Exhibit 10.3
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of ___________________, 2022, by and between Zi Toprun Acquisition Corp., a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-264430 (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the initial public offering (“IPO”) of the Company’s units (the “Units”), each of which consists of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one redeemable warrant, each warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, has been declared effective as of the date hereof (“Effective Date”) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement); and
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (the “Representative”) which is acting as the representative of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) in the IPO; and
WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, $113,300,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO and a private placement taking place simultaneously therewith ($130,295,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a segregated trust account located at all times in the United States (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, included in the Units issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided (the proceeds to be delivered to the Trustee (and any interest subsequently earned thereon) 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”); provided that, in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the Company may extend the period of time within which the Company must complete its initial Business Combination up to six (6) times, each by a period of one (1) month; provided that for each such one-month extension period (the “Extension Period”) the amount of $550,000 (or $632,500 if the over-allotment option provided for in the Prospectus for the IPO is exercised by the Representative in full) (or $0.05 per share of Common Stock sold to the Public Stockholders in the IPO) is deposited into the Trust Account; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to $2,750,000, or $3,162,500 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, is attributable to deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that will be payable by the Company to EF Hutton, a division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (the “Representative”) upon and concurrently with the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Deferred Discount”); 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.
NOW THEREFORE, 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 in a segregated trust account (the “Trust Account”) established by the Trustee at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or at another U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more) in the United States, maintained by Trustee, and at a brokerage institution selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company;
(b) Manage, supervise and administer the Trust Account subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(c) In a timely manner, upon the written instruction of the Company, invest and reinvest the Property (i) in United States government treasury bills, notes or bonds having a maturity of 185 days or less and/or (ii) in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that invest solely in U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, and the Trustee may not invest in any other securities or assets; it being understood that the Trust Account will earn no interest
while account funds are uninvested awaiting the Company’s instructions hereunder; and while account funds are invested or uninvested, the Trustee may earn bank credits or other consideration;
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