Exhibit 5
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 17, 2003
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
MatlinPatterson LLC, MatlinPatterson Asset Management LLC, MatlinPatterson
Global Advisers LLC, MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC, MatlinPatterson
Global Opportunities Partners L.P., MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities
Partners (Bermuda) L.P., MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners B,
L.P., Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 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 17th day of March 2003.
MATLINPATTERSON LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Member
MATLINPATTERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
By: MatlinPatterson LLC, its manager
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Member
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL ADVISERS
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
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MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL PARTNERS
LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P.
By: MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS
(BERMUDA) L.P.
By: MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS
B, L.P.
By: MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
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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
XXXXX X. XXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
XXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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
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I. XXXXXX XXXXXXX
By: I. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: I. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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