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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2023</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Registration
  No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>UNITED
  STATES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Washington,
  D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>FORM
  S-8</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>33-1229046</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(State or other jurisdiction
      of<BR>
      incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
      Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>9805
      Northcross Center Court, Suite A<BR>
      Huntersville, NC</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>28078</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address of principal executive
      offices)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Full
  title of the plan)</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Jeffrey
  B. Shealy</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Chief
  Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Akoustis
  Technologies, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>9805
  Northcross Center Court, Suite A</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Huntersville,
  NC 28078</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Name
  and address of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(704)
  997-5735</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Copy
  to:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Sean
  M. Jones</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Coleman
  Wombwell</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>K&amp;L
  Gates LLP</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>300
  South Tryon Street, Suite 1000</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Charlotte,
  North Carolina 28202</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(704)
  331-7400</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
  company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo;
  &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-align: center; width: 30%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 11%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 19%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>EXPLANATORY
  NOTE</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;)
  to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;),
  for offer and sale under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), pursuant
  to an amendment to the Plan approved by the Company&rsquo;s stockholders on November 2, 2023 (the &ldquo;Plan Amendment&rdquo;). After
  taking into account the shares added by the Plan Amendment, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the
  Plan is 1,000,000, which includes 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451,
  filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018 (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;).</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">In
  accordance with Instruction E of Form S-8, the content of the Prior Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference and made
  a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
  II</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
  following documents have been filed by the Company with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Annual
                                              Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390023074139/f10k2023_akoustistech.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on September
                                              6, 2023;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Quarterly
                                              Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390023085499/f10q0923_akoustis.htm">Form 10-Q</A> for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November
                                              13, 2023;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Current
                                              Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001584754/000121390023081086/ea186025-8k_akoustis.htm">September 29, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000101376223007328/ea187341-8k_akoustis.htm">October 27, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390023082841/ea187610-8k_akoustis.htm">November 2, 2023</A>, and</FONT></TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                              description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in the Company&rsquo;s Registration
                                              Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577417000981/s105520_8a.htm">Form 8-A</A>, originally filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities
                                              Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), on March 10, 2017 (File
                                              No. 001-38029), including any further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose
                                              of updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">All
  reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof,
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing
  of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by reference any reports or documents or portions thereof that are not
  considered to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; with the SEC.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Any
  statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified
  or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
  filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement
  so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item 8.
  Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 9%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Number</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Articles of Conversion of the Company, as
      filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s
      Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Certificate of Conversion of the Company,
      as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s
      Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577416008953/s104963_ex3-3.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with
      the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2016 <I>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company&rsquo;s Current
      Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 16, 2016)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390019022220/f8k110419ex3-1_akoustistech.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 4, 2019 (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019</I>)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390022071558/ea168513ex3-1_akoustistech.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 10, 2022 (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022</I>)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390023082841/ea187610ex3-1_akoustis.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 2, 2023 (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023</I>)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.7</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390020010748/f10q0320ex3-5_akoustistech.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 1, 2020</I>)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.8</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000161577418009685/s112718_def14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock
      Purchase Plan&nbsp;<I>(incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Proxy Statement for the Company&rsquo;s 2018 Annual Meeting
      of Stockholders filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018)</I></FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.9</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584754/000121390023077402/def14a0923_akoustistech.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">First Amendment to Employee Stock Purchase
      Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of
      Stockholders, filed September&nbsp;&nbsp;19, 2023</I>)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ea187885ex5-1_akoustis.htm">Opinion of K&amp;L Gates LLP, filed herewith</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ea187885ex23-1_akoustis.htm">Consent of Marcum LLP, filed herewith</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ea187885ex5-1_akoustis.htm">Consent of K&amp;L Gates LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement and filed herewith)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">107</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ea187885ex-fee_akoustis.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Huntersville, State of North Carolina, on November 13, 2023.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 36%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 9pt 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 9pt 0pt 3.25in; text-align: center; text-indent: -3.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey B. Shealy and Kenneth E. Boller, and each of them, his true and
  lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place
  and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
  on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
  act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
  do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated, in each case on November 13, 2023:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 30%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 68%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">President and Chief
      Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jeffrey B. Shealy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Executive Officer), Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Kenneth E. Boller</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Kenneth E. Boller</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting
      Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Arthur E. Geiss</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Co-Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Arthur E. Geiss</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Jerry D. Neal</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Co-Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jerry D. Neal</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Steven P. DenBaars</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Steven P. DenBaars</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Jeffrey K. McMahon</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jeffrey K. McMahon</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Michelle L. Petock</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Michelle L. Petock</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;/s/ Suzanne B. Rudy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Suzanne
      B. Rudy</FONT></P>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ J. Michael McGuire</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2023
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  33-1229046
  (State or other jurisdiction
      of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  9805
      Northcross Center Court, Suite A
  Huntersville, NC
  28078
  (Address of principal executive
      offices)
  (Zip Code)
  AKOUSTIS
  TECHNOLOGIES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
  (Full
  title of the plan)
  Jeffrey
  B. Shealy
  Chief
  Executive Officer
  Akoustis
  Technologies, Inc.
  9805
  Northcross Center Court, Suite A
  Huntersville,
  NC 28078
  (Name
  and address of agent for service)
  (704)
  997-5735
  (Telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copy
  to:
  Sean
  M. Jones
  Coleman
  Wombwell
  K&L
  Gates LLP
  300
  South Tryon Street, Suite 1000
  Charlotte,
  North Carolina 28202
  (704)
  331-7400
  Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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 filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☒
  Smaller 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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY
  NOTE
  This
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant")
  to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"),
  for offer and sale under the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), pursuant
  to an amendment to the Plan approved by the Company's stockholders on November 2, 2023 (the "Plan Amendment"). After
  taking into account the shares added by the Plan Amendment, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the
  Plan is 1,000,000, which includes 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-228451,
  filed with the SEC on November 16, 2018 (the "Prior Registration Statement").
  In
  accordance with Instruction E of Form S-8, the content of the Prior Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference and made
  a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The
  following documents have been filed by the Company with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:
  ●
  Annual
                                              Report on
  Form 10-K
  for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on September
                                              6, 2023;
  ●
  Quarterly
                                              Report on
  Form 10-Q
  for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November
                                              13, 2023;
  ●
  Current
                                              Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
  September 29, 2023
  ,
  October 27, 2023
  and
  November 2, 2023
  , and
  ●
  The
                                              description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
                                              Statement on
  Form 8-A
  , originally filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities
                                              Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on March 10, 2017 (File
                                              No. 001-38029), including any further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose
                                              of updating such description.
  All
  reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof,
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing
  of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by reference any reports or documents or portions thereof that are not
  considered to be "filed" with the SEC.
  Any
  statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified
  or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
  filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement
  so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  II-
  1
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Articles 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)
  4.2
  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)
  4.3
  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)
  4.4
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 4, 2019 (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019
  )
  4.5
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 10, 2022 (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022
  )
  4.6
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 2, 2023 (
  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023
  )
  4.7
  Amended 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
  )
  4.8
  Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock
      Purchase Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting
      of Stockholders filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018)
  4.9
  First Amendment to Employee Stock Purchase
      Plan (
  incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of
      Stockholders, filed September  19, 2023
  )
  5.1
  Opinion of K&L Gates LLP, filed herewith
  23.1
  Consent of Marcum LLP, filed herewith
  23.2
  Consent of K&L Gates LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement and filed herewith)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
  107
  Filing Fee Table
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Huntersville, State of North Carolina, on November 13, 2023.
  AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jeffrey B. Shealy
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey B. Shealy and Kenneth E. Boller, and each of them, his true and
  lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place
  and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
  on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
  act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
  do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated, in each case on November 13, 2023:
  Signature
  Title
  /s/
      Jeffrey B. Shealy
  President and Chief
      Executive Officer
  Jeffrey B. Shealy
  (Principal Executive Officer), Director
  /s/ Kenneth E. Boller
  Chief Financial Officer
  Kenneth E. Boller
  (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting
      Officer)
  /s/ Arthur E. Geiss
  Co-Chairman of the Board
  Arthur E. Geiss
  /s/ Jerry D. Neal
  Co-Chairman of the Board
  Jerry D. Neal
  /s/ Steven P. DenBaars
  Director
  Steven P. DenBaars
  /s/ Jeffrey K. McMahon
  Director
  Jeffrey K. McMahon
  /s/ Michelle L. Petock
  Director
  Michelle L. Petock
  /s/ Suzanne B. Rudy
  Director
  Suzanne
      B. Rudy
  /s/ J. Michael McGuire
  Director
  J. Michael McGuire
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