Document:

Exhibit 10.40

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Purpose

 

The purposes of the
Plan are to encourage and enable selected Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates to acquire or
increase their holdings of Common Stock and other equity-based interests in the Company and/or to provide other incentive awards
in order to promote a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders, and to provide flexibility
to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract and retain the services of Participants upon whose judgment, interest and special
effort the successful conduct of its operation largely depends. These purposes may be carried out through the granting of Awards
to selected Participants.

 

2. Effective
Date; Term

 

The Effective Date
of the Plan shall be November 1, 2018, the date it was approved by the Company’s stockholders (the “Effective Date”).
Awards may be granted on or after the Effective Date, but no Awards may be granted after November 1, 2028. Awards that are outstanding
at the end of the Plan term (or such earlier termination date as may be established by the Board pursuant to Section 16(a)) shall
continue in accordance with their terms, unless otherwise provided in the Plan or an Award Agreement. The Plan replaces the Prior
Plans, and no further grants will be made under the Prior Plans after the Effective Date.

 

3. Definitions

 

In addition to other
terms defined herein or in an Award Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings given below:

 

(a) Administrator
means the Board and, upon its delegation of all or part of its authority to administer the Plan to the Committee, the Committee.

 

(b) Affiliate
means any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, and also includes any other business entity which controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with the Company; provided, however, that the term “Affiliate” shall be construed in a manner
in accordance with the registration provisions of applicable federal securities laws if and to the extent required.

 

(c) Applicable
Law means any applicable laws, rules or regulations (or similar guidance), including but not limited to the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act, the Code and the listing or other rules of any applicable stock exchange. References to any applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including references to any sections or other provisions of applicable laws, rules and regulations, shall
also refer to any successor provisions thereto unless the Administrator determines otherwise.

 

(d) Award
means a grant under the Plan of an Incentive Option; a Nonqualified Option; a Stock Appreciation Right; a Restricted Stock Award;
a Restricted Stock Unit; a Deferred Stock Unit; a Performance Share; a Performance Unit; an Other Stock-Based Award; a Dividend
Equivalent Award; and/or any other award granted under the Plan.

 

(e) Award
Agreement means an award agreement or certificate (which may be in written or electronic form, in the Administrator’s
discretion, and which includes any amendment or supplement thereto) between the Company and a Participant, specifying such terms,
conditions and restrictions as may be established by the Administrator with regard to an Award and shares of Common Stock or any
other benefit related to an Award.

 

     

     

    

 

(f) Board
or Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(g) Cause
means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Administrator, a Participant’s termination of
employment or service resulting from the Participant’s (i) termination for “Cause” as defined under the Participant’s
employment agreement, change in control agreement, consulting agreement or other similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate,
if any, or (ii) if the Participant has not entered into any such agreement (or, if any such agreement does not define “Cause”),
then the Participant’s termination shall be for “Cause” if termination results due to the Participant’s
(A) dishonesty; (B) refusal to perform his or her duties for the Company or an Affiliate; or (C) engaging in fraudulent conduct
or conduct that could be materially damaging to the Company without a reasonable good faith belief that such conduct was in the
best interest of the Company. The determination of “Cause” shall be made by the Administrator and its determination
shall be final and conclusive. Without in any way limiting the effect of the foregoing, for purposes of the Plan and an Award,
a Participant’s employment or service shall also be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Participant’s
employment or service has terminated, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified, in the opinion of the Administrator,
a termination for Cause.

 

(h) A
Change of Control shall (except as may be otherwise required, if at all, under Code Section 409A) be deemed to have occurred
on the earliest of the following dates:

 

(i) The
date any entity or person shall have become the beneficial owner of, or shall have obtained voting control over, more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting stock;

 

(ii) The
date of the consummation of (A) a merger, recapitalization, consolidation or reorganization of the Company (or similar transaction
involving the Company), in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction have voting control over
less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting securities of the surviving corporation immediately after such transaction, or
(B) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; or

 

(iii) The
date there shall have been a change in a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company within a 12-month period unless the
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders or the appointment of each new Director was approved by the vote of
two-thirds of the members of the Board (or a committee of the Board, if nominations are approved by a Board committee rather than
the Board) then still in office who were in office at the beginning of the 12-month period (excluding, for this purpose, any such
person whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consent by or on behalf of a Person other than
the Board).

 

For the purposes herein, the term “person”
shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, group, association or other person, as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3)
or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan(s) sponsored
or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, and the term “beneficial owner” shall have the meaning given
the term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

For the purposes of clarity, a transaction
shall not constitute a Change of Control if its principal purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation,
create a holding company that would be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s
securities immediately before such transaction or is another transaction of other similar effect.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding provisions
of this Section 3(i), in the event that any Awards granted under the Plan are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to (and
not exempt from) the provisions of Code Section 409A, then distributions related to such Awards to be made upon a Change of Control
may be permitted, in the Administrator's discretion, upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events (as they are defined
and interpreted under Code Section 409A): (A) a change in the ownership of the Company; (B) a change in effective control of the
Company; or (C) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company.

 

(i) Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference herein to a specific Code section shall be deemed to include
all related regulations or other guidance with respect to such Code section.

 

(j) Committee
means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a subcommittee thereof), or such other committee of the Board which may be appointed
to administer the Plan in whole or in part.

 

(k) Common
Stock means the common stock of Akoustis Technologies, Inc., $0.001 par value, or any successor securities thereto.

 

(l) Company
means Akoustis Technologies, Inc., together with any successor thereto. In the Administrator’s discretion, the term “Company”
may also refer to the Company and any or all of its Affiliates.

 

(m) Consultant
means an independent contractor, consultant or advisor providing services (other than capital raising services) to the Company
or an Affiliate.

 

(n) Deferred
Stock Unit means a Restricted Stock Unit, the terms of which may, in the Administrator’s discretion, provide for delivery
of shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof on a date or dates subsequent to the date the Award is earned and vested,
as provided in Section 9.

 

(o) Director
means a member of the Board.

 

(p) Disability
shall, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Administrator (taking into account any Code Section
409A considerations), as applied to any Participant, having the meaning given in any employment agreement, change in control agreement,
consulting agreement or other similar agreement, if any, to which the Participant is a party, or, if there is no such agreement
(or if such agreement does not define “Disability”), “Disability” shall mean the inability of the Participant
to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death, or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
The Administrator shall have authority to determine if a Disability has occurred.

 

(q) Dividend
Equivalent Award means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 12 to receive the equivalent value (in cash or
shares of Common Stock) of dividends paid on Common Stock.

 

(r) Effective
Date means the effective date of the Plan, as provided in Section 2.

 

(s) Employee
means any person who is an employee of the Company or any Affiliate (including entities which become Affiliates after the Effective
Date). For this purpose, an individual shall be considered to be an Employee only if there exists between the individual and the
Company or an Affiliate the legal and bona fide relationship of employer and employee (taking into account Code Section 409A considerations
if and to the extent applicable); provided, however, that with respect to Incentive Options, “Employee” means any person
who is considered an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h).

 

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(t) Exchange
Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(u) Exercise
Price means the price at which an Option or SAR may be exercised, as provided in Section 7(b) and Section 8(a), respectively.

 

(v) Fair
Market Value per share of the Common Stock shall be established by the Administrator and, unless otherwise determined by the
Administrator, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: (i) if the shares of Common
Stock are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, LLC (“NYSE”), the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
or another national or regional stock exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price per share of the shares
on the principal stock exchange on which such securities are listed on the date an Award is granted or other determination is made
(such date of determination being referred to herein as a “valuation date”), or, if there is no transaction
on such date, then on the trading date nearest preceding the valuation date for which closing price information is available, and,
provided further, if the shares are not listed for trading on the NYSE, Nasdaq or another stock exchange but are regularly quoted
on an automated quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board and the quotations published by the OTC Markets Group) or by
a recognized securities dealer, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such shares as quoted on such system
or by such securities dealer on the valuation date, but if selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the valuation date (or, if no
such prices were reported on that date, on the last date such prices were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or
such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or (ii) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or reported in any
of the foregoing, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator based on such valuation measures or other
factors as it deems appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to the grant of Incentive Options, the Fair Market
Value shall be determined by the Administrator in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 20.2031-2 of the Federal
Estate Tax Regulations, or in any other manner consistent with Code Section 422; and (ii) Fair Market Value shall be determined
in accordance with Code Section 409A if and to the extent required.

 

(w) Full
Value Award means an Award, other than in the form of an Option or SAR, which is settled by the issuance of Common Stock.

 

(x) Good
Reason means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Administrator, in the context of a Change
of Control, a Participant’s termination of employment or service resulting from the Participant’s (i) termination for
“Good Reason” as defined under the Participant’s employment agreement, change of control agreement, consulting
agreement or other similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, if any, or (ii) if the Participant has not entered into
any agreement (or, if any such agreement does not define “Good Reason”), then a Participant’s termination shall
be for “Good Reason” if termination results due to any of the following without the Participant’s consent: (A)
a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary as in effect immediately prior to the date of the Change of Control,
(B) the assignment to the Participant of duties or responsibilities materially inconsistent with, or a material diminution in,
the Participant’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control,
or (C) the relocation by the Company of the Participant’s principal place of employment by more than 100 miles from the location
at which the Participant was stationed immediately prior to the Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect
to Directors, unless the Administrator determines otherwise, a Director’s termination from service on the Board shall be
for “Good Reason” if the Participant ceases to serve as a Director, or, if the Company is not the surviving company
in the Change of Control event, a member of the board of directors of the surviving entity, in either case, due to the Participant’s
failure to be nominated to serve as a director of such entity or the Participant’s failure to be elected to serve as a director
of such entity, but not due to the Participant’s decision not to continue service on the Board of Directors of the Company
or the board of directors of the surviving entity, as the case may be. An event or condition that would otherwise constitute “Good
Reason” shall constitute Good Reason only if the Company fails to rescind or cure such event or condition within 30 days
after receipt from the Participant of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason, and Good Reason shall cease to
exist for any event or condition described herein on the 60th day following the later of the occurrence or the Participant’s
knowledge thereof, unless the Participant has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such date. In the context other
than a Change of Control, “Good Reason” shall be as defined by the Administrator. The determination of “Good
Reason” shall be made by the Administrator and its determination shall be final and conclusive.

 

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(y) Incentive
Option means an Option that is designated by the Administrator as an Incentive Option pursuant to Section 7 and intended to
meet the requirements of incentive stock options under Code Section 422.

 

(z) Nonqualified
Option means an Option granted under Section 7 that is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under Code Section
422.

 

(aa) Option
means a stock option granted under Section 7 that entitles the holder to purchase from the Company a stated number of shares of
Common Stock at the Exercise Price, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be set forth in the Plan or an Award Agreement
or established by the Administrator.

 

(bb) Option Period
means the term of an Option, as provided in Section 7(d).

 

(cc) Other Stock-Based
Award means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 11, that relates to or is valued by reference to shares of Common
Stock or other Awards relating to shares of Common Stock.

 

(dd) Parent
means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(e).

 

(ee) Participant
means an individual who is an Employee employed by, or a Director or Consultant providing services to, the Company or an Affiliate
who satisfies the requirements of Section 6 and is selected by the Administrator to receive an Award under the Plan.

 

(ff) Performance
Award means a Performance Share Award and/or a Performance Unit Award, as provided in Section 10.

 

(gg) Performance
Measures mean one or more performance factors or criteria which may be established by the Administrator with respect to an
Award. Performance Measures may be based on such performance factors or criteria as the Administrator in its discretion may deem
appropriate, which may include, without limitation: (i) cash flow; (ii) return on equity; (iii) return on assets; (iv) earnings
per share; (v) operations expense efficiency milestones; (vi) consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (vii) net income; (viii) operating income; (ix) pre-tax income; (x) book value
per share; (xi) return on investment; (xii) return on capital; (xiii) improvements in capital structure; (xiv) expense management;
(xv) profitability including of an identifiable business unit or service offering; (xvi) maintenance or improvement of profit margins;
(xvii) stock price or total shareholder return; (xviii) market share; (xix) revenues or sales; (xx) costs; (xxi) working capital;
(xxii) economic wealth created; (xxiii) strategic business criteria; (xxiv) efficiency ratio(s); (xxv) operating ratio(s); (xxvi)
achievement of division, group, function or corporate financial, strategic or operational goals; (xxvii) gross margins; (xxviii)
product productions or shipments; and (xxix) comparisons with stock market indices or performance metrics of peer companies. The
foregoing criteria may relate to the Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates or one or more of its segments,
operating units or groups, divisions, departments, partnerships, joint ventures or minority investments, facilities, product lines
or products service offerings or any combination of the foregoing. The targeted level or levels of performance with respect to
such business criteria also may be established at such levels and on such terms as the Administrator may determine, in its discretion,
including but not limited to on an absolute basis, in relation to performance in a prior performance period, relative to one or
more peer group companies or indices, on a per share and/or share per capita basis, on a pre-tax or after tax basis and/or any
combination thereof. For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing list of performance factors and criteria are illustrative only, and
the Administrator may select any other objective or subjective performance criteria as it may determine.

 

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(hh) Performance
Share means an Award granted under Section 10, in an amount determined by the Administrator and specified in an Award Agreement,
stated with reference to a specified number of shares of Common Stock, that entitles the holder to receive shares of Common Stock,
a cash payment or a combination of Common Stock and cash (as determined by the Administrator), subject to the terms of the Plan
and the terms and conditions established by the Administrator.

 

(ii) Performance
Unit means an Award granted under Section 10, in an amount determined by the Administrator and specified in an Award Agreement,
that entitles the holder to receive shares of Common Stock, a cash payment or a combination of Common Stock and cash (as determined
by the Administrator), subject to the terms of the Plan and the terms and conditions established by the Administrator.

 

(jj) Plan
means the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as it may be amended and/or restated.

 

(kk) Prior Plans
means the Akoustis, Inc. 2014 Stock Plan, the Akoustis Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Inventive Plan and the Akoustis Technologies,
Inc. 2016 Stock Inventive Plan, in each case as the same may be amended and/or restated.

 

(ll) Restricted
Award means a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award and/or a Deferred Stock Unit, as provided in Section.

 

(mm) Restricted
Stock Award means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted to a Participant under Section 9. Shares of Common Stock subject
to a Restricted Stock Award shall cease to be restricted when, in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the terms and conditions
established by the Administrator, the shares vest and become transferable and free of substantial risks of forfeiture.

 

(nn) Restricted
Stock Unit means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9 which is settled, if at all, (i) by the delivery of
one share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit, (ii) in cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one share
of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit or (iii) in a combination of cash and shares equal to the Fair Market Value of one
share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit, as determined by the Administrator. A Restricted Stock Unit represents the
unfunded promise of the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof, as applicable, at the end of
the applicable restriction period if and only to the extent the Award vests and ceases to be subject to forfeiture, subject to
compliance with the terms of the Plan and Award Agreement and any performance or other terms and conditions established by the
Administrator.

 

(oo) Retirement
shall, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Administrator (taking into account any Code Section
409A considerations), as applied to any Participant, have the meaning given in any employment agreement, change in control agreement,
consulting agreement or other similar agreement, if any, to which the Participant is a party, or, if there is no such agreement
(or if such agreement does not define “Retirement”), then “Retirement” shall, unless the Administrator
determines otherwise, mean retirement in accordance with the retirement policies and procedures established by the Company. The
Administrator shall have authority to determine if a Retirement has occurred.

 

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(pp) SAR
or Stock Appreciation Right means a stock appreciation right granted under Section 8 entitling the Participant to receive,
with respect to each share of Common Stock encompassed by the exercise of such SAR, the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value
on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price, subject to the terms of the Plan and Award Agreement and any other terms and conditions
established by the Administrator. References to “SARs” include both Related SARs and Freestanding SARs, unless the
context requires otherwise.

 

(qq) Securities
Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(rr) Subsidiary
means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(f).

 

(ss) Termination
Date means the date of termination of a Participant’s employment or service for any reason, as determined by the Administrator
(taking into account any Code Section 409A considerations).

 

4. Administration
of the Plan

 

(a) The
Plan shall be administered by the Board or, upon its delegation, by the Committee (or a subcommittee thereof). To the extent required
under Rule 16b-3 adopted under the Exchange Act, the Committee shall be comprised solely of two or more “non-employee directors,”
as such term is defined in Rule 16b-3, or as may otherwise be permitted under Rule 16b-3. In addition, Committee members shall
qualify as “independent directors” under applicable stock exchange rules if and to the extent required.

 

(b) Subject
to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator shall have full and final authority in its discretion to take any action with
respect to the Plan including, without limitation, the authority to (i) determine all matters relating to Awards, including selection
of individuals to be granted Awards, the types of Awards, the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, subject to an Award, and
all terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations of an Award; (ii) prescribe the form or forms of Award Agreements evidencing
any Awards granted under the Plan; (iii) establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan;
(iv) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement; and
(v) construe and interpret the Plan, Awards and Award Agreements, interpret rules and regulations for administering the Plan and
make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. In addition, (i) the Administrator shall
have the authority, subject to the restrictions contained in Section 4(c) herein, to accelerate the date that any Award which was
not otherwise exercisable, vested or earned shall become exercisable, vested or earned in whole or in part without any obligation
to accelerate such date with respect to any other Award granted to any recipient; and (ii) the Administrator may in its sole discretion
modify or extend the terms and conditions for exercise, vesting or earning of an Award (in each case, taking into account any Code
Section 409A considerations). The Administrator’s authority to grant Awards and authorize payments under the Plan shall not
in any way restrict the authority of the Company to grant compensation to Employees, Directors or Consultants under any other compensation
plan, program or arrangement of the Company or an Affiliate. In addition, the Administrator shall have the authority and discretion
to establish terms and conditions of Awards (including but not limited to the establishment of subplans) or other arrangements
as the Administrator determines to be necessary or appropriate to conform to the applicable requirements or practices of jurisdictions
outside of the United States. In addition to action by meeting in accordance with Applicable Law, any action of the Administrator
with respect to the Plan may be taken by a written instrument signed by all of the members of the Board or Committee, as appropriate,
and any such action so taken by written consent shall be as fully effective as if it had been taken by a majority of the members
at a meeting duly held and called. All determinations of the Administrator with respect to the Plan and any Award or Award Agreement
will be final and binding on the Company and all persons having or claiming an interest in any Award granted under the Plan.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4(b), Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be subject to a minimum vesting period of
one year; provided, however, that (i) the Administrator may provide for acceleration of vesting of all or a portion of an Award
in the event of a Participant's death, Disability or Retirement, or (to the extent provided pursuant to Section 13 herein) upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company; (ii) the Administrator may provide for the grant of an Award to any Participant
without a minimum vesting period or may accelerate the vesting of all or a portion of an Award for any reason, but only with respect
to Awards for no more than an aggregate of five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance
under the Plan pursuant to Section 5(a) herein, upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine; and (iii)
the Administrator also may provide for the grant of Awards to Participants that have different vesting terms in the case of Awards
that are substituted for other equity awards in connection with mergers, consolidations or other similar transactions, Awards that
are granted as an inducement to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate or to replace forfeited awards from a former employer,
or Awards that are granted in exchange for foregone cash compensation.

 

(d) The
Administrator may adjust or modify Performance Measures or other performance factors or terms or conditions of Awards due to transactions,
events or developments, or in recognition of any other unusual or infrequent events affecting the Company or the financial statements
of the Company, or in response to changes in Applicable Law, accounting principles or business conditions, in each case as determined
by the Administrator. By way of example but not limitation, the Administrator may provide with respect to any Award that any evaluation
of performance shall exclude or otherwise adjust for any specified circumstance or event that occurs during a performance period,
including but not limited to circumstances or events such as the following: currency fluctuations; discontinued operations; non-cash
items, such as amortization, depreciation or reserves; asset impairment; significant litigation or claim judgments or settlements;
changes in accounting standards; any recapitalization, restructuring, reorganization, merger, acquisition, divestiture, consolidation,
spin-off, split-up, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets or other similar corporate transaction or event and/or
any other specific unusual or infrequent events or objectively determinable category thereof.

 

(e) Notwithstanding
the other provisions of Section 4, the Board may delegate to one or more officers of the Company or a special committee consisting
of one or more directors who are also officers of the Company the authority, within specified parameters, to grant Awards to eligible
Participants, and to make any or all of the determinations reserved for the Administrator in the Plan and summarized in Section
4(b) with respect to such Awards (subject to any restrictions imposed by Applicable Law and such terms and conditions as may be
established by the Administrator); provided, however, that, if and to the extent required by Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the
Participant, at the time of said grant or other determination, is not deemed to be an officer or director of the Company within
the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. To the extent that the Administrator has delegated authority to grant Awards pursuant
to this Section 4(e) to an officer(s) and/or a special committee, references to the “Administrator” shall include references
to such officer(s) and/or special committee, subject, however, to the requirements of the Plan, Rule 16b-3, and other Applicable
Law.

  

5. Shares
of Stock Subject to the Plan; Award Limitations

 

(a) Shares
of Stock Subject to the Plan: Subject to adjustments as provided in this Section 5, the maximum aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 3,000,000 shares, plus any shares
subject to an award granted under any of the Prior Plans, which Prior Plan award is at any time forfeited, cancelled, terminated,
expires or lapses for any reason without the issuance of shares or pursuant to which such shares are forfeited or reacquired by
the Company. Shares delivered under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares or shares purchased on the
open market or by private purchase. The Company hereby reserves sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock to meet the grant
of Awards hereunder.

 

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(b) Award
Limitations: Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following limitations shall apply to Awards granted
under the Plan, in each case subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 5(d):

 

(i) The
maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the grant of Incentive Options
shall not exceed 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(ii) With
respect to non-employee Directors, in any 12-month period, no such non-employee Director may be granted Awards for more than 200,000
shares of Common Stock (or the equivalent value thereof based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of
grant of such an Award), provided, however, that any Director cash retainer fees or other fees that are settled in shares of Common
Stock shall not be subject to this limitation. For this purpose an Option and Related SAR shall be treated as a single award.

 

(c) Additional
Share Counting Provisions. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the share limitations of Section 5(a):

 

(i) For
purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock to be counted against the maximum share limit set forth in Section
5(a), each share of Common Stock subject to an Award shall be counted against the limit as one share.

 

(ii) To
the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for any reason, any such unissued or forfeited
shares subject to the Award will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

(iii) Awards
settled in cash shall not be counted against the share limitations stated in Section 5(a) herein.

 

(iv) Dividends,
including dividends paid in shares, or dividend equivalents paid in cash in connection with outstanding Awards, will not be counted
towards the share limitations in Section 5(a).

 

(v) To
the extent that the full number of shares subject to an Award other than an Option or SAR is not issued for any reason, including
by reason of failure to achieve performance factors or criteria, only the number of shares issued and delivered shall be considered
for purposes of determining the number of shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

(vi) The
following shares of Common Stock may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan: (A) shares withheld from
an Award or delivered by a Participant to satisfy tax withholding requirements for Awards; (B) shares not issued or delivered as
a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Award; (C) shares withheld or delivered to pay the Exercise Price related to an
outstanding Award; and (D) shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the Exercise Price.

 

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(vii) Further,
(A) shares issued under the Plan through the settlement, assumption or substitution of outstanding awards granted by another entity
or obligations to grant future awards as a condition of or in connection with a merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving
the Company acquiring another entity shall not reduce the maximum number of shares available for delivery under the Plan, and (B)
available shares under a stockholder approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction)
may be used for Awards under the Plan and will not reduce the maximum number of shares available under the Plan, subject, in the
case of both (A) and (B) herein, to applicable stock exchange listing requirements.

 

(d) Adjustments;
Right to Issue Additional Securities: If there is any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock because of a merger,
change in control, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization involving the Company, or if the Board declares a stock dividend,
stock split distributable in shares of Common Stock or reverse stock split, other distribution (other than ordinary or regular
cash dividends) or combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or if there is a similar change in the capital stock structure
of the Company affecting the Common Stock (excluding conversion of convertible securities by the Company and/or the exercise of
warrants by their holders), then the number and type of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be correspondingly
adjusted, and the Administrator shall make such adjustments to Awards (such as the number and type of shares subject to an Award,
the Exercise Price of an Award and any performance goals) or to any provisions of this Plan as the Administrator deems equitable
to prevent dilution or enlargement of Awards or as may otherwise be advisable. Nothing in the Plan, an Award or an Award Agreement
shall limit the ability of the Company to issue additional securities of any type or class.

 

6. Eligibility

 

An Award may be granted
only to an individual who satisfies all of the following eligibility requirements on the date the Award is granted:

 

(a) The
individual is either (i) an Employee, (ii) a Director or (iii) a Consultant.

 

(b) With
respect to the grant of Incentive Options, the individual is otherwise eligible to participate under this Section 6, is an Employee
of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary and does not own, immediately before the time that the Incentive Option is granted, stock
possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an Employee who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or
a Parent or Subsidiary may be granted an Incentive Option if the Exercise Price is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock, and the Option Period does not exceed five years. For this purpose, an individual will be deemed to own stock which
is attributable to him or her under Code Section 424(d).

 

(c) With
respect to the grant of substitute awards or assumption of awards in connection with a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization
or similar transaction involving the Company or an Affiliate, the recipient is otherwise eligible to receive the Award and the
terms of the award are consistent with the Plan and Applicable Law.

 

(d) The
individual, being otherwise eligible under this Section 6, is selected by the Administrator as an individual to whom an Award shall
be granted (as defined above, a “Participant”).

 

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7. Options

 

(a) Grant
of Options: Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may in its discretion grant Options to such eligible Participants
in such numbers, subject to such terms and conditions, and at such times as the Administrator shall determine. Both Incentive Options
and Nonqualified Options may be granted under the Plan, as determined by the Administrator; provided, however, that Incentive Options
may only be granted to Employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary. To the extent that an Option is designated as an Incentive
Option but does not qualify as such under Code Section 422, the Option (or portion thereof) shall be treated as a Nonqualified
Option. An Option may be granted with or without a Related SAR.

  

(b) Exercise
Price: The Exercise Price per share at which an Option may be exercised shall be established by the Administrator and stated
in the Award Agreement evidencing the grant of the Option; provided, that (i) the Exercise Price of an Option shall be no less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock as determined on the date the Option is granted (or 110% of the
Fair Market Value with respect to Incentive Options granted to an Employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary, as provided in Section 6(b)); and (ii)
in no event shall the Exercise Price per share of any Option be less than the par value per share of the Common Stock. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Administrator may in its discretion authorize the grant of substitute or assumed options of an acquired entity
with an Exercise Price not equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of the stock on the date of grant, if the terms of such substitution
or assumption otherwise comply, to the extent deemed applicable, with Code Section 409A and/or Code Section 424(a).

 

(c) Date
of Grant: An Option shall be considered to be granted on the date that the Administrator acts to grant the Option, or on such
later date as may be established by the Administrator in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(d) Option
Period and Limitations on the Right to Exercise Options:

 

(i) The
Option Period shall be determined by the Administrator at the time the Option is granted and shall be stated in the Award Agreement.
The Option Period shall not extend more than 10 years from the date on which the Option is granted (or five years with respect
to Incentive Options granted to an Employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary, as provided in Section 6(b)). Any Option or portion thereof not exercised before
expiration of the Option Period shall terminate. The period or periods during which, and the terms and conditions pursuant to which,
an Option may vest and become exercisable shall be determined by the Administrator in its discretion, subject to the terms of the
Plan (including but not limited to the provisions of Section 4(c) herein).

 

(ii) An
Option may be exercised by giving written notice to the Company in form acceptable to the Administrator at such place and subject
to such conditions as may be established by the Administrator or its designee. Such notice shall specify the number of shares to
be purchased pursuant to an Option and the aggregate purchase price to be paid therefor and shall be accompanied by payment of
such purchase price. Unless an Award Agreement provides otherwise, such payment shall be in the form of cash or cash equivalent;
provided that, except where prohibited by the Administrator or Applicable Law (and subject to such terms and conditions as may
be established by the Administrator), payment may also be made:

 

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(A) By
delivery (by either actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant for such time period, if
any, as may be determined by the Administrator;

 

(B) By
shares of Common Stock withheld upon exercise;

 

(C) So
long as a Public Market exists at the time of exercise of the Option, by delivery of written notice of exercise to the Company
and delivery to a broker of written notice of exercise and irrevocable instructions to promptly deliver to the Company the amount
of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Exercise Price;

 

(D) By
such other payment methods as may be approved by the Administrator and which are acceptable under Applicable Law; and/or

 

(E) By
any combination of the foregoing methods.

 

Shares delivered or withheld
in payment on the exercise of an Option shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, as determined by the
Administrator or its designee. For the purposes of the Plan, a “Public Market” for the Common Stock shall be
deemed to exist (A) upon consummation of a firm commitment underwritten public offering of the Common Stock (or successor securities
thereto) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (B) if the Administrator otherwise determines
that there is an established public market for the Common Stock.

  

(iii) The
Administrator shall determine the extent, if any, to which a Participant may have the right to exercise an Option following termination
of the Participant’s employment or service with the Company. Such rights, if any, shall be subject to the sole discretion
of the Administrator, shall be stated in the individual Award Agreement, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant
to this Section 7, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of employment or service.

 

(e) Notice
of Disposition: If shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Option are disposed of within two years following
the date of grant or one year following the transfer of such shares to a Participant upon exercise, the Participant shall, promptly
following such disposition, notify the Company in writing of the date and terms of such disposition and provide such other information
regarding the disposition as the Administrator may reasonably require.

 

(f) Limitation
on Incentive Options: In no event shall there first become exercisable by an Employee in any one calendar year Incentive Options
granted by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary with respect to shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at
the time an Incentive Option is granted) greater than $100,000; provided that, if such limit is exceeded, then the first $100,000
of shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be Incentive Options and the Options (or portion thereof) for shares
with a value in excess of $100,000 that first became exercisable in that calendar year will be Nonqualified Options.

 

8. Stock
Appreciation Rights

 

(a) Grant
of SARs: Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may in its discretion grant SARs to such eligible Participants,
in such numbers, upon such terms and at such times as the Administrator shall determine. SARs may be granted to the holder of an
Option (a “Related Option”) with respect to all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Related
Option (a “Related SAR”) or may be granted separately to an eligible individual (a “Freestanding SAR”).
The Exercise Price per share of a SAR shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock on the
date the SAR is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may in its discretion authorize the grant of substitute
or assumed SARs of an acquired entity with an Exercise Price per share not equal to at least 100% of the Fair Market Value of the
stock on the date of grant, if the terms of such substitution or assumption otherwise comply, to the extent deemed applicable,
with Code Section 409A and/or Code Section 424(a). A SAR shall be considered to be granted on the date that the Administrator acts
to grant the SAR, or on such other date as may be established by the Administrator in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

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(b) Related
SARs: A Related SAR may be granted either concurrently with the grant of the Related Option or (if the Related Option is a
Nonqualified Option) at any time thereafter prior to the complete exercise, termination, expiration or cancellation of such Related
Option. The Exercise Price of a Related SAR shall be equal to the Exercise Price of the Related Option. Related SARs shall be exercisable
only at the time and to the extent that the Related Option is exercisable (and may be subject to such additional limitations on
exercisability as the Administrator may provide in an Award Agreement), and in no event after the complete termination or full
exercise of the Related Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Related SAR that is related to an Incentive Option may be exercised
only to the extent that the Related Option is exercisable and only when the Fair Market Value exceeds the Exercise Price of the
Related Option. Upon the exercise of a Related SAR granted in connection with a Related Option, the Option shall be canceled to
the extent of the number of shares as to which the SAR is exercised, and upon the exercise of a Related Option, the Related SAR
shall be canceled to the extent of the number of shares as to which the Related Option is exercised or surrendered.

 

(c) Freestanding
SARs: A SAR may be granted without relationship to an Option (as defined above, a “Freestanding SAR”) and,
in such case, will be exercisable upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Administrator, subject
to the terms of the Plan.

 

(d) Exercise
of SARs:

 

(i) Subject
to the terms of the Plan (including but not limited to Section 4(c) herein), SARs shall be vested and exercisable in whole or in
part upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the Administrator. The period during which a SAR may be exercisable
shall not exceed 10 years from the date of grant or, in the case of Related SARs, such shorter Option Period as may apply to the
Related Option. Any SAR or portion thereof not exercised before expiration of the period established by the Administrator shall
terminate.

  

(ii) SARs
may be exercised by giving written notice to the Company in form acceptable to the Administrator at such place and subject to such
terms and conditions as may be established by the Administrator or its designee. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise,
the date of exercise of a SAR shall mean the date on which the Company shall have received proper notice from the Participant of
the exercise of such SAR.

 

(iii) The
Administrator shall determine the extent, if any, to which a Participant may have the right to exercise a SAR following termination
of the Participant’s employment or service with the Company. Such rights, if any, shall be determined in the sole discretion
of the Administrator, shall be stated in the individual Award Agreement, need not be uniform among all SARs issued pursuant to
this Section 8 and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of employment or service.

 

(e) Payment
Upon Exercise: Subject to the terms of the Plan, upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment
from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying (i) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
on the date of exercise of the SAR over the Exercise Price of the SAR, by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock with respect
to which the SAR is being exercised. The consideration payable upon exercise of a SAR shall be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock
(valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SAR) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as determined
by the Administrator.

 

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9. Restricted
Awards

 

(a) Grant
of Restricted Awards: Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may in its discretion grant Restricted Awards to
such Participants, for such numbers of shares of Common Stock, upon such terms and at such times as the Administrator shall determine.
Such Restricted Awards may be in the form of Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units and/or Deferred Stock Units that are
subject to certain conditions, which conditions must be met in order for the Restricted Award to vest and be earned (in whole or
in part) and no longer subject to forfeiture. Restricted Stock Awards shall be payable in shares of Common Stock. Restricted Stock
Units and Deferred Stock Units shall be payable in cash or shares of Common Stock, or partly in cash and partly in shares of Common
Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the discretion of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(c)
herein, the Administrator shall determine the nature, length and starting date of the period, if any, during which a Restricted
Award may vest and be earned (the “Restriction Period”), and shall determine the conditions which must be met
in order for a Restricted Award to be granted, vested, earned and/or distributable (in whole or in part), which conditions may
include, but are not limited to, payment of a stipulated purchase price, attainment of performance objectives, continued service
or employment for a certain period of time, a combination of attainment of performance objectives and continued service, Retirement,
Disability, death or other termination of employment or service or a combination of such or other conditions. In the case of Restricted
Awards based in whole or in part upon performance factors or criteria, the Administrator shall determine the Performance Measures
applicable to such Restricted Awards (subject to Section 3(ii)).

 

(b) Vesting
of Restricted Awards: Subject to the terms of the Plan (and taking into account any Code Section 409A considerations), the
Administrator shall have sole authority to determine whether and to what degree Restricted Awards have vested and been earned and
are payable and to establish and interpret the terms and conditions of Restricted Awards.

 

(c) Termination
of Employment or Service; Forfeiture: Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, if the employment or service of a Participant
shall be terminated for any reason (whether by the Company or the Participant and whether voluntary or involuntary) and all or
any part of a Restricted Award has not vested or been earned pursuant to the terms of the Plan and related Award Agreement, such
Award, to the extent not then vested or earned, shall be forfeited immediately upon such termination and the Participant shall
have no further rights with respect thereto.

 

(d) Share
Certificates; Escrow: Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, a certificate or certificates representing the shares
of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be issued in the name of the Participant (or, in the case of uncertificated
shares, other written evidence of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall be provided) after the Award has been granted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may require that (i) a Participant deliver the certificate(s) (or other instruments)
for such shares to the Administrator or its designee to be held in escrow until the Restricted Stock Award vests and is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (in which case the shares will be promptly released to the Participant) or is forfeited
(in which case the shares shall be returned to the Company); and/or (ii) a Participant deliver to the Company a stock power,
endorsed in blank (or similar instrument), relating to the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award which are subject to forfeiture.
Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, a certificate or certificate representing shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant
to a Restricted Stock Unit or a Deferred Stock Unit shall be issued in the name of the Participant (or, in the case of uncertificated
shares, other written evidence of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall be provided) promptly after the Award (or portion
thereof) has vested and been earned and is distributable.

 

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(e) Deferred
Stock Units: A Deferred Stock Unit represents the unfunded promise of the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash or
a combination thereof, as applicable, if and to the extent that the Award has vested and is eligible for distribution (including,
by way of example only, distribution upon termination of employment or service or upon a specified date or dates, and taking into
account any Code Section 409A considerations), subject to compliance with the terms of the Plan and Award Agreement and any other
terms and conditions established by the Administrator. A Deferred Stock Unit shall be settled, if at all, (i) by the delivery of
one share of Common Stock for each Deferred Stock Unit, (ii) in cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of
Common Stock for each Deferred Stock Unit or (iii) in a combination of cash and shares equal to the Fair Market Value of one share
of Common Stock for each Deferred Stock Unit, as determined by the Administrator.

 

10. Performance
Awards

 

(a) Grant
of Performance Awards: Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may in its discretion grant Performance Awards to
such eligible Participants upon such terms and conditions and at such times as the Administrator shall determine. Performance Awards
may be in the form of Performance Shares and/or Performance Units. Subject to Section 5(b), the Administrator shall have discretion
to determine the number of Performance Units and/or Performance Shares granted to any Participant. Subject to the provisions of
Section 4(c) herein, the Administrator shall determine the nature, length and starting date of the period during which a Performance
Award may be earned (the “Performance Period”), and shall determine the conditions which must be met in order
for a Performance Award to be granted or to vest or be earned (in whole or in part), which conditions may include but are not limited
to payment of a stipulated purchase price, attainment of performance objectives, continued service or employment for a certain
period of time, a combination of such conditions or other conditions. Subject to Section 3(ii), the Administrator shall determine
the Performance Measures applicable to such Performance Awards.

 

(b) Earning
of Performance Awards: Subject to the terms of the Plan (and taking into account any Code Section 409A considerations), the
Administrator shall have sole authority to determine whether and to what degree Performance Awards have been earned and are payable
and to interpret the terms and conditions of Performance Awards.

 

(c) Form
of Payment: Payment of the amount to which a Participant shall be entitled upon earning a Performance Award shall be made in
cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Administrator in its sole
discretion. Payment may be made in a lump sum or upon such terms as may be established by the Administrator (taking into account
any Code Section 409A considerations).

 

(d) Termination
of Employment or Service; Forfeiture: Unless the Administrator determines otherwise (taking into account any Code Section 409A
considerations), if the employment or service of a Participant shall terminate for any reason (whether by the Company or the Participant
and whether voluntary or involuntary) and the Participant has not earned all or part of a Performance Award pursuant to the terms
of the Plan and related Award Agreement, such Award, to the extent not then earned, shall be forfeited immediately upon such termination
and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.

 

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11. Other
Stock-Based Awards

 

The Administrator shall
have the authority to grant Other Stock-Based Awards to eligible Participants. Such Other Stock-Based Awards may be valued in whole
or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, shares of Common Stock or Awards for shares of Common Stock, including
but not limited to Other Stock-Based Awards granted in lieu of bonus, salary or other compensation, Other Stock-Based Awards granted
with vesting or performance conditions and/or Other Stock-Based Awards granted without being subject to vesting or performance
conditions (subject to the terms of Section 4(c) herein). Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator shall determine
the number of shares of Common Stock to be awarded to a Participant under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards;
whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or any other form of property
as the Administrator may determine, or a combination of such forms of consideration; and the other terms and conditions of such
Awards.

 

12. Dividends
and Dividend Equivalent Rights

 

The Administrator may,
in its sole discretion, provide that Awards other than Options and SARs may earn dividends or dividend equivalent rights (or “dividend
equivalents”); provided, however, that dividends and dividend equivalents, if any, on unearned or unvested Awards (time-vesting
or performance-vesting) shall not be paid (even if accrued) unless and until the underlying Award (or portion thereof) has vested
and/or been earned. Any crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents may be subject to such additional restrictions and conditions
as the Administrator may establish, including reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock or share equivalents. Notwithstanding
the other provisions herein, any dividends or dividend equivalents related to an Award shall be structured in a manner so as to
avoid causing the Award and related dividends or dividend equivalents to be subject to Code Section 409A or shall otherwise be
structured so that the Award and dividends or dividend equivalents are in compliance with Code Section 409A.

 

13. Change
of Control

 

Notwithstanding any
other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply in the event of a Change of Control (except to
the extent, if any, otherwise required under Code Section 409A):

 

(a) To
the extent that the successor or surviving company in the Change of Control event does not assume or substitute for an Award (or
in which the Company is the ultimate parent corporation and does not continue the Award) on substantially similar terms or with
substantially equivalent economic benefits (as determined by the Administrator prior to the Change of Control) as Awards outstanding
under the Plan immediately prior to the Change of Control event, (i) all outstanding Options and SARs shall become fully vested
and exercisable, whether or not then otherwise vested and exercisable; and (ii) any restrictions, including but not limited to
the Restriction Period, Performance Period and/or performance factors or criteria applicable to any outstanding Awards other than
Options or SARs shall be deemed to have been met, and such Awards shall become fully vested, earned and payable to the fullest
extent of the original grant of the applicable Award (or, in the case of performance-based Awards the earning of which is based
on attaining a target level of performance, such Awards shall be deemed earned at the greater of actual performance or target performance).

 

(b) Further,
in the event that an Award is substituted, assumed or continued as provided in Section 13(a) herein, the Award will nonetheless
become vested (and, in the case of Options and SARs, exercisable) in full and any restrictions, including but not limited to the
Restriction Period, Performance Period and/or performance factors or criteria applicable to any outstanding Award shall be deemed
to have been met, and such Awards shall become fully vested, earned and payable to the fullest extent of the original award (or,
in the case of performance-based Awards the earning of which is based on attaining a target level of performance, such Awards shall
be deemed earned at the greater of actual performance or target performance), if the employment or service of the Participant is
terminated within two years after the effective date of a Change of Control if such termination of employment or service (i) is
by the Company not for Cause or (ii) is by the Participant for Good Reason. For clarification, for the purposes of this Section
13, the “Company” shall include any successor to the Company.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that a Participant has entered into an employment agreement, consulting
agreement or other similar agreement, plan or policy as of the Effective Date of the Plan, the Participant shall be entitled to
the greater of the benefits provided upon a change of control of the Company under the Plan or the respective employment agreement
or other arrangement as in effect on the Plan Effective Date, and such agreement or arrangement shall not be construed to reduce
in any way the benefits otherwise provided to a Participant upon a Change of Control as defined in the Plan.

 

14. Nontransferability
of Awards

 

Incentive Options shall
not be transferable (including by sale, assignment, pledge or hypothecation) other than transfers by will or the laws of intestate
succession or, in the Administrator’s discretion, such transfers as may otherwise be permitted in accordance with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.421-1(b)(2) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-2(c). Awards other than Incentive Options shall not be transferable
(including by sale, assignment, pledge or hypothecation) other than by will or the laws of intestate succession, except for transfers
if and to the extent permitted by the Administrator in a manner consistent with the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
Except as may be permitted by the preceding, an Option or SAR shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only
by him or her or by his or her guardian or legal representative. The designation of a beneficiary in accordance with the Plan does
not constitute a transfer.

 

15. Withholding

 

The Company shall withhold
all required local, state, federal, foreign and other taxes and any other amount required to be withheld by any governmental authority
or law from any amount payable in cash with respect to an Award. Prior to the delivery or transfer of any certificate for shares
or any other benefit conferred under the Plan, the Company shall require any Participant or other person to pay to the Company
in cash the amount of any tax or other amount required by any governmental authority to be withheld and paid over by the Company
to such authority for the account of such recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may in its discretion establish
procedures to require or permit a recipient to satisfy such obligations in whole or in part, and any local, state, federal, foreign
or other income tax obligations relating to such an Award, by delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock held by the Participant
(which are fully vested and not subject to any pledge or other security interest) and/or by the Company withholding shares of Common
Stock from the shares to which the recipient is otherwise entitled. The number of shares to be withheld or delivered shall have
a Fair Market Value as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is determined as nearly equal as possible to, but not
exceeding (unless otherwise permitted by the Administrator in a manner in accordance with Applicable Law and applicable accounting
principles), the amount of such obligations being satisfied. Such withholding obligations shall be subject to such terms and procedures
as may be established by the Administrator. The Participant shall remain responsible at all times for paying any federal, state,
foreign and/or local income or employment tax due with respect to any Award, and the Company shall not be liable for any interest
or penalty that a Participant incurs by failing to make timely payments of tax or otherwise.

 

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16. Amendment
and Termination of the Plan and Awards

 

(a) Amendment
and Termination of Plan; Prohibition on Repricing: The Plan may be amended, altered, suspended and/or terminated at any
time by the Board; provided, that (i) approval of an amendment to the Plan by the stockholders of the Company shall be required
to the extent, if any, that stockholder approval of such amendment is required by Applicable Law; and (ii) except for adjustments
made pursuant to Section 5(d), the Company may not, without obtaining stockholder approval, (A) amend the terms of outstanding
Options or SARs to reduce the Exercise Price of such outstanding Options or SARs; (B) exchange outstanding Options or SARs for
cash, for Options or SARs with an Exercise Price that is less than the Exercise Price of the original Option or SAR, or for other
equity awards at a time when the original Option or SAR has an Exercise Price above the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock;
or (C) take other action with respect to Options or SARs that would be treated as a repricing under the rules of the principal
stock exchange on which shares of the Common Stock are listed.

  

(b) Amendment
and Termination of Awards: The Administrator may (subject to Section 16(a)(ii) herein) amend, alter, suspend and/or terminate
any Award granted under the Plan, prospectively or retroactively, but (except as otherwise provided in Section 16(c)) such amendment,
alteration, suspension or termination of an Award shall not, without the written consent of a Participant with respect to an outstanding
Award, materially adversely affect the rights of the Participant with respect to the Award.

 

(c) Amendments
to Comply with Applicable Law: Notwithstanding Section 16(a) and Section 16(b) herein, the following provisions shall
apply:

 

(i) The
Administrator shall have unilateral authority to amend the Plan and any Award (without Participant consent) to the extent necessary
to comply with Applicable Law or changes to Applicable Law (including but in no way limited to Code Section 409A, Code Section
422 and federal securities laws).

 

(ii) The
Administrator shall have unilateral authority to make adjustments to the terms and conditions of Awards in recognition of unusual
or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or
of changes in Applicable Law, or accounting principles, if the Administrator determines that such adjustments are appropriate in
order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or
necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable accounting principles or Applicable Law.

 

17. Restrictions
on Awards and Shares; Compliance with Applicable Law

 

(a) General.
As a condition to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock hereunder, or the grant of any benefit pursuant to the Plan, the Company
may require a Participant or other person at any time and from time to time to become a party to an Award Agreement, other agreement(s)
restricting the transfer, purchase, repurchase and/or voting of shares of Common Stock of the Company, and any employment, consulting,
non-competition, confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-disparagement or other agreements or provisions imposing such restrictions
as may be required by the Company. In addition, without in any way limiting the effect of the foregoing, each Participant or other
holder of shares issued under the Plan shall be permitted to transfer such shares only if such transfer is in accordance with the
Plan, the Award Agreement, any other applicable agreements and Applicable Law. The acquisition of shares of Common Stock under
the Plan by a Participant or any other holder of shares shall be subject to, and conditioned upon, the agreement of the Participant
or other holder of such shares to the restrictions described in the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, any other applicable
agreements and Applicable Law.

 

(b) Compliance
with Applicable Laws, Rules and Regulations. The Company may impose such restrictions on Awards, shares of Common Stock and
any other benefits underlying Awards hereunder as it may deem advisable, including without limitation restrictions under the federal
securities laws, the requirements of any stock exchange or similar organization and any blue sky, state or foreign securities or
other laws applicable to such securities. Notwithstanding any other Plan provision to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated
to issue, deliver or transfer shares of Common Stock under the Plan, make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan, or
take any other action, unless such delivery, distribution or action is in compliance with Applicable Law (including but not limited
to the requirements of the Securities Act). The Company will be under no obligation to register shares of Common Stock or other
securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission or to effect compliance with the exemption, registration, qualification
or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or similar organization, and the Company will have no liability
for any inability or failure to do so. The Company may cause a restrictive legend or legends to be placed on any certificate issued
pursuant to an Award hereunder in such form as may be prescribed from time to time by Applicable Law or as may be advised by legal
counsel.

 

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18. No
Right or Obligation of Continued Employment or Service or to Awards; Compliance with the Plan

 

Neither the Plan, an
Award, an Award Agreement nor any other action related to the Plan shall confer upon a Participant any right to continue in the
employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Director or Consultant, or interfere in any way with the right
of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. Except as otherwise provided
in the Plan, an Award Agreement or as may be determined by the Administrator, all rights of a Participant with respect to an Award
shall terminate upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service. In addition, no person shall have any right
to be granted an Award, and the Company shall have no obligation to treat Participants or Awards uniformly. By participating in
the Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to have accepted all of the conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of any
rules and regulations adopted by the Administrator and shall be fully bound thereby. Any Award granted hereunder is not intended
to be compensation of a continuing or recurring nature, or part of a Participant’s normal or expected compensation, and in
no way represents any portion of a Participant’s salary, compensation or other remuneration for purposes of pension benefits,
severance, redundancy, resignation or any other purpose.

 

19. General
Provisions

 

(a) Stockholder
Rights: Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided in the Plan, a Participant and his or her legal representative,
legatees or distributees shall not be deemed to be the holder of any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award and shall not have
any rights of a stockholder unless and until certificates for such shares have been issued and delivered to him or her or them
under the Plan. A certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Option or SAR shall be issued
in the name of the Participant or his or her beneficiary and distributed to the Participant or his or her beneficiary (or, in the
case of uncertificated shares, other written notice of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall be provided) as soon as
practicable following receipt of notice of exercise and, with respect to Options, payment of the Exercise Price (except as may
otherwise be determined by the Company in the event of payment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 7(d)(ii)(C)). Except as
otherwise provided in Section 9(d) regarding Restricted Stock Awards or otherwise determined by the Administrator, a certificate
for any shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Restricted Award, Performance Award, or Other Stock-Based Award shall be
issued in the name of the Participant or his or her beneficiary and distributed to the Participant or his or her beneficiary (or,
in the case of uncertificated shares, other written notice of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall be provided) after
the Award (or portion thereof) has vested and been earned and is distributable.

 

(b) Section
16(b) Compliance: To the extent that any Participants in the Plan are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, it is the
general intention of the Company that transactions under the Plan shall comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and that
the Plan shall be construed in favor of such Plan transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding anything
in the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict,
limit or condition the use of any provision of the Plan to Participants who are officers or directors subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting or conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants.

 

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(c) Unfunded
Plan; No Effect on Other Plans:

 

(i) The
Plan shall be unfunded, and the Company shall not be required to create a trust or segregate any assets that may at any time be
represented by Awards under the Plan. The Plan shall not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant
or other person. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall, by reason of the Plan, acquire any right in or title to any
assets, funds or property of the Company or any Affiliate, including, without limitation, any specific funds, assets or other property
which the Company or any Affiliate, in their discretion, may set aside in anticipation of a liability under the Plan. A Participant
shall have only a contractual right to shares of Common Stock or other amounts, if any, payable under the Plan, unsecured by any
assets of the Company or any Affiliate. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guarantee that the assets of such entities
shall be sufficient to pay any benefits to any person.

 

(ii) The
amount of any compensation deemed to be received by a Participant pursuant to an Award shall not constitute compensation with respect
to which any other employee benefits of such Participant are determined, including, without limitation, benefits under any bonus,
pension, profit sharing, life insurance or salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically provided by the terms of
such plan or as may be determined by the Administrator.

  

(iii) Except
as otherwise provided in the Plan, the adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other stock incentive or other compensation plans
in effect for the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company from establishing any other forms of stock
incentive or other compensation for employees or service providers of the Company or any Affiliate.

 

(d) Governing
Law: The Plan and Awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to the conflict of laws provisions of any state, and in accordance with applicable federal laws of the United States.

 

(e) Beneficiary
Designation: The Administrator may, in its discretion, permit a Participant to designate in writing a person or persons as
beneficiary, which beneficiary shall be entitled to receive settlement of Awards (if any) to which the Participant is otherwise
entitled in the event of death. In the absence of such designation by a Participant, and in the event of the Participant’s
death, the estate of the Participant shall be treated as beneficiary for purposes of the Plan, unless the Administrator determines
otherwise. The Administrator shall have discretion to approve and interpret the form or forms of such beneficiary designation.
A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative or other person claiming any rights pursuant to the Plan is subject to all
terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement applicable to the Participant, except to the extent that the Plan and/or
Award Agreement provide otherwise, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrator.

 

(f) Gender
and Number: Except where otherwise indicated by the context, words in any gender shall include any other gender, words in the
singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular.

 

(g) Severability:
If any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity
shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan or the Award Agreement (which shall be construed or deemed amended to conform
to Applicable Law), and the Plan or Award Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had
not been included.

 

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(h) Rules
of Construction: Headings are given to the sections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. The reference
to any statute, regulation or other provision of law shall (unless the Administrator determines otherwise) be construed to refer
to any amendment to or successor of such provision of law.

 

(i) Successors
and Assigns: The Plan shall be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns, and Participants, their executors, administrators
and permitted transferees and beneficiaries.

 

(j) Award
Agreement: The grant of any Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement between the Company and the Participant.
Such Award Agreement may state terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Award and may state such other terms, conditions
and restrictions, including but not limited to terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to shares of Common Stock or other
benefits subject to an Award, as may be established by the Administrator.

 

(k) Right
of Offset: Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement, the Company may at any time (subject to any
Code Section 409A considerations) reduce the amount of any payment or benefit otherwise payable to or on behalf of a Participant
by the amount of any obligation of the Participant to or on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate that is or becomes due and payable.

 

(l) Uncertificated
Shares: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, to the extent the Plan provides for the issuance of stock certificates
to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may, in the Company’s discretion, be effected on a non-certificated
basis, to the extent not prohibited by the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or by Applicable Law.

 

(m) Income
and Other Taxes: Participants are solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may arise
in connection with Awards (including but not limited to any taxes arising under Code Section 409A), and the Company shall not have
any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold any Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes. The Company shall have no
responsibility to take or refrain from taking any actions in order to achieve a certain tax result for a Participant or any other
person.

  

(n) Effect
of Certain Changes in Status: Notwithstanding the other terms of the Plan or an Award Agreement, the Administrator has sole
discretion to determine (taking into account any Code Section 409A considerations), at the time of grant of an Award or at any
time thereafter, the effect, if any, on Awards (including but not limited to modifying the vesting, exercisability and/or earning
of Awards) granted to a Participant if the Participant’s status as an Employee, Director or Consultant changes, including
but not limited to a change from full-time to part-time, or vice versa, or if other similar changes in the nature or scope of the
Participant’s employment or service occur.

 

(o) Stockholder
Approval: The Plan is subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company, which approval must occur, if at all, within
12 months of the Effective Date. Awards granted prior to such stockholder approval shall be conditioned upon and shall be effective
only upon approval of the Plan by such stockholders on or before such date.

 

(p) Deferrals:
Subject to the provisions of this Section 19(p) and Section 20, the Administrator may permit or require a Participant to defer
such Participant’s receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be payable
with respect to an Award. Any such deferral shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the Administrator
and to any applicable Code Section 409A requirements.

 

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(q) Fractional
Shares: Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Administrator, (i) the total number of shares
issuable pursuant to the exercise, vesting or earning of an Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share, and (ii) no
fractional shares shall be issued. The Administrator may, in its discretion, determine that a fractional share shall be settled
in cash.

 

(r) Compliance
with Recoupment, Ownership and Other Policies or Agreements: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or an Award Agreement to
the contrary, the Administrator may, at any time (during or following termination of employment or service for any reason), determine
that a Participant’s rights, payments and/or benefits with respect to an Award (including but not limited to any shares issued
or issuable and/or cash paid or payable with respect to an Award) shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment
upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any other conditions applicable to an Award. Such events may include,
but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for Cause, violation of policies of the Company or an Affiliate, breach
of non-solicitation, non-competition, confidentiality, non-disparagement or other covenants, other conduct by the Participant that
is determined by the Administrator to be detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Affiliate, and/or other
circumstances where such reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment is required by Applicable Law. In addition, without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, as a condition to the grant of an Award or receipt or retention of shares of Common Stock,
cash or any other benefit under the Plan, (i) the Administrator may, at any time, require that a Participant comply with any compensation
recovery (or “clawback”), stock ownership, stock retention or other policies or guidelines adopted by the Company
or an Affiliate, each as in effect from time to time and to the extent applicable to the Participant, and (ii) each Participant
shall be subject to such compensation recovery, recoupment, forfeiture or other similar provisions as may apply under Applicable
Law.

 

(s) Attestation:
Wherever in the Plan or any Award Agreement a Participant is permitted to pay the Exercise Price of an Award or taxes relating
to the exercise, vesting or earning of an Award by delivering shares of Common Stock, the Participant may, unless the Administrator
determines otherwise and subject to procedures satisfactory to the Administrator, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting
proof of beneficial ownership of such shares, in which case the Company shall treat the Award as exercised, vested or earned without
further payment and/or shall withhold such number of shares from the shares acquired by the exercise, vesting or earning of the
Award, as appropriate.

 

(t) Plan
Controls: Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, (i) in the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained
in the Plan and an express term contained in any Award Agreement, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and
prevail, and (ii) the terms of an Award Agreement shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with the Plan merely because
they impose greater or additional restrictions, obligations or duties, or if the Award Agreement provides that such Award Agreement
terms apply notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary in the Plan.

 

(u) Indemnification:
No member of the Board or Committee or its or their designees or agents, as applicable, shall be liable while acting as Administrator
for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan, an Award or an Award Agreement. Members of the Board
and the Committee and officers and employees of the Company or an Affiliate to whom authority to act for the Board or the Committee
is delegated shall be entitled to such indemnification and other rights as may be provided under the Company’s certificate
of incorporation, bylaws and/or other instrument and/or pursuant to Applicable Law.

 

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20. Compliance
with Code Section 409A

 

Notwithstanding any
other provision in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, if and to the extent that Code Section 409A is deemed to apply
to the Plan or any Award, it is the general intention of the Company that the Plan and all such Awards shall, to the extent practicable,
comply with, or be exempt from, Code Section 409A, and the Plan and any such Award Agreement shall, to the extent practicable,
be construed in accordance therewith. Deferrals of shares or any other benefit issuable pursuant to an Award otherwise exempt from
Code Section 409A in a manner that would cause Code Section 409A to apply shall not be permitted unless such deferrals are in compliance
with, or exempt from, Code Section 409A. In the event that the Company (or a successor thereto) has any stock which is publicly
traded on an established securities market or otherwise, distributions that are subject to Code Section 409A to any Participant
who is a “specified employee” (as defined under Code Section 409A) upon a “separation from service” (as
defined in Code Section 409A) may only be made following the expiration of the six-month period after the date of separation from
service (with such distributions to be made during the seventh month following separation from service), or, if earlier than the
end of the six-month period, the date of death of the specified employee, or as otherwise permitted under Code Section 409A. For
purposes of Code Section 409A, each installment payment provided under the Plan or an Award Agreement shall be treated as a separate
payment. Without in any way limiting the effect of any of the foregoing, (i) in the event that Code Section 409A requires that
any special terms, provisions or conditions be included in the Plan or any Award Agreement, then such terms, provisions and conditions
shall, to the extent practicable, be deemed to be made a part of the Plan or Award Agreement, as applicable, and (ii) terms used
in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall be construed in accordance with Code Section 409A if and to the extent required. Further,
in the event that the Plan or any Award shall be deemed not to comply with Code Section 409A, then neither the Company, the Administrator
nor its or their designees or agents shall be liable to any Participant or other person for actions, decisions or determinations
made in good faith.

 

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON
AUGUST 24, 2018

 

ADOPTED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY
ON NOVEMBER 1, 2018

 

 

23Exhibit 10.41

 

AKOUSTIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

1. Purpose

 

This Akoustis Technologies,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to provide employees of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries with an opportunity
to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase of shares of Common Stock. The Company intends that this
Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Code Section 423 and this Plan shall be interpreted in
a manner that is consistent with that intent.

 

2. Definitions

 

“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Code”
means the U. S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“Committee”
means the committee appointed by the Board to administer this Plan from time to time. As of the Effective Date, the Compensation
Committee of the Board shall be the Committee.

 

“Common Stock”
means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

“Company”
means Akoustis Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor or assign.

 

“Compensation”
means, except as may otherwise be determined by the Committee consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, base
salary, wages, and commissions paid to an Eligible Employee by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary as compensation for services
to the Company or Participating Subsidiary, before deduction for any salary deferral contributions made by the Eligible Employee
to any tax-qualified or nonqualified deferred compensation plan, including overtime, vacation pay, holiday pay, jury duty pay,
and funeral leave pay, but excluding education or tuition reimbursements, imputed income arising under any group insurance or benefit
program, travel expenses, business and relocation expenses, income received in connection with stock options or other equity-based
awards, and any other non-cash remuneration.

 

“Corporate
Transaction” means a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization, or other corporate
event described in Code Section 424.

 

“Designated
Broker” means the financial services firm or other agent designated by the Company to maintain ESPP Share Accounts on
behalf of Participants who have purchased shares of Common Stock under this Plan.

 

“Disability”
means the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than twelve (12) months.

 

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“Effective
Date” means the date as of which this Plan is adopted by the Board, subject to this Plan obtaining stockholder approval
in accordance with Section 19.11.

 

“Employee”
means any person who renders services to the Company or a Participating Subsidiary as an employee pursuant to an employment relationship
with such employer. For purposes of this Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual
is on military leave, sick leave, or other leave of absence approved by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary that meets the
requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2). Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months, or such other
period of time specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2), and the individual’s right to reemployment is
not guaranteed by statute or contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on the first day immediately
after such three (3)-month period, or such other period specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2).

 

“Eligible
Employee” means each Employee; provided, however, that the Committee may exclude from participation in
this Plan or any Offering any Employee who (i) has been employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary for less than
two (2) years, (ii) is customarily employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary for twenty (20) hours per week or
less, (iii) is customarily employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary for not more than five (5) months per calendar
year, or (iv) is a “highly compensated employee” of the Company or a Participating Subsidiary (within the meaning of
Code Section 414(q)). Consistent with the requirements of Code Section 423, the Committee may (A) select a shorter time period
than those specified in clauses (i) - (iii), and (B) exclude highly compensated employees with compensation above a specified level
or who are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case to be applied in an identical manner for
an Offering.

 

“Enrollment
Form” means an agreement authorized by the Committee (which may be electronic) pursuant to which an Eligible Employee
may elect to enroll in this Plan, to authorize a new level of payroll deductions, or to stop payroll deductions and withdraw from
an Offering Period.

 

“ESPP Share
Account” means an account into which Common Stock purchased with accumulated payroll deductions at the end of an Offering
Period are held on behalf of a Participant.

 

“Exchange
Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

“Fair Market
Value” means, as of any date, the value of the shares of Common Stock as determined in the immediately following sentences.
If the shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
price of a share (or if no sales were reported, the closing price on the first trading day immediately preceding such date) as
quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. In the absence of
an established market for the shares, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Committee and such determination
shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

 

“Grant Date”
means the first day of each Offering Period as designated by the Committee.

 

“Offering
or Offering Period” means a period of six (6) months beginning June 1 and December 1 of each year; provided,
however, that, pursuant to Section 5, the Committee may change the duration of future Offering Periods (subject
to a maximum Offering Period of twenty-seven (27) months) and/or the start and end dates of future Offering Periods.

 

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“Participant”
means an Eligible Employee who is actively participating in this Plan.

 

“Participating
Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries that have been designated as eligible to participate in this Plan, and such other
Subsidiaries that may be designated by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion.

 

“Plan”
means this Akoustis Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

“Purchase
Date” for an Offering Period means the last day of the Offering Period, or such other day(s) during the Offering Period
as determined by the Committee.

 

“Purchase
Price” means an amount equal to the lesser of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) (or such greater percentage as designated
by the Committee) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) (or such
greater percentage as designated by the Committee) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Purchase Date, provided
that the Purchase Price per share of Common Stock will in no event be less than the par value of the Common Stock.

 

“Securities
Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

 

“Subsidiary”
means any corporation, domestic or foreign, of which not less than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power is held by
the Company or a Subsidiary, whether or not such corporation exists now or is hereafter organized or acquired by the Company or
a Subsidiary. In all cases, the determination of whether an entity is a Subsidiary shall be made in accordance with Code Section 424(f).

 

3. Administration

 

3.1 General.
This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have the authority to construe and interpret this Plan, prescribe,
amend, and rescind rules relating to this Plan’s administration, and take any other actions necessary or desirable for the
administration of this Plan, including adopting sub-plans applicable to particular Participating Subsidiaries or locations, which
sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency or ambiguity in this Plan. All decisions of the Committee in connection with the administration
of this Plan shall be in the Committee’s sole discretion, and such decisions shall be final and binding on all persons. All
expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Board may take any action under this Plan that would otherwise
be the responsibility of the Committee.

 

3.2 Delegation.
To the extent necessary or appropriate, the Committee may delegate any of its duties or responsibilities under the Plan as they
pertain to a Participating Subsidiary to such Participating Subsidiary. The Committee (or any Participating Subsidiary with the
consent of the Committee) may appoint or engage any person or persons as a third party administrator to perform ministerial functions
pertaining to the issuance, accounting, recordkeeping, forfeiture, exercise, communication, transfer, or any other functions or
activities necessary or appropriate to administer and operate this Plan.

 

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4. Eligibility

 

4.1 General.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 423, any individual who is an
Eligible Employee as of the first day of the enrollment period designated by the Committee for a particular Offering Period shall
be eligible to participate in such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of Code Section 423.

 

4.2 Eligibility
Restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, no Eligible Employee shall be granted an option under
this Plan if (i) immediately after the grant of the option, such Eligible Employee (or any other person whose stock would
be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Code Section 424(d)) would own capital stock of the Company or hold outstanding
options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock
of the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) such option would permit his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock
purchase plans (described in Code Section 423) of the Company and its Subsidiaries to accrue at a rate that exceeds twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000) of the Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time the option is granted) for each calendar
year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

 

5. Offering
Periods

 

This Plan shall be
implemented by a series of Offering Periods, each of which shall be six (6) months in duration, with new Offering Periods
commencing on or about June 1 and December 1 of each year (or such other times as determined by the Committee). The Committee shall
have the authority to change the duration, frequency, start date, and end date of Offering Periods.

 

6. Participation

 

6.1 Enrollment;
Payroll Deductions. An Eligible Employee may elect to participate in this Plan by properly completing an Enrollment Form, which
may be electronic, and submitting it to the Company, in accordance with the enrollment procedures established by the Committee.
Participation in this Plan is entirely voluntary. By submitting an Enrollment Form, the Eligible Employee authorizes payroll deductions
from his or her paycheck in an amount equal to at least one percent (1%), but not more than ten percent (10%) (or such other maximum
percentage as the Committee may establish from time to time before an Offering Period begins) of his or her Compensation on each
pay day occurring during an Offering Period. Payroll deductions shall commence on the first payroll date after the Grant Date and
end on the last payroll date on or before the Purchase Date. The Company shall maintain records of all payroll deductions but shall
have no obligation to pay interest on payroll deductions or to hold such amounts in a trust or in any segregated account. Unless
expressly permitted by the Committee, a Participant may not make any separate contributions or payments to this Plan.

 

6.2 Election
Changes. During an Offering Period, a Participant may not change his or her rate of payroll deductions applicable to such Offering
Period unless the Committee determines otherwise. A Participant may decrease or increase his or her rate of payroll deductions
for future Offering Periods by submitting a new Enrollment Form authorizing the new rate of payroll deductions at least fifteen
(15) days before the start of the next Offering Period.

 

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6.3 Automatic
Re-enrollment. The deduction rate selected in the Enrollment Form shall remain in effect for subsequent Offering Periods unless
the Participant (i) submits a new Enrollment Form authorizing a new level of payroll deductions in accordance with Section 6.2,
(ii) withdraws from this Plan in accordance with Section 10, or (iii) terminates employment or otherwise
becomes ineligible to participate in this Plan.

 

7. Grant
of Option

 

On each Grant Date,
each Participant in the applicable Offering Period shall be granted an option to purchase, on the Purchase Date, a number of shares
of Common Stock determined by dividing the Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions by the applicable Purchase Price;
provided, however, that in no event shall any Participant purchase more than 2,000 shares of Common Stock during
an Offering Period (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 18 and the limitations set forth in Section 4.2
and 13).

 

8. Exercise
of Option/Purchase of Shares

 

A Participant’s
option to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be exercised automatically on the Purchase Date of each Offering Period. The Participant’s
accumulated payroll deductions shall be used to purchase the maximum number of whole shares that can be purchased with the amounts
in the Participant’s notional account, subject to the limitations set forth in this Plan. Unused payroll deductions remaining
in a Participant’s notional account at the end of an Offering Period (i.e., by reason of the inability to purchase a fractional
share), as well as any accumulated payroll deductions that remain in a Participant’s notional account after applying the
limitations of Section 4.2 and Section 7, shall be returned to the Participant as soon as administratively
practicable.

 

9. Transfer
of Shares

 

As soon as reasonably
practicable after each Purchase Date, the Company shall arrange for the delivery to each Participant of the shares of Common Stock
purchased upon exercise of his or her option. The Committee may permit or require that the shares be deposited directly into an
ESPP Share Account established in the name of the Participant with a Designated Broker and may require that the shares of Common
Stock be retained with such Designated Broker for a specified period of time. Participants shall not have any voting, dividend,
or other rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to any option granted hereunder until such
shares have been delivered pursuant to this Section 9.

 

10. Withdrawal

 

10.1 Withdrawal
Procedure. A Participant may withdraw from an Offering by submitting to the Company a revised Enrollment Form indicating his
or her election to withdraw at least fifteen (15) days before the Purchase Date. The accumulated payroll deductions held on behalf
of a Participant in his or her notional account (that have not been used to purchase shares of Common Stock) shall be paid to the
Participant promptly after receipt of the Participant’s Enrollment Form indicating his or her election to withdraw and the
Participant’s option shall be automatically terminated. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, no payroll deductions
shall be made during any succeeding Offering Period, unless the Participant re-enrolls in accordance with Section 6.1.

 

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10.2 Effect
on Succeeding Offering Periods. A Participant’s election to withdraw from an Offering Period shall not have any effect
upon his or her eligibility to participate in succeeding Offering Periods that commence after the completion of the Offering Period
from which the Participant withdraws.

 

11. Termination
of Employment; Change in Employment Status

 

Upon termination of
a Participant’s employment from the Company and the Participating Subsidiaries for any reason or at any other time, or a
change in the Participant’s employment status after which the Participant is no longer an Eligible Employee, the Participant
shall be deemed to have withdrawn from this Plan and the payroll deductions in the Participant’s notional account (that have
not been used to purchase shares of Common Stock) shall be returned to the Participant, or in the case of the Participant’s
death, to the person(s) entitled to such amounts under Section 17, and the Participant’s option shall be automatically
terminated.

 

12. Interest

 

No interest shall accrue
on or be payable with respect to the payroll deductions of a Participant in this Plan.

 

13. Shares
Reserved for Plan

 

13.1 Number
of Shares. A total of 500,000 shares of Common Stock have been reserved as authorized for the grant of options under this Plan.
The shares of Common Stock may be newly issued shares, treasury shares, or shares acquired on the open market. If an option under
this Plan expires or is terminated unexercised for any reason, the shares as to which such option so expired or terminated again
may be made subject to an option under this Plan.

 

13.2 Oversubscribed
Offerings. The number of shares of Common Stock that a Participant may purchase in an Offering under this Plan may be reduced
if the Offering is oversubscribed. No option granted under this Plan shall permit a Participant to purchase shares of Common Stock
that, if added together with the total number of shares of Common Stock purchased by all other Participants in such Offering, would
exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock remaining available under this Plan. If the Committee determines that, on a particular
Purchase Date, the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options are to be exercised exceeds the number of shares
of Common Stock then available under this Plan, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock remaining
available for purchase in as uniform a manner as practicable and as the Committee determines to be equitable.

 

14. Transferability

 

No payroll deductions
credited to a Participant, nor any rights with respect to the exercise of an option or any rights to receive Common Stock hereunder,
may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution,
or as provided in Section 17) by the Participant. Any attempt to assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of
such rights or amounts shall be without effect.

 

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15. Application
of Funds

 

All payroll deductions
received or held by the Company under this Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose to the extent permitted by
applicable law, and the Company shall not be required to segregate such payroll deductions or contributions.

 

16. Statements

 

Participants shall
be provided with statements at least annually that shall set forth the contributions made by the Participant to this Plan, the
Purchase Price of any shares of Common Stock purchased with accumulated funds, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased,
and any payroll deduction amounts remaining in the Participant’s notional account.

 

17. Designation
of Beneficiary

 

A Participant may file,
on forms supplied by the Committee, a written designation of beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock and cash
in respect of any fractional shares of Common Stock, if any, from the Participant’s ESPP Share Account under this Plan in
the event of such Participant’s death. In addition, a Participant may file, on forms supplied by the Committee, a written
designation of beneficiary who is to receive any cash withheld through payroll deductions and credited to the Participant’s
notional account in the event of the Participant’s death before the Purchase Date of an Offering Period.

 

 18. Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization; Dissolution or Liquidation; Corporate Transactions

 

18.1 Adjustments.
In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, or other property), recapitalization,
stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange
of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other change in the Company’s structure affecting the Common Stock
occurs, then in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under
this Plan, the Committee shall, in such manner as it deems equitable, adjust the number of shares and class of Common Stock that
may be delivered under this Plan, the Purchase Price per share, and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding
option under this Plan, and the numerical limits of Section 7 and Section 13.

 

18.2 Dissolution
or Liquidation. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, any Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new Purchase Date and the Offering Period shall end
immediately before the proposed dissolution or liquidation. The new Purchase Date shall be before the date of the Company’s
proposed dissolution or liquidation. Before the new Purchase Date, the Committee shall provide each Participant with written notice,
which may be electronic, of the new Purchase Date and that the Participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on such
date, unless before such time, the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering in accordance with Section 10.

 

18.3 Corporate
Transactions. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, the then-current Offering Period shall be shortened by setting a new
Purchase Date on which the Offering Period shall end. The new Purchase Date shall occur before the date of the Corporate Transaction.
Before the new Purchase Date, the Committee shall provide each Participant with written notice, which may be electronic, of the
new Purchase Date and that the Participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on such date, unless before such time,
the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering in accordance with Section 10.

 

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19. General
Provisions

 

19.1 Equal
Rights and Privileges. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary and in accordance with Code Section 423,
all Eligible Employees who are granted options under this Plan for an Offering shall have the same rights and privileges with respect
to that Offering.

 

19.2 No
Right to Continued Service. Neither this Plan nor any compensation paid hereunder shall confer on any Participant the right
to continue as an Employee or in any other capacity.

 

19.3 Rights
as Stockholder.  A Participant shall become a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock that are purchased pursuant
to options granted under this Plan when the shares are transferred to the Participant’s ESPP Share Account. A Participant
shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to shares of Common Stock for which an election to participate in an Offering
Period has been made until such Participant becomes a stockholder as provided above.

 

19.4 Successors
and Assigns. This Plan shall be binding on the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

19.5 Entire
Plan. This Plan constitutes the entire plan with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior plans with respect
to the subject matter hereof.

 

19.6 Compliance
with Law.  The obligations of the Company with respect to payments under this Plan are subject to compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. Common Stock shall not be issued with respect to an option granted under this Plan unless the exercise of
such option and the issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions
of law, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then
be listed.

 

19.7 Notice
of Disqualifying Dispositions.  Each Participant shall give the Company prompt written notice of any disposition or other transfer
of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option acquired under this Plan, if such disposition or transfer
is made within two (2) years after the applicable Grant Date or within one (1) year after the applicable Purchase Date.

 

19.8 Term
of Plan. This Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 19.9,
shall have a term of ten (10) years.

 

19.9 Amendment
or Termination.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend, or terminate this Plan at any time and for any
reason. If this Plan is terminated, the Committee may elect to terminate all outstanding Offering Periods either immediately or
once shares of Common Stock have been purchased on the next Purchase Date (which may, in the discretion of the Committee, be accelerated)
or permit Offering Periods to expire in accordance with their terms (and subject to any adjustment in accordance with Section 18).
If any Offering Period is terminated before its scheduled expiration, all amounts that have not been used to purchase shares of
Common Stock shall be returned to Participants (without interest, except as otherwise required by law) as soon as administratively
practicable.

 

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19.10 Applicable
Law. The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation
of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of law rules.

 

19.11 Stockholder
Approval. This Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after
the date this Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

19.12 Code
Section 423. This Plan is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Code Section 423.
Any provision of this Plan that is inconsistent with Code Section 423 shall be reformed to comply with Code Section 423.

 

19.13 Withholding.
To the extent required by applicable Federal, state, or local law, a Participant must make arrangements satisfactory to the Company
for the payment of any withholding or similar tax obligations that arise in connection with this Plan.

 

19.14 Severability.
If any provision of this Plan shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Plan shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were
omitted.

 

19.15 Plan
Construction. In this Plan, unless otherwise stated, the following uses apply: (i) references to a statute or law shall
refer to the statute or law and any amendments and any successor statutes or laws, and to all regulations promulgated under or
implementing the statute or law, as amended, or its successors, as in effect at the relevant time; (ii) in computing periods
from a specified date to a later specified date, the words “from” and “commencing on” (and the like) mean
“from and including,” and the words “to,” “until” and “ending on” (and the like)
mean “to and including”; (iii) indications of time of day shall be based upon the time applicable to the location
of the principal headquarters of the Company; (iv) the words “include,” “includes” and “including”
mean “include, without limitation,” “includes, without limitation” and “including, without limitation,”
respectively; (v) all references to articles and sections are to articles and sections in this Plan; (vi) all words used
shall be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances and context require; (vii) the captions and headings
of articles and sections have been inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not be considered a part of this Plan,
nor shall any of them affect the meaning or interpretation of this Plan or any of its provisions; (viii) any reference to
an agreement, plan, policy, form, document, or set of documents, and the rights and obligations of the parties under any such agreement,
plan, policy, form, document, or set of documents, shall mean such agreement, plan, policy, form, document, or set of documents
as amended from time to time, and any and all modifications, extensions, renewals, substitutions, or replacements thereof; and
(ix) all accounting terms not specifically defined shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.

 

As adopted by the Board on August 24, 2018.

 

As approved by the stockholders of the
Company on November 1, 2018.

 

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