Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 3, 2022, is made and entered into by and among SES AI Corporation, a Delaware corporation (formerly, Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp.) (the “Company”), Ivanhoe Capital Sponsor LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and certain former stockholders of SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private company limited by shares (“Target”), set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (such stockholders, the “Target Holders” and, collectively with the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 6.10 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and each, a “Holder”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2021 (the “Original RRA”);
WHEREAS, the Company entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Wormhole Merger Sub Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private company limited by shares and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Amalgamation Sub”), and Target, pursuant to which Amalgamation Sub and Target amalgamated, with the Target continuing as the amalgamated company and becoming a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, certain of the Target Holders received shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Founder (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) received shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), which may be converted to shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms thereof;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, holders of Company Options (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) received Rollover Options (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (the “Options”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, certain investors (such other investors, collectively, the “Third-Party Investor Stockholders”) purchased an aggregate of 27,450,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Investor Shares”) in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to the respective Subscription Agreements, each dated as of July 12, 2021, entered into by and between the Company and each of the Third-Party Investor Stockholders (each, a “Subscription Agreement” and, collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”);