Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation (SBE)

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From news:
Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously announced, on September 23, 2020, Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Switchback”), Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback (“Merger Sub”), and ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a business combination agreement and plan of reorganization, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger,” together with the other transactions related thereto, the “Proposed Transactions”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is a press release issued by Switchback announcing that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a definitive proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement under Rule 424 after the SEC declared effective Switchback’s registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-249549) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) relating to the Proposed Transactions. Additionally, the press release announces that Switchback has commenced mailing of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement relating to the Special Meeting of Switchback’s shareholders, which will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on February 11, 2021. The proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement is being mailed to Switchback’s shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 16, 2020.

Important Information for Shareholders

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.

In connection with the Proposed Transactions, Switchback has filed the Registration Statement with the SEC, which includes a proxy statement/prospectus of Switchback and consent solicitation statement of the Company. The Registration Statement is now effective and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement are being mailed to the shareholders of Switchback and the Company along with other relevant documents. SHAREHOLDERS OF SWITCHBACK AND THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS/CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Shareholders are able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement and other documents containing important information about Switchback and the Company, once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

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