INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of _________, 2006 by
and between Energy Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. (the
“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company (“Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-1, No. __________ (“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, the Company has issued securities in a
private placement (the “Placement”); and
WHEREAS, Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”)
is acting as the representative of underwriters (the
“Underwriters”) in the IPO and acted as placement agent
for the Placement; and
WHEREAS, as described in the Company’s
Registration Statement, (i) in accordance with the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation, $150,000,000 of the net proceeds of
the IPO ($172,500,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment
option is exercised in full), (ii) in accordance with the Placement
Share Agreement, dated as of _______, 2006, among the Company,
Maxim and certain purchasers $8,171,437 of the net proceeds of the
Placement (together with the IPO proceeds, the “Base
Deposit”) and $82,539 of Maxim’s placement fees (the
“Contingent Fee”), and (iii) in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, dated as of ________, 2006, between the
Company and Maxim, as representative of the Underwriters, an
additional $1,500,000 ($2,175,000 if the Underwriters’
over-allotment option is exercised in full), representing a portion
of the Underwriters’ discount (the “Contingent
Discount”), will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited
and held in a trust account for the benefit of the Company, the
public holders of the Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of
the Company (“Common Stock”) included in the units of
the Company’s securities issued in the IPO (the
“Units”) and the Underwriters 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, the
Company and Maxim will be referred to together as the
“Beneficiaries”).
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;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
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
with respect to Public Stockholders resident in Colorado, in a
segregated trust account (“Trust Account”) established
by the Trustee with 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
“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) under 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 and Maxim 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 Maxim to do so;
(h) Render to the Company and to
Maxim, 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) Commence liquidation of the Trust
Account upon receipt of the Officers’ Certificate signed by
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in
accordance with the terms of a letter (“Termination
Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached
hereto as Exhibit A or Exhibit B , signed on behalf
of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Financial Officer, 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, except as
provided in Section 1(j) and Section 2 hereof, disbursements from
the Trust Account shall be made only pursuant to a duly executed
Termination Letter, together with the other documents referenced
herein, including, without limitation, an independently certified
oath and report of inspector of election in respect of the
stockholder vote in favor of the Business Combination (as
hereinafter defined). In all cases, the Trustee shall provide Maxim
with a copy of any Termination Letters, Officers’
Certificates and/or any other correspondence that it receives with
respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly
after it receives same. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Business Combination” means the acquisition by the
Company, through merger, capital stock exchange, asset or stock
acquisition of, or similar business combination with, one or
more entities with agreements to acquire vessels or an
operating business in the refining, terminalling or transportation
of energy industry as more fully described in the prospectus
forming a part of the Registration Statement; and
(j) As of the date 18 months from the
date of this Agreement (the “LOI Termination Date”) (or
24 months from the date hereof in the event the Company has
executed a Letter of Intent (defined below) prior to the LOI
Termination Date but failed to consummate a Business Combination
(“Second Termination Date”)), commence liquidation of
the Trust Account. The Trustee, upon consultation with the Company
and Maxim, shall deliver a notice to Public Stockholders of record
as of the LOI Termination Date or Second Termination Date,
whichever the case may be, by U.S. mail or via the Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”), within five days of the LOI
Termination Date or Second Termination Date, to notify the Public
Stockholders of such event and take such other actions as it may
deem necessary to inform the Beneficiaries. The Trustee shall
deliver to each Public Stockholder its ratable share of the
Property against satisfactory evidence of delivery of the stock
certificates by the Public Stockholders to the Company through DTC,
its Deposit Withdraw Agent Commission (DWAC) system or as otherwise
presented to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Trustee receives a bona fide, executed letter of intent, agreement
in principle or engagement letter (a “Letter of
Intent”) for a Business Combination prior to the LOI
Termination Date accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate as
described in Section 3(e) hereof, then the Trustee shall forego or
suspend any liquidation of the Trust Account until the earlier of a
Business Combination or the Second Termination Date.
2.
Limited Distributions of Income on Property .
(a) Upon receipt by the Trustee of an
Officer’s Certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company certifying as true,
accurate and complete a copy of any tax return required to be filed
on behalf of the Trust Account in respect of income earned on the
Property held therein, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company for
submission to the appropriate taxing authority a check made payable
to the order of such taxing authority in the amount required to pay
such taxes; provided , however , that in no event
shall the aggregate amount of all checks issued to taxing
authorities pursuant to this Section 2(a) exceed the income in
respect of which such taxes are due and owing.
(b) Upon written request from the
Company, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company an amount
equal to up to 12,200,000 (2,500,000 if the Underwriters’
over-allotment option is exercised in full) of the income earned on
the Base Deposit, net of taxes payable, over the Income Threshold
(as hereinafter defined) through the last day of the month
immediately preceding the date of receipt of the Company’s
request. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Income
Threshold” shall mean the product of (i) the number of Units
sold to the Underwriters upon exercise of the Underwriters’
over-allotment option, and (ii) $0.20. (If the Underwriters’
over-allotment option is not exercised, the Income Threshold shall
be zero.)
(c) Except as provided in Sections
2(a) and 2(b) above, no other distributions from the Trust Account
shall be permitted except in accordance with Sections 1(i) and 1(j)
hereof.
3.
Agreements and Covenants of the Company . The Company hereby
agrees and covenants:
(a) To provide all instructions to
the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In addition,
except with respect to its duties under paragraph 1(i) and 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 and/or Maxim shall promptly confirm such
instructions in writing;
(b) To 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
Company may participate in such action with its own
counsel;
(c) To 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 Account.
The Company shall not be responsible for any other fees or charges
of the Trustee except as may be provided in paragraph 3(b) hereof
(it being expressly understood th