GHIV Gores Holdings IV Inc

On December 17, 2020, Gores Holdings IV, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with United Shore Financial Services, LLC d/b/a United Wholesale Mortgage (“UWM”) and will hold a Special Meeting in Lieu of the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to vote on the Business Combination and related proposals. 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 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Additional Information about the Transactions and Where to Find It

The Company has filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination and will mail the definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders as of the Record Date. The definitive proxy statement contains important information about the proposed Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting. Company stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the definitive 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 and will contain important information about the Business Combination. Company stockholders can also obtain copies of the definitive proxy statement, without charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Gores Holdings IV, Inc., 9800 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, attention: Jennifer Kwon Chou (jchou@gores.com).

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 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 Business Combination and other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting is set forth in the definitive proxy statement for the Business Combination. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the Business Combination is included in the definitive proxy statement that the Company filed with the SEC.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report 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 Current Report, 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.

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These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside UWM’s management’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. With respect to forward looking statements relating to the consummation of the proposed business combination, these risks 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, the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of the Company, the failure to receive required regulatory approval; (b) the ability to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards; (c) UWM’s reliance on its warehouse facilities and the risk of a decrease in the value of the collateral underlying certain of its facilities causing an unanticipated margin call; (d) UWM’s ability to sell loans in the secondary market; (e) UWM’s dependence on the government sponsored entities such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; (f) the risk that an increase in the value of the MBS UWM sells in forward markets to hedge its pipeline may result in an unanticipated margin call; (g) UWM’s inability to continue to grow, or to effectively manage the growth of, its loan origination volume; (h) UWM’s ability to continue to attract and retain its Independent Mortgage Advisor relationships; and (i) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the definitive 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 Current Report speak only as of the date of this Current Report. 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 Current Report 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 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.