Exhibit 10.1


 


March 15, 2021


 


Waldencast Acquisition Corp.


10 Bank Street, Suite 560


White Plains, NY 10606


 


Re:    Initial Public Offering


 


Ladies and Gentlemen:


 


This letter (this “Letter Agreement”)
is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
entered into or proposed to be entered among Waldencast Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”),
and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as the representatives of the several underwriters named
therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Public
Offering”), of 34,500,000 of the Company’s units (including up to 4,500,000 units that may be purchased to
cover over-allotments, if any) (the “Units”), each comprised of one Class A ordinary share of the Company,
par value $0.0001 per share (each, an “Ordinary Share”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each
whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share
at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units shall be sold in the Public Offering pursuant to registration
statement on Form S-1 and a prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph
11 hereof.


 


In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters
to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the Public Offering and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Waldencast Long-Term Capital LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability
company (the “Sponsor”), and the other undersigned persons (each, an “Insider”
and collectively, the “Insiders”), hereby agrees with the Company as follows:


 


1. The
Sponsor and each Insider agrees with the Company that if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination,
then in connection with such proposed Business Combination, it, he or she shall (i) vote any Shares owned by it, him or her in
favor of any proposed Business Combination (including any proposals recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors in connection
with such Business Combination) and (ii) not redeem any Shares owned by it, him or her in connection with such shareholder approval.


 






     


     


    

 


2. The
Sponsor and each Insider hereby agrees with the Company that in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination
within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering, or such later period approved by the Company’s shareholders in
accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as they may be amended from time
to time, the Sponsor and each Insider shall take all reasonable steps to cause the Company to (i) cease all operations except for
the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem
100% of the Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering (the “Offering Shares”),
at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (less
up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number
of then issued and outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish all Public Shareholders’ rights
as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s
board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to
provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor and each Insider agrees to not propose
any amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or
timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination
or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within 24 months from
the closing of the Public Offering, or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial
Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides its Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Offering
Shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and
outstanding Offering Shares.


 


The Sponsor and each Insider acknowledges
that it, he or she has no right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or any other
asset of the Company as a result of any liquidation of the Company with respect to the Founder Shares held by it. The Sponsor and
each Insider hereby further waives, with respect to any Shares held by it, him or her, if any, any redemption rights it, he or
she may have in connection with (x) the consummation of a Business Combination, including, without limitation, any such rights
available in the context of a shareholder vote to approve such Business Combination or in the context of a tender offer made by
the Company to purchase Ordinary Shares and (y) a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection
with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Company does not complete
its initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering, or (ii) with respect to any other provision
relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (although the Sponsor and the Insiders shall
be entitled to redemption and liquidation rights with respect to any Offering Shares it or they hold if the Company fails to consummate
a Business Combination within 24 months from the date of the closing of the Public Offering).


 






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3. Notwithstanding
the provisions set forth in paragraphs 7(a) and (b) below, during the period commencing on the effective date of the Underwriting
Agreement and ending 180 days after such date, the Sponsor and each Insider shall not, without the prior written consent of Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter
into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition
or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise)), directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put
equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 (“Section 16”)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with
respect to, any Units, Shares, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares,
or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction; provided, however, that the foregoing does not
apply to the forfeiture of any Founder Shares pursuant to their terms or any transfer of Founder Shares to any current or future
independent director of the company (as long as such current or future independent director transferee is subject to this Letter
Agreement or executes an agreement substantially identical to the terms of this Letter Agreement, as applicable to directors and
officers at the time of such transfer; and as long as, to the extent any Section 16 reporting obligation is triggered as a result
of such transfer, any related Section 16 filing includes a practical explanation as to the nature of the transfer). The provisions
of this paragraph will not apply if the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and the
transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Letter Agreement to the extent and for the duration
that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.


 


4. In
the event of the liquidation of the Trust Account, the Sponsor (which for purposes of clarification shall not extend to any other
shareholders, members or managers of the Sponsor) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, whether pending or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) to which
the Company may become subject as a result of any claim by (i) any third party for services rendered (other than the Company’s
independent registered public accountants) or products sold to the Company or (ii) a prospective target business with which the
Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement (a “Target”); provided, however,
that such indemnification of the Company by the Sponsor shall apply only to the extent necessary to ensure that such claims by
a third party for services rendered (other than the Company’s independent registered public accountants) or products sold
to the Company or a Target do not reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per Offering Share or (ii)
such lesser amount per Offering Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions
in the value of the trust assets, in each case, net of the amount of interest earned on the property in the Trust Account which
may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access
to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the Underwriters against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that any such executed waiver is deemed to be
unenforceable against such third party, the Sponsor shall not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party
claims. The Sponsor shall have the right to defend against any such claim with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to
the Company if, within 15 days following written receipt of notice of the claim to the Sponsor, the Sponsor notifies the Company
in writing that it shall undertake such defense.


 






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5. To
the extent that the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 4,500,000 Units within
45 days from the date of the Prospectus (and as further described in the Prospectus), the Sponsor agrees that it shall forfeit,
at no cost, a number of Founder Shares in the aggregate equal to 1,125,000 multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
is 4,500,000 minus the number of Units purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii)
the denominator of which is 4,500,000. All references in this Letter Agreement to Founder Shares of the Company being forfeited
shall take effect as surrenders for no consideration of such Founder Shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. The forfeiture will
be adjusted to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the Underwriters so that the number of Founder
Shares will equal an aggregate of 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares after the Public Offering plus the number
of Ordinary Shares to be sold pursuant to that certain forward purchase agreement entered into among the Company, Sponsor and Dynamo
Masters Fund, a member of the Sponsor, relating to the sale by the Company of $130,000,000 (or at the option of the purchasers,
up to $160,000,000) of units, with each unit consisting of one Ordinary Share and one-third of one Warrant to purchase one Ordinary
Share at $11.50 per share, for a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit in a transaction to occur concurrently with the closing of the
initial Business Combination.


 


6. The
Sponsor and each Insider hereby agrees and acknowledges that: (i) the Underwriters and the Company would be irreparably injured
in the event of a breach by such Sponsor or Insider of its, his or her obligations under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7(a), 7(b),
and 9 of this Letter Agreement (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching
party shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity,
in the event of such breach.


 


7. (a)
The Sponsor and each Insider agrees that it, he or she shall not Transfer (as defined below) any Founder Shares (or Ordinary Shares
issuable upon conversion thereof) until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business
Combination and (B) subsequent to the Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares equals or
exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations
and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial
Business Combination or (y) the date following the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination on which the
Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the
Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property (the “Founder
Shares Lock-up Period”).


 


(b) The
Sponsor and each Insider agrees that it, he or she shall not Transfer any Private Placement Warrants (or Ordinary Shares issued
or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Private Placement Warrants), until 30 days after the completion of a Business
Combination (the “Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period”, together with the Founder Shares Lock-up
Period, the “Lock-up Periods”).


 


(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions set forth in paragraphs 7(a) and (b), transfers of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Ordinary Shares
issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Private Placement Warrants or the Founder Shares, are permitted (a) to
the Company’s directors or officers, any affiliates or family members of the Company’s directors or officers, the Sponsor,
any members of the Sponsor or any affiliates of the Sponsor; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the
individual’s immediate family, or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family
or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent
and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination
at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (f) in the event of the Company’s
liquidation prior to the Company’s completion of an initial Business Combination; (g) in the case of an entity, by virtue
of the laws of its jurisdiction or its organizational documents or operating agreement; and (h) in the event of the Company’s
completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s
shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion
of the Company’s initial Business Combination; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) through
(e), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions
in this Agreement.


 






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8. The
Sponsor and each Insider represents and warrants that it, he or she has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any
securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended
or revoked. Each Insider’s biographical information furnished to the Company, if any (including any such information included
in the Prospectus), is true and accurate in all respects and does not omit any material information with respect to such Insider’s
background. Each Insider’s questionnaire furnished to the Company, if any, is true and accurate in all respects. Each Insider
represents and warrants that: it is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order
or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction;
it has never been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any crime (i) involving fraud, (ii) relating to any financial transaction
or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and it is not currently a defendant
in any such criminal proceeding.


 


9. Except
as disclosed in, or as expressly contemplated by, the Prospectus, neither the Sponsor nor any Insider nor any affiliate of the
Sponsor or any Insider, nor any director or officer of the Company, shall receive from the Company any finder’s fee, reimbursement,
consulting fee, monies in respect of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with any services
rendered in order to effectuate the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of
transaction that it is).


 


10. The
Sponsor and each Insider has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which it is bound (including, without limitation,
any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and,
as applicable, to serve as a director on the board of directors of the Company and hereby consents to being named in the Prospectus
as a director of the Company.


 


11. As
used herein, (i) “Business Combination” shall mean a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share
purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses; (ii) “Shares”
shall mean, collectively, the Ordinary Shares and the Founder Shares; (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean
the 8,625,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the consummation
of the Public Offering; (iv) “Initial Shareholders” shall mean the Sponsor and any other person that
holds Founder Shares; (v) “Private Placement Warrants” shall mean the Warrants to purchase an aggregate
of 5,333,333 Ordinary Shares of the Company (or up to 5,933,333 Ordinary Shares of the Company depending on the extent to which
the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement) that the Sponsor has agreed
to purchase for an aggregate purchase price of $8,000,000 (or up to $8,900,000 depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’
over-allotment option is exercised pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement), or $1.50 per Warrant, in a private placement that shall
occur simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering; (vi) “Public Shareholders” shall mean
the holders of securities issued in the Public Offering; (vii) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund
into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Public Offering shall be deposited; and (viii) “Transfer”
shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase
or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position
or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16, (b) entry into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public
announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).


 






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12. This
Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the
extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not
be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by
a written instrument executed by (1) each Insider that is the subject of any such change, amendment, modification or waiver
and (2) the Sponsor.


 


13. No
party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall
not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the
Sponsor and each Insider and their respective successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees.


 


14. This
Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties
hereto (i) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement
shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York City, in the State of New York, and irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction
and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue
or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.


 


15. Any
notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery
or facsimile or other electronic transmission.


 


16. Each
party hereto shall not be liable for any breaches or misrepresentations contained in this Letter Agreement by any other party to
this Letter Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Insider with respect to any other Insider), and no party shall
be liable or responsible for the obligations of another party, including, without limitation, indemnification obligations and notice
obligations.


 


17. This
Letter Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up Periods and (ii) the liquidation of the Company;
provided, however, that this Letter Agreement shall earlier terminate in the event that the Public Offering is not
consummated and closed by June 30, 2021; provided further that paragraph 4 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.


 


18. This
Letter Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.


 


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	 	Sincerely,
	 	 	 	 
	 	WALDENCAST LONG-TERM CAPITAL LLC
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Michel Brousset
	 	 	Name:	Michel Brousset
	 	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer


 


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	 	/s/ Michel Brousset
	 	Name: Michel Brousset


 


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	 	/s/ Felipe Dutra
	 	Name: Felipe Dutra


 


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	 	/s/ Cristiano Souza
	 	Name: Cristiano Souza 


 


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	 	Dynamo master fund
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Emerson Melo
	 	 	Name: 	Emerson Melo
	 	 	Title:	Director


 


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	 	/s/ Sarah Brown
	 	Name: Sarah Brown 


 


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	 	/s/ Juliette Hickman
	 	Name: Juliette Hickman 


 


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	 	/s/ Lindsay Pattison
	 	Name: Lindsay Pattison 


 


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	 	/s/ Zack Werner
	 	Name: Zack Werner 


 


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	Acknowledged and Agreed: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	waldencast acquisition Corp. 	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Michel Brousset	 
	 	Name: 	Michel Brousset	 
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer	 


 


 


 


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