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EXHIBIT 10.3
FORM OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of June __, 2005 by and between
Harbor
Acquisition Corporation (the "COMPANY") and Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust
Company ("TRUSTEE").
WHEREAS, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
No.
333-_________ ("REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), for its initial public
offering of
securities ("IPO") has been declared effective as of the date
hereof by the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("EFFECTIVE DATE"); and
WHEREAS, Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated ("FBW") is acting as
the lead
underwriter in the IPO; and
WHEREAS, as described in the Company's Registration Statement,
and in
accordance with the Company's Certificate of Incorporation,
$__________________
of the gross proceeds of the IPO ($_______________ if the
underwriters
over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be delivered to
the Trustee to
be deposited and held in a trust account for the benefit of the
Company and the
holders of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, issued in
the IPO as hereinafter provided (the amount to be delivered to
the Trustee will
be referred to herein as the "PROPERTY"; the stockholders for
whose benefit the
Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the
"PUBLIC
STOCKHOLDERS," and the Public Stockholders and the Company will
be referred to
together as the "BENEFICIARIES"); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to enter into this
Agreement to
set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Trustee
shall hold the
Property;
IT IS AGREED:
1. AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee hereby
agrees and
covenants to:
(a) Hold the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries in
accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, in a segregated trust account
("TRUST
ACCOUNT") established by the Trustee at a branch of Mellon Bank
selected by the
Company;
(b) Manage, supervise and administer the Trust Account subject
to the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
(c) In a timely manner, upon the instruction of the Company,
to
invest and reinvest the Property in any "GOVERNMENT SECURITY."
As used herein,
Government Security means any Treasury Bill issued by the United
States, having
a maturity of one hundred and eighty days or less;
(d) Collect and receive, when due, all principal and income
arising
from the Property, which shall become part of the "Property," as
such term is
used herein;
(e) Notify the Company of all communications received by it
with
respect to any Property requiring action by the Company;
(f) Supply any necessary information or documents as may be
requested
by the Company in connection with the Company's preparation of
the tax returns
for the Trust Account;
(g) Participate in any plan or proceeding for protecting or
enforcing
any right or interest arising from the Property if, as and when
instructed by
the Company and/ or FBW to do so;
(h) Render to the Company and to FBW, and to such other person
as the
Company may instruct, monthly written statements of the
activities of and
amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all receipts and
disbursements of the
Trust Account; and
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(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after receipt
of
and only in accordance with the terms of a letter ("TERMINATION
LETTER"), in a
form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either
EXHIBIT A or
EXHIBIT B, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief
Executive Officer or
Chairman of the Board and Secretary, and complete the
liquidation of the Trust
Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as
directed in the
Termination Letter and the other documents referred to
therein.
2. AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby
agrees and
covenants to:
(a) Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing,
signed
by the Company's Chief Executive Officer, President or Chairman
of the Board. In
addition, except with respect to its duties under paragraph 1(i)
above, the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, any
verbal or telephonic advice or instruction which it in good
faith believes to be
given by any one of the persons authorized above to give written
instructions,
provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such
instructions in writing;
(b) Hold the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from
and
against, any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees
and
disbursements, or loss suffered by the Trustee in connection
with any action,
suit or other proceeding brought against the Trustee involving
any claim, or in
connection with any claim or demand which in any way arises out
of or relates to
this Agreement, the services of the Trustee hereunder, or the
Property or any
income earned from investment of the Property, except for
expenses and losses
resulting from the Trustee's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Promptly
after the receipt by the Trustee of notice of demand or claim or
the
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to
which the Trustee
intends to seek indemnification under this paragraph, it shall
notify the
Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as the
"INDEMNIFIED
CLAIM"). The Trustee shall have the right to conduct and manage
the defense
against such Indemnified Claim, provided, that the Trustee shall
obtain the
consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel,
which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may participate
in such action
with its own counsel; and
(c) Pay the Trustee an initial acceptance fee of [$_____] and
an
annual fee of [$______] (it being expressly understood that the
Property shall
not be used to pay such fee). The Company shall pay the Trustee
the initial
acceptance fee and first year's fee at the consummation of the
IPO and
thereafter on the anniversary of the Effective Date. The Trustee
shall refund to
the Company the fee (on a pro rata basis) with respect to any
period after the
liquidation of the Trust Fund. The Company shall not be
responsible for any
other fees or charges of the Trustee except as may be provided
in paragraph 2(b)
hereof (it being expressly understood that the Property shall
not be used to
make any payments to the Trustee under such paragraph).
3. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility or
liability to:
(a) Take any action with respect to the Property, other than
as
directed in paragraph 1 hereof and the Trustee shall have no
liability to any
party except for liability arising out of its own gross
negligence or willful
misconduct;
(b) Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal
and
income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any
proceeding of any
kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it
shall have
received instructions from the Company given as provided herein
to do so and the
Company shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient
to pay any
expenses incident thereto;
(c) Change the investment of any Property, other than in
compliance
with paragraph 1(c);
(d) Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;
(e) Assume that the authority of any person designated by the
Company
to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless
provided otherwise
in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered
a written
revocation of such authority to the Trustee;
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(f) The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action
taken
or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or
omitted, in good
faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, except for
its gross
negligence or willful
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