If the filing
person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because off §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box. ☐
The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the
Act (however, see the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 44109J106
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13D
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Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1
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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Gores Sponsor LLC
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
17,633,929(1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,633,929(1)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,633,929(1)
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
IN ROW (11)
16.4%(1)(2)
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO (Delaware limited liability company)
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(1)
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Includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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(2)
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Based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Issuer (as defined below) on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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CUSIP No. 44109J106
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13D
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Page 3 of 6 Pages
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1
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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
AEG Holdings, LLC
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
17,633,929(1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,633,929(1)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,633,929(1)
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
IN ROW (11)
16.4%(1)(2)
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO (Delaware limited liability company)
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(1)
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Includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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(2)
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Based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Issuer (as defined below) on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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CUSIP No. 44109J106
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13D
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Page 4 of 6 Pages
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1
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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Platinum Equity, LLC
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
17,633,929(1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,633,929(1)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,633,929(1)
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
IN ROW (11)
16.4%(1)(2)
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO (Delaware limited liability company)
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(1)
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Includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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(2)
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Based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Issuer (as defined below) on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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CUSIP No. 44109J106
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13D
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Page 5 of 6 Pages
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1
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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Alec Gores
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION
UNITED STATES
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
17,633,929(1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,633,929(1)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,633,929(1)
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
IN ROW (11)
16.4%(1)(2)
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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(1)
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Includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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(2)
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Based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Issuer (as defined below) on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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CUSIP No. 44109J106
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13D
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Page 6 of 6 Pages
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1
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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
Tom Gores
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION
UNITED STATES
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
17,633,929(1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,633,929(1)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,633,929(1)
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
IN ROW (11)
16.4%(1)(2)
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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(1)
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Includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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(2)
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Based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Issuer (as defined below) on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (this Amendment No. 2) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 14, 2016, as amended to date, (the Statement), relating to the Class A common stock (the Class A Common Stock), of Hostess
Brands, Inc. (the Issuer). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Statement.
Item 5.
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Interest in Securities of the Issuer
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Item 5 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
(a)-(b) On April 19, 2017, Gores Sponsor LLC (Gores Sponsor) sold 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to an underwritten
offering (the Offering), as described in the Issuers Rule 424(b)(4) final prospectus supplement (File
No. 333-214603)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13,
2017, and the underwriting agreement dated as of April 12, 2017 (the Underwriting Agreement), among the Issuer, Gores Sponsor, CDM Hostess Class C, LLC (CDM Hostess), and AP Hostess Holdings, LP (the Selling
Stockholders), and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the underwriters (the Underwriters). Following the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock by Gores Sponsor, Gores Sponsor is the
record holder of an aggregate of 17,633,929 shares of Class A Common Stock, which represents approximately 16.4% of the Issuers outstanding Class A Common Stock.
The following table sets forth the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and percentage of Class A Common Stock
beneficially owned by each Reporting Person as of the date hereof, as well as the number of shares of Class A Common Stock as to which each of the Reporting Persons has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to
direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, as of the date hereof, based upon 107,785,917 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including (i) 99,285,917
shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 18, 2017, as reported in the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed by the Issuer on April 19, 2017 and (ii) 8,500,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000 Private Placement Warrants. The shares of Class A Common Stock held by each of the Reporting Persons includes 8,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of 17,000,000
Private Placement Warrants held of record by Gores Sponsor.
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Reporting Person
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Amount
beneficially
owned
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Percent
of class
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Sole
power to
vote or to
direct the
vote
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Shared
power to
vote or to
direct the
vote
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Sole
power to
dispose or
to direct
the
disposition
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Shared
power to
dispose or
to direct
the
disposition
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Gores Sponsor LLC
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17,633,929
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16.4
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%
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0
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17,633,929
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0
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17,633,929
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AEG Holdings, LLC
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17,633,929
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16.4
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%
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0
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17,633,929
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0
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17,633,929
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Alec Gores
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17,633,929
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16.4
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%
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0
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17,633,929
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0
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17,633,929
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Platinum Equity, LLC
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17,633,929
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16.4
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%
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0
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17,633,929
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0
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17,633,929
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Tom Gores
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17,633,929
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16.4
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%
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0
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17,633,929
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0
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17,633,929
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The securities reported herein are held of record by Gores Sponsor. AEG Holdings, LLC
(AEG) and Platinum Equity, LLC (Platinum Equity) are the managing managers of Gores Sponsor. Alec Gores is the managing member of AEG. Tom Gores is the managing member of Platinum Equity. Accordingly, each of AEG, Platinum
Equity, Alec Gores and Tom Gores may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by Gores Sponsor.
(c) There have been no reportable transactions with respect to the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer within the
last 60 days by the Reporting Persons other than as described in this Statement on Schedule 13D.
(d) Not
applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6.
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Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
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Item
6 is hereby supplemented as follows:
Underwriting Agreement
On April 12, 2017, the Issuer, the Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriters, entered into the Underwriting Agreement with respect to, among other
things, the sale by Gores Sponsor of up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer (including 130,435 shares sold pursuant to the Underwriters exercise of their overallotment option in full). Closing of the
sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock sold by Gores Sponsor occurred on April 19, 2017.
Lock-up
Agreement
In connection with the Offering, the Selling Stockholders agreed to enter into a
lock-up
agreement (the
Lock-Up
Agreement) with the Underwriters, pursuant to which Gores Sponsor agreed that for a period from April 10, 2017 until May 31, 2017 (the
Lock-Up
Period), except with the prior written consent of the Underwriter, Gores Sponsor would not, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or
agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, with respect to, any shares of Class A Common Stock, any other securities of the Issuer that are
substantially similar to Class A Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe for, the foregoing (collectively, the
Lock-Up
Securities); or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the
Lock-Up
Securities, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Class A Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The summaries of the Underwriting Agreement and the
Lock-Up
Agreement as described in this Item 6 do not purport to be
complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to those agreements, which are attached to this Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D as Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 7.
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Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
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Exhibit 1:
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Underwriting Agreement dated April 12, 2017 by and among the Issuer, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and each Selling Stockholder named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
1.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-37540)
filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2017).
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Exhibit 2:
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Form of
Lock-Up
Agreement by and between Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and each of the Selling Stockholders (incorporated by reference to Annex I to
Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-37540)
filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19,
2017).
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Dated: April 19, 2017
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GORES SPONSOR LLC
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By:
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AEG Holdings, LLC, its Managing Member
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By:
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/s/ Alec Gores
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Name:
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Alec Gores
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Title:
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Managing Member
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By:
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Platinum Equity, LLC, its Managing Member
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By:
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/s/ Mary Ann Sigler
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Name:
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Mary Ann Sigler
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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AEG Holdings, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Alec Gores
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Name:
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Alec Gores
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Title:
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Managing Member
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Platinum Equity, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Mary Ann Sigler
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Name:
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Mary Ann Sigler
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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ALEC GORES
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By:
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/s/ Alec Gores
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TOM GORES
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By:
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/s/ Mary Ann Sigler, Attorney-in-fact
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