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
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