Sec Form 4 Filing - FIDDLER JERRY @ Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. - 2024-08-13

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person FIDDLER JERRY 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. [ BSLK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BOLT PROJECTS HOLDINGS, INC., 2261 MARKET STREET, SUITE 5447 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 08/13/2024 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA94114 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 08/13/2024 A 65,985 A 65,985 D Common Stock ( 2 ) 08/13/2024 A 62,461 A 62,461 I BY JAZEM I FAMILY PARTNERS, LP Common Stock ( 2 ) 08/13/2024 A 495,459 A 495,459 I BY ZYGOTE VENTURES LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other FIDDLER JERRY C/O BOLT PROJECTS HOLDINGS, INC. 2261 MARKET STREET, SUITE 5447 SAN FRANCISCO, CA94114 X Signatures /s/ Paul Joseph Slattery, Attorney-in-Fact for Jerry Fiddler 08/15/2024 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Represents restricted stock units awarded to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's equity incentive plan, and subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer, which are fully earned. ( 2 )On August 13, 2024, pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2023, by and among the Golden Arrow Merger Corp., Beam Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub") and Bolt Threads, Inc. ("Old Bolt Threads"), Merger Sub merged with and into Old Bolt Threads with Old Bolt Threads surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Arrow Merger Corp., which changed its name to Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (the "Merger"). Upon consummation of the Merger each issued and outstanding share of common stock of Old Bolt Threads and restricted stock unit of Old Bolt Threads was automatically cancelled and converted into approximately 0.29489 shares of common stock of the Issuer and 0.29489 restricted stock units of the Issuer, respectively.

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