Exhibit 10.1


 


RIGHTS AGREEMENT


 


This Rights Agreement (this
 “Agreement”) is made as of April 7, 2021 between Model Performance Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands business
company, with offices at Cheung Kong Center, 58 Floor, Unit 5801, 2 Queens Road Central, Central, Hong Kong (the “Company”),
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, with offices at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York,
New York 10004 (the “Right Agent”).


 


WHEREAS, the Company has received
a firm commitment from Maxim Group LLC (“MG”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,000,000 units, each unit (“Unit”)
comprised of one class A ordinary share of the Company, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”), one-half of one warrant with
each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share, and one right to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share
(a “Public Right”) upon the happening of the triggering event described herein, and in connection therewith, will issue and
deliver up to an aggregate of 5,750,000 Public Rights upon consummation of such public offering, 750,000 of which are attributable to
the over-allotment option (“Public Offering”);


 


WHEREAS, simultaneously with
the consummation of the Public Offering, the Company will issue and deliver up to an aggregate of 292,500 rights underlying private units
(the “Private Rights”) and, together with the Public Rights, the “Rights”);


 


WHEREAS, the Company has filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-253877
(“Registration Statement”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”) of, among
other securities, the Public Rights and the Ordinary Shares issuable to the holders of the Public Rights;


 


WHEREAS, the Company desires
the Right Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Right Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration,
transfer and exchange of the Rights;


 


WHEREAS, the Company desires
to provide for the form and provisions of the Rights, the terms upon which they shall be issued, and the respective rights, limitation
of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Right Agent, and the holders of the Rights; and


 


WHEREAS, all acts and things
have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Rights, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on
behalf of the Right Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution
and delivery of this Agreement.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


 


1.             Appointment
of Right Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Right Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Rights, and the Right Agent hereby
accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.


 






    


     


    

 


2.              Rights.


 


2.1            Form of
Right. Each Right shall be issued in registered or book entry form, as requested by the Company or the holder of a Right. Any Rights
issued in registered form shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated
herein and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board or Chief Financial Officer and shall bear
a facsimile of the Company’s seal, if any. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Right shall
have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Right before such Right is issued, it may be issued with the same
effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.


 


2.2            Effect
of Countersignature. Unless and until countersigned by the Right Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a registered Right shall be invalid
and of no effect and may not be exchanged for Ordinary Shares.


 


2.3            Registration.


 


2.3.1            Right
Register. The Right Agent shall maintain books (“Right Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration
of transfer of the Rights. Upon the initial issuance of the Rights, the Right Agent shall issue and register the Rights in the names of
the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Right Agent by the
Company.


 


2.3.2            Registered
Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Right, the Company and the Right Agent may deem and treat the
person in whose name such Right shall be registered upon the Right Register (“registered holder”) as the absolute owner of
such Right and of each Right represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Right Certificate
made by anyone other than the Company or the Right Agent), for the purpose of the exchange thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither
the Company nor the Right Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.


 


2.4            Detachability
of Rights. The securities comprising the Units, including the Rights, will not be separately transferable until the fifty-second (52nd)
day after the date hereof unless MG informs the Company and the Right Agent of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, but in
no event will separate trading of the securities comprising the Units begin until (i) the Company files a Current Report on Form 8-K
which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of the Public Offering including the
proceeds received by the Company from the exercise of the over-allotment option, if the over-allotment option is exercised on the date
hereof, and (ii) the Company issues a press release and files a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading
shall begin.


 


3.            Terms
and Exchange of Rights.


 


3.1            Rights.
Each Right shall entitle the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon the happening of the Exchange Event (described
below). No additional consideration shall be paid by a holder of Rights in order to receive his, her or its Ordinary Shares upon the Exchange
Event as the purchase price for such Ordinary Shares has been included in the purchase price for the Units. In no event will the Company
be required to net cash settle the Rights or issue fractional Ordinary Shares. The provisions of this Section 3.1 may not be modified,
amended or deleted without the prior written consent of MG.


 






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3.2            Exchange
Event. The Exchange Event shall be the Company’s consummation of an initial Business Combination (as defined in the Company’s
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association).


 


3.3            Exchange
of Rights.


 


3.3.1            Issuance
of Certificates. As soon as practicable upon the occurrence of the Exchange Event, the Company shall direct holders of the Rights
to return their Rights Certificates to the Right Agent. If the Company is not the surviving entity in a Business Combination, the holder
of Rights must affirmatively elect to such conversion. Upon receipt of a valid Rights Certificate, the Right Agent shall issue to the
registered holder of such Right(s) a certificate or certificates for the number of full Ordinary Shares to which he, she or it is
entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any provision contained
in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. The Company shall not issue
fractional shares upon exchange of Rights. At the time of the Exchange Event, the Company will instruct the Right Agent to round up to
the nearest whole Ordinary Share or otherwise inform it how fractional shares will be addressed in accordance with British Virgin Islands
law.


 


3.3.2            Valid
Issuance. All Ordinary Shares issued upon an Exchange Event in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.


 


3.3.3            Date
of Issuance. Each person in whose name any such certificate for Ordinary Shares is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have
become the holder of record of such shares on the date of the Exchange Event, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate.


 


3.3.4            Company
Not Surviving Following Exchange Event. If the Exchange Event results in the Company not continuing as a publicly held reporting entity,
the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of Rights to receive the same per share consideration as the holders of the Ordinary
Shares will receive in with the Exchange Event, for the number of shares such holder is entitled to pursuant to Section 3.1 above.


 


3.4            Duration
of Rights. If an Exchange Event does not occur within the time period set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Rights shall expire and shall be worthless.


 


4.            Transfer
and Exchange of Rights.


 


4.1            Registration
of Transfer. The Right Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Right upon the Right Register, upon
surrender of such Right for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions
for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Right representing an equal aggregate number of Rights shall be issued and the old Right shall
be cancelled by the Right Agent.


 






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4.2            Procedure
for Surrender of Rights. Rights may be surrendered to the Right Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and
thereupon the Right Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Rights as requested by the registered holder of the Rights
so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Rights; provided, however, that in the event that a Right surrendered for transfer
bears a restrictive legend, the Right Agent shall not cancel such Right and issue new Rights in exchange therefor until the Right Agent
has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Rights must also
bear a restrictive legend.


 


4.3            Fractional
Rights. The Right Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance
of a Right Certificate for a fraction of a Right.


 


4.4            Service
Charges. There shall be a reasonable service charge paid to the Right Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Rights.


 


4.5            Right
Execution and Countersignature. The Right Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, the Rights required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, and the Company, whenever required
by the Right Agent, will supply the Right Agent with Rights duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.


 


5.            Other
Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Rights.


 


5.1            No
Rights as Shareholder. Until exchange of a Right for Ordinary Shares as provided for herein, a Right does not entitle the registered
holder thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or
other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings
of shareholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.


 


5.2            Lost,
Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Rights. If any Right is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Right Agent may
on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Right, include
the surrender thereof), issue a new Right of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Right so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed.
Any such new Right shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated,
or destroyed Right shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.


 


5.3            Reservation
of Ordinary Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares
that will be sufficient to permit the exchange of all outstanding Rights issued pursuant to this Agreement.


 


6.            Concerning
the Right Agent and Other Matters.


 


6.1            Payment
of Taxes. The Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Right
Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon the exchange of Rights, but the Company shall not be obligated to
pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Rights or such shares.


 






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6.2            Resignation,
Consolidation, or Merger of Right Agent.


 


6.2.1            Appointment
of Successor Right Agent. The Right Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from
all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the
Right Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Right Agent
in place of the Right Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified
in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Right Agent or by the holder of the Right (who shall, with such notice, submit his,
her or its Right for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Right may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York
for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Right Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Right Agent, whether
appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, in good
standing and having its principal office in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Right
Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Right Agent with
like effect as if originally named as Right Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary
or appropriate, the predecessor Right Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such
successor Right Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Right Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor
Right Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually
vesting in and confirming to such successor Right Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.


 


6.2.2            Notice
of Successor Right Agent. In the event a successor Right Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor
Right Agent and the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment.


 


6.2.3            Merger
or Consolidation of Right Agent. Any corporation into which the Right Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or
any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Right Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Right Agent
under this Agreement without any further act.


 


6.3            Fees
and Expenses of Right Agent.


 


6.3.1            Remuneration.
The Company agrees to pay the Right Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Right Agent hereunder and will reimburse the
Right Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Right Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.


 


6.3.2            Further
Assurances. The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and
delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Right Agent for the carrying
out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.


 






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6.4            Liability
of Right Agent.


 


6.4.1            Reliance
on Company Statement. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Right Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable
that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by
a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer and delivered to the Right Agent. The Right Agent may rely
upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.


 


6.4.2            Indemnity.
The Right Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company agrees to indemnify
the Right Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything
done or omitted by the Right Agent in the execution of this Agreement except as a result of the Right Agent’s gross negligence,
willful misconduct, or bad faith.


 


6.4.3            Exclusions.
The Right Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution
of any Right (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition
contained in this Agreement or in any Right; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to
the authorization or reservation of any Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right or as to whether any Ordinary
Shares will, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.


 


6.5            Acceptance
of Agency. The Right Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and
conditions herein set forth.


 


6.6            Waiver.
The Right Agent hereby waives any right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in,
or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
by and between the Company and the Right Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or
satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.


 


7.            Miscellaneous
Provisions.


 


7.1            Successors.
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Right Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns.


 






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7.2            Notices.
Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Right Agent or by the holder of any Right to or
on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private
courier service within five days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by
the Company with the Right Agent), as follows:


 


Model Performance Acquisition Corp.


Cheung
Kong Center


58 Floor, Unit 5801


2 Queens Road Central


Central


Hong Kong


Attn: Serena Shie


 


Any notice, statement or demand authorized
by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Right or by the Company to or on the Right Agent shall be sufficiently given
when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five days after deposit
of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Right Agent with the Company), as follows:


 


Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company


1 State Street, 30th Floor


New York, NY 10004


Attn: George Dalton


 


and


 


Loeb & Loeb LLP


35 Park Avenue


New York, New York 10154


Attn: Giovanni Caruso, Esq.


 


and


 


Maxim Group LLC


405 Lexington Avenue


New York, New York 10174


Attn: Clifford Teller


 


and


 


Schiff Hardin LLP


901 K Street NW, Suite 700


Washington, DC 20001


Attn: Ralph V. De Martino


 


7.3            Applicable
Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Rights shall be governed in all respects by the laws
of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive
laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in
any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby
waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons
to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 7.2 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and
shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim.


 






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7.4            Persons
Having Rights under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions
hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the
registered holders of the Rights and, for the purposes of Sections 3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof, MG, any right, remedy, or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. MG shall be deemed to be a third-party
beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to Sections 3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and
agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (and MG with respect to Sections
3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof) and their successors and assigns and of the registered holders of the Rights.


 


7.5            Examination
of this Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Right Agent in the County
of Nassau County, State of New York, for inspection by the registered holder of any Right. The Right Agent may require any such holder
to submit his, her or its Right for inspection by it.


 


7.6            Counterparts.
This 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.


 


7.7            Effect
of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
interpretation thereof.


 


7.8            Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any registered holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity,
or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not
adversely affect the interest of the registered holders in any material respect. All other modifications or amendments shall require the
written consent or vote of the registered holders of a majority of the then outstanding Rights. The provisions of this Section 7.8
may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of MG.


 


7.9            Severability.
This 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 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 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement
has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.


 


	 	MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Serena Shie
	 	 	Name: Serena Shie
	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Henry Farrell
	 	 	Name: Henry Farrell
	 	 	Title: Vice President


 


[Signature Page to Rights Agreement between
Model Performance Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company]


 






    


     


    

 


EXHIBIT A


Form of Right