Amendment to Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2023, by and between Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I and Continental Transfer & Trust Company
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is made as of December 11, 2023, by and between Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the Company), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the Trustee). Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment, but not specifically defined in this Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering of units of the Company (the Units), each of which is composed of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Ordinary Shares), and one-half of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share of the Company (such initial public offering hereinafter referred to as the Offering);
WHEREAS, simultaneously with the closing of the Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 16,700,000 warrants (the Private Placement Warrants), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement offering to Europe Acquisition Holdings Limited, the Companys sponsor;
WHEREAS, $351,900,000 of the net proceeds of the Offering and sale of the Private Placement Warrants were delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in the segregated Trust Account located in the United States for the benefit of the Company and the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units issued in the Offering pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement made effective as of December 17, 2021, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the Original Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Original Agreement to, among other things, reflect the amendment to the Original Agreement contemplated by the Trust Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Trust Agreement
(a) Section 1(c) of the Original Agreement are hereby amended and restated to read in their entirety as follows:
1. Agreements and Covenants of Trustee. The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants to:
(c) In a timely manner, upon the written instruction of the Company, i) hold funds uninvested, ii) hold funds in an interest-bearing bank demand deposit account, or iii) invest and reinvest the Property in solely United States government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, having a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (or any successor rule), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company; 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 Companys instructions hereunder and while invested or uninvested, the Trustee may earn bank credits or other consideration.
2. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Entire Agreement. The Original Agreement, as modified by this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.
Signatures on following page.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Francis Wolf | |
Name: | Francis Wolf | |
Title: | Vice President | |
INVESTCORP EUROPE ACQUISITION CORP I | ||
By: | /s/ Craig Sinfield-Hain | |
Name: Craig Sinfield-Hain | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |