LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gores Holdings IV,
Inc. (NASDAQ: GHIV, GHIVU and GHIVW) (the "Company"), a special
purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores
Group, LLC, a global investment firm founded in 1987 by
Alec Gores, reminds 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"), the largest wholesale mortgage
lender in the United States, 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 as described in the Company's definitive proxy
statement dated December 16,
2020 (the "Proxy Statement").
All stockholders of record of the Company's common stock as of
the close of business on December 15,
2020 (the "Record Date") are entitled to vote their shares
represented in person via the virtual meeting platform or by proxy
at the Special Meeting. If you hold shares of the Company's common
stock as of the Record Date and hold your shares through a bank or
broker, you should contact your bank or broker for assistance in
voting your shares. In connection with the proposed business
combination, the Company filed a final Proxy Statement with the SEC
on December 16, 2020, and the Proxy
Statement and proxy card were mailed shortly thereafter to the
Company's stockholders as of the Record Date. If you have not
received the Proxy Statement and held shares of the Company's
common stock on the Record Date, you should confirm the proxy's
status with your broker, or contact 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).
Every stockholder's vote is important, regardless of the number
of shares the stockholder holds. Accordingly, the Company requests
that each stockholder of record as of the Record Date complete,
sign, date and return a proxy card, if it has not already done so,
to ensure that the stockholder's shares will be represented at the
Special Meeting. Stockholders that hold shares in "street name,"
meaning that their shares are held of record by a broker, bank or
other nominee, should contact their broker, bank or nominee to
ensure that their shares are voted.
The Special Meeting can be accessed by visiting
https://www.cstproxy.com/goresholdingsiv/2021, where you will be
able to listen to the meeting live and vote during the meeting.
Additionally, you have the option to listen only to the Special
Meeting by dialing +1 888-965-8995 (toll-free within the U.S. and
Canada) or +1 415-655-0243
(outside of the U.S. and Canada,
standard rates apply). The passcode for telephone access is
45561260#, but please note that you cannot vote or ask questions if
you choose to participate telephonically. Please note that you will
only be able to access the Special Meeting by means of remote
communication at 9:00 a.m., Eastern
time, on January 20, 2021.
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.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain a number of "forward-looking
statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include information
concerning the Company's or UWM's possible or assumed future
results of operations, business strategies, debt levels,
competitive position, industry environment, potential growth
opportunities and the effects of regulation, including whether this
transaction will generate returns for stockholders. These
forward-looking statements are based on the Company's or UWM's
management's current expectations, estimates, projections and
beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future
events. When used in this press release, the words "estimates,"
"projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans,"
"intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should," "future,"
"propose" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or
the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to
identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important
factors, many of which are outside the Company's or UWM's
management's control, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other
important factors include, but are not limited to: (a) the
occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could
give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement;
(b) the failure to obtain approval of the proposed business
combination by the stockholders of the Company; (c) the
failure to receive required regulatory approval; (d) the ability to
meet Nasdaq's listing standards; and (e) other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Proxy Statement
filed by the Company in connection with the Company's solicitation
of proxies for the Special Meeting, including those under "Risk
Factors" therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the
SEC by the Company. You are cautioned not to place undue
reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date made.
Forward-looking statements included in this press release speak
only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by
law, neither the Company nor UWM undertakes any obligation to
update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date of this release. Additional risks
and uncertainties are identified and discussed in the Company's
reports filed with the SEC and available at the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov.
Disclaimer
This press release is for informational purposes only and shall
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities pursuant to the proposed business combination or
otherwise, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any
jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of
securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting
the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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