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San Jose, CA, United States - AirXpanders, Inc. (ASX: AXP), or the Company, a medical device company focused on the design, manufacture, sale and distribution of the AeroForm® Tissue Expander System, voluntarily suspended trading on 2 April 2019 to enable the Company to review and finalize various matters pertaining to its operations, including resolving a debt covenant breach with its lender and for the Company to evaluate opportunities to raise additional capital, including the related terms and timing. On 3 May 2019, the Company extended the voluntary suspension of trading as it continued its negotiations with the lender, and was unable to provide the market with an accurate update on its future plans. At this stage, the Company continues to work through its recently announced restructuring and is exploring financial and strategic alternatives. Therefore, the Company is not able at this time to provide an update on these matters, including capital raising.

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 17.2, the Company is extending the voluntary suspension of trading until it can finalize its review of financial and strategic alternatives, and provide the market with an accurate update on its future plans. The Company expects the voluntary suspension to continue until plans are finalized and an announcement is made to the ASX in this regard. At this stage it expects to be able to do so by 1 July 2019. The event that will end the voluntary suspension will be the announcement referenced above.

Additionally, the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled on Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 9.00am Australian Eastern Standard Time (Wednesday, 19 June 2019 at 4.00pm U.S. Pacific Daylight Time) has been postponed due to the potential need for additional shareholder approvals to support the financial and strategic alternatives being considered. A revised agenda will be published along with a new date at the appropriate time.

About AirXpanders:

Founded in 2005, AirXpanders, Inc. (www.airxpanders.com) designs, manufactures and markets innovative medical devices to improve breast reconstruction. The Company's AeroForm Tissue Expander System, is used in patients undergoing two- stage breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Headquartered in San Jose, California, AirXpanders' vision is to be the global leader in reconstructive surgery products and to become the standard of care in two-stage breast reconstruction. AirXpanders is a publicly listed Company on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol "AXP." AeroForm was granted U.S. FDA de novo marketing authorization in 2016, subsequent U.S. market clearance in 2017, first CE mark in Europe in 2012 and is currently licensed for sale in Australia.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains or may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions and expectations and on information currently available to management.

All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, the ability to raise additional capital at all and whether the Company can raise capital timely, the Company's ability to obtain a waiver of covenant violations from its lender or meet future lender covenants, future financial results, including anticipated revenue growth, cost savings, projected cash outflow and cash sufficiency forecast, U.S. commercial market adoption and U.S. and Australia sales of our product and expected strong growth in demand for AeroForm, ability to manage cash outflows and maintaining sales prices of AeroForm, ability to achieve operating efficiencies and future

Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable when made. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they speak only as of the date when made. AirXpanders may not actually achieve the plans, projections or expectations disclosed in forward-looking statements. Actual results, developments or events could differ materially from those disclosed in the forward-looking statements. For additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by AirXpanders that could cause actual results to differ materially, see its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2019 (AUS time). AirXpanders disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.
For more information, refer to the Company's website at www.airxpanders.com.

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Company
Frank Grillo
President & CEO
Tel: +1 (650)-390-9000
Email: [email protected]

Scott Murcray
CFO & COO
Tel: +1 (650)-390-9000
Email: [email protected]