EX-10.1



 Exhibit 10.1 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS NOTE HAS
BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 
 PROMISSORY NOTE 
  

			
	Principal Amount: $500,000	  	Dated as of July 27, 2016
		  	New York, New York

 Gores Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and blank check company (the “Maker”), promises
to pay to the order of Gores Sponsor LLC or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), or order, the principal sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on
the terms and conditions described below. All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by
written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note. 
 1.    Principal.    The principal balance
of Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) December 31, 2016, or (ii) the date on which Maker consummates its proposed acquisition of the Hostess Brands business pursuant to that certain Master Transaction Agreement, dated as of
July 5, 2016, entered into by the Maker and the other parties thereto. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time. 

2.    Interest.    No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

3.    Application of Payments.    All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred
in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorney’s fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

4.    Events of Default.    The following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”):

 (a)    Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal amount due pursuant to this
Note within five (5) business days of the date specified above. 
 (b)    Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The
commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become
due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing. 
 (c)    Involuntary
Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and
in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. 








	5.	Remedies. 

 (a)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
specified in Section 4(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately
due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 

(b)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the unpaid principal balance of this
Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee. 

6.    Waivers.    Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive
presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might
accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of
execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any
such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee. 
 7.    Unconditional Liability.    Maker
hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and
shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by
Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to Maker or affecting Maker’s liability hereunder. 

8.    Notices.    All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this
Agreement shall be: (i) in writing and delivered personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (ii) by facsimile to
the number most recently provided to such party or such other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by such party and (iii) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address most recently provided to such party or such other
electronic mail address as may be designated in writing by such party. Any notice or other communication so transmitted shall be deemed to have been given on the day of delivery, if delivered personally, on the business day following receipt of
written confirmation, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, one (1) business day after delivery to an overnight courier service or five (5) days after mailing if sent by mail. 

9.    Construction.    THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF. 
 10.    Severability.    Any provision contained in
this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 







 11.    Trust Waiver.    Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution of or from the trust account established in which the proceeds of the initial public offering (the
“IPO”) conducted by the Maker (including the deferred underwriters discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the warrants issued in a private placement at the time of the IPO were deposited, as described in greater detail
in the registration statement and prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the trust account for any
reason whatsoever. 
 12.    Amendment; Waiver.    Any amendment hereto or waiver of any provision hereof may
be made with, and only with, the written consent of the Maker and the Payee. 
 13.    Assignment.    No
assignment or transfer of this Note or any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any party hereto (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and any attempted assignment without the
required consent shall be void. 
 [Signature page follows] 







 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to
be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	GORES HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark Stone
		 	Name:	 	Mark Stone
		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer


 Acknowledged and Agreed to 

as of the date first written above. 
 GORES SPONSOR LLC 

 

			
	By:	 	AEG Holdings, LLC
	Its:	 	Managing Member

  

					
		
	By:	 	/s/ Alec Gores
		 	Name:	 	Alec Gores
		 	Title:	 	Officer

  

			
	By:	 	Platinum Equity, LLC
	Its:	 	Managing Member

  

					
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mary Ann Sigler
		 	Name:	 	Mary Ann Sigler
		 	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer