Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2022

EX-10.1 3 ea170595ex10-1_monument.htm AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2022

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Amendment Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2022, is made by and between Monument Circle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company (the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of January 13, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account established for the benefit of the Company and the Public Stockholders under the circumstances described therein;

 

WHEREAS, Section 6(d) of the Trust Agreement provides that Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement may only be changed, amended or modified with the affirmative vote of at least sixty five percent (65%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class B common stock, voting together as a single class;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company held on the date hereof, at least sixty five percent (65%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class B common stock, voting together as a single class, voted affirmatively to approve (i) this Amendment Agreement and (ii) a corresponding amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”); and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Trustee desires to amend the Trust Agreement as provided herein concurrently with the effectiveness of the Charter 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.    Definitions. Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment Agreement, but not specifically defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Trust Agreement.

 

2.    Amendments to the Trust Agreement.

 

(a)    Effective as of the execution hereof, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Company (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company and, in the case of Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of amounts withdrawn in accordance with this Agreement and less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) upon (i) July 19, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, and included in a public announcement) and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation, if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of amounts withdrawn in accordance with this Agreement and less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses) shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date;” and

 

 

 

 

(b)    Effective as of the execution hereof, Exhibit B of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated, in the form attached hereto, to implement a corresponding change to the foregoing amendment to Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement.

 

3.    No Further Amendment. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in this Amendment Agreement, the Trust Agreement shall continue unmodified, in full force and effect and constitute legal and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms. This Amendment Agreement forms an integral and inseparable part of the Trust Agreement. This Amendment Agreement is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 6I and Section 6(d) of the Trust Agreement, and any defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.

 

4.    References.

 

(a)    All references to the “Trust Agreement” (including “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereby” and “this Agreement”) in the Trust Agreement shall refer to the Trust Agreement as amended by this Amendment Agreement; and

 

(b)    All references to the “amended and restated certificate of incorporation” in the Trust Agreement shall mean the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation as amended by the Charter Amendment.

 

5.    Governing Law. This Amendment 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.

 

6.    Counterparts. This Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement by electronic transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Francis Wolf
    Name: Francis Wolf
    Title:    Vice President
     
  MONUMENT CIRCLE ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ J. Scott Enright
    Name: J. Scott Enright
    Title:     Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Investment Management Trust Agreement]