Amendment to OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction between Freedom Acquisition I Corp., Complete Solaria, Inc., and Seller
This amendment updates the terms of an existing OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction originally made between Freedom Acquisition I Corp., Complete Solaria, Inc., and a Seller. The amendment changes how and when the final valuation and settlement amounts are calculated and paid, including new rules for using shares or cash, and sets conditions for payment if certain events occur. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged. The amendment ensures the contract remains valid and enforceable, and may be signed in counterparts.
Exhibit 10.1
[ ] Amendment to
OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction
This [ ] amendment, dated July [ ], 2025 (this “Amendment”), is entered into in respect of the OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction originally executed as of July 13, 2023 by and between Freedom Acquisition I Corp., a Cayman Island exempted company (“FACT”), Complete Solaria, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“Target”) (with FACT and Target collectively the “Company”) and [ ] (the “Seller”) (as previously amended (the “Prior Amendments”) and as may be further amended from time to time, the “EPFT Contract”) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the EPFT Contract.
Whereas, the Company and the Seller would like to further amend the EPFT Contract as set forth in this Amendment.
Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledge, the Company and the Seller hereby agree to amend the following provisions of the EPFT Contract. All other terms and conditions in the EPFT Contract shall remain unchanged and continue in full force and effect.
The Valuation Date provision shall be amended to read as follows:
| “Valuation Date: | The earlier to occur of (a) July 17th, 2026, which is the date that is approximately three years after the date of the closing of the Business Combination (the date of the closing of the Business Combination, the “Closing Date”) pursuant to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2023 (as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”), by and among FACT, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, Solaria and Target, (b) the date specified by Seller in a written notice to be delivered to Counterparty at Seller’s discretion (which Valuation Date shall not be earlier than the day such notice is effective) after the occurrence of any of (w) a VWAP Trigger Event, (x) a Delisting Event, (y) a Registration Failure or (z) unless otherwise specified therein, upon any Additional Termination Event; and (c) 90 days after delivery by the Counterparty of a written notice in the event that for any 20 trading days during a 30 consecutive trading day-period (the “Measurement Period”) that occurs at least 6 months after the Closing Date, the VWAP Price is less than the then applicable Reset Price, provided that a Registration Statement (as defined below) was effective and available for the entire Measurement Period and remains continuously effective and available during the entire 90 day notice period.” |
| “Settlement Amount Adjustment: | An amount equal to the product of (1) the Number of Shares as of the Valuation Date multiplied by (2) $2.00. In the event the expected Settlement Amount determined by the VWAP Price over the 15 scheduled trading days ending on but excluding the Valuation Date exceeds the Settlement Amount Adjustment, the Settlement Amount Adjustment shall be deemed to be zero. In the event the Settlement Amount Adjustment exceeds the Settlement Amount, the Settlement Amount Adjustment shall be paid, at the option of Counterparty, in cash or Shares (such Shares, the “Maturity Shares”) (other than in the case of a Delisting Event, in which case the Settlement Amount Adjustment must be paid in cash). In the event that Counterparty is eligible to pay the Settlement Amount Adjustment using Maturity Shares, Counterparty will be deemed to have elected to pay the Settlement Amount Adjustment in Maturity Shares unless Counterparty notifies Seller no later than ten Local Business Days prior to the Valuation Date that Counterparty elects to pay the Settlement Amount Adjustment in cash. In the event the Settlement Amount Adjustment is paid in Maturity Shares then, on the Valuation Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Seller an initial calculation of the Maturity Shares equal to (a) the Settlement Amount Adjustment divided by (b) the volume weighted daily VWAP Price over the 15 scheduled trading days ending on but excluding the Valuation Date (the “Estimated Maturity Shares”). The total number of Maturity Shares to be delivered to Seller by Counterparty shall be based on the volume weighted daily VWAP Price over the Valuation Period (the “Final Maturity Shares”). On the Local Business Day following the end of the Valuation Period, (i) if the Final Maturity Shares exceeds the Estimated Maturity Shares, Counterparty shall deliver to Seller an additional number of Maturity Shares equal to such excess, and (ii) if the volume weighted daily VWAP Price over the Valuation Period multiplied by the Estimated Maturity Shares exceeds the Settlement Amount Adjustment, Seller shall deliver to Counterparty a cash amount equal to such excess. By no later than the start of the Valuation Period, all Maturity Shares shall be registered for resale by the Counterparty under an effective resale Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities Act under which Seller may sell or transfer the Shares and, subject to the receipt of Seller representation letters and such other customary supporting documentation as requested by (and in a form reasonably acceptable to) Counterparty and its counsel, bear no restrictive legend; provided, however, that Counterparty shall not be able to pay the Settlement Amount Adjustment with Maturity Shares if following the issuance of the Maturity Shares, Seller’s ownership of Shares would exceed 9.9% ownership of the total Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance unless Seller at its sole discretion waives such 9.9% ownership limitation. To the extent that a Delisting Event occurs during the Valuation Period, the VWAP Price for the remainder of the Valuation Period shall be deemed to be zero and any election to pay the Settlement Amount Adjustment with Maturity Shares will automatically revert to a requirement that the Settlement Amount Adjustment be paid in cash such that any further payment that is to be made of the Settlement Amount Adjustment as provided above shall be made by Seller in cash.” |
| “Cash Settlement Payment Date: | The tenth Local Business Day immediately following the last day of the Valuation Period. On the Cash Settlement Payment Date, if the Settlement Amount Adjustment exceeds the Settlement Amount, the Counterparty shall remit to the Seller the difference between (i) the Settlement Amount Adjustment and (ii) the Settlement Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the Settlement Amount is used solely as a calculation mechanism to determine any liability the Counterparty may owe to the Seller via the Settlement Amount Adjustment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Seller shall not be required to remit the Settlement Amount to the Counterparty or return any portion of the Prepayment Amount.” |
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No Other Amendments. All other terms and conditions of the EPFT Contract (as amended by this Amendment and the Prior Amendments) shall remain in full force and effect and the EPFT Contract shall be read and construed as if the terms of this Amendment were included therein by way of addition or substitution, as the case may be.
Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the EPFT Contract and, except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the EPFT Contract are ratified and confirmed and continue in full force and effect. All parties hereby agree that the EPFT Contract, as amended by this Amendment, shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms.
Most Favored Nation. In the event the Company enters into other similar agreements with any other investor before or after the execution of this Amendment in connection with the modification of the EPFT Contract, Company represents that the terms of such other similar agreements are not materially more favorable to such other investors thereunder than the terms of this Amendment are in respect to Seller. For the avoidance of doubt, Company acknowledges and agrees that no other provisions of the EPFT Contract are being modified in other similar agreements other than the provisions included herein, with such provisions not being modified in any different fashion in other similar agreements. In the event that another investor is afforded any more favorable terms pursuant to other similar agreements than Seller, Company shall inform Seller of such more favorable terms in writing within one business day, and Seller shall have the right to elect to have such more favorable terms included herein, in which case this Amendment shall automatically be amended to effect the same.
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).
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In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto executed and delivered this Amendment as of July 20, 2025.
| COMPANY: | ||
| COMPLETE SOLARIA, INC. | ||
| Name: | T. J. Rodgers | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| SELLER: | ||
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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