SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-12-22

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">December 17, 2020 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">850 Library Avenue, Suite 204 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Newark, Delaware 19711 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UBS Securities LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11 Wall Street </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10005 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10022 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Initial Public Offering </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter agreement (this
&#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the &#147;<B>Underwriting Agreement</B>&#148;) to be entered into by and between Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), and UBS Securities LLC and Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company LLC, as representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto (the &#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148;),
relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the &#147;<B>IPO</B>&#148;) of the Company&#146;s units (the &#147;<B>Units</B>&#148;), each unit comprised of one share of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;), and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-half</FONT> of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock (each, a &#147;<B>Warrant</B>&#148;). Certain capitalized terms
used herein are defined in paragraph 13 hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting
Agreement and to proceed with the IPO, and in recognition of the benefit that such IPO will confer upon the undersigned, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned
hereby agrees, severally but not jointly, with the Company as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company solicits approval of its
stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned shall vote all shares of Common Stock and Founder Shares (including shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Founder Shares) beneficially owned by him or her, whether acquired before,
in, or after the IPO, in favor of such Business Combination. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the Company fails to consummate
a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, the undersigned will, as promptly as possible, cause the Company to
(i)&nbsp;cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii)&nbsp;as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the IPO Shares, at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;per-share&nbsp;price,</FONT> payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to
the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding IPO Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders&#146; rights as stockholders (including
the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii)&nbsp;as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company&#146;s remaining stockholders and the Company&#146;s board of
directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the cases of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;to the Company&#146;s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and requirements of other applicable law. The undersigned hereby
waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Account and any remaining net assets of the Company as a result of such liquidation (&#147;<B>Claim</B>&#148;) with respect to the Founder Shares
owned by the undersigned and hereby waives any Claim the undersigned may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with t