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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

Investment Management Trust Agreement

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JAGUAR ACQUISITION CORP. | Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

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Title: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/3/2005

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                      INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
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                  This Agreement is made as of _____________, 2005 by and
between Jaguar 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, EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. ("EBC") 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 Certificate of Incorporation, $15,300,000 of the
gross proceeds of the IPO ($17,595,000 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 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 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 at Lehman Brothers Inc.;

                  (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;

                  (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 EBC, 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.

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 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; and

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                  (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).

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;

                  (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        
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