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EX-10.2 14 v033851_ex10-2.htm
January 31, 2006


Fortissimo Acquisition Corp.
14 Hamelacha Street
Park Afek, Rosh Ha’ayin 48091 Israel

EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
275 Madison Avenue
Suite 1203
New York, New York 10016

Re: Initial Public Offering

Gentlemen:

The undersigned indirect stockholder of Fortissimo Acquisition Corp. (“Company”), in consideration of EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”) entering into a letter of intent (“Letter of Intent”) to underwrite an initial public offering of the securities of the Company (“IPO”) and embarking on the IPO process, hereby agrees as follows (certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 10 hereof):

 
1.
If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares beneficially owned by it in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the holders of the IPO Shares.
 
2.
In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within 18 months from the effective date (“Effective Date”) of the registration statement relating to the IPO (or 24 months under the circumstances described in the prospectus relating to the IPO), the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares beneficially owned by it in favor of the Company’s decision to liquidate. The undersigned hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Fund (as defined in the Letter of Intent) and any remaining net assets of the Company as a result of such liquidation with respect to his Insider Shares (“Claim”) and hereby waives any Claim the undersigned may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever.
 
3.
In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, the undersigned agrees to present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable opportunity to acquire an operating business, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations the undersigned might have.
 
4.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not consummate any Business Combination which involves a company which is affiliated with any of the Insiders unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm reasonably acceptable to EBC that the business combination is fair to the Company’s stockholders from a financial perspective.
 
5.
Neither the undersigned nor any affiliate (“Affiliate”) of the undersigned will be entitled to receive and will not accept any compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to or in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, provided that commencing on the Effective Date, Fortissimo Capital Management Ltd. (“Related Party”), shall be allowed to charge the Company $7,500 per month, representing an allocable share of Related Party’s overhead, to compensate it for the Company’s use of Related Party’s offices, utilities and personnel. Related Party and the undersigned shall also be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a Business Combination.
 
6.
Neither the undersigned nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive or accept a finder’s fee or any other compensation in the event the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business Combination.
 


Fortissimo Acquisition Corp.
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
January 31, 2006
 
 
7.
The undersigned will escrow all Insider Shares for the three year period commencing on the Effective Date subject to the terms of a Stock Escrow Agreement which the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent acceptable to the Company.
 
8.
The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by which he is bound, to enter into this letter agreement.
 
9.
This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The undersigned hereby (i) agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against him arising out of or relating in any way to this letter agreement (a “Proceeding”) shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive, (ii) waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum and (iii) irrevocably agrees to appoint Proskauer Rose LLP as agent for the service of process in the State of New York to receive, for the undersigned and on his behalf, service of process in any Proceeding. If for any reason such agent is unable to act as such, the undersigned will promptly notify the Company and EBC and appoint a substitute agent acceptable to each of the Company and EBC within 30 days and nothing in this letter will affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
10.
As used herein, (i) a “Business Combination” shall mean an acquisition by merger, capital stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition, reorganization or otherwise, of an operating business; (ii) “Insiders” shall mean all officers, directors and stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iii) “Insider Shares” shall mean all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by an Insider prior to the IPO; and (iv) “IPO Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued in the Company’s IPO.

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Fortissimo Acquisition Corp.
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
January 31, 2006


Fortissimo Capital Fund L.P.

By: Fortissimo Capital Fund GP, L.P., its General Partner

By: /s/ Yuval Cohen  
Name:_Yuval Cohen_________
Title:_Managing Partner______


Fortissimo Capital Fund (Israel) L.P.

By: Fortissimo Capital Fund GP, L.P., its General Partner

By: /s/ Yuval Cohen  
Name:_Yuval Cohen_________
Title:_Managing Partner______


Fortissimo Capital Fund (Israel - DP), L.P.

By: Fortissimo Capital Fund GP, L.P., its General Partner

By: /s/ Yuval Cohen  
Name:_Yuval Cohen_________
Title:_Managing Partner______