美国加州洛杉矶（2023年1月17日）—总部位于美国加州的全球共享智能电动出行生态系统公司Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) ("FF", “Faraday Future” 或"公司”) 今天宣布已与由数十名FFIE核心管理层组成的全球合伙人公司 FF Global Partners LLC（"FFGP"）的全资子公司FF Top LLC（"FF Top"）签署了一份经修订和重述的股东协议（the “Shareholder Agreement”，或"股东协议"）。此外，公司亦与中国黄冈市政府（“City of Huanggang”，或"黄冈市"）达成了不具约束力的合作框架协议，以推动公司中美双主场的战略落地。
新签署的股东协议巩固了FF Top作为重要股东的地位。在获股东批准的前提下，FF Top将拥有1:10的超级投票权。此外，在获股东批准的前提下，当FF的市值达到30亿美元时，FF Top将拥有1:20的超级投票权。根据股东协议中规定的条款和条件，FF Top还将有权在7个董事会席位中提名4名FF Top指定人员，这将为FF Top提供对FF董事会的重大影响力及某些融资的审批权。任何FF Top的指定人在FF董事会的任命或提名参选均应事先经过FF董事会提名和公司治理委员会的合理核查和/或批准，这些任命或提名亦须符合某些标准（且无需其他核查或批准）。FF Top已经通知公司，股东协议中的一些建议预计将提交给股东批准。
根据公司与黄冈市签订的框架协议，FF计划将其未来的FF中国总部迁至黄冈市，这将进一步支持推进其中美双主场、中美双基因的战略落地。
根据双方签订的框架协议，为进一步实现优势互补、互惠互利、共同发展，双方应在投资、科技创新、产业转型、区位、政策等方面贡献各自的优势。预计黄冈市政府将积极协助FF在黄冈市进行产业布局，调配相关资源，同时为FF在黄冈市的创业项目提供包括但不限于资金和政策方面的支持。Faraday Future 拟将其FF中国总部迁至黄冈市，同时保留其位于加州洛杉矶的全球总部。FF中国总部预计将由黄冈市政府引导基金、相关产业基金和FF共同出资建设。该框架协议已于2022年第三季度签署。
“我非常感谢全球合伙人团队在公司过去一段最困难时期的时期提供的帮助，我也希望FFGP能够继续在融资等方面向公司继续提供帮助。” FF全球CEO陈雪峰先生说。
FF预计在2023年3月底开始量产可销售的FF 91 Futurist电动车，预计将于4月初下线，并在4月底之前交付。FF 已经达成了第六个生产制造里程碑，即完成了车辆装配区的施工和设备安装。这标志着FF在2021年末制定的七个里程碑中的六个已经完成（第七个里程碑是SOP）。这也代表了FF在量产FF 91 Futurist方面取得的成就。此外，FF 91 Futurist还完成了车辆和I.A.I系统FF 91 Futurist的核心先进系统，即Intelligent.Autonomous.Internet / 智能、自动驾驶和互联网）和核心部件的重大升级。
中国湖北省黄冈市：
黄冈地处湖北省东部、大别山南麓、长江中游北岸、京九铁路中段。黄冈是中国历史文化名城，著名红色革命根据地，版图面积1.74万平方公里，户籍人口725.27万人，常住人口578.27万人。2022年上半年，黄冈市实现地区生产总值1155.13亿元，同比增长4.9%，居全省第5位，比去年同期前进8位，主要经济指标继续保持快于全省、全面进位的良好势头。
黄冈与武汉接壤，是武汉的卫星城；黄冈主城区距离武汉市中心70公里。作为武汉城市圈的重要组成部分，黄冈承载着湖北省新能源汽车发展的使命。黄冈交通便利，拥有3座高铁站，铁路运输发达；距中部国际航空枢纽武汉天河机场仅1.5小时车程，距亚洲第一个专业货运枢纽机场——鄂州花湖机场仅30公里；拥有集装箱码头，可直接通往欧美及日韩等地。
湖北省是中国汽车产业重镇，2021年汽车产量达210万辆，占全国汽车产量超8%。2021年湖北省GDP在全国31个省市中排名第7。
湖北省汽车产业链完整，具备整车研发生产能力和三电关键零部件开发能力，具有关键人才储备和科技创新发展基础。湖北省正加速打造万亿级汽车产业集群，建成全国重要的新能源与智能网联汽车发展高地。
About Faraday Future:
Faraday Future is a class-defining luxury electric vehicle company. The Company has pioneered numerous innovations relating to its products, technology, business model, and user ecosystem since inception in 2014. Faraday Future aims to perpetually improve the way people move by creating a forward-thinking mobility ecosystem that integrates clean energy, AI, the Internet, and new usership models. Faraday Future’s first flagship product is the FF 91 Futurist.
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