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Audio Pixels Holdings Limited
ACN 094 384 273

AnnUAL
RePoRt 
2022

www.audiopixels.com.au

CORPORATE DIRECTORY

Directors

Fred Bart (Chairman)
Ian Dennis 
Cheryl Bart AO

Company secretary

Ian Dennis

Registered off  ice 

Suite 3, Level 12
75 Elizabeth Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia

Israel off  ice

3 Pekris Street
Rehovot
ISRAEL 76702

Telephone:  +61 2 9233 3915
Facsimile:   +61 2 9232 3411
Email:  

iandennis@audiopixels.com.au

Telephone:  + 972 73 232 4444
+ 972 73 232 4455
Facsimile: 
danny@audiopixels.com
Email: 

Bankers

St George Bank
200 Barangaroo Avenue
Barangaroo
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia

Website

www.audiopixels.com.au

Auditor

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Chartered Accountants
Brindabella Circuit
Brindabella Business Park 
Canberra Airport ACT 2609 
Australia

share Registry

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited
Level 3
60 Carrington Street
Sydney NSW 2000

GPO Box 7045
Sydney NSW 1115
Australia

Telephone:  1300 855 080 or

Facsimile: 

+61 3 9415 5000 outside Australia
1300 137 341

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Contents

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Auditor’s Independence Declaration  �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������  14

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 Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and 
Other Comprehensive Income  ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������  20

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position  ������������������������������������������������������������  22

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity  ����������������������������������������������������������  23

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows  ������������������������������������������������������������������������������  24

Notes To and Forming Part of the  
Financial Statements  ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������  25

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Twenty Largest Ordinary Shareholders  �������������������������������������������������������������������������������  64

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The Directors of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited submit herewith the financial report of the company for the financial year 
ended 31 December 2022� In order to comply with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, the directors report as follows:

The names and particulars of the directors of the company during or since the end of the financial year are:

name

Fred Bart

Ian Dennis

Cheryl Bart AO

Particulars

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer� A director since 5 September 2000� He has been 
Chairman and Managing Director of numerous private companies since 1980, specialising in 
manufacturing, property and marketable securities� He is a member of the Audit Committee 
and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee� He is Chairman of 
Noxopharm Limited and a director of Weebit Nano Limited�

Non‑executive director and Company Secretary� Ian is a retired Chartered Accountant with 
experience as director and secretary in various public listed and unlisted technology companies� 
He has been involved in the investment banking industry and stockbroking industry for the past 
thirty years� Prior to that, Ian was with KPMG, Chartered Accountants in Sydney� Appointed to 
the Board on 5 September 2000� He is a Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee� 

Non‑executive director� Appointed to the Board on 26 November 2001� Cheryl Bart is a lawyer 
and company director� She is Chairman of Tilt Renewables Limited and Ted X Sydney� Cheryl is a 
non‑executive director of SG Fleet Australia Limited and the Moriah College Foundation� She is a 
fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Patron of SportsConnect and a member 
of Chief Executive Women� She is a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the 
Nominations and Remuneration Committee�

Directorships of other listed companies

Directorships of other listed companies held by directors in the 3 years immediately before the end of the financial year are 
as follows:

name

Fred Bart

Ian Dennis

Cheryl Bart 

Company

Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited 
Weebit Nano Limited 
Noxopharm Limited

Period of directorship

May 2000 to 27 July 2021 
Since March 2018 
Since 8 May 2020

Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited

May 2000 to 28 May 2021

SG Fleet Australia Limited

Since February 2014

Principal activities

The principal activity of the Company is an investment in Audio Pixels Limited of Israel� Audio Pixels Limited is engaged in 
the development of digital speakers� 

Results

The net loss for the financial year ended to 31 December 2022 was $2,435,719 (31 December 2021 ‑ $3,309,869)�

Dividends

The directors recommend that no dividend be paid and no amount has been paid or declared by way of dividend since the 
end of the previous financial year and up to the date of this report�

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Review of operations

Achievements during the reporting period were 
technical in nature, focused on advancing the Company’s 
proven Digital Sound Reconstruction technologies into 
a mass‑production product� As has been extensively 
reported, the company has achieved all known and 
emerging technical challenges involving the design, 
fabrication and function ‑ delivering on the promise 
of Digital Sound Reconstruction (DSR) in the world’s 
smallest full range loudspeaker chip� We have proven the 
technologies’ ability to reproduce the full audible range of 
frequencies from 20Hz to 20KHz (and beyond) with a near 
flat frequency response; all in a surface mount industry 
compliant silicon chip� 

As noted in previous updates, the company’s primary 
objectives for CY‑22 were to complete the transition of 
its the technology from its prototyping / development 
platforms into a reliable mass‑produced product 
that meets or exceeds market driven specifications� 
The principal activities associated with this objective:

1�  Production of MEMS‑GEN‑II (the commercial version 

of our MEMS chip)�

2�  Advancing our engineering and demonstration 

and customer facing electronics and software from 
development environments to independently 
operated electronics and software�

As had been extensively reported to investors in previous 
updates, the complexity of MEMS demands an iterative 
development approach that models, evaluates, improves 
and aligns designs to fabrication capabilities based on 
actual test and measurement results� Some past reported 
examples of this iterative process included issues pertaining 
to charge dissipation, stiction, misalignment, sacrificial 
material release, process residues, wafer handling, and 
others� The objective of this massive undertaking was 
to establish a reliable, repeatable and stable fabrication 
process that will not only produce devices to spec, but to 
establish clear and precisely defined boundaries of realistic 
manufacturing capabilities (“process window”) that dictate 
the device design (“design rules”)� 

In the world of micro‑electro‑mechanical‑systems 
(MEMS), especially in our case where we have pushed 
the physical and electromechanical boundaries, even 
the smallest of variances measured in nanometers 
can influence the devices’ performance� Therefore, the 
engineering axiom dictates the necessity to solidify the 
devices’ manufacturing process in order to obtain accurate 
assessment, simulation, and alignment of the design to 
the attainable process capabilities� 

Throughout development of the manufacturing process, 
we purposefully withheld from the chip design, certain 
structural features that provide a significant boost to the 
sound pressure levels (SPL or “loudness”) of the chip� There 
are a number of reasons for concealing this “secret sauce” 
extending beyond IP preservation and the maturing of 
our multiphysics simulation models� The most significant 
reason that these features were withheld from prior designs 
is they have a direct dependency on the manufacturing 
capabilities and tolerances and therefore these 
modifications must strictly adhere to, and remain within, 
the tightly defined process window� (Other design elements 
that provide an even greater increase to the SPL but that 
require more radical changes to the fabrication process are 
being reserved for future generations of products)� 

During EarthMountain’s (EM) visit in September 2022 we 
mutually concluded that the defined objectives for MEMS 
GEN‑I were achieved, and that sufficient knowledge, 
experience and investment were made by EM to ensure 
success production and packaging of MEMS GEN‑II to 
spec� Consequently, the company has paid a prepayment 
of A$586K and issued a purchase order for 10’s of 
thousands of fully packaged MEMS GEN‑II pre‑production 
chips that will be fully tested for compliance to spec prior 
to shipment� 

Also included in the production version of the chip is a 
refinement to the electromechanical characteristics of the 
structure that permit us to apply a software‑only solution 
able to contend with adverse acoustic effects resulting from 
reasonable inconsistencies in the manufacturing process�

During our extensive work with GEN‑I chips we discovered 
that during music play an audible high frequency 
component (for lack of better word “noise”) was produced 
when reconstructing certain frequencies� The root cause 
of this phenomena was traced to inconsistencies / lack of 
uniformity in fabrication� Specifically, the theories of Digital 
Sound Reconstruction dictate that when superimposing 
the time‑delayed sound pulses generated by our “pixels“, 
variances in the anticipated pulse magnitude caused by 
inconsistencies in manufacturing, can manifest into the 
improper reconstruction of sound and in certain cases 
produce an unwanted audible sound� 

Industry methodologies involved in mass producing 
semiconductors indicate that overtime such variances 
can be drastically reduced if not eliminated, nonetheless 
the company decided to explore other possible means 
of negating this problem� The innovation ultimately 
conceived involves expanding the electromechanical 
characteristics of the devices, that when combined with a 
proprietary software‑only approach provide the capability 
of rendering any such noise inaudible� 

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Review of operations (Cont.)

This solution which has been tried and tested on 
our prototyping platforms (MEMS GEN I) has proven 
to offer the sought improvements to the clarity of 
sound even though it cannot be fully utilized without 
the electromechanical changes incorporated in the 
mass‑production version of the chip�

It is of critical importance to note that all modifications 
introduced in the mass‑production version of the chip 
(MEMS‑GEN‑II) are not even visible to the naked eye, or 
more significantly GEN‑II are fully compatible with all 
fabrication, packaging, testing procedures, functional 
software, algorithms, hardware and electronics that were 
developed, tried and tested on the prototyping platform 
(MEMS‑GEN‑I)�

Ultimately these factors as well as delays receiving chips 
and other critical components, led management to 
conclude that the company strategic objectives would 
be far better served delaying public demonstration of the 
technology a bit longer, in order to allow demonstrations 
of the production version of the chip; as undeniably the 
impact of a full range and flat frequency response when 
demonstrated at optimal sound pressure levels, will far 
better represent the game changing technology we have 
been laboring to bring to market� 

It is important to note that at the time this decision was 
made and announced, it was anticipated that initial 
receipt of MEMS‑GEN‑II chips would be in mid to late 
Q4‑22� What was unknown at that time was the impact of 
the Chinese Government’s attempts to curtail the spread 
and adverse effects of the COVID pandemic� Ever changing 
policies were extended from week to week, effectively 
leaving a wide range of industries worldwide without 
insight or ability to plan and inform� The consequence 
for the company was that not only had advancement of 
GEN‑II stalled for over 4 months, but EM’s ability to even 
supply GEN‑I chips had dramatically diminished�

During the extended lockdown period in China the 
company remained focused on advancing all aspects 
of technology it could� As indicated, considerable effort 
and progress was achieved developing advanced 
measurement and characterization capabilities which in 
turn fueled significant advancements of our multiphysics 
simulation capabilities�

Additionally major effort and progress was concentrated 
on the development and migration of our functional 
software and algorithms as well as the design, fabrication 
and testing of our electronics demonstration and 
reference design systems� 

In early January 2023, Earth Mountain was able to partially 
resume operations and returned to full operations upon 
the conclusion of the Chinese New Year’s holiday on 
2 February 2023� 

Given this as well as the rather massive investment 
EarthMountain has made over the period in their facilities, 
tools, fabrication and test capabilities, equipment and 
personnel, Earth Mountain remains convinced that 
that they will be able to commence mass production 
sometime in the third quarter of this year� 

For the sake of clarity and compliance with ASX disclosure 
requirements, the Company’s upcoming critical milestone 
is focused on the demonstration of the commercialised 
version of the technology�

„„ Earth Mountain’s is forecasting that it will be able to 

begin delivery of MEMS GEN II sometime in May 2023� 

„„ Upon arrival, the chips will undergo characterization 

to ensure compliance with our specification� This is 
required not only for usage in demonstration systems, 
but to also enable Earth Mountain to calibrate mass 
production processes�

„„ Upon confirming compliance (within reason) the 
chips will be incorporated into existing GEN‑I 
demonstration systems�

Management will further update the market a) upon 
receipt of the chips, b) upon reaching reasonable 
conclusions resulting from the characterisation activities

Placement to earthMountain

Earth Mountain (Suzhou) Microelectronics Ltd� 
(EM) committed in writing to take 308,325 ordinary 
shares ($4,316,550) at $14�00 per share in the placement 
announced on 24 August 2022 subject to receiving 
approvals from Ministry of Commerce, National 
Development and Reform Commission and the State 
Administration of Foreign Exchange to settle their 
commitment� As at the date of this report and as 
advised by Earth Mountain in writing on 25 March 2023, 
EarthMountain had yet to receive the necessary approvals 
from the Jiangsu Province Branch of the Ministry 
of Commerce, National Development and Reform 
Commission and the State Administration of Foreign 
Exchange in China to settle their commitment� While 
the approval is not believed to be in jeopardy, given that 
there is little informative visibility into this bureaucratic 
process, it is impossible to predict an accurate settlement 
date� The Company will update the market as soon as new 
information is available and in any case by 30 April 2023�

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Review of operations (Cont.)

Unsecured Loan

The total unsecured loan outstanding at 31 December 2022 
from 4F Investments Pty Limited (a company associated 
with the Chairman Fred Bart) was $3�285m� The outstanding 
unsecured loan attracts an interest rate of 6% per annum 
and is repayable on receipt of the Earth Mountain 
placement proceeds�

As part of the placement announced to the market 
on 24 August 2022 of $10m at $14�00 per share, 
4F Investments Pty Limited agreed to subscribe for 
165,358 ordinary shares at $14�00 per share as part of this 
placement at a cost of $2,315,012, subject to shareholder 
approval� 4F Investments Pty Limited has agreed that 
that it would offset $2,315,012 against its unsecured loan 
of $3,285,000, subject to shareholder approval, and the 
balance of $969,988 would be repaid in cash once the 
placement funds from Earth Mountain are received�

4F Investments Pty Limited will continue to receive 
interest on the unsecured loan until shareholder approval 
is received� In respect of the balance of the unsecured loan 
of $969,988, after shareholder approval, 4F Investments Pty 
Limited will continue to receive interest until repayment�

Shareholder approval for the conversion of part of the 
unsecured loans of $2,315,012 into 165,358 ordinary 
shares will be sought at the Annual General Meeting to be 
held on Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 1�30 pm at the Fullerton 
Hotel in Sydney�

Since the end of the financial year, 4F Investments Pty 
Limited, a company associated with the Chairman, Mr Fred 
Bart, has agreed to provide an additional unsecured 
funding facility of up to $1,500,000 on 28 March 2023 
at an interest rate of 12% per annum, repayable on 
completion of the next capital raising� 4F Investments Pty 
Limited advanced $150,000 on 27 February 2023, $100,000 
on 16 March 2023 and $500,000 on 28 March 2023 
amounting to $750,000�

This new facility of $1,500,000 is in addition to the existing 
unsecured loan of $3,285,000 which was originally at 
6% interest� However, as a result of the extended delays 
in receiving the Earth Mountain placement proceeds of 
US$3m, the interest rate has been increased to 12% per 
annum from 1 March 2023 as part of the agreement to 
provide the new loan facility� This interest rate is better 
than other offers of unsecured loans and convertible 
notes received from other unrelated parties�

As an incentive to the provision of this additional facility 
of $1,500,000 and the continuation of the existing 
unsecured loans of $3,285,000 (whilst waiting for the 
Earth Mountain placement proceeds of US$3m to settle 
$969,988 in cash and the Annual General Meeting to 
request shareholder approval for a placement of 165,358 
shares to 4F Investments Pty Limited which would net 
settle $2,315,012 of the facility), the Company has agreed 
to provide an incentive of 500,000 unlisted options in the 
company to 4F Investments Pty Limited The exercise price 
of these options is the 5‑day VWAP when the first $150,000 
was advanced on 27 February 2023 which equates to an 
exercise price of $7�59 for a term of 3 years� These options 
would be provided, subject to shareholder approval at 
the next Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 
30 May 2023 at 1�30 pm� These options would be issued 
and vest immediately after shareholder approval was 
received as they only relate to the loan facility and are not 
employment related� 

Further information concerning the operations and 
financial condition of the entity can be found in the 
financial report and in releases made to the Australian 
Stock Exchange (ASX) during the year�

Changes in state of affairs

There was no significant change in the state of affairs of 
the company or the consolidated entity other than that 
referred to in the financial statements or notes thereto�

Significant events after 
balance date

Since the end of the financial year, 4F Investments Pty 
Limited, a company associated with the Chairman, Mr Fred 
Bart, has agreed to provide an additional unsecured 
funding facility of up to $1,500,000 on 28 March 2023 
at an interest rate of 12% per annum, repayable on 
completion of the next capital raising� 4F Investments Pty 
Limited advanced $150,000 on 27 February 2023, $100,000 
on 16 March 2023 and $500,000 on 28 March 2023 
amounting to $750,000�

This new facility of $1,500,000 is in addition to the existing 
unsecured loan of $3,285,000 which was originally at 
6% interest� However, as a result of the extended delays 
in receiving the Earth Mountain placement proceeds of 
US$3m, the interest rate has been increased to 12% per 
annum from 1 March 2023 as part of the agreement to 
provide the new loan facility� This interest rate is better 
than other offers of unsecured loans and convertible notes 
received from other unrelated parties�

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Significant events after 
balance date (Cont.)

As an incentive to the provision of this additional facility 
of $1,500,000 and the continuation of the existing 
unsecured loans of $3,285,000 (whilst waiting for the 
Earth Mountain placement proceeds of US$3m to settle 
$969,988 in cash and the Annual General Meeting to 
request shareholder approval for a placement of 165,358 
shares to 4F Investments Pty Limited which would net 
settle $2,315,012 of the facility), the Company has agreed 
to provide an incentive of 500,000 unlisted options in 
the company to 4F Investments Pty Limited The exercise 
price of these options is the 5‑day VWAP when the first 
$150,000 was advanced on 27 February 2023 which 
equates to an exercise price of $7�59 for a term of 3 years� 
These options would be provided, subject to shareholder 
approval at the next Annual General Meeting to be held 
on Tuesday 30 May 2023� These options would be issued 
and vest immediately after shareholder approval was 
received as they only relate to the loan facility and are not 
employment related� 

There has not been any other matters or circumstance 
that has arisen since the end of the financial year which 
is not otherwise dealt with in this report or in the 
financial statements, that has significantly affected or may 
significantly affect the operations of the company or the 
consolidated entity, the results of those operations or the 
state of affairs of the company or the consolidated entity 
in subsequent financial years�

Future developments

The consolidated entity will continue to focus on the 
development of its digital speaker technology�

Environmental regulations

In the opinion of the directors the company and 
the consolidated entity is in compliance with all 
applicable environmental legislation and regulations� 
The Directors gave considered the environmental, 
social and governance (ESG) aspects of the operations 
of the consolidated entity and do not believe that 
the consolidated entity is exposed to any material 
climate‑related or other emerging risks�

Indemnification and Insurance 
of Officers and Auditors

The Company has agreed to indemnify the current 
Directors, Company Secretary and Executive Officers 
against all liabilities to other persons that may arise from 
their position as Directors or Officers of the Company 
and its controlled entities, except where to do so would 
be prohibited by law� The agreement stipulates that the 
Company will meet the full amount of any such liabilities, 
including costs and expenses�

The Company has not, during or since the financial year 
indemnified or agreed to indemnify an auditor of the 
company or of any related body corporate against any 
liability incurred as such an auditor�

Directors’ interests and benefits

The relevant interest of each director in the share capital of 
the Company as notified by the directors to the Australian 
Stock Exchange in accordance with Section 205G(1) of the 
Corporations Act as at the date of this report are:

name

Fred Bart

Ian Dennis

Cheryl Bart

ordinary shares

5,819,122

320,167

1,282,777

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Remuneration report (audited)

Since the end of the previous financial year no director of the Company has received or become entitled to receive any benefit 
(other than a benefit included in the aggregate amount of remuneration received or due and receivable by directors as shown 
in the financial statements) because of a contract made by the Company or related corporation with the director or with a firm 
of which the director is a member, or with a company in which the director has a substantial financial interest� There are no 
employment contracts for any of the directors�

This report outlines the remuneration arrangements in place for Directors and key management personnel of the Company� 
The Directors are responsible for remuneration policies and packages applicable to the Board members of the Company� 
The entire Board makes up the Nomination and Remuneration Committee� The Board remuneration policy is to ensure the 
remuneration package properly reflects the person’s duties and responsibilities�

There are currently no performance‑based incentives to directors or executives based on the performance of the Company� 
There are standard employment contracts for the executives of Audio Pixels Limited including at will employment and a 
notice period of three months for termination�

The key management personnel of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited during the year were:

Fred Bart

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Cheryl Bart

Non executive director

Ian Dennis

Non executive director and company secretary

Danny Lewin

CEO and director of Audio Pixels Limited

Yuval Cohen

Chief Technical Officer of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited

The Directors fees are not dependent on the earnings of the Company and the consequences of the Company’s performance 
on shareholder wealth� On 24 September 2010, the maximum total director’s fees were increased to a total of $250,000 per 
annum in line with the increased activities of the company� The actual director’s fees paid were within the approved limit of 
$250,000 per annum approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 24 September 2010�

The table below sets out summary information about the Company’s earnings and movements in shareholder wealth for 
the last 5 financial years�

Year ended
31 December 
2022
$

Year ended 31
December 
2021
$

Year ended
31 December 
2020
$

Year ended
31 December 
2019
$

Year ended
31 December
2018
$

Revenue

482,841

108,691

191,434

272,520

86,961

Net (loss) before tax

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

(12,102,367)

(6,231,930)

(4,519,721)

Net (loss) after tax

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

(12,102,367)

(6,231,930)

(4,519,721)

Year ended
31 December
2022
$

Year ended
31 December
2021
$

Year ended
31 December
2020
$

Year ended
31 December
2019
$

Year ended
31 December
2018
$

Share price at start of 
year/period 

Share price at end of 
year/period

Dividend Paid

22�50

10�00

0�00

$24�05

22�50

0�00

15�35

24�05

0�00

20�22

15�35

0�00

16�82

20�22

0�00

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Remuneration Report (Cont.)

The following table sets out each key management personnel’s equity holdings (represented by holdings of fully paid 
ordinary shares in Audio Pixels Holdings Limited)�

Balance at 
1/1/22
no.

Granted as 
remuneration
no.

Received on 
exercise of 
options
no.

5,819,122

1,282,777

320,167

1,438,619

1,400,636

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

sales
no.

‑

‑

‑

‑

(2,760)

Balance at 
31/12/22
no.

5,819,122

1,282,777

320,167

1,438,619

1,397,876

Mr Fred Bart*

Mrs Cheryl Bart*

Mr Ian Dennis

Mr Danny Lewin

Mr Yuval Cohen

* Included in the above shareholdings in respect to both Fred Bart and Cheryl Bart are 782,777 (2021: 782,777) shares in Audio Pixels Holdings Limited held by 
the Bart Superannuation Fund, in respect to which each has a relevant interest�

transactions with related entities

All transactions with KMP and their related parties are made on terms equivalent for those that prevail in arm’s 
length transactions�

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company paid a total of $109,331 (year ended 31 December 2021 ‑ $108,104) 
to 4F Investments Pty Limited, a company associated with Mr Fred Bart in respect of directors’ fees and superannuation for 
Mr Fred Bart and Mrs Cheryl Bart�

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company paid a total of $41,344 (year ended 31 December 2021 ‑ $41,156) 
to Dennis Corporate Services Pty Limited, a company associated with Mr Ian Dennis in respect of directors’ fees and 
superannuation�

During the year, the Company paid $30,000 (31 December 2021 ‑ $30,000) to Dennis Corporate Services Pty Limited, 
a company associated with Mr Ian Dennis in respect of consulting fees for company secretarial and accounting services�

During the year, the company entered into unsecured loan facilities with 4F Investments Pty Limited, a company 
associated with Mr Fred Bart, totalling $3,285,000 at an interest rate of 6%� The loan facility was fully drawn to $3,285,000 at 
31 December 2022� The loan is repayable in two components as follows:

„„  Subject to shareholder approval, 4F Investments Pty Limited (a company associated with Fred Bart) has agreed to 

subscribe to 165,358 ordinary shares at $14�00 per share amounting to $2,315,012 as part of the placement announced 
to the market on 24 August 2022� 

„„  The balance of the loan of $969,988 is due for repayment on receipt of the placement monies of A$4,316,550 (US$3m) 

from Earth Mountain�

During the year, the company paid $113,782 (31 December 2021 ‑ $9,136) on the unsecured loan to 4F Investments Pty 
Limited� Interest has been accrued in the financial statements at 31 December 2022 of $32,940 (31 December 2021 ‑ $9,136) 
has been accrued in the financial statements�

The lease in respect of office premises at Suite 3, Level 12, 75 Elizabeth Street Sydney expired on 30 March 2022� 
The Company has not renewed the lease and continues to occupy the premises on a month to month basis� The Company 
recharged rent and other tenancy charges of $42,871 (year ended 31 December 2021 ‑ $40,488) to 4F Investments Pty 
Limited, a company controlled by Fred Bart�

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Remuneration Report (Cont.)

The following table sets out the remuneration of each key management personnel of the Company:

short term

Long term employee benefits

total

December 2022

Fred Bart

Cheryl Bart

Ian Dennis

Danny Lewin

Yuval Cohen

December 2021

Fred Bart

Cheryl Bart

Ian Dennis

Danny Lewin

Yuval Cohen

Directors’ 
fees/salary
$

non-
monetary
$

super-
annuation
$

social
security
$

Long service 
leave

61,000

37,500

67,500*

181,029

241,084

588,113

61,000

37,500

67,500*

177,226

220,008

563,234

‑

‑

‑

44,130

30,153

74,283

‑

‑

‑

43,467

16,923

60,390

6,987

3,844

3,844

‑

23,959

38,634

5,948

3,656

3,656

‑

18,996

32,256

‑

‑

‑

65,414

 ‑

65,414

‑

‑

‑

63,550

 ‑

63,550

‑

‑

‑

‑

13,915

13,915

‑

‑

‑

‑

 ‑

 ‑

$

67,987

41,344

71,344

290,573

309,111

780,359

66,948

41,156

71,156

284,243

255,927

719,430

* The amounts disclosed for Ian Dennis include director’s fees of $37,500 and consulting fees of $30,000�

Other non‑monetary benefits include annual leave and long service leave provision increases during the year�

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was formally constituted on 29 August 2014 with all three directors appointed to the Audit Committee� 
Ian Dennis was appointed chair of the Audit Committee�

Directors’ meetings

During the year the Company held three meetings of directors, two meetings of the Audit Committee and no meetings of 
the Nomination and Remuneration Committee� The attendances of the directors at meetings of the Board were:

Board of directors

Audit committee

nomination and 
Remuneration committee

Directors

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Mr Fred Bart

Mrs Cheryl Bart

Mr Ian Dennis

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

All current board members are on the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee�

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Ethical Labour

1. technological Viability 

The consolidated entity has established measures 
regarding fair labour practices and guidelines that create 
a respectful and safe work environment for our employees 
globally� We are committed to treat all of our employees 
with respect and we strictly prohibit the use of slavery, 
forced labour and human trafficking� To prevent the 
occurrence of forced, compulsory or child labour, we have 
implemented local labour policies and practices to comply 
with the Modern Slavery Act�

Any person who applies for employment at AKP does so 
on a voluntary basis and all employees are legally entitled 
to leave upon reasonable notice without penalty�

In accordance with AKP’s global recruiting guidelines, 
offers of employment must be conditional upon 
completion of required background checks� Background 
checks are required to protect the safety of employees and 
to ensure that employees meet the standards of AKP�

Diversity

The Company values diversity and recognises the benefits 
it can bring to the organisation’s ability to achieve its goals� 
The Company’s diversity policy (“Diversity Policy”) was 
updated on 31 December 2021 and outlines its diversity 
policy in relation to gender, age, cultural background, 
ethnicity, employment of veterans and other factors to 
leverage the wides pool of available talent� A copy of the 
Company’s Diversity Policy is available on the Company’s 
web site�

Material Business Risks

Since its founding management has openly and frequently 
delineated its assessment of the ongoing and emerging 
risks, challenges and concerns that might influence the 
company success and opportunities� In fact, as a truly 
pioneering company engaged in transforming century old 
technological conventions; continual analysis of risks and 
failures have been baked into the company’s DNA as the 
guiding principle of operation� 

AKP is engaged in revolutionizing an incumbent 
technology that has been an important and prevalent 
technological staple, used extensively by mankind, since 
its advent by Alexander Graham Bell roughly 150 years 
ago� The industry at large has unsuccessfully spent many, 
many billions of dollars over decades searching for ways 
to advance sound reproduction to the modern era� AKP’s 
radical approach is the best chance the industry has to 
succeed in its ambition to evolve sound reproduction into 
the digital era, for example in the same manner that the 
LCD has completely replaced the CRT and digital memory 
has replaced magnetic media for data storage�

However, this effort requires the expansion and advent of 
many technological disciplines, some of which were either 
unknown or not fully understood� Achieving sufficient 
understanding as to the intersection of varying physical 
regimes prevalent in micro‑mechanical structures was 
impossible before structures of this scale could be physically 
fabricated and characterized� This achievement alone 
required very deep understanding of the capabilities and 
limitations of available microfabrication tools and techniques� 

AKP has and continues to be engaged in a truly massive 
and comprehensive research and development effort 
to bring our technology to fruition� As such and until 
completion of the technology, its products, production 
methods, fulfillment of the technological vision and 
mission will by its very nature maintain certain levels of 
technological uncertainties and risks� Throughout and 
to the best of reason, management has tried to share its 
assessment at common sense intervals of the remaining 
risks, challenges and concerns, based on technical 
progress actualities, competitive concerns, and in 
consideration of confidentiality and intellectual property 
considerations� 

2. Finance and Capital

The company requires additional capital to execute and 
support its plans� The company’s ability to secure capital 
in a timely manner depends among other factors on 
its development status, investor interest, as well as the 
financial state of capital markets� 

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Material Business Risks (Cont.)

4.  Development timeline / 

The Directors have determined that the best result for a 
capital raise at this stage of the company, is obtainable 
after the company has the ability to properly demonstrate 
its technologies to potential investors� In the interim 
the Company has been funding its operations utilizing 
unsecured loans from related parties� The directors 
continue to monitor in real time the status of achieving 
the demonstration milestone and may choose to take 
further unsecured loans and /or convertible notes if the 
capital raise is further delayed� 

3. Intellectual Property

As a pioneer, the company has managed to amass an 
impressive technology portfolio covering over 200 
patents (and counting) in over a dozen patent families� 
Nonetheless financial and human constraints limit our 
ability to:

a� 

Legally protect every aspect of the technology�

b� 

Limit the jurisdictions in which we are able file and 
maintain patent protection 

The company is extremely diligent ensuring that all 
developments are originated within the company using 
licensed and authorized tools� However, the very nature 
of multidisciplinary development entangling a multitude 
of technologies and tools might expose the company to 
claims of IP infringement by various third parties� 

Since its founding the company has used Israel’s leading 
IP firm to advise and guide our IP strategies� To the 
best of its ability and available resources the company 
has developed methods, procedures and strategies 
to ensure originality and or legal license as well as to 
protect its IP worldwide� The company also put in place 
routine procedures to investigate and react if needed 
to possible infringement or unauthorized replication of 
its technologies� 

Furthermore, our IP portfolio includes considerable 
knowhow� Inherent to the model of a fabless company 
is the necessity to sharing of such knowhow with third 
party partners, vendors and service providers� Given 
our limited ability to control or monitor third parties 
Management maintains reasonable caution when 
divulging certain critical aspects and knowhow of our 
technology� The sharing of critical information when 
required is done in a manner that tries to minimize the risk 
of IP leakage, which at time can come at the expense of 
elongating timelines�

time to Market

There are a number of factors that have, and will 
continue, to influence the pace of progress (beyond the 
technological uncertainties associate with research and 
development as stated above), namely: 

„„  Fabrication ‑ MEMS fabrication differs greatly when 
compared to fabrication of “traditional” integrated 
circuitry, despite the fact that they many of the 
same tools, techniques and facilities are used; 
mainly in that there are no rigid design rules and 
highly standardized batch processing techniques in 
MEMS� By its very nature MEMS designs vary in their 
electro‑mechanical and operational requirements, 
requiring fabrication processes flow to be tailored 
to the specific materials, dimensions, tolerances, etc� 
This “one design‑one process”, necessitates an 
iterative, trial‑and‑error approach, whereby designs 
are fabricated, results are characterized, and then 
either the fabrication process flow, and or the 
design or both are modified, refined, or optimized 
accordingly in order to achieve the desired end 
results ‑ often a cycle that needs to be repeated a 
number of times�

Historically converting the company’s MEMS into 
silicon has taken between 10 and 14 months for each 
major integration cycle� Such timelines are more or 
less confirmative with the cycle times throughout 
the fabless MEMS sector, even though AKP’s designs 
require extending the electromechanical specifications 
beyond the conventional norms of associated with 
MEMS fabrication� The Company originally started its 
development works with Sony Semiconductor as its 
primary MEMS fabricator, and after evaluation of a 
number of additional Fabs ultimately shifted priority to 
Tower Semiconductor in attempt to reduce production 
cycle timelines� More recently, the company established 
a relationship with Earth Mountain a Chinese based 
entity having highly advanced facilities and expansive 
resources� After extensive evaluation EarthMountain was 
deemed capable of delivering faster turnaround with 
superior results, a collaboration that has recently borne 
the success that management was hoping to achieve� 
This collaboration was memorialized in Dec 2021 in a 
comprehensive manufacturing agreement which is 
subject to confidentiality clauses, however as has been 
reported the agreement includes substantial production 
capacity, which comes at a time that the industry at 
large is struggling to overcome capacity shortages� 

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„„  Fab Prioritization ‑ The business models of silicon 

and services� The recent COVID lockdowns in China have 
caused significant delays in the production and packaging 
of the MEMS GEN II pre‑production chips� 

foundries are rooted in volume production and 
therefore the Fabs tend to avoid conducting any 
kind of development work especially for innovative 
and nonconforming fabless companies such as AKP� 
It is understood that even when a fab undertakes 
development work, such endeavors must play 
“second fiddle” to production customers, influencing 
timelines (always for the worse)� Exacerbating the 
situation are the unprecedented global shortages 
of semiconductor capacity experienced worldwide, 
instigated by among other reasons, the worlds 
response to the COVID‑19 pandemic� These 
unprecedented shortages have impacted virtually 
every industry in particular those that heavily rely 
on semiconductors such as the automotive and 
consumer electronic industries, forcing companies 
such as Apple and Ford, to delay, suspend, or even 
shutdown various aspects of their production� 
A popular countermeasure by some industry 
conglomerates to stockpile inventory and “acquire” 
long term capacity, has put even further strain on 
smaller companies, such as AKP�

Unfortunately, Silicon production cannot be turned 
on or off with the flick of a switch; any change to 
production lines can take months; while adding 
additional capacity can take years and hundreds if 
not many billions of dollars� Absent of the company 
owning its own silicon foundry, the reality is that it 
must endure disruption and unpredictability within 
its supply chain� 

5. Global Pandemic 

The past three years has seen the world contend with 
the COVID‑19 global pandemic, impacting mankind’s 
health, and imposing severe restrictions and limitations 
on work, travel and our lives in general� More recently 
China, a major supplier of the global electronic supply 
chain, has implement its most severe restrictions since 
2020 trying to contain the spread of the pandemic, which 
adversely impacted even further the global supply chain� 
The pandemic’s impact on AKP, in particular to conduct 
important face‑to‑face meetings, hands on exchanges, 
inspection, and onsite support to our vendors and 
partners and potential customers, as well as our timelines 
and ability to demonstrate the technology, have been 
rather significantly impacted and delayed due to various 
restrictions and the lack of timely provision of critical parts 

6. Reliance on third parties for 
supply and production 

By its very nature a fabless company such as ours is wholly 
dependent on the production and assembly services that 
are provided by third party suppliers� Management works 
very closely with its providers, most recently with Earth 
Mountain and its ASIC foundry as well as a number of 
other related vendors, to ensure continuity of production 
and packaging requirements, however, any disruption to 
their business, for any reason, may materially impact AKP� 

7. Key Personnel and competition for 
human resources as we manage growth

As we near our commercialization objectives we anticipate 
considerable attention and demand for our revolutionary 
products technologies� To support this transition and 
growth, additional resources will be required to be added 
to the company� Traditionally the technology sector, in 
Israel in particular, experience unprecedented shortages 
of human capital when segments of the industry 
experience unprecedented growth, or when capital 
becomes capital readily available, or during expansion 
cycles by multinational companies in Israel� This reality not 
only makes recruiting talent extremely competitive but 
induces the “poaching” of our exceptionally talented staff� 
Management continues to work on ways to enhance our 
employee incentive programs to better attract, recruit, and 
retain the talent needed to execute our plans� 

8. Cyber security

Like every company in the world AKP’s systems, data, and 
networks are subject and vulnerable to malicious attacks, 
including computer viruses, spyware, ransomware, and 
hosts of other emerging security concerns� The company 
has spent and continues to spend considerable 
resources to prevent unauthorized accesses, data loss, 
and cyber malicious attacks, using the best of breed 
cyber security systems� As a company poised to disrupt 
a multibillion‑dollar industry management must 
also assume that the company is, or it will become a 
heightened target for IP theft and disruption is therefore 
applying every reasonable means possible to protect its 
intellectual property� 

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Material Business Risks (Cont.)

9. Currency Fluctuation 

As an Australian company our finances and financials are 
rooted in the Australian dollar, however the overwhelming 
portion of expenditures and cashflow requirements are 
conducted in Israeli and US currencies� Any fluctuation in 
any of these currencies may have adverse effects on the 
company’s capital requirements� 

10. Goods and services Costs

Global shortages throughout the semiconductors have 
spurred a meaningful increase in the costs of obtaining 
parts� Scarce components and services not only saw 
a dramatic and continual increase in pricing, but also 
demand for larger and longer‑term commitments in order 
to secure product and services� 

11. taxation 

As an Australian resident company dealing in several 
foreign jurisdictions, we need to continually assess the 
taxation position of the whole group and keep abreast 
of any changes in legislation which may have affect 
future income� 

Non‑audit services

Details of amounts paid or payable to the auditor for 
non‑audit services provided during the year by the auditor 
are outlined in Note 4 to the financial statements�

The directors are satisfied that the provision of non‑audit 
services, during the year, by the auditor (or by another 
person or firm on the auditor’s behalf ) is compatible 
with the general standard of independence for auditors 
imposed by the Corporations Act 2001�

The directors are of the opinion that the services disclosed in 
Note 4 to the financial statements do not compromise the 
external auditors’ independence for the following reasons:

„„ All non‑audit services have been reviewed and 

approved to ensure that they do not impact the 
integrity and objectivity of the auditor, and

„„ None of the services undermine the general 

principles relating to auditor independence as set 
out in Code of Conduct APES 110 Code of Ethics for 
Professional Accountants issued by the Accounting 
Professional & Ethical Standards Board, including 
reviewing or auditing the auditor’s own work, acting 
in a management or decision‑making capacity for 
the company, acting as advocate for the company or 
jointly sharing economic risks and rewards�

Auditor’s independence 
declaration

The auditor’s independence declaration is included on 
page 14�

Signed in accordance with a resolution of directors made 
pursuant to s�298(2) of the Corporations Act 2001�

On behalf of the Directors

I A Dennis 
Director

Dated at Sydney this 31 day of March 2023

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The directors declare that:

(a) 

in the directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe the company will be able to pay its debts as and 
when they become due and payable; 

(b) 

in the directors’ opinion, the attached financial statements and notes thereto are in accordance with the Corporations 
Act 2001, including compliance with accounting standards and give a true and fair view of the financial position and 
performance of the company and the consolidated entity;

(c) 

the directors have been given the declarations required by s�295A of the Corporations Act 2001; and

(d)   the attached financial statements are in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as stated in 

note 1 to the financial statements�

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the directors made pursuant to s�295(5) of the Corporations Act 2001� 

On behalf of the Directors

I A Dennis 
Director

Dated at Sydney this 31 day of March 2023�

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FoR tHe YeAR enDeD 31 DeCeMBeR 2022

Consolidated

Consolidated

Year ended
31 December
2022
$

Year ended
31 December
2021
$

note

Revenue

2

482,841

108,691

Administrative expenses

Amortisation

Depreciation 

Directors fees and superannuation

Foreign exchange (losses)/ gains

Interest expense

(Loss)/ Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment

Marketing

Research and development expenses

(Loss) before income tax

Income tax benefit

(Loss) for the year 

Other comprehensive income/(loss)

(1,471,462)

(1,438,864)

(84,267)

(376,988)

(150,675)

3,094,655

(190,491)

(1,006)

(1,650)

(78,860)

(422,554)

(149,260)

2,378,191

(22,202)

689

(416)

(3,736,676)

(3,685,284)

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

 ‑ 

 ‑ 

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

1(u)

2

3

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss

Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign operations 

18

(2,985,696)

(2,390,147)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year, net of tax

(2,985,696)

(2,390,147)

Total comprehensive (loss) for the year

(5,421,415)

(5,700,016)

Notes to the financial statements are included on pages 25 to 62�

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Consolidated

Consolidated

Year ended
31 December
2022
$

Year ended
31 December
2021
$

note

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

(5,421,415)

(5,700,016)

22

(8�46)

(11�53)

(Loss) attributable to:

Owners of the company

Total comprehensive (loss) attributable to:

Owners of the company

Earnings per share

Basic and diluted (cents per share)

Notes to the financial statements are included on pages 25 to 62�

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Consolidated

Consolidated

December
2022
$

December
2021
$

note

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

6

12

13

14

15

13

15

16

18

19

1,339,961

260,374

586,854

748,373

56,431

 ‑

2,187,189

804,804

2,371,014

2,289,128

151,818

103,162

490,940

9,180

3,126,114

5,313,303

1,490,454

91,155

3,285,000

276,250

5,142,859

8,322

13,915

22,237

224,487

327,517

476,746

9,080

3,326,958

4,131,762

1,522,467

237,555

1,400,000

270,205

3,430,227

96,120

 ‑

96,120

5,165,096

3,526,347

148,207

605,415

77,752,597

73,092,487

(25,497,374)

(22,815,775)

(52,107,016)

(49,671,297)

148,207

148,207

604,415

605,415

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Prepayment

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

NON‑CURRENT ASSETS

 Goodwill

 Intangible asset

 Right of use asset

 Property, plant and equipment

 Trade and other receivables

TOTAL NON‑CURRENT ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 Trade and other payables

 Lease liabilities

 Unsecured loans

 Provisions

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

NON‑CURRENT LIABILITIES

 Lease liabilities

 Provisions

TOTAL NON‑CURRENT LIABILITIES

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

EQUITY

 Issued capital

 Reserves

 Accumulated losses

 Equity attributable to owners of the company

TOTAL EQUITY

Notes to the financial statements are included on pages 25 to 62�

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December 2022 -
Consolidated

equity 
settled 
option 
Reserve
$

Issued
Capital
$

exchange 
translation 
reserve
$

Minority
Acquisition 
Reserve
$

Accumul-
ated Losses
$

total
$

Balance at 1 January 2022

73,092,487

6,081,330

(3,358,413)

(25,538,692)

(49,671,297)

605,415

Other comprehensive 
income for the year

(Loss) for the year

 ‑

 ‑

Share placements at $14�00

4,660,110

 ‑

 ‑

‑

Recognition of share 
based payments

 ‑

304,097

(2,985,696)

 ‑

‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

‑

 ‑

 ‑

(2,985,696)

(2,435,719)

(2,435,719)

‑

 ‑

4,660,110

304,097

Balance at 31 December 2022

77,752,597

6,385,427

(6,344,109)

(25,538,692)

(52,107,016)

148,207

December 2021 - 
Consolidated

equity 
settled 
option 
Reserve
$

Issued
Capital
$

exchange 
translation 
reserve
$

Minority
Acquisition 
Reserve
$

Accumul-
ated Losses
$

total
$

Balance at 1 January 2021

73,092,487

5,552,761

(968,266)

(25,538,692)

(46,361,428)

5,776,862

Other comprehensive 
income for the year

(Loss) for the year

Recognition of share 
based payments

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

528,569

(2,390,147)

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

 ‑

(2,390,147)

(3,309,869)

(3,309,869)

 ‑

528,569

Balance at 31 December 2021

73,092,487

6,081,330

(3,358,413)

(25,538,692)

(49,671,297)

605,415

Notes to the financial statements are included on pages 25 to 62�

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Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers

Government grants

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest paid

Interest received

Consolidated

Consolidated

Year ended
31 December
2022
$

Year ended
31 December
2021
$

notes

119,655

159,791

107,263

‑

(5,762,741)

(5,127,820)

(158,753)

6,823

(12,295)

1,428

Net cash (used by) operating activities

20

(5,635,225)

(5,031,424)

Cash flows from investing activities

Payment for property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

Net cash (used by) investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from share placement

Proceeds from unsecured loans

Repayment of unsecured loan

Repayment of lease liabilities

Net cash provided by financing activities

16

14

Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents held

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year

Effects of exchange rate fluctuations on the balances of cash held 
in foreign currencies

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year

5

Notes to the financial statements are included on pages 25 to 62�

(124,806)

(158,471)

 ‑

2,480

(124,806)

(155,991)

4,660,110

2,885,000

(1,000,000)

(234,198)

6,310,912

‑

1,400,000

‑

(297,044)

1,102,956

550,881

748,373

(4,084,459)

4,750,888

40,707

1,339,961

81,944

748,373

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1(a) statement of compliance

The financial report is a general purpose financial report which has been prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act 
2001, Accounting Standards and Interpretations, and complies with other requirements of the law� Accounting Standards 
include Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (“AASBs”)� Compliance with AASBS ensures 
that the financial statements and notes comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)� For the purposes 
of preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Company is a for profit entity�

The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Directors on 31 March 2023�

1(b) Basis of preparation

The financial report has been prepared on the basis of historical cost� Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration 
given in exchange for assets� All amounts are expressed in Australian dollars�

1(c) Adoption of new and revised standards

New and amended IFRS Standards that are effective for the current year

In the current year, the consolidated entity has applied a number of amendments to AASB Standards and Interpretations 
issued by the IASB that are effective for an annual period that begins on or after 1 January 2022� Their adoption has not had 
any material impact on the disclosures or on the amounts reported in these financial statements�

New and revised Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations on issue but 
not yet effective

At the date of authorisation of the financial statements, the consolidated entity has not applied the following new and 
revised Australian Accounting Standards, Interpretations and amendments that have been issued but are not yet effective:

standard/amendment

AASB 17 Insurance Contracts (as amended) (summary, illustrative disclosure)

AASB 2020‑1 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards ‑ Classification of Liabilities 
as Current or Non‑current and AASB 2020‑6 Amendments to Australian Accounting 
Standards ‑ Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non‑current ‑ Deferral of Effective Date

AASB 2021‑2 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards ‑ Disclosure of 

Accounting Policies and Definition of Accounting Estimates

AASB 2021‑5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards ‑ Deferred Tax related to 
Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction

effective for annual 
reporting periods 
beginning on or after

1 January 2023

1 January 2023

1 January 2023

1 January 2023

The Directors do not expect these new and revised standards issued but not effective to have a material effect on the 
financial statements�

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Accounting Policies (Cont.)

1(d) Going Concern

The financial report has been prepared on the going 
concern basis which assumes the continuity of normal 
business activities and the realization of assets and the 
settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business� 

The consolidated entity incurred a net loss during the 
year of $2,435,719 (2021: $3,309,869) and used net cash 
in operating activities of $5,635,225 (2021: $5,031,424)� 
As at 31 December 2022, the consolidated entity had a net 
current asset deficiency of $2,955,670 (2021: $2,625,423) 
and cash of $1,339,961 (31 December 2021: $748,373) of 
which $61,131 (31 December 2021: $64,374) is restricted 
as it secures future lease payments�

At balance date, the Company had a fully drawn 
unsecured finance facility of A$3,285,000 from 4F 
Investments Pty Limited, a company associated with one 
of the Company’s directors, Mr Fred Bart at an interest rate 
of 6% which is classified as a current liability� The interest 
rate was updated to 12% from 1 March 2023�

Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company obtained 
an additional facility of $1,500,000 from 4F Investments 
Pty Limited to meet the immediate working capital 
requirements of the consolidated entity to May 2023� 
The additional facility attracts an interest rate of 12% and is 
repayable on completion of a new capital raising� As part 
of the facility arrangement, 500,000 options will be issued 
to 4F, at an exercise price of $7�59 for a term of 3 years� 
These options are subject to shareholder approval and will 
vest immediately upon approval� Approval is anticipated 
to be sought at the Annual General Meeting in May 2023� 
If approval is not obtained, the options will not be granted, 
but the facility will remain� As at the date of this report, 
$750,000 of this new facility has been drawn down�

On 24 August 2022, the Company announced a 
placement of 714,286 ordinary shares at a price of $14�00 
per share to raise gross proceeds of $10m before costs�  
From this placement, gross proceeds of $3,368,442 in 
respect of 240,603 new ordinary shares were received on 
30 August 2022� For the remaining 473,683 shares:

„„ 308,325 shares are to be issued on receipt of the 
$4,316,550 from EarthMountain� The proceeds 
from this share issue were originally expected to 
be received in September 2022� At the date of this 
report, these funds have still not been received� 

„„ 4F Investments Pty Limited also agreed to subscribe 
for 165,358 new ordinary shares at a price of $14�00 
per share, being $2,315,012 in this placement� 
This placement is subject to shareholder approval at 
a meeting of shareholders� At the date of this report, 
this approval has not yet occurred and the funds have 
not been received� Approval will be sought at the 
Annual General Meeting in May 2023�

The original unsecured finance facility with 4F Investments 
Pty Ltd is repayable when the capital raise announced 
in August 2022 is completed� It is the Directors’ intention 
that when the EarthMountain share placement funds 
are received, $969,988 of the original facility will be 
settled in cash� On the basis that shareholder approval is 
obtained for the 165,358 new ordinary shares to be issued 
to 4F Investments Pty Limited, the remaining original 
facility amount owing of $2,315,012 will be net settled� 
Should approval not be obtained for the share issue to 
4F Investments Pty Ltd, the Company will seek to extend 
the facility until a new capital raise occurs� 

Working Capital

Further testing and enhancement of the technology is 
continuing as the consolidated entity works towards 
achievement of the demonstrator milestone to begin 
the transition to volume production� As a result, it is 
anticipated that the available net working capital will be 
consumed in May 2023 if the EarthMountain proceeds 
from the August 2022 placement are not received� If the 
Earth Mountain proceeds are received by May 2023 then 
working capital will still be consumed within 12 months� 

Furthermore, as noted in Note 28, on the basis that 
the initial pre‑production packaged chips meet 
all the design specifications by 30 June 2023, the 
Company has committed a further $US9,600,000 for 
fully tested packaged production chips� Should the 
initial pre‑production packaged chips meet all the 
design specifications this payment would be required 
in June 2023�

The Company will need to obtain further funding via an 
equity raise or additional debt funding to fund anticipated 
cash outflows for the 12 months post the signing of this 
financial report� The directors plan to obtain short term 
funding from convertible notes, placement of shares or 
additional loan facilities�

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1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies (Cont.)

In the opinion of the directors, the ability of the 
consolidated entity to continue as a going concern and 
pay its debts as and when they fall due and payable is 
dependent upon:

„„ The successful completion of the current testing 
phase of the technology by May 2023, enabling 
the consolidated entity to demonstrate the 
technology’s capabilities; 

„„ The receipt of the EarthMountain proceeds from 
the August 2022 placement by May 2023; 

„„ The ability of the Company to secure additional 

funding from existing or new investors to fund the 
completion of the testing and enhancement of 
the technology;

„„ Following completion of the testing and 

enhancement of the technology, the ability of the 
Company to secure further funding in June 2023 
to fund the consolidated entity as it gears up for 
production, including payment of the USD$9,600,000 
purchase order for Earth Mountain and to fund other 
working capital requirements; 

„„ The ability of the Company to negotiate commercial 

contracts with interested customers; and 

„„ The ability of the Company to defer repayment of the 

abovementioned original unsecured finance facility with 
4F Investments Pty Ltd or to raise additional funding 
to repay the maturing facilities, in the event that the 
EarthMountain proceeds from the placement are not 
received by May 2023 and shareholder approval is 
not obtained for the 165,358 new ordinary shares to 
be issued to 4F Investments Pty Limited to allow net 
settlement of the remaining finance facilities�· 

If the consolidated entity is unable to achieve successful 
outcomes in relation to the above matters, material 
uncertainty would exist that may cast significant doubt as 
to the ability of the consolidated entity to continue as a 
going concern and therefore, it may be required to realise 
its assets and extinguish its liabilities other than in the 
normal course of business and at amounts different from 
those stated in the financial report� 

No adjustments have been made to the financial report 
relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded 
asset amounts or to the amounts and classification of 
liabilities that might be necessary should the consolidated 
entity not continue as a going concern

1(e) Revenue Recognition 

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest 
rate method� 

Recharged revenue is from the sublease of office space 
to subtenants recognised on an accrual basis� Revenue is 
invoiced monthly and receipts are within 30 days�

Government grants are assistance by the government 
in the form of transfers of resources to the consolidated 
entity in return for past or future compliance with certain 
conditions relating to the operating activities of the 
entity� Government grants include government assistance 
where there are no conditions specifically relating to 
the operating activities of the consolidated entity other 
than the requirement to operate in certain regions or 
industry sectors� Government grants relating to income 
are recognised as income over the periods necessary to 
match them with the related costs� Government grants 
that are receivable as compensation for expenses or losses 
already incurred or for the purpose of giving immediate 
financial support to the consolidated entity with no future 
related costs are recognised as income in the period in 
which it becomes receivable� In 2022, the government 
grants relate specifically to the Research and Development 
tax incentive�

1(f) Financial assets 

Classification 

The consolidated entity classifies its financial assets in the 
following measurement categories:

„„ Those to be measured subsequently at fair value 
(either through other comprehensive income, or 
through profit or loss), and 

„„ Those to be measured at amortised cost� 

The classification depends on the consolidated entity’s 
business model for managing financial assets and the 
contractual terms of the cash flows� For assets measured at 
fair value, gains and losses will either be recorded in profit 
or loss or other comprehensive income� For investments 
in debt instruments, this will depend on the business 
model in which the investment is held� For investments in 
equity instruments that are not held for trading, this will 
depend on whether the consolidated entity has made an 
irrevocable election at the time of initial recognition to 
account for the equity investment at fair value through 
other comprehensive income� The consolidated entity 
reclassifies debt investments when and only when its 
business model for managing those assets changes� 

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1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies (Cont.)

Measurement 

At initial recognition, the consolidated entity measures a 
financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial 
asset not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction 
costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of 
the financial asset� Transaction costs of financial assets 
carried at fair value through profit or loss are expensed 
in profit or loss� 

Debt instruments 

Subsequent measurement of debt instruments depends 
on the consolidated entity’s business model for managing 
the asset and the cash flow characteristics of the asset� 
There are two measurement categories into which the 
consolidated entity classifies its debt instruments: 

„„ Amortised cost: Assets that are held for collection 
of contractual cash flows where those cash flows 
represent solely payments of principal and interest 
are measured at amortised cost� A gain or loss on 
a debt investment that is subsequently measured 
at amortised cost and is not part of a hedging 
relationship is recognised in profit or loss when the 
asset is derecognised or impaired� Interest income 
from these financial assets is included in finance 
income using the effective interest rate method� 

„„ Fair value through profit or loss (FVPL): Assets that do 
not meet the criteria for amortised cost or FVOCI are 
measured at fair value through profit or loss� A gain 
or loss on a debt investment that is subsequently 
measured at fair value through profit or loss and is 
not part of a hedging relationship is recognised in 
profit or loss and presented net in the statement of 
profit or loss within other gains/(losses) in the period 
in which it arises� No such assets are currently held by 
the consolidated entity� 

Equity instruments 

The consolidated entity subsequently measures all equity 
investments at fair value� Where the consolidated entity’s 
management has elected to present fair value gains and 
losses on equity investments in other comprehensive 
income, there is no subsequent reclassification of fair 
value gains and losses to profit or loss following the 
derecognition of the investment� Dividends from such 
investments continue to be recognised in profit or loss 

as other income when the consolidated entity’s right to 
receive payments is established� Impairment losses (and 
reversal of impairment losses) on equity investments 
measured at FVOCI are not reported separately from other 
changes in fair value� Changes in the fair value of financial 
assets at fair value through profit or loss are recognised 
in other expenses in the statement of profit or loss 
as applicable� 

Impairment 

The consolidated entity assesses on a forward looking 
basis the expected credit losses associated with its 
debt instruments carried at amortised cost and FVOCI� 
The impairment methodology applied depends 
on whether there has been a significant increase in 
credit risk� For trade receivables, and lease receivables, 
the consolidated entity applies the simplified approach 
permitted by AASB 9, which requires expected lifetime 
losses to be recognised from initial recognition of 
the receivables� 

1(g) Financial Liabilities

Trade and other payables

Liabilities are recognised for amounts to be paid for 
goods or services received� Trade payables are settled on 
terms aligned with the normal commercial terms in the 
consolidated entity’s countries of operation� 

Unsecured loans

All financial liabilities are measured subsequently at 
amortised cost using the effective interest method 
or at FVTPL�

Financial liabilities that are not (i) contingent consideration 
of an acquirer in a business combination, (ii) held‑for 
trading, or (iii) designated as at FVTPL, are measured 
subsequently at amortised cost using the effective 
interest rate method� The unsecured loans are held at 
amortised cost�

The effective interest rate method is a method of 
calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and 
of allocating interest expense over the relevant period� 
The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts 
estimated future cash payments (including all fees and 
points paid or received that form an integral part of 
the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other 
premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the 
financial liability, or (where appropriate) a shorter period, 
to the amortised cost of a financial liability�

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1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies (Cont.)

Derecognition of financial liabilities

The consolidated entity derecognises financial liabilities 
when, and only when, the consolidated entity’s 
obligations are discharged, cancelled or have expired� 
The difference between the carrying amount of the 
financial liability derecognised and the consideration 
paid or payable is recognised in the profit and loss�

1(h) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand, cash 
in banks and investments in money market instruments 
maturing within less than 3 months at the date of 
acquisition, net of outstanding bank overdrafts� 

1(i) employee benefits

Provision is made for benefits accruing to employees 
in respect of wages and salaries, annual leave, and long 
service leave when it is probable that settlement will be 
required and they are capable of being measured reliably�

Provisions made in respect of short term employee 
benefits are measured at their nominal values using 
the remuneration rate expected to apply at the time 
of settlement�

Provisions made in respect of long term employee 
benefits are measured as the present value of the 
estimated future cash outflows to be made by the 
consolidated entity in respect of services provided by 
employees up to the reporting date�

Defined contribution plans ‑ Contributions to defined 
contribution superannuation plans are expensed 
when incurred�

1(j) Foreign currency

Foreign currency transactions

All foreign currency transactions during the financial year 
are brought to account using the exchange rate in effect 
at the date of the transaction� Foreign currency monetary 
items at reporting date are translated at the exchange 
rate existing at reporting date� Non‑monetary assets and 
liabilities carried at historic cost that are denominated in 
foreign currencies are translated using historic rates�

Exchange differences are recognised in profit and loss in 
the period they arise�

Foreign operations

On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of the 
consolidated entity’s overseas operations are translated at 
exchange rates prevailing at the reporting date� Income 
and expense items are translated at the average exchange 
rates for the period unless exchange rates fluctuate 
significantly� Exchange differences arising, if any, are 
recognised in the foreign currency translation reserve, 
and recognised in profit and loss on disposal of the 
foreign operation�

1(k) Goods and services tax

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the 
amount of goods and services tax (GST), except:

i�  where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable 
from the taxation authority, it is recognised as part of 
the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item 
of expense; or

ii� 

for receivables and payables which are recognised 
inclusive of GST�

The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, 
the taxation authority is included as part of receivables 
or payables�

Cash flows are included in the Statement of Cash Flows 
on a gross basis� The GST component of cash flows 
arising from investing and financing activities which is 
recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is 
classified as operating cash flows� 

1(l) Goodwill

Goodwill arising in a business combination is recognised 
as an asset at the date that control is acquired (the 
acquisition date)� Goodwill is measured as the excess of 
the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of 
any non‑controlling interests in the acquire, and the fair 
value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in 
the acquire (if any) over the net of the acquisition‑date 
amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and the 
liabilities assumed�

If, after reassessment, the consolidated entity’s interest 
in the fair value of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets 
exceeds the sum of the consideration transferred, the 
amount of any non‑controlling interests in the acquiree 
and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously held equity 
interest in the acquire (if any), the excess is recognised 
immediately in profit or loss as a bargain purchase gain�

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1(n) Income tax

Current tax

Goodwill is not amortised but is reviewed for impairment 
at least annually� For the purpose of goodwill impairment 
testing, there was one cash‑generating unit, relating to 
the digital speakers segment� The cash‑generating unit is 
tested for impairment annually� If the recoverable amount 
of the cash‑generating unit is less than its carrying 
amount, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce 
the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit 
and then to the other assets of the unit pro‑rata on the 
basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit� An 
impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in 
a subsequent period�

On disposal of a subsidiary, the attributable amount of 
goodwill is included in the determination of the profit or 
loss on disposal� 

1(m) Impairment of assets

At each reporting date, the entity reviews the carrying 
amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine 
whether there is any indication that those assets have 
suffered an impairment loss� If any such indication exists, 
the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order 
to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any)� 
Where the asset does not generate cash flows that are 
independent from other assets, the entity estimates the 
recoverable amount of the cash‑generating unit to which 
the asset belongs�

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash‑generating 
unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the 
carrying amount of the asset (cash‑generating unit) is 
reduced to its recoverable amount� An impairment loss is 
recognised in profit or loss immediately�

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the 
carrying amount of the asset (cash‑generating unit) 
is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable 
amount, but only to the extent that the increased carrying 
amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would 
have been determined had no impairment loss been 
recognised for the asset (cash‑generating unit) in prior 
years� A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised in 
profit or loss immediately� 

Current tax is calculated by reference to the amount of 
income taxes payable or recoverable in respect of the 
taxable profit or tax loss for the period� It is calculated 
using tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted by reporting date� Current tax for 
current and prior periods is recognised as a liability (or 
asset) to the extent that it is unpaid (or refundable)�

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences 
between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in 
the financial statements and the corresponding tax base 
of those items�

In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognised for 
all taxable temporary differences� Deferred tax assets 
are recognised to the extent that it is probable that 
sufficient taxable amounts will be available against which 
deductible temporary differences or unused tax losses 
and tax offsets can be utilised� However, deferred tax 
assets and liabilities are not recognised if the temporary 
differences giving rise to them arise from the initial 
recognition of assets and liabilities (other than as a result 
of business combination) which affects neither taxable 
income nor accounting profit�

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax 
rates that are expected to apply to the period(s) when the 
assets and liability giving rise to them are realised or settled, 
based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted by reporting date� The measurement 
of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax 
consequences that would follow from the manner in which 
the entity expects, at the reporting date, to recover or settle 
the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities� 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they 
relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation 
authority and the company intends to settles its current 
tax assets and liabilities on a net basis�

Current and deferred tax for the period

Current and deferred tax is recognised as an expense or 
income in profit or loss, except when it relates to items 
credited or debited directly to equity, in which case 
the deferred tax is also recognised directly in equity, or 
where it arises from the initial accounting for a business 
combination, in which case it is taken into account in the 
determination of goodwill or excess�

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1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies (Cont.)

1(o) Intangible assets

Intangible assets acquired in a 
business combination

Intangible assets acquired in a business combination are 
identified and recognised separately from goodwill where 
they satisfy the definition of an intangible asset and their 
fair value can be measured reliably� Subsequent to initial 
recognition, intangible assets acquired in a business 
combination are reported at cost less accumulated 
amortisation and accumulated impairment losses, on 
the same basis as intangible assets acquired separately� 
The intangible asset acquired is written off on a straight 
line basis� Expenditure on research activities is recognised 
as an expense in the period in which it is incurred�

1(p) Leases

The consolidated entity assesses whether a contract 
is or contains a lease, at inception of a contract� 
The consolidated entity recognises a right‑of‑use asset 
and a corresponding lease liability with respect to all lease 
agreements in which it is the lessee, except for short‑term 
leases (defined as leases with a lease term of 12 months 
or less) and leases of low value assets� For these leases, 
the consolidated entity recognises the lease payments 
as an operating expense on a straight‑line basis over the 
term of the lease unless another systematic basis is more 
representative of the time pattern in which economic 
benefits from the leased asset are consumed� 

The lease liability is initially measured at the present 
value of the lease payments that are not paid at the 
commencement date, discounted by using the rate 
implicit in the lease� If this rate cannot be readily 
determined, the consolidated entity uses its incremental 
borrowing rate�

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease 
liability comprise: 

„„ fixed lease payments (including in‑substance fixed 

payments), less any lease incentives;

„„ variable lease payments that depend on an index or 
rate, initially measured using the index or rate at the 
commencement date; 

„„ the amount expected to be payable by the lessee 

under residual value guarantees; 

„„ the exercise price of purchase options, if the lessee is 
reasonably certain to exercise the options; and 

„„ payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if 
the lease term reflects the exercise of an option to 
terminate the lease�

The lease liability is presented as a separate line in the 
consolidated statement of financial position� 

The lease liability is subsequently measured by increasing 
the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability 
(using the effective interest method) and by reducing the 
carrying amount to reflect the lease payments made� 

The consolidated entity remeasures the lease liability 
(and makes a corresponding adjustment to the related 
right‑of‑use asset) whenever: 

„„ the lease term has changed or there is a change in 
the assessment of exercise of a purchase option, 
in which case the lease liability is remeasured by 
discounting the revised lease payments using a 
revised discount rate�

„„ the lease payments change due to changes in an 

index or rate or a change in expected payment under 
a guaranteed residual value, in which cases the lease 
liability is remeasured by discounting the revised 
lease payments using the initial discount rate (unless 
the lease payments change is due to a change in a 
floating interest rate, in which case a revised discount 
rate is used)� 

„„ a lease contract is modified and the lease 

modification is not accounted for as a separate 
lease, in which case the lease liability is remeasured 
by discounting the revised lease payments using a 
revised discount rate�

The right‑of‑use assets comprise the initial measurement 
of the corresponding lease liability, lease payments made 
at or before the commencement day and any initial 
direct costs� They are subsequently measured at cost less 
accumulated depreciation and impairment losses� 

Whenever the consolidated entity incurs an obligation for 
costs to dismantle and remove a leased asset, restore the 
site on which it is located or restore the underlying asset 
to the condition required by the terms and conditions 
of the lease, a provision is recognised and measured 
under AASB 137� The costs are included in the related 
right‑of‑use asset, unless those costs are incurred to 
produce inventories� 

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Accounting Policies (Cont.)

Right‑of‑use assets are depreciated over the shorter period 
of lease term and useful life of the underlying asset� If a 
lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset or the 
cost of the right‑of‑use asset reflects that the consolidated 
entity expects to exercise a purchase option, the related 
right‑of‑use asset is depreciated over the useful life 
of the underlying asset� The depreciation starts at the 
commencement date of the lease� 

The right‑of‑use assets are presented as a separate line in 
the consolidated statement of financial position� 

The consolidated entity applies AASB 136 Impairment 
of Assets to determine whether a right‑of‑use asset is 
impaired and accounts for any identified impairment loss 
per the accounting policy disclosed in note 1(m)�

Variable rents that do not depend on an index or rate 
are not included in the measurement the lease liability 
and the right‑of‑use asset� The related payments are 
recognised as an expense in the period in which the event 
or condition that triggers those payments occurs and 
are included in the line “administrative expenses” in the 
statement of profit or loss�

As a practical expedient, AASB 16 permits a lessee not 
to separate non‑lease components, and instead account 
for any lease and associated non‑lease components as a 
single arrangement� The consolidated entity has not used 
this practical expedient�

The following estimated useful lives are used in the 
calculation of depreciation:

Office premises

Motor vehicle

4 years

3 years

1(q) Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the entity has a present 
obligation as a result of a past event, the future sacrifice 
of economic benefits is probable, and the amount of the 
provision can be measured reliably�

When some or all of the economic benefits required to 
settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a 
third party, the receivable is recognised as an asset if it 
is virtually certain that recovery will be received and the 
amount of the receivable can be measured reliably�

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate 
of the consideration required to settle the present 
obligation, taking into account the risks and uncertainties 
surrounding the obligation� Where a provision is measured 
using the cash flows estimated to settle the present 
obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of 
those cash flows�

1(r) Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements incorporate 
the financial statements of the Company and entities 
controlled by the Company� Control is achieved when 
the Company:

„„ Has power over the investee;

„„ Is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its 

involvement with the investee; and

„„ Has the ability to use its power to affect its returns�

The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an 
investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are 
changes to one or more of the three elements of control 
listed above�

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company 
obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when 
the Company loses control of the subsidiary� Specifically, 
income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed 
of during the year are included in the consolidated 
statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive 
income from the date the Company gains control until the 
date when the Company ceases to control the subsidiary�

All intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, expenses 
and cash flows relating to transactions between 
members of the consolidated entity are eliminated in full 
on consolidation�

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1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies (Cont.)

1(s) Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost 
less accumulated depreciation and accumulated 
impairment losses�

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or 
valuation of assets less their residual values over their 
useful lives, using the straightline method� The estimated 
useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are 
reviewed at each year end, with the effect of any changes 
in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis�

Assets and disposal groups are classified as held for sale 
if their carrying amount will be recovered principally 
through a sale transaction rather than through continuing 
use� This condition is regarded as met only when the 
sale is highly probable and the non‑current asset (or 
disposal group) is available for immediate sales in the 
present condition� Management must be committed 
to the sale, which should be expected to qualify as 
a completed sale within one year from the date of 
classification� Non‑current assets (and disposal groups) 
classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of 
their previous carrying amount and fair value less costs to 
sell� The following estimated useful lives are used in the 
calculation of depreciation:

Computers and related equipment

5 to 15 years

Leasehold improvements

3 to 4 years

1(u) Critical accounting judgements

In the application of the consolidated entity’s accounting 
policies, management is required to make judgements, 
estimates and assumptions about carrying values of 
assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from 
other sources� The estimates and associated assumptions 
are based on historical experience and various other 
factors that are believed to be reasonable under the 
circumstance, the results of which form the basis of 
making these judgements� Actual results may differ from 
these estimates�

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed 
on an ongoing basis� Revisions to accounting estimates 
are recognised in the period in which the estimate is 
revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the 
period of the revision and future periods if the revision 
affects both current and future periods�

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The following are the key assumptions concerning the 
future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty 
at the balance sheet date, that have a significant risk of 
causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of 
assets and liabilities within the next financial year:

Intangible asset/Goodwill

The directors made a critical judgement in relation certain 
assumptions used in the impairment model used to test 
the value of the intangible asset included in Note 9 and 
the impairment model used in assessing the carrying 
amount of the goodwill (see Note 8) for impairment� 

Office furniture and equipment

5 to 15 years

Deferred tax

Depreciation in relation to right‑of‑use‑assets is outlined 
in Note 1(p)�

1(t) share based payments

Equity‑settled share‑based payments are measured at 
fair value at the date of the grant� Fair value is measured 
by use of a Black‑Scholes Option Pricing model� 
The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, 
based on management best estimates, for the effects of 
non‑transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural 
considerations� The fair value determined at the grant date 
of the equity‑settled share based payments is expensed 
on a straight‑line basis over the vesting period, based 
on the consolidated entity’s estimate of shares that will 
eventually vest�

The directors made a critical judgement in relation to 
not recognising the deferred tax balances described in 
Note 3(a)� Given the current stage of development, the 
directors do not currently consider it’s probable that 
sufficient taxable amounts will be available against which 
deductible temporary differences can be utilised�

Functional Currency 

The directors made a critical judgement in relation to 
the functional currency of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited 
taking into account the activities of the consolidated 
entity� The directors consider AUD to be the appropriate 
functional currency, as financing activities are of most 
relevance to the current year and these will occur in AUD�

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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Cont.)

Investment in subsidiary and intercompany receivable

The directors made a critical judgement in relation to the recoverability of the investment in subsidiary ‑ Audio 
Pixels Limited and the receivable from this subsidiary� The loan is denominated in US$ and was US$35,388,570 at 
31 December 2022 and the directors are of the view that the loan will be repaid on commercialisation of Audio Pixels 
Limited’s technology� As such, the loan is not treated part of the Company’s net investment in the subsidiary and translation 
of the loan balance from USD to AUD is through the profit and loss� The assessment of the recoverability of these assets is 
considered concurrently with the recoverability of the intangible asset/goodwill� These assets are discussed in Note 26 as 
part of current and non‑current assets:

„„ Investment in subsidiary ‑ $4,300,738 (31 December 2021: $3,996,641 (non‑current assets)

„„ Intercompany receivable ‑ $51,919,851 (31 December 2021: $44,579,258 (included in non‑current assets)

Research & Development refundable taxation offset

The directors have calculated the estimated refundable offset in respect of eligible research & development expenditure 
incurred during the year ended 31 December 2022� An amount of $196,572 has been recorded as other receivables and 
revenue in the year ended 31 December 2022� Post year end, the claim will be submitted� The Directors consider that 
the entity has complied with the conditions of the R & D scheme and as such the grant will be received once the claim is 
submitted� An amount of $159,791 was recognised in 2022 which related to the 2021 refundable offset return� This was the 
first return submitted by the company and hence eligibility was first determined in 2022 in respect of 2021�

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2. (Loss) from operations
(a) Revenue

Interest received ‑ other entities

Recharge rental income

Government grant ‑ R & D tax incentive

Total revenue

(b) expenses

Amortisation

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Depreciation of right‑of‑use assets

Interest expense

Employee benefits expense:

Salary and other employee benefits

Share based payments (1)

Superannuation

Consolidated

Consolidated

Year ended
31 December
2022
$

Year ended
31 December
2021
$

6,823

119,655

356,363 

482,841

84,267

140,197

236,791

190,491

1,428

107,263

 ‑ 

108,691

78,860

128,866

293,688

22,202

2,648,721

2,577,636

304,097

38,634

528,569

32,256

2,991,452

3,138,461

(1) The share based payments expense includes an immaterial amount of $107,285 relating to the correction of prior year share based payments expense�

3. Income taxes

(a) Income tax recognised in profit or loss

The Company is in a loss‑making position and therefore does not pay income tax in both Australia and Israel� Therefore 
income tax payable is nil (2021: nil)�

During 2022, a government grant of $159,791 in the form of a refundable tax offset was received as part of the government 
initiative to provide financial support as a result of expenditure of eligible research and development expenditure in 
Australia for the year ended 31 December 2021 and an estimated grant of $196,572 in relation to eligible expenditure 
incurred during the year ended 31 December 2022 has been recognised� There are no future related costs in respect of 
these grants which were received solely as compensation for costs incurred in the year�

The Company does not recognise any deferred tax assets on balance sheet as management does not believe that there 
will be sufficient taxable profits in the foreseeable future that deferred tax assets can be utilised against� The amount of 
unrecognised deferred tax assets at reporting date is $11,594,514 (2021: $10,379,697)� $2,228,746 (2021: $1,929,723) of 
these unrecognised deferred tax relate to the parent company in Australia and $9,365,768 (2021: $8,449,974) relate to the 
subsidiary in Israel� These unrecognised deferred tax assets are able to be carried forward indefinitely�

A corporate tax rate of 30% is payable by Australian corporate entities on taxable profits under Australian tax law and 
23% (2021:23%) under Israeli law� There has been no change in the corporate tax rate when compared with the previous 
reporting period�

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3. Income taxes (Cont.)
(b) Franking account balance

Adjusted franking account balance

(c) Israeli tax Ruling

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

86,721

86,721

On July 16th 2012 a Tax Ruling was issued by the Israeli Tax Authorities (ITA) under which the ITA confirmed that the Merger 
carried out between Audio Pixels Ltd, a private Israeli company (P�C 513853606) and Audio Pixels Holdings Limited, a public 
Australian company, complied with the conditions stipulated in Section 103T of the Israeli Ordinance� Consequently, the 
transfer of the rights by the transferring rights holders in exchange for the issuance of shares in the Australian company is 
not taxable at the date of the Merger pursuant to the provisions of Section 103T of the Israeli Ordinance� 

4. Remuneration of auditors

Deloitte and related network firms*

Audit or review of the financial reports

‑ Group

‑ Subsidiary

Statutory assurance services provided by legislation  
to be provided by the auditor

Statutory assurance services required by legislation  
to be provided by the auditor

Other services

 ‑ Taxation consulting service

*The auditor of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“Deloitte Australia”)�

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

72,250

52,140

124,390

42,368

33,787

76,155

5,523

4,296

36,045

36,045

165,958

4,882

4,882

85,333

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5. Cash and cash equivalents
Unrestricted cash

Restricted cash (non‑interest bearing)

Cash on hand and at bank

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

1,278,830

61,131

1,339,961

683,999

64,374

748,373

Weighted average interest rate received on cash

0�24%

0�00%

6. Trade and other receivables

Current

GST receivable

Other receivables

Non Current

Other receivables

13,547

246,826

260,374

6,286

50,145

56,431

9,180

9,080

Other receivables comprise security deposits with government bodies and the 
Research & Development refundable offset estimated receivable�

7. Prepayments

Prepayments in respect of pre‑production chips 

586,864

 ‑

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31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

8. Goodwill

Being goodwill acquired on the acquisition of Audio Pixels Limited� The goodwill is 
allocated to the cash generating unit of digital speakers by Audio Pixels Limited of Israel�

2,371,014

2,289,128

Balance at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange

Balance at 31 December

2,289,128

2,207,058

81,886

82,070

2,371,014

2,289,128

The recoverable amount of this cash generating unit is dependent on the successful commercialisation of the technology� 
The recoverable amount has been determined based on a fair value less costs of disposal calculation which uses cash flow 
projections based on financial budgets approved by the directors covering a 5‑year period, with forecast revenue growth rates 
based on the directors of the consolidated entity’s best estimate of the market development and with a terminal rate of 2%, 
and a discount rate of 33% per annum� The assumed growth rate is based on the forecast future global MEMS market� 

Given the nature of the product, the forecast cash flows are management’s best estimate and reflect the risks inherent 
in the initial take up of the product� Cash flow projections during the budget period are based on the same expected 
gross margins and raw materials price inflation during the budget period and factor in a probability of the viability of the 
product� In addition to the recoverable amount being dependent on the successful commercialisation of the product, 
the recoverable amount is sensitive to delays in bringing the product to market� Delays in bringing the product to market 
decrease the recoverable amount�

Movements in the value of the goodwill are a result of the retranslation of the goodwill from the functional currency of the 
cash generating unit to which it is attributed�

9. Intangible asset

Being the independent valuation of In Process Research determined at the 
acquisition date of 24 September 2010 by Ernst & Young, Israel in their report 
dated 17 August 2011�

Exchange differences on translation

Less accumulated amortisation

868,000

200,171

(916,323)

151,848

868,000

188,543

(832,056)

224,487

The intangible asset is allocated to the digital speaker cash‑generating unit being the only cash generating unit, when 
assessed for impairment� Refer to Note 8 for commentary on the cash‑generating unit�

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10. Right of use assets
Office premises ‑ at cost

Less accumulated depreciation

Motor vehicle ‑ at cost

Less accumulated depreciation

Total net book value of Right of use assets

Cost

Office premises

Balance at 1 January 

Additions

Disposals

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Balance as at 31 December

Accumulated depreciation

Office premises

Balance as at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Disposal

Depreciation expense

Balance at 31 December 

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

778,223

(698,628)

75,595

46,467

(22,900)

23,567

103,162

1,209,833

‑

(479,304)

47,694

778,223

(918,978)

(37,161)

479,304

(221,793)

(698,628)

1,209,833

(918,978)

290,855

43,619

(6,957)

36,662

327,517

857,829

318,959

‑

33,045

1,209,833

(608,509)

(23,531)

‑

(286,938)

(918,978)

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10. Right of use assets (Cont.)
Cost

Motor vehicle

Balance as at 1 January

Additions

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Balance at 31 December

Accumulated depreciation

Motor vehicle

Balance as at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Depreciation expense

Balance at 31 December 

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

43,619

‑

2,848

46,467

(6,957)

(945)

(14,998)

(22,900)

‑

42,320

1,299

43,619

‑

(207)

(6,750)

(6,957)

On 1 June 2018, the parent company exercised an option to renew a lease in respect of office premises at Suite 3, Level 12, 
75 Elizabeth Street Sydney for a period of forty‑eight months from 31 March 2018 to 30 March 2022� The lease expired on 
30 March 2022 and has not been renewed� The Company rented on a month to month arrangement post 30 March 2022�

On 1 January 2019, the subsidiary company, Audio Pixels Limited exercised an option to renew a lease in respect of 
facilities at 3 Pekris Street Rehovot, Israel for a period of twenty‑eight months to 31 May 2021� Effective on 1 June 2021, 
the subsidiary company, Audio Pixels Limited exercised an option to renew a lease in respect of facilities at 3 Pekris Street 
Rehovot, Israel for a period of twenty‑four months to 31 May 2023�

On 8 August 2021, the subsidiary company, Audio Pixels Limited entered into a new car lease for a period of thirty‑six 
months until 7 August 2024�

Amounts recognised in profit and loss

Depreciation expense on right of use assets

Interest expense on lease liabilities

Expense relating to short term leases

237,791

8,705

108,713

293,688

12,295

‑

The total cash outflow for leases amount to $234,198 including interest payments of $8,705 (Year ended 31 December 2021 
‑$297,044)�

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11. Property, Plant and Equipment
Computers and related equipment ‑ at cost

Less accumulated depreciation

Leasehold improvements ‑ at cost

Less accumulated depreciation

Office furniture and equipment ‑ at cost

Less accumulated depreciation

Total net book value of Property, Plant and Equipment

Cost

Computers and related equipment

Balance at 1 January

Additions

Disposals

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Balance as at 31 December

Leasehold improvements

Balance at 1 January

Additions

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Balance as at 31 December

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

689,197

(582,614)

106,583

378,466

(293,256)

85,210

557,823

(502,232)

55,591

354,269

(262,354)

91,915

1,602,009

1,475,731

(1,302,862)

(1,146,491)

299,147

490,940

329,240

476,746

557,823

483,675

92,816

(868)

39,426

45,595

(2,480)

31,033

689,197

557,823

354,269

1,033

23,164

378,446

333,768

‑

20,501

354,269

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11. Property, Plant and Equipment (Cont.)
Office furniture and equipment

Balance at 1 January

Additions

Disposals

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Balance as at 31 December

Accumulated depreciation

Computers and related equipment ‑ at cost

Balance as at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Disposal

Depreciation expense

Balance at 31 December 

Leasehold improvements

Balance as at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Depreciation expense

Balance at 31 December

Office furniture and equipment

Balance as at 1 January

Net foreign currency exchange differences

Disposal

Depreciation expense

Balance at 31 December

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

1,475,731

1,280,719

30,957

(1,975)

97,296

112,876

‑

82,136

1,602,009

1,475,731

(502,232)

(34,297)

868

(46,953)

(582,614)

(424,185)

(28,705)

1,791

(51,133)

(502,232)

(262,354)

(234,998)

(17,565)

(13,337)

(14,820)

(12,536)

(293,256)

(262,354)

(1,146,491)

(1,016,834)

(77,433)

969

(79,907)

(64,461)

‑

(65,196)

(1,302,862)

(1,146,491)

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31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

12. Trade and other payables
Current

Trade payables and accruals

1,490,454

1,522,467

The payables are non‑interest bearing and have an average credit period of 30 days�

13. Lease liabilities

Analysed as:

Current

Non‑Current

Disclosure required by AASB 16

Maturity Analysis

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Less: unearned interest

91,155

8,322

99,477

91,155

13,365

‑

(5,043)

99,477

237,555

96,120

333,675

237,693

100,666

6,162

(10,846)

333,675

The consolidated entity does not face a significant liquidity risk with regard to its lease liabilities� All lease obligations in 
Australia are denominated in Australian dollars and the leases in Israel are denominated in Israeli shekels�

14. Unsecured loans

Related party ‑ director

Other party

3,285,000

1,000,000

 ‑

400,000

3,285,000

1,400,000

4F Investments Pty Limited (a company controlled by Fred Bart ‑ Chairman) has provided a fully drawn unsecured loan 
facility to the Company of $3,285,000 as at 31 December 2022 at an interest rate of 6%� 

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14. Unsecured loans (Cont.)

The loan is repayable in two components as follows:

„„ Subject to shareholder approval, 4F Investments Pty Limited (a company associated with Fred Bart) has agreed to 

subscribe to 165,358 ordinary shares at $14�00 per share amounting to $2,315,012 as part of the placement announced 
to the market on 24 August 2022� 

„„ The balance of the loan of $969,988 is due for repayment on receipt of the placement monies of A$4,316,550 (US$3m) 

from Earth Mountain�

As part of the placement announced to the market on 24 August 2022 of $10m at $14�00 per share, 4F Investments Pty 
Limited agreed to subscribe for 165,358 ordinary shares at $14�00 per share as part of this placement at a cost of $2,315,012, 
subject to shareholder approval� 4F Investments Pty Limited has agreed that it would offset $2,315,012 against its 
unsecured loan of $3,285,000, subject to shareholder approval, and the balance of $969,988 would be repaid in cash once 
the placement funds of A$4,316,550 (US$3m) from Earth Mountain are received�

4F Investments Pty Limited will continue to receive 6�00% interest up to 1 March 2023 and 12% from 1 March 2023 on the 
unsecured loan until shareholder approval is received� In respect of the balance of the unsecured loan of $969,988, after 
shareholder approval, 4F Investments Pty Limited will continue to receive interest at 12�00 % per annum until repayment�

During the year, Link Enterprises Group provided an additional $600,000 under its unsecured loan facility of A$1m and was 
repaid in full on 31 August 2022 from the proceeds of the August 2022 capital raising�

15. Provisions

Current

Employee benefits 

Non‑current

Employee benefits

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

276,250

270,205

13,915

‑

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16. Issued capital
Issued and paid up capital

Fully paid Ordinary Shares

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

Placements for cash at $14�00 per share

‑ 31 August 2022

‑ 29 December 2022

Balance at the end of the financial year

Fully paid Ordinary Shares

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

Placements for cash at $14�00 per share

‑ 31 August 2022

‑ 29 December 2022

Balance at the end of the financial year

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

73,092,487

73,092,487

3,183,441

1,476,669

‑

 ‑

77,752,597

73,092,487

number

number

28,698,663

28,698,663

240,603

105,476

‑

 ‑

29,044,742

28,698,663

Fully paid ordinary shares carry one vote per share and carry the rights to dividends�

Changes in the Corporations Law abolished the authorised capital and par value concept in relation to share capital from 
1 July 1998� Therefore the company does not have a limited amount of authorised capital and issued shares do not have a 
par value�

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17. Employee Share Option Plan

The consolidated entity has an ownership‑based compensation scheme for employees (including directors) of the 
company� In accordance with the provisions of the scheme, as approved by shareholders at a previous annual general 
meeting, employees with more than three months service with the company may be granted options to purchase ordinary 
shares at exercise prices determined by the directors based on market prices at the time the issue of options were made�

Each share option converts to one ordinary share in Audio Pixels Holdings Limited� No amounts are paid or payable by 
the recipient on receipt of the options� The options carry neither rights to dividends nor voting rights� Options may be 
exercised at any time from the date of vesting to the date of expiry�

The number of options granted is determined by the directors and takes into account the company’s and individual 
achievements against both qualitative and quantitative criteria� 

On 13 January 2011, shareholders approved the adoption of an Employee Share Option Plan� 

(a) Unlisted Options issued under the Employee Share Option Plan

Balance at the beginning of the financial year (i)

Granted during the year (ii)

Exercised during the year (iii)

Lapsed during the year (iv)

Balance at the end of the financial year (v)

Exercisable at end of the year

2022

2021

Weighted 
average 
exercise price
$

22�60

14�00

‑

16�20

19�82

‑

number

295,000

165,000

‑

(173,000)

287,000

‑

Weighted 
average 
exercise price
$

16�20

27�70

‑

16�20

22�60

‑

number

203,000

122,000

‑

(30,000)

295,000

173,000

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17. Employee Share Option Plan (Cont.)

(i) Balance at the beginning of the year

number

Grant date

expiry date

exercise Price

2022

2021

173,000

122,000

295,000

203,000

17/12/18

17/12/22*

16/4/21

16/4/25

16�20

27�70

Fair value at 
grant date

$1,316,876

$1,241,960

17/12/18

17/12/22*

16�20

$1,421,406

Staff options carry no rights to dividends and no voting rights�

* These options commence to vest after 17 December 2020 and continuous employment on the basis of one twelfth of 
the total number each month in the twelve month period to 17 December 2021� The expiry date of the 173,000 options 
was extended by the Directors to 17 June 2022 and then 17 December 2022, however these two extensions were not 
approved by the ASX and the options were subsequently cancelled effective 29 December 2022 and were never exercised� 
The Directors have agreed to re‑issue these 173,000 options with an exercise price of $16�20 subject to shareholder 
approval at a future date�

(ii) Granted during the year

2022

Staff options

Staff options

2021

Staff options

number

Grant date

expiry date

exercise Price

30,000

135,000

165,000

1/12/22

1/12/22

1/12/25

1/12/26

14�00

14�00

Fair value at 
grant date

$124,800

$662,850 

$787,650

122,000

16/4/21

16/4/25

27�70

$1,241,960 

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17. Employee Share Option Plan (Cont.)

(ii) Granted during the year (cont)

The following inputs were used in the model for the option grants made on 1 December 2022:

30,000 Options

Dividend yield

Expected volatility (linearly interpolated)

Risk free interest rate

Expected life of options

Grant date share price

Exercise price

135,000 Options

Dividend yield

Expected volatility (linearly interpolated)

Risk free interest rate

Expected life of options

Grant date share price

Exercise price

(iii) Exercised during the year

There were no options exercised during the year�

(iv) Lapsed during the year

173,000 (31 December 2021 ‑ 30,000)�

0�00%

55�00%

3�1%

1,095 days

$12�00

$14�00

0�00%

55�00%

3�2%

1,460 days

$12�00

$14�00

The expiry date of the 173,000 options was extended by the Directors to 17 December 2022, however this extension 
was not approved by the ASX and the options were cancelled effective 29 December 2022 and were never exercised� 
The Directors have agreed to re‑issue these 173,000 options with an exercise price of $16�20 subject to shareholder 
approval at a future date�

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17. Employee Share Option Plan (Cont.)

(v) Balance at the end of the financial year

2022

Staff options

Staff options

Staff options

2021

Staff options

Staff options

number

Grant date

expiry date

exercise Price

Fair value at 
grant date

122,000

30,000

135,000

287,000

122,000

173,000

295,000

16/4/21

1/12/22 

1/12/22 

16/4/25*

1/12/26*

1/2/27*

$27�70

$14�00

$14�00

$1,241,960

$124,800

$662,850

16/4/21

16/4/25*

17/12/18 

17/12/22*

$27�70

$16�20

$1,241,960

$1,316,876

Staff options carry no rights to dividends and no voting rights�

*All options granted to staff have a vesting condition that the employee must be employed by the consolidated entity at 
the time of vesting� These options start to vest after two years continuous employment on the basis of one twelfth of the 
total number each month for a twelve month period� 

The difference between the total fair value of the options issued during the financial year, at the date of issue, and the total 
amount received from the employees (nil) is recognised in the financial statements over the vesting period as disclosed in 
Note 16 to the financial statements�

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18. Reserves
Foreign currency translation

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

Translation of foreign operations

Balance at end of financial year

Foreign currency translation

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

(3,358,413)

(968,266)

(2,985,696)

(2,390,147)

(6,344,109)

(3,358,413)

Exchange differences relating to the translation of the results and net assets of the consolidated entity’s foreign operations 
from their functional currencies to the consolidated entity’s presentation currency (i�e� Australian dollars) are recognised 
directly in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the foreign currency translation reserve� Exchange differences 
previously accumulated in the foreign currency translation reserve are reclassified to profit and loss on the disposal of the 
foreign operation�

Equity settled option reserve

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

6,081,330

5,552,761

Add share based payments in respect of options (1)

Balance at end of financial year

304,097

528,569

6,385,427

6,081,330

The above equity‑settled option reserve relates to share options granted 
by the Company�

(1) The share based payments expense for the year includes an immaterial amount 
of $107,285 relating to the correction of prior year share based payments expense�

Minority acquisition reserve

Balance at the beginning of the financial year

Balance at end of financial year

Total Reserves

(25,538,692)

(25,538,692)

(25,538,692)

(25,538,692)

(25,497,374)

(22,815,775)

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19. Accumulated losses
Balance at the beginning of the financial year

(Loss) for the year attributable to owners of the company

Balance at the end of the financial year

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

(49,671,297)

(46,361,428)

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

(52,107,016)

(49,671,297)

20. Notes to the statement of cash flows

(a) Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents

For the purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash includes cash on hand and at call deposits with banks or financial 
institutions, investments in money market instruments maturing within less than 3 months at the date of acquisition� 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year as shown in the statement of cash flows is reconciled to the 
related items in the statement of financial position as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents

(b) Restricted cash

1,339,961

748,373

Cash held as security for future lease payments

61,131

64,374

Restricted cash amounts are included in the cash and cash equivalents amounts above�

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20. Notes to the statement of cash flows (Cont.)
Reconciliation of (loss) for the period to net cash outflows from 
operating activities

(Loss) after related income tax

Amortisation

Depreciation 

Foreign exchange (gains)/ losses

Loss/(Gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment

Share based payments

Changes in assets and liabilities

(Increase)/ decrease in assets

Current trade and other receivables

Prepayments

Non‑current trade and other receivables

Increase /(decrease) in liabilities

Provisions

Current trade payables

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

84,267

376,988

78,860

422,554

(3,162,914)

(2,606,203)

1,006

304,097

(689)

528,569

(203,943)

(586,854)

(100)

(7,570)

‑

(3,381)

19,960

(32,013)

(25,478)

(108,217)

Net cash (used in) operating activities

(5,635,225)

(5,031,424)

Reconciliation of liabilities arising from financing transactions

Balance as at 
1 January

Financing cash 
flows

Balance as at 
31 December 

1,400,000

(333,675)

1,885,000

3,285,000

234,198

(99,477)

‑

1,400,000

(269,440)

(64,235)

1,400,000

(333,675)

2022

Unsecured loans

Lease liabilities

2021

Unsecured loans

Lease liabilities

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21. Related Party Transactions

(a) Directors

The Directors of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited in office during the year were Fred Bart, Ian Dennis and Cheryl Bart�

(b) KMP Remuneration

The aggregate compensation of the key management personnel of the company is set out below:

Short‑term employee benefits

Long term employee benefits

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

662,396

117,963

780,359

623,624

95,806

719,430

The remuneration above relates to directors fees, consultancy fees and superannuation paid to entities associated with 
Fred Bart, Cheryl Bart and Ian Dennis and the remuneration of one senior executive of Audio Pixels Limited in Israel and one 
senior executive of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited�

transactions with related entities

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company paid a total of $109,331 (year ended 
31 December 2021 ‑ $108,104) to 4F Investments Pty Limited, a company associated with Mr Fred Bart in respect of 
directors fees and superannuation for Mr Fred Bart and Mrs Cheryl Bart�

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company paid a total of $41,344 (year ended 31 December 2021 ‑ $41,156) to 
Dennis Corporate Services Pty Limited, a company associated with Mr Ian Dennis in respect of directors fees and superannuation�

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company paid $30,000 (31 December 2021 ‑ $30,000) to Dennis Corporate 
Services Pty Limited, a company associated with Mr Ian Dennis in respect of consulting fees for company secretarial and 
accounting services�

During the year, the company entered into unsecured loan facilities with 4F Investments Pty Limited, a company 
associated with Mr Fred Bart, totalling $3,285,000 at an interest rate of 6%� The loan facility was fully drawn to $3,285,000 at 
31 December 2022� The loan is repayable in two components as follows:

a)   Subject to shareholder approval, 4F Investments Pty Limited (a company associated with Fred Bart) has agreed to 

subscribe to 165,358 ordinary shares at $14�00 per share amounting to $2,315,012 as part of the placement announced 
to the market on 24 August 2022� 

b)   The balance of the loan of $969,988 is due for repayment on receipt of the placement monies of A$4,316,550 (US$3m) 

from Earth Mountain�

During the year, the company paid $120,749 (31 December 2021 ‑ Nil) on the unsecured loan to 4F Investments Pty Limited� 
Interest has been accrued in the financial statements at 31 December 2022 of $32,940 (31 December 2021 ‑ $9,136) has 
been accrued in the financial statements�

The lease in respect of office premises at Suite 3, Level 12, 75 Elizabeth Street Sydney expired on 30 March 2022� 
The Company has not renewed the lease and continues to occupy the premises on a month to month basis� The Company 
recharged rent and other tenancy charges of $42,871 (year ended 31 December 2021 ‑ $40,488) to 4F Investments Pty 
Limited, a company controlled by Fred Bart�

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22. Earnings per Share
Basic (loss) per share

Diluted (loss) per share (b)

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

(8�46) cents

(11�53) cents

(8�46) cents

(11�53) cents

(Loss) (a)

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares 

28,779,662

28,698,213

(a) 

(Loss) used in the calculation of basic earnings per share are the same as the net (loss) in the Statement of profit or loss 
and other comprehensive income�

(b)  There are potential ordinary shares to be issued in relation to the issue of 122,000 unlisted employee options issued on 
16 April 2021 at an exercise price of $27�70� These options expire on 16 April 2025� The unlisted employee options have 
not been included in dilutive EPS, as they are anti‑dilutive�

(c)  There are potential ordinary shares to be issued in relation to the issue of 30,000 unlisted employee options issued on 
1 December 2022 at an exercise price of $14�00� These options expire on 1 December 2026� The unlisted employee 
options have not been included in dilutive EPS, as they are anti‑dilutive�

(d)  There are potential ordinary shares to be issued in relation to the issue of 135,000 unlisted employee options issued 

on 1 December 2022 at an exercise price of $14�00� These options expire on 1 December 2027� The unlisted employee 
options have not been included in dilutive EPS, as they are anti‑dilutive�

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23. Segment Information

AASB 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the consolidated 
entity that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources to the segment and 
to assess performance�

The identification of the consolidated entity’s reportable segments has not changed from those disclosed in the previous 
2021 report� 

The consolidated entity operates in Australia and Israel�

Products and services within each segment

Digital speakers

The subsidiary company in Israel is developing a digital speaker and has not reached the stage of generating any revenue 
from the technology�

Segment Revenues

Digital speakers

Total of all segments

Segment Results

Digital speakers

(Loss) before income tax

Income tax gain/ (expense)

(Loss) for the period

Segment Assets and Liabilities

Digital speakers

Total all segments

Unallocated 

Consolidated

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

482,841

482,841

108,691

108,691

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

 ‑

 ‑

(2,435,719)

(3,309,869)

Assets

Liabilities

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

5,313,303

5,313,303

 ‑

4,131,762

4,131,762

 ‑

5,165,096

5,165,096

 ‑

3,526,347

3,526,347

 ‑

5,313,303

4,131,762

5,165,096

3,526,347

Assets used jointly by reportable segments are allocated on the basis of the revenue earned by the individual 
reportable segments�

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23. Segment Information (Cont.)

Other Segment Information

Depreciation and amortisation 
of segment assets

Acquisition of segment assets

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

461,255

461,255

 ‑

501,414

501,414

 ‑

124,806

124,806

 ‑

158,471

158,471

 ‑

461,255

501,414

124,806

158,471

Digital speakers

Total all segments

Unallocated

Consolidated

Information on Geographical Segments

31 December 2022

Revenue 
from external 
Customers
$

482,841

‑

482,841

segment 
Assets
$

4,001,562

1,311,741

5,313,303

Acquisition 
of segment 
Assets
$

‑

124,806

124,806

Revenue 
from external 
Customers
$

108,691

 ‑

108,691

segment 
Assets
$

2,681,583

1,450,179

4,131,762

Acquisition 
of segment 
Assets
$

‑

158,471

158,471

Geographical segments

Australia

Israel

Total

31 December 2021

Geographical segments

Australia

Israel

Total

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24. Financial risk management objectives and policies

The consolidated entity’s principal financial instruments held during the year comprise receivables, payables, cash and 
short term deposits�

Due to the small size of the consolidated entity significant risk management decisions are taken by the board of directors� 
These risks include market risk (including fair value interest rate risk, cash flow interest rate risk and price risk), credit risk 
and liquidity risk� The Directors do not plan to eliminate risk altogether, rather they plan to identify and respond to risks in 
a way that creates value for the company and its shareholders� Directors and shareholders appreciate that in order for the 
consolidated entity to compete and grow, a long term strategy needs to involve risk taking for reward�

The consolidated entity does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge these risk exposures� 

Risk exposures and Responses

(a) Interest rate risk

The consolidated entity’s exposure to market interest rates relates primarily to the consolidated entity’s cash holdings and 
short term deposits�

At balance date, the consolidated entity had the following mix of financial assets exposed to Australian interest rate risk that 
are not designated in cash flow hedges:

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

1,339,961

748,373

The consolidated entity constantly analyses its interest rate exposure� Within this analysis consideration is given to potential 
renewals of existing positions, alternative financing and the mix of fixed and variable interest rates�

At 31 December 2022, if interest rates had moved, as illustrated in the table below, with all other variables held constant, 
post tax (loss) and equity would have been affected as follows:

Judgements of reasonably 
possible movements

Consolidated entity

+1% (100 basis points)

‑0�24% (0�00%)

Post tax Loss
Higher/(Lower)

equity
Higher/(Lower)

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

13,400

(3,211)

7,510

‑

13,400

(3,211)

7,510

‑

The movements in losses are due to higher/lower interest rates on cash and cash equivalents balances� The cash and cash 
equivalents balances were higher in December 2022 than in December 2021 and interest rates were higher ‑ accordingly 
the sensitivity is higher�

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24. Financial risk management objectives and policies (Cont.)

(b) Foreign currency risk

The consolidated entity has a foreign currency risk since the acquisition of Audio Pixels Limited� Audio Pixels Limited 
operates in Israel and all transfer of funds to Audio Pixels Limited are denominated in US dollars� The consolidated entity 
does not hedge its US dollar exposure�

The carrying amounts of the consolidated entity’s foreign currency (US$) denominated monetary assets and monetary 
liabilities at the end of the reporting period are as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Trade and other payables

Liabilities

Assets

31 December
2022
$

31 December
2021
$

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

‑

‑

‑

‑

1,385,166

1,475,787

658,204

52,226

‑

623,508

50,145

‑

All US$ denominated financial instruments were translated to A$ at 31 December 2021 at the exchange rate of 0�6816 
(2021: 0�7261)�

At 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2021, had the Australian Dollar moved, as illustrated in the table below, with all 
other variables held constant, post tax loss and equity would have been affected as follows:

Judgements of reasonably 
possible movements

2022
$

2021
$

2022
$

2021
$

Post tax Loss
Higher/(Lower)

equity
Higher/(Lower)

Consolidated

AUD/USD +10%

AUD/USD ‑5%

(4,321,543)

(3,743,112)

(4,321,543)

(3,743,112)

2,501,946

1,949,511

2,501,946

1,949,511

Management believes the balance date risk exposures are representative of risk exposure inherent in financial instruments�

(c) Credit risk management

Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in a financial loss to the 
consolidated entity� The consolidated entity has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy counterparties which 
are continuously monitored� 

The credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counterparties are major banks with high credit‑ratings assigned by 
international credit agencies�

(d) Liquidity risk management

The consolidated entity’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient 
liquidity to meet its liabilities when due� The consolidated entity’s investments in money market instruments all have a 
maturity of less than 3 months�

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24. Financial risk management objectives and policies (Cont.)

(d) Liquidity risk management (Cont.)

Ultimate responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the board of directors, who have built an appropriate risk 
management framework for the management of the consolidated entity’s short, medium and long term funding and 
liquidity requirements� The consolidated entity manages liquidity by maintaining adequate cash reserves by continuously 
monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and managing maturity profiles of financial assets�

The following tables detail the consolidated entity’s remaining contractual maturity for its non‑derivative financial assets 
and non‑derivative financial liabilities� The tables have been drawn up based on the undiscounted contractual maturities 
of the financial assets and financial liabilities including interest that will be earned on these assets except where the 
consolidated entity anticipates that the cash flow will occur in a different period�

Weighted 
average 
effective 
interest rate
%

0�00%

0�24%

0�00%

6�00%

0�00%

0�004%

0�00%

6�00%

31 December 2022

Assets

Non interest bearing

Fixed rate instruments

Liabilities

Non interest bearing

Unsecured loans

31 December 2021

Assets

Non interest bearing

Fixed rate instruments

Liabilities

Non interest bearing

Unsecured loans

Less than
1 month
$

1-3 months
$

3 months
to 1 year
$

1-5 years
$

1,176,028

164,201

1,490,454

260,374

‑

‑

‑

3,285,000

683,264

65,111

1,522,467

56,431

‑

‑

‑

1,400,000

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

‑

9,180

‑

‑

‑

9,080

‑

‑

‑

All financial liabilities are expected to be settled under commercial terms of within 12 months� 

(e) Commodity price risk

The consolidated entity has no exposure to commodity price risk�

(f) Other price risks

The directors consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded at amortised cost in the 
financial statements approximate their fair values�

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25. Subsequent events

Since the end of the financial year, 4F Investments Pty Limited, a company associated with the Chairman, Mr Fred Bart, 
has agreed to provide an additional unsecured funding facility of up to $1,500,000 on 28 March 2023 at an interest rate of 
12% per annum, repayable on completion of the next capital raising� 4F Investments Pty Limited advanced $150,000 on 
27 February 2023, $100,000 on 16 March 2023 and $500,000 on 28 March 2023 amounting to $750,000�

This new facility of $1,500,000 is in addition to the existing unsecured loan of $3,285,000 which was originally at 6% interest� 
However, as a result of the extended delays in receiving the Earth Mountain placement proceeds of US$3m, the interest 
rate has been increased to 12% per annum from 1 March 2023 as part of the agreement to provide the new loan facility� 
This interest rate is better than other offers of unsecured loans and convertible notes received from other unrelated parties�

As an incentive to the provision of this additional facility of $1,500,000 and the continuation of the existing unsecured 
loans of $3,285,000 (whilst waiting for the Earth Mountain placement proceeds of US$3m to settle $969,988 in cash and the 
Annual General Meeting to request shareholder approval for a placement of 165,358 shares to 4F Investments Pty Limited 
which would net settle $2,315,012 of the facility), the Company has agreed to provide an incentive of 500,000 unlisted 
options in the company to 4F Investments Pty Limited The exercise price of these options is the 5‑day VWAP when the 
first $150,000 was advanced on 27 February 2023 which equates to an exercise price of $7�59 for a term of 3 years� These 
options would be provided, subject to shareholder approval at the next Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 
30 May 2023� These options would be issued and vest immediately after shareholder approval was received as they only 
relate to the loan facility and are not employment related� 

Apart from the above, the Directors are not aware of any significant events since the end of the financial year and up to the 
date of this report�

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26. Parent entity disclosures
Financial position

Assets

Current assets

Non‑current assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Non‑current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Issued capital

Reserves

(Accumulated losses)

31 December 
2022
$

31 December 
2021
$

1,478,730

131,151

56,220,589

48,612,716

57,699,319

48,743,867

3,530,069

1,584,168

13,915

 ‑

3,543,984

1,584,168

54,155,335

47,159,699

77,752,597

73,092,487

(19,153,265)

(19,457,362)

(4,443,997)

(6,475,426)

Total equity

54,155,335

47,159,699

Financial performance

Profit for the period

Other comprehensive income

2,031,429

1,608,347

 ‑

 ‑

2,031,429

1,608,347

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27. Controlled Entity

name of entity

Parent Entity

Audio Pixels Holdings Limited

Controlled Entities

Audio Pixels Limited

Audio Pixels Technologies Pty Limited 

28. Commitments

Country of 
Incorporation

31 December 
2022
%

31 December 
2021
%

Australia

Israel

Australia

100�00

100�00

100�00

100�00

The subsidiary company, Audio Pixels Limited of Israel has entered into various purchase orders and commitments of 
$521,141 (2021: $258,841) with various strategic partners which will become payable once qualified products are delivered 
to the company�

On 17 December 2021, the Consolidated entity announced to the Australian Stock Exchange Limited that it had entered 
into an agreement with Earth Mountain (Shanghai) Intelligent Technology Co�, Limited to mass produce Audio Pixels’ 
transformational digital loudspeaker products�

On 29 December 2022, the parent entity entered into a pre‑production packaged chip purchase order with Earth Mountain 
(Shanghai) Intelligent Technology Co�, Ltd for US$400,000 which is shown as a prepayment in the financial statements as 
at 31 December 2022� On the basis that these initial pre‑production packaged chips meet all the design specifications by 
30 June 2023, the parent company has committed a further US$9,600,000 for fully tested packaged production chips at a 
unit price to be finalised based on actual yields�

Entities within the consolidated entity are involved with contractual disputes in the normal course of contracting 
operations� The directors believe that the entities within the consolidated entity can settle any contractual disputes with 
suppliers and should any supplier commence legal proceedings against the company, the directors believe that any actions 
can be successfully defended� As at the date of this report no legal proceedings have been commenced against any entity 
within the consolidated entity�

29. Additional company information

Audio Pixels Holdings Limited is a listed public company, incorporated and operating in Australia� 

Registered office and Principal Place of Business

Suite 3, Level 12
75 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Tel:  (02) 9233 3915
Fax:  (02) 9232 3411
www.audiopixels.com.au

The Company has 13 (2021: 15) employees�

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Additional information required by the Australian Stock Exchange Listing Rules and not disclosed elsewhere in this report� 

Home Exchange

The Company’s ordinary shares are quoted on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited under the trading symbol “AKP”� 
The Home Exchange is Sydney� The Company also has a Level 1 American Depositary Receipts (ADR) program and 
quotation on the OTC market in the United State of America under the code “ADPXY�

Substantial Shareholders

At 20 March 2023 the following substantial shareholders were registered:

Fred Bart Group

Link Traders (Aust) Pty Ltd

Lee Ka Lau

Voting Rights

ordinary shares

Percentage of total 
ordinary shares

 5,819,122

 1,970,588

 1,537,374

20�04%

6�78%

5�29%

At 20 March 2023 there were 2,375 holders of fully paid ordinary shares�

Rule 74 of the Company’s Constitution stipulates the voting rights of members as follows:

“Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares and to this Constitution:

(a)  on a show of hands every person present in the capacity of a Member or a proxy, attorney or representative (or in more 

than one of these capacities) has one vote; and 

(b)  On a poll every person present who is a Member or proxy, attorney or representative has member present has:

(i)   For each fully paid share that the person holds or represents – one vote; and

(ii)  

 For each share other than a fully paid share that the person holds or represents – that proportion of one vote that 
the amount paid (not credited) on the shares bears to the total amount paid and payable on the share (excluding 
amounts credited)�”

Other Information

In accordance with Listing Rule 4�10�19, the Company has used the cash and assets in a form readily convertible to cash that 
it had at the time of admission in a way consistent with its business objectives�

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Distribution of Shareholdings

Directors

At 20 March 2023 the distribution of ordinary shareholdings were:

Fred Bart (Chairman)
Ian Dennis 
Range
Cheryl Bart AO
1‑1,000

1,001 – 5,000

Company secretary

5,001 – 10,000

Ian Dennis

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over
Registered off  ice 

Israel off  ice

There were 61 ordinary shareholders with less than a marketable parcel�

Suite 3, Level 12
75 Elizabeth Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia

There is no current on‑market buy‑back�

3 Pekris Street
Rehovot
ISRAEL 76702

ordinary
shareholders

number of 
shares

Percentage
of shares

1,373

575

196

194

 37

466,283

1,443,415

1,546,550

5,136,707

20,451,787

2,375

29,044,742

1�61%

4�97%

5�32%

17�69%

70�41%

100�00%

Twenty Largest Ordinary Shareholders

Telephone:  +61 2 9233 3915
Facsimile:   +61 2 9232 3411
Email:  

Telephone:  + 972 73 232 4444
+ 972 73 232 4455
Facsimile: 
At 20 March 2023 the 20 largest ordinary shareholders held 62�52% of the total issued fully paid quoted ordinary shares 
danny@audiopixels.com
Email: 
of 29,044,742�

iandennis@audiopixels.com.au

Website

shareholder

www.audiopixels.com.au

1� N & J Properties Pty Limited

Auditor

2� Altshuler Shaham Trusts Ltd

3� BNP Paribus Nominees Pty Ltd

4� Link Traders (Aust) Pty Limited

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Chartered Accountants
Brindabella Circuit
Brindabella Business Park 
6� Frederick Bart
Canberra Airport ACT 2609 
Australia

5� Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

7� Bart Superannuation Pty Limited

Bankers

St George Bank
200 Barangaroo Avenue
Barangaroo
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia

8� James John Bart 
share Registry

9� Kam Superannuation Fund Pty Limited

10� HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited
Level 3
60 Carrington Street
12� Cheryl Bart
Sydney NSW 2000

11� Jamber Investments Pty Ltd

13� Arvada Pty Limited

14� Emichrome Pty Limited

GPO Box 7045
Sydney NSW 1115
Australia

15� Brent McCarty, Yvonne McCarty and Zeljan Unkovich 

16� Decante Pty Ltd
Telephone:  1300 855 080 or

17� Brigadier Pty Limited 

18� Nicole Bart

Facsimile: 

+61 3 9415 5000 outside Australia
1300 137 341

19� Norlip Pty Ltd 

20� BNP Paribus Nominees Pty Ltd

Fully Paid 
ordinary shares 

Percentage 
of total

3,565,000

2,872,197

1,865,481

1,834,523

1,017,842

 874,325

 782,777

 716,143

 650,000

 621,731

 610,000

 500,000

 387,000

 353,843

 304,014

 300,000

 257,600

 250,000

 207,600

 189,507

12�27%

 9�89%

 6�42%

 6�32%

 3�50%

 3�01%

 2�70%

 2�47%

 2�24%

 2�14%

 2�10%

 1�72%

 1�33%

 1�22%

 1�05%

 1�03%

 0�89%

 0�86%

 0�71%

 0�65%

18,159,583

62�52%

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Facsimile:   +61 2 9232 3411

Telephone:  + 972 73 232 4444

Facsimile: 

+ 972 73 232 4455

Email:  

iandennis@audiopixels.com.au

Email: 

danny@audiopixels.com

CORPORATE DIRECTORY

Directors

Fred Bart (Chairman)

Ian Dennis 

Cheryl Bart AO

Company secretary

Ian Dennis

Registered off  ice 

Suite 3, Level 12

75 Elizabeth Street

SYDNEY NSW 2000

Australia

www.audiopixels.com.au

Website

Auditor

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Chartered Accountants

Brindabella Circuit

Brindabella Business Park 

Canberra Airport ACT 2609 

Australia

share Registry

Level 3

60 Carrington Street

Sydney NSW 2000

GPO Box 7045

Sydney NSW 1115

Australia

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

Telephone:  1300 855 080 or

+61 3 9415 5000 outside Australia

Facsimile: 

1300 137 341

Israel off  ice

3 Pekris Street

Rehovot

ISRAEL 76702

Bankers

St George Bank

200 Barangaroo Avenue

Barangaroo

SYDNEY NSW 2000

Australia

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