Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February 21, 2024, by and between AltEnergy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Car Tech, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company (the “Company”), and the undersigned (“Holder”).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Holder is a holder of Company Units, shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Private Warrants, as applicable, in such amounts as set forth underneath Holder’s name on the signature page hereto;
WHEREAS, Parent, Car Tech Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company are party to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, the separate limited liability company existence of Merger Sub will cease, and the Company will be the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the effective time of the Merger, (a) all Company Units will be converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock, and (b) AltEnergy Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the sponsor of Parent (the “Sponsor”), will transfer 4,800,000 Parent Private Warrants held by the Sponsor (the “Transfer Warrants”) to the Company Members; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which:
a. (i) all shares of Parent Common Stock and all Parent Private Warrants (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Transfer Warrants) currently held by the Sponsor or B. Riley Principal Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“B. Riley”), or to be held by the Sponsor or B. Riley immediately following the Closing, together with all shares of Parent Common Stock to be acquired by the Sponsor or B. Riley from time to time after the Closing upon the exercise of such Parent Private Warrants, and (ii) all shares of Parent Common Stock and all Transfer Warrants to be held by the Company Members immediately following the Closing, together with all shares of Parent Common Stock to be acquired by the Company Members from time to time after the Closing upon the exercise of such Transfer Warrants (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Restricted Securities”), shall be or shall become, as applicable, subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2 hereof; provided however, that the Restricted Securities shall exclude (A) 500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock currently held by Sponsor (the “Unrestricted Sponsor Shares”), which Unrestricted Sponsor Shares shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2 hereof so long as (I) such shares are not held by Sponsor or its Affiliates as of the Closing or immediately thereafter, and (II) Sponsor notifies Parent in writing prior to