Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)
May 28 2019 - 6:03AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED
DISCLOSURE REPORT
Akoustis
Technologies, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
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001-38029
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33-1229046
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
file
number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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9805 Northcross Center Court, Suite A,
Huntersville, NC
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28078
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Jeffrey
B. Shealy, Chief Executive Officer
(
704)
997-5735
(Name and telephone number, including area
code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which
this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
☒ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
This filing is being made by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (“Akoustis”
or the “Company”) for the calendar year January 1 to December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”) in accordance
with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Form SD (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals Rule”).
Consistent with the Conflict Minerals Rule, as used herein, “Conflict Minerals” are tin (cassiterite), tungsten (wolframite),
tantalum (columbite-tantalite or coltan) and gold.
Akoustis determined that Conflict Minerals are used in certain
materials contained in the radio frequency filter products, amplifiers and other products that the Company manufactures for its
customers or for third parties under its foundry services business. These Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality
or production of these products.
As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, Akoustis has conducted
in good faith a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the Conflict
Minerals in its products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or its adjoining countries (the “Covered Countries”),
or are from recycled or scrap sources. In conducting the RCOI, Akoustis identified the vendors of any such Conflict Minerals and
requested that they complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) developed by the Responsible Minerals
Initiative (“RMI”), an initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance and Global e-Sustainability Initiative, concerning
the absence or possible presence of Conflict Minerals in the products they supplied to Akoustis.
All of the smelters identified by the vendors in the CMRT responses
are listed by RMI as compliant with the RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process assessment protocols. Accordingly, the Company
has concluded that it has no reason to believe that, during the Reporting Period, Conflict Minerals necessary for the functionality
or production of the Company’s products may have originated in the Covered Countries. As a result, in accordance with the
Conflict Minerals Rule, the Company has concluded that a Conflict Minerals Report as defined thereunder is not required for the
Reporting Period.
This information is publicly available on the Company’s
website at www.akoustis.com.
Section 2 – Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Akoustis Technologies, Inc.
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Dated: May 24, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy
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Name:
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Jeffrey B. Shealy
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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