Exhibit 10.1
VOTING AGREEMENT
This Voting Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of April 24, 2024, is by and among International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (“Parent”), McCloud Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Sub”), HashiCorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed on the attached Schedule A who are signatories to this Agreement (each, a “Stockholder” and collectively, the “Stockholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Company, Parent and Sub are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company has informed Parent and each Stockholder that the Company and the Company Board have, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, taken all actions so that the restrictions on transactions with an “interested stockholder” of the Company within the meaning of (i) Section 203 of the DGCL, (ii) the Company Charter and (iii) any other “takeover” Law are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (the “Takeover Approval”);
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, each Stockholder is the record or “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (collectively, the “Shares”) set forth next to such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A hereto, being all of the Shares owned of record or beneficially by such Stockholder as of the date of this Agreement (collectively with respect to each Stockholder, the “Owned Shares” and, together with any additional Shares or other voting securities of the Company of which such Stockholder acquires record or beneficial ownership after the date of this Agreement, including by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, consolidation, reclassification, exchange or change of such Shares, or other similar transaction, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities (including any Stock Options, RSUs, PSUs, shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the ESPP or any other equity awards or shares of Class A Common Stock issued on conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock), such Stockholder’s “Covered Shares”);
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent, Sub and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and to proceed with the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, Parent, Sub and the Stockholders are entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders acknowledge that each of Parent, Sub and the Company is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Stockholders set forth in this Agreement and would not enter into the Merger Agreement if the Stockholders did not enter into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows: