SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-10-01

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED
FROM THE <BR>
EXHIBIT&nbsp;BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I)&nbsp;NOT MATERIAL AND (II)&nbsp;THE TYPE THAT<BR>
THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES <BR>
THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 6</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">300 Chestnut Ridge Road</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">USA</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">hereinafter referred to as &quot;BMW&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SOLID POWER OPERATING,&nbsp;INC.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">486 S. Pierce Ave., Suite&nbsp;E</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Louisville, CO 80027</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">hereinafter referred to as &quot;Solid Power&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
</FONT>Joint Development Agreement (&ldquo;<B>Agreement</B>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<B>JDA</B>&rdquo;) entered into as of July&nbsp;1, 2017
and amended on February&nbsp;18, 2021 (&ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1</B>&rdquo;), March&nbsp;22, 2021 (&ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;2</B>&rdquo;),
November&nbsp;01, 2021 (&ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;3</B>&rdquo;), November&nbsp;01, 2022 (&ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;4</B>&rdquo;)
and June&nbsp;21, 2024 (<B>&ldquo;Amendment No.&nbsp;5&rdquo;</B>, and together with the JDA, Amendment No.&nbsp;1, Amendment No.&nbsp;2,
Amendment No.&nbsp;3, Amendment No.&nbsp;4, and Amendment No.&nbsp;5 the &ldquo;<B>Previously Amended JDA</B>&rdquo;) by and between
Solid Power Operating,&nbsp;Inc. (f/k/a Solid Power,&nbsp;Inc.), with a principal place of business at 486 S. Pierce Ave., Suite&nbsp;E,
Louisville, CO 80027, USA (&ldquo;<B>Solid Power</B>&rdquo;), and BMW of North America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with
a principal place of business at 300 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677, USA (&ldquo;<B>BMW</B>&rdquo;), collectively the
 &ldquo;<B>Parties</B>&rdquo;, shall be amended as set forth in this amendment (&ldquo;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;6</B>&rdquo;) to the JDA.</P>

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