Exhibit 10.2


 


INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT


 


This
Agreement is made as of [●], 2021 by and between Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”).


 


WHEREAS,
the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-[●] (“Registration Statement”) for its initial
public offering of securities (“IPO”) has been declared effective as of the date hereof (“Effective Date”)
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set
forth in the Registration Statement); and


 


WHEREAS,
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) is acting as the underwriter in the IPO; and


 


WHEREAS,
as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
$200,000,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO ($230,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be delivered
to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a trust account for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Company’s
common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided (the proceeds
to be delivered to the Trustee will be referred to herein as the “Property”; the shareholders for whose benefit the
Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Shareholders,” and the Public Shareholders and
the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”); 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.


 


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
(“Trust Account”) established by the Trustee at Morgan Stanley 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 instruction of the Company, invest and reinvest the Property (i) in United States government treasury
bills, notes or bonds having a maturity of 180 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. treasuries, as determined
by the Company, it being understood that the Trust Account will earn no interest while the account funds are uninvested awaiting
the Company’s instructions hereunder and the Trustee may earn bank credits and other consideration


 


(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 Chardan 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 its tax returns;


 


(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 to do so;


 



     


     


    

 


(h)
Render to the Company monthly written statements of the activities of and amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all receipts
and disbursements of the Trust Account; and


 


(i)
Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of
a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit
B, signed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant
Secretary and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, 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; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received
by the Trustee by the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the IPO (“Closing”) (“Last Date”), the Trust
Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto
and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of the Last Date.


 


2.
Limited Distributions of Income from Trust Account.


 


(a)
Upon written request from the Company, which may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto
as Exhibit C, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company the amount of interest income earned on the Trust Account requested
by the Company to cover any income or other tax obligation owed by the Company as a result of such interest income.


 


(b)
The limited distributions referred to in Section 2(a) above shall be made only from income collected on the Property. Except as
provided in Section 2(a) above, no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be permitted except in accordance with Section
1(i) hereof.


 


(c)
The Company shall provide Chardan with a copy of any Termination Letters and/or any other correspondence that it issues to the
Trustee with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after such issuance.


 


3.
Agreements and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby agrees and covenants to:


 


(a)
Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer. In addition, except with respect to its duties under paragraphs 1(i) and 2(a) 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 shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;


 


(b)
Subject to the provisions of Sections 5 and 7(g) of this Agreement, 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 claim, potential claim, 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 Trustee may not
agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. The Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;


 



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(c)
Pay the Trustee an initial acceptance fee, an annual fee and a transaction processing fee for each disbursement made pursuant
to Section 2(a) as set forth on Schedule A hereto, which fees shall be subject to modification by the parties from time to time.
It is expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay such fees except for disbursements made to the Company pursuant
to Sections 1(i) solely in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination. 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.
Except as set forth in this Section 3(c) and Section 3(b) hereof, the Company shall not be responsible for any other fees or charges
of the Trustee.


 


(d)
In connection with any vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding a Business Combination, provide to the Trustee an affidavit
or certificate of a firm regularly engaged in the business of soliciting proxies and/or tabulating shareholder votes verifying
the vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding such Business Combination; and


 


(e)
In the event that the Company directs the Trustee to commence liquidation of the Trust Account pursuant to Section 1(i), the Company
agrees that it will not direct the Trustee to make any payments that are not specifically authorized by this Agreement.


 


4.
Limitations of Liability. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:


 


(a)
Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereof and the Trustee shall have no
liability to any party except for liability arising out of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct;


 


(b)
Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding
of any kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it shall have received instructions from the Company given as
provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident
thereto;


 


(c)
Change the investment of any Property, other than in compliance with paragraph 1(c);


 


(d)
Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;


 


(e)
Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless
provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the
Trustee;


 


(f)
The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or
omitted, in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice
of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to
its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information
therein contained) which is believed by the Trustee, in good faith, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper
person or persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission
of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee signed by the
proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent
thereto;


 


(g)
Verify the correctness of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or to confirm or assure that any acquisition
made by the Company or any other action taken by it is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;


 


(h)
File local, state and/or federal tax returns or information returns with any taxing authority on behalf of the Trust Account and
payee statements with the Company documenting the taxes, if any, payable by the Company or the Trust Account, relating to the
income earned on the Property;


 



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(i)
Pay any taxes on behalf of the Trust Account (it being expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay any such
taxes and that such taxes, if any, shall be paid by the Company from funds not held in the Trust Account or released to it under
Section 2(a) hereof);


 


(j)
Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this
agreement and that which is expressly set forth herein; and


 


(k)
Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve Company requests for distributions pursuant to Section 1(i) or 2(a) above.


 


5.
Trust Account Waiver. The Trustee has no right of set-off or any right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”)
to, or to any monies in, the Trust Account, and hereby irrevocably waives any Claim to, or to any monies in, the Trust Account
that it may have now or in the future. In the event the Trustee has any Claim against the Company under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, under Section 3(b) or Section 3(c) hereof, the Trustee shall pursue such Claim solely against the Company
and its assets outside the Trust Account and not against the Property or any monies in the Trust Account.


 


6.
Termination. This Agreement shall terminate as follows:


 


(a)
If the Trustee gives written notice to the Company that it desires to resign under this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable
efforts to locate a successor trustee during which time the Trustee shall act in accordance with this Agreement. At such time
that the Company notifies the Trustee that a successor trustee has been appointed by the Company and has agreed to become subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the management of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including
but not limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating to the Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement
shall terminate; provided, however, that, in the event that the Company does not locate a successor trustee within ninety days
of receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee may submit an application to have the Property deposited with
any court in the State of New York or with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and upon such
deposit, the Trustee shall be immune from any liability whatsoever; or


 


(b)
At such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
1(i) hereof, and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate
except with respect to Paragraph 3(b).


 


7.
Miscellaneous.


 


(a)
The Company and the Trustee each acknowledge that the Trustee will follow the security procedures set forth below with respect
to funds transferred from the Trust Account. The Company and the Trustee will each restrict access to confidential information
relating to such security procedures to authorized persons. Each party must notify the other party immediately if it has reason
to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained access to such information, or of any change in its authorized personnel. In
executing funds transfers, the Trustee will rely upon all information supplied to it by the Company, including account names,
account numbers and all other identifying information relating to a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank or intermediary bank.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in the information or transmission
of the wire.


 


(b)
This 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. It
may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each one of which shall constitute an original, and together shall
constitute but one instrument.


 


(c)
This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Except for Section 1(i) (which may only be amended with the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock sold in the IPO), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified by a writing signed
by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such change, amendment or modification may be made without the prior
written consent of Chardan. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating to this Agreement, each party waives
the right to trial by jury. The Trustee may require from Company counsel an opinion as to the propriety of any proposed amendment.


 



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(d)
The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, Borough
of Manhattan, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder.


 


(e)
Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery
or by facsimile transmission:


 


if
to the Trustee, to:


 


Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez


Email:
fwolf@continentalstock.com


Email:
cgonzalez@continentalstock.com


 


if
to the Company, to:


 


Chardan
NexTech Acquisition Corp.

17 State Street, Suite 1600

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Jonas Grossman


 


in
either case with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:


 


Chardan
Capital Markets, LLC

17 State Street, Suite 1600

New York, NY 10004

Attn: George Kaufman

Facsimile: (646) 465-9039


 


and


 


Reed
Smith LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Ari Edelman, Esq.


 


(f)
This Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the Company.


 


(g)
Each of the Trustee and the Company hereby represents that it has the full right and power and has been duly authorized to enter
into this Agreement and to perform its respective obligations as contemplated hereunder.


 


(h)
Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby acknowledge that Chardan is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.


 


[Signature
Page Follows]


 



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


 


	 	CONTINENTAL
    STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:  	Francis E. Wolf, Jr.
	 	 	Title: 	Vice President
	 	 	 
	 	CHARDAN
    NEXTECH ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name: 	Jonas Grossman
	 	 	Title:	 President


 


[Signature
Page to Investment Management Trust Agreement]


 



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SCHEDULE
A


 


	Fee Item	 	Time and method of payment	 	Amount	 
	Initial acceptance fee	 	Initial closing of IPO by wire transfer	 	$	[●]	 
	Annual fee	 	First year, initial closing of IPO by wire transfer; thereafter on the anniversary of the effective date of the IPO by wire transfer or check	 	$	[●]	 
	Transaction processing fee for disbursements to Company under Section 2	 	Deduction by Trustee from accumulated income following disbursement made to Company under Section 2	 	$	[●]	 
	Paying Agent services as required pursuant to section 1(i)	 	Billed to Company upon delivery of service pursuant to section 1(i)	 	 	Market Rate	 



 



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EXHIBIT
A


 


[Letterhead
of Company]


[●]


 


Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10004

Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez


 


	 	Re:	Trust Account No.
    [●] - Termination Letter


 


Gentlemen:


 


Pursuant
to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp. (“Company”)
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of [●], 2021 (“Trust Agreement”),
this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement with [●] (“Target Business”) to consummate
a business combination with Target Business (“Business Combination”) on or about [insert date]. The Company
shall notify you at least 48 hours in advance of the actual date of the consummation of the Business Combination (“Consummation
Date”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.


 


In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate the Trust Account investments on [●]
and to transfer the proceeds to the above-referenced account at [•] to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of
funds held in the Trust Account will be immediately available for transfer to the account or accounts that the Company shall direct
on the Consummation Date. It is acknowledged and agreed that while the funds are on deposit in the trust operating account at
Morgan Stanley awaiting distribution, the Company will not earn any interest or dividends.


On
the Consummation Date (i) counsel for the Company shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has
been consummated and (ii) the Company shall deliver to you (a) [an affidavit] [a certificate] of [●], which verifies the
vote of the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination if a vote is held and (b) joint written instructions
from the Company and Chardan Capital Markets LLC with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account (“Instruction
Letter”). You are hereby directed and authorized to transfer the funds held in the Trust Account immediately upon your receipt
of the counsel’s letter and the Instruction Letter, in accordance with the terms of the Instruction Letter. In the event
that certain deposits held in the Trust Account may not be liquidated by the Consummation Date without penalty, you will notify
the Company of the same and the Company shall direct you as to whether such funds should remain in the Trust Account and distributed
after the Consummation Date to the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.


 


In
the event that the Business Combination is not consummated on the Consummation Date described in the notice thereof and we have
not notified you on or before the original Consummation Date of a new Consummation Date, then upon receipt by the Trustee of written
instructions from the Company, the funds held in the Trust Account shall be reinvested as provided in the Trust Agreement on the
business day immediately following the Consummation Date as set forth in the notice.


 


	 	Very
    truly yours,
	 	 
	 	CHARDAN
    NEXTECH ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Jonas
    Grossman, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary


 


cc:
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC


 



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EXHIBIT
B


 


[Letterhead
of Company]


[●]


Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10004

Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez


 


	 	Re:	Trust Account No.
    [●] - Termination Letter


 


Gentlemen:


 


Pursuant
to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp. (“Company”)
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of [●], 2021 (“Trust Agreement”),
this is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a Business Combination with a Target Company within the time
frame specified in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as described in the Company’s
prospectus relating to its IPO. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.


 


In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate all the Trust Account investments on [●]
and to transfer the total proceeds to the Trust Checking Account at [•] to await distribution to the Public Shareholders.
The Company has selected [●] as the effective date for the purpose of determining when the Public Shareholders will be entitled
to receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. It is acknowledged that no interest will be earned by the Company on the liquidation
proceeds while on deposit in the Trust Checking Account. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and in your separate capacity
as Paying Agent, to distribute said funds directly to the Public Shareholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement
and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds in the Trust
Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.


 


	 	Very
    truly yours,
	 	 
	 	CHARDAN
    NEXTECH ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Jonas
    Grossman, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary


 


cc:
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC


 



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EXHIBIT
C


 


[Letterhead
of Company]


[●]


Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10004

Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez


 


	 	Re:	Trust Account No.
    [●] Withdrawal Instructions


 


Gentlemen:


 


Pursuant
to paragraph 2(a) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Chardan NexTech Acquisition Corp. (“Company”)
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of [●], 2021 (“Trust Agreement”),
the Company hereby requests that you deliver to the Company $[●] of the interest income earned on the Property as of the
date hereof. The Company needs such funds to pay for its tax obligations as a result of such interest income. In accordance with
the terms of the Trust Agreement, you are hereby directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon
your receipt of this letter to the Company’s operating account at:


 


[WIRE
INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]


 


	 	CHARDAN
    NEXTECH ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Jonas
    Grossman, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary


 


cc:
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC


 

 


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