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Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Announces Date of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to Approve Business Combination With Virgin Galactic
NEW YORK, October 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

 - Meeting Scheduled for October 23, 2019

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. ("SCH") announced today that it will 
hold its extraordinary general meeting (the "Extraordinary General Meeting") at 
12:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 23, 2019, to approve, among other things, 
the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with 
TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc. and V4GH, 
LLC (collectively, "Virgin Galactic" and, together with Vieco USA, Inc. and 
Vieco 10 Limited, "VG"). The Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled to be 
held at The Westin Palo Alto, located at 675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 
94301. 

Shareholders of record at the close of business on September 16, 2019 will be 
entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. 
In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, SCH shareholders who wish 
to exercise their redemption rights must do so prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 
on October 21, 2019 by following the procedures specified in the definitive 
proxy statement/prospectus for the Extraordinary General Meeting. 

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, SCH intends to 
change its name to "Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc." and apply for the continued 
listing on the NYSE of its units, common stock and warrants under the symbols 
"SPCE.U," "SPCE" and "SPCE WS," respectively.

About SCH

SCH is a partnership between the investment firms of Social Capital and 
Hedosophia. SCH unites technologists, entrepreneurs and technology-oriented 
investors around a shared vision of identifying and investing in innovative and 
agile technology companies. To learn more about SCH, visit 
www.socialcapitalhedosophiaholdings.com.  

About Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic is a vertically-integrated aerospace company pioneering human 
spaceflight for private individuals and researchers. It believes the commercial 
exploration of space represents one of the most exciting and significant 
technology initiatives of our time. It is embarking on 

this commercial exploration journey with a mission to put humans into space and 
return them safely to Earth on a routine, consistent and affordable basis. 
Using its proprietary and reusable technologies, and supported by a 
distinctive, Virgin-branded customer experience, it is developing a spaceflight 
system designed to offer customers a unique, multi-day experience culminating 
in a spaceflight that includes several minutes of weightlessness and views of 
Earth from space. It is in the final stages of development, having already 
completed two crewed flights of its vehicle into space, and anticipates initial 
commercial launch in 2020.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This press release relates to a proposed transaction between Virgin Galactic 
and SCH. This press release on Form 8-K 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. 

In connection with the proposed transactions, SCH has filed a registration 
statement on Form S-4 (as amended, the "Registration Statement") with the U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 7, 2019 (File No. 
333-233098), which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, that is 
both the proxy statement to be distributed to SCH's shareholders in connection 
with SCH's solicitation of proxies for the vote by SCH's shareholders with 
respect to the proposed transaction as described in the Registration Statement 
as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued 
to SCH's security holders in connection with SCH's proposed domestication as a 
Delaware corporation in connection with the proposed transaction as described 
in the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement was declared 
effective on October 9, 2019 and SCH will begin mailing the definitive proxy 
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to its shareholders on or 
about October 11, 2019. SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER SECURITY HOLDERS OF SCH ARE 
ADVISED 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. 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 SCH (when available) through the website maintained by 
the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. 

The documents filed by SCH with the SEC (when available) also may be obtained 
free of charge at SCH's website at 
http://www.socialcapitalhedosophiaholdings.com/docs.html or upon written 
request to 120 Hawthorne Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301. 

Participants in Solicitation 

SCH and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants 
in the solicitation of proxies from SCH's shareholders in connection with the 
proposed transaction. Information about SCH's directors and executive officers 
and their ownership of SCH's securities is set forth in SCH's filings with the 
SEC, including (i) the Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 18, 2019 and 
(ii) the Registration Statement. 

Additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other 
persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed transaction may be 
obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed 
transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these 
documents as described in the preceding paragraph. 

Forward-Looking Statements 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the 
meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction 
between VG and SCH, including statements regarding the benefits of the 
transaction, the anticipated timing of the transaction and the products and 
markets and expected performance of VG. 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 
SCH's securities, (ii) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by 
SCH's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an 
extension of the business combination deadline if sought by SCH, (iii) the 
failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, 
including the adoption of the merger agreement by the shareholders of SCH, the 
satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following redemptions by SCH's 
public shareholders 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 proposed transaction, (v) the occurrence of any event, change 
or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger 
agreement, (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction 
on VG's business relationships, operating results, and business generally, 
(vii) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations 
of VG, (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted 
against VG or against SCH related to the merger agreement or the proposed 
transaction, (ix) the ability to maintain the listing of SCH's securities on 
the New York Stock Exchange, (x) changes in the competitive and highly 
regulated industries in which VG plans to operate, variations in operating 
performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting VG's 
business and changes in the combined capital structure, (xi) the ability to 
implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the 
completion of the proposed transaction, and identify and realize additional 
opportunities, and (xii) the risk of downturns in the highly competitive and 
novel tourist spaceflight 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 SCH's Annual 
Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, the Registration 
Statement and other documents filed by SCH 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 VG and SCH 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 VG nor SCH 
gives any assurance that either VG or SCH will achieve its expectations.

For media inquiries please contact:

Jonathan Gasthalter/Carissa Felger/Nathaniel Garnick
Gasthalter & Co.
+1 (212) 257-4170
SCH@gasthalter.com 

Source: Virgin Galactic
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