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Exhibit 10.1

	
	
	NOTICE:  You have up to twenty-one (21) days to consider this Agreement before deciding whether to sign it.  In connection with your consideration of this Agreement, Adient US LLC hereby advises you to consult with an attorney prior to signing this Agreement.

SEPARATION AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS AGREEMENT

This Separation and Release of Claims Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between ADIENT US LLC (“Adient”) and BRYON S. FOSTER (“Employee”).  Employee enters into this Agreement on behalf of himself, his spouse, heirs, successors, assigns, executors, and representatives of any kind, if any. 

WHEREAS, Adient and Employee entered into a Key Executive Severance and Change of Control Agreement effective January 17, 2017 (“Severance Agreement”), which provides for various severance benefits in the event Employee’s employment with Adient is terminated under certain circumstances; 

WHEREAS, Employee’s employment with Adient terminated on March 1, 2019; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Severance Agreement, Employee’s receipt of such severance benefits is subject to various conditions, including Employee executing and not revoking a release of claims agreement in a form acceptable to Adient; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties, it is agreed as follows:

1.Separation Date.  Employee’s employment with Adient terminated on March 1, 2019 (“Separation Date”).  

2.Salary and Benefits Replacement Payments.  In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Severance Agreement, Adient will provide Employee with the following payments:

		
	a.
	In accordance with Section 2.02(a) of the Severance Agreement, a payment of $1,200,000.00, less applicable taxes and withholdings. 

		
	b.
	In accordance with Section 2.02(c) of the Severance Agreement, a payment of $309,726.60, less applicable taxes and withholdings.

The payments in 2(a) and 2(b) above shall be paid to Employee in a single lump sum payment within ninety (90) days of the Separation Date in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Severance Agreement.

3.Bonus.  To the extent a bonus is paid under Adient’s Annual Incentive Performance Plan for the performance period ending September 30, 2019, Employee will be eligible to receive an award in accordance with Section 2.02(b) of the Severance Agreement.  

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4.Equity.  Employee’s equity awards shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.02(d) of the Severance Agreement; provided however, the third tranche of Employee’s founder’s grant award of restricted stock units shall vest as scheduled on October 31, 2019. 

5.Eligibility for Severance Benefits.  Employee’s entitlement to the payments and benefits set forth in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 above is conditioned upon (i) Employee executing and not revoking this Agreement, and (ii) Employee complying with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Severance Agreement. 

6.Severance Agreement.  The Severance Agreement remains in effect and Employee shall continue to comply with the provisions of such agreement, including but not limited to Section 2.03 and the restrictive covenants set forth in Article III regarding confidential information, trade secrets, non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disparagement.  Furthermore, in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Severance Agreement, the last sentence of Section 3.03 of the Severance Agreement is hereby modified as follows:  

For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation, the following entities, among others, compete with the Company Group: Magna International Inc., Lear Corporation, Faurecia S.A., Toyota Boshoku Corp., DYMOS, Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., Woodbridge Foam Corp., Tachi-S Co., Ltd., SAIC Motor Corporation Limited and FAW Group Corporation.  

This Agreement does not waive or limit the rights of Adient under the Severance Agreement.  Employee is not entitled to any payments, benefits or other entitlements under the Severance Agreement except as set forth in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 above.  

7.General Release of Claims.  In consideration of receiving the severance benefits set forth in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 above, Employee hereby releases and forever discharges the Released Parties (defined below) from any and all claims, contracts, judgments and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs of any kind), whether known or unknown, which Employee has or may have against the Released Parties, or any of them, arising out of or based on any transaction, occurrence, matter, event, cause or thing whatsoever which has occurred prior to or on the date Employee executes this Agreement. “Released Parties” includes Adient and all Affiliated Entities (defined below), their predecessors and successors (including, but not limited to, Johnson Controls International plc, Johnson Controls, Inc. and all of their affiliated entities), and all of Adient’s and the other foregoing entities’ past, present and future officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, members, managers, partners, joint ventures, attorneys, executors, employee benefit plans, insurers, assigns and other representatives of any kind.  This release includes, but is not limited to: (i) claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, state family and/or medical leave laws, state fair employment laws, state and federal wage and hour laws, wage payment laws, tax laws, any amendments to the foregoing laws, and/or any other law (including without limitation federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, common law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation); (ii) claims based on breach of contract (express or implied), tort, personal injury, misrepresentation, discrimination, failure to accommodate, retaliation, harassment, defamation, invasion of privacy or wrongful discharge; (iii) claims for bonuses, payments or benefits 

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under any of Adient’s or any Affiliated Entity’s bonus, severance or incentive plans or fringe benefit programs or policies; (iv) any other claims arising out of or connected with Employee’s employment with or separation of employment from Adient or any Affiliated Entity; (v) claims arising under the Severance Agreement; and (vi) claims arising out of Employee’s removal as an officer or director from any Affiliated Entity. This release does not include a waiver of any claim that cannot legally be waived.  Nothing in this Agreement (x) waives a claim for benefits vested as of the Separation Date under a retirement plan of Adient or any Affiliated Entity or (y) waives Employee’s right to receive a whistleblower award from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “Affiliated Entities” means Adient plc and all entities related to or affiliated with either Adient or Adient plc, including but not limited to parent, sister or subsidiary entities (of any tier) and joint ventures (individually each an “Affiliated Entity”).

8.Non-Admission of Liability.  Neither Adient’s signing of this Agreement nor any actions taken by Adient toward compliance with the terms of this Agreement constitute an admission by Adient that it has acted improperly or unlawfully in connection with Employee or that it has violated any law.

9.Challenge to Validity; Cooperation with Government Agencies.  Nothing in this Agreement: (i) limits Employee’s right to challenge the validity of this Agreement under the ADEA; (ii) interferes with Employee’s right or responsibility to give testimony under oath or to make statements or otherwise provide information to a government agency or commission; (iii) prohibits Employee from filing a charge or complaint with, making a report to, participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by, or otherwise cooperating with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the SEC or any other government agency or commission; or (iv) prohibits Employee from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any law.  However, by executing this Agreement, Employee is waiving and completely disclaiming any right to a remedy or to recover any benefits or monetary awards in connection with any action (whether brought by Employee, the EEOC, the NLRB, the OSHA, any other government agency or commission, or any other person or entity) arising out of or based on any transaction, occurrence, matter, event, cause or thing whatsoever which has occurred prior to or on the date Employee executes this Agreement, except that Employee is expressly permitted to accept a whistleblower award from the SEC pursuant to Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

10.Representations. Employee agrees, represents, and certifies that: (i) Employee has been advised in writing by Adient to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement; (ii) Employee has been advised in writing by Adient that Employee had at least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement; (iii) Employee has returned to Adient all items of personal property that are the property of Adient; (iv) Employee has returned to Adient all records, files, manuals, reports, notes or any other documents or materials, whether in written, electronic or other form, and whether prepared by Employee or others (including any copies of the same), which contain confidential, proprietary or other information regarding Adient, any Affiliated Entity or the businesses of Adient or any Affiliated Entity; and (v) Employee has been paid all compensation and received all benefits due to Employee as a result of Employee’s employment with Adient or any Affiliated Entity.

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11.Cooperation.  Employee shall provide information and assistance to Adient or any Affiliated Entity, as reasonably requested by Adient or any Affiliated Entity, with respect to matters with which Employee was familiar during Employee’s employment with Adient or any Affiliated Entity.  The assistance to be provided by Employee may include, for example, meeting with the employees, agents and attorneys of Adient or an Affiliated Entity at reasonable dates and times, providing requested information, reviewing administrative and legal filings, and, if necessary, testimony in any forum, etc.  Adient shall not require any assistance from Employee which would unreasonably interfere with any future employment of Employee.

12.Revocation Period. Employee enters into this Agreement voluntarily.  Employee may revoke this Agreement, in writing, within seven (7) days after signing it.  This Agreement will not become enforceable or effective until the revocation period has expired.  To be effective, any notice of revocation must be in writing and received by Renee McLeod, Vice President, Human Resources, Adient US LLC, 49200 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170, within the seven (7) day revocation period (or, if the seventh day of the revocation period is not a business day, on the first business day following such date).  

13.Miscellaneous.  Employee acknowledges that Employee has read this Agreement, that Employee is fully aware of its contents and its legal effect, that the preceding paragraphs recite the sole consideration for this Agreement, that all agreements and understandings between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement are embodied and expressed herein, in Employee’s equity award agreements, and in the Severance Agreement, and that Employee has been afforded ample opportunity to consider this Agreement and enters into this Agreement freely, knowingly, and without coercion and not in reliance upon any representations or promises made by Adient or any Affiliated Entity, or their agents, other than those contained herein.

14. Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement are severable.  If Employee challenges any part of this Agreement and it is held to be void or unenforceable or contrary to law, Adient shall have the option to either terminate this Agreement in its entirety, in which case it shall be entitled to the return of the payment and benefits made to Employee hereunder (unless such return is otherwise prohibited by law), or it may require that the balance of this Agreement nonetheless shall remain in full force and effect. 

15.Controlling Law; Jurisdiction, Venue.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced according to the internal laws of the State of Michigan, without reference to principles of conflicts of law. Employee irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees that any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising under this Agreement or the Severance Agreement may be brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, or if such court does not have jurisdiction or will not accept jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in Michigan, (ii) consents to be subject to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) waives any objection which Employee may have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court. Adient is a Michigan limited liability company. The responsibilities of the Employee’s employment with Adient and any Affiliated Entity had a substantial relation to the business of Adient in Michigan. 

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16.Modification, Counterparts and Facsimile Signatures.  This Agreement may not be altered, amended, modified, or otherwise changed in any respect except by another written agreement that specifically refers to this Agreement, executed by authorized representatives of Adient and Employee. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Electronically scanned and faxed copies of signatures may be relied upon as the true and correct signatures of the undersigned.

The parties have executed this Agreement as of the dates written below.   
EMPLOYEE                        ADIENT US LLC

/s/ Byron S. Foster                    /s/ Cathleen A. Ebacher        
Bryon S. Foster                    By Cathleen A. Ebacher
Its President

March 5, 2019                         March 5, 2019                
Date                            DateExhibit
4.1

 

	NUMBER	UNITS
	U-	 

 

SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

CUSIP
89628U207

 

TRINE
ACQUISITION CORP.

 

UNITS
CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND ONE-HALF OF ONE WARRANT,

EACH
WHOLE WARRANT ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK

 

THIS
CERTIFIES THAT                     
is the owner of          Units.

 

Each
Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(“Common Stock”), of Trine Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder
to purchase one (1) share (subject to adjustment) of Common Stock for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each
Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more
businesses (each a “Business Combination”), or (ii) twelve (12) months from the closing of
the Company’s initial public offering, and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the date
that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company completes its initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption
or liquidation (the “Expiration Date”). The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented
by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to           
, 2019, unless BTIG, LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. elect to allow separate trading earlier, subject to the Company’s
filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing an audited balance sheet reflecting
the Company’s receipt of the gross proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering and issuing a press release announcing
when separate trading will begin. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of             
, 2019, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the
terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance
hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 1 State Street, 30th Floor,
New York, New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost.

 

This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.

 

This
certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

Witness
the facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Company.

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Authorized
    Signatory	 	 	 	Transfer
    Agent

 

     

     

    

 

Trine
Acquisition Corp.

 

The
Company will furnish without charge to each unitholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications,
limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were
written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 

 

	TEN COM    —     as
    tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN
    ACT	 	—	 	 	 	Custodian	 	 
	TEN
    ENT     —     as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	 	 	    (Cust)    	 	 	 	      (Minor)      
	 	 	 	 
	JT
    TEN         —     as joint tenants with
    right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	 	 	under
    Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(State)

 

Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

For
value received,                     
hereby sell, assign and transfer unto                     

 

(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

 

(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

 

Units
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

Attorney
to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated

 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	Notice: The
    signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular,
    without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	 
	 	 
	 	 
	THE
    SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
    AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 (OR
    ANY SUCCESSOR RULE).	 

 

In
each case, as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated                   ,
2019, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held in the trust
account established in connection with its initial public offering only in the event that (i) the Company redeems the shares
of Class A common stock sold in the Company’s initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate
an initial business combination by                   ,
2021, (ii) the Company redeems the shares of Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering in connection
with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance
or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Class A common stock if it does not consummate an initial
business combination by                   ,
2021, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash his, her or its respective shares of Class A common
stock in connection with a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company seeks stockholder approval of
the proposed initial business combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial business combination. In no other circumstances
shall the holder(s) have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.

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