Exhibit 5
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 23, 2002
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing of Matlin
Xxxxxxxxx LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Asset Management LLC, Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global
Advisers LLC, Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global Partners LLC, Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global
Opportunities Partners L.P., Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global Opportunities Partners
(Bermuda) L.P., Links Partners, L.P., Inland Partners, L.P., Coryton Management
Ltd., Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx and I. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, on behalf of each of them
a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Personnel Group of
America, Inc., and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this
23rd day of August 2002.
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Member
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Matlin Xxxxxxxxx LLC, its manager
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Member
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX GLOBAL ADVISERS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX GLOBAL PARTNERS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P.
By: Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global Partners LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLIN XXXXXXXXX GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS
(BERMUDA) L.P.
By: Matlin Xxxxxxxxx Global Partners LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
LINKS PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Coryton Management Ltd., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
INLAND PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Coryton Management Ltd., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
CORYTON MANAGEMENT LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
XXXXXX XXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
XXXXX XXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
I. XXXXXX XXXXXXX
By: /s/ I. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: I. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
