Document:

EX-10.1(b)

 Exhibit 10.1(b) 

                    ,
2016 
 Highland Acquisition Corporation 
 c/o Highland Capital
Management, L.P. 
 300 Crescent Court, Suite 700 
 Dallas,
Texas 75201 
 Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. 
 570
Lexington Avenue 
 New York, New York 10022 

Re: Initial Public Offering 
 Gentlemen:

 This letter is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”) entered into by and between Highland Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. as representative (the
“Representative”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”) of the
Company’s units (the “Units”), each comprised of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one half of one warrant, each whole warrant
exercisable for one share of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 13 hereof. 

In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the IPO, and in recognition
of the benefit that such IPO will confer upon the undersigned, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees with the Company as follows: 

1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by him, whether acquired before, in or after the IPO, in favor of such Business Combination. 
 2. In the event that the
Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, the undersigned will, as promptly as possible, cause the Company to
(i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as 

 
promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the Common Stock sold as part of the Units in the IPO (the “Offering Shares”), at a per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the Trust Account net of interest that may be used by the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes payable and up to
$100,000 of interest that may be used to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive
further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and
liquidate, subject in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. The undersigned hereby waives any and all right,
title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Account and any remaining net assets of the Company as a result of such liquidation with respect to his shares of Founders’ Common Stock (“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 Account for any reason whatsoever. The undersigned acknowledges and
agrees that there will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to any Warrants, all rights of which will terminate on the Company’s liquidation. 

3. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that prior to entering into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with
any Insiders of the Company or their affiliates, such transaction must be approved by a majority of the Company’s disinterested independent directors and the Company must obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions on the type of target business the Company is seeking to acquire, that such Business Combination is fair to the Company’s unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view. 

4. Neither the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned, nor any affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive and
will not accept any compensation or other cash payment prior to, or for services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Business Combination; provided that the Company shall be allowed to make the payments set forth in the
Registration Statement under the caption “Prospectus Summary – The Offering – Limited payments to insiders.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned and any affiliate of the undersigned shall be entitled to reimbursement
from the Company for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and consummating a Business Combination. 

5. 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. 

6. (a) The undersigned will place into escrow all of his shares of Founders’ Common Stock pursuant to the terms of a Stock Escrow
Agreement which the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent. 

  
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 (b) The undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or
effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the
filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning
of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Units, shares of Common Stock, Warrants of the Company or any
securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement. 

7. (a) In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may arise from multiple corporate affiliations, the undersigned hereby agrees
that until the earliest of the Company’s initial Business Combination or liquidation, the undersigned shall present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity, any target business that has a fair market
value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income accrued on the Trust Account), subject to any pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations the
undersigned might have. 
 (b) The undersigned has agreed not to participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any
blank check company until the Company has entered into a definitive agreement regarding its initial Business Combination or the Company has failed to complete an initial Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation as the same may be amended from time to time. 
 (c) The undersigned hereby agrees and acknowledges that
(i) each of the Underwriters and the Company may be irreparably injured in the event of a breach of any of the obligations contained in this letter, (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the
non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach. 

8. The undersigned agrees to be an Officer and/or 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 previously furnished to the Company and the Representative is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit any

  
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material information with respect to the undersigned’s background and contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of Regulation S-K, promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933. The undersigned’s FINRA Questionnaire previously furnished to the Company and the Representative 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 an Officer and/or 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, whether such shares be part of the Founders’ Common Stock or shares purchased by the undersigned in
the IPO or in the aftermarket, 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 Article Sixth or Seventh of the Company’s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides public stockholders with the opportunity to convert their shares of Common Stock upon such approval in accordance with such
Article Sixth thereof. 
 12. 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
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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 the Representative and appoint a substitute agent acceptable to each of the Company and the Representative 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. 
 13. As used herein, (i) a “Business Combination” shall mean a merger, share
exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities; (ii) “Insiders” shall mean all officers, directors and sponsors of the
Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iii) “Founders’ Common Stock” shall mean all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company acquired by an Insider prior to the IPO; (iv) “IPO Shares” shall mean the shares of
Common Stock issued in the Company’s IPO; (v) “Sponsors’ Warrants” shall mean the warrants that are being sold privately by the Company simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO; and (vi) “Trust Account”
shall mean the trust account into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Company’s IPO will be deposited. 
 14. This Letter
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to
the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular
provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto. 
 15. The undersigned acknowledges and understands that the
Underwriters and the Company will rely upon the agreements, representations and warranties set forth herein in proceeding with the IPO. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to render the Underwriters a representative of, or a fiduciary with
respect to, the Company, its stockholders or any creditor or vendor of the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 16. This
letter agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and such person’s respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns. This letter agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business
Combination and (ii) the liquidation of the Company; provided, that such termination shall not relieve the undersigned from liability for any breach of this agreement prior to its termination. 

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	 Acknowledged and Agreed:
  

Highland Acquisition Corporation

		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 6EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT 

This Agreement is made as of [            ], 2016 by and between Highland
Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”). 
 WHEREAS,
the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-211544 (“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, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (the “Representative”) is acting as the representative of the underwriters in the
IPO pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Company and the underwriter (“Underwriting Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS,
simultaneously with the IPO, the Company’s sponsor will be purchasing an aggregate of 6,750,000 warrants (“Founders’ Warrants”) from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $6,750,000 (or additional amounts of
Founders’ Warrants from the Company if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, up to an aggregate of 7,500,000 Founders’ Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $7,500,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option
is exercised in full); and 
 WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, $250,000,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO and sale of the Founders’ Warrants ($287,500,000 if the underwriters’ 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 $0.0001 per share, issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided (the amount to be delivered to the Trustee will be
referred to herein as the “Property”; the stockholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Stockholders,” and the Public Stockholders and the Company will be referred to
together as the “Beneficiaries”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to
$8,750,000, or $10,062,500 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full (or the amount specified in a notice pursuant to Section 3(f) hereof) is attributable to deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that may
become payable by the Company to the underwriters upon the consummation of an initial business combination (as described in the Registration Statement, a “Business Combination”) (the “Deferred Discount”); 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. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED: 

1. Agreements and Covenants of Trustee. The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants to: 

  
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 (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 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. 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 written instruction of the Company, to invest and reinvest the Property in United States “government
securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 180 days or less, and/or in any open ended investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in
direct U.S. government treasury obligations; it being understood that the Trust Account will earn no interest while account funds are uninvested awaiting the Company’s instructions hereunder; 

(d) Collect and receive, when due, all principal, interest or other income arising from the Property, which shall become part of the
“Property,” as such term is used herein; 
 (e) Notify the Company and the Representative of all communications received by the
Trustee 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 hereto, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and affirmed by counsel for
the Company, and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as 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 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 within the time period set
forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time (“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 stockholders of record on the Last Date. The provisions of this Section 1(i) may not be modified, amended or deleted under any circumstances. 

  
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 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 Property and requested by the Company to cover any income or franchise tax obligation owed by the Company; 

(b) Upon written request from the Company following the Last Date, which may be given in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto
as Exhibit D, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company the amount of interest income earned on the Property and requested by the Company to cover expenses related to the Company’s liquidation; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of
all such distributions shall not exceed $100,000 and the Company will not be allowed to withdraw interest income earned on the trust account unless there are sufficient funds available to pay the Company’s tax obligations on such interest
income or otherwise then due at that time; and 
 (c) The limited distributions referred to in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above shall be made
only from income collected on the Property. Except as provided in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be permitted except in accordance with Section 1(i) hereof. 

(d) In all cases, the Company shall provide the Representative 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 at the same time as 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 of Directors, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer. In addition, except with respect to its duties under Sections 1(i), 2(a) and 2(b) 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 and with reasonable care 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 Section 5 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, fraud 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
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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; 
 (c) Pay the Trustee an
initial acceptance fee, an annual fee and a transaction processing fee for each disbursement made pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) 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 and further agreed that any fees owed to the Trustee shall be deducted by the Trustee from the disbursements made to the Company pursuant to Section 1(i) solely in
connection with the consummation of a Business Combination and Section 2(b). 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; 
 (d) In connection with any vote of the Company’s stockholders 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 stockholder votes (which firm may be the Trustee) verifying the vote of the Company’s stockholders regarding such Business
Combination; 
 (e) In connection with the Trustee acting as Paying/Disbursing Agent pursuant to Exhibit B, the Company will not give the
Trustee disbursement instructions which would be prohibited under this Agreement; 
 (f) Within five (5) business days after the
Representative, on behalf of the underwriters in the IPO, exercises the over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) or such over-allotment option expires, provide the Trustee with a notice in writing (with a copy to the
Representative) of the total amount of the Deferred Discount, which shall in no event be less than $8,750,000. 
 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
Sections 1 and 2 hereof and the Trustee shall have no liability to any party except for liability arising out of its own gross negligence, fraud 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 written 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 Section 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; 

  
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 (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, fraud 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 and with reasonable care, 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; 

(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); 
 (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), 2(a) or 2(b) 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) hereof, the Trustee shall pursue such Claim solely against the Company and not against the Property or any monies in the Trust Account. 

6. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate as follows: 

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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
(90) 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 Section 1(i) hereof, and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with
respect to Section 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. Except for any liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, 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. This Agreement 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 not be amended under any circumstances), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in
any way relating to this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury. 
 (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. 

  
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 (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 
 17 Battery
Place 
 New York, New York 10004 

Attn: Steven G. Nelson, Chairman, and Frank A. DiPaolo, CFO 

Fax No.: (212) 509-5150 
 if
to the Company, to: 
 Highland Acquisition Corporation 

c/o Highland Capital Management, L.P. 

300 Crescent Court, Suite 700 

Dallas, Texas 75201 
 Attn:
General Counsel 
 in either case with a copy to: 

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. 

520 Madison Avenue 
 New York, New
York 10022 
 Attn: [            ] 

with a copy to: 
 Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP 
 1345 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10105 
 Attn:
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq. 
 (f) No party to this Agreement may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder without the prior
consent of the other person or entity. 
 (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 acknowledges that the Representative, on behalf of the several underwriters, is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement (including Section 7(c) and the Trustee’s obligations under this Agreement with
respect thereto with the same right and power to enforce these provisions as either of the parties hereto). 

  
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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:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  
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 SCHEDULE A 
  

					
	Fee Item	  	Time and method of payment	  	Amount
	Initial acceptance fee	  	Initial closing of IPO by wire transfer	  	$3,000
	  
 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
	  	  
 $10,000

	  
 Transaction processing fee for disbursements to Company under
Section 2
	  	  
 Deduction by Trustee from accumulated income following disbursement
made to Company under Section 2
	  	  
 $250

  
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 EXHIBIT A 

[Letterhead of Company] 

[Insert date] 
 Continental Stock Transfer

 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 

New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Steven Nelson 

 

	 	Re:	Trust Account No. [            ] Termination Letter 

Gentlemen: 
 Pursuant to Section 1(i) of
the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Highland Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of
[            ], 2016 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement (“Business 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”). 
 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 J.P. Morgan
Chase Bank N.A. 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 account 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 or is being consummated concurrently with the transfer of funds, (ii) the Company shall deliver to you (a) [an affidavit] [a certificate] of
[                                    ], which verifies the
vote of the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Business Combination and (b) joint written instructions from the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. 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. 

  
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	Very truly yours,
	
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James D. Dondero
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Frank Waterhouse
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

  

			
	AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
	
	LADENBURG THALMANN & CO. INC.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

[Letterhead of Company] 

[Insert date] 
 Continental Stock Transfer

 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 

New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Steven Nelson and Frank Di Paolo

  

	 	Re:	Trust Account No. [            ] Termination Letter 

Gentlemen: 
 Pursuant to Section 1(i) of
the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Highland Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of
[            ], 2016 (“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 initial public offering of securities. 

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
[             Bank] to await distribution to the stockholders. The Company has selected
[                         20 __] as the record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders 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 account. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and in your separate capacity as
Paying Agent and to distribute said funds directly to the Company’s stockholders 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,
	
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James D. Dondero
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Frank Waterhouse
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

  

	cc:	Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. 

  
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 EXHIBIT C 

[Letterhead of Company] 

[Insert date] 
 Continental Stock Transfer

 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 

New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Accounting Department 

Cynthia Jordan and Francine West 
  

	 	Re:	Trust Account No. [            ] 

Gentlemen: 
 Pursuant to Section 2(a) of
the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Highland Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of
[            ], 2016 (“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 its tax obligations. 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] 
  

			
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James D. Dondero
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Frank Waterhouse
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

  

	cc:	Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. 

  
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 EXHIBIT D 

[Letterhead of Company] 

[Insert date] 
 Continental Stock Transfer

 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 

New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Accounting Department 

Cynthia Jordan and Francine West 
  

	 	Re:	Trust Account No. [            ] 

Gentlemen: 
 Pursuant to Section 2(b) of
the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Highland Acquisition Corporation (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of
[            ], 2016 (“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, which does not exceed, in the aggregate with all such prior disbursements pursuant to
Section 2(b), if any, the maximum amount set forth in Section 2(b). The Company needs such funds to pay its expenses relating to its liquidation. 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] 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James D. Dondero
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Frank Waterhouse
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

  

	cc:	Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. 

  
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