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Dynamix (NASDAQ: ETHM) drops Ether Machine deal, secures $50M payment

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Dynamix Corporation has terminated its planned business combination with The Ether Machine and related agreements. Under a Termination Agreement dated April 8, 2026, a Payor must pay Dynamix $50,000,000 within 15 days, and all parties grant broad mutual releases, non-disparagement, and covenants not to sue.

Dynamix remains a SPAC and still has until November 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination. If no deal is completed by then, its structure requires winding up, redeeming public shares from the trust account in cash, and ultimately liquidating and dissolving the company in accordance with Cayman Islands law.

Positive

  • $50,000,000 termination payment is contractually owed to Dynamix within 15 days of April 8, 2026, providing substantial cash outside the trust account that can be used to pay expenses and potentially enhance value remaining for non-trust claimants.
  • Sponsor and officers’ waiver of trust liquidating distributions on founder shares helps preserve the trust account for public shareholders if no business combination is completed by November 22, 2026.

Negative

  • Termination of the Business Combination Agreement with The Ether Machine unwinds the previously announced transaction, leaving Dynamix without a defined initial business combination and reintroducing outcome uncertainty ahead of the November 22, 2026 deadline.
  • Risk of eventual liquidation remains explicit: if no business combination is completed by November 22, 2026, Dynamix must wind up, redeem public shares from the trust account in cash, and liquidate under Cayman Islands law.

Insights

Dynamix exits its Ether Machine merger but secures a $50M cash payment.

Dynamix Corporation and The Ether Machine parties mutually terminated their Business Combination Agreement and related sponsor and subscription arrangements via a Termination Agreement effective April 8, 2026. In exchange, a Payor must deliver $50,000,000 to Dynamix within 15 days, and the parties exchanged broad mutual releases, non-disparagement, and covenants not to sue.

Dynamix continues to operate as a SPAC with a completion deadline of November 22, 2026 for its initial business combination under its governing documents. If no deal is completed by that date, the structure requires ceasing operations, redeeming public shares from the trust account in cash, and liquidating, subject to Cayman Islands law and other applicable requirements.

The sponsor and officers have waived rights to trust account liquidating distributions on their founder shares, but they may receive value from assets outside the trust, which can include any Termination Agreement proceeds not used for expenses. Future disclosures in periodic reports will clarify how the $50,000,000 is applied and whether Dynamix secures a new combination before the November 22, 2026 deadline.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Business
The company signed a significant contract such as a merger agreement, credit facility, or major partnership.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement Business
A significant contract was terminated, which may affect business operations or revenue.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Termination payment $50,000,000 Payable to Dynamix within 15 days of April 8, 2026 under Termination Agreement
SPAC completion deadline November 22, 2026 Last date for Dynamix to complete its initial business combination
Dissolution expenses from trust interest $100,000 Maximum interest from trust account that may be used for dissolution expenses
Trust redemption timing Within 10 business days Deadline to redeem public shares after failure to complete business combination
Material Definitive Agreement regulatory
"Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement."
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Business Combination Agreement financial
"mutually terminate (i) the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2025"
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"entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to mutually terminate"
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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): April 8, 2026

 

Dynamix Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-42414   00-0000000
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1980 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 100

PMB 6373

Houston, TX, 77056

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 792 5600

 

Not Applicable

(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 (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
each class is registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant   ETHMU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share   ETHM   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   ETHMW   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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 8, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), Dynamix Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Dynamix”), The Ether Machine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pubco”), ETH SPAC Merger Sub Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC Merger Sub”), The Ether Reserve LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Ethos Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“SPAC Subsidiary A”), Ethos Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC Subsidiary A (“SPAC Subsidiary B”), Ethos Sub 3, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC Subsidiary B (“Company Merger Sub” and, together with SPAC Subsidiary A and SPAC Subsidiary B, the “SPAC Subsidiaries” and each, a “SPAC Subsidiary”), ETH Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), DynamixCore Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and the party named on Annex A thereto (the “Payor”), entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to mutually terminate (i) the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2025, by and among Dynamix, Pubco, SPAC Merger Sub, the Company, the SPAC Subsidiaries and the Seller (the “Business Combination Agreement”) pursuant to Section 10.1(a) thereof (other than certain customary limited provisions that survive the termination pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement), and (ii) the Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2025, by and among the Sponsor, Dynamix and Pubco (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), in each case pursuant to the terms of the Termination Agreement.

 

By virtue of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, the ETHM Subscription Agreements and the Contribution Agreement (each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) terminated in accordance with their terms.

 

Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Payor is required to pay Dynamix $50,000,000 within 15 days of the Effective Date.

 

The Termination Agreement contains mutual releases by all parties, for all claims known and unknown, relating and arising out of, or relating to, among other things, the Business Combination Agreement. The Termination Agreement also contains a covenant not to sue, a mutual non-disparagement agreement, and other customary terms.

 

The Termination Agreement further provides that the Payor will indemnify Dynamix, the Sponsor and their affiliates and the Berns Parties (as defined in the Termination Agreement) for certain losses arising out of or caused by or based upon certain actions brought by any ETHM Investor (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) other than an ETHM Investor that is a SPAC Releasing Party (as defined in the Termination Agreement) and that Dynamix will indemnify Pubco, the Company, the Seller, the Payor and their affiliates and the Berns Parties for certain losses arising out of or caused by or based upon certain actions brought by any Dynamix shareholder, in their capacity as a shareholder, who is not an ETHM Investor.

 

The foregoing description of the Termination Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Termination Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith and incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.

 

Dynamix’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that it has until November 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination. As disclosed in the final prospectus relating to Dynamix’s initial public offering, filed on November 21, 2024 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if Dynamix has not completed its initial business combination within such time period, it will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) and not previously released to it pursuant to permitted withdrawals, divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of its remaining shareholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor and Dynamix’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with Dynamix, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if Dynamix fails to complete its initial business combination within the completion window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account, which would include any portion of the payments received pursuant to the Termination Agreement that have not been used to pay Dynamix’s expenses.

 

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, and the ETHM Subscription Agreements is incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1+   Termination Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2026.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

+ Certain schedules, exhibits and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Dynamix will provide a copy of such omitted materials to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results, including the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the final prospectus of Dynamix dated as of November 20, 2024 and filed by Dynamix with the SEC on November 21, 2024 and Dynamix’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 6, 2026. Most of these factors are outside Dynamix’s control and are difficult to predict. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Dynamix does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

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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.

 

  DYNAMIX CORPORATION
     
Date: April 10, 2026 By: /s/ Andrea Bernatova
    Name:  Andrea Bernatova
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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FAQ

What did Dynamix Corporation (ETHM) announce in this 8-K filing?

Dynamix Corporation announced a Termination Agreement ending its Business Combination Agreement with The Ether Machine and related sponsor and subscription arrangements, while securing a contractual obligation for a $50,000,000 payment from a Payor in exchange for broad mutual releases and other customary protections.

How much will Dynamix Corporation receive under the Termination Agreement?

Under the Termination Agreement, a Payor must pay Dynamix Corporation $50,000,000 within 15 days of April 8, 2026. This payment is separate from the SPAC trust account and can be used to cover Dynamix’s expenses, including any remaining costs associated with its business combination efforts.

What happens if Dynamix (ETHM) does not complete a business combination by November 22, 2026?

If Dynamix does not complete its initial business combination by November 22, 2026, it must cease operations except for winding up, redeem all public shares for cash from the trust account, then liquidate and dissolve, subject to Cayman Islands law and obligations to creditors and other applicable legal requirements.

How are Dynamix public shareholders treated if the SPAC liquidates?

If Dynamix liquidates, public shareholders’ Class A shares are redeemed for cash equal to the trust account balance per share, including interest net of taxes and up to $100,000 for dissolution expenses. After redemption, public shareholders’ rights as shareholders are completely extinguished, subject to applicable law.

Do Dynamix sponsors and officers receive money from the trust if there is no deal?

No. The sponsor and Dynamix’s officers and directors have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account for their founder shares. They may, however, receive liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust, including any unused portion of the $50,000,000 termination payment.

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