Exhibit 10.1
TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 3, 2019, is entered into by and among Tesla, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Cambria Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), and each of the persons set forth onSchedule A hereto (each, a “Stockholder”). All terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner (as defined in Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of Schedule A, all options, warrants, restricted stock units and other similar securities are included even if not exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof) of the number of (i) shares of common stock (the “Company Common Stock”), (ii) Company Options and (iii) Company RSUs, in each case set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name onSchedule A (all such shares of Company Common Stock, Company Options and Company RSUs set forth onSchedule A next to such Stockholder’s name, together with any shares of Company Common Stock that are hereafter issued to or otherwise directly or indirectly acquired or beneficially owned by such Stockholder prior to the termination of this Agreement, including for the avoidance of doubt any shares of Company Common Stock acquired or otherwise beneficially owned by such Stockholder upon the exercise of Company Options or vesting and settlement of Company RSUs after the date hereof (collectively “After-Acquired Shares”), but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any shares of Company Common Stock upon a Permitted Transfer (as defined below) of such shares, being referred to herein as such Stockholder’s “Subject Shares”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution hereof, Parent, Purchaser and Maxwell Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for (i) Purchaser to commence the Offer and (ii) following the consummation of the Offer, the merger of Purchaser with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity of the merger (the “Merger”), in each case upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to their willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, and as an inducement and in consideration for Parent and Purchaser to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, and on such Stockholder’s own account with respect to such Stockholder’s Subject Shares, has agreed to enter into 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 and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows: