Exhibit 10.1
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This Support Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 24, 2020, is entered into by and among Gores Metropoulos, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Dawn Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“First Merger Sub”), Dawn Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Second Merger Sub”), and Austin Russell (the “Stockholder”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, Parent, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and Luminar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein), First Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as the Surviving Corporation (the “First Merger”) and, immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction, the Surviving Corporation will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving as the Surviving Entity (the “Second Merger”, and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”)) of and is entitled to dispose of and vote the number of shares of Company Common Stock and/or Company Founders Preferred Stock (collectively, “Company Stock”) as set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (the “Owned Shares” and, together with any additional shares of Company Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Company Stock) in which the Stockholder acquires record and beneficial ownership after the date hereof, including by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities, the “Covered Shares”); and
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and the Stockholder are entering into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and the Stockholder hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote. Subject to the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3 and the last paragraph of this Section 1, the Stockholder, in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company, irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall validly execute and deliver to the Company, on (or effective as of) the third (3rd) Business Day following the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, the written consent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A approving the Merger Agreement, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in respect of all of the Covered Shares. In addition, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 1, prior to the Termination Date (as defined below), the Stockholder, in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company, irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, at any other meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and in connection with any written consent of stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder shall: