Filed by NewHold Investment Corp.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act of 1933 and
Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
Commission File No. 001-39417
Subject Company: Evolv Technologies, Inc.
NewHold Investment
Corp. Announces Merger with Evolv Technology
Dear Friends of NewHold:
As many of you know, NewHold Enterprises entered the
SPAC business last summer with the launch of NewHold Investment Corp. (“NHIC”) (NASDAQ: NHIC).
In total we raised $172.5mm to focus on industrial technology companies. This week we announced that NHIC signed a definitive
merger agreement with Evolv Technology. We are very excited about the company and have included a link to the press release in
this email for your reference.
Our SPAC efforts form the second business line for NewHold Enterprises
and complement our core holding company strategy, Platform Holdings. The strategy behind Platform Holdings continues to concentrate
on launching roughly one new platform company per year focused on cash-flowing businesses that we can build from $5-$15mm of
EBITDA to $30-$50mm of EBITDA within a five- to seven-year time frame. At steady state, our goal is to have roughly seven
companies in Platform Holdings as we enter new sectors and selectively exit existing investments.
The NHIC business line and Platform Holdings are proving to
be very complementary. Through NHIC we are getting a very good view on the newer technologies and processes that impact
the industrial and business services companies in Platform Holdings. Since launching NHIC, we have reviewed a significant number
of companies with technologies including automation, additive manufacturing and energy efficiency. Here is an interesting example
of how this gives us an advantage. We’ve reviewed companies in additive manufacturing for NHIC while our precision manufacturing
company in Platform Holdings, F&S, uses reductive manufacturing in their mold-making operations. We have an increasingly refined
view of how F&S can use additive manufacturing going forward. F&S, meanwhile, gives us perspective on what additive manufacturing
companies need to do to successfully penetrate the market.
We hope you find the press release interesting.
Best regards,
The NewHold Team
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction between NewHold Investment
Corp. (“NewHold”) and Evolv Technologies, Inc. (“Evolv”). These forward-looking statements generally are
identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,”
“should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will
likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about
future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including
but not limited to: (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect
the price of NewHold’s securities, (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including
the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 5, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among
NewHold, Evolv and NHIC Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of NewHold, by the stockholders
of NewHold, the satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following redemptions by NewHold’s public stockholders and
the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals, (iv) the lack of a third party valuation in determining whether or
not to pursue the transaction, (v) the inability to complete the PIPE investment in connection with the transaction, (vi) the occurrence
of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, (vii) the effect of
the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Evolv Aviation’s business relationships, operating results and business
generally, (viii) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of Evolv and potential difficulties
in Evolv employee retention as a result of the transaction, (ix) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against
Evolv or against NewHold related to the Merger Agreement or the transaction, (x) the ability to maintain the listing of NewHold’s
securities on a national securities exchange, (xi) the price of NewHold’s securities may be volatile due to a variety of
factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which NewHold plans to operate or Evolv operates,
variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting NewHold’s or Evolv’s
business and changes in the combined capital structure, (xii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations
after the completion of the transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities, and (xiii) the risk of downturns and
a changing regulatory landscape in Evolv’s highly competitive industry. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors”
section of NewHold’s registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239822), the registration statement on Form S-4 discussed above
and other documents filed by NewHold from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, and except as required by law NewHold and Evolv assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither NewHold nor Evolv gives any assurance
that either NewHold or Evolv or the combined company will achieve its expectations.
Any financial projections in this communication
are forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond NewHold’s and Evolv’s control. While all projections are necessarily speculative, NewHold
and Evolv believe that the preparation of prospective financial information involves increasingly higher levels of uncertainty
the further out the projection extends from the date of preparation. The assumptions and estimates underlying the projected results
are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. The inclusion of projections in this
communication should not be regarded as an indication that NewHold and Evolv, or their representatives, considered or consider
the projections to be a reliable prediction of future events.
Important Information for Investors
and Stockholders
This document relates to a proposed transaction
between NewHold and Evolv. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy
or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. NewHold intends to
file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC, which will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement
of NewHold, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. A proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all NewHold stockholders.
NewHold also will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors
and security holders of NewHold are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant
documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because
they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Investors and security holders will
be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents
filed or that will be filed with the SEC by NewHold through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Alternatively,
these documents, when available, can be obtained free of charge from NewHold upon written request to NewHold Investment
Corp., c/o NewHold Enterprises, LLC, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 2005, New York, New York 10017, Attn: Charlie Baynes-Reid,
or by calling (212) 653-0153, or by email at info@newholdllc.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
NewHold and Evolv and their respective
directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from NewHold’s stockholders
in connection with the proposed transaction. A list of the names of the directors and executive officers of NewHold and information
regarding their interests in the business combination will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus when available. You may
obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of any 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 other jurisdiction.
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