Amendment No. 5 to Joint Development Agreement, effective June 21, 2024, between Solid Power Operating, Inc. and BMW of North America, LLC

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AMENDMENT NO. 5 

to 

JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 

between

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC 

300 Chestnut Ridge Road 

Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 

USA

hereinafter referred to as "BMW"

and

SOLID POWER OPERATING, INC. 

486 S. Pierce Ave., Suite E 

Louisville, CO 80027 

USA 

hereinafter referred to as "Solid Power"

This Amendment No. 5 to Joint Development Agreement (this “Amendment”), is effective as of latest signature date (the “Effective Date”), and is between Solid Power Operating, Inc., with a principal place of business at 486 S. Pierce Ave., Suite E, Louisville, CO 80027, USA (“Solid Power”), and BMW of North America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with a principal place of business at 300 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677, USA (“BMW”, and together with Solid Power, the “Parties”). The Parties entered into a Joint Development Agreement on July 1, 2017 (“Original JDA”), which was subsequently amended on February 18, 2021 (“Amendment No. 1”), March 22, 2021 (“Amendment No. 2”), November 1, 2021 (“Amendment No. 3”), and November 1, 2022 (“Amendment No. 4,” and, collectively with the Original JDA, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, and Amendment No. 3, the “JDA”). The Parties desire that the JDA shall be amended as set forth in this Amendment.

Purpose: Solid Power and BMW are negotiating an amendment to the JDA to provide for, among other things, an updated statement of work and an extension of the JDA Project. Due to the JDA expiring on June 30, 2024, Solid Power and BMW desire to extend the JDA Project while the parties negotiate in good faith an extension to the JDA (“JDA Extension”). The purpose of this Amendment is to (i) extend the term of the JDA and (ii) revise the payment schedule within Section E of Annex 1 of Amendment No. 4.

Term. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the JDA Project shall terminate on September 30, 2024.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE JDA AND ANNEXES TO THE JDA REMAIN UNCHANGED AND IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused its duly-authorized representative to execute this Amendment as of the Effective Date.