INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST
AGREEMENT
This
Agreement is made as of August 15, 2005 by and between Stone
Arcade Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
(“Trustee”).
WHEREAS,
the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
No. 333- 124601 (“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”) 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 Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, $110,854,000 of the net proceeds of
the IPO ($127,954,000 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 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, a copy of which 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;
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 and Morgan Joseph 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 and/or Morgan Joseph to do so;
(h) Render
to the Company and to Morgan Joseph, 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;
(i) Upon
written instructions from the Company, deliver to the Company, on a
quarterly basis, from the Property in the Trust Account, an amount
equal to the taxes payable by the Company, if any, relating to
interest earned on the Property; and
(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 Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the
Board and Secretary and affirmed by its entire Board of Directors,
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;
provided , however , that in the event that a
Termination Letter has not been received by February 19, 2007
(or the date that is the six month anniversary of such date, in the
event that a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive
agreement has been executed prior to such date in connection with a
Business Combination (as defined in the Termination Letter attached
hereto as Exhibit A) that has not been consummated by
August 19, 2007), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter
attached as Exhibit B to the stockholders of record on the
record date; provided , further , that the record
date shall be within ten (10) days of February 19, 2007 (or
the date that is the six month anniversary of such date, in the
event that a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive
agreement has been executed prior to such date in connection with a
Business Combination that has not been consummated by
August 19, 2007), or as soon thereafter as is
practicable.
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 Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board.
In addition, except with respect to its duties under paragraph 1(j)
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
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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 Company may participate in such
action with its own counsel;
(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);
(d) Provide
to the Trustee any letter of intent, agreement in principle or
definitive agreement that is executed prior to February 19,
2007 in connection with a Business Combination; and
(e) In
connection with any vote of the Company’s stockholders
regarding a Business Combination, provide to the Trustee an
affidavit or certificate of a firm regularly engaged in the
business of soliciting proxies and tabulating stockholder votes
(which firm may be the Trustee) verifying the vote of the
Company’s stockholders regarding such Business
Combination.
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
proceedin
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