Ex 10.7
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of _____________, 2005 by and between
Coconut Palm 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 by the
Securities and Exchange Commission
("Effective Date"); and
WHEREAS, Morgan
Joseph & Co. Inc. ("Morgan Joseph") and
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. ("EBC") are acting as the representatives of the
underwriters in the IPO; and
WHEREAS, as described
in the Registration Statement, and in
accordance with the Company's Certificate of Incorporation,
$54,250,000 of the
gross proceeds of the IPO ($62,620,000 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 a
branch of Citibank,
N.A. selected 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 "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;
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(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 Morgan Joseph and 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
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prior written consent of the Company. 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).
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 o