Gores Holdings V, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRSV, GRSVU, and GRSVW) today
announced that, following the anticipated receipt of stockholder
approval at its Special Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for
August 3, 2021, it expects to close its previously announced
business combination with Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (“AMP”) on
August 4, 2021. In the business combination, Gores Holdings V will
merge with a subsidiary of AMP, a global leader in the supply of
sustainable and infinitely-recyclable beverage cans, and AMP will
become a publicly traded company.
About Gores Holdings V, Inc.
Gores Holdings V is a special purpose acquisition company
sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group for the purpose of
effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination.
Gores Holdings V completed its initial public offering in August
2020, raising approximately $525 million in cash proceeds. Gores’
strategy is to identify and complete business combinations with
market leading companies with strong equity stories that will
benefit from the growth capital of the public equity markets and be
enhanced by the experience and expertise of Gores’ long history and
track record of investing in and operating businesses for over 35
years. To date, Alec Gores and affiliates of The Gores Group have
announced or closed eight business combinations representing $38
billion in transaction value which include: Hostess (Gores
Holdings, Inc.), Verra Mobility (Gores Holdings II, Inc.), PAE
(Gores Holdings III, Inc.), Luminar (Gores Metropoulos, Inc.),
United Wholesale Mortgage (Gores Holdings IV, Inc.), Matterport
(Gores Holdings VI, Inc.), Ardagh Metal Packaging (pending; Gores
Holdings V, Inc.), and Sonder (pending; Gores Metropoulos II,
Inc.).
About Ardagh Group S.A. and Ardagh Metal Packaging
Ardagh Group is a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal
and glass packaging for brand owners around the world. Ardagh
operates 57 metal and glass production facilities in 12 countries,
employing over 16,000 people with sales of approximately $7bn.
Ardagh Metal Packaging is a leading supplier of sustainable and
infinitely recyclable beverage cans globally. Ardagh Metal
Packaging operates 23 production facilities in the Americas and
Europe, employs approximately 4,900 people and recorded revenues of
$3.5 billion in 2020.
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Additional Information about the Transactions and Where to
Find It
In connection with the proposed transactions contemplated by the
business combination agreement, (i) AMP has filed a registration
statement on Form F-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”), which the SEC has declared effective, constituting a
prospectus of AMP and including a proxy statement of Gores Holdings
V, Inc. (the “Company”) (the “Registration Statement”) and (ii) the
Company filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement (the
“Definitive Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed
business combination contemplated by the business combination
agreement and mailed the proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant documents to its stockholders. The proxy
statement/prospectus contains important information about the
proposed business combination and the other matters to be voted
upon at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders to be held to
approve the proposed business combination contemplated by the
business combination agreement and other matters. Before making any
voting or other investment decision, investors and security holders
of the Company are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and
all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the
SEC in connection with the proposed business combination as they
become available because they will contain important information
about the Company, AMP and the proposed business combination.
Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of the
Registration Statement and the Definitive Proxy Statement and all
other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC
by the Company or AMP through the website maintained by the SEC at
www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Gores Holdings V, Inc.,
9800 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, attention:
Jennifer Kwon Chou or by 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
This document is not a solicitation of a proxy from any investor
or securityholder. Ardagh Group S.A. (“AGSA”), the Company and AMP
and certain of their respective directors and executive officers
may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies
from the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed
business combination. Information about the Company’s directors and
executive officers and their ownership of the Company’s securities
is set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC, and information
about AGSA’s and AMP’s directors and executive officers is or will
be set forth in their respective filings with the SEC. Additional
information regarding the interests of those persons and other
persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed business
combination may be obtained by reading the proxy
statement/prospectus regarding the proposed business combination.
You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the
preceding paragraph.
Forward Looking Statements
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the
proposed business combination, including the anticipated timing of
the proposed business combination, the services or products offered
by AMP and the markets in which AMP operates, business strategies,
debt levels, industry environment, potential growth opportunities,
the effects of regulations and AMP’s projected future results.
These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the
words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “forecast,” “opportunity,” “plan,”
“may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will
likely result,” and similar expressions (including the negative
versions of such words or expressions).
Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and
other statements about future events that are based on current
expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this
document, including, but not limited to: (i) the risk that the
proposed business combination may not be completed in a timely
manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of the
Company’s or the AGSA’s securities; (ii) the risk that the proposed
business combination may not be completed by the Company’s business
combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an
extension of the business combination deadline if sought by the
Company; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the
consummation of the proposed business combination, including the
approval of the proposed business combination by the Company’s
stockholders; (iv) the effect of the announcement or pendency of
the proposed business combination on AGSA’s or AMP’s business
relationships, performance, and business generally; (v) risks that
the proposed business combination disrupts current plans of AGSA or
AMP and potential difficulties in AGSA or AMP employee retention as
a result of the proposed business combination; (vi) the outcome of
any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company or
AGSA related to the proposed business combination; (vii) the
ability to maintain, prior to the closing of the proposed business
combination, the listing of the Company’s securities on the NASDAQ
Stock Market, and, following the closing of the proposed business
combination, AMP’s shares on the New York Stock Exchange; (viii)
the price of the Company’s securities prior to the closing of the
proposed business combination, and AMP’s shares after the closing
of the proposed business combination, including as a result of
volatility resulting from changes in the competitive and highly
regulated industries in which AMP plans to operate, variations in
performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations
affecting AMP’s business and changes in the combined capital
structure; and (ix) AMP’s ability to implement business plans,
forecasts, and other expectations after the closing of the proposed
business combination, and identify and realize additional
opportunities. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks
and uncertainties that are described in the Definitive Proxy
Statement, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and other
documents filed by the Company, AGSA or AMP from time to time with
the SEC. These filings identify and address (or will identify and
address) other important risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual events and results to differ materially from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put
undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and the Company, AGSA
and AMP assume no obligation and, except as required by law, do not
intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. None of the Company, AGSA or AMP gives any assurance
that either the Company or AMP will achieve its expectations.
No Offer or Solicitation
This document includes information related to the proposed
business combination. This document does not constitute an offer to
sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or
exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities
in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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For inquiries regarding The Gores Group and affiliates,
please contact: Jennifer Kwon Chou The Gores Group
jchou@gores.com
John Christiansen/Cassandra Bujarski/Danya Al-Qattan Sard
Verbinnen & Co GoresGroup-SVC@sardverb.com
For inquiries regarding Ardagh Group S.A. or Ardagh Metal
Packaging, please contact: Investors
John Sheehan Ardagh Group john.sheehan@ardaghgroup.com
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