Gores Holdings II, Inc

Gores Holdings II, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWNK) was a blank-check company sponsored by The Gores Group, the Beverly Hills-based private equity firm founded by Alec Gores. The vehicle completed its IPO in 2016, targeting the consumer sector. On October 2, 2018, the company filed a Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule DEFM14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling that shareholders were being asked to vote on a proposed business combination — the final procedural step before closing. The DEFM14A filing marked the SPAC's transition from the search phase into an approved merger pending stockholder approval. The Gores Group has sponsored multiple public acquisition vehicles across consumer, industrial, and technology verticals. For full filing history, timeline data, and sponsor-level analytics on Gores Holdings II and thousands of other SPACs, sign up for complete access at SpacDesk.