Aether Holdings, Inc.

Aether Holdings, Inc. appointed Hon Nam Lee (Alvars) as an independent director, effective June 1, 2026, increasing the board size to five. Mr. Lee will chair the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and receive an annual cash fee of $30,000, with an additional $5,000 for his committee chair role. Concurrently, Timothy William Murphy transitioned from an independent director to a director who will also serve as the Company's General Counsel, resulting in the loss of his independent director designation.

Aether Holdings, Inc. entered into a note purchase agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC, issuing a secured promissory note with an original principal amount of $3,240,000. The company received $3,000,000 in funding after accounting for a $240,000 original issue discount and $30,000 in transaction expenses. The note matures in 18 months and carries an 8.0% annual interest rate, compounded daily, with obligations secured by a first-position security interest in substantially all company assets and intellectual property, along with a subsidiary guaranty. The agreement includes various covenants and trigger events that could lead to increased outstanding balance or immediate repayment.

Aether Holdings reported a significant widening of its net loss to $2.33 million for the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $712,380 in the prior year, while revenue slightly decreased to $674,845. The company's cash balance dropped substantially to $807,957 from $4.42 million over the past six months, reflecting increased operating and investing cash outflows. Despite the financial downturn, Aether Holdings established a new joint venture, Aether DataHub, LLC, with OorTech Inc. and continued to invest heavily in research and development and new subsidiaries.

Aether Holdings, Inc. announced the launch of OpenTicker, an open-source framework designed to help traders and developers build, manage, and run automated trading workflows across all asset classes. This configurable platform combines a local control plane, market data and execution integrations, and built-in recovery tools, offering a more transparent and flexible foundation for trading strategies. CEO Nicolas Lin stated that OpenTicker aims to unify fragmented workflows and reflects Aether's strategy of building investor-focused tools.