Item 8.01Item 8.01 - Other Events
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
Stockholders Agreement
On August 29, 2025, the Seller,
Pubco and the Company entered into a Stockholders Agreement with the Company Unit Investor (the “Stockholders Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement the parties agreed, among other things, that:
On
and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement
(the “Transactions”), the board of directors of Pubco (the “Board”)
will consist of five directors.
The
Company Unit Investor has the right to nominate one director to the Board (the “Subscriber
Director”) and Pubco will recommend the election of the Subscriber Director and
otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Subscriber Director to be elected
to the Board. The Company Unit Investor committed to nominate Jeffrey Berns as the Subscriber
Director for the first two full calendar years after the Subscription Unit Closing.
Pubco
will maintain, at its expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in
an amount determined in good faith by the Board to be appropriate and enter into indemnification
agreements with each director of Pubco that provide rights to indemnification and advancement
of expenses to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.
On
or prior to the closing of the Transactions, Pubco and the Company will adopt a policy, which
shall be approved by the Company Unit Investor (the “Treasury Reserve Policy”),
under which Pubco’s and the Company’s treasury reserve assets will consist of
primarily (i) cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments (“Cash Assets”)
that exceed working capital requirements and (ii) ether, which will serve as the primary
treasury reserve asset of Pubco and the Company on an ongoing basis, subject to market conditions
and anticipated needs of the business for Cash Assets.
The
Seller will, at any time it is then entitled to vote for the election of the Board, take
all necessary action, including casting all votes to which Seller is entitled to vote, so
as to ensure the Subscriber Director is elected to the Board, and not to vote to remove such
Subscriber Director without the consent of the Company Unit Investor.
Pubco
and the Company further agreed that after the Company Merger Effective Time, neither they nor any of their respective subsidiaries or
controlled affiliates will take the following actions without the approval of four directors on the Board:
any
transaction or series of related transactions, in each case to the extent within the reasonable
control of Pubco or the Company, (i) in which any “person” or “group”
(within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires, directly or
indirectly, in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of any class
of capital stock (or equivalent) of Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries
(whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of capital stock or partnership, limited
liability company or other equity interests, tender offer, exchange offer, reorganization,
recapitalization or otherwise), or (ii) following which any “person” or “group”
has the direct or indirect power to elect a majority of the directors to the Board or to
replace the Manager (which means (i) prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, the Seller
and (ii) on and after the Company Merger Effective Time, Pubco) as the sole manager of the
Company (or to add another person as a manager or co-manager of the Company);
the
reorganization, recapitalization, voluntary bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up
of Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries;
the
sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of Pubco,
the Company and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
any
acquisition or disposition by Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries
of assets, persons, equity interests or businesses, or entry into any joint venture by Pubco,
the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, where the aggregate consideration is
greater than $250,000,000 in any single transaction or series of related transactions, other
than transactions solely between or among Pubco, the Company and/or one or more of Pubco’s
or the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries;
the
creation of a new class or series of capital stock or equity securities of Pubco, the Company
or any of their respective subsidiaries;
any
issuance of additional shares of Pubco Class A Stock, class B common stock of Pubco, preferred
stock or other equity securities of Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries
after the closing the Transactions, other than any issuance of additional shares of Pubco
Class A Stock or other equity securities of Pubco, the Company or their respective subsidiaries
(i) under any stock option or other equity compensation plan of Pubco or any of its subsidiaries
approved by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, (ii) pursuant to the exercise
or conversion of any options, warrants or other securities existing as of the date of closing
of the Transactions, or (iii) in connection with any redemption or exchange of Company Exchange
Units as set forth in the LLC agreement of the Company (as in effect on and after the Company
Merger Effective Time) (the “LLC Agreement”);
any
amendment, modification or other change to the organizational documents of Pubco, the Company
or any of their respective subsidiaries, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the LLC Agreement;
any
transaction or series of related transactions with any affiliate, director or officer of
Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than employment arrangements
with any such director or officer approved by the Board or the compensation committee of
the Board) involving an amount in excess of $10,000,000;
any
incurrence of new indebtedness or refinancing of existing indebtedness by Pubco, the Company
or any of their respective subsidiaries, any guarantee made by Pubco, the Company or any
of their respective subsidiaries or any grant of any security interest in any of the assets
of Pubco, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, in one or a series of related
transactions, with a Debt-to-Asset Ratio in excess of 30%. “Debt-to-Asset Ratio”
means, at any such time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the value of the relevant
incurrence or series of incurrences of new indebtedness or refinancing of existing indebtedness
under this item on a consolidated basis, to (ii) the value of the total assets of Pubco,
on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which financial statements are available;
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the
making of any special allocation pursuant to Section 6.3 of the LLC Agreement other than
in accordance with applicable regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated by
the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the making of any material tax election;
settling
any material administrative or judicial dispute, controversy or proceeding, including, without
limitation, tax audits, with the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority;
any
amendment, modification or other change to the Treasury Reserve Policy; or
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the
(i) replacement or removal of the Manager as the sole manager of the Company or (ii) appointment
of any additional person as a manager of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld), in each case after the Company Merger Effective Time.
For
the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the LLC Agreement, the Company Unit Investor, its affiliates and
permitted transferees are not subject to the drag-along right provided for in Section 9.5 of the LLC Agreement, required to consent to
or not object to an Applicable Sale (as defined in such section) or take any other action under such section unless and until such Applicable
Sale has, to the extent required by the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, been approved by four directors in accordance with the terms
of the Stockholders Agreement.
Pubco
and the Company further agreed that, neither they nor any of their respective subsidiaries or controlled affiliates will take the following
actions without (i) if such action occurs before the Company Merger Effective Time, the prior approval of the Company Unit Investor,
and, (ii) if such action occurs after the Company Merger Effective Time, the prior approval of the Subscriber Director:
the
(i) replacement or removal of the Manager as the sole manager of the Company or (ii) appointment
of any additional person as a manager of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld), in each case before the Company Merger Effective Time;
any
increase or decrease of the size of the Board (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld);
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the
entry by Pubco and the Company into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement in connection with the closing of the Transactions, to the extent such Second Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement is not substantially in the form attached
to the Stockholders Agreement; or
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any
amendment, modification or other change to the Business Combination Agreement, any waiver
by Pubco, the Company, the Seller or their respective subsidiaries thereunder, the taking
of any action by the Company or the Seller that would require the consent of SPAC under the
Business Combination Agreement, irrespective of whether SPAC has consented to it or the grant
of consent to any action proposed to be taken by SPAC, a SPAC Subsidiary (as defined in the
Business Combination Agreement) or Pubco that would require the consent of the Seller under
the Business Combination Agreement, irrespective of whether the Seller has consented to it.
The Stockholders Agreement
will terminate upon the earliest of the following: (a) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, in accordance with its terms,
prior to the closing of the Transactions; (b) the later to occur of (i) the date on which the Company Unit Investor, its affiliates and/or
other permitted transferees under the LLC Agreement (“Permitted Transferees”), collectively, beneficially own, directly
or indirectly, an equity interest in Pubco, in whatever form such equity interest is then held, of less than 10% of the then entire equity
capital of Pubco (aggregating all Pubco Class A Stock outstanding and all other equity interests exchangeable or convertible into Pubco
Class A Stock on an as converted/exchanged basis), and (ii) the date on which the Company Unit Investor, its affiliates and/or other Permitted
Transferees, collectively, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than 25% of the number of Subscribed Units the Company Unit
Investor purchased pursuant to the Company Unit Subscription Agreement in whatever form such securities are then held; or (c) the Company
Unit Investor is no longer directly or indirectly controlled by Jeffrey Berns.
The
Stockholders Agreement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the foregoing description thereof is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stockholders Agreement and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Information
and Where to Find It
SPAC
and Pubco intend to file with the SEC a Registration Statement, which will include a preliminary proxy statement of SPAC and a prospectus
of Pubco (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) in connection with the proposed business combination (the “Business
Combination”) and the other transaction contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and/or described in this Current
Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Proposed Transactions”). The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents
will be mailed to shareholders of SPAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination and other matters
as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. SPAC and/or Pubco will also file other documents regarding the Proposed Transactions with
the SEC. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not contain all of the information that should be considered concerning the Proposed Transactions
and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Proposed Transactions. BEFORE
MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, SHAREHOLDERS OF SPAC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ, WHEN AVAILABLE, THE PRELIMINARY
PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED
OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH SPAC’S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF ITS
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS BECAUSE
THESE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SPAC, THE COMPANY, PUBCO AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Investors and security
holders will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and all other documents filed
or that will be filed with the SEC by SPAC and Pubco, without charge, once available, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by
directing a request to: Dynamix Corp, 1980 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 100, PMB 6373, Houston, TX 77056; e-mail: info@regen.io, or to: The Ether
Machine, Inc., 2093 Philadelphia Pike #2640, Claymont, DE 19703, e-mail: dm@etherreserve.com.
NEITHER
THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN, PASSED UPON
THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE
IN THIS REPORT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The
Pubco Class A Stock to be issued by Pubco and the class A units issued and to be issued by the Company, in each case, in connection with
the Proposed Transactions, have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Participants in the Solicitation
SPAC,
Pubco, the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed under SEC rules to be participants in the solicitation
of proxies from SPAC’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive
officers, and information regarding their interests in the Business Combination and their ownership of SPAC’s securities are, or
will be, contained in SPAC’s filings with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of the persons who may, under
SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of SPAC’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination,
including the names and interests of the Company and Pubco’s directors and executive officers, will be set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,
which is expected to be filed by SPAC and Pubco with the SEC. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents
as described above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This
Current Report on Form 8-K is for informational purposes only and is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization
with respect to any securities or in respect of the Proposed Transactions and shall not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange the securities of SPAC, the Company or Pubco, or any commodity or instrument or related derivative,
nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, sale or exchange would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall
be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom. Investors should consult
with their counsel as to the applicable requirements for a purchaser to avail itself of any exemption under the Securities Act.
Forward-Looking Statements
This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws with respect
to the Proposed Transactions and the parties thereto, including expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, plans, prospects, results or
strategies regarding Pubco, the Company, SPAC and the Proposed Transactions, statements regarding the anticipated benefits and timing
of completion of the Proposed Transactions, The Ether Machine’s future status as a public company, business plans and investment
strategies of Pubco, the Company and SPAC, Pubco’s ability to become the only institutional public vehicle which is purely Ethereum
focused, Pubco’s ability to dramatically increase ether concentration per share, any expected candidates to Pubco’s board
of directors, and Pubco’s listing on an applicable securities exchange and the timing of such listing. These forward-looking statements
generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “potential,” “plan,”
“may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,”
“will likely result,” and similar expressions.
These
are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including regulatory review, Ethereum protocol developments, market dynamics, the risk
that the Proposed Transactions may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, failure for any condition to closing of the Business
Combination to be met, the risk that the Business Combination may not be completed by SPAC’s business combination deadline, the
failure by the parties to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Business Combination, including the approval of SPAC’s
shareholders, or the private placement investments, costs related to the Proposed Transactions and as a result of becoming a public company,
failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Transactions, the level of redemptions of SPAC’s public shareholders
which may reduce the public float of, reduce the liquidity of the trading market of, and/or maintain the quotation, listing, or trading
of the Class A shares of SPAC or the shares of Pubco Class A Stock, the lack of a third-party fairness opinion in determining whether
or not to pursue the Business Combination, the failure of Pubco to obtain or maintain the listing of its securities any stock exchange
on which Pubco Class A Stock will be listed after closing of the Business Combination, changes in business, market, financial, political
and regulatory conditions, risks relating to Pubco’s anticipated operations and business, including the highly volatile nature of
the price of Ether, the risk that Pubco’s stock price will be highly correlated to the price of Ether and the price of Ether may
decrease between the signing of the definitive documents for the Proposed Transactions and the closing of the Proposed Transactions or
at any time after the closing of the Proposed Transactions, risks related to increased competition in the industries in which Pubco will
operate, risks relating to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty regarding Ether, risks relating to the
treatment of crypto assets for U.S. and foreign tax purposes, challenges in implementing its business plan including Ether-related financial
and advisory services, due to operational challenges, significant competition and regulation, being considered to be a “shell company”
by any stock exchange on which the Pubco Class A Stock will be listed or by the SEC, which may impact the ability to list Pubco’s
Class A Stock and restrict reliance on certain rules or forms in connection with the offering, sale or resale of securities, the outcome
of any potential legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company, SPAC, Pubco or others following announcement of the Business
Combination and those risk factors discussed in documents of the Company, Pubco, or SPAC filed, or to be filed, with the SEC.
The
foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties
described in the “Risk Factors” section of the final prospectus of SPAC dated as of November 20, 2024 and filed by SPAC with
the SEC on November 21, 2024, SPAC’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, SPAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC
on March 20, 2025 and the registration statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement/prospectus that will be filed by Pubco and SPAC, and
other documents filed by SPAC and Pubco from time to time with the SEC, as well as the list of risk factors included herein. These filings
do or will identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known or that are currently deemed immaterial
may also cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned
not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and none of the parties or any of their representatives assumes any obligation
and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, each of which are made only as of the date of this Current Report
on Form 8-K.