8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2020

GORDON POINTE ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38363	82-1270173
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

780 Fifth Avenue South

Naples, FL 34102

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 960-4687

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☒	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one Warrant	GPAQU	Nasdaq Capital Market
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share	GPAQ	Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants to purchase Class A common stock	GPAQW	Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.l to this Current Report and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is the investor presentation dated January 8, 2020 that will be used by Gordon Pointe Acquisition Corp. (“GPAQ”) in making presentations to certain existing and potential stockholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 16, 2019 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), entered into by GPAQ, GPAQ Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), HOF Village, LLC (“HOFV”), HOF Village Newco, LLC (“Newco”), and the other parties thereto.

The investor presentation attached hereto replaces and supersedes the investor presentations previously furnished by the Company as exhibits to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2019, September 17, 2019 and September 26, 2019.

The information in this Current Report and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.  This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any of the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1.

Additional Information

On December 31, 2019, the Company filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement regarding an additional extension of the deadline to complete its initial business combination from January 29, 2020 to February 29, 2020, plus an option for the Company to further extend the deadline for an additional 30 days (the “Extension Proxy Statement”). Further, in connection with the proposed business combination between the Company and HOFV, Holdings has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 on November 12, 2019 for the Holdings securities to be issued to the security holders of GPAQ and the members of Newco at the closing of the business combination, which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and other documents concerning the proposed business combination and related matters (the “Registration Statement and Merger Proxy Statement”). Investors and security holders are advised to read the Extension Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement and the Merger Proxy Statement, and amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statements, when available, which will contain important information about the proposed extension and the proposed business combination and the parties to it. The Extension Proxy Statement is being mailed to stockholders of GPAQ as of December 24, 2019 and the Registration Statement and definitive Merger Proxy Statement will be mailed to stockholders of GPAQ as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the Extension Proxy Statement, Registration Statement and Merger Proxy Statement, without charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Gordon Pointe Acquisition Corp., 780 Fifth Avenue South, Naples, FL 34102.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made herein are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “estimate”, “plan”, “outlook”, and “project” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements include timing of the proposed merger; the business plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of the parties once the transaction is complete, and Holding’s, the Company’s and HOFV’s estimated and future results of operations, business strategies, competitive position, industry environment and potential growth opportunities, relating to the acquired business. These forward-looking statements reflect the current analysis of existing information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. As a result, caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements. Due to known and unknown risks, our actual results may differ materially from our expectations or projections. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of the Company to the proposed additional extension of the deadline within which to complete the proposed business combination; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement and the proposed transaction contemplated thereby; the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of the Company or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement; the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been, or will be, instituted against the Company or other parties to the Merger Agreement following announcement of the Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated therein; the ability of Holding’s to meet NASDAQ listing standards following the merger and in connection with the consummation thereof; the failure to obtain the financing arrangements necessary to complete the development of the project; the failure to achieve the assumptions underlying certain of the financial projections included within the investor presentation including, among others, securing the timely financing for, and achieving construction of, the second phase of the project within assumed time and financial budget, and achieving expected attendance and occupancy rates; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the announcement of the Merger Agreement and consummation of the transaction described therein; costs related to the proposed merger and the impact of the substantial indebtedness to be incurred to finance the consummation of the merger; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the ability of the combined company to meet its financial and strategic goals, due to, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitability, maintain relationships with customers and retain its key employees; the possibility that the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described herein, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in other reports and other public filings with the SEC by the Company and Holdings.

Use of non-GAAP Financial Measures

The investor presentation includes non-GAAP financial measures of the combined company including forward-looking projections of adjusted EBITDA and annualized run-rate EBITDA. In the investor presentation, “EBITDA” means net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. “Adjusted EBITDA” means EBITDA adjusted for items that are not part of regular operating activities, including acquisition related expenses, profit interest expense and founder’s fee (both of which will cease following closing of the merger) and other non-cash items such as non-cash-unit based compensation, losses on disposal of property, losses from discontinued operations and individually significant disposals and expenses related to tax changes. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent, and should not be considered as, an alternative to net income or cash flows from operations, each as determined in accordance with GAAP. “Annualized run-rate EBITDA” means “EBITDA” projected over an annualized period. We have presented forward-looking projections of adjusted EBITDA and annualized run-rate EBITDA in the investor presentation because we consider them key measures used by the combined company management to understand and evaluate the combined company’s operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve the combined company’s annual budget and to develop short-term and long-term operational plans, and believe that those measures are frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies. Other companies may calculate adjusted EBITDA and annualized run-rate EBITDA differently than we do. HOFV and GPAQ are unable to reconcile the forward-looking projections of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA and annualized run-rate EBITDA to their nearest GAAP measures because the nearest GAAP financial measures are not accessible on a forward-looking basis.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company, Holdings, HOFV, Newco and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of their management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests in the Company’s directors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019, and also in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2019, which includes the proxy statement/prospectus of GPAQ for the proposed transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination, and information concerning the interests of the Company’s and Newco’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s and Newco’s equity holders generally, is set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2019.

Non-Solicitation

This communication is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Investor Presentation dated January 8, 2020

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GORDON POINTE ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ James J. Dolan
		Name: James J. Dolan
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
Dated: January 8, 2020

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1