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): JULY 9, 2021

GOOD WORKS II ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

4265 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 603

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(713) 468-2717

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed from 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 14, 2021, Good Works II Acquisition Corp. (Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-254462) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 18, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”):

• An Underwriting Agreement, dated July 12, 2021, by and between the Company and I-Bankers Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters (the “Representative”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Warrant Agreement, dated July 9, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Letter Agreement, dated July 9, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among the Company, I-B Good Works 2, LLC and each of the officers and directors of the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 9, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 9, 2021, by and among the Company and certain security holders, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• An Administrative Services Agreement, dated July 9, 2021, by and between the Company and Shoreline Capital Advisors, Inc., a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Business Combination Marketing Agreement, dated July 9, 2021, by and between the Company and the Representative, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to certain subscription agreements, the form of which was filed as exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 350,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to Glazer Capital LLC, Magnetar Financial LLC, Mint Tower Capital Management B.V., Periscope Capital, Inc., and Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,500,000. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO except that the private placement warrants included in the Private Placement Units: (i) will not be redeemable by the Company and (ii) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, as described in the Registration Statement, in each case so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or any of their permitted transferees. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than the initial purchasers or any of their permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the Units sold in the IPO. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On the effective date of the Registration Statement, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Linda L. Addison, Stephen J. Harper, and Adelmo Lopez were appointed to the board of directors of the Company. The board of directors has determined that the directors are independent directors within the meaning of applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules. Effective upon their appointment, (i) Mr. Lopez, Ms. Addison, and Mr. Rosen were appointed to the board’s audit committee, with Mr. Lopez serving as chair of the audit committee; (ii) Ms. Addison, Mr. Rosen, and Mr. Harper were appointed to the board’s compensation committee, with Ms. Addison serving as chair of the compensation committee; and (iii) Mr. Rosen, Mr. Harper, and Ms. Addison were appointed to the board’s nominating and corporate governance committee, with Mr. Rosen serving as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

In connection with their appointments to the board of directors, each director and the Company’s then-serving directors, Fred Zeidman, Cary Grossman, and Douglas Wurth entered into indemnity agreements with the Company in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registration Statement.

Other than the foregoing, none of the directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On July 7, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended Charter”), effective July 8, 2021. The Amended Charter is set forth in the Registration Statement and is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

A total of $230,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (including the full exercise of the over-allotment option) and the sale of the Private Placement Units were placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any shares of common stock included in the Units sold in the IPO (“public shares”) properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 15 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity and (iii) the redemption of the public shares if the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within 15 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.

On July 9, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On July 14, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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SIGNATURE

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

Dated: July 14, 2021

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