SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 10, 2021 (March 4, 2021)

DHC ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(214) 452-2300

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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:

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

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 4, 2021, DHC Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 30,000,000 units, at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit and a private placement with DHC Acquisition LLC of 6,000,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant. On March 5, the Company consummated a partial exercise by the underwriters of the IPO of their over-allotment option for 945,072 units (the “Overallotment Units”) and 126,010 private placement warrants (together with the private placement warrants offered and sold in the IPO, the “Private Placement”). The net proceeds from the IPO and the Overallotment Units together with certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $309,450,720 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.

An audited balance sheet as of March 5, 2021 reflecting receipt of the Offering Proceeds has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Audited Balance Sheet

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SIGNATURES

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.

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