Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 14, 2022, Gores Holdings IX, Inc. (the "Company") consummated its initial public offering (the "IPO") of 52,500,000 units (the "Units"). Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), and one-third of one warrant of the Company ("Warrant"), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $525,000,000.

On January 14, 2022, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the "Private Placement") of 8,333,333 warrants (the "Private Placement Warrants") at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company's sponsor, Gores Sponsor IX LLC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $12,500,000.

A total of $525,000,000, comprised of $514,500,000 of the proceeds from the IPO, including approximately $18,375,000 of the underwriters' deferred discount, and $10,500,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, were placed in a trust account maintained by Computershare Inc. and Computershare Transfer & Trust Company, N.A., acting as trustee. An audited balance sheet as of January 14, 2022 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:





           Exhibit
             No.     Description of Exhibits

           99.1        Audited Balance Sheet, as of January 14, 2022.

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