Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
VOTING AGREEMENT
This Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 24, 2022, is made and entered into by and between Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and SVF Excalibur (Cayman) Limited (the “Stockholder”), a stockholder of Zymergen Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation (the “Company”). Parent and Stockholder are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Pepper Merger Subsidiary Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, Stockholder is willing to make certain representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements as set forth in this Agreement with respect to the 26,614,219 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) Beneficially Owned (as defined below) by Stockholder (the “Subject Shares” and, together with any additional shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the “Shares”); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to their willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and the Company have required that Stockholder, and Stockholder has (solely in its capacity as such and not as a director or fiduciary) agreed to, execute and deliver this 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, sufficiency, and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement. When used in this Agreement, the following terms in all of their tenses, cases, and correlative forms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.
(a) “Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that solely for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate of Stockholder; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any member of Stockholder shall be deemed an Affiliate of Stockholder; and provided, further, that an Affiliate of Stockholder shall include any investment fund, vehicle or holding company of which Stockholder or an affiliate thereof serves as the general partner, managing member or discretionary manager or advisor, or which shares the same investment manager and/or the same investment advisor. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by Contract or otherwise.