EX-10.1





 Exhibit 10.1 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”).
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE
TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 
 PROMISSORY NOTE 

 

			
	Principal Amount: $450,000	  	Dated as of January 4, 2021
		  	New York, New York

 Gores Holdings VII, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Maker”), promises to pay to the order
of Gores Sponsor VII LLC or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), or order, the principal sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced by Payee to
Maker and shall remain unpaid under this Note on the Maturity Date (as defined below) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below. All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note. 

1. Principal. The entire unpaid principal balance of Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) January 31, 2022, or (ii) the date on
which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities (such earlier date, the “Maturity Date”). The principal balance may be prepaid at any time. Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited
to any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Maker, be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Maker hereunder. 
 2.
Drawdown Requests. Maker and Payee agree that Maker may request, from time to time, up to Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) in drawdowns under this Note to be used for costs and expenses related to Maker’s formation and the
proposed initial public offering of its securities (the “IPO”). Principal of this Note may be drawn down from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon written request from Maker to Payee (each, a “Drawdown
Request”). Each Drawdown Request must state the amount to be drawn down, and must not be an amount less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). Payee shall fund each Drawdown Request no later than three (3) business days after receipt of
a Drawdown Request; provided, however, that the maximum amount of drawdowns outstanding under this Note at any time may not exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000). No fees, payments or other amounts shall be due to Payee in connection
with, or as a result of, any Drawdown Request by Maker. 
 3. Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

4. Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this
Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorney’s fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 












 5. Events of Default. The following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of
Default”): 
 (a) Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal amount due pursuant to this Note
within five (5) business days of the date specified above. 
 (b) Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
(or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of
corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing. 
 (c) Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order
for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days. 
 6. Remedies. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note
to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 (b) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 5(b) or 5(c), the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases
without any action on the part of Payee. 
 7. Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for
payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by
virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption
from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or
in part in any order desired by Payee. 
 8. Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time,
renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and
agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to Maker or affecting Maker’s liability hereunder. 

9. Notices. All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this Agreement shall be: (i) in writing and delivered
personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (ii) by facsimile to the number most recently provided to such party or such
other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by such party and (iii) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address 












 
most recently provided to such party or such other electronic mail address as may be designated in writing by such party. Any notice or other communication so transmitted shall be deemed to have
been given on the day of delivery, if delivered personally, on the business day following receipt of written confirmation, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, one (1) business day after delivery to an overnight courier service or
five (5) days after mailing if sent by mail. 
 10. Construction. THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF. 
 11. Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 12. Trust Waiver. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution of or from the trust account to be established in which the proceeds of the IPO conducted by
the Maker (including the deferred underwriters discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the warrants issued in a private placement to occur prior to the consummation of the IPO are to be deposited, as described in greater detail in
the registration statement and prospectus to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the trust account for
any reason whatsoever. 
 13. Amendment; Waiver. Any amendment hereto or waiver of any provision hereof may be made with, and only with, the written
consent of the Maker and the Payee. 
 14. Assignment. No assignment or transfer of this Note or any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by
any party hereto (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and any attempted assignment without the required consent shall be void. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note
to be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	GORES HOLDINGS VII, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Stone

	Name:	 	Mark Stone
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer


  

			
	Acknowledged and Agreed to as of the date first written above.
	
	GORES SPONSOR VII LLC
	
	By: AEG HOLDINGS LLC,
	ITS MANAGING MEMBER
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Alec Gores

	Name:	 	Alec Gores
	Title:	 	Manager

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