INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made as of [               ], 2006 by and between Stoneleigh Partners Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “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, HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC (“Brenner”) is acting as the representative of the underwriters in the IPO; and

WHEREAS, as described in the Company’s Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, $92,920,000.00 of the gross proceeds of the IPO ($106,858,000.00 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 Class B common stock, par value $.0001 per share, issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided and in the event the Units are registered in Colorado, pursuant to Section 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Revised Statutes. A copy of the Colorado Statute is attached hereto and made a part hereof (the amount to be delivered to the Trustee, together with any interest earned on the Trust Account (defined below), 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, including the terms of Section 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Statute, in a segregated trust account (“Trust Account”) established by the Trustee;

(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 United States “government security” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 having a maturity of one hundred and eighty days or less or in any open ended investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as determined by the Company;

(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 to do so;

(h)   Render to the Company and to Brenner, 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

(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 President or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant 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; provided, however , that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by the 18-month anniversary of the closing (“Closing”) of the IPO (“First Date”), or the 24-month anniversary of the Closing (“Last Date”) in the event that a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination has been executed on or prior to the First Date but the Business Combination has not been consummated by the First Date, the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto to the stockholders of record on the record date established by the Company for such purpose. The Company shall set the record date to be within ten days of the Last Date, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and legally permissible. In all cases, the Trustee shall provide Brenner with a copy of any Termination Letters and/or any other correspondence that it receives with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after it receives same.

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 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 $1,000 and an annual fee of $3,000 (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).

(d)   Provide to the Trustee any publicly disclosed letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination that is executed on or prior to the First Date;

(e)   In connection with any vote of the Company’s stockholders regarding a Business Combination, provide to the Trustee an affidavit or certificate of a firm regularly engaged in the business of soliciting proxies and/or tabulating stockholder votes (which firm may be the Trustee) verifying the vote of the Company’s stockholders regarding such Business Combination.

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