On January 13, 2021, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) for the Company’s Special Meeting in Lieu of the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 16, 2020, to revise (i) the proposed par value of the Class C Stock and Class D Stock of the Company from “no par value” to a par value of $0.0001, respectively, and (ii) revise the name of the Post-Business Combination Company to “UWM Holdings Corporation,” in the proposed Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Proposed Charter”), which is being proposed for adoption by the Company’s stockholders as Proposal No. 3 (the Charter Approval Proposal) of the Proxy Statement. A copy of the updated Proposed Charter, replacing Annex B of the Proxy Statement, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
On January 13, 2021, Gores Holdings IV, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reminding its stockholders to vote in favor of the approval of the Company’s proposed business combination with United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC (f/k/a United Shore Financial Services, LLC) (“UWM”) and the related proposals to be voted upon at the Company’s Special Meeting in Lieu of the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). In light of public health concerns regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Special Meeting will be held via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/goresholdingsiv/2021, on January 20, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Information about the Proposed Business Combination and Where to Find It
The Company has filed the Proxy Statement with the SEC and has mailed the Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders. The Proxy Statement contains important information about the proposed business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting. Company stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Proxy Statement, as well as any amendments or supplements thereto, in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting because they contain important information about the proposed business combination. The record date established for voting on the proposed business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting was set as December 15, 2020. Company stockholders may also obtain copies of the Proxy Statement, without charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, by directing a request to: Gores Holdings IV, Inc., 9800 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, attention: Jennifer Kwon Chou (email: jchou@gores.com) or contacting Morrow Sodali LLC, the Company’s proxy solicitor, for help, toll-free at (800) 662-5200 (banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400).
Participants in Solicitation
The Company, UWM and their respective directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of Company stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Company stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of the Company in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on March 27, 2020. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Company stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting is set forth in the Proxy Statement for the proposed business combination. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed business combination is included in the Proxy Statement.
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