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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
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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 Individuals” 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
that the authority of any Authorized Officer designated by the Company to give
instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in
such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written
revocation of such authority to the Trustee;
(f) The
other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it,
or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the
exercise of its own best judgment, except for its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting
upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel
(including counsel chosen by the Trustee), statement, instrument, report or
other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and
effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of
any information therein contained) which is believed by the Trustee, in good
faith, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or
persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver,
modification, termination or rescission of this agreement or any of the terms
hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee signed
by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are
affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;
(g) Verify
the correctness of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or
to confirm or assure that any Business Combination consummated by the Company
or any other action taken by the Company is as contemplated by the Registration
Statement; or
(h) Subject
to the requirements of Section 1(i) of this Agreement, pay any taxes on behalf
of the Trust Account to any governmental entity or taxing authority.
4. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate as follows:
(a) If
the Trustee gives written notice to the Company that it desires to resign under
this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a
successor trustee. At such time that the Company notifies the Trustee that a
successor trustee has been appointed by the Company and has agreed to become
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the
management of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including but not
limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating to the
Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however,
that if the Company does not locate a successor trustee within 90 days of
receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee may submit an
application to have the Property deposited with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York and upon such deposit, the Trustee
shall be immune from any liability whatsoever that arises due to any actions or
omissions to act by any party after such deposit; or
(b) At
such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account
in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(j) or Section 1(k) of this
Agreement, and
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distributed the Property in
accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall
terminate except with respect to Section 2(b) of this Agreement.
5. Miscellaneous.
(a) The
Company and the Trustee each acknowledge that the Trustee will follow the
security procedures set forth in the Section 5 with respect to funds
transferred from the Trust Account. Upon receipt of written instructions, the
Trustee will confirm such instructions with an Authorized Individual at an
Authorized Telephone Number listed on the attached Exhibit D. The Company
and the Trustee will each restrict access to confidential information relating
to such security procedures to authorized persons. Each party must notify the
other party immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may
have obtained access to such information, or of any change in its authorized
personnel. In executing funds transfers, the Trustee will rely upon account
numbers or other identifying numbers of a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank
or intermediary bank, rather than names. The Trustee shall not be liable for
any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in an account number or
other identifying number, provided it has accurately transmitted the numbers
provided.
(b) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws.
It may be executed in several counterparts, each one of which shall constitute
an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.
(c) This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement or any provision
hereof may only be changed, amended or modified by a writing signed by each of
the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such change,
amendment or modification may be made without the prior written consent of
Morgan Joseph. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating
to this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury.
(d) The
parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal
court located in the City of New York for purposes of resolving any disputes
hereunder.
(e) Any
notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by Express
Mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt
requested), by hand delivery or by facsimile transmission:
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if to the Trustee, to: |
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Continental Stock Transfer |
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& Trust Company |
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17 Battery Place |
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New York, New York 10004 |
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Attn: Steven G. Nelson,
Chairman |
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Fax No.:
(212) 509-5150 |
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if to the Company, to: |
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General Finance Corporation |
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260 South Los Robles,
Suite 217 |
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Pasadena, CA 91101 |
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Attn: Ronald Valenta |
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Fax No.: |
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in either case with a copy
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Morgan Joseph & Co.
Inc. |
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600 Fifth Avenue, 19th
Floor |
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New York, New York 10020 |
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Attn: Michael Powell |
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Fax No.:
(212) 218-3719 |
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Wedbush Morgan Securities |
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1000 Wilshire Boulevard,
Suite |
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Los Angeles, CA 90017 |
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Attn: |
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Fax No.: |
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Troy & Gould PC |
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1801 Century Park East,
Suite 1600 |
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Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367 |
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Attn: Alan B. Spatz, Esq. |
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Fax No.:
(310) 789-1431 |
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McDermott Will & Emery
LLP |
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50 Rockefeller Plaza |
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New York, NY 10020 |
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Attn: Joel L. Rubinstein,
Esq. |
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Fax No.:
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(f) This
Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior written consent
of the Company and the Representatives.
(g) Each
of the Trustee and the Company hereby represents that it has the full right and
power and has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform
its respective obligations as contemplated hereunder. The Trustee acknowledges
and agrees that it shall not make any claims or proceed against the Trust
Account, including by way of set-off, and shall not be entitled to any funds in
the Trust Account under any circumstance.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Investment Management
Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.
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CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER
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TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee |
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