Document:

Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement

 Exhibit 10.22 
  
 FORM OF 
  
 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT 
  
 This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of December [    ], 2005 by
and between Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-126364, as amended (the
“Registration Statement” and the final prospectus contained therein, the “Prospectus”), for its initial public offering of securities (“IPO”) has been declared effective as of the date hereof by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Effective Date”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Roth Capital Partners (the “Underwriters”) are acting as the underwriters in the IPO; and 
  
 WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance
with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, $107,921,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO ($124,133,000 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, the Underwriters and the public holders (the “Public Stockholders”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issued in the
IPO. The amount to be delivered to the Trustee will be referred to herein as the “Property.” The Public Stockholders, the Underwriters and the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”; and

  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated
as of December [    ], 2005, between the Company and the Underwriters, a portion of the Property equal to $3,920,000 (or $4,508,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) is attributable to
deferred underwriting commissions that will become payable by the Company to the Underwriters upon the consummation of a Business Combination (as defined in the Registration Statement) (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, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 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 (the “Trust Account”) established by the Trustee at a branch of JPMorgan Chase NY Bank selected by the Trustee; 
  
 (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, 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 having a
maturity of 180 days or less; provided that such “government securities” shall be determined and selected by the Company; 

 (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 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 the tax returns for the Trust Account; 
  
 (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 and to the Underwriters, and to such other person as the Company may instruct, monthly written statements of the activities of and amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account;

  
 (i) If there is any income tax obligation
relating to the income of the Property in the Trust Account, then, at the written instruction of the Company, the Trustee shall issue a check directly to the taxing authorities designated by the Company, out of the Property in the Trust Account, for
the amount indicated by the Company as owing to each such taxing authority. In all such cases the Trustee shall promptly provide each of the Underwriters with a copy of any disbursement requests or other correspondence it receives with respect to
any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account; 
  
 (j) Upon written request from the Company, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company such amount as may be requested by the Company, provided, however, that the aggregate amount distributed by the Trustee to the Company pursuant to this
Section 1(j) may not exceed the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of income actually received or paid on amounts in the Trust Account less an amount equal to estimated taxes that are or will be due on such income at an assumed rate of
[__]% and (ii) $750,000; and 
  
 (k)
Commence and effect liquidation of the Trust Account in accordance with the following procedures: 
  
 (i) The Trustee shall liquidate the Property (other than cash) and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation and any cash held in the
Trust Account immediately after receipt of, and in accordance with the terms of a letter (the “Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as the case may
be; 
  
 (ii) Any Termination Letter delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or President and shall be affirmed by the signatures of the Company’s entire Board of Directors; 
  
 (iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1(k)(i)
hereof, the Trust Account shall be immediately liquidated and distributed to the Public Stockholders of record on the Record Date or the Extended Record Date (each as defined below), as the case may be, in the manner described in the
Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B, in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by either:
(A) [                        ], 2007 (the “Record Date”), or a more practicable date, determined by
the Trustee in its sole and absolute discretion, which is no more than ten (10) days before or after the Record Date or (B) the date that is the six month anniversary of the Record Date or 

  

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such other, more practicable date, as determined by the Trustee in accordance with subsection (A) above (such date, the “Extended Record
Date”), in the event that a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement has been executed prior to the Record Date in connection with a Business Combination (as defined in the Prospectus) that has not been consummated
by the Extended Record Date. 
  
 (iv) All
distributions of Property made to the Public Stockholders upon the liquidation of the Trust as provided for herein shall be made from the Trust Account through the Trustee (and not through the Company) as follows: (A) through the Trustee, as
transfer agent for the Company, to the Public Stockholders who hold shares of Common Stock “of record” as of the Record Date or the Extended Record Date, as the case may be, or (B) through the Depository Trust Company, to the Public
Stockholders who hold shares of Common Stock in “street name” as of the Record Date or the Extended Record Date, as the case may be. 
  
 2. 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 President or
Chairman of the Board and affirmed in writing by the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, except with respect to its duties under Section 1(k) 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) 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 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 Section, 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 Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;

  
 (c) Pay the Trustee an initial acceptance fee
of $1,000 and an annual fee of $3,000 (it being expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay such fee). 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. The Trustee shall refund to the Company the annual fee (on a pro rata basis) with respect to any period after the liquidation of the Trust Fund. The Company shall not be responsible for any other
fees or charges of the Trustee except as may be provided in Section 2(b) hereof (it being expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to make any payments to the Trustee under such Section); 
  
 (d) Provide to the Trustee (and, at such time, certify in
writing, and cause each of the Company’s executive officers and directors to certify in writing, to the Trustee as to the veracity and 

  

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completeness of) any letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement that is executed prior to the Record Date in connection with a Business
Combination; 
  
 (e) 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 tabulating stockholder votes (which firm may be the
Trustee) verifying the vote of the Company’s stockholders regarding such Business Combination; and 
  
 (f) Within five business days after the Underwriters’ over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) expires or is
exercised in full, provide the Trustee notice in writing (with a copy to the Underwriters) of the total amount of the Deferred Discount, which shall in no event be less than $3,920,000. 
  
 3. 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 Section 1 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 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; 
  
 (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 the Trustee’s 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; 
  

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 (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; and 
  
 (h) File tax reports, prepare income tax returns or pay any taxes on behalf of the Trust Account (it being expressly understood that, as
set forth in Section 1(i), if there is any income tax obligation relating to the income of the Property in the Trust Account, then, at the written instruction of the Company, the Trustee shall issue a check directly to the taxing authorities
designated by the Company, out of the Property in the Trust Account, in the amount indicated by the Company as owing to each such taxing authority). 
  
 4. 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 continue to 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, but
shall not be obligated to, submit an application to have the Property deposited 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; 

 
 (b) At such time that the Trustee has completed the
liquidation of the Trust Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(k) hereof, and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Section 2(b);
or 
  
 (c) On such date after the Record Date
(or, as the case may be, the Extended Record Date) when the Trustee deposits the Property with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the event that, prior to such date, the Trustee has not received a Termination
Letter from the Company pursuant to Section 1(k) hereof. 
  
 5.
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. Upon receipt of written instructions, the Trustee will confirm such instructions with an
Authorized Individual at an Authorized Telephone Number listed on the attached Exhibit C. 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 account numbers
or other identifying numbers of a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank or intermediary bank, rather than names. The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in an account number or other identifying
number, provided it has accurately transmitted the numbers provided. 
  

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 (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 conflict of laws. It may be executed in several counterparts, each one of which may be delivered by facsimile transmission and each 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. 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, and no successor Trustee may be appointed pursuant to Section 4(a), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, who, the parties
specifically agree, are and shall be third-party beneficiaries for purposes of this Agreement. 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 State and County of New York for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder. The parties hereto irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The parties hereto hereby
waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. 
  
 (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 
 Fax No.: (212) 509-5150 
  
 If to the Company, to: 
  
 Boulder Specialty Brands,
Inc. 
 6106 Sunrise Ranch Drive 
 Longmont, Colorado 80503 
 Fax No.: (303) 682-1978 
  
 in either case with a copy to: 
  
 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 
 390 Greenwich
Street 
 New York, New York 10038 
 Fax No.: (212) 723-8871 
  
 and 
  

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 Roth Capital Partners, LLC 
 24 Corporate Plaza 
 Newport Beach, California 92660 
 Fax No.: (310) 445-5864 
  
 (f) This Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriters. 
  
 (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) The Trustee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind
(“Claim”) in or to any distribution of the Trust Account, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account, for any reason whatsoever. 
  
 (i) The Trustee hereby consents to the inclusion of
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company in the Registration Statement and other materials relating to the IPO. 
  
 [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:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
	
	BOULDER SPECIALTY BRANDS, INC.
			
	 By:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 Stephen B. Hughes

	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 EXHIBIT A 
  

BOULDER SPECIALTY BRANDS, INC. 
 6106 Sunrise Ranch Drive 
 Longmont, Colorado 80503 
 (303) 682-1982 
  
 [Insert date] 
  
 Continental Stock Transfer 
 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 
 New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Steven G. Nelson 
  
 Re: Trust Account No.
                     Termination Letter 
  
 Gentlemen: 
  
 Pursuant to Section 1(k) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
(“Trustee”), dated as of December [__], 2005 (the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement (the “Business Agreement”) with
                                     (the “Target
Business”) to consummate a business combination with the Target Business (a “Business Combination”) on or about [insert date]. The Company shall notify you at least two business days in advance of the actual date of the
consummation of the Business Combination (the “Consummation Date”). 
  
 Pursuant to paragraph 2(e) of the Trust Agreement, we are providing you with an affidavit or certificate of
                    , which verifies the vote of the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Business Combination, including the
identities of the Public Stockholders who exercised their conversion option in connection with the Business Combination (the “Vote Verification”). In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to
commence liquidation of the Trust Account to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of the funds held in the Trust Account will be immediately available for distribution. 
  
 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 written instructions 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, (a) as directed in writing by the Underwriters, in an amount equal to the Deferred Discount; (b) to Public
Stockholders who exercised their conversion option in connection with the Business Combination, in an amount equal to their pro rata share of the amounts in the Trust Account on the day preceding the Business Combination (including the Deferred
Discount and any income actually received on amounts in the Trust Account but less an amount equal to estimated taxes that are or will be due on such income at an assumed rate of [__]%); and (c) the remainder 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 be distributed after the Consummation Date to the Company. Upon the distribution of 

  

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all the funds in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Agreement shall be terminated and the Trust Account closed. 
  
 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 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,

	
	 Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  

BOULDER SPECIALTY BRANDS, INC. 
 6106 Sunrise Ranch Drive 
 Longmont, Colorado 80503 
 (303) 682-1982 
  
 [Insert date] 
  
 Continental Stock Transfer 
 & Trust Company 
 17 Battery Place 
 New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Steven G. Nelson 
  
 Re: Trust Account No.
                     Termination Letter 
  
 Gentlemen: 
  
 Pursuant to Section 1(k) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
“Trustee”), dated as of December [__], 2005 (the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Board of Directors of the Company has voted to dissolve and liquidate the Trust Account (as defined in the
Trust Agreement). Attached hereto is a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company relating thereto, certified by the Secretary of the Company as true and correct and in full force and effect. 
  
 In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you
to commence liquidation of the Trust Account (including the Deferred Discount and any income actually received on amounts in the Trust Account). In connection with this liquidation, you are hereby authorized, in your discretion, to establish a
record date for the purposes of determining the Public Stockholders of record entitled to receive their per share portion of the Trust Account. The record date shall be within ten (10) days of the date of this letter. You will notify the Company in
writing as to when all of the funds in the Trust Account will be available for immediate transfer (“Transfer Date”) in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company on a pro
rata basis to the Public Stockholders of the Company, provided that you shall retain in the Trust Account an amount equal to estimated taxes that are or will be due on income of the Trust Account at an assumed rate of [__]%. You shall commence
distribution of such funds in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and you shall oversee the distribution of the funds. Upon the payment of all the funds in the Trust Account, the Trust
Agreement shall be terminated. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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 EXHIBIT C 
  

			
	 AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL(S)
FOR TELEPHONE CALL BACK

	 	 AUTHORIZED
TELEPHONE NUMBER(S)

	 Company:
	 	 
		
	 Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.
	 	 
	 6106 Sunrise Ranch Drive
	 	 
	 Longmont, Colorado 80503
	 	 
	 Attn: Stephen B. Hughes, Chairman
	 	(303) 682-1982
		
	 Trustee:
	 	 
		
	 Continental Stock Transfer
	 	 
	 & Trust Company
	 	 
	 17 Battery Place
	 	 
	 New York, New York 10004
	 	 
	 Attn: Steven G. Nelson, Chairman
	 	(212) 509-4000

  

 C-1Letter Agreement - Robert J. Gillespie

 Exhibit 10.24 
  
 As of September 28, 2005 
  
 Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc. 
 6106 Sunrise Ranch Drive 
 Longmont, Colorado 80503 
  
 Roth Capital Partners, LLC 
 24 Corporate Plaza 
 Newport Beach, CA 92660 
  
 Re: Initial Public
Offering 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 The undersigned stockholder and director of Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.
(the “Company”), in consideration of Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth Capital”) entering into an engagement letter (“Engagement Letter”) to underwrite an initial public offering of the securities of the Company
(“IPO”) and proceeding with the IPO process, hereby agrees as follows (certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof): 
  
 1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote (i) all Insider Shares owned by him
in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the holders of the IPO Shares, and (ii) all other shares of common stock then owned by him, whether purchased in or after the IPO, in favor of a Business Combination, as a result of which the
undersigned acknowledges and agrees that he will not be entitled to exercise the conversion rights offered to the Company’s public stockholders as to any other shares of common stock owned by him. 
  
 2. In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination within 18 months from the effective date (“Effective Date”) of the registration statement relating to the IPO (or 24 months under the circumstances described in the prospectus relating to the IPO), the undersigned (i) will
take all reasonable actions within his power to cause the Company to liquidate as soon as reasonably practicable, (ii) waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any liquidating distributions by the Company,
including, without limitation, any distribution of the Trust Account (as defined in the Engagement Letter) as a result of such liquidation with respect to his Insider Shares (“Claim”), (iii) 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 except as and to the extent an agreement is otherwise disclosed in the Company’s registration statement relating to the IPO or as described in
paragraph 5 below, and (iv) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. 
  
 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, those opportunities to acquire an operating company the undersigned reasonably believes are suitable opportunity for the Company, 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 fiduciary obligations the undersigned may 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 Roth Capital that the business combination is fair to the Company’s stockholders
from a financial perspective. 
  
 5. None of 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 for services rendered to the Company prior to 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. None of the undersigned, any member of the family of
the undersigned, or 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 his Insider Shares for the three year period commencing on the Effective Date 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 serve as 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 Roth Capital 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 Section 401 of Regulation S-K, promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The undersigned’s Questionnaire previously furnished to the Company and Roth Capital 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 member of the board of directors of the Company. 
  
 10. The undersigned authorizes any employer, financial institution, or consumer credit reporting agency to release to Roth Capital and its legal representatives or agents (including any investigative search firm retained by Roth
Capital) any information they may have about the undersigned’s background and finances (“Information”). Neither Roth Capital 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. 
  
 11. As used herein, (i) a “Business Combination” shall mean a stock exchange, asset acquisition or similar business combination with an
operating business that is in the food and/or beverage industries; (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 owned by Insiders prior to the IPO; and (iv) “IPO Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock sold as part of the units in the Company’s IPO. 
  
 12. The undersigned hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or
claim against the undersigned arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of California or the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and irrevocably
submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The undersigned hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. 
  

	
	
	ROBERT J. GILLESPIE
	 Print Name of Insider

	
	 
	Signature

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  
 Robert J. Gillespie has been a member of our board of directors since September 2005. Highlights of Mr. Gillespie’s
background include: 
  

	 	•	 	over 35 years’ experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, with concentrations in profit management, marketing and finance; 

  

	 	•	 	uninterrupted profit center responsibility in Canada, the U.S., Latin America or Asia while with CPC International/Bestfoods from 1976 until the sale of Bestfoods to Unilever in
2000 for $24.3 billion; 

  

	 	•	 	extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures while employed with CPC International/Bestfoods, including playing a central role in the sale of Bestfoods to Unilever and the
purchase or sale of a number of business units; and 

  

	 	•	 	member of the board of directors of Bestfoods, formerly CPC International Inc., from 1988-2000, one of two management directors at the time of Unilever PLC’s acquisition of
Bestfoods in 2000. 

  
 Mr. Gillespie joined CPC International
in 1965 in strategic planning and capital investment planning. In 1976, he was appointed president of Canada Starch Company, a subsidiary of CPC International. In 1980, he was appointed as a vice president of CPC International and appointed
president of the Corn Products Unit of CPC North America. From 1988 to July 1995, he served as president of the Best Foods Division of CPC International and was elected a senior vice president of CPC International in 1991. He was also appointed to
the board of directors of CPC International in 1988, a position he held until October 2000. He was appointed as an executive vice president of CPC International in July 1995, which changed its name to Bestfoods in March 1997. Mr. Gillespie
continued to serve as executive vice president for strategic business development and finance and other corporate staff functions until the purchase of Bestfoods by Unilever NV/Plc in October 2000. At the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding
its sale to Unilever, Bestfoods employed over 44,000 people worldwide, generated sales of over $8.1 billion, generated net income of $717 million, and had a portfolio of leading brands in the consumer packaged goods industry including
Hellman’s/Bestfoods mayonnaise, Knorr soups and sauces, Skippy peanut butter, Mazola corn oil, Thomas’ English muffins and Entenmann’s cakes and cookies. Mr. Gillespie is currently the Principal of Westmount Investments, LLC, a
privately held investment company. Mr. Gillespie also serves on the board of directors of Dominex, a private consumer food company, CSC Consumer Products, Tiger 21, The Valley Hospital and the Delbarton School. He formerly served on the
boards of directors of Factory Mutual Insurance Company and Advanced H2O Inc., and he formerly chaired the Sarah W. Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies at Duke University. Mr. Gillespie holds a Bachelors degree in Science from St.
Mary’s University of Halifax, Canada; a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada; and a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University. 
  

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