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Exhibit 10.2
INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Agreement
is made as of ___, 2005 by and between Community Bankers Acquisition Corp. (the
“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
“Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-___(the
“Registration Statement”), for its initial public offering of
securities (the “IPO”) has been declared effective as of the date
hereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Effective
Date”); and
WHEREAS,
I-Bankers Securities Incorporated (the “Representative”) is acting
as the representative of the underwriters in the IPO; and
WHEREAS, as
described in the Company’s Registration Statement, and in accordance with
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, $54,000,000 of the gross
proceeds of the IPO ($62,100,000 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 $.01 per share, issued in the IPO
and in the event the Units are registered in Colorado, pursuant to
Section 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Revised Statutes (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 JPMorgan Chase NY Bank 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;
(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 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) Commence
liquidation of the Trust Account only after receipt of and only in accordance
with the terms of a letter (the “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, 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,
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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 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 Trustee shall also be entitled to reimbursement from the
Company for all expenses paid or incurred by it in the administration of its
duties hereunder including, but not limited to, all counsel, advisors’
and agents’ fees and disbursements and all taxes or other governmental
charges. 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
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
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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) Pay
any taxes on behalf of the Trust Account (it being expressly understood that
the Property shall not be used to pay any such taxes and that such taxes, if
any, shall be paid by the Company from funds not held in the Trust Account).
4. 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 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;
(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 2(b); or
(c) On
such date after ___, 2006 when the Trustee deposits the Property with the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the event
that, prior to such date, the Trustee has not received a Termination Letter
from the Company pursuant to paragraph 1(i).
5. 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 C. The Company and the Trustee will
each restrict access to confidential information relating to such security
procedures to authorized persons. Each
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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 conflict of laws.
It may be executed in several 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. This Agreement or any provision
hereof may only be changed, 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 the
Representative. 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 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
8th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Mr. Steven Nelson, President
Fax: (202) 509-5150
if to the Company,
to:
Community Bankers
Acquisition Corp.
717 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Attn: Mr. Gary A. Simanson, President
Fax: (703) 757-8202
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in either case
with a copy to:
I-Bankers
Securities Incorporated
1560 East Southlake Boulevard
Suite 232
Southlake, Texas 76092
Attn: Shelley Gluck, Chief Financial Officer
Fax: (817) 416-2264
(f) This
Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the
Company.
(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.
[Signature
page to follow]
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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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