INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST
AGREEMENT
This Agreement
is made as of _____________, 2005 by and between QuadraPoint
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,
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”) is
acting as the representative of the underwriters in the IPO;
and
WHEREAS, as
described in the Registra-tion Statement, and in accordance with
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, $67,250,000 of
the gross proceeds of the IPO ($77,712,500 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 con-di-tions pursuant to which the Trustee
shall hold the Property;
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
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, or in any open ended
investment company 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) of Rule 2a-7
promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(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
docu-ments as may be requested by the Company in connection with
the Com-pany’s preparation of the tax returns for the Trust
Account;
(g)
Participate in any plan or
proceeding for protect-ing 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
Ladenburg, 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 Secre-tary 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. The Trustee
understands and agrees that disbursements from the Trust Account
shall be made only pursuant to a duly executed Termination Letter,
together with the other documents referenced herein. In all cases,
the Trustee shall provide Ladenburg 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 here under 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 coun-sel,
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 with respect to such Indemnified Claim. 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 Prop-erty unless and until it shall have received
instructions from the Company given as provided here-in 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 here-under
shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such
designa-tion, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written
revoc