10,000,000 Units HYDE PARK ACQUISITION CORP. II UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 7th, 2011 • Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II • Blank checks • New York
Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”) an aggregate of ten million (10,000,000) units of the Company (the “Firm Units”), with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one warrant (collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock. The respective amounts of the Firm Units to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto. The Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters’ option an aggregate of up to one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) additional units of the Company (the “Option Units”) as set forth below. The terms of the Warrants are provided for in the form of Warrant Agreement (defined below).
Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II New York, NY 10110 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. New York, New York 1000 (as representative of the underwriters) Attn: General Counsel Re: Initial Public Offering Gentlemen:Underwriting Agreement • September 7th, 2011 • Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II • Blank checks
This letter (this “Letter Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) entered into by and between Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 10,000,000 of the Company’s units (the “Units”), each consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant”). The Units will be sold in the Offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 and related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and shall be quoted and traded on the OTC Bulletin Board. Certain capitalized terms used herei
