---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-019169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSLK"
cik: "0001841125"
company_name: "Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T05:48:57.555668+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Arrow Merger issues $750k note to sponsor, extends deadline to Dec 2023

## Summary
- Issued $750k unsecured promissory note to sponsor, payable at business combination, convertible into warrants at $1.50 each.
- No interest on note; principal due upon consummation of initial business combination.
- Filed proxy supplement to extend business combination deadline from March 19, 2023 to December 19, 2023.
- Confirmed trust account proceeds will not be used to pay excise tax under Inflation Reduction Act.
- Special meeting scheduled for March 15, 2023 to vote on extension.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-019169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSLK
- cik: 0001841125
- company_name: Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000121390023019169/0001213900-23-019169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000121390023019169/ea175033-8k_golden.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-019169
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-019169.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-019169.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. incurred loan of up to $750,000 with Golden Arrow Sponsor, LLC at no interest maturing the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Principal: up to $750,000
  - Counterparty: Golden Arrow Sponsor, LLC
  - Rate: no interest
  - Maturity: the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On March 8, 2023, Golden Arrow Merger Corp. (the “Company”) issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”), in the amount of up to $750,000 to Golden Arrow Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841125/000121390023019169/0001213900-23-019169-index.htm

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