Exhibit 10.2
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of
,
2007 by and between Arcade Acquisition Corp. (the
“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company (“Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
333-
(as amended from time to time) (“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, Morgan Joseph & Co.
Inc. is acting as the representative (the
“Representative”) of the underwriters in the IPO;
and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to
issue securities in a private placement that will occur immediately
prior to the IPO (the “Placement”); and
WHEREAS, as described in the
Company’s Registration Statement, and in accordance with the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation,
$
of the proceeds of the IPO, net of all discounts and commissions
including the Deferred Compensation (as defined below) and expenses
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 (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit
of the Company and the holder’s of the Company’s 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
(the “CRS”). A copy of Section 11-51-302(6) of the CRS
is attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated as of
,
2007, among the Company and certain purchasers, the entire proceeds
of the private placement of warrants with the Company’s
purchasers, equal to $2,000,000, will be delivered to the Trustee
to be deposited in the Trust Account; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, an additional $1,000,000, (or the amount
specified in the notice delivered pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof),
representing a portion of the underwriters’ discount (the
“Deferred Compensation”) which the Representative, on
behalf of the underwriters, has agreed to deposit into the Trust
Account; and
WHEREAS, the amount to be delivered
to the Trustee, including the proceeds of the IPO and the private
placement and the Deferred Compensation, 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, the
Representative and the Company will be referred to together as the
“Beneficiaries;” and 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;
and
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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 without limitation, the
terms of Section 11-51-302(6) of the CRS, in segregated trust
accounts established by the Trustee at JPMorgan Chase N.A. [and at
Morgan Stanley];
(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 180 days or less or any
open ended investment company selected by the Company and
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that holds
itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of
paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) under Rule 2a-7 promulgated
under the Investment 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 the Representative 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 its tax returns;
(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 the Representative to do
so;
(h)
Render to the Company and to the Representative, 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)
If there is any income or other tax obligation relating to the
income from the Property in the Trust Account as determined by the
Company, then, from time to time, at the written instruction of the
Company, the Trustee shall promptly, to the extent there is not
sufficient cash in the Trust Account to pay such tax obligation,
liquidate such assets held in the Trust Account as shall be
designated by the Company in writing, and disburse to the Company
by wire transfer, out of the Property in the Trust Account, the
amount indicated by the Company as owing in respect of such income
tax obligation; and
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(j)
Commence liquidation of the Trust Account 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, signed on
behalf of the Company by its (i) Chief Executive Officer or
Chairman of the Board and (ii) Chief Financial Officer and complete
the liquidation of the Trust Account and disburse the Property in
the Trust Account (which disbursement shall include, in the event
of a Business Combination, payment of the Deferred Compensation to
the Representative) only as directed in the Termination Letter and
the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in
the event a Termination Letter has not been received by the
24-month anniversary of the effective date of the Registration
Statement (the “Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be
liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Termination Letter attached hereto as Exhibit B to the stockholders
of record on the Last Date. In all cases, the Trustee shall
provide the Representative 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. The
Trustee understands and agrees that, except as provided in
paragraphs 1(i), 1(k) and 6(a) hereof, disbursements from the Trust
Account shall be made only pursuant to a duly executed Termination
Letter, together with the other documents referenced herein;
and
(k)
Upon one or more written requests from the Company, which may be
given not more than once in any calendar month period, the Trustee
shall distribute to the Company interest earned on the Trust
Account, net of taxes payable, up to a maximum of $2,000,000. The
distributions requested by the Company may be for any amount,
provided that (i) in the aggregate, all distributions under this
Section 1(k) may not exceed $2,000,000 (subject to the limitation
imposed by Section (1)(l) below and (ii) that such distributions
may only be made if and to the extent that interest has been
earned, net of taxes, on the amount initially deposited into the
Trust Account; and
(l)
Permit or effect no distribution from the Trust Account except in
accordance with Sections 1(i), 1(j) and 1(k).
2.
Agreements and Covenants of the Company . The Company hereby
agrees and covenants to:
(a)
Provide all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing,
signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President,
Chairman of the Board or Chief Financial Officer. In addition,
except with respect to its duties under Section 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)
Subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, 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
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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.
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
Sections 1(i) and 1(k) 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 and further agreed that said transaction
processing fees shall be deducted by the Trustee from the
disbursements made to the Company pursuant to Section 1(k). The
Company shall pay the Trustee the initial acceptance fee and first
year’s fee at the consummation of the IPO and shall
thereafter pay the annual fee 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 Account. The Company shall not be responsible for any other
fees or charges of the Trustee except as set forth in this Section
2(c) and as may be provided in Section 2(b) hereof (it being
expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to make
any payments to the Trustee under such Section);
(d)
Within five business days after the Representative’s
over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) expires
or is exercised in full, provide the Trustee notice in writing
(with a copy to the Representative) of the total amount of the
Deferred Compensation, which shall in no event be less than
$1,000,000;
(e)
Provide to the Trustee any letter of intent, agreement in principle
or definitive agreement that is executed in connection with a
Business Combination, together with a certified copy of a unanimous
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company affirming that
such
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