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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

Investment Management Trust Agreement

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Title: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/18/2005
Industry: Misc. Financial Services     Law Firm: McDermott Will     Sector: Financial

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT, Parties: continental stock transfer & trust company , investment management , jp morgan chase ny bank , morgan joseph & co inc
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EXHIBIT 10.2
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
     This Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of                      , 2006 by and between General Finance Corporation (the “ Company ”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “ Trustee ”).
     WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Underwriting Agreement (“ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. (“ Morgan Joseph ”) and Wedbush Morgan Securities acting as the representatives (collectively, with Morgan Joseph, the “ Representatives ”) of the underwriters (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”), pursuant to which, among other matters, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from the Company, and effect a public offering (the “ IPO ”) of, 10,000,000 Units (“ Units ”), each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), and two Warrants, each Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock, all as more fully described in the Company’s final Prospectus comprising part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333                      ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“ Registration Statement ”);
     WHEREAS, the Registration Statement has been declared effective as of the date hereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ Effective Date ”);
     WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, funds (the “ Property ”) constituting a portion of the proceeds of the IPO will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a trust account for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Common Stock (the “ Public Stockholders ,” and collectively with the Company, the “ Beneficiaries ”) issued in the IPO as part of the Units (such shares, excluding shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of Warrants issued in the IPO, the “ IPO Shares ”); 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.
     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 (“ Trust Account ”) established by the Trustee at a branch of JP Morgan 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, invest and reinvest the Property in any Government Security. As used herein, “ Government Security ” means any Treasury Bill issued by the United States, having a maturity of one hundred and eighty days or less;

 


 
          (d) Collect and receive, when due, all principal and income arising from the Property, which shall become part of the “Property”;
          (e) Notify the Company and the Representatives 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 and Morgan Joseph ;
          (h) Render to the Company and to the Representatives, and to such other persons as the Company may from time to time instruct, monthly written statements of the activities of and amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account;
          (i) Upon written instructions from the Company, deliver to the Company, on a quarterly basis, from the Property in the Trust Account, an amount equal to the taxes payable by the Company, if any, relating to interest earned on the Property;
          (j) Upon receipt of a letter (a “ Termination Letter ”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and affirmed by a majority of its Board of Directors, comply with the instructions set forth in the letter regarding the liquidation of the Trust Account, including distribution of the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; and
          (k) If the Trustee shall not have received a Termination Letter on or prior to the Distribution Date, promptly following the Distribution Date the Trustee shall liquidate the Trust Account in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B to the Public Stockholders of record as of a record date fixed by the Trustee, which record date shall be within ten days of the liquidation date, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Distribution Date ” shall mean                                           , 2007 [18 months from the Effective Date] or, if on or prior to such date the Trustee has received a certification from the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit C, the date that is two years from the Effective Date.
     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 an Authorized Individual. The “ Authorized Individual s” shall be those individuals from time to time designated in writing to the Trustee by the Company as “Authorized Officers,” provided that each such individual must be an executive officer or Chairman of the Board of the Company. The initial Authorized Individuals are identified in Exhibit D to this Agreement. In addition, except with respect to its duties under Section 1(j) above, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal or telephonic advice or instruction

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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 paragraph, 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 , however , 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 on the Effective Date and thereafter on the anniversary of the Effective Date. The Trustee shall refund to the Company the 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) of this Agreement (it being expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to make any payments to the Trustee under such paragraph);
          (d) In connection with any vote of the Company’s stockholders regarding a Business Combination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company), 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 number of votes of the Company’s stockholders for and against such Business Combination.
     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 of this Agreement 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;

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          (c) Change the investment of any Property, other than in compliance with Section 1(c) of this Agreement;
          (d) Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;
          (e) Assume th

 
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