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Exhibit 10.6
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This
Agreement is made as of ___, 2007 by and between Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp.
(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 (“Effective Date”) by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement); and
WHEREAS,
Lazard Capital Markets LLC (“Lazard”) is acting as the
representative of the underwriters in the IPO; and
WHEREAS,
as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the
Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, $194,060,000
of the gross proceeds of the IPO and sale of the Insider Warrants (or
$222,860,000 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 $.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:
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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;
(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 United States “government securities” within the
meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 having a
maturity of 180 days or less, and/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 and ___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
Lazard to do so;
(h) Render
to the Company and to Lazard, 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 and promptly 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 hereto, signed on behalf of the Company
by its President or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant Secretary
or other authorized officer of the Company, 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 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the
Registration Statement (“Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be
liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination
Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the stockholders of
record on the Last Date. In all cases, the Trustee shall provide Lazard 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. The provisions of this Section 1(i) may not be
modified, amended or deleted under any circumstances.
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Limited
Distributions of Income from Trust Account. |
(a) Upon
written request from the Company, which may be given from time to time in a
form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit C, the
Trustee shall distribute to the Company the amount requested by the Company to
cover any income or franchise tax obligation owed by the Company as a result of
interest or other income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account;
(b) Upon
written request from the Company, which may be given from time to time in a
form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit D, the
Trustee shall distribute to the Company the amount requested by the Company to
cover expenses related to investigating and selecting a target business and
other working capital requirements; provided, however, that the aggregate
amount of all such distributions shall not exceed $3,100,000; and
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(c) The
limited distributions referred to in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above shall be made
only from income collected on the Property. Except as provided in Section 2(a)
and 2(b) above, no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be
permitted except in accordance with Section 1(i) hereof.
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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 Chairman of the Board or President or other authorized officer.
In addition, except with respect to its duties under paragraphs 1(i), 2(a) and
2(b) 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 Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified
Claim without the prior written consent of the Company unless such settlement
includes a full release of the Company with respect to such Indemnified Claim.
The Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;
(c) Pay
the Trustee an initial acceptance fee, an annual fee and a transaction
processing fee for each disbursement made pursuant to Section 2 as set
forth on Schedule A hereto, which fees shall be subject to modification by
the parties from time to time. It is expressly understood that the Property
shall not be used to pay such fees unless and until it is distributed to the
Company pursuant to Section 2. 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 annual 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 set forth in
this Section 3(c) and as may be provided in Section 3(b) hereof (it being
expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to make any payments
to the Trustee under such Sections);
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(d) 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.
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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 paragraphs 1
and 2 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;
(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
misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting
upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel
(including counsel chosen by the Trustee), statement, instrument, report or
other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and
effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of
any information therein contained) which is believed by the Trustee, in good
faith, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or
persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver,
modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms
hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee
signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the
Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;
(g) Verify
the correctness of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or
to confirm or assure that any acquisition made by the Company or any other
action taken by it is as contemplated by the Registration Statement; and
(h) File
information returns with the United States Internal Revenue Service and payee
statements with the Company, documenting the taxes payable by the Company, if
any, relating to interest earned on the Property.
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Termination. This Agreement shall terminate as
follows: |
(a) If
the Trustee gives written notice to the Company that it desires to resign under
this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a
successor trustee. At such time that the Company notifies the Trustee that a
successor trustee has been appointed by the Company and has agreed to become
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the
management of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including but not
limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating to the
Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however,
that, in the event that the Company does not locate a successor trustee within
ninety days of receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee
may submit an application to have the Property deposited with any court in the
State of New York or with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York and upon such deposit, the Trustee shall be immune from
any liability whatsoever; or
(b) At
such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1(i) hereof, and distributed the
Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this
Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Paragraph 3(b).
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Miscellaneous. |
(a) The
Company and the Trustee each acknowledge that the Trustee will follow the
security procedures set forth below with respect to funds transferred from the
Trust Account. Upon receipt of written instructions, the Trustee will confirm
such instructions with an Authorized Individual at an Authorized Telephone
Number listed on the attached Exhibit E. The Company and the Trustee will
each restrict access to confidential information relating to such security
procedures to authorized persons. Each party must notify the other party
immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained
access to such information, or of any change in its authorized personnel. In
executing funds transfers, the Trustee will rely upon account numbers or other
identifying numbers of a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank or intermediary
bank, rather than names. The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss,
liability or expense resulting from any error in an account number or other
identifying number, provided it has accurately transmitted the numbers
provided.
(b) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law
principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of
another jurisdiction. It may be executed in several original or facsimile
counterparts, each one of which shall constitute an original, and together
shall constitute but one instrument.
(c) This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except for Section 1(i) (which may
not be amended under any circumstances), this Agreement or any provision hereof
may only be changed,
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amended or modified by a
writing signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such
change, amendment or modification may be made without the prior written consent
of Lazard. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating to
this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury.
(d) The
parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal
court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for purposes of
resolving any disputes hereunder.
(e) Any
notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express
mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt
requested), by hand delivery or by facsimile transmission:
if to the Trustee, to:
Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Steven G. Nelson
Fax No.: (212) 509-5150
if to the Company, to:
Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp.
c/o Terrapin Partners LLC
540 Madison Avenue
17th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attn: Jason Weiss, Chief Executive Officer
Fax No.: ( ) -
in either case with a copy
to:
Lazard Capital Markets LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Attn:
Fax No.: ( ) -
(f) This
Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the
Company and Lazard.
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(g) Each
of the Trustee and the Company hereby represents that it has the full right and
power and has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform
its respective obligations as contemplated hereunder. The Trustee acknowledges
and agrees that it shall not make any claims or proceed against the Trust
Account, including by way of set-off, and shall not be entitled to any funds in
the Trust Account under any circumstance.
(h) Each
of the Company and the Trustee hereby acknowledge that Lazard is a third party
beneficiary of this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Investment Management
Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.
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