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Exhibit 10.8
 

 

 

STOCK ESCROW AGREEMENT

STOCK ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated as of _________________, 2007 ("Agreement"), by and among ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Company"), STATON BELL BLANK CHECK LLC, STEWART J. PAPERIN, RICHARD STEINER AND JORDAN ZIMMERMAN (collectively "Initial Stockholders") and CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, a New York corporation ("Escrow Agent").

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated ___________________, 2007 ("Underwriting Agreement"), with UBS Securities LLC ("UBS") and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. ("Ladenburg") acting as representative of the several underwriters (collectively, the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which, among other matters, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase 25,000,000 units ("Units") of the Company. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company's common stock, par value $.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), and one warrant, each warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock, all as more fully described in the Company's final Prospectus, dated _______________, 2007 ("Prospectus") comprising part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-145154) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Registration Statement"), declared effective on
_______________, 2007 ("Effective Date").

WHEREAS, the Initial Stockholders have agreed as a condition of the sale of the Units to deposit their shares of Common Stock of the Company, as set forth opposite their respective names in Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively "Escrow Shares"), in escrow as hereinafter provided.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Initial Stockholders desire that the Escrow Agent accept the Escrow Shares, in escrow, to be held and disbursed as hereinafter provided.

IT IS AGREED:

1.         Appointment of Escrow Agent. The Company and the Initial Stockholders hereby appoint the Escrow Agent to act in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to act in accordance with and subject to such terms.

2.         Deposit of Escrow Shares. On or before the Effective Date, each of the Initial Stockholders shall deliver to the Escrow Agent certificates representing his, her or its respective Escrow Shares, to be held and disbursed subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each Initial Stockholder acknowledges that the certificate representing his, her or its Escrow Shares is legended to reflect the deposit of such Escrow Shares under this Agreement.

Disbursement of the Escrow Shares. The Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Shares until one year after the consummation of a Business Combination (as defined in the Registration Statement) ("Escrow Period"), on which date it shall, upon written instructions from each Initial Stockholder, disburse each of the Initial Stockholder's Escrow Shares (and any applicable stock power) to such Initial Stockholder; provided, however, that if the Escrow Agent is notified by the Company pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof that the Company is being liquidated at any time during 

 

the Escrow Period, then the Escrow Agent shall promptly destroy the certificates representing the Escrow Shares; provided, however, that (1) if the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 Units of the Company (as described in the Prospectus), Staton Bell Blank Check LLC agrees that the Escrow Agent shall return 937,500 of its Escrow Shares to the Company for cancellation, at no cost; (2) if the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 Units of the Company in full, no Escrow Shares shall be returned from Staton Bell Blank Check LLC to the Company; and (3) if the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 Units of the Company in part, Staton Bell Blank Check LLC agrees that the Escrow Agent shall return to the Company for cancellation, at no cost, the number of Escrow
Shares held by Staton Bell Blank Check LLC determined by multiplying (a) the product of (i) 937,500, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the number of Escrow Shares held by Staton Bell Blank Check LLC, and (y) the denominator of which is the total number of Escrow Shares, by (b) a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is 3,750,000 minus the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 3,750,000; provided further, however, that if, after the Company consummates a Business Combination (as such term is defined in the Registration Statement), it (or the surviving entity) subsequently consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the stockholders of such entity having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property, then the Escrow Agent will, upon receipt of a
certificate, executed by the Chairman of the Board, President or other authorized officer of the Company, in form reasonably acceptable to the Escrow Agent, that such transaction is then being consummated or such conditions have been achieved, as applicable, release the Escrow Shares to the Initial Stockholders. The Escrow Agent shall have no further duties hereunder after the disbursement or destruction of the Escrow Shares in accordance with this Section 3.

 

	
             
 	
            3.
 	
            Rights of Initial Stockholders in Escrow Shares.
 

3.1.      Voting Rights as a Stockholder. Subject to the terms of the Insider Letter described in Section 4.4 hereof and except as herein provided, the Initial Stockholders shall retain all of their rights as stockholders of the Company during the Escrow Period, including, without limitation, the right to vote such shares.

3.2.      Dividends and Other Distributions in Respect of the Escrow Shares. During the Escrow Period, all dividends payable in cash with respect to the Escrow Shares shall be paid to the Initial Stockholders, but all dividends payable in stock or other non-cash property ("Non-Cash Dividends") shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent to hold in accordance with the terms hereof. As used herein, the term "Escrow Shares" shall be deemed to include the Non-Cash Dividends distributed thereon, if any.

3.3.      Restrictions on Transfer. During the Escrow Period, no sale, transfer or other disposition may be made of any or all of the Escrow Shares except (i) to an entity's members upon its liquidation, (ii) by gift to a member of an Initial Stockholder's immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is an Initial Stockholder or a member of an Initial Stockholder's immediate family, (iii) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of any Initial Stockholder, (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or (v) by private 

 

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sales made at or prior to the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price which the Initial Stockholder paid for the Escrow Shares; provided, however, that such transfers may be implemented only upon the respective transferee's written agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Insider Letter signed by the Initial Stockholder transferring the Escrow Shares.

3.4.      Insider Letters. Each of the Initial Stockholders has executed a letter agreement to UBS, Ladenburg and the Company, dated as indicated on Exhibit A hereto, and which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement ("Insider Letter"), respecting the rights and obligations of such Initial Stockholder in certain events, including but not limited to the liquidation of the Company.

	
             
 	
            4.
 	
            Concerning the Escrow Agent.
 

4.1.      Good Faith Reliance. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, and 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 Escrow Agent), 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 Escrow Agent to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement unless
evidenced by a writing delivered to the Escrow Agent signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Escrow Agent are affected, unless it shall have given its prior written consent thereto.

4.2.      Indemnification. The Escrow Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any expenses, including counsel fees and disbursements, or loss suffered by the Escrow Agent in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding involving any claim which in any way, directly or indirectly, arises out of or relates to this Agreement, the services of the Escrow Agent hereunder, or the Escrow Shares held by it hereunder, other than expenses or losses arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. Promptly after the receipt by the Escrow Agent of notice of any demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, the Escrow Agent shall notify the other parties hereto in writing. In the event of the receipt of such notice, the Escrow Agent,
in its sole discretion, may commence an action in the nature of interpleader in an appropriate court to determine ownership or disposition of the Escrow Shares or it may deposit the Escrow Shares with the clerk of any appropriate court or it may retain the Escrow Shares pending receipt of a final, non-appealable order of a court having jurisdiction over all of the parties hereto directing to whom and under what circumstances the Escrow Shares are to be disbursed and delivered. The provisions of this Section 5.2 shall survive in the event the Escrow Agent resigns or is discharged pursuant to Sections 5.5 or 5.6 below.

4.3.      Compensation. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to reasonable compensation from the Company for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Escrow Agent shall also be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for all expenses paid or incurred by it 

 

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in the administration of its duties hereunder including, but not limited to, all counsel, advisors' and agents' fees and disbursements and all taxes or other governmental charges.

4.4.      Further Assurances. From time to time on and after the date hereof, the Company and the Initial Stockholders shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Escrow Agent such further documents and instruments and shall do or cause to be done such further acts as the Escrow Agent shall reasonably request to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, to evidence compliance herewith or to assure itself that it is protected in acting hereunder.

4.5.      Resignation. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time and be discharged from its duties as escrow agent hereunder by its giving the other parties hereto written notice and such resignation shall become effective as hereinafter provided. Such resignation shall become effective at such time that the Escrow Agent shall turn over to a successor escrow agent appointed by the Company, the Escrow Shares held hereunder. If no new escrow agent is so appointed within the 60 day period following the giving of such notice of resignation, the Escrow Agent may deposit the Escrow Shares with any court it reasonably deems appropriate.

4.6.      Discharge of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall resign and be discharged from its duties as escrow agent hereunder if so requested in writing at any time by the other parties hereto, jointly, provided, however, that such resignation shall become effective only upon acceptance of appointment by a successor escrow agent as provided in Section 5.5.

4.7.      Liability. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Escrow Agent shall not be relieved from liability hereunder for its own gross negligence or its own willful misconduct.

	
             
 	
            5.
 	
            Miscellaneous.
 

5.1.      Governing Law. This Agreement shall for all purposes be deemed to be made under and shall be construed 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 (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York). The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The
Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenience forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 6.6 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim..

5.2.      Third Party Beneficiaries. Each of the Initial Stockholders hereby acknowledges that the Underwriters are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this 

 

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Agreement may not be modified or changed without the prior written consent of UBS and Ladenburg.

5.3.      Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and, except as expressly provided herein, may not be changed or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the party to the charged. It may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each one of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument

5.4.      Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation thereof.

5.5.      Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective parties hereto and their legal representatives, successors and assigns.

5.6.      Notices. Any notice or other communication required or which may be given hereunder shall be in writing and either be delivered personally or be mailed, certified or registered mail, or by private national courier service, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when so delivered personally or, if mailed, two days after the date of mailing, as follows:

	
            If to the Company, to:
 	
            Enterprise Acquisition Corp.

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Attn: Chief Executive Officer
 
	
            If to a Stockholder, to his address set forth in Exhibit A.
 
	
            and if to the Escrow Agent, to: 
 	
            Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004 

Attn: Chairman
 
	
            A copy of any notice sent hereunder shall be sent to: 
 	
            Akerman Senterfitt

One SE Third Avenue

Miami, Florida 33131

Attn: Bradley D. Houser, Esq.
 
	
            and:
 	
            UBS Securities LLC

299 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10171

Attn: 
 

 

 

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            and: 
 	
            Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.

4400 Biscayne Blvd.

Suite 1400

Miami, Florida 33137

Attn: James Cassel
 
	
            and: 
 	
            Clifford Chance US LLP

31 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attn: Alejandro E. Camacho, Esq.
 

The parties may change the persons and addresses to which the notices or other communications are to be sent by giving written notice to any such change in the manner provided herein for giving notice.

5.7.      Liquidation of the Company. The Company shall give the Escrow Agent written notification of the liquidation and dissolution of the Company in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the time period(s) specified in the Prospectus.

WITNESS the execution of this Agreement as of the date first above written.

ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP.

	
             
 	
            By: _____________________________________
 

Name: Daniel C. Staton

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INITIAL STOCKHOLDERS:

STATON BELL BLANK CHECK LLC

	
             
 	
            By: _____________________________________
 

Name: 

Title:

 

STEWART J. PAPERIN

 

	
             
 	
            By: _____________________________________
 

 

Richard Steiner

 

	
             
 	
            By: _____________________________________
 

 

JORDAN ZIMMERMAN

 

	
             
 	
            By:
 

 

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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

	
             
 	
            By: _____________________________________
 

	
             
 	
            Name: ___________________________________
 

	
             
 	
            Title: ____________________________________
 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

	
            Name and Address of Initial Stockholder
 	
            Number of Shares
 	
            Stock Certificate Number
 	
            Date of
 Insider Letter
 
	
            Staton Bell Blank Check LLC

c/o Enterprise Acquisition Corp.

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

 

 
 	
            7,112,500
 	
            10
 	
            ___________, 2007
 
	
            Stewart J. Paperin

c/o Enterprise Acquisition Corp.

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

 
 	
            25,000
 	
            7
 	
            ___________, 2007
 
	
            Richard Steiner

c/o Enterprise Acquisition Corp.

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

 
 	
            25,000
 	
            8
 	
            ___________, 2007
 
	
            Jordan Zimmerman

c/o Enterprise Acquisition Corp.

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

 
 	
            25,000
 	
            9
 	
            ___________, 2007
 

 

 

 

8ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP.

AMENDED AND RESTATED PROMISSORY NOTE 

 

	
            Principal Amount: $350,000
 	
            Issuance Date: September 25, 2007
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Maker”) promises to pay to the order of  Staton Bell Blank Check LLC (the “Payee”) the principal sum of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below. 

1.         Principal. The principal balance of this Amended and Restated Promissory Note (this “Note”) shall be payable on the earlier of (a) July 18, 2008 and (b) the date on which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

	
             
 	
            2.
 	
            Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.  
 

3.         Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorneys’ fees, then to the reduction of the unpaid principal of this Note. 

4.         Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) under this Note: 

(a)        Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal amount of this Note within five (5) business days following the date when due. 

(b)        Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing. 

(c)        Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days. 

	
             
 	
            5.
 	
            Remedies.
 

 

(a)        Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 

(b)        Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in either Section 4(b) or Section 4(c) hereof, the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee, including presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. 

 

6.         Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon,
may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee. 

7.         Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to it or affecting its liability hereunder. 

8.         Notices. Any notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii) dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery service providing receipted delivery, (iv) sent by facsimile or (v) sent by e-mail, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section: 

If to Maker: 

 

Enterprise Acquisition Corp. 

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Fax: (561) 988-1738

 

If to Payee: 

 

Staton Bell Blank Check LLC

6800 Broken Sound Parkway

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Fax: (561) 988-1707

 

Notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving party, (ii) the date shown on a facsimile transmission confirmation, (iii) the date on which an e-mail transmission was received by the receiving party’s on-line access provider, (iv) the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (v) two (2) Business Days following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service. 

9.         Governing Law; Construction. This Note, the legal relations between the Maker and Payee, and the adjudication and the enforcement hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. 

10.        Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed on the day and year first above written. 

 

	
             
 	
            ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP.
 

 

	
             
 	
            By:
 	
            /s/ Daniel C. Staton__________________________
 

	
             
 	
            Name: Daniel C. Staton
 

	
             
 	
            Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 

 

 

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