Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
As previously announced, on May 11, 2021, Switchback II Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Switchback II”),
Maverick Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback II (“Merger Sub”), Bird Rides, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bird”), and Bird Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Bird (“Bird Global”), entered into a business combination agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) Switchback II will merge with and into Bird Global (the “Domestication
Merger”), with Bird Global surviving the merger (Bird Global, in its capacity as the surviving corporation of the Domestication Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”) and (b) following
the closing of the Domestication Merger, Merger Sub will merge with and into Bird (the “Acquisition Merger”, and together with the Domestication Merger, the “Mergers”), with Bird surviving the Acquisition Merger as
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Surviving Corporation. The Mergers, together with the other transactions related thereto, are referred to herein as the (“Proposed Transactions”).
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is an
updated investor presentation relating to the previously announced Proposed Transactions. Such exhibit and the information set forth therein will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), or the Exchange Act.
Important Information About the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, Bird Global filed a registration statement on Form
S-4 (File No. 333-256187) (the “Form S-4”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”). The Form S-4 includes a proxy statement of Switchback II and a prospectus of Bird Global. Additionally, Switchback II and Bird Global filed and will file other relevant materials
with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Copies may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Security holders of Switchback II are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant
materials before making any voting decision with respect to the proposed business combination because they contain important information about the business combination and the parties to the business combination. The information contained on, or
that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this communication is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this communication.
Participants in the Solicitation
Switchback II and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of Switchback II’s shareholders in
connection with the proposed business combination. Bird and its officers and directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation. Security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of
certain of Switchback II’s executive officers and directors in the solicitation by reading Switchback II’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Information concerning the interests of Switchback II’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different
than those of their shareholders generally, is set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the business combination.
Forward-Looking
Statements
The information in this communication includes “forward-looking statements.” All statements, other than
statements of present or historical fact included in this communication, regarding Switchback II’s proposed business combination with Bird, Switchback II’s ability to consummate the transaction, the benefits of the transaction and the
combined company’s future financial performance, as well as the combined company’s strategy, future operations, estimated financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are
forward-looking statements. When used in this communication, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,”
“expect,” “project,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking
statements are based on management’s current expectations and
