GMFI Aetherium Acquisition Corporation

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On May 10, 2023, Aetherium Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) received written notice from the Listing Qualifications department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company was not in compliance with the continued listing requirement to maintain a minimum Market Value of Listed Securities (“MVLS”) of $50,000,000, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days, or until November 6, 2023, to regain compliance with the minimum MVLS requirement. To regain compliance, the minimum MVLS of the Company’s common stock is required to meet or exceed $50,000,000 for at least ten consecutive business days during this 180 calendar day compliance period.

In the event that the Company does not regain compliance within the 180 calendar day compliance period, the Company may be eligible to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Capital Market”) prior to the expiry of this period, provided that it satisfies the requirement for continued listing on the Capital Market. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), or maintain compliance with any other listing requirements to maintain its current listing on the Nasdaq Global Market or satisfy the requirements necessary to transfer the listing of its common stock to the Capital Market.

The MVLS notice is a notification of deficiency, not of delisting, and has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq. If it appears to the Staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency prior to November 6, 2023, the Staff will provide written notice to the Company that its common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearing Panel (the “Panel”). The Company expects that its stock would remain listed pending the Panel’s decision. There can be no assurance that, if the Company does appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to the Panel, such appeal would be successful.

The Company intends to actively monitor the MVLS for the Company’s common stock and will consider available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A).

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the potential transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market. These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including, without limitation, that the common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “GMFI”. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Please refer to the publicly filed documents of the Company, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, for risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s business which may affect the statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K.