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Exhibit 10.7
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (Agreement) is made as of this day of , 200_,
by and between General Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and
(Indemnitee), with reference to the following facts:
A. Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company.
B. The Company recognizes that the vagaries of public policy and the interpretation of
ambiguous statutes, regulations and court opinions are too uncertain to provide the Companys
officers and directors with adequate or reliable advance knowledge or guidance with respect to the
legal risks and potential liabilities to which they may become personally exposed as a result of
performing their duties in good faith as an Agent (as defined below) for the Company Group (as
defined below).
C. The Company recognizes that the cost to a director or officer of defending against lawsuits
resulting from the performance of his or her duties in good faith for the Company Group, whether or
not meritorious, is typically beyond the financial resources of most officers and directors of the
Company.
D. The Company recognizes that the legal risks and potential liabilities, and the very threat
thereof, associated with lawsuits filed against the officers and directors of the Company Group,
and the resultant substantial time, expense, harassment and anxiety spent and endured in defending
against such lawsuits, bears no reasonable or logical relationship to the amount of compensation
received by such officers and directors, and thus poses a significant deterrent to and results in
increased reluctance on the part of experienced and capable individuals to serve as an Agent of the
Company Group.
E. In order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons such as Indemnitee
to serve as an Agent of the Company Group, secure in the knowledge that certain expenses, costs and
liabilities incurred by them in their defense of such litigation will be borne by the Company and
that they will receive the maximum protection against such risks and liabilities as may be afforded
by law, the Board (as defined below) has determined that entering into this Agreement with
Indemnitee is not only reasonable and prudent but necessary to promote and ensure the best
interests of the Company and the Companys shareholders.
F. The Company and Indemnitee desire that the indemnification rights provided by this
Agreement shall be supplemental to, and shall not supersede or replace, any indemnification rights
which may be provided by other sources, including without limitation any indemnification which may
be provided by the Company pursuant to its bylaws, by contract or by applicable law.
NOW, THEREFORE, with reference to the foregoing facts, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree
as follows:
1. Agreement to Serve. Indemnitee agrees to serve and/or continue to serve as a director
and/or officer of one or more members of the Company Group in the same capacity or capacities in
which Indemnitee is serving on the date hereof for at least 30 days from the date
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hereof; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement is
intended to or shall create any obligation of any member of the Company Group to continue to retain
Indemnitee as an Agent or to maintain Indemnitee as a director during such period.
2. Definitions.
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Action shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
Agent shall mean, with respect to Indemnitee, Indemnitee in his or her capacity as an
officer, director, employee or agent of the Company Group and in his or her capacity as an officer,
director, employee or agent of any other Entity for which he or she is serving in such capacity or
capacities as the request of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, if Indemnitee provides
service as an officer, director, employee or agent of any Entity controlled by the Company or any
employee benefit plan of the Company, then Indemnitee shall be deemed to serve at the request of
the Company.
Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Company Group shall mean the Company, each subsidiary and parent of the Company, and any
successor, resulting or surviving corporation of the Company or any subsidiary or parent of such
successor, resulting or surviving corporation.
For purposes of this Agreement, references to the Company Group shall include, in addition
to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had power and authority to indemnify its Agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was an
Agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as an Agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
Entity shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, and employee benefit plan.
Expenses shall include costs and expenses, including without limitation attorneys fees.
Fines shall include, in addition to fines, any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with
respect to an employee benefit plan.
For purposes of this Agreement, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee
benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner in the best interests of the
Company as referred to in this Agreement.
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3. Indemnification.
3.1 Third Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Action (other than an Action by or in the
right of the Company) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was an Agent against Expenses,
judgments, Fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with such Action if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably
believed to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and, with respect to any
criminal Action, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitees conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any Action by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of
nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that
Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in
the best interest of the Company, or with respect to any criminal Action, had reasonable cause to
believe that Indemnitees conduct was unlawful.
3.2 Proceedings By or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee if Indemnitee is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Action by or
in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee is or was an Agent against Expenses, judgments, Fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Action if Indemnitee acted in
good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
Company and its shareholders.
3.3 Mandatory Payment of Expenses. To the extent that Indemnitee has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Action referred to in Section 3.1 or 3.2 or the
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith.
3.4 Approval for Settlements. The Company shall not be obligated to indemnify
Indemnitee for any settlements entered into by Indemnitee with respect to any Action unless the
Company approves such settlement or the Company unreasonably withholds such approval following not
less than 10 days prior written notice of the proposed settlement.
4. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.
4.1 Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall advance all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, or appeal of any
Action referenced in Section 3 hereof. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay such amounts advanced
only if, and to the extent that, it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby.
4.2 Notice to Company by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to
Indemnitees right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as
soon as practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee for which such indemnification will or
could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company at the executive offices of the Company (unless Indemnitee is the
Chief Executive Officer, in which the notice shall be addressed to the
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