Letter Agreement - Jon Bauer



 Exhibit 10.4 
 May 30, 2006 
 Rhapsody Acquisition Corp. 
 10 East 53rd Street, 35th Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. 
 275 Madison Avenue 
 Suite 1203 
 New York, New York 10016 
 Re:  Initial Public Offering 
 Gentlemen: 
 The undersigned
stockholder and director of Rhapsody 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 14 hereof): 
 1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares owned by him 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 24 months from the effective date (“Effective Date”) of the registration statement relating to the IPO, the undersigned will (i) cause the Trust Fund (as defined in the Letter of Intent) to be liquidated and
distributed to the holders of IPO Shares and (ii) take all reasonable actions within his power to cause the Company to liquidate as soon as reasonably practicable. The undersigned hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Fund 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. 







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 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, the liquidation of the Company or until such time as the undersigned ceases to be an officer or director 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, any member of the family of 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 the undersigned shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Company for his out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a Business Combination. 
 6. Neither the
undersigned, any member of the family of 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, any member of the family of the
undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business Combination. 
 7. The undersigned will escrow all of his Insider
Shares acquired prior to the IPO until the first anniversary of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination 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 agrees to be a Director of the Company until the earlier of the consummation by the Company
of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company. The undersigned’s biographical information furnished to the Company and EBC and attached hereto as Exhibit A is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit any material
information with respect to the undersigned’s background and contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of 







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 Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. The undersigned’s Questionnaire
furnished to the Company and EBC and annexed as Exhibit B hereto is true and accurate in all respects. The undersigned represents and warrants that: 
 (a) he is not subject to, or a respondent in, any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities
in any jurisdiction; 
 (b) he has never been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any crime (i) involving any fraud or (ii) relating
to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and he is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding; and 
 (c) he has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities
license or registration denied, suspended or revoked. 
 9. The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by
which he is bound, to enter into this letter agreement and to serve as a director of the Company. 
 10. The undersigned hereby waives his
right to exercise conversion rights with respect to any shares of the Company’s common stock owned or to be owned by the undersigned, directly or indirectly, and agrees that he will not seek conversion with respect to such shares in connection
with any vote to approve a Business Combination. 
 11. The undersigned hereby agrees to not propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to extend the period of time in which the Company must consummate a Business Combination prior to its liquidation. Should such a proposal be put before stockholders other than through actions by the
undersigned, the undersigned hereby agrees to vote against such proposal. This paragraph may not be modified or amended under any circumstances. 
 12. The undersigned authorizes any employer, financial institution, or consumer credit reporting agency to release to EBC and its legal representatives or agents (including any investigative search firm retained by EBC) any information they
may have about the undersigned’s background and finances (“Information”). Neither EBC nor its agents shall be violating the undersigned’s right of privacy in any manner in requesting and obtaining the Information and the
undersigned hereby releases them from liability for any damage whatsoever in that connection. 







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 13. 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 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
Graubard Miller 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.

 14. 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 acquired by an Insider prior to the IPO; and (iv) “IPO Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued in the Company’s IPO. 
  

	
	 Jon Bauer

	 Print Name of Insider

	
	 /s/ Jon Bauer

	 Signature










 Exhibit A 
 Jon Bauer has been a member of our board of directors since our inception. Since May 1995, Mr. Bauer has been the managing member and chief investment officer of Contrarian Capital Management, a multi-strategy distressed
securities money management firm. From July 1986 to May 1995, he was managing director at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. where he founded the High Yield Department. Mr. Bauer has been a member of the board of directors of Arpeggio Acquisition
Corporation since its inception in April 2004. Mr. Bauer received a B.A. (with honors) from Rutgers College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.