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Luminar Investor Presentation Deck

||| No Representations and Warranties This presentation of Gores Metropoulos, Inc. ("Gores") and Luminar Technologies, Inc ("Luminar" or the "Company") is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any equity, debt or other financial instruments of Luminar or Gores or any of their respective affiliates' securities (as such term is defined under U.S. federal securities laws). This presentation has been prepared to assist interested parties in making their own evaluation with respect to the proposed business combination and for no other purpose. Luminar and Gores assume no obligation to update or keep current the information contained in this presentation, to remove any outdated information or to expressly mark it as being outdated. No securities commission or securities regulatory authority or other regulatory body or authority in the United States or any other jurisdiction has in any way passed upon the merits of, or the accuracy and adequacy of, this presentation. DISCLAIMER You should not construe the contents of this presentation as legal, accounting, business or tax advice and you should consult your own professional advisors as to the legal, accounting, business, tax, financial and other matters contained herein. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be given by Gores nor Luminar nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees or advisers or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this presentation (including as to the accuracy or reasonableness of statements, estimates, targets, projections, assumptions or judgments) or any other written, oral or other communications transmitted or otherwise made available to any party in the course of its evaluation of a possible transaction. Accordingly, none of Gores and Luminar or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or advisers or any other person shall be liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damages suffered by any person as a result of relying on any statement in or omission from this presentation and any such liability is expressly disclaimed. Certain information contained herein has been derived from sources prepared by third parties. While such information is believed to be reliable for the purposes used herein, none of Gores', Luminar's, their respective affiliates, nor Gores', Luminar's or their respective affiliates' directors, officers, employees, members, partners, stockholders, or agents makes any representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy of such information. This presentation is not an expression of Gores' interest in Luminar and does not constitute an offer or agreement to acquire Luminar; it being understood that the terms of any such acquisition would be set forth in definitive documents in form and substance satisfactory to the parties and executed by them. Forward-Looking Statements This presentation includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "future," "growth," pportunity," "we -positioned," "forecast," tend," "seek," "target," "anticipate," "believe," <pect," timate," "plan," "outlook," and "project" and other similar expressions that predict indicate future events trends that are stateme istorical matters. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, projected financial information, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of other financial and performance metrics, projections of market opportunity and market share and statements regarding the proposed relationship between Luminar and Volvo and the implications of those arrangements and related agreements on Luminar's business and results of operations. Such forward-looking statements with respect to revenues, earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of the businesses of Gores, Luminar or the combined company after completion of any proposed business combination are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this presentation, and on the current expectations of Gores' and Luminar's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. A number of factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by the proposed business combination; the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, and the ability of the combined business to grow and manage growth profitably; costs related to the proposed business combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the inability to successfully retain or recruit officers, key employees or directors following the proposed business combination; effects of Gores' public securities' liquidity and trading; the market's reaction to the proposed business combination; the lack of a market for Gores' securities; Gores' and Luminar's financial performance following the proposed business combination; the possibility that Luminar or Gores may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors, including the level of demand and financial performance of the autonomous vehicle industry and market adoption of lidar; the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the proposed business combination or the expected benefits of the proposed business combination; the risk that the approval of the stockholders of Gores or Luminar is not obtained; risks related to Luminar's relationship with Volvo, and the related timing of production schedules and other key milestones; the amount of redemption requests made by Gores' public stockholders; the inability of Luminar to adequately protect or enforce its intellectual property rights or prevent unauthorized parties from copying or reverse engineering its solutions which efforts to protect and enforce Luminar's intellectual property rights and prevent third parties from violating its rights may be costly; any legal and/or regulatory proceedings and commercial or contractual disputes in which Luminar may become involved, which could have an adverse effect on its profitability; changes in the price of key materials and disruptions in supply chains for these materials; the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic; and other risks com and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the final prospectus of Gores filed on February 1, 2019, Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and the registrations statement on Form S-4/A containing a proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by Gores on October 23, 2020, in each case, under "Risk Factors,", and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Gores. There may be additional risks that neither Gores nor Luminar presently know or that Gores and Luminar currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, including the projections, which speak only as of the date made. Neither Gores nor Luminar undertake any commitment to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, forward-looking statements, including any projections or analysis, should not be viewed as factual and should not be relied upon as an accurate prediction of future results. The forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on Gores and Luminar. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control), or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Accordingly, you should not put undue reliance on these statements. 2
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