Exhibit 10.1
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Investment Management Trust Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of [], 2026 by and between Tang Capital Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-299334) (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the initial public offering of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) (such initial public offering hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”), has been declared effective as of the date hereof by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with LifeSci Capital LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (together, the “Underwriters”);
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Funding Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2026 (the “Funding Agreement”), with Tang Capital Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to pay expenses on the Company’s behalf prior to the Initial Business Combination (as defined below) (all such payments, “Advances”), which the Company shall reimburse solely from Permitted Interest Withdrawals (as defined below);
WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, an amount equal to 100% of the gross proceeds of the Offering ($75,000,000, or $25.00 per share) will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a segregated trust account located at all times in the United States (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Ordinary Shares sold in the Offering (including the Sponsor to the extent it holds Ordinary Shares) as hereinafter provided (the amount to be delivered to the Trustee (and any interest subsequently earned thereon) is referred to herein as the “Property,” the shareholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Shareholders,” and the Shareholders and the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Offering other than the gross proceeds from Ordinary Shares purchased by the Sponsor is attributable to deferred underwriting commissions that will be payable directly from the Trust Account, without accrued interest, to the Underwriters in cash solely upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination (as defined below) (such commissions, the “Deferred Underwriting Commissions”), and the Underwriters have agreed that, if the Company does not consummate the Initial Business Combination within the Completion Window (as defined below), they will forfeit any rights or claims to the Deferred Underwriting Commissions then in the Trust Account; 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:
(a) Hold the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the Trust Account established by the Trustee in the United States at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or at another U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of US$100 billion or more) 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;