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): December 15,
2008
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GHL
ACQUISITION CORP.
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(Exact
name of registrant
as
specified in charter)
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DELAWARE
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001-33963
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22-1344998
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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300
Park Avenue, 23rd
Floor, New York, NY 10022
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (212)
389-1500
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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o
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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x
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Additional
Information and Where to Find It
Participants
in the Solicitation
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Item
8.01 Other Events
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
FOLLOWING
THE FILING OF THIS REPORT, GHL ACQUISITION CORP. (“GHQ”) WILL BE HOLDING
PRESENTATIONS FOR CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS OF GHQ, AS WELL AS OTHER PERSONS WHO
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN GHQ’S SECURITIES, REGARDING GHQ’S PROPOSED
ACQUISITION (THE “ACQUISITION”) OF IRIDIUM
HOLDINGS LLC (“IRIDIUM
HOLDINGS”), AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM
8-K. CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS AT SUCH
PRESENTATIONS.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
THIS
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K IS BEING MADE WITH RESPECT TO A PROPOSED ACQUISITION
AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING GHQ AND IRIDIUM HOLDINGS. IN
CONNECTION WITH THESE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS, GHQ FILED WITH THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) A PRELIMINARY PROXY
STATEMENT AND INTENDS TO MAIL A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS TO GHQ’S STOCKHOLDERS. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
COMMUNICATION IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. BEFORE MAKING ANY
VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISIONS, GHQ’S STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS
ARE URGED TO READ GHQ’S PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO,
AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, IN CONNECTION
WITH GHQ’S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD TO APPROVE
THE ACQUISITION AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED
WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT IRIDIUM
HOLDINGS, GHQ AND THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY
STATEMENT WILL BE MAILED TO GHQ STOCKHOLDERS AS OF A RECORD DATE TO BE
ESTABLISHED FOR VOTING ON THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION. STOCKHOLDERS AND
OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY
PROXY STATEMENT AND, ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE, THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
WITHOUT CHARGE, AT THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV OR BY DIRECTING A
REQUEST TO: GHL ACQUISITION CORP., 300 PARK AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW
YORK, NEW YORK, TELEPHONE: (212) 372-4180.
GHQ ALSO
INTENDS TO LAUNCH A TENDER OFFER FOR ITS COMMON SHARES WHICH TENDER OFFER WILL
BE EXPECTED TO CLOSE CONCURRENT WITH THE CLOSING OF THE ACQUISITION OF IRIDIUM
HOLDINGS. THE TENDER OFFER HAS NOT YET COMMENCED. THIS
COMMUNICATION IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO
SELL SHARES OF GHQ. UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE TENDER OFFER, GHQ WILL FILE WITH
THE SEC A TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO AND RELATED EXHIBITS, INCLUDING
THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED
DOCUMENTS. GHQ STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INVESTORS SHOULD READ THESE
MATERIALS CAREFULLY WHEN SUCH DOCUMENTS ARE FILED AND BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY
WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TENDER
OFFER. STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO
OBTAIN THESE DOCUMENTS ONCE THEY ARE AVAILABLE, WITHOUT CHARGE, AT THE SEC’S
WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV, OR BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO : GHL ACQUISITION
CORP., 300 PARK AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TELEPHONE: (212)
372-4180.
PARTICIPANTS
IN THE SOLICITATION
GHQ AND
ITS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS MAY BE DEEMED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
OF PROXIES TO GHQ’S STOCKHOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
ACQUISITION. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THOSE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AND
A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR INTERESTS IN GHQ IS CONTAINED IN GHQ’S REPORT ON FORM
10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND THE PRELIMINARY PROXY
STATEMENT, WHICH ARE FILED WITH THE
SEC, AND
WILL ALSO BE CONTAINED IN GHQ’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT BECOMES
AVAILABLE. GHQ’S STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERESTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ACQUISITION, BY
SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE, BY READING GHQ’S PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER
MATERIALS FILED AND TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN SUCH INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.
NOTHING IN
THIS COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS, OR IS INTENDED TO BE, A SOLICITATION
FOR OR AN OFFER TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On
December 15, 2008, GHL Acquisition Corp. (“GHQ”) is making presentations
with respect to GHQ’s proposed acquisition of Iridium Holdings LLC (“Iridium Holdings”) and
related transactions involving GHQ and Iridium. Attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by
reference is the investors’ presentation that will be used by GHQ.
The
information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant
to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities and 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.
Item
8.01 Other Events
See Item
7.01.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1
Investors’
Presentation, dated December 2008
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SIGNATURES
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.
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GHL
Acquisition Corp.
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Date:
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December
15, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.
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Name:
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Harold
J. Rodriguez, Jr.
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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EX-99.1
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Investors’
Presentation, dated December 2008
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