Gores Holdings VIII Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On December 4, 2022, Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. (the “Company”), Frontier Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“First Merger Sub”), Frontier Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Second Merger Sub”), and Footprint International Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Footprint”), entered into that certain Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the parties agreed to mutually terminate that certain Merger Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2021 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified form time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and Footprint, subject to the conditions set forth in the Termination Agreement.
By virtue of the termination of the Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and all other Transaction Agreements, other than the Confidentiality Agreement (each, as defined in the Merger Agreement), terminate in accordance with their terms.
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 Merger Agreement. The Termination Agreement also contains a covenant not to sue and other customary terms.
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.
| 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 Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and all other Transaction Agreements (other than the Confidentiality Agreement) is incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On December 5, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Termination Agreement. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information contained on the Company’s or Footprint’s website and the websites of any of their affiliates referenced in Exhibit 99.1 or linked therein or otherwise connected thereto does not constitute part of nor is it incorporated by reference into this Current Report.
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. Most of these factors are outside the Company’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. The Company 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.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 10.1 | Termination Agreement, dated December 4, 2022. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 5, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: December 5, 2022 |
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| By: | /s/ Andrew McBride | |||||
| Name: | Andrew McBride | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | |||||