Exhibit 10.5

 

November 30, 2021

 

Roth CH Acquisition V Co.

888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400
Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Roth CH Acquisition V Co. (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”), intends to register its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (“Registration Statement”).

 

Each of the undersigned (each a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”) hereby commits that it will purchase the number of units, as set forth opposite their respective name in Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Private Units”), each Private Unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), and one-half of one warrant with each whole warrant entitling its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock (the “Warrants”), at $10.00 per Private Unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $4,240,000 (the “Private Unit Purchase Price”).

 

The Purchasers hereby agree that they will purchase an additional amount of units of the Company, which amount is set forth opposite each Purchaser’s respective name in Exhibit A attached hereto (“Over-Allotment Units”), or an aggregate maximum purchase price of $375,000 (“Over-Allotment Unit Purchase Price”, together with the Private Unit Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”), in the event Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters”) exercise the over-allotment option, such that the amount held in the trust account (as described in the Registration Statement, the “Trust Account”) does not fall below $10.15 per share for each share of Common Stock sold in the IPO.

 

At least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the pricing of the IPO, each Purchaser will cause the applicable Private Unit Purchase Price to be delivered to an escrow account in accordance with the wire instructions provided to the Purchaser.

 

The consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Private Units shall occur simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Over-Allotment Units shall occur simultaneously with the closing of any exercise of the over-allotment option related to the IPO. Simultaneously with or prior to the consummation of the IPO, the Private Unit Purchase Price, without interest or deduction, shall be deposited into the trust fund (“Trust Fund”) established by the Company for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders as described in the Registration Statement.

 

The Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will be identical to the units to be sold by the Company in the IPO. Additionally, each Purchaser agrees:

 

  to vote the shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in favor of any proposed Business Combination;

 

  that as long as the Warrants underlying the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units are held by the Purchasers or their designees or affiliates, they may not be exercised after five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement;
     
  not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the IPO, unless the Company provides the holders of shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Common Stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust Fund, including interest earned on Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO;

 

  

 

 

  not to convert any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units into the right to receive cash from the Trust Fund in connection with a shareholder vote to approve either a Business Combination or an amendment to the provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and not to tender any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in connection with a tender offer conducted prior to the closing of a Business Combination;

 

  that the Purchasers will not participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units or any underlying securities (but will participate in liquidation distributions with respect to any units or shares of Common Stock purchased by the Purchasers in the IPO or in the open market) if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination;

 

  that the Private Units, Over-Allotment Units and underlying securities will not be transferable until after the consummation of a Business Combination except (i) to the Company’s pre-IPO shareholders, or to the Company’s officers, directors, advisors and employees, (ii) transfers to the Purchasers’ affiliates or their members upon their liquidation, (iii) to relatives and trusts for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) by private sales made in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the Private Units were originally purchased or (vii) to the Company for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, in each case (except for clause vii) where the transferee agrees to the terms of the transfer restrictions; and

 

  the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will include any additional terms or restrictions as is customary in other similarly structured blank check company offerings or as may be reasonably required by the underwriters in the IPO in order to consummate the IPO, each of which will be set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

Each of the Purchasers acknowledges and agrees that they will execute agreements in form and substance typical for transactions of this nature necessary to effectuate the foregoing agreements and obligations prior to the consummation of the IPO as are reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers, including but not limited to an insider letter.

 

Each of the Purchasers listed under the caption “Underwriters and Related Persons” on Exhibit A attached hereto further acknowledges and agrees that the Private Units and their component parts and the related registration rights will be deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and will therefore, pursuant to Rule 5110(e) of the FINRA Manual, be subject to lock-up for a period of 360 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales in the IPO, subject to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). Additionally, the Private Units and their component parts and the related registration rights held by the Purchasers listed under the caption “Underwriters and Related Persons” on Exhibit A attached hereto may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated during the foregoing 360 day period following the effective date of the Registration Statement except to any underwriter or selected dealer participating in the IPO and the bona fide officers or partners of the applicable Purchaser and any such participating underwriter or selected dealer. Additionally, the Private Units and their component parts and the related registration rights held by the Purchasers listed under the caption “Underwriters and Related Persons” on Exhibit A attached hereto will not be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of such securities by any person for a period of 360 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales in the IPO. Additionally, each Purchaser listed under the caption “Underwriters and Related Persons” on Exhibit A attached hereto may not exercise demand or piggyback rights with respect to the Private Units and their components parts after five (5) and seven (7) years, respectively, from the effective date of the Registration Statement and may not exercise demand rights on more than one occasion, all in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110.05.

 

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Each of the Purchasers hereby represents and warrants that:

 

  (a) it has been advised that the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units have not been registered under the Securities Act;

 

  (b) it will be acquiring the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units for its account for investment purposes only;

 

  (c) it has no present intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in violation of the securities laws of the United States;

 

  (d) it is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

  (e) it has had both the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the officers and directors of the Company and all persons acting on its behalf concerning the terms and conditions of the offer made hereunder;

 

  (f) it is familiar with the proposed business, management, financial condition and affairs of the Company;

 

  (g) it has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this letter and any documents contemplated herein or needed to consummate the transactions contemplated in this letter; and

 

  (h) this letter constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, and is enforceable against it.

 

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This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Purchaser and the Company with respect to the purchase of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the same.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  PURCHASERS
   
  CR Financial Holdings, Inc.
   
  By:   /s/ Byron Roth
    Name: Byron Roth
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer
   
  CHLM Sponsor-5 LLC
   
  By: /s/ Steve Dyer
    Name: Steve Dyer
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  /s/ Byron Roth
  Byron Roth
   
  /s/ Gordon Roth
  Gordon Roth
   
  /s/ Aaron Gurewitz
  Aaron Gurewitz, as Trustee of the AMG Trust established January 23, 2007
   
  /s/ Theodore Roth
  Theodore Roth
   
  /s/ John Lipman
  John Lipman
   
  /s/ Nazan Akdeniz
  Nazan Akdeniz
   
  /s/ Louis J. Ellis III
  Louis J. Ellis III
   
  /s/ Adam Rothstein
  Adam Rothstein
   
  /s/ Sam Chawla
  Sam Chawla
   
  /s/ Pamela Ellison
  Pamela Ellison

 

 

 

 

  Roth Capital Partners, LLC
   
  By:   /s/ Gordon Roth 
    Name: Gordon Roth
    Title: CFO

 

Accepted and Agreed:  
   
ROTH CH ACQUISITION V CO.  
   
By:  /s/ Byron Roth  
  Name: Byron Roth  
  Title:   Co-Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Purchaser   Number
of Private Units
    Number of
Over-Allotment Units
    Total
(w/ OA)
 
Underwriters and Related Persons                      
CR Financial Holdings, Inc.     97,901       8,658        
CHLM Sponsor-5 LLC     102,852       9,097        
Byron Roth     61,705       5,458        
Gordon Roth     12,686       1,122        
Aaron Gurewitz, as Trustee of the AMG Trust established January 23, 2007     16,483       1,459        
Theodore Roth     7,249       641        
John Lipman     102,851       9,097        
Nazan Akdeniz     863       76        
Louis J. Ellis III     863       76        
Roth Capital Partners, LLC     7,953       703        
                       
Independent Directors                      
Adam Rothstein     4,198       371        
Sam Chawla     4,198       371        
Pamela Ellison     4,198       371