Additional Information and Where to Find It
Additional information about the proposed business combination between Sonder and Gores Metropoulos II, Inc. (GMII), including a copy of the Merger
Agreement provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by GMII with the SEC on April 30, 2021, and a copy of an updated investor presentation provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by GMII with the SEC on July 7, 2021, is available at www.sec.gov. In connection with the proposed business combination, GMII has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the Registration Statement) that includes a preliminary proxy statement, prospectus and consent solicitation statement with respect to GMIIs securities to be issued in connection with the
proposed business combination. The Registration Statement is not yet effective. The Registration Statement, including the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement contained therein, when it is declared effective by the SEC, will
contain important information about the proposed business combination and the other matters to be voted upon at a meeting of GMIIs stockholders to be held to approve the proposed business combination and other matters (the Special
Meeting) and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or any other decision in respect of such matters. GMII may also file other documents regarding the proposed business combination with the SEC. GMII stockholders and
other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, as well as any amendments or supplements thereto, because they will contain important
information about the proposed business combination.
When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement will be
mailed to GMII stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination and the other matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting. GMII investors and securityholders will also be able to obtain copies of
the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/ consent solicitation statement, without charge, once available, at the SECs website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: 6260 Lookout Road, Boulder, CO 80301, attention: Jennifer Kwon
Chou, or by contacting Morrow Sodali LLC, GMIIs proxy solicitor, for help, toll-free at (800) 662-5200 (banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400).
Participants in Solicitation
GMII, Sonder and their
respective directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of GMII stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. GMII stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more
detailed information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed business combination by reading GMIIs registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-251663), which was declared effective by the SEC on January 19, 2021, and the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement regarding the proposed business combination.
You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains a
number of forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Sonders forecasted revenue growth, Sonders
growth in total unit portfolio, information concerning GMIIs or Sonders possible or assumed future financial or operating results and metrics, business strategies, debt levels, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth
opportunities, future operations, products and services, planned openings, expected unit contractings and the effects of regulation, including whether the proposed business combination will generate returns for stockholders. These forward-looking
statements are based on GMIIs or Sonders managements current expectations, estimates, projections and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this press release, the words
estimates, projected, expects, anticipates, forecasts, plans, intends, believes, seeks, may, will,
should, future, propose and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify