---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013762-23-001388"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSLK"
cik: "0001841125"
company_name: "Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T04:58:30.475596+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Arrow Merger Corp. to combine with Bolt Threads in $250M SPAC merger with $27.3M PIPE

## Summary
- Equity value of $250M; GAMC will rename to Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. at close.
- PIPE of up to $27.3M ($10/share) committed from Sponsor and other investors; includes 800k shares from Sponsor.
- Sponsor agrees to vote in favor; 1.44M sponsor shares subject to 5-year performance vesting at $12.50 target.
- Closing conditions include stockholder approvals, HSR clearance, Nasdaq listing; outside date July 4, 2024.
- Lock-up of 180 days on shares issued to Bolt Threads stockholders and Sponsor (with limited exception).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013762-23-001388
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSLK
- cik: 0001841125
- company_name: Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000101376223001388/0001013762-23-001388-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000101376223001388/ea185593-8k425_golden.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-001388
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-001388.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-001388.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. entered into Business Combination Agreement with Beam Merger Sub, Inc. and Bolt Threads, Inc. valued at $250,000,000 (effective 2023-10-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Beam Merger Sub, Inc. and Bolt Threads, Inc.
  - Value: $250,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-10-04
  source text: On October 4, 2023, Golden Arrow Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GAMC”) entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Beam Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of GAMC (“Merger Sub”) and Bolt Threads, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bolt Threads”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000101376223001388/0001013762-23-001388-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.