Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 15, 2022, Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it filed a definitive proxy statement relating to a special meeting of stockholders to approve (i) an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Charter Amendment") and (ii) an amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 1, 2021, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (such proposals together, the "Proposals"), which together would, if implemented, allow the Company to redeem all of its outstanding shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") and units comprised of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-eighth of one warrant (the "Units" and together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Public Shares"), prior to December 31, 2022 by accelerating the date by which the Company must cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (a "Business Combination") from March 1, 2023 to the later of (x) December 29, 2022 or (y) the date of effectiveness of the Charter Amendment (the "Amended Termination Date").

If the Proposals are approved, the Company will redeem all Public Shares as promptly as reasonably possible after the Amended Termination Date (the "Mandatory Redemption"). The Company expects to complete the Mandatory Redemption on or around December 30, 2022 if stockholders approve the Proposals. Additionally, the last day of trading of the Public Shares will be December 29, 2022 if stockholders approve the Proposals.

The virtual special meeting will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and the record date for the meeting was the close of business (Eastern Time) on December 13, 2022.

In addition, if the Proposals are not approved, the Company will instruct Computershare, Inc., as trustee, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account in cash until liquidation. As a result, following such liquidation, the Company will likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the trust account, which would reduce the dollar amount the public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:





Exhibit
Number       Description of Exhibit

99.1           Press Release, dated December 15, 2022

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document)

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