---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-006050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001894630"
company_name: "Gores Holdings IX, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:05:54.405537+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gores Holdings IX stockholders approve extension to Dec 2024; $492M redeemed

## Summary
- Extension approved from Jan 14 to Dec 6, 2024, with 44.97M for, 6.01M against.
- Redemptions of 46.47M shares at ~$10.59/share total ~$492.3M, leaving $63.8M in trust.
- Only ~6.03M Class A shares remain outstanding after redemptions.
- Trust account to be liquidated to cash to avoid investment company status; minimal interest going forward.
- Cash in trust reduced from $492.3M to $63.8M, significantly limiting ability to complete a business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-006050
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001894630
- company_name: Gores Holdings IX, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894630/000119312524006050/0001193125-24-006050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894630/000119312524006050/d694698d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-006050.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Gores Holdings IX, Inc.: Extended the deadline to consummate a business combination from January 14, 2024 to December 6, 2024 (effective 2024-01-09).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-09
  source text: stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Extension Amendment”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses from January 14, 2024 to December 6, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894630/000119312524006050/0001193125-24-006050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Gores Holdings IX, Inc. shareholders approved The Extension Amendment Proposal – to amend and restate the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from January 14, 2024 to December 6, 2024.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 44,968,191 6,007,018 0 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894630/000119312524006050/0001193125-24-006050-index.htm

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