Gores Metropoulos, Inc. Files Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection With Proposed Business Combination With Luminar Technologies, Inc.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gores Metropoulos, Inc. (the “Company”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC, a global investment firm founded in 1987 by Alec Gores, and by an affiliate of Dean Metropoulos of Metropoulos & Co., filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with its previously announced proposed business combination with Luminar Technologies, Inc. (“Luminar”), a global leader in lidar autonomous driving technology. The Registration Statement is not yet effective. The Registration Statement, including the proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus contained therein, when it is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), will contain important information about the proposed business combination contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Dawn Merger Sub, Inc., Dawn Merger Sub II, LLC and Luminar (the “Merger Agreement”). The Company’s filing of the Registration Statement represents an important step in Luminar becoming a publicly traded company, with the goal of being listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “LAZR” by the fourth quarter of 2020.