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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2024

 

Aetherium Acquisition Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-41189   86-3449713

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

79B Pemberwick Rd.

Greenwich, CT

  06831
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 450-6836

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one Redeemable Warrant   GMFIU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   GMFI   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants   GMFIW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

     

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The disclosure contained in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.03.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On March 5, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual meeting (the “Extension Meeting”) to:

 

  1) amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination to thirty-six (36) months from the effectiveness date of the Company’s Form S-1 by the SEC, which was December 29, 2021, by depositing into the Trust Account (defined below) $0.033 per non-redeeming Public Share;
     
  2) amend Aetherium’s Charter to amend certain provisions which restrict the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001, of the Company (the “Class B common stock” or the “Founder Shares”) from converting to Class A common stock before the consummation of an initial business combination (the “Conversion Amendment Proposal”);
     
  3) amend to eliminate from the Charter the limitation that the Company may not redeem Public Shares to the extent that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (or any successor rule)) of less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation”) in order to allow the Company to redeem Public Shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment” and, such proposal, the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”); and
     
  4) amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of December 29, 2021, as subsequently amended (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), to allow the Company to extend the Extended Termination Date to thirty-six (36) months from the effectiveness date of the Company’s Form S-1 by the SEC, which was December 29, 2021, until December 29, 2024, which proposal also included an amendment to authorize the withdrawal of interest from the trust account to pay any excise tax incurred arising under the United States Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, effective for stock repurchases taking place after December 31, 2022, which includes shareholders redemptions (the “Trust Amendments Proposal”).

 

The proposal to adjourn the Extension Meeting to a later date redemptions (the “Adjournment Proposal”) was also presented because there were insufficient votes to approve the Company’s Trust each of the foregoing proposals.

 

     

 

As previously reported, the Company filed a first amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 23, 2024 to amend the Extension Payment amount per share for each public share of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding and to clarify that if the Charter Amendments Proposal (Proposal 1) and Trust Amendment Proposal (Proposal 4) are approved, the Company will only withdraw from the trust account twenty-six (26%) of its excise taxes to reflect the remaining percentage of public shares outstanding.

 

As previously reported, the Company filed a second amendment (“Amendment No. 2”) to the Definitive Proxy Statement on March 19, 2024 to remove the language in the Trust Amendment Proposal (Proposal 4) that sought approval to allow the Company to withdraw from the trust account any funds whatsoever to pay its excise taxes. As revised, the Trust Amendment Proposal (Proposal 4) no longer sought approval to pay the Company’s excise tax. To allow time for additional votes on the Trust Amendment Proposal, the Company postponed the adjournment of the Meeting to March 28, 2024.

 

There were 3,519,503 shares of Class A common stock and 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date for the Extension Meeting, February 9, 2024. At the Extension Meeting, there were 2,678,089 shares of Common Stock present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 87.34% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date, which constituted a quorum.

 

The final voting results for the Charter Amendment Proposal were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain
2,609,907   2,706   0

 

The final voting results for the Conversion Amendment Proposal were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain
4,897,713 (87.70%)   686,967 (12.30%)   0

 

The final voting results for the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain
5,554,038 (99.45%)   30,642 (0.55%)   0

 

The final voting results for the Trust Amendments Proposal were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain
4,690,171 (73.35%)   894,509 (13.99%)   0

 

Shareholders holding 1,383,212 public shares of the Company’s shares of Class A Common Stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, approximately $15,229,164.12 (approximately $11.01 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.

 

The Charter Amendment, effective as of April 1, 2024, is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference. The Company filed the Charter Amendment with the State of Delaware on April 2, 2024.

 

Amendment No. 3 to the Trust Agreement, effective as of March 28, 2024, is attached as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve such expectations. The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Second Amendment to the Amended And Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aetherium Acquisition Corp.
10.1   Amendment No. 3 to the Trust Agreement, effective as of March 28, 2024 between Aetherium Acquisition Corp and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

     

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: April 2, 2024    
     
  AETHERIUM ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jonathan Chan
  Name: Jonathan Chan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

     

 

EX-3.1 2 ex3-1.htm

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

AETHERIUM ACQUISITION CORP.

 

April 1, 2024

 

Aetherium Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is “Aetherium Acquisition Corp.” The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 15, 2021.

 

2. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 29, 2021 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), which was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

3. A first amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 23, 2023 in connection with the Corporation’s shareholder approval in connection with the shareholder meeting of the same date to amend and restate the text of Section 9.1(b) of Article IX to extend the date that the Corporation can complete its initial Business Combination (the “First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

4. This Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) hereby:

 

(a) Amends and restates Section 4.3(b) in its entirety and replaced, as follows:

 

“(i) Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (the “Initial Conversion Ratio”) automatically on the closing of the Business Combination or at the election of the holder of such Class B Common Stock at any time prior to the closing of an initial business combination.”

 

(b) Amends and restates Section 9.1(b) in its entirety and replaced, as follows:

 

“(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, if any) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 21, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement (the “Trust Agreement”). Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes including federal and state income taxes, and franchise taxes, and less up to $100,000 interest to pay dissolution expenses), none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the effectiveness date of the Company’s Form S-1 by the SEC, which was December 29, 2021, by depositing into the Trust Account $0.033 per non-redeeming Public Share (the “Extension Payment”) for each one-month Extension by its due date or such earlier date as is determined by our board of directors (the “board”), in its sole discretion, which payment is in the Corporation’s sole discretion whether to exercise one or more extensions (the “Deadline Date”), and (iii) the redemption of shares in connection with a stockholder vote to amend any provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate (a) to modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to provide for the redemption of the Offering Shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of such shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by the Deadline Date or (b) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”

 

 

 

(c) Amends and restates Section 9.2(a) in its entirety and replaced, as follows:

 

“(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the “Redemption Rights”) hereof for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering.”

 

(d) Amends and restates Section 9(e) in its entirety and replaced, as follows:

 

“(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination.”

 

(e) Amends and restates Section 9(e) in its entirety and replaced, as follows:

 

Section 9.7 Additional Redemption Rights. If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to Section 9.2(d) to modify (i) the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Corporation’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by the Deadline Date, or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Offering Shares.”

 

5. This Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL by written consent of stockholders holding the requisite number of shares required by statute given in accordance with and pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Aetherium Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

  AETHERIUM ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Jonathan Chan
  Name: Jonathan Chan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

 

 

 

EX-10.1 3 ex10-1.htm

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of March 28, 2024, by and between Aetherium Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment, but not specifically defined in this Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 29, 2021 (the “Original Agreement”), in connection with the its initial public offering (“Offering”) of units of the Company (the “Units”), each of which is composed of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock of the Company (such initial public offering hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”);

 

WHEREAS, $116,725,000 of the net proceeds from the Offering and the Company’s private placement warrants were delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in the segregated Trust Account located in the United States for the benefit of the Company and the holders of Common Stock included in the Units issued in the Offering pursuant to the Original Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company previously sought the approval of the holders of its Class A Common Stock and holders of its Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), at a special meeting on March 23, 2023 to extend the date before which the Company must complete a business combination from April 3, 2023 to April 3, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors) (the “First Amendment”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee amended the Original Agreement on February 6, 2024 to divest the investments in United States government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and instead to hold funds in an interest-bearing bank demand deposit account (the “Second Amendment”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Original Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment as set forth specifically below in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Amendments to Trust Agreement.

 

(a) Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Company (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company, and, in the case of Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) by the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the effectiveness date of the Company’s Form S-1 by the SEC, which was December 29, 2021, by depositing into the Trust Account $0.033 per non-redeeming Public Share for each extension month after April 3, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors), if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses) shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date;”

 

 

 

(b) Section 1 of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of new section 1(j) as follows:

 

“(j) Upon receipt of an extension letter (“Extension Letter”) substantially similar to Exhibit E hereto at least five business days prior to (A) April 3, 2024, and (B) at the Company’s election, each successive monthly period ending on December 29, 2024 (each, an “Applicable Deadline”), signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer, and receipt of the dollar amount specified in the Extension Letter prior to the Applicable Deadline, to follow the instructions set forth in the Extension Letter.”

 

2. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a) Entire Agreement. The Original Agreement, as amended by the First Extension Amendment, and as modified by this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

(b) Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

(c) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

Signatures on following page.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Francis Wolf
  Name: Francis Wolf
  Title: Vice President
     
  AETHERIUM ACQUISITION CORP., as the Company
   
  By: /s/ Jonathan Chan
  Name: Jonathan Chan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer