Exhibit 10.1


 


November 18, 2020


 


Reinvent Technology Partners Z


215 Park Avenue, Floor 11


New York, New York 10003


 


		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 into by and between Reinvent Technology Partners Z, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the
“Company”), and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the representative of the several underwriters named
therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Public
Offering”), of 23,000,000 of the Company’s units (including up to 3,000,000 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-fifth 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 a 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, Reinvent Sponsor Z 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 27 months from the closing of the Public Offering if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement
in principle or definitive agreement for 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 (or 27 months, as applicable) 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 (or 27 months, as applicable) 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 (or 27 months, as applicable) 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. 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 3,000,000 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 750,000 multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is 3,000,000 minus the number of Units purchased
by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 3,000,000. 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 20.0% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding Shares after the Public Offering. The Initial Shareholders further agree that to the extent
that the size of the Public Offering is increased or decreased, the Company will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or
redemption, as applicable, immediately prior to the consummation of the Public Offering in such amount as to maintain the number
of Founder Shares at 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares upon the consummation of the Public Offering. In
connection with such increase or decrease in the size of the Public Offering, then (A) the references to 3,000,000 in the
numerator and denominator of the formula in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be changed to a number equal to 15% of the
number of Ordinary Shares included in the Units issued in the Public Offering and (B) the reference to 750,000 in the formula set
forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be adjusted to such number of Founder Shares that the Sponsor would have to return
to the Company in order for the number of Founder Shares to equal an aggregate of 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding
Shares after the Public Offering.


 


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”).


 






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(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 any of the Company’s directors or officers, any direct or indirect
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 its 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.


 


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, or as otherwise contemplated in the proxy statement related to the Company’s initial Business
Combination, 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 fees or compensation of any kind for reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect
of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with any services rendered prior to, o in connection
with, the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).


 






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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 5,750,000 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 4,000,000 Ordinary Shares
of the Company (or up to 4,400,000 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 $6,000,000 (or up to $6,600,000 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).


 


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. This Letter Agreement shall be deemed
severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of this Letter Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term
or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Letter Agreement a provision as similar in
terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.


 






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14. 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.


 


15. 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.


 


16. 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.


 


17. 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.


 


18. 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 December
31, 2021; provided further that paragraph 4 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.


 


19. 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,
	 	 	 	 
	 	REINVENT SPONSOR Z LLC
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Mark Pincus
	 	 	Name: 	Mark Pincus
	 	 	Title:	Manager
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Reid Hoffman
	 	Name:	Reid Hoffman
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Mark Pincus
	 	Name:	Mark Pincus
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Michael Thompson
	 	Name:	Michael Thompson
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ David Cohen
	 	Name:	David Cohen
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Byron Auguste
	 	Name:	Byron Auguste
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Julie Hanna
	 	Name:	Julie Hanna
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Lee Linden
	 	Name:	Lee Linden
	 	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Linda Rottenberg
	 	Name: 	Linda Rottenberg


 


Acknowledged and Agreed:


 


	REINVENT TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS Z	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Michael Thompson	 
	 	Name:	Michael Thompson	 
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer	 


 


[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]