29 April 2022

The Manager

Company Announcements Office ASX Limited

Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Amended Activities Report for 31 March 2022

We refer to the Activities Report and Appendix 4C in respect of the quarter ended 31 March 2022 lodged earlier today.

We now attach an amended report which includes the following additional paragraph required by Listing Rule 4.7C.3.

"The amounts included in Item 6.1 of $44,900 include directors' fees and superannuation paid to entities associated with non-executive directors of $37,400 and consulting fees paid to entities associated with a non-executive director of $7,500."

Yours faithfully

Ian Dennis Company Secretary

Audio Pixels Holdings Limited ACN 094 384 273 Suite 3, Level 12, 75 Elizabeth St,

About Audio Pixels Holdings Limited

Audio Pixels Limited, founded in 2006, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Audio Pixels Holdings Limited, listed in Australia under the stock code of AKP (Level 1 ADR's on OTC: ADPXY). Backed by exceptional multidisciplinary scientific research, design, and production capabilities, Audio Pixels has become a world leader in digital loudspeaker technologies. Audio Pixels' patented technologies employ entirely new techniques to generate sound waves directly from a digital audio stream using micro-electromechanical structures (MEMS). Its revolutionary technological platform for reproducing sound enables the production of an entirely new generation of speakers that will exceed the performance specifications and design demands of the world's top consumer electronics manufacturers. For more information, visitwww.audiopixels.com.au/.

Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of AKP and certain of the plans and objectives of AKP with respect to these items. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Audio Pixels Holdings Limited ACN 094 384 273 Suite 3, Level 12, 75 Elizabeth St,

29 April 2022

Review of Operations

As has been reported throughout the period, achievements were technical in nature, focused on advancing the Company and its technologies toward achieving its commercial objectives. Activities during the period concentrated on advancing 2 primary objectives of our commercialization plan:

  • - Transition from process development to mass production of our proprietary MEMS transducer and chip packaging

  • - Transition of working technology from bench development environments to functional devices and systems that provide for the market needs for product and technology demonstrators, and engineering samples.

The primary highlights of our related activities include:

  • Quality verification of our patented MEMS transducer produced using production techniques and lines

  • The use of advanced artificial intelligence, deep machine learning techniques, novel optics, and electronics to "upgrade" wafer probe station capabilities in order to support high volume, chip characterization, and quality assurance testing within the mass production fabrication lines

  • Advancement and refinement of the chip package and package assembly process to support the transition from manual chip packaging to high-volume chip packaging.

  • Validation and demonstration of functioning full range speaker chips that reliably operate outside of a cleanroom having a frequency response from 100Hz through 50KHz. This pioneering achievement for the first time delivers a single small form factor transducer (microspeaker) that is capable of reproducing hi-quality sound throughout the audible spectrum (and beyond), amplifying one of the core value propositions of Digital Sound Reconstruction

  • Implementing new innovative methods to improve chip performance and applicability - such to improve the sound quality of our chips even further, for example by applying a patent-pending approach to reduce quantization errors/noise; as well as a novel approach to control the sound volume of our chips in a manner that expands its applicability for near‐ear applications (such as headphones, wearable displays, etc), and certain incremental improvements to our algorithms and controls.

  • Packaging production-grade chips and electronics combined with the porting of software and algorithms from development environments to user appropriate devices and systems using encrypted and embedded code operated by commercially available device processors

  • Design, fabrication, and assembly of hardware and software for customer engagement purposes, that will enable customers to independently operate and assess our technology and product potential.

Unquestionably the major accomplishments of the period are anchored in the successful completion of our multiyear effort to mass-produce our patented MEMS transducer with consistency and reliability using commercially viable surface micromachining techniques. This accomplishment is in no small part attributable to the highly productive collaboration effort with EarthMountain. The union of EarthMountains' formidable resources and proficient skillset in both MEMS fabrication and chip packaging, merged with the company's extensive real‐world process knowledge, has proven to be a winning combination to achieve this remarkable objective. As has been reported this relationship has been memorialized in comprehensive agreements that provide for both the short and long term production requirements.

The company's original timelines for the introduction of its technology demonstrators, encountered an unanticipated setback resulting from China's strict enforcement of its

ZERO-COVID policies. China's recent effort to contain what it described as its worst outbreak of COVID-19 since 2020, has even further taxed an already strained industry, by shuttering critical production facilities and distribution networks of microelectronics components and assemblies. The measures imposed since February not only delayed production of our chips, but also halted the delivery of other critical components that are required in our demonstration systems.

In late March-2022 we began to see a slight easing of restrictions which enabled at least some of our production and deliveries to resume. Of particular significance was the receipt of EarthMountain's first production wafers.

The results of exhaustive testing and characterization conducted on these wafers met expectations and required specifications. These results signify the successful culmination of our multiyear effort to mass-produce our MEMS transducer arrays using a commercially viable surface micromachining approach. The increasing easing of restrictions combined with the exceptional results of the wafers (and chip packaging) enables management to tentatively revise its schedule for release of initial technology demonstrators, to Q2-2022.

The completion of our proprietary multiphysics simulation models enabled very extensive exploration of the multitude of physical regimes that influence the acoustic output in our transducers. The ability to simulate the impact varying combinations of parameters have on our device function enabled the company to further refine its high-output transducer design even further, thereby potentially offering a significant improvement in the commercial appeal of our devices through the reduced number of chips required to achieve the same or even higher sound pressure levels for particular applications. During the reporting period, the company undertook the conversion of these findings into prototypes of high-performance devices, with first silicon anticipated sometime in June.

In addition to the three new patent applications that were submitted during the period, the company filed for global trademark protection of "AudioPixels" which has been already approved by various regional authorities.

On a sour note, during the period the company has been unable to avoid the impact the unprecedented shortages of human capital available to the tech industry in Israel. The combination of unprecedented sector growth, record-breaking capital available, and the rapid expansion of multinationals, make our multidisciplined talent extremely appealing for poaching. Sadly, we have lost 3 engineers during the reporting period, two of which have already been replaced. Management will continue to work with the Board on ways to enhance our incentive programs to better recruit and retain our exceptional talent.

Overall, the magnitude of accomplishments achieved during the reporting period presents a very positive outlook on the company's ability to achieve its next series of milestones. The primary milestone is commencing the "public" exposure phase of the company's industry-altering technology via a series of demonstrations.

As noted in the accompanying Appendix 4C, the Company has engaged an Australian broker to facilitate a placement of ordinary shares to sophisticated investors which is expected to be completed prior to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday 30 May 2022 at 9.30 am. The minimum capital raising will be $10m and part of the placement proceeds will be used to repay the unsecured loans.

The amounts included in Item 6.1 of $44,900 include directors' fees and superannuation paid to entities associated with non-executive directors of $37,400 and consulting fees paid to entities associated with a non-executive director of $7,500.

This announcement has been authorised for release to ASX by Fred Bart, Chairman.

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