenses  14,035   8,620   40,223   26,854 
                 
Loss from operations  (14,798)  (9,076)  (42,898)  (29,617)
                 
Other (expense) income                
Interest (expense) income  25   (2,027)  88   (5,162)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  (180)     (180)   
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities     928      744 
Total other (expense) income  (155)  (1,099)  (92)  (4,418)
Net loss before income taxes $(14,953) $(10,175) $(42,990) $(34,035)
                 
Income Taxes  (128)     (70)   
                 
Net Loss $(14,825) $(10,175) $(42,920) $(34,035)
                 
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest  139      121    
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(14,686) $(10,175) $(42,799) $(34,035)
                 
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.27) $(0.22) $(0.80) $(0.83)
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted  55,217,220   45,620,610   53,177,679   41,047,723 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
        Additional       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
                
                
Balance, December 31, 2020  41,399  $41  $173,918  $(127,475) $46,484 
                     
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  3,582   4   52,198      52,202 
Common stock issued in note conversion  4,984   5   25,265      25,270 
Common stock issued for services  96      1,991      1,991 
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  187      991      991 
Common stock issued for exercise of options  118      746      746 
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  8      121      121 
Net loss           (10,175)  (10,175)
                     
Balance, March 31, 2021  50,374   50   255,230   (137,650)  117,630 
  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 
        Additional     Total
Akoustis
       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Technologies, Inc.  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity  Interest  Equity 
                      
Balance, December 31, 2021  54,660  $55  $291,969  $(175,884) $116,140  $7,528  $123,668 
                             
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  1,158   1   6,840      6,841      6,841 
                             
Stock-based compensation  69      2,506      2,506      2,506 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  12      10      10      10 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of options  52      229      229      229 
                             
Noncontrolling interest acquired                 13   13 
                             
Net loss           (14,686)  (14,686)  (139)  (14,825)
                             
Balance, March 31, 2022  55,951  $56  $301,554  $(190,570) $111,040  $7,402  $118,442 

 

  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 
  Common Stock  Additional
Paid In
  Accumulated  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
                
                
Balance, December 31, 2019  36,212  $36  $129,922  $(85,764) $44,194 
                     
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs        19      19 
Common stock issued for services  105      1,803      1,803 
Common stock issued for exercise of options  2      9      9 
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  34      244      244 
Repurchase and retirement of common shares  (1)            
Net loss           (7,774)  (7,774)
                     
Balance, March 31, 2020  36,352   36   131,997   (93,538)  38,495 
  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 
        Additional     Total
Akoustis
       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Technologies, Inc.  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity  Interest  Equity 
                      
Balance, December 31, 2020  41,399  $41  $173,918  $(127,475) $46,484  $  $46,484 
                             
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  3,582   4   52,198      52,202      52,202 
                             
Common stock issued in note conversion  4,984   5   25,265      25,270      25,270 
                             
Stock-based compensation  96      1,991      1,991      1,991 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  187      991      991      991 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of options  118      746      746      746 
                             
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  8      121      121      121 
                             
Net loss           (10,175)  (10,175)     (10,175)
                             
Balance, March 31, 2021  50,374  $50  $255,230  $(137,650) $117,630  $  $117,630 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

  For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021 
        Additional       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
                
Balance, June 30, 2020  37,990  $38  $145,072  $(103,615) $41,495 
                     
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  6,294   6   75,618      75,624 
Common stock issued in note conversion  4,984   5   25,265      25,270 
Common stock issued for services  574   1   6,083      6,084 
Common stock issued for exercise of options  209      1,270      1,270 
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  219      1,109      1,109 
ESPP purchase  32      204      204 
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  72      609      609 
Net loss           (34,035)  (34,035)
                     
Balance, March 31, 2021  50,374  $50  $255,230  $(137,650) $117,630 
  For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2022 
        Additional     Total
Akoustis
       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Technologies, Inc.  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity  Interest  Equity 
                      
Balance, June 30, 2021  51,236  $51  $265,130  $(147,771) $117,410  $  $117,410 
                             
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  3,644   3   25,627      25,630      25,630 
                             
Stock-based compensation  662   1   7,753      7,754      7,754 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  21      67      67      67 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of options  72      369      369      369 
                             
ESPP purchase  53   1   311      312      312 
                             
Common stock issued in acquisition  263      2,297      2,297      2,297 
                             
Noncontrolling interest acquired                 7,523   7,523 
                             
Net loss           (42,799)  (42,799)  (121)  (42,920)
                             
Balance, March 31, 2022  55,951  $56  $301,554  $(190,570) $111,040  $7,402  $118,442 

 

  For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020
  Common Stock  Additional
Paid In
  Accumulated  Stockholders’
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity
             
Balance, June 30, 2019  30,141      $30  $93,399  $(67,474) $25,955
                     
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  5,520       6   32,184     32,190
Common stock issued for services  567          5,108     5,108
Common stock issued for exercise of options      12      64     64
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  74               
ESPP purchase      28      168     168
Common stock issued for equipment purchase  5          40     40
Vesting of restricted shares            303     303
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  106          731     731
Repurchase and retirement of common shares  (101)              
Net loss               (26,064) (26,064)
                     
Balance, March 31, 2020  36,352      $36  $131,997  $(93,538) $38,495
  For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021 
        Additional     Total
Akoustis
       
  Common Stock  Paid In  Accumulated  Technologies, Inc.  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Par Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity  Interest  Equity 
                      
Balance, June 30, 2020  37,990  $38  $145,072  $(103,615) $41,495  $  $41,495 
                             
Common stock issued for cash, net of issuance costs  6,294   6   75,618      75,624      75,624 
                             
Common stock issued in note conversion  4,984   5   25,265      25,270      25,270 
                             
Stock-based compensation  574   1   6,083      6,084      6,084 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants  219      1,109      1,109      1,109 
                             
Common stock issued for exercise of options  209      1,270      1,270      1,270 
                             
ESPP purchase  32      204      204      204 
                             
Common stock issued in payment of note interest  72      609      609      609 
                             
Net loss           (34,035)  (34,035)     (34,035)
                             
Balance, March 31, 2021  50,374  $50  $255,230  $(137,650) $117,630  $  $117,630 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

  Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2022
  Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
 
       
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net loss $(42,920) $(34,035)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  5,492   3,284 
Stock-based compensation  7,754   6,084 
Amortization of debt discount     4,405 
Amortization of operating lease right of use asset  202   168 
Non cash interest payments     609 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities     (744)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  180    
Gain on disposal of fixed assets  (204)   
         
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  (936)  (1,270)
Inventory  (1,841)  (1,310)
Other current assets  (1,558)  (164)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  1,024   961 
Lease liabilities  (210)  (170)
Other long term liabilities  (176)   
Deferred revenue  (80)  123 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (33,273)  (22,059)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
Cash paid for machinery and equipment  (21,794)  (9,884)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired  (4,078)   
Cash received from sale of fixed assets  316    
Cash paid for intangibles     (50)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (25,556)  (9,934)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  25,630   75,394 
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options  369   1,270 
Proceeds from exercise of warrants  67   1,109 
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan  312   204 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  26,378   77,977 
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash  (32,451)  45,984 
         
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash - Beginning of Period  88,322   44,408 
         
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash - End of Period $55,871  $90,392 
         
SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash Paid During the Period for:        
Interest     325 
         
SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
         
Common stock issued in payment of interest     (25,270)
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued expenses  378   (1,467)
Stock issuance costs included in accounts payable and accrued expenses     (230)
Acquisition of Business        
Tangible assets, excluding cash and cash equivalents  1,346    
Intangibles  9,452    
Goodwill  8,051    
Deferred tax liability  (1,980)   
Contingent consideration  (1,099)   
Liabilities assumed  (1,871)   
Issuance of common stock for acquisition  (2,297)   
Noncontrolling interest  (7,523)   

  Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
  Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2020
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net loss $(34,035)  (26,063)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  3,284   2,194 
Common stock issued for services  6,084   5,108 
Amortization of debt discount  4,405   2,333 
Amortization of operating lease right of use asset  168   91 
Non cash interest payments  609   731 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  (744)  (396)
Change in fair value of contingent real estate liability     (446)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  (1,270)  (407)
Inventory  (1,310)  18 
Other current assets  (164)  477 
Other assets     (188)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  961   195 
Lease liabilities  (170)  (85)
Deferred revenue  123   (5)
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (22,059)  (16,443)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
Cash paid for machinery and equipment  (9,884)  (6,340)
Cash received from sale of fixed assets     28 
Cash paid for intangibles  (50)  (143)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (9,934)  (6,455)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  75,394   32,189 
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options  1,270   64 
Proceeds from exercise of warrants  1,109    
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan  204   168 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  77,977   32,421 
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash  45,984   9,523 
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash - Beginning of Period  44,408   30,154 
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash - End of Period $90,392  $39,677 
         
SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash Paid During the Period for:        
Interest  325   488 
         
SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
         
Common stock issued in note conversion  (25,270)   
Stock compensation payable     303 
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued expenses  (1,467)  290 
Stock issuance costs included in accounts payable and accrued expenses  (230)   
Reclass from assets held for sale     (251)
Assets purchased using common stock     40 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements


 


AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Organization

 

Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on April 10, 2013, and effective December 15, 2016, the Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Delaware. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Akoustis, Inc. (a Delaware corporation), the Company, headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, is focused on developing, designing, and manufacturing innovative radio frequency (“RF”) filter products for the wireless industry, including for products such as smartphones and tablets, cellular infrastructure equipment, WiFiWi-Fi Customer Premise Equipment (“CPE”), and military and defense communication applications. Located between the device’s antenna and its digital backend, the RF front-end (“RFFE”) is the circuitry that performs the analog signal processing and contains components such as amplifiers, filters and switches. To construct the resonator devices that are the building blocks for its RF filters, the Company has developed a family of novel, high purity acoustic piezoelectric materials as well as a unique microelectromechanical system (“MEMS”) wafer process, collectively referred to as XBAW®TM technology. The Company leverages its integrated device manufacturing (“IDM”) business model to develop and sell high performance RF filters using its XBAW®TM technology. Filters are critical in selecting and rejecting signals, and their performance enables differentiation in the modules defining the RFFE. In October 2021, the Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in RFM Integrated Device, Inc. (“RFMi”), a fabless supplier of acoustic wave RF resonators and filters. Through RFMi, the Company makes sales of surface-acoustic-wave (“SAW”) resonators, RF filters, crystal (Xtal) resonators and oscillators, and ceramic products.

 

Note 2. Liquidity

 

As of March 31, 2021,2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $90.4$55.9 million and working capital of $88.3$55.1 million. The Company has historically incurred recurring operating losses and experienced net cash used in operating activities.

 

As of April 26, 2021, theThe Company had $87.9 million ofexpects cash and cash equivalents which the Company expects to be sufficient to fund its operations beyond the next twelve months from the date of filing of this Form 10-Q. These funds will be used to fund the Company’s operations, including capital expenditures, R&D, commercialization of our technology, development of our patent strategy and expansion of our patent portfolio, as well as to provide working capital and funds for other general corporate purposes. Except pursuant to its ATM Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement with BofA Securities, Inc. and Piper Sandler & Co., theThe Company has no commitments or arrangements to obtain any additional funds, and there can be no assurance such funds will be available on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to obtain additional financing in a timely fashion and on acceptable terms, its financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected and it may not be able to continue operations or execute its stated commercialization plan.

Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Form 10-Q. Operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 20212022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 20212022 or any future interim period. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 202030, 2021 (the “2020“2021 Annual Report”).

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Akoustis, Inc. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For RFMi, a consolidated entity in which we had 51% of ownership as of March 31, 2022, the Company records net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest on the condensed consolidated statements of operations equal to the percentage of the ownership interest retained in such entity by the respective noncontrolling parties.

 


Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed in NoteNote. 3-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the 20202021 Annual Report. Since the date of the 20202021 Annual Report, there have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies. The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto. The policies, estimates and assumptions include valuing equity securities, and derivative financial instruments issued in financing transactions, deferred taxes and related valuation allowances, contingent consideration, goodwill, intangible assets, initial fair value of the non-controlling interest, revenue recognition, contingent real estate liability and the fair values of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from the estimates.

 

Business Combinations - Business combinations are accounted for under the acquisition method in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The acquisition method requires identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the business acquired be recognized and measured at fair value on the acquisition date, which is the date that the acquirer obtains control of the acquired business. The amount by which the fair value of consideration transferred as the purchase price exceeds the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Transaction costs are expensed in a business combination.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to the estimated losses to be incurred in the collection of accounts receivable.

 

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) valuation method.

Inventory consisted of the following as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

  March 31,
2021
  June 30,
2020
 
Raw Materials $44  $24 
Work in Process  1,092   69 
Finished Goods  310   43 
Total Inventory $1,446  $136 

Shares of Restricted Stock Outstanding

Shares outstanding include shares of restricted stock with respect to which restrictions have not lapsed. Restricted stock included in reportable shares outstanding was the following as of March 31, 2021 and 2020. Shares of restricted stock are included in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding.

March 31,
2021
March 31,
2020
Restricted stock included in reportable shares outstanding116,250

Reclassification

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation. The reclassifications did not have an impact on net loss as previously reported.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, when adopted, will have a material effect on the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 4. Revenue Recognition from Contracts with Customers

 

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

The Company’s primary revenue streams include foundry fabrication services and product sales.

 


Foundry Fabrication Services

 

Foundry fabrication services revenue includes Non-Recurring Engineering (“NRE”) and microelectromechanical systems (“MEMS”) foundry services. The Company exited the MEMS business during fiscal year 2020. Under these contracts, products are delivered to the customer at the completion of the service which represents satisfaction of the performance obligation as well as transfer of title. Depending on language with regards to enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date, related revenue will either be recognized over time or at a point in time.

 

Product Sales

 

Product sales revenue consists of sales of RF filters and amps which are sold with contract terms stating that title passes, and the customer takes control at the time of shipment. Revenue is then recognized when the devices are shipped, and the performance obligation has been satisfied. If devices are sold under contract terms that specify that the customer does not take ownership until the goods are received, revenue is recognized when the customer receives the goods.

 

The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (in thousands):

  Foundry
Fabrication
Services
Revenue
  Product
 Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
 Customers
 
NRE $         407     $407 
Filters/Amps     4,200   

4,200

 
Total $407  $4,200  $4,607 


The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 (in thousands):

  Foundry
Fabrication
Services
Revenue
  Product  
Sales
 Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
NRE $1,204     $1,204 
Filters/Amps     8,942   8,942 
Total $1,204  $8,942  $10,146 

The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

  Foundry
Fabrication
Services
Revenue
  Product
Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
NRE - RF Filters $1,537  $  $1,537 
Filters/Amps     980   980 
Total $1,537  $980  $2,517 
  Foundry
Fabrication
Services
Revenue
  Product
Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
NRE - RF Filters $ 1,537     —  $1,537 
Filters/Amps     980   980 
Total $1,537  $980  $2,517 

 

The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

  Foundry
Fabrication
Services
Revenue
  Product
Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
NRE - RF Filters $2,264  $  $2,264 
Filters/Amps     2,197   2,197 
Total $2,264  $2,197  $4,461 

 

The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in thousands):

  

Foundry
Fabrication

Services
Revenue

  Product
Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
MEMS $  8  $  $8 
NRE - RF Filters  224      224 
Filters/Amps     131   131 
Total $232  $131  $363 

The following table summarizes the revenues of the Company’s reportable segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 (in thousands):

  

Foundry
Fabrication

Services
Revenue

  Product
Sales
Revenue
  Total
Revenue
with
Customers
 
MEMS $265  $  $265 
NRE - RF Filters  652      652 
Filters/Amps     507   507 
Total $917  $507  $1,424 

Performance Obligations

 

The Company has determined that contracts for product sales revenue and foundry fabrication services revenue involve one performance obligation, which is delivery of the final product.

 

Contract Balances

 

The following table summarizes the changes in the opening and closing balances of the Company’s contract asset and liability for the first nine months of fiscal years 20212022 and 20202021 (in thousands):

  Contract
Assets
  Contract
Liability
 
Balance, June 30, 2021 $411  $41 
Closing, March 31, 2022  936   115 
Increase/(Decrease) $525  $74 
         
Balance, June 30, 2020 $125  $ 
Closing, March 31, 2021  6   123 
Increase/(Decrease) $(119) $123 

 

  

Contract

Assets

  

Contract

Liability

 
Balance, June 30, 2020 $125  $ 
Closing, March 31, 2021  6   123 
Increase/(Decrease) $(119) $123 
         
Balance, June 30, 2019 $140  $5 
Closing, March 31, 2020  96   
Increase/(Decrease) $(44) $(5)

 

The Company records a receivable when the title for goods has transferred. Generally, all sales are contract sales (with either an underlying contract or purchase order), resulting in all receivables being contract receivables. When invoicing occurs prior to revenue recognition a contract liability is recorded (as deferred revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets). The contract liability balance as of March 31, 2021 comprises various upfront payments for non-recurring engineering services that will be performed subsequent to March 31, 2021. The amount of revenue recognized in the nine months ended March 31, 20202022 that was included in the opening contract liability balance was $5$41 thousand which related to product sales.non-recurring engineering services.

 

Contract assets are recorded when revenue recognized exceeds the amount invoiced. The difference between the opening and closing balances of the Company’s contract assets and contract liabilities primarily results from the timing difference between the Company’s performance and the customer’s payment. The amount of contract assets invoiced in the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 20202022 that was included in the opening contract asset balance was $119$293 thousand, which primarily related to non-recurring engineering services and $96 thousand, which primarily related to non-recurring engineering services, respectively.services.

 

Backlog of Remaining Customer Performance Obligations

 

Revenue expected to be recognized and recorded as sales during this fiscal year from the backlog of performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) was $2.8$9.2 million at March 31, 2021.2022.

Note 5: Inventory

 


Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) valuation method.

Inventory consisted of the following as of March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands):

  March 31, 2022  June 30,
2021
 
Raw Materials $833  $124 
Work in Process  1,811   1,188 
Finished Goods  785   78 
Total Inventory $3,429  $1,390 

Note 5.6. Property and Equipment, net

 

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following as of March 31, 20212022 and June 30, 20202021 (in thousands):

 

  Estimated
Useful Life
 March 31,
2021
  June 30,
2020
 
Land n/a $1,000  $1,000 
Building 11 years  3,000   3,000 
Equipment 2-10 years  32,098   24,746 
Leasehold Improvements *  1,815   964 
Software 3 years  479   294 
Furniture & Fixtures 5 years  11   11 
Computer Equipment 3 years  286   267 
Total    38,689   30,282 
Less: Accumulated Depreciation    (9,934)  (6,677)
Total   $28,755  $23,605 
  Estimated
Useful Life
 March 31,
2022
  June 30,
2021
 
Land n/a $1,000  $1,000 
Building 11 years  3,000   3,000 
Equipment 2-10 years  53,563   35,120 
Leasehold Improvements *  4,237   1,946 
Software 3 years  737   580 
Furniture & Fixtures 5 years  216   73 
Computer Equipment 3 years  740   310 
Total    63,493   42,029 
Less: Accumulated Depreciation    (15,451)  (11,299)
Total   $48,042  $30,730 

 

(*)(*)Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease or the estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.

 

The Company recorded depreciation expense of $1.2$1.7 million and $0.7$1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively. The Company recorded depreciation expense of $3.3$4.8 million and $2.2$3.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2021,2022, equipment with a net book value totaling $7.0$12.0 million had not been placed in service and therefore was not depreciated during the period. As of June 30, 2020,2021, fixed assets with a net book value totaling $5.6$4.9 million had not been placed in service and therefore was not depreciated during the period.


Note 7. Business Acquisition

On October 15, 2021, the Company acquired a majority ownership position in RFM Integrated Device, Inc. (“RFMi”), a fabless supplier of acoustic wave RF resonators and filters, to expand product offerings and provide access to new markets. The Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in RFMi from Tai-Saw Technology Co., Ltd. (“TST”) in exchange for $6.0 million in cash and approximately $2.5 million payable in common stock of the Company. On April 29, 2022, as described under Note 17. Subsequent Events, the Company exercised its option to acquire the remaining 49% ownership interest in RFMi from TST for an additional $3.5 million in cash and approximately 420,053 shares of common stock of the Company with a fair value at closing of $1.9 million.

Additionally, earn-out payments payable in cash and/or shares of common stock of the Company may be payable to TST based on the achievement of sales targets for RFMi products in each of calendar year 2022 and 2023, with potential payouts in the range of $0 to $3.0 million. The estimated fair value of the associated liability was based on the present value of the expected future payouts resulting from the projected RFMi product sales, applying a volatility rate of 30% against those future projected revenues and, using a discount rate of 9.9% and 10.2% for the first and second earnouts, respectively, and thus represented a Level 3 fair value measurement. The contingent consideration is re-measured to fair value at each reporting date until the contingency is resolved, and those changes in fair value are recognized in earnings. The fair value of the contingent consideration increased $180 thousand during the nine months ended March 31, 2022.

The purchase price was preliminarily allocated based on the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):

Consideration:   
Cash paid $6,000 
Common stock  2,297 
Fair value of contingent consideration  1,099 
Total consideration $9,396 
     
Cash $1,921 
Other tangible assets  1,346 
Intangible assets  9,452 
Goodwill  8,051 
Liabilities assumed  (1,871)
Deferred tax liability $(1,980)
Total assets acquired $16,919 
Noncontrolling interest  (7,523)
Net assets acquired $9,396 

The Company will continue to evaluate the fair market value and other estimates of certain assets, liabilities and tax estimates over the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date) as provided for in ASC 805-10.

The provisional values of the intangible assets acquired included trademarks of $0.7 million, developed technology of $1.3 million and customer relationships of $7.5 million.

The fair value of the trademarks acquired was determined based on an income approach using the “relief-from-royalty” method which estimated the value of the intangible asset by discounting the future cash flows of the asset to present value. Key inputs include a royalty rate of 3% and a discount rate of 18.0% as of the valuation date. The acquired trademarks assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of five years.

The fair value of the developed technology acquired was determined based on an income approach using the “relief-from-royalty” method which estimated the value of the intangible asset by discounting the future cash flows of the asset to present value. Key inputs include a royalty rate of 4% and a discount rate of 18.0% as of the valuation date. The acquired developed technology assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of seven years.


The fair value of the customer relationships acquired was determined based on an income approach using the “multi-period excess earnings” method in which the value of the intangible asset is determined by discounting the future cash flows of the asset to present value. Key inputs include a discount rate of 18.0%, an attrition rate of 5% and an operating expense adjustment factor of 5% as of the valuation date. These customer relationships are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life of seven years.

The fair value of the noncontrolling interest was determined by applying a lack of control discount of 16.7% to the implied fair value based on the total consideration paid for the 51% ownership.

The goodwill resulting from the acquisition of RFMi, which has been recorded in the RF Product segment, is attributed to synergies and other benefits that are expected to be generated from this transaction and is not deductible for income tax purposes. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded acquisition costs associated with the acquisition of RFMi totaling $0.1 million in “General and administrative expenses” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

Pro Forma Results

The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the revenues for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, as if the acquisition had been completed as of July 1, 2020 (in thousands). The unaudited pro forma information does not purport to be indicative of the results that would have been obtained if the acquisitions had actually occurred at the beginning of the year prior to acquisition, nor of the results that may be reported in the future. Pro-forma earnings were not materially different from reported results for the periods presented and thus have not been included.

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  

Unaudited

Reported

  

Unaudited

Proforma

  

Unaudited

Proforma

  

Unaudited

Proforma

 
Revenues $4,607  $3,746  $12,048  $7,287 
                 

Note 8: Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2022 (in thousands):

  Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net
Carrying
Amount
  Weighted
Average Useful
Life in Years
 
Goodwill $8,051  $  $8,051   indefinite 
Trademarks $700  $(64) $636   5 
Developed Technology $1,913  $(167) $1,746   10 
Customer Relationships $7,455  $(488) $6,967   7 
Total $18,119  $(719) $17,400     

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of June 30, 2021 (in thousands):

  Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net
Carrying
Amount
  Weighted
Average Useful
Life in Years
 
Developed Technology $634  $(62) $572   15 
                 

Amortization expense totaled $355 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $658 thousand for the nine months ended March 31, 2022. Estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

2022 $358 
2023 $1,431 
2024 $1,431 
2025 $1,431 
2026 $1,431 
Thereafter $3,267 
Total $9,349 

Note 6.9. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following at March 31, 20212022 and June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

  

March 31,

2021

  

June 30,

2020

 
Accounts payable $897  $2,135 
Accrued salaries and benefits  3,502   2,478 
Accrued professional fees  98   193 
Accrued utilities  128   138 
Accrued interest  14   137 
Accrued goods received not invoiced  434   396 
Other accrued expenses  90   422 
Totals $5,163  $5,899 

Note 7. Derivative Liabilities

The table below provides a summary of the changes in fair value, including net transfers in and/or out, of all financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

  Fair Value
Measurement
Using Level 3
Inputs Total
 
Balance, June 30, 2020 $1,110 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  (1,110)
Balance, March 31, 2021 (see note 8) $ 
  March 31,
2022
  June 30,
2021
 
Accounts payable $3,790  $1,188 
Accrued salaries and benefits  5,041   4,415 
Accrued professional fees  548   49 
Accrued utilities  116   127 
Accrued goods received not invoiced  167   761 
Other accrued expenses  363   414 
Totals $10,025  $6,954 

 


The fair value of the derivative features of the October 2018 Notes and the May 2018 Notes (as defined in Note 8 below) at the balance sheet dates were calculated using the with-and-without method, a form of the income approach, valued with the following assumptions:

June 30,

2020

Remaining term (years)2.92-3.42
Expected volatility70%
Risk free interest rate0.18-0.20%
Dividend yield0.00%

Risk-free interest rate: The Company uses the risk-free interest rate of a U.S. Treasury Bill with a similar term on the date of the issuance.

Dividend yield: The Company uses a 0% expected dividend yield as the Company has not paid dividends to date and does not anticipate declaring dividends in the near future.

Volatility: The Company calculates the expected volatility of the stock price using the historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Remaining term: The Company’s remaining term is based on the remaining contractual term of the convertible notes.

Note 8. Convertible Notes

On December 4, 2020, the Company provided a notice of redemption to the holders of the Company’s outstanding $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (CUSIP No: 00973N AC6) (the “October 2018 Notes”) regarding the Company’s exercise of its option to redeem all October 2018 Notes on February 1, 2021 (the “October Redemption Date”), unless earlier converted as described below, pursuant to the indenture governing the October 2018 Notes. Pursuant to the notice of redemption, the Company would pay holders of the October 2018 Notes that are redeemed a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of October 2018 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest as well as an interest make-whole payment with respect to those October 2018 Notes that are redeemed.

All of the holders of the October 2018 Notes elected to convert the October 2018 Notes into shares of common stock of the Company prior to the October Redemption Date at a conversion rate equal to 196.08 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $5.10 per share).

During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company converted approximately $10.0 million of principal into approximately 1.96 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company also recognized $96 thousand of unamortized debt discount as a reduction to equity.

On January 25, 2021, the Company provided a notice of redemption to the holders of the Company’s outstanding $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (CUSIP No: 00973N AA0) (the “May 2018 Notes”) regarding the Company’s exercise of its option to redeem all Notes on March 1, 2021 (the “May Redemption Date”), unless earlier converted as described below, pursuant to the indenture governing the Notes. Pursuant to the notice of redemption, the Company would pay holders of the Notes that are redeemed a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

All of the holders of the May 2018 Notes elected to convert the May 2018 Notes into shares of common stock of the Company prior to the May Redemption Date at a conversion rate equal to 200 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to a conversion price of $5.00 per share). The holders of the May 2018 Notes also received an interest make-whole payment at a weighted average rate of 1.52 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes with respect to those May 2018 Notes that were converted.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company converted approximately $15.0 million of principal and $366 thousand of make whole payment liability into approximately 3.02 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company also recognized $477 thousand of unamortized debt discount as additional interest expense during the conversion.10. Concentrations

 


The following table summarizes convertible debt as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

  Maturity Date  

Stated
Interest
Rate

  

Conversion
Price

  

Face
Value

  

Remaining
Debt
(Discount)

  

Fair Value
of
Embedded
Conversion
Option

  

Carrying
Value

 
Long Term convertible notes payable                            
6.5% convertible senior secured notes  5/31/2023   6.50% $5.00  $15,000  $(3,918) $894  $11,976 
6.5% convertible senior notes  11/30/2023   6.50% 5.10   10,000   (564)  216   9,652 
Ending Balance as of June 30, 2020             $25,000  $(4,482) $1,110  $21,628 

Note 9. Loans Payable

Promissory NoteVendors

 

On May 20, 2020, Akoustis, Inc., the operating subsidiary of the Company, issued a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) in favor of Bank of America, NA (the “Lender”) that provided for a loan in the principal amount of $1.6 million pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The Promissory Note accrued interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum. On November 20, 2020, Akoustis, Inc. applied to the Lender for forgiveness of the full amount of the Promissory Note. The Company treated the Promissory Note as debt and included the future monthly repayment amounts payable within 12 months as a short-term liability and the remainder of the Promissory Note debt as a long-term liability on the balance sheet. As described in Note 16 below, the Promissory Note was forgiven pursuant to the PPP on April 9, 2021.

The following table summarizes the Promissory Note debt as of March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

  Maturity
Date
 Stated
Interest
Rate
  Face
Value
  Remaining
Debt
(Discount)
  Carrying
Value
 
Short Term Loans payable              
Promissory Note 10/31/2021 - 12/31/2021  1.00% $1,240  $(22) $1.218 
Ending Balance as of March 31, 2021       $1,240  $(22) $1,218 
                   
Long Term Loans payable                  
Promissory Note 05/20/2022  1.00% $393  $(1) $392 
Ending Balance as of March 31, 2021       $393  $(1) $392 

The following table summarizes the Promissory Note debt as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

  Maturity
Date
 Stated
Interest
Rate
  Face
Value
  Remaining
Debt
(Discount)
  Carrying
Value
 
Long Term Loans payable                  
Promissory Note 05/20/2022  1.00% $1,633  $(42) $1,591 
Ending Balance as of June 30, 2020       $1,633  $(42) $1,591 

The amortization of the Promissory Note debt discount of $6.3 thousand and $19.1 thousand for the three month and nine month periods ending March 31, 2021, respectively, was treated as interest expense on the statement of operations.


Note 10. Concentrations

Vendors

Vendor concentration as a percentage of purchases for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows:

 

  Three Months

03/31/20212022
  Three Months

03/31/20202021
 
Vendor 1  18%   
Vendor 218%

 

Vendor concentration as a percentage of purchases for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows:

 

  NineThree Months

03/31/20212022
  NineThree Months

03/31/20202021
 
Vendor 1  12%
   13%

 

Customers

 

Customer concentration as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows:

 

Three Months
03/31/2021
Three Months
03/31/2020
Customer 157%
Customer 234%
Customer 338%
Customer 433%
Customer 512%
Customer 611%

  Three Months
03/31/2022
  Three Months
03/31/2021
 
Customer 1     57%
Customer 2  23%  34%

 

Customer concentration as a percentage of revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows:

 

  Nine Months
03/31/2021
  Nine Months
03/31/2020
 
Customer 1  43%  22%
Customer 2  38%   
Customer 3     20%
Customer 4     11%
Customer 5     13%
Customer 6     17%
  Nine Months
03/31/2022
  Nine Months
03/31/2021
 
Customer 1     43%
Customer 2  25%  38%
Customer 3  11%   

 


Note 11. Stockholders’ Equity

 

Equity Offering Program

 

On May 8, 2020, the Company entered intoPursuant to an ATM Equity OfferingSMSales Agreement with BofA Securities, Inc. and Piper Sandler & Co. (the “Sales Agreement”) pursuant to which, the Company maywas able to sell from time-to-time shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000$100 million (the “Equity Offering Program”). On February 22, 2021,As of March 31, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1had sold all $100.0 million of its shares available to be sold in the Sales Agreement , which increased the amount of shares of common stock the Company may sell from time-to-time underEquity Offering Program.

The following table summarizes sales through the Equity Offering Program by an incremental $50,000,000.during the nine months ended March 31, 2022:

 

Three months ended Avg price
per share
  Number of
Shares
  Gross
Proceeds
(in millions)
  Offering
Expenses
(in millions)
  Net
Proceeds
(in millions)
 
September 30, 2020 $8.09   416,221  $3.4  $0.1  $3.3 
December 31, 2020 $8.93   2,296,023  $20.5  $0.4  $20.1 
March 31, 2021 $14.99   2,082,148  $31.2  $0.5  $30.7 
Total $11.49   4,794,392  $55.1  $1.0  $54.1 
Three months ended Avg price
per share
  Number of
Shares
  Gross
Proceeds
(in millions)
  Offering
Expenses
(in millions)
  Net
Proceeds
(in millions)
 
September 30, 2021 $9.99   555,455  $5.5  $0.1  $5.4 
December 31, 2021 $7.04   1,931,022  $13.6  $0.2  $13.4 
March 31, 2022 $6.03   1,157,919  $7.0  $0.2  $6.8 
Total $7.17   3,644,396  $26.1  $0.5  $25.6 

 

February 2021 Registered Direct Offering

On February 19, 2021, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements to sell a total of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock to a limited number of institutional investors in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $14.3592 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $21.5 million. The offering closed on February 23, 2021. The Company expects to use the proceeds of the offering to fund the Company’s operations and growth of its business, including for capital expenditures, working capital, research and development, the commercialization of its technology and other general corporate purposes.

Equity Incentive Plans

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2021,2022, the Company granted employees options to purchase an aggregate of approximately 0.50.6 million shares of common stock with a weighted average grant date fair value of $5.05 per share.stock. The fair values of the Company’s options were estimated at the dates of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2022
 
Exercise price $ 5.63 – 10.15 
Expected term (years)  4.75 – 5.00 
Volatility  66-67%
Risk-free interest rate  0.76% – 2.18%
Dividend yield  0%
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Options granted during the period $4.94 

  

Nine Months
Ended
March 31,
2021
Exercise price$ 7.72 – 17.61
Expected term (years)4.00 – 5.00
Risk-free interest rate0.25% – 0.78%
Volatility67 – 68%
Dividend yield0%
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Options granted during the period$ 5.05

During the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 the Company awarded certain employees and directors grants of an aggregate of approximately 0.81.1 million restricted stock units (“RSUs”) with a weighted average grant date fair value of $9.74.$8.83. The RSUs will be expensed over the requisite service period. The terms of the RSUs include vesting provisions based solely on continued service. If the service criteria are satisfied, the RSUs will generally vest over 4 – 5 years.

 


Compensation expense related to our stock-based awards described above was as follows (in thousands):

 

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Research and Development $1,011  $929  $2,953  $2,675 
General and Administrative  980   874   3,131   2,433 
Total $1,991  $1,803  $6,084  $5,108 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Research and Development $1,327  $1,011  $4,275  $2,953 
General and Administrative  1,179   980   3,479   3,131 
Total $2,506  $1,991  $7,754  $6,084 

 

Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense and weighted-average years to be recognized are as follows (in thousands):

 

  As of March 31, 2021 
  Unrecognized
stock-based
compensation
  Weighted-
average years
to be recognized
 
Options $2,820   2.21 
Restricted stock awards/units $9,064   2.29 
  As of March 31, 2022 
  Unrecognized
stock-based
compensation
  Weighted-
average years
to be recognized
 
Options $3,714   2.47 
Restricted stock units $10,788   2.30 

Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Leases

 

The Company leases office space and office equipment in Huntersville, NC as well as equipment in Canandaigua, NY. Our leases have remaining lease terms of up to five years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to twenty-four months. Following adoption of ASC 842, lease expense excludes capital area maintenance and property taxes.

 

The components of lease expense were as follows:

 

  Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2021
  Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2020
  

Nine

Months Ended
March 31,
2021

  

Nine

Months Ended
March 31,
2020

 
Operating Lease Expense $75  $55  $225  $144 

  Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2022
  Three
Months Ended
March,
2021
  

Nine

Months Ended
March 31,
2022

  

Nine

Months Ended
March 31,
2021

 
Operating Lease Expense $84  $75  $241  $225 
                 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in thousands):

 

  Classification on the
Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 

March 31,

2021

 
Assets      
Operating lease assets Other non-current assets $531 
       
Liabilities      
Other current liabilities Current liabilities  260 
Operating lease liabilities Other non-current liabilities  274 
       
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term:      
Operating leases    2.01 
       
Weighted Average Discount Rate:      
Operating leases    12.47%
  Classification on the
Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 March 31, 2022  June 30,
2021
 
Assets          

Operating lease right-of-use asset, net

 Other non-current assets $317  $471 
           
Liabilities          

Operating lease liability - current

 Current liabilities  292   270 

Operating lease liability – long term

 Other non-current liabilities  18   202 
           
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term:          
Operating leases    1.00   1.76 
           
Weighted Average Discount Rate:          
Operating leases    11.6%  12.5%

 


The following table outlines the minimum future lease payments for the next five years and thereafter, (in thousands):

 

For the year ending June 30,   
2021 $78 
2022  312 
2023  204 
2024  7 
2025   
Thereafter   
Total lease payments (undiscounted cash flows)  601 
     
Less imputed interest  (67)
Total $534 
For the year ending June 30,   
2022 $89 
2023  232 
2024  7 
2025   
Thereafter   
Total lease payments (undiscounted cash flows)  328 
     
Less imputed interest  (18)
Total $310 

 

Ontario County Industrial Development Authority AgreementAgreement

 

On February 27, 2018, the Company entered into a Lease and Project Agreement (the “Lease and Project Agreement”) and a Company Lease Agreement (the “Company Lease Agreement” and together with the Lease and Project Agreement, the “Agreements”), each dated as of February 1, 2018, with the Ontario County Industrial Development Agency, a public benefit corporation of the State of New York (the “OCIDA”). Pursuant to the Agreements, the Company leases for $1.00 annually to the OCIDA an approximately 9.995 acre parcel of land in Canandaigua, New York, together with the improvements thereon (including the Company’s New York fabrication facility), and transfer title to certain related equipment and personal property to the OCIDA (collectively, the “Facility”). The OCIDA leases the Facility back to the Company for annual rent payments specified in the Lease and Project Agreement for the Company’s primary use as research and development, manufacturing, warehouse and professional office space in its business, and to be subleased, in part, by the Company to various existing tenants. The Company estimates substantial tax savings during the term of the Agreements, which expire on December 31, 2028. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lease and Project Agreement, certain purchases and leases of eligible items will be exempt from the imposition of sales and use taxes. Subject to the terms of the Lease and Project Agreement, the OCIDA has also granted to the Company an exemption from certain mortgage recording taxes for one or more mortgages securing an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $12.0 million, or such greater amount as approved by the OCIDA in its sole and absolute discretion. The benefits provided to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Lease and Project Agreement are subject to claw back over the life of the Agreements upon certain recapture events, including certain events of default.

 

Litigation, Claims and Assessments

 

On October 4, 2021, the Company and its subsidiary, Akoustis, Inc., were named as defendants in a complaint filed by Qorvo, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging, among other things, patent infringement, false advertising, false patent marking, and unfair competition. The complaint alleges that the defendants misappropriated proprietary information, made misleading statements about the characteristics of certain of its products, and sold products infringing on the certain of the plaintiff’s patents. The plaintiff seeks an injunction enjoining the defendants from the alleged infringement and damages, including punitive and statutory enhanced damages, in an unspecified amount. The Company believes this lawsuit is without merit and intends to defend against it vigorously. However, it can provide no assurance as to the outcome of such dispute, and such action may result in judgments against the Company for an injunction, significant damages or other relief, such as future royalty payments to Qorvo, Inc. Even if ultimately settled or resolved in the Company’s favor, this action may result in significant expenses, diversion of management and technical personnel attention and disruptions and delays in the Company’s business, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

From time to time, the Company may become involved in lawsuits, investigations and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses against all pending claims and intends to vigorously pursue them. While it is not possible to predict or determine the outcomes of any pending actions, the Company believes that, as of March 31, 2022, the amount of liability, if any, with respect to such actions, would not materially affect its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 13. Related Party Transactions

Asset Purchase and Sale

On September 30, 2020, Akoustis, Inc. sold to a third party certain of its inventory, together with related warranty obligations, delivery commitments and design data and files (the “Designs”) for $215,000. This transaction was enabled by the purchase by Akoustis, Inc. under an Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2020 with Big Red, LLC of the Designs for $25,000. Members of Big Red, LLC include the brother of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and two non-executive employees of the Company.

 


Note 14.13. Segment Information

 

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision–making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer. The Company operates in two2 segments, Foundry Fabrication Services, which consists of engineering review services and STC-MEMS foundry services, and RF Product, which consists of amplifier and filter product sales, and grant revenue. The Company records all general and administrative costs in the RF Product segment.

 

The Company evaluates performance of its operating segments based on revenue and operating profit (loss). Segment information for the three and nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021 are as follows (in thousands):

 

  Foundry/
Fabrication
Services
  RF
Product
  Total 
Three months ended March 31, 2021            
Revenue with customers $1,537  $980  $2,517 
Cost of revenue  400   2,573   2,973 
Gross margin  1,137   (1,593)  (456)
Research and development     5,225   5,225 
General and administrative     3,395   3,395 
Income (Loss) from Operations $1,137  $(10,213) $(9,076)
             
Three months ended March 31, 2020            
Revenue with customers $232  $131  $363 
Cost of revenue  138   79   217 
Gross margin  94   52   146 
Research and development     5,769   5,769 
General and administrative     2,589   2,589 
Income (Loss) from Operations $94  $(8,306) $(8,212)
             
Nine months ended March 31, 2021            
Revenue with customers $2,264  $2,197  $4,461 
Cost of revenue  803   6,421   7,224 
Gross margin  1,461   (4,224)  (2,763)
Research and development     17,171   17,171 
General and administrative     9,683   9,683 
Income (Loss) from Operations $1,461  $(31,078) $(29,617)
             
Nine months ended March 31, 2020            
Revenue with customers $917  $507  $1,424 
Cost of revenue  545   795   1,340 
Gross margin  372   (288)  84 
Research and development     15,736   15,736 
General and administrative     8,158   8,158 
Income (Loss) from Operations $372  $(24,182) $(23,810)
             
As of March 31, 2021            
Accounts receivable $1,498  $122  $1,620 
Property and equipment, net    $28,755  $28,755 
             
As of June 30, 2020            
Accounts receivable $71  $280  $351 
Property and equipment, net $  $23,605  $23,605 
  Foundry/
Fabrication
Services
  RF Product  Total 
Three months ended March 31, 2022         
Revenue with customers $407  $4,200  $4,607 
Cost of revenue  534   4,836   5,370 
Gross margin  (127)  (636)  (763)
Research and development     8,314   8,314 
General and administrative     5,721   5,721 
Income (Loss) from Operations $(127)  (14,671)  (14,798)
             
Three months ended March 31, 2021            
Revenue with customers $1,537  $980  $2,517 
Cost of revenue  400   2,573   2,973 
Gross margin  1,137   (1,593)  (456)
Research and development     5,225   5,225 
General and administrative     3,395   3,395 
Income (Loss) from Operations $1,137   (10,213)  (9,076)
             
Nine months ended March 31, 2022            
Revenue with customers $1,203  $8,943  $10,146 
Cost of revenue  1,481   11,340   12,821 
Gross margin  (278)  (2,397)  (2,675)
Research and development     25,481   25,481 
General and administrative     14,742   14,742 
Income (Loss) from Operations $(278)  (42,620)  (42,898)
             
Nine months ended March 31, 2021            
Revenue with customers $2,264  $2,197  $4,461 
Cost of revenue  803   6,421   7,224 
Gross margin  1,461   (4,224)  (2,763)
Research and development     17,171   17,171 
General and administrative     9,683   9,683 
Income (Loss) from Operations $1,461   (31,078)  (29,617)
             
As of March 31, 2022            
Accounts receivable $27  $3,062  $3,089 
             
As of June 30, 2021            
Accounts receivable $242  $928  $1,170 

 


Note 15.14. Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is determined using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. In periods when losses are reported, which is the case for the three and nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and March 31, 20202021 presented in these condensed consolidated financial statements, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

 


The Company had the following common stock equivalents at March 31, 2022 and 2021:

  March 31, 2022  March 31, 2021 
Options  2,996,264   2,484,477 
Warrants  78,555   167,809 
Total  3,074,819   2,652,286 

Note 15. Income Taxes

On October 15, 2021, the Company acquired a majority ownership position in RFMi, a fabless supplier of acoustic wave RF resonators and 2020:filters. The Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in RFMi from Tai-Saw Technology Co., Ltd. (“TST”) in exchange for $6.0 million in cash and approximately $2.5 million payable of common stock of the Company. The Company’s preliminary allocation of purchase price for this acquisition is included in Note 7 – Business Acquisition, and includes an approximately $2.0 million deferred tax liability related to the acquired identifiable intangible assets. AKTS and RFMi will not file a consolidated tax return. Therefore, the valuation allowance remains in place on the net AKTS deferred tax assets.

  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Convertible Notes     4,960,800 
Options  2,484,477   2,265,165 
Warrants  167,809   541,999 
Total  2,652,286   7,767,964 

The Company’s income tax expense (benefit) was ($128) thousand and ($70) thousand for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 respectively and ($0) for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021. The Company’s effective tax rate was 0.9% and 0.2% for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 0.0% for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, differed from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes and the recording of a valuation allowance against certain separate company deferred tax assets.

Note 16. Fair Value Measurement

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon selling an asset or the price paid to transfer a liability on the measurement date. It focuses on the exit price in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants. A three-tier fair value hierarchy is established as a basis for considering such assumptions and for inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair values are as follows:

Level 1: Observable prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2: Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities.

The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of Level 3 contingent consideration that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

Contingent consideration March 31,
2022
  March 31,
2021
 
Beginning balance $  $           — 
Initial fair value of contingent consideration  1,099    
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  

180

    
Ending balance $1,279  $ 

The fair value of contingent consideration liabilities that was classified as Level 3 in the table above was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation in an option pricing framework with significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 fair value measurement as defined in ASC 820. The significant inputs in the Level 3 measurement not supported by market activity include the probability assessments of expected future sales revenue of RFMi products in each of calendar year 2022 and 2023 and the volatility of those revenues, appropriately discounted considering the uncertainties associated with the obligation, and as calculated in accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreements. The development and determination of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the fair value calculations are the responsibility of the Company’s chief financial officer and are approved by the chief executive officer.

Note. 16.17. Subsequent Events

RFMi Second Closing

The Company previously announced its acquisition of a 51% ownership interest in RFMi. On April 9, 2021, Akoustis, Inc. received notice from29, 2022, the Lender thatCompany acquired the full amountremaining 49% ownership interest in RFMi by exercising its option to do so under the acquisition agreement, for an additional $3.5 million in cash and 420,053 shares of the Promissory Note was forgivenCompany’s common stock with a fair value at closing of $1.9 million.

ATM Sales Agreement

On May 2, 2022 the Company entered into an ATM Sales Agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC pursuant to which the PPP Loan.Company may sell from time to time shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000.

 


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

References in this report to “Akoustis,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Akoustis Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiary, Akoustis, Inc., each of which is a Delaware corporation.subsidiaries.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that relate to our plans, objectives, estimates, and goals. Any and all statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Terms such as “may,” “might,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “project,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “strategy,” “anticipate,” “attempt,” “develop,” “plan,” “help,” “believe,” “continue,” “intend,” “expect,” “future,” and terms of similar import (including the negative of any of the foregoing) may identify forward-looking statements. However, not all forward-looking statements may contain one or more of these identifying terms. Forward-looking statements in this report may include, without limitation, statements regarding (i) the plans and objectives of management for future operations, including plans or objectives relating to the development of commercially viable radio frequency (“RF”) filters, (ii) projections of income (including income/loss), earnings (including earnings/loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or other financial items, (iii) our future financial performance, including any such statement contained in this management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition or in the results of operations included pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (iv) our ability to efficiently utilize cash and cash equivalents to support our operations for a given period of time, (v) our ability to engage customers while maintaining ownership of our intellectual property, and (vi) the assumptions underlying or relating to any statement described in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above.

 

Forward-looking statements are not meant to predict or guarantee actual results, performance, events or circumstances and may not be realized because they are based upon our current projections, plans, objectives, beliefs, expectations, estimates, and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and other influences, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results and the timing of certain events and circumstances may differ materially from those described by the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. Factors that may influence or contribute to the inaccuracy of the forward-looking statements or cause actual results to differ materially from expected or desired results may include, without limitation, our inability to obtain adequate financing and sustain our status as a going concern; our limited operating history; our inability to generate revenues or achieve profitability; the results of our research and development (“R&D”) activities; our inability to achieve acceptance of our products in the market; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations, financial condition and the worldwide economy, including its impact on our ability to access the capital markets; general economic conditions, including upturns and downturns in the industry; shortages in supplies needed to manufacture our products, or needed by our customers to manufacture devices incorporating our products;  our limited number of patents; failure to obtain, maintain, and enforce our intellectual property rights; claims of infringement, misappropriation or misuse of third party intellectual property that, regardless of merit, could result in significant expense and loss of our intellectual property rights; our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the outcome of current and any future litigation; our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; our reliance on third parties to complete certain processes in connection with the manufacture of our products; product quality and defects; existing or increased competition; our ability to market and sell our products; our inability to successfully manufacture, market and sell products based on our technologies; our ability to meet the required specifications of customers and achieve qualification of our products for commercial manufacturing in a timely manner; our inability to successfully scale our New York wafer fabrication facility and related operations while maintaining quality control and assurance and avoiding delays in output; contracting with customers and other parties with greater bargaining power and agreeing to terms and conditions that may adversely affect our business; the possibility that the anticipated benefits from our business acquisitions (including the acquisition of RFM Integrated Device, Inc. (“RFMi”)) will not be realized in full or at all or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of acquired businesses’ (including RFMi’s) operations will be greater than expected and the possibility of disruptions to our business during integration efforts and strain on management time and resources; risks related to doing business in foreign countries;countries, including China; any security breaches, cyber-attacks or other disruptions compromising our proprietary information and exposing us to liability; our failure to innovate or adapt to new or emerging technologies; our failure to comply with regulatory requirements; results of any arbitration or litigation that may arise; stock volatility and illiquidity; our failure to implement our business plans or strategies; and our failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.

 


These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on August 21, 202030, 2021 (the “2020“2021 Annual Report”), could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this report. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because of the risks and uncertainties related to them. Except as may be required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this report to reflect any new information or future events or circumstances or otherwise.

 


Overview

 

Akoustis® is an emerging commercial product company focused on developing, designing, and manufacturing innovative RF filter solutions for the wireless industry, including for products such as smartphones and tablets, network infrastructure equipment, WiFiWi-Fi Customer Premise Equipment (“CPE”) and defense applications. Filters are critical in selecting and rejecting signals, and their performance enables differentiation in the modules defining the RF front-end (“RFFE”). Located between the device’s antenna and its digital backend, the RFFE is the circuitry that performs the analog signal processing and contains components such as amplifiers, filters and switches. We have developed a proprietary microelectromechanical system (“MEMS”) based bulk acoustic wave (“BAW”) technology and a unique manufacturing process flow, called “XBAW®”, for our filters produced for use in RFFE modules. Our XBAW® filters incorporate optimized high purity piezoelectric materials for high power, high frequency and wide bandwidth operation. We are developing RF filters for 5G, WiFiWi-Fi and defense bands using our proprietary resonator device models and product design kits (PDKs). As we qualify our RF filter products, we are engaging with target customers to evaluate our filter solutions. Our initial designs target UHB, sub 7 GHz 5G, WiFiWi-Fi and defense bands. We expect our filter solutions will address problems (such as loss, bandwidth, power handling, and isolation) created by the growing number of frequency bands in the RFFE of mobile devices, infrastructure and premise equipment to support 5G, and WiFi.Wi-Fi. We have prototyped, sampled and begun commercial shipment of our single-band low loss BAW filter designs for 5G frequency bands and 5 GHz and 6 GHz WiFiWi-Fi bands which are suited to competitive BAW solutions and historically cannot be addressed with low-band, lower power handling surface acoustic wave (“SAW”) technology. Additionally, through our majority-owned subsidiary, RFMi, we make sales of complementary SAW resonators, RF filters, crystal (Xtal) resonators and oscillators, and ceramic products.

 

We own and/or have filed applications for patents on the core resonator device technology, manufacturing facility and intellectual property (“IP”) necessary to produce our RF filter chips and operate as a “pure-play” RF filter supplier, providing discrete filter solutions direct to Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) and aligning with the front- end module manufacturers that seek to acquire high performance filters to expand their module businesses. We believe this business model is the most direct and efficient means of delivering our solutions to the market.

 

Technology. Our device technology is based upon bulk-mode acoustic resonance, which we believe is superior to surface-mode resonance for high-band and ultra-high- band (“UHB”) applications that include 4G/LTE, 5G, WiFi,Wi-Fi, and defense applications. Although some of our target customers utilize or manufacture the RFFE module, they may lack access to critical UHB filter technology that we produce, which is necessary to compete in high frequency applications.

 

Manufacturing. We currently manufacture ourAkoustis’ high-performance RF filter circuits, using our first generation XBAW® wafer process, in our 120,000-square foot wafer- manufacturingwafer-manufacturing facility located in Canandaigua, New York (the “NY Facility”), which we acquired in June 2017. RFMi products are manufactured by a third party and sold either directly to consumers or sold and shipped with Akoustis products.

 

Intellectual Property. As of April 19, 2021,15, 2022, our IP portfolio included 4658 patents, including a blocking patent that we have licensed from Cornell University. Additionally, as of April 19, 2021,15, 2022, we have 79100 pending patent applications. These patents cover our XBAW® RF filter technology from raw materials through the system architectures.

By designing, manufacturing, and marketing our RF filter products to mobile phone OEMs, defense OEMs, network infrastructure OEMs, and WiFiWi-Fi CPE OEMs, we seek to enable broader competition among the front-end module manufacturers.

 


Since we own and/or have filed applications for patents on the core technology and control access to our intellectual property, we expect to offer several ways to engage with potential customers. First, we intend to engage with multiple wireless markets, providing standardized filters that we design and offer as standard catalog components. Second, we expect to deliver unique filters to customer-supplied specifications, which we will design and fabricate on a customized basis. Finally, we may offer our models and design kits for our customers to design their own filters utilizing our proprietary technology.

 

We have earned minimal revenue from operations since inception, and we have funded our operations primarily with development contracts, RF filter and production orders, government grants, foundry and engineering services, and sales of debt and equity securities. The Company has incurred losses, primarily the result of material and processing costs associated with developing and commercializing our technology, as well as personnel costs, professional fees (primarily accounting and legal), and other general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. We expect to continue to incur substantial costs for commercialization of our technology on a continuous basis because our business model involves materials and solid-state device technology development and engineering of catalog and custom filter design solutions.

 


To succeed, we must convince mobile phone OEMs, RFFE module manufacturers, network infrastructure OEMs, WiFiWi-Fi CPE OEMs and defense customers to use our XBAW® filter technology in their systems and modules. However, sinceSince there are two dominant BAW filter suppliers in the industry that have high-band technology, and both utilize such technology as a competitive advantage at the module level, we expect customers that lack access to high-band filter technology will be open to engage with our pure-play filter company.

 

We plan to pursue RF filter design and R&D development agreements and potentially joint ventures with target customers and other strategic partners, although we cannot guarantee we will be successful in these efforts. These types of arrangements may subsidize technology development costs and qualification, filter design costs, and offer complementary technology and market intelligence and other avenues to revenue. However, we intend to retain ownership of our core technology, intellectual property, designs, and related improvements. We expect to pursue development of catalog designs for multiple customers and to offer such catalog products in multiple sales channels.

 

Impact of COVID-19 on our Business

 

Although the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business is unknown, in an effort to protect the health and safety of our employees, we have taken proactive, precautionary action, and adopted social distancing measures, daily self-health attestations, and mandatory mask policies at our locations, including when warranted by state and local guidelines, the implementation of new staffing plans in our facilities whereby certain employees work remotely and the remaining on-site force is divided into multiple shifts or segregated in different parts of the facility.guidelines. Our actions continue to evolve in response to new government measures and scientific knowledge regarding COVID-19. In an effort to contain COVID-19 or slow its spread, governments around the world have also enacted various measures, including orders to close all businesses not deemed “essential,” isolate residents to their homes or places of residence, and practice social distancing when engaging in essential activities. These measures have impacted the method and timing of certain business meetings and deliverables to certain customers, as well as our ability to obtain certain materials, equipment and services from suppliers.

 

These actions and the global health crisis caused by COVID-19 have negatively impacted business activity across the globe. We have observed declining demand and price reductions in the electronics industry as business and consumer activity has decelerated. Additionally, COVID-19 has contributed to some of the delays we have observed delays in certain suppliers’ shipment of materials necessary for us to manufacture our products and in certain vendors’ ability to deliver equipment for installation at our facilities. When COVID-19 is demonstrably contained, we anticipate a rebound in economic activity, dependingthat its effects on the rate, pace, and effectiveness of the containment efforts deployed by various national, state, and local governments;global commerce will subside; however, the timing and extent of any such reboundthis is uncertain.

 

We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions altering our business operations that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders, or as required by federal, state, or local authorities. It is not clear what the ultimate effects any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including the effects on our customers, employees, and prospects, or on our financial results for the remainder of fiscal year 20212022 or beyond.

 


Recent Developments

 

On January 26, 2021,31, 2022, Akoustis issued a redemption notice on the remaining $15 million principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 6.5% convertible senior secured notes due in 2023.

On January 27, 2021, the Company announced that it had achieved design-lock onreceived five new design wins, increasing the total number of Wi-Fi design wins from eight to thirteen.

On February 10, 2022, the Company announced the appointment of Ken Boller as its 5.5 GHz and 6.5 GHz WiFi 6E coexistence filter modules.new Chief Financial Officer. 

 

On January 29th, 2021,February 22, 2022, Akoustis announced that it had received a volume5G mobile XBAW filter order fromform a tier-1 customer for its 5.5 GHznew Tier-1 radio frequency module and 6.5 GHz WiFi 6E coexistence filter modules.maker.

 


On February 1, 2021, the Company announced that it had locked the process flow for its first wafer-level-chip-scale-package for XBAW® filters.

On March 3, 2021, the Company announced that it had been awarded a new design win for XBAW® filters from a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) customer.

On March 8, 2021, Akoustis announced the discharge of the indentures associated with the $15 million 6.5% convertible senior secured notes due 2023.

On March 29, 2021, the Company announced it had secured a WiFi 6E reference design with a tier-1 WiFi system-on-chip (SoC) maker.

Critical Accounting Policies

 

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates from the information provided in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in our 20202021 Annual Report.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021

 

Revenue

 

The Company recorded revenue of $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The increase of $2.1 million was primarily due to an increase in RF product revenue of $3.2 million or 328%, which includes revenue from sales of RFMi products. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease in non-recurring engineering services of $1.3 million or 584% as well as an increase in RF product revenue of $0.9 million, or 1,742%.$1.1 million.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue includes direct labor, material, net realizable value (NRV) adjustments, and facility costs primarily associated with foundry services revenue, manufacturing of filter products and engineering services. The Company recorded cost of revenue of $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The $2.8$2.4 million increase is primarily due to costs associated with RF product revenue which increased by $2.5$2.3 million, in addition to non-recurring engineering costs which increased by $0.3 million.includes cost of revenue from sales of RFMi products.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

R&D expenses were $5.2$8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 and were $0.6$3.1 million, or 9.4% lower59% higher than the prior year amount for the same period of $5.8$5.2 million. Personnel costs, including stock-based compensation, were $3.1$4.1 million compared to $3.4$3.1 million in the prior year period, a decreasean increase of $0.3$1.0 million or 8.9%33.8%. Facility costs, including depreciation, of $1.9$1.8 million primarily associated with the NY Facility were $0.3$0.9 million lowerhigher than the prior period. These decreases are a result of a shift fromLastly, R&D activities to production activities when compared tomaterial costs were $1.3 million higher than the prior period.

 

General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include salaries and wages for executive and administrative staff, stock-based compensation, professional fees, insurance costs and other general costs associated with the administration of our business. G&A expenses for the three months ended March 31, 20212022 were $3.4$5.7 million, which is an increase of $0.8$2.3 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021. Year-over-year changes within G&A expenses include an increase in employee compensation (including stock-based compensation) of $0.4$0.9 million as well as increased general expenses of $0.3$1.5 million, primarily professional fees.fees and intangible amortization.

 


Other (Expense)/Income

 

Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $155 thousand, which was comprised of a loss the change in fair value of contingent consideration of $180 thousand partially offset by interest income. Other expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were ($1.1) million, which included debt discount amortization of $2.1 million. Offsetting this expense was a gain on derivative liability valuation of $0.9 million related to the conversion of notes payable. Other income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $0.4$1.1 million, consisting of $0.8$2.0 million of debt discount amortization and interest expense net of $0.3 million,which was partially offset by a gain on fair value of derivative liability valuation of $1.1 million and a gain on contingent liability of $0.5$0.9 million.

 

Net Loss

 

The Company recorded a net loss of $14.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to a net loss of $10.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The period-over-period incremental loss of $2.4$4.6 million, or 31%45%, was primarily driven by an increase in cost of revenue andof $2.4 million, an increase in G&A expenses and R&D expenses of $3.0 million as well as an increase in debt discount amortization of $1.2$5.4 million. These expense increases were partially offset by a revenue increase of $2.1 million and a decrease in other expenses of $0.9 million.

 

Nine monthsMonths Ended March 31, 20212022 and 20202021

 

Revenue

 

The Company recorded revenue of $10.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $4.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $1.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The increase of $3.1$5.7 million was primarily due to an increase in RF product revenue of $1.6$7.0 million or 386%. In addition,350%, which includes revenue from sales of RFMi products. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in non-recurring engineering services increased by $1.6 million, or 247%. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in MEMS revenue of $0.3 million, a product line that the Company exited during fiscal year 2020.$1.1 million.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue includes direct labor, material, net realizable value (NRV) adjustments, and facility costs primarily associated with foundry services revenue, manufacturing of filter products and engineering services. The Company recorded cost of revenue of $12.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to $7.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $1.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The $5.9$5.6 million increase is primarily due to costs associated with the production of RF products,product revenue which increased by $5.6$5.0 million, as well aswhich includes cost related toof revenue from sales of RFMi products. In addition, non-recurring engineering services whichcosts increased by $0.3$0.6 million.

Research and Development Expenses

R&D expenses were $25.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021.

Research and Development Expenses

R&D expenses were $17.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and were $1.4$8.3 million, or 9.1%,48.4% higher than the prior year amount for the same period of $15.7$17.2 million. The period-over-period increase was primarily in the areas of R&D personnel costs, R&D materials and facility costs as well as R&D equipment depreciation. Personnel costs, including stock-based compensation, were $9.6$13.7 million compared to $9.2$9.6 million in the prior year period, an increase of $0.4$4.1 million or 4.5%42.7%. The higher personnel cost was primarily due to increased headcount at both the Huntersville, NC location and the NY Facility. Material and facilityFacility costs, including depreciation, of $7.0$5.8 million primarily associated with the NY Facility were $1.0$2.7 million higher than the comparativeprior period. R&D material costs of $5.6 million were $1.6 million higher than the prior period.

 

General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative (“G&A&A”) expenses include salaries and wages for executive and administrative staff, stock-based compensation, professional fees, insurance costs and other general costs associated with the administration of our business. G&A expenses for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 were $9.7$14.7 million, which is an increase of $1.5$5.0 million compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2020. Year over year2021. Year-over-year changes within G&A expenses include increasesan increase in employee compensation (including stock-based compensation) of $1.2$2.1 million and sales and marketing expenses of $0.2 million. These increases were partially offset by lower general expenses, primarily professional fees, as well as a reduction in severance expense.increased general expenses of $3.1 million, primarily related to professional fees, insurance expense and intangible amortization.

 



Other (Expense)/Income

 

Other expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 was $92 thousand, which was comprised of a loss on the fair value of contingent consideration of $180 thousand partially offset by interest income. Other expenses for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 were ($4.4) million, which included debt discount amortization of $4.4 million, interest expense, net of $0.8 million, and a gain on fair value of derivative liability of $0.7 million. Other expenses for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 were ($2.3) million, consisting of $2.3$5.2 million of debt discount amortization and interest expense net of $0.9 million as well as gainsoffset by a gain on fair value of derivative liability and contingent liabilityvaluation of $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively.$0.7 million.

 

Net Loss

 

The Company recorded a net loss of $42.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2022, compared to a net loss of $34.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of $26.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The period-over-period incremental loss of $8.0$8.9 million, or 31%26.1%, was primarily driven by an increase in cost of revenue of $5.6 million, an increase in G&A expenses and R&D expenses and general and administrative expenses of $8.8 million. In addition, interest expense, including debt discount amortization, increased by $1.9$13.4 million. These expense increases were partially offset by ana revenue increase of $5.7 million and a decrease in revenueother expenses of $3.0 million as well as a gain on the fair value of derivative liability of $0.3$4.3 million.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Financing Activities

 

During the threenine months ended March 31, 2021,2022, the Company sold a total of 2,082,1483,644,396 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of an average of $14.99$7.17 per share under the ATM Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement with BofA Securities, Inc. and Piper Sandler & Co., as amended on February 19, 2021 (the “Sales Agreement”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $31.2$26.1 million, before deducting compensation paid to the sales agents and other offering expenses of approximately $0.5 million. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had sold common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $55.1 million under the Sales Agreement.

 

On February 19, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a limited number of institutional investors for the registered direct offering of an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $14.3592 per share (the “Registered Direct Offering”). The Registered Direct Offering closed on February 23, 2021 and resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $21.5 million.

Balance Sheet and Working Capital

 

The Company had $90.4$55.9 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand as of March 31, 2021,2022, which reflects an increasea decrease of $46.0$32.4 million compared to $44.3$88.3 million as of June 30, 2020.2021. The increasedecrease is primarily due to cash proceeds from common stock issuanceused in operations of $75.4$33.3 million which wasand cash used for investing activities of $25.6 million. These cash uses were partially offset by $22.1 million in net cash used in operatingprovided by financing activities and $9.9 million in capital expenditures for the nine months ended March 31, 2021.of $26.4 million. The Company estimates that cash on hand will be sufficient to fund its operations, including current capital expense commitments, beyond the next twelve months from the date of filing of this Form 10-Q. However, the Company has historically incurred recurring operating losses and will continue to do so until it generates sufficient revenues from operations; as a result, we may need to obtain additional capital through the sale of additional equity securities, debt, or otherwise, to fund operations past that date. There is no assurance that the Company’s projections and estimates are accurate. The Company is actively managing and controlling the Company’s cash outflows to mitigate liquidity risks.

 

March 31, 20212022 compared to June 30, 20202021

 

As of March 31, 2021,2022, the Company had current assets of $95.0$66.3 million made up primarily of cash on hand of $90.4$55.9 million. As of June 30, 2020,2021, current assets were $46.2$93.2 million comprised primarily of cash on hand of $44.3$88.3 million.

 

Property, Plant and Equipment was $28.8$48.0 million as of March 31, 20212022 as compared to a balance of $23.6$30.7 million as of June 30, 2020.2021.

 

Total assets as of March 31, 20212022 and June 30, 20202021 were $125.2$132.1 million and $71.4$125.0 million, respectively.

 

Current liabilities as of March 31, 20212022 and June 30, 20202021 were $6.8$11.2 million and $6.1$7.3 million, respectively. The increase of $0.7 million was due to the reclassification of a portion of our loans payable from long term liabilities to current liabilities offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

 

Long-term liabilities totaled $0.8$2.5 million as of March 31, 2021,2022, compared to $23.8$0.3 million as of June 30, 2020.2021. The decrease of $23.0 million wasincrease is primarily due to the conversion of notes payable during the reporting period.contingent liability and deferred tax liability which are discussed in Note 7 – Business Acquisition.

 

Stockholders’ equityEquity was $117.6$118.4 million as of March 31, 2021,2022, compared to $41.5$117.4 million as of June 30, 2020,2021, an increase of $76.1$1.0 million, or 183%0.8%. This increase was primarily due to the increase in additional paid-in-capital (“APIC”) of $110.2$36.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 which was partially offset by the net loss for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 of $34.0$42.9 million. The increase in APIC was primarily due to common stock issued for cash and the conversion of notes payable of $100.5$25.6 million and common stock issued for services of $6.1 million and stock options exercised of $1.3$7.8 million.

 


Cash Flow Analysis

 

Operating activities used cash of $22.1$33.3 million during the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 and $16.4$22.1 million during the comparative period ended March 31, 2020.2021. The $5.6$11.2 million period- over-period increase in cash used was attributable to higher operating expenses associated with the ramp of development and commercialization activities (primarily R&D and production personnel and material costs).

 

Investing activities used cash of $9.9$25.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 20212022 compared to $6.5$9.9 million for the comparative period ended March 31, 2020.2021. The $3.4$15.6 million period-over-period increase was primarily due to increased purchases of production equipment.equipment of $11.9 million and net cash paid for acquisitions of $4.1 million. On October 15, 2021, the Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in RFMi from Tai-Saw Technology Co., Ltd. (“TST”) in exchange for $6.0 million in cash and approximately $2.5 million payable in common stock of the Company.  On April 29, 2022, the Company acquired the remaining 49% ownership interest in RFMi from TST for an additional $3.5 million in cash and 420,053 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value at closing of $1.9 million. Additionally, earn-out payments aggregating up to $3.0 million payable in cash and/or shares of common stock of the Company may be payable to TST based on the future operating results of RFMi.

 

Financing activities increased cash by $78.0$26.4 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the comparative period ended March 31, 20202022 primarily due to proceeds from issuance of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement as well as proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering.Agreement. In addition, stock option grants, warrant exercises and proceeds from ourthe employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) resulted in cash proceeds of $2.6$0.7 million.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is (1) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

As of March 31, 2021,2022, our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer have concluded based upon the evaluation described above that, as of March 31, 2021,2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2021,2022, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations and prospects.

 

WeExcept for the matter described under “Litigation, Claims and Assessments” in “Note-12 – Commitments and Contingencies” of the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which description is incorporated in this “Item 1. Legal Proceedings” by reference, we are currently not aware of any material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or of which any of our property is the subject, nor are we aware of any such proceedings that are contemplated by any governmental authority.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

 

In addition to the risk factors set forth below and the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.2021. These factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and capital position, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Other thanExcept as follows,set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” included in our 20202021 Annual Report.

 

Our common stock has been thinly traded and its share price in the public markets has experienced,We are, and may become, subject to claims of infringement, misappropriation or misuse of third party intellectual property that, regardless of merit, could result in the future experience, extreme volatility.significant expense and loss of our intellectual property rights.

 

Our common stock has traded onThe semiconductor industry is characterized by the Nasdaq Capital Market, undervigorous pursuit and protection of intellectual property rights. We have not undertaken a comprehensive review of the symbol “AKTS,” since March 13, 2017. Sincerights of third parties in our field. From time to time, we may be named in lawsuits or receive notices or inquiries from third parties regarding our products or the manner in which we conduct our business suggesting that date,we may be infringing, misappropriating or otherwise misusing patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property rights. Any claims that our common stock has been relatively thinly tradedtechnology infringes, misappropriates or otherwise misuses the rights of third parties, regardless of their merit or resolution, could be expensive to litigate or settle and at times been subject to price volatility. Recently, from December 1, 2020 to March 31,could divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel, cause significant delays and materially disrupt the conduct of our business. We may not prevail in such proceedings given the complex technical issues and inherent uncertainties in intellectual property litigation. If such proceedings result in an adverse outcome, we could be required to:

pay substantial damages, including treble damages if we were held to have willfully infringed;

cease the manufacture, offering for sale or sale of the infringing technology or processes;

expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology or processes;

obtain a license from a third party, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or may not be available at all; or

lose the opportunity to license our technology to others or to collect royalty payments based upon successful protection and assertion of our intellectual property against others.

On October 4, 2021, the closing priceCompany was named as a defendant in a complaint filed by Qorvo, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging, among other things, patent infringement, false advertising, false patent marking, and unfair competition. The plaintiff seeks an injunction enjoining us from the alleged infringement and damages, including punitive and statutory enhanced damages, in an unspecified amount. We believe this lawsuit is without merit and intend to defend against it vigorously. However, we can provide no assurance as to the outcome of such dispute, and such action may result in judgments against us for an injunction, significant damages or other relief, such as future royalty payments to Qorvo, Inc. or restrictions on certain of our common stock onactivities. Resolution of such matter may be prolonged and costly, and the Nasdaq Capital Market ranged from $7.52 to $18.58 per share. Between December 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the intra-day sales price of our common stock fluctuated between a reported low sale price of $7.40 and a reported high sales price of $19.15.

The stock market and development-stage public companies in particular have been subject to extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelatedultimate result or disproportionatejudgment is uncertain due to the operating performance of such companies. Additionally, technical factorsinherent uncertainty in the public trading market for our stock may produce price movements that may or may not comport with macro, industry or company-specific fundamentals, including, without limitation, the sentiment of retail investors (including as may be expressed on financial tradinglitigation and other social media sites), speculation in the press, in the investment community,proceedings. Even if ultimately settled or on the internet, including on online forums and social media, about our Company, our industry or our securities, the amount and status of short interestresolved in our securities (including a “short squeeze”), access to margin debt, trading in optionsfavor, this and other derivatives onpossible future actions may result in significant expenses, diversion of management and technical personnel attention and disruptions and delays in our common stockbusiness and product development, and other technical trading factors. We may incur rapid and substantial decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that are unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. There can be no guarantee that our stock price will remain at current prices or that future salescollateral consequences, all of our common stock will not be at prices lower than the sales price in this offering.

The daily trading volume of our common stock has historically been relatively low. If we are unable to develop and maintain a liquid market for our common stock, you may not be able to sell your common stock at prices you consider to be fair or at times that are convenient for you, or at all. This situation may be attributable to a number of factors, including but not limited to the fact that we are a development-stage company that is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors, and others in the investor community. In addition, investors may be risk averse to investments in development-stage companies. The low trading volume is outside of our control and may not increase or, if it increases, may not be maintained. In addition, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, litigation has often been brought against that company and we may become the target of litigation as a result of price volatility. Litigationwhich could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention and resources from our business. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We depend on a few large customers for a substantial portion of our revenue.

A substantial portion of our revenue comes from large purchases by a small number of customers. Our future operating results depend on both the success of our largest customers and on our success in diversifying our products and customer base.

The concentration of our revenue with a relatively small number of customers makes us particularly dependent on factors, both positive and negative, affecting those customers. If demand for their devices incorporating our products increases, our results are favorably impacted, while if demand for their devices decreases, they may reduce their purchases of, or stop purchasing, our products and our operating results would suffer. Even if we achieve a design win, our customers can delay, temporarily suspend, or cancel the manufacture or release of a new device for any reason, such as a shortage of supply of other components needed to manufacture their device. Most of our customers can cease incorporating our products into their devices with little notice to us and with little or no penalty. The loss of a large customer and failure to add new customers to replace lost revenue would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Global shortages in manufacturing capacities could negatively affect our operations and negatively impact our results Any out-of-court settlement of operations.

Our business depends in significant part upon manufacturers of products requiring semiconductors, as well as the current and anticipated production of these products. As a supplier to such manufacturers, we are subject to the business cycles that characterize the industry. Recent sharp increases in demand for semiconductor productsthis or other actions may also have resulted in a global shortage of manufacturing capacities and it is unclear how long this shortage may last. If our customers are forced to reduce the amount of their products they manufacture or plan to manufacture due to a limited supply of semiconductors,an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including, but not limited to, substantial expenses, the payment of royalties, licensing or other fees payable to third parties, or restrictions on our ability to develop, manufacture and sell our products.

Defense of any intellectual property infringement claims against us, regardless of their merit, would involve substantial litigation expense and would be a significant diversion of resources from our business. In the event of the foregoing or another successful claim of infringement against us, we may have to pay substantial damages, obtain one or more licenses from third parties, limit our business to avoid the infringing activities, pay royalties and/or redesign our infringing technology or alter related formulations, processes, methods or other technologies, any or all of which may be impossible or require substantial time and monetary expenditure. The occurrence of any of the above events could prevent us from continuing to develop and commercialize our filters and our business could materially suffer.


In addition, our agreements with prospective customers and manufacturing partners may require us to indemnify such customers and manufacturing partners for third party intellectual property infringement claims. Pursuant to such agreements, we may be negatively affected.required to defend such customers and manufacturing partners against certain claims that could cause us to incur additional costs. While we endeavor to include as part of such indemnification obligations a provision permitting us to assume the defense of any indemnification claim, not all of our current agreements contain such a provision and we cannot provide any assurance that our future agreements will contain such a provision, which could result in increased exposure to us in the case of an indemnification claim.

We have recently engaged, and may in the future engage, in acquisitions that could disrupt our business, cause dilution to our shareholders and harm our financial condition and operating results.

In October 2021, we acquired a majority ownership position in RFM Integrated Device, Inc. (“RFMi”) and, on April 29, 2022, exercised the right to acquire the remaining 49%. The consideration for the acquisition includes cash and common stock as well as possible earn-out payments that may be paid in cash or common stock based on its future trading price. We may in the future make additional acquisitions of, or investments in, companies that we believe have products or capabilities that are a strategic or commercial fit with our current business or otherwise offer opportunities for our company. In connection with these acquisitions or investments, we may:

issue common stock or other forms of equity that would dilute our existing shareholders’ percentage of ownership,

incur debt and assume liabilities, and

incur amortization expenses related to intangible assets or incur large and immediate write-offs.

We may not be able to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. If we do complete an acquisition, such as of RFMi, we cannot assure you that it will ultimately strengthen our competitive position, that it will be viewed positively by customers, financial markets or investors or that we will otherwise realize the expected benefits of such an acquisition to the anticipated extent or at all. Furthermore, the acquisition of RFMi and any future acquisitions could pose numerous additional risks to our expected operations, including, but not limited to:

problems integrating the purchased business, products or technologies,

challenges in achieving strategic objectives, cost savings and other anticipated benefits,

increases to our expenses,

the assumption of significant liabilities, which may have been previously unknown or not discoverable through diligence, that exceed the limitations of any applicable indemnification provisions or the financial resources of any indemnifying party,

inability to maintain relationships with prospective key customers, vendors and other business partners of the acquired businesses,

diversion of management’s attention from its day-to-day responsibilities,

difficulty in maintaining controls, procedures and policies during the transition and integration,

entrance into marketplaces where we have no or limited prior experience and where competitors have stronger marketplace positions,

potential loss of key employees, particularly those of the acquired entity, and

historical financial information may not be representative or indicative of our results as a combined company.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a supply shortage experienced by the semiconductor industry have disrupted and will likely continue to disrupt normal business activity, and may have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

The global spread of COVID-19 and the efforts to control it have disrupted, and reduced the efficiency of, normal business activities in much of the world. The pandemic has resulted in authorities around the world implementing numerous unprecedented measures such as travel restrictions, quarantines, shelter in place orders, factory and office shutdowns and vaccine mandates. COVID-19 measures have impacted, and will likely continue to impact, our operations and those of our customers, contract manufacturers, suppliers and logistics providers. At the same time, and to some extent relatedly, the global silicon semiconductor industry is experiencing a shortage in supply and difficulties in ability to meet customer demand. In particular, the recent government-mandated COVID-19 containment measures in China have impacted supply shipments and created ongoing risk and uncertainty. These issues have led to an increase in lead-times of the production of semiconductor chips and components.

We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, disruption to parts of our semiconductor supply chain, including procuring necessary components and inputs, such as wafers and substrates, in a timely fashion, with suppliers increasing lead times or placing products on allocation and raising prices. We have also incurred higher costs to secure available inventory, or have extended our purchase commitments or placed non-cancellable orders with suppliers, which introduces inventory risk if our forecasts and assumptions are inaccurate. In addition, disruptions to commercial transportation infrastructure have increased delivery times for materials and components to our facilities and, in some cases, our ability to timely ship our products to customers. We have seen some of our customers become more conservative in response to these complications by reducing their purchases and inventories or postponing capital expenditures, including product orders from us.

We believe the global supply chain challenges and their adverse impact on our business will persist and the degree to which the pandemic ultimately impacts our business and results of operations will depend on future developments beyond our control.


ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

Other than any sales previously reported in the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, the Company did not sell any unregistered securities during the period covered by this report.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Not applicable.The information set forth below is included herein for the purpose of providing disclosure under Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement) of Form 8-K.

On May 2, 2022, the Company entered into an ATM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Craig-Hallum Group LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (each, a “Sales Agent” and, together, the “Sales Agents”). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may sell from time to time through the Sales Agents shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 (the “Shares”). Sales of Shares, if any, may be made by means of transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including block trades, ordinary brokers’ transactions on the Nasdaq Capital Market or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices or by any other method permitted by law. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the Sales Agents’ commissions and the Company’s offering expenses, for general corporate purposes.

Under the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may also sell Shares to any of the Sales Agents as principal for its own accounts at a price to be agreed upon at the time of sale. Any sale of Shares to a Sales Agent as principal would be pursuant to the terms of a separate terms agreement between the Company and such Sales Agent.

The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares under the Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend solicitation and offers under the Sales Agreement.

The Shares will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262540), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated May 2, 2022.

The foregoing summary of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, which is attached as a Exhibit 1.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.


A copy of the opinion of K&L Gates LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.


ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

The exhibits in the Exhibit Index below are filed or furnished, as applicable, as part of this report.

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number Description
3.11.1* ATM Sales Agreement, dated May 2, 2022 by and among the Company, as issuer, and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Craig-Hallum Group LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC, as sales agents.
3.1Articles of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
   
3.2 Certificate of Conversion of the Company, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)
   
3.3 

Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)

3.4 

3.4Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 1, 2020)

10.1*†
5.1* Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Director Compensation Program, effective August 28, 2020 Opinion of K&L Gates LLP with respect to the Shares.
   
10.231.1* Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 19, 2021, by and among the Company and the Purchasers party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on From 8-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2021)
31.1*Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
   
31.2* Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
   
32.1* Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
   
32.2* Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
   
101* Interactive Data Files of Financial Statements and Notes
   
101.INS* InstantInline XBRL Instance Document
   
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema DocumentDocument.
   
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase DocumentDocument.
   
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase DocumentDocument.
   
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase DocumentDocument.
   
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase DocumentDocument.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

*Filed herewith

*Filed herewith

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

 


SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 3, 202102, 2022Akoustis Technologies, Inc.
   
 By:/s/ Kenneth E. Boller
  Kenneth E. Boller
  Interim Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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