AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION, GFN NORTH AMERICA CORP., PAC-VAN, INC., THE MOAC STOCKHOLDERS and MOBILE OFFICE ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of July 28, 2008
Exhibit
2.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
by
and among
GENERAL
FINANCE CORPORATION,
GFN
NORTH AMERICA CORP.,
PAC-VAN,
INC.,
THE
MOAC STOCKHOLDERS
and
MOBILE
OFFICE ACQUISITION CORP.
Dated
as of July 28, 2008
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1
THE
MERGER
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Section
1.1
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The
Merger
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1
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Section
1.2
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Closing
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1
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Section
1.3
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Effective
Time
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2
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Section
1.4
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Effects
of the Merger
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2
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Section
1.5
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Certificate
of Incorporation; Bylaws
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2
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Section
1.6
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Directors
and Officers
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2
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ARTICLE
2
CONVERSION
OF SHARES; STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
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Section
2.1
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Merger
Consideration
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2
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Section
2.2
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Conversion
of Securities
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3
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Section
2.3
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Treatment
of MOAC Stock Options and Warrants
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3
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Section
2.4
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Surrender
of Shares; Distribution of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer
Books
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4
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Section
2.6
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Dissenting
Shares
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5
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Section
2.6
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No
Further Ownership Rights in MOAC Stock
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5
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Section
2.7
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Withholding
Taxes
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5
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Section
2.8
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Further
Action
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6
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ARTICLE
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANIES AND MOAC STOCKHOLDERS
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Section
3.1
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Organization;
Charter Documents
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6
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Section
3.2
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Capitalization
of the Companies
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7
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Section
3.3
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Corporate
Authorization; Board Approval
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8
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Section
3.4
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Governmental
Approvals
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8
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Section
3.5
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Non-Contravention
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9
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Section
3.6
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Financial
Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; Internal and Disclosure
Controls
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9
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Section
3.7
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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10
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Section
3.8
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Insurance
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10
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Section
3.9
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Real
Property; Title to Assets
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10
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Section
3.10
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Company
Intellectual Property
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11
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Section
3.11
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Litigation
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11
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Section
3.12
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Taxes
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12
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Section
3.13
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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14
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Section
3.14
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Compliance
with Laws; Permits
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15
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Section
3.15
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Environmental
Matters
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16
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Section
3.16
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Companies
Material Contracts
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16
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Section
3.17
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Finders’
Fees
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17
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Section
3.18
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Takeover
Statutes
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17
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Section
3.19
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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18
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Section
3.20
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Labor
Matters
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18
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Section
3.21
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Payments
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18
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Section
3.22
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Disclosure
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18
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ARTICLE
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
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Section
4.1
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Organization
and Power
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19
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Section
4.2
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Corporate
Authorization
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19
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Section
4.3
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Governmental
Authorization
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19
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Section
4.4
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Non-Contravention
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19
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Section
4.5
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Information
Supplied
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20
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Section
4.6
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Litigation
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20
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Section
4.7
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Finder's
Fees
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20
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Section
4.8
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Sub
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20
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Section
4.9
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Public
Filings
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20
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Section
4.7
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Valid
Issuance
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20
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Section
4.8
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Disclosure
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20
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ARTICLE
5
COVENANTS
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Section
5.1
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Interim
Operations of the Companies
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21
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Section
5.2
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Access
to Information
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23
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Section
5.3
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Regulatory
and Consent Matters
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24
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Section
5.4
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Employee
Matters
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24
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Section
5.5
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Stockholders
Meeting
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24
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Section
5.6
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Additional
Agreements
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24
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Section
5.7
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Publicity
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25
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Section
5.8
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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25
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Section
5.9
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Proxy
Statement
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25
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Section
5.10
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Cooperation
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26
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Section
5.11
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Appraisal
Rights Expenses
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27
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Section
5.12
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Confidentiality
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27
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Section
5.13
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No
Shop
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27
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Section
5.14
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MOAC
Stockholder Approval
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27
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ARTICLE
6
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CONDITIONS
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Section
6.1
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party
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28
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Section
6.2
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Sub
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29
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Section
6.3
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Conditions
to the Obligations of the Companies and MOAC
Stockholders
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31
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ARTICLE
7
SURVIVAL;
INDEMNIFICATION
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Section
7.1
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Survival
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32
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Section
7.2
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Post-Closing
Indemnification
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32
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Section
7.3
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Payments
under Holdback Note
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35
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Section
7.4
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Procedures
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36
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Section
7.5
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Exclusive
Post-Closing Remedy
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36
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Section
7.6
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Liability
Limitations
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37
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Page
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ARTICLE
8
TERMINATION
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Section
8.1
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Termination
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37
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Section
8.2
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Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination
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38
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Section
8.3
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Expenses;
Termination Fees
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38
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ARTICLE
9
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
9.1
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Definitions
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38
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Section
9.2
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Amendment
and Modification
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41
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Section
9.3
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Notices
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41
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Section
9.4
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Interpretation
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42
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Section
9.5
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Counterparts
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42
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Section
9.6
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Entire
Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries
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42
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Section
9.7
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Severability
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42
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Section
9.8
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Specific
Performance
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42
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Section
9.9
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Governing
Law
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43
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Section
9.10
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Assignment
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43
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Section
9.11
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Reliance
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43
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Section
9.12
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Knowledge
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43
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Section
9.13
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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43
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Section
9.14
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Waiver
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43
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Section
9.15
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Attorney's
Fees
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44
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Section
9.16
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Arbitration
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44
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Exhibit
A
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MOAC
Stockholders
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Exhibit
B
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Pledge
Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Holdback
Note
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Exhibit
D
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Stockholders
Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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First
Amendment to Employment Agreement of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Exhibit
F
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General
Release
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THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”)
dated
as of July
28,
2008 is entered into by and among GENERAL
FINANCE CORPORATION,
a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
GFN
NORTH
AMERICA CORP., a
Delaware corporation (“Sub”),
PAC-VAN, INC., an Indiana corporation ("Pac-Van"),
MOBILE OFFICE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (“MOAC”)
(each
of MOAC and Pac-Van are referred to individually as a “Company”
and
collectively as the “Companies”),
and
the stockholders of MOAC whose names appear in Exhibit
A
attached
hereto (each a “MOAC
Stockholder”
and
collectively the “MOAC
Stockholders”),
with
reference to the following facts:
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of MOAC has approved this Agreement and determined
that
the merger of MOAC with and into Sub (the “Merger”),
including the consideration to be paid for each of the outstanding shares
(collectively, the “Shares”)
of (A)
Class A Common Stock of MOAC (the “Class
A MOAC Common Stock”)
and
(B) Class B Common Stock of MOAC (the “Class
B MOAC Common Stock”,
and
together with the Class A Common Stock, the “MOAC
Common Stock”)
in the
Merger, is fair and advisable to and in the best interests of MOAC and its
stockholders;
WHEREAS,
the Merger is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” as described in
Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”),
and
this Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the
meaning of the regulations promulgated under Section 368 of the
Code;
WHEREAS,
the duly appointed and authorized Special Committee of the Board of Directors
of
Parent and the Board of Directors of Sub have approved, and deem it fair
and
advisable and in the best interests of the disinterested stockholders of
Parent,
to enter into, this Agreement and the Merger; and
WHEREAS,
the parties desire for the Merger to be a tax free reorganization (except
to the
extent of cash and the Holdback Note (as defined below) issuable pursuant
to
this Agreement) in accordance with the Code.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto
agree
as follows:
SECTION
1
THE
MERGER
Section
1.1 The
Merger.
Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and in accordance
with
the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”),
at
the Effective Time, the Merger shall be consummated. As a result of the Merger,
the separate corporate existence of MOAC shall cease and Sub shall continue
as
the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”).
The
Surviving Corporation shall continue to be governed by the laws of the State
of
Delaware.
Section
1.2 Closing.
Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing
of
the Merger (the “Closing”)
shall
take place at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on a date (the “Closing
Date”)
which
shall be the first business day after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
set forth in Article 6, other than those conditions that by their nature
are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver
of
those conditions, at the offices of Parent located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other time, date or place as agreed
to in
writing by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding any approval of this Agreement
by
the stockholders of MOAC, no agreement among the parties to change the place,
time or date of the Closing shall require the approval of the stockholders
of
MOAC.
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Section
1.3 Effective
Time.
On
the
Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated
by
filing the certificate of merger (the “Certificate
of Merger”)
with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required
by,
and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the DGCL. The
date
and time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of
State
of the State of Delaware (or such later time as shall be agreed to by the
parties hereto and is specified in the Certificate of Merger) will be the
“Effective
Time.”
Section
1.4 Effects
of the Merger.
The
Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the
DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto,
at
the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers
and
franchises of MOAC and Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all
debts, liabilities and duties of MOAC and Sub shall become the debts,
liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section
1.5 Certificate
of Incorporation; Bylaws.
(a) At
the
Effective Time and without any further action on the part of MOAC or Sub,
the
Certificate of Incorporation of
Sub as
amended to date and as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall
be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter amended as provided therein and under the DGCL.
(b) At
the
Effective Time and without any further action on the part of MOAC or Sub,
the
bylaws of Sub, as amended, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation and thereafter may be amended
or repealed in accordance with their terms or the certificate of incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation and as provided therein and under the
DGCL.
Section
1.6 Directors
and Officers.
At
the
Closing, the bylaws of Sub shall specify that the board of directors of Sub
shall consist of between three (3) and five (5) members and the directors
shall
be elected by Parent to hold office in accordance with the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The officers of Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of
the
Surviving Corporation, in each case until their respective successors are
duly
elected or appointed and qualified.
SECTION
2
CONVERSION
OF SHARES; STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Section
2.1 Merger
Consideration.
The
aggregate consideration payable to holders of Shares (other than Dissenting
Shares) in connection with the Merger (“Merger
Consideration”)
shall
be: (A) (x) One Hundred Fifty-Eight Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($158,800,000) plus
the
aggregate purchase price and transaction costs of any acquisitions
(“Interim
Acquisitions”)
completed by Pac-Van, during the period commencing the date of this Agreement
and ending on the Effective Time, minus
(B) the
principal which is borrowed from LaSalle Bank National Association
(“LaSalle
Bank”)
under
the senior secured credit facility of Pac-Van (“Credit
Facility”)
(which
principal shall not exceed Eighty-Six Million Dollars ($86,000,000) plus
any
indebtedness incurred under the Credit Facility to complete the Interim
Acquisitions) and
accrued but unpaid interest on such principal, minus
(C) the
principal which is borrowed from SPV Capital Funding, L.L.C., as assignee
of
Laminar
Direct Capital L.P. (“SPV
Capital”)
pursuant
to a senior subordinated promissory note issued by Pac-Van (the “Subordinated
Note”)
(which
principal shall not exceed Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000)) (the
“Senior
Subordinated Loan”) and
accrued but unpaid interest on such principal and minus
(D)
any
other indebtedness for borrowed money of MOAC and Pac-Van (other than
indebtedness under the Credit Facility and the Subordinated Note). The Merger
Consideration will be paid to the stockholders of MOAC and each holder of
a
cancelled MOAC Stock Option (“Eligible
Stock Option Holder”)
as
follows (allocated among such stockholders and optionholders in
accordance with the allocation set forth on Section 2.1 of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules:
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(i) a
total
of up to Twenty-One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($21,500,000) (the
“Cash”)
via
wire transfer of immediately available funds;
(ii) Four
Million (4,000,000) shares of restricted common stock of Parent (the
“Parent
Common Stock”)
valued
at Seven Dollars Fifty Cents ($7.50) per share, which shall include shares
of
restricted Parent Common Stock with an aggregate value of Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($8,500,000) valued at Seven Dollars Fifty Cents
($7.50) per share (the “Pledged
Shares”)
which
will be pledged by each MOAC Stockholder to secure the indemnification
obligations under this Agreement of such MOAC Stockholder pursuant to the
pledge
agreement in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto (the “Pledge
Agreement”);
and
(iii) a
subordinated, unsecured promissory note of Sub in the form of Exhibit
C
attached
hereto (the “Holdback
Note”)
with a
principal value of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000)
bearing interest of 8% per annum payable semi-annually.
Section
2.2 Conversion
of Securities.
At
the
Effective Time by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of any
party, each Share held in the treasury of MOAC immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be cancelled and retired without any conversion thereof
and
no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
At the
Effective Time by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of any
party, each share of common stock of Sub issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time and all rights in respect thereof shall be converted
into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of
common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Section
2.3 Treatment
of MOAC Stock Options.
(a) At
the
Effective Time, each then outstanding option or right to purchase Shares
(collectively, “MOAC
Stock Options”),
granted or issued pursuant to MOAC’s 2006 Stock Option Plan (“MOAC
Stock Option Plan”),
which
are then vested or exercisable, shall be cancelled by MOAC and each Eligible
Stock Option Holder shall be entitled to receive from the Surviving Corporation
(and, if necessary, Parent shall provide funds to the Surviving Corporation
sufficient for such payments) in consideration for the cancellation of such
MOAC
Stock Option an amount in cash equal to the following (the "Stock
Option Consideration"):
the
product of (i) the number of shares of MOAC Common Stock previously subject
to such MOAC Stock Option and (ii) the excess, if any, of the Per Share
Merger Consideration with respect to the shares described in clause (i) over
the
exercise price per share of MOAC Common Stock subject to such MOAC Stock
Option.
(b) Except
as
provided herein or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, all stock incentive
plans and any other plan, program or arrangement providing for the issuance
or
grant of any interest in respect of the Shares shall terminate as of the
Effective Time, and MOAC shall, prior to the Effective Time, ensure that
following the Effective Time no holder of any MOAC Stock Option or any other
equity-based right shall have any right to acquire equity securities of MOAC
or
the Surviving Corporation.
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Section
2.4 Surrender
of Shares; Distribution of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer
Books.
(a) Upon
surrender by a MOAC Stockholder to Parent of the certificate representing
the
shares held by such stockholder (each “MOAC
Certificate”)
and
delivery of a letter of transmittal in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Parent and the MOAC Stockholders and instructions for use
in
effecting the surrender of the MOAC Certificates for payment of the Merger
Consideration therefor immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause to be delivered to each holder of a MOAC Certificate
(collectively with the Eligible Stock Option Holder, “Eligible
Stockholder”)
the
portion of the Merger Consideration to which such shares represented by such
MOAC Certificate are entitled to receive in accordance with the allocation
set
forth in Section 2.1 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules (the "Per
Share Merger Consideration")
less
any amounts required to be withheld under Section
2.7 as
follows:
(i) At
the
Effective Time, the Cash and the Holdback Note; and
(ii) As
soon
as practicable after the Effective Time (or such later date when a MOAC
Stockholder surrenders such MOAC Stockholder’s share certificate(s)), stock
certificates representing the Parent Common Stock.
(b) Parent
shall retain possession of the Pledged Shares pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Pledge Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
delivery to Parent of the MOAC Certificates, the MOAC Certificates shall
be
cancelled. Until so surrendered, each MOAC Certificate will represent, from
and
after the Effective Time, only the right to receive the Per Share Merger
Consideration as contemplated by this Section 2.4(a).
No
interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the MOAC
Certificates on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the
MOAC
Certificates. If payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration is to be made
to
a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate
is
registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so
surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form
for
transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any
transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Per Share
Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the
Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of
the
Surviving Corporation that such tax either has been paid or is not applicable.
As used in this Agreement, “Person”
means
an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association,
trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)).
(d) In
the
event any MOAC Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent
shall deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed MOAC Certificates,
upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the Per
Share Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled pursuant
to
this Article 2.
(e) Immediately
prior to the Effective Time the Warrants shall be cancelled and the holder
of
the Warrants shall receive the proceeds payable to cancel the Warrants (which
equal the amount the holders of the Warrants would have received if the Warrants
were exercised in connection with the Merger) set forth in Section 2.1 of
the
Companies Disclosure Schedules attached hereto.
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(f) At
the
close of business on the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of MOAC shall
be
closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers
of
shares of MOAC Common Stock on the records of MOAC. From and after the Effective
Time, the holders of MOAC Certificates evidencing ownership of Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any
rights with respect to such Shares except as otherwise provided for
herein.
Section
2.5 Dissenting
Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Shares that are issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by
stockholders who have not voted in favor of or consented to the Merger and
who
shall have delivered a written demand for appraisal of such shares of MOAC
Common Stock in the time and manner provided in Section 262 of the DGCL and
shall not have failed to perfect, and shall not have effectively withdrawn
or
lost, their rights to appraisal and payment under the DGCL (the “Dissenting
Shares”)
shall
not be converted into the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration,
but shall be entitled to receive the fair value of their Shares as shall
be
determined pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL; provided,
however,
that if
such holder shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn
or
lost his, her or its right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL, such
holder’s Shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted, at the later
of the time of such failure to perfect, withdrawal or loss of right or the
Effective Time, into the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration
set
forth in Section
2.4,
without
any interest thereon.
(b) MOAC
shall deliver to Parent prompt notice of any notices of intent to assert
appraisal rights and to demand payment or withdrawals of notices of intent
to
assert appraisal rights and to demand payment and will not, except with the
prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, settle or compromise, offer to settle or
compromise any such notices or voluntarily make any payment with respect
to any
notice of intent to demand payment for Shares.
(c) After
the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be responsible for payment
with
respect to Dissenting Shares and for compliance with Section 262 of the
DGCL.
Section
2.6 No
Further Ownership Rights in MOAC Stock.
All
payments of the Per Share Merger Consideration made upon surrender of MOAC
Certificates in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have
been
made in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares subject
to such
MOAC Certificate and there shall be no further registration of transfers
on the
records of the Surviving Corporation of Shares which were outstanding as
of the
Closing. If, after the Closing, MOAC Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided
in
this SECTION 2.
Section
2.7 Withholding
Taxes.
(a) Each
of
Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
from the Per Share Merger Consideration otherwise payable to an Eligible
Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.4 such
amounts as Parent or the Surviving Corporation is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or under
any
applicable provision of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, code, or regulation
of any Governmental Authority (“Law”).
To
the extent that amounts are so withheld, such amounts shall be treated for
all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares
or
MOAC Stock Options, as the case may be, in respect of which such deduction
and
withholding was made by Parent or the Surviving Corporation,
respectively.
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Section
2.8 Further
Action.
At and
after the Effective Time, the officers and directors of Parent and the Surviving
Corporation will be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on
behalf
of MOAC, any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and to take
and do,
in the name and on behalf of MOAC and Sub, any other actions and things to
vest,
perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation any
and
all right, title and interest in, to and under any of the rights, properties
or
assets acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result
of,
or in connection with, the Merger.
SECTION
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANIES
Each
of
the Companies hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Sub as
follows:
Section
3.1 Organization;
Charter Documents.
(a) Organization.
Each of
MOAC and Pac-Van is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under
the
Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has the requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry
on its
business as now being conducted. Each of the Companies is duly qualified
or
licensed to do business and is in good standing (where applicable) in each
jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it or the
nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good
standing has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). Section
3.1(a)
of the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto (the “Companies
Disclosure Schedules”)
sets
forth a list of each jurisdiction in which each of the Companies is qualified
or
licensed to do business.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Material
Adverse Effect”
means,
when used with reference to one or more events, changes, circumstances or
effects, a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
liabilities or financial condition of the Companies taken as a whole, other
than
events, changes, circumstances or effects that arise out of or result from
economic factors generally affecting the economy or financial markets as
a whole
or the industries in which either of the Companies operates which do not
disproportionately impact the Companies.
(b) Subsidiaries.
Except
as set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, neither
of
the Companies has a Subsidiary or any other entities in which such Company
owns,
directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock, equity or membership
interests.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Subsidiary”
means,
when used with reference to any entity, any corporation or other organization,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, (i) of which such party or any
other Subsidiary of such party is a general or managing partner or (ii) the
outstanding voting securities or interests of which, having by their terms
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or others
performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other
organization, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such entity
or by
any one or more of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Charter
Documents.
Each of
the Companies has delivered to Parent a true and correct copy of each of
the
articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended to date
of
such Company (collectively, the “Company
Charter Documents”)
and
each such instrument is in full force and effect. Neither Company is in
violation of any of the provisions of its Company Charter
Documents.
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Section
3.2 Capitalization
of the Companies.
(a) MOAC
Capitalization.
The
authorized capital stock of MOAC consists of (i) 350,000 shares of Common
Stock,
par value $0.001 (A) issuable in a series designated “Class A Common Shares”
consisting of 300,000 shares, of which 225,000 shares are issued and
outstanding, (B) issuable in a series designated “Class B Common Shares”
consisting of 50,000 shares, of which 1,800 shares are issued and outstanding;
(C) 26,042 shares of Class B Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon
the
exercise of outstanding MOAC Stock Options; and (D) 9,375 shares of MOAC
Common
Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to warrants of MOAC (the “Warrants”)
issued
to Laminar Direct Capital, L.P., which has been assigned to SPV Capital;
and
(ii) no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All outstanding
shares of MOAC Common Stock are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant
to
the plans and agreements applicable to MOAC Stock Options will be, when issued
in accordance with the respective terms thereof, duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not issued in violation of, nor
subject to, preemptive rights or similar rights. Except for the shares and
Warrants described in this Section 3.2(a)
and
the MOAC Stock Options, there are no outstanding (A) shares of capital
stock or other voting securities of MOAC, (B) securities of MOAC
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock
or
voting securities of MOAC, (C) options, warrants, restricted stock,
restricted stock units, preemptive or similar rights, subscriptions or other
rights, convertible securities, agreements, arrangements or commitments of
any
character to acquire (or obligating MOAC to issue, register, transfer or
sell)
any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or voting securities of MOAC
or
obligating MOAC to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant,
restricted stock units, subscription or other right, convertible security,
agreement, arrangement or commitment or (D) no equity equivalents,
interests in the ownership or earnings of MOAC or other similar rights (the
items in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) being referred to collectively as
the
“MOAC
Securities”).
Except for redemption of the Warrants, MOAC does not have any obligation,
commitments or arrangements to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any
of
the MOAC Securities, including as a result of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form
of a
loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any other Person. There are no
voting trusts or registration rights or other agreements or understandings
to
which MOAC is a party with respect to the voting or disposition of the capital
stock of MOAC, other than the Shareholders' Agreement dated as of August
2,
2006, among MOAC, the MOAC Stockholders, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Laminar Direct
Capital L.P. and D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C..
(b) Pac-Van
Capitalization.
The
authorized capitalization of Pac-Van consists of (i) 10,000,000 shares of
common
stock, par value $0.001, (A) issuable in a series designated “Class A Common
Shares” consisting of 9,500,000 shares of which no shares are issued and
outstanding and (B) issuable in a series designated “Class B Common Shares”
consisting of 500,000 shares, of which 10 shares are issued and outstanding
and
(ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value at $0.001, of which no
shares are issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Pac-Van have
been
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not issued
in
violation of, nor subject to, preemptive rights or similar rights. Except
for
the shares described in this Section 3.2(b), there are no outstanding (A)
shares
of capital stock or other voting securities of Pac-Van, (B) securities of
Pac-Van convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital
stock or voting securities of Pac-Van, (C) options, warrants, restricted
stock,
restricted stock units, preemptive or similar rights, subscriptions or other
rights, convertible securities, agreements, arrangements or commitments of
any
character to acquire (or obligating Pac-Van to issue, register, transfer
or
sell) any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into
or
exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or voting securities of Pac-Van
or
obligating Pac-Van to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant,
restricted stock units, subscription or other right, convertible security,
agreement, arrangement or commitment or (D) no equity equivalents, interests
in
ownership or earnings of Pac-Van or other similar rights (the items in clauses
(A), (B), (C) and (D) being referred to collectively as the “Pac-Van
Securities”
and
collectively with the MOAC Securities, the “Company
Securities”).
Pac-Van does not have any obligation, commitments or arrangements to redeem,
repurchase or otherwise acquire any of the Company Securities, including
as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to provide funds
to
or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in any other Person. There are no voting trusts or registration
rights or other agreements or understandings to which Pac-Van is a party
with
respect to the voting or disposition of the capital stock of
Pac-Van.
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(c) Indebtedness.
Section
3.2(c) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct
list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract pursuant to which
any
Indebtedness (other than Companies credit cards) of the Companies is outstanding
or may be incurred, together with the amount outstanding thereunder as of
the
date of this Agreement. No Contract pursuant to which any Indebtedness of
the
Companies is outstanding or may be incurred provides for the right to vote
(or
is convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, securities having
the
right to vote) on any matters on which the stockholders of the Companies
may
vote.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Contract”
means
any agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, indenture,
note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy,
benefit plan or legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature,
as in
effect as of the date hereof or as may hereinafter be in effect.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Indebtedness”
means
(i) indebtedness for borrowed money, whether secured or unsecured,
(ii) obligations under conditional or installment sale or other title
retention Contracts relating to purchased property, (iii) capitalized lease
obligations and/or (iv) guarantees of any of the foregoing of another
Person.
Section
3.3 Corporate
Authorization; Board Approval.
(a) Corporate
Authorization.
Each of
the Companies has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into
this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance
by the
Companies of this Agreement and the consummation by the Companies of the
transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly and validly authorized by
all
necessary corporate action, except the approval of this Agreement and the
Merger
by a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A MOAC Common Stock, which
approval, once delivered pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof, is the only vote
of
holders of any class or series of securities necessary to approve this Agreement
and the Merger. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by MOAC
and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Sub,
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of MOAC, enforceable against MOAC
in
accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar Laws affecting
creditors rights generally from time to time in effect).
(b) Board
Approval.
The
Board of Directors of MOAC has, at a meeting duly called and held on or prior
to
the date hereof, (i) determined and declared that this Agreement and the
Merger are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of MOAC and its
stockholders, and (ii) adopted and approved this Agreement and the Merger,
and (iii) directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to MOAC’s
stockholders for approval.
Section
3.4 Governmental
Approvals.
The
execution, delivery and performance by MOAC of this Agreement, and the
consummation by MOAC of the transactions contemplated hereby, require no
action,
permit, license, authorization, certification, consent, approval, concession
or
franchise by or in respect of, or filing with, any federal, state, or local
U.S.
or foreign government, court, administrative agency, commission, arbitrator
or
other governmental or regulatory agency or authority (a “Governmental
Authority”)
other
than: (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with respect to the
Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and (ii) such
other consents, approvals, Orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations,
filings, notices and permits set forth on Section 3.4 of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules.
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Section
3.5 Non-Contravention.
Except
as
set forth in Section 3.5 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, the execution,
delivery and performance by MOAC of this Agreement do not, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby will not: (i) contravene, conflict
with or violate the MOAC Charter Documents; (ii) subject to obtaining the
Company Requisite Vote and obtaining all the consents, approvals and
authorizations specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 3.4, contravene
or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law, or
any
outstanding order, writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, determination, award
or
decree by or with any Governmental Authority (“Order”)
binding upon or applicable to the Companies or by which any of their respective
properties are bound or affected; (iii) subject to obtaining all the
consents, approvals and authorizations specified in Section 3.5 of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules, constitute a default (or an event which with notice,
the
lapse of time or both would become a default) under or give rise to a right
of
termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of any right or
obligation of the Companies, or cause increased liability or fees or the
loss of
a material benefit or imposition of a penalty under (A) any Contract or (B)
any
Companies Permit; or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any
liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, pledges, licenses,
limitations in voting rights or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Liens")
on any
asset of the Companies.
Section
3.6 Financial
Statements;
No Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Each
of
the financial statements listed on Section 3.6(a) of the Companies Disclosure
Schedules (including, in each case, any related notes thereto) as of their
respective dates (the “Company
Financials”):
(i) complied as to form in all material respects with all applicable
accounting requirements, (ii) were prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as
may be
indicated in the notes thereto) and (iii) fairly presented the consolidated
financial condition of MOAC as at the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of the MOAC’s operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated. The consolidated balance sheet of MOAC as of December 31, 2007
is
hereinafter referred to herein as the “Company
Balance Sheet,”
and
December 31, 2007 is hereinafter referred to herein as the “Company
Balance Sheet Date”.
Except
as noted in the opinions contained in the Company Financials, the Company
Financials and opinions were rendered without qualification or exception
and
were not subject to any contingency. No event has occurred since the preparation
of the Company Financials that would require a restatement of the Company
Financials under GAAP other than by reason of a change in GAAP.
(b) Except
as
set forth in the Companies Disclosure Schedules, neither of the Companies
has
any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise) except (i) liabilities or obligations disclosed or
provided for in the Company Financials or the notes thereto,
(ii) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
or otherwise that individually or in the aggregate have not had and would
not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(iii)
express obligations or liabilities under Contracts entered into prior to
the
date of this Agreement, (iv) express obligations or liabilities under Contracts
entered into after the date of this Agreement, provided that such Contracts
are
permitted under this Agreement, (v) liabilities included in Working Capital
and
(vi) commitments entered into after the date of this Agreement to purchase
fleet
or equipment for lease or sale set forth in Section 3.6(b) of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules.
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Section
3.7 Absence
of Certain Changes.
Except
as
disclosed in Section 3.7 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, since the
Company Balance Sheet Date, the businesses of the Companies have been conducted
in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past
practice, and there has not been any change, development, event, condition,
occurrence or effect that individually or in the aggregate has had or would
reasonably be expected to have (a) a Material Adverse Effect or (b) a material
adverse impact on the ability of the Companies to consummate the
Merger.
Since
the Company Balance Sheet Date, except as (i) specifically contemplated by
this Agreement or (ii) set forth in Section 3.7 of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules, there has not occurred any action, event or failure
to act
that, if it had occurred after the date of this Agreement, would have required
the consent of Parent under Section 5.1.
Section
3.8 Insurance.
Section
3.8 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules contains a complete list of all
policies of fire, liability, workers' compensation and other forms of insurance
owned or held by or for the benefit of the Companies. Copies of all insurance
policies applicable to the Companies have been delivered to Parent. Except
as
set forth in Section 3.8 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules: (i) all
such policies are in full force and effect and were in full force and effect
during the periods of time such insurance policies are purported to be in
effect; (ii) neither of the Companies is in breach or default (including
any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the
giving
of notice), and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of
time or
both, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or
modification, under any policy; (iii) all premiums due thereon have been
paid and neither of the Companies has received any notice of cancellation,
termination or non-renewal of any such policy; (iv) all such insurance
policies are customary in scope and amount of coverage for the business of
the
Companies; (v) all appropriate insurers under such insurance policies have
been notified of all potentially insurable losses and pending litigation
and
legal matters, and no such insurer has informed the Companies of any denial
of
coverage or reservation of rights thereto; and (vi) neither of the
Companies has received any written notice of cancellation of any insurance
policy maintained in favor of the Companies nor has it been denied insurance
coverage, in either case, in the past five years.
Section
3.9 Real
Property; Title to Assets.
(a) Owned
Real Property.
Neither
of the Companies owns fee simple title to any real property.
(b) Real
Property Leases.
Section
3.9(b) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules contains a true and complete
list
of all leases, subleases, sub-subleases, licenses and other agreements under
which the Companies lease, sublease, license, use or occupy (whether as
landlord, tenant, subtenant other occupancy arrangement) or has the right
to use
or occupy, now or in the future, any real property (“Real
Property Leases”).
The
Companies have previously furnished to Parent true, correct and complete
copies
of all Real Property Leases. Each Real Property Lease constitutes the valid
and
legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Companies
in
accordance with its terms. With respect to each Real Property Lease
(i) there is no default or event which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default on the part of Companies, or, to the knowledge
of the Companies any other party thereto; (ii) except as set forth on the
Section 3.9(b) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, neither of the Companies
has assigned, sublet or transferred its leasehold interest; (iii) each of
the
Companies enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases of
real
property and all of such leases are valid and in full force and effect; and
(iv)
there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened
condemnation proceedings relating to any real property leased or used by
the
Companies. Each of the Companies has a good and valid leasehold interest
in each
Real Property Lease free and clear of all Liens, except as disclosed on
Section 3.9(b) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules.
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(c) Personal
Property.
Except
as set forth in Section 3.9(c) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, each
of
the Companies owns or leases all furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory,
rental fleet, operating supplies and other personal property (the “Personal
Property”)
necessary to carry on its businesses as now being conducted. The Personal
Property, other than inventory and rental fleet, is in good and usable condition
except for reasonable wear and tear. All inventory consists of items usable
or
saleable in the ordinary course of business. All rental fleet consists of
items
rentable in accordance with industry standards or historic Companies business
practice. Other than Personal Property leased to customers, or inventory
held by
vendors or manufacturers, in the ordinary course of business as of the date
hereof, no Personal Property, or other assets used in the business of the
Companies, are located at any locations other than the locations subject
to the
Real Property Leases listed in Section 3.9 of the Companies Disclosure
Schedules. The
Personal Property is not subject to any Liens, except as set forth in Section
3.9(c) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules,
Section
3.10 Company
Intellectual Property.
Section
3.10 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules lists all registrations or
applications for registration of any Companies Intellectual Property and
all
material Companies Intellectual Property (as defined below). To the knowledge
of
the Companies, all material Companies Intellectual Property (as defined below)
is valid, subsisting and enforceable in all respects and each of the Companies
owns or has the right to use all material Companies Intellectual Property
(as
defined below) free and clear of all Liens, except as disclosed in Section
3.10
of the Companies Disclosure Schedules. (i) No Action is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Companies, threatened against or affecting the Companies
or any
of their respective properties, which challenges the validity or use of,
or the
ownership by, the Companies of the Companies Intellectual Property (as defined
below); (ii) neither of the Companies has knowledge of any infringement or
infringing use of any of the Companies Intellectual Property (as defined
below)
or licenses by any Person; and (iii) neither of the Companies received any
claim or notice from any Person alleging that an infringement, misappropriation
or violation of any intellectual property right or other proprietary right
of
such person has occurred or will result from the conduct of the business
of the
Companies or from the signing and execution of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and to the knowledge
of
the Companies, no such infringement, misappropriation or violation has occurred
or will occur.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Companies
Intellectual Property”
means
(i) all domestic and foreign patents, trademarks, service marks,
copyrights, trade names, domain names and all licenses running to or from
the
Companies relating to the Companies’ businesses or owned by the Companies,
(ii) all common law trademarks, service marks, copyrights and copyrightable
works (including databases, software and Internet site content), trade names,
brand names and logos; and (iii) all trade secrets, inventions, formulae,
data, improvements, know-how, confidential information, material computer
programs (including any source code and object code) documentation, engineering
and technical drawings, processes, methodologies, trade dress, and all other
proprietary technology utilized in or incidental to the businesses of the
Company, and all common law rights relating to the foregoing.
Section
3.11 Litigation.
(a) Except
as
set forth in Section 3.11 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, there is
no
action, suit, investigation, claim, charge or proceeding (“Actions”)
pending against, or to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened against
or
affecting, the Companies or any of their respective assets, properties or
rights
(a) by, before or with any other Governmental Authority or (b) by or
with any other Person.
As of
the date of this Agreement, no officer or director of the Companies is a
defendant in any Action commenced by stockholders of either of the Companies
with respect to the performance of his or her duties as an officer and/or
director of the Companies. Except as set forth in Section 3.11 of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules, there exist no Contracts with any of the directors
and
officers of the Companies that provide for indemnification by the Company.
Neither the Companies nor any of their respective properties or assets is
or are
subject to any Order.
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(b) Neither
of the Companies has been charged with, convicted of or pleaded nolo
contendere
to a
crime nor, to the knowledge of the Companies, have any criminal charges been
threatened by a Governmental Authority against the Companies. To the knowledge
of the Companies, no officer or employee of the Companies has been charged
with,
convicted of or pleaded nolo contendre to a crime with respect to actions
taken
in the scope of his or her duties as an officer or employee of either of
the
Companies nor have any criminal charges been threatened by a Governmental
Authority against any such Person with respect to actions taken in the scope
of
his or her duties as an officer or employee of either of the Companies. Neither
of the Companies is subject to a governmental order or a party to a settlement
agreement or agreement with a Governmental Authority that would, after the
Closing, apply to any of the businesses, properties or assets of the Companies,
Parent or any of Parent's Affiliates, nor is any such order or agreement
being
threatened against the Companies.
Section
3.12 Taxes.
Except
as
set forth on Section 3.12 of
the Companies Disclosure Schedules:
(a) The
Companies and each affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504 of
the
Code) of which each of the Companies is a member, has timely filed (or has
had
timely filed on its behalf, taking into account all applicable extensions)
all
Tax Returns required by applicable Law to be filed by it. All such Tax Returns
are correct and complete in all material respects and correctly and accurately
set forth the amount of any Taxes relating to the applicable period. Each
of the
Companies has timely paid (or has had timely paid on its behalf) all Taxes
due
and owing (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) and has established an
adequate reserve for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and owing in the
Company Financials in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Each
of
the Companies has withheld and paid to the applicable Governmental Authority
all
Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts
paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder
or
other third party.
(c) None
of
the Tax Returns of the Companies filed on or after January 1, 2000 have been
examined by any Taxing Authority and no audit, action, proceeding or assessment
is pending or threatened by any such Taxing Authority against either of the
Companies. No written claim has been made since January 1, 2000 by any Taxing
Authority in any jurisdiction (other than jurisdictions where either of the
Companies files Tax Returns) that it is or may be subject to taxation by
that
jurisdiction.
(d) As
of the
Closing Date, neither of the Companies will be a party to, be bound by or
have
any obligation under any tax allocation, tax sharing, tax indemnity or similar
agreement with respect to Taxes.
(e) There
are
no Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the Companies (other than Taxes
not
yet due and payable).
(f) Neither
of the Companies (i) has been a member of an “affiliated group” (as defined
in Section 1504(a) of the Code) (other than a group the common parent of
which is MOAC) or (ii) has no liability for Taxes of any Person (other than
the Companies) arising from the application of Treasury Regulations Section
1.1502-6 or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law, or as
a
transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.
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(g) Neither
of the Companies has granted any waiver of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute of limitations with respect to, or any extension of a period for
the
assessment of, any Tax or otherwise taken any action to defer liability for
Taxes to any taxable period ending after the Closing Date.
(h) Neither
of the Companies will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude
any deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of
accounting for a taxable period ending or prior to the Closing Date; (ii)
“closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) executed
on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) intercompany transactions or any
excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of
the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign
Tax Law); (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or
prior to the Closing Date; or (v) prepaid amount received on or prior to
the Closing Date.
(i) Neither
of the Companies has distributed stock of another entity, or had its stock
distributed by another entity, in a transaction that was purported or intended
to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 or 361 of the
Code.
(j) Neither
of the Companies has engaged in any transaction that could give rise to
(i) a disclosure obligation with respect to any Person under
Section 6111 of the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder,
(ii) a list maintenance obligation with respect to any Person under Section
6112 of the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder, or (iii) a
disclosure obligation as a “reportable transaction” under Section 6011 of
the Code and the promulgated regulations thereunder.
(k) Neither
of the Companies is required to make any payments in connection with
transactions or events contemplated by this Agreement or are a party to an
agreement that would require it to make any payments that would not be fully
deductible by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Taxes”
means
any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including
income,
gross receipts, excise, real or Personal Property, sales, withholding, social
security, retirement, unemployment, occupation, use, goods and services,
service
use, license, value added, capital, net worth, payroll, profits, employment,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, environmental, custom duties, disability,
registration, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, franchise, transfer
and
recording taxes, fees and charges, and any other taxes, assessment or similar
charges imposed by any Taxing Authority and any interest or penalties or
additional amounts, if any, attributable to, or imposed upon, or with respect
to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments whether or
not
disputed.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Taxing
Authority”
means
the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority, whether domestic
or
foreign, including any state, county, local or foreign government or any
subdivision or taxing agency thereof.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Tax
Return”
means
any report, return, document, claim for refund, declaration or other filing
required to be supplied to any taxing authority or jurisdiction (foreign
or
domestic) with respect to Taxes.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Companies are not making any
representations regarding the tax treatment of the Merger or any liability
for
taxes on the part of either Company as a result of the Merger.
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Section
3.13 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) There
are
no benefit plans, arrangements, practices, contracts or agreements (including,
without limitation, employment agreements, change of control employment
agreements and severance agreements or plans, incentive compensation, bonus,
stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and stock purchase
plans) of any type, whether oral or written, (including but not limited to
any
plans described in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
contributed to or maintained by either of the Companies or any trade or
business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Companies would
be
deemed a “controlled group” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA
(an “ERISA
Affiliate”),
for
the benefit of any current or former director, officer, employee or independent
contractor of the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate (collectively, “Business
Employees”)
or
with respect to which either of the Companies has or may have a liability,
other
than those listed on Section 3.13(a) of
the Companies Disclosure Schedules (the “Benefit
Plans”).
Except as disclosed in Section 3.13(a) of
the Companies Disclosure Schedules, neither the Companies nor any ERISA
Affiliate has adopted or announced any formal plan or commitment, whether
legally binding or not, to create any additional Benefit Plan or modify or
change any existing Benefit Plan that would materially increase the liability
of
the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate to any Business Employee.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Section
3.13(b) of
the Companies Disclosure Schedules, with respect to each Benefit Plan,
(i) if intended to qualify under Section 401(a), 401(k) or 403(a) of
the Code, such plan has received, or an application is pending for, a
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that such plan so
qualifies, and its trust is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of
the
Code and neither of the Companies knows of any event that would have an adverse
effect on such qualification (or that would cause such plan not to receive
such
a favorable determination letter); (ii) such plan has been established,
operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its
terms
and applicable Law; (iii) no breaches of fiduciary duty have occurred; (iv)
other than routine claims for benefits, no proceedings or disputes are pending,
or, to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened; (v) no prohibited
transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) has occurred;
(vi) all contributions and premiums due (including any extensions for such
contributions and premiums) have been made in full; (vii) no such plan has
incurred or will incur any “accumulated funding deficiency,” as such term is
defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived; (viii) no plan
is a
“defined benefit plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, or is
covered by Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA;
and
(ix) no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding
by the Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or
any
successor entity thereto) (the “PBGC”),
the
Internal Revenue Service or other governmental agencies are pending, threatened
or in progress (including, without limitation, any routine requests for
information from the PBGC).
(c) Neither
of the Companies nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability under
Title
IV of ERISA since the effective date of ERISA that has not been satisfied
in
full (including Sections 4063, 4064 and 4069 of ERISA) and to the knowledge
of
the Companies, no reasonable basis for any such liability exists.
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(d) Except
as
set forth in Section 3.13(d)(i) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not
entitle
any Business Employee to a severance or any other payment or accelerate the
time
of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of compensation or benefits
due
to any individual with respect to any Benefit Plan
or
otherwise limit
or
restrict the right of the Companies or the Surviving Corporation to merge,
amend
or terminate any of the Benefit Plans. Except
for those individuals as set forth in Section 3.13(d)(ii) of the Companies
Disclosure Schedules, no director, officer or other employee of either of
the
Companies will, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, be entitled to receive “excess parachute payments” (as such
term is defined in Section 280G of the Code). The aggregate amount of all
payments and benefits that constitute “parachute payments” (as such term is
defined in Section 280G of the Code) payable as a result of the transactions
described herein, either along or together with another event such as
termination of employment, will not, in the aggregate exceed zero. Except
as
set forth in Section 3.13(d)(iii) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules,
by
no
later than December 31, 2008, no Business Employee shall have any right to
any
payment, award or benefit under any Benefit Plan that could give rise to
the
imposition of any tax on the Business Employee under Section 409A of the
Code.
(e) The
Companies have delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete
copies of all texts, summary plan descriptions, trust agreements and other
related summaries, communications, and agreements including all amendments
to
the foregoing (and a written description of any unwritten plans or agreements);
the two most recent annual reports; the most recent annual and periodic
accounting of plan assets; the most recent determination letter received
from
the Internal Revenue Service; and the two most recent actuarial reports,
to the
extent any of the foregoing may be applicable to a particular Benefit Plan.
(f) Each
individual who renders services to the Companies who is classified by the
Companies, as having the status of an independent contractor or other
non-employee status for any purpose (including for purposes of taxation and
tax
reporting and under Benefit Plans) is properly so characterized.
(g) None
of
the Benefit Plans provide for postretirement welfare benefits (other than
those
required to be provided under Section 4980B of the Code) to be provided to
any
Business Employee now or in the future, and neither of the Companies has
any
obligation to make payment to or with respect to any former Business Employee
pursuant to any previous retiree medical benefit.
Section
3.14 Compliance
with Laws; Permits.
(a) Compliance
with Laws.
(i)
Each of the Companies has conducted its business, and is, in compliance with
all
Orders and Laws and corporate policies applicable thereto and (ii) no
notice, Action or assertion has been received by the Companies or, to the
knowledge of either of the Companies, has been filed, commenced or threatened
against the Companies alleging any violation of any Law applicable to it
or by
which its properties are bound or affected.
(b) Companies
Permits.
Each of
the Companies holds all licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, approvals
and authorizations from Governmental Authorities necessary for the lawful
conduct of its business except where the failure to hold the same individually
or in the aggregate has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Company
Permits”). Section
3.14(b) of
the Companies Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of
all
Companies Permits. To the knowledge of the Companies, each of the Companies
is
in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all Company Permits.
Neither of the Companies has received written notice from any Governmental
Authority that either of the Companies is or may become a party to or subject
to
any proceeding seeking to revoke, suspend or otherwise limit any such Company
Permit.
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Section
3.15 Environmental
Matters.
Except
as
disclosed in Section 3.15 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, (i) both
of the
Companies are, and at all times prior, were in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws except for instances of non compliance that have been
resolved prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) no notice, notification,
demand, request for information, citation, summons or Order has been received
by, no complaint has been filed against or received, no penalty has been
assessed against, and no investigation, action, claim, suit, proceeding or
review is pending or threatened by any Person against, either of the Companies
with respect to any matters relating to or arising out of any Environmental
Law
that has not been resolved prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) no
Hazardous Substance has been discharged, disposed of, arranged to be disposed
of, dumped, injected, pumped, deposited, spilled, leaked, emitted, released
or
threatened to be released at, on, under or form any property or facility
now or
previously owned, leased or operated by the Companies, and (iv) there are
no
Environmental Liabilities. For purposes of this Section, the term “Companies”
shall include any entity which is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of
either
of the Companies.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all federal, state, local and foreign Law (including common law),
Order
or any agreement with any Governmental Authority or other third party, relating
to human health and safety, the environment, natural resources or to pollutants,
contaminants, wastes or chemicals or toxic, radioactive, ignitable, corrosive,
reactive or otherwise hazardous substances, wastes or materials.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Environmental
Liabilities”
means
any and all liabilities or obligations of or relating to either of the Companies
of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined,
determinable or otherwise, which (i) arise under or relate to matters
covered by Environmental Laws and (ii) arise from or relate to actions
occurring or conditions existing on or prior to the Closing Date.
As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Hazardous
Substances”
means
any pollutant, contaminant, waste or chemical or any toxic, radioactive,
corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substance, waste or material,
or any
substance having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing
characteristics, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other
hydrocarbons, or any substance, waste or material regulated under any
Environmental Laws.
Section
3.16 Companies
Material Contracts.
All
Companies Material Contracts are legal, valid and binding and in full force
and
effect, except to the extent they have previously expired in accordance with
their terms, and are enforceable by the Companies in accordance with their
respective terms. The applicable Company has performed in all material respects
all obligations required to be performed by it to date under the Company
Material Contracts and is not (with or without the lapse of time or the giving
of notice, or both) in breach or default thereunder and, to the knowledge
of the
Companies, no other party to any of the Company Material Contracts is (with
or
without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in breach or
default
in any material respect thereunder. Neither of the Companies has received
any
communication from any party to a Company Material Contract or on behalf
of any
such party that either of the Companies is in default under a Company Material
Contract or such party intends to cancel, terminate or fail or renew such
Company Material Contract. Section 3.16(a) of the Companies Disclosure Schedules
contains a complete and correct a list of all the Company Material Contracts.
True and correct copies of the Company Material Contracts have been delivered
to
Parent, except copies of the leases described in clause (a)(xi) of this
subsection were not delivered to Parent.
(a) As
used
in this Agreement, the term “Company
Material Contract”
means:
(iii) any
Contract (other than a Contract described in one of the other provisions
of this
definition without regard to any percentage or numerical limitation contained
therein) that involved annual expenditures during the Company’s fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008 by either of the Companies in excess of $25,000 (or
involves payments in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate under the Contract)
and
that is not otherwise cancelable by either of the Companies without any
financial or other penalty on 180-days’ or less notice;
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(iv) any
Contract that contains any express material restriction on the ability either
of
the Companies to compete or to provide any products or services generally
or in
any market segment or any geographic area or that would obligate either of
the
Companies or affiliates to provide its services or products to a counterparty
on
terms at least as favorable to such counterparty as, or otherwise by comparison
to, those which are offered to any other counterparty;
(v) any
Contract or arrangement (other than between or among the Companies) under
which
either of the Companies has (i) incurred any indebtedness for borrowed
money that is currently outstanding or (ii) given any guarantee in respect
of indebtedness for borrowed money;
(vi) any
Contract or license pursuant to which either of the Companies obtains any
Company Intellectual Property that are necessary for the marketing, distribution
or sale of any of its products or pursuant to which either of the Companies
has
granted exclusive rights to any Company Intellectual Property;
(vii) any
partnership or joint venture agreement to which either the Companies is a
party;
(viii) any
Contract which is reasonably likely to prohibit or materially delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(ix) any
agreement of indemnification;
(x) any
agreement which contains a fixed penalty or liquidated damages clause for
late
performance or other default by either the Companies;
(xi) any
agreement with any Business Employee;
(xii) any
powers of attorney granted by either of the Companies; and
(xiii) any
purchase order or lease for inventory or rental fleet under which either
of the
Companies is the purchaser or lessee.
Section
3.17 Finders’
Fees.
No
investment banker, broker, finder, other intermediary or other Person is
entitled to any fee or commission from either of the Companies in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section
3.18 Takeover
Statutes. To
the
Companies' knowledge, no “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”
or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation or any anti-takeover
provision the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of either of Company
is
applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each of the Boards of Directors of the Companies have taken all
action so that Parent and Sub will not be prohibited from entering into a
“merger” or “business combination” (as such term is used in the DGCL) with the
Company as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
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Section
3.19 Transactions
with Affiliates. Except
as
set forth in Section 3.19 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, there are
no Contracts or transactions between either the Companies, on the one hand,
and
any (a) executive officer or director of either of the Companies, (b)
record or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the voting securities
of either of the Companies or (c) Affiliate of any such executive officer,
director or record or beneficial owner, on the other hand. “Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
The term “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Persons, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through
the
ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
Section
3.20 Labor
Matters.
(a) Neither
of the Companies is a party to or otherwise bound by any collective bargaining
agreement, contract or other agreement or understanding with a labor union
or
other labor organization, nor is either of the Companies the subject of any
proceeding asserting that either of the Companies has committed an unfair
labor
practice or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor union or other
labor
organization nor has there been since January 1, 2002 or is there pending
or, to
the knowledge of either of the Companies, threatened any labor strike, dispute,
walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout involving either of the
Companies.
(b) Since
January 1, 2002, neither of the Companies has taken any action that would
constitute a “mass layoff,” “mass termination” or “plant closing” within the
meaning of the United States Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act
(the “WARN
Act”)
or
would otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under any federal,
local, state or foreign plant closing notice or collective dismissal
Law.
Section
3.21 Payments.
Neither
of the Companies has, directly or indirectly, paid or delivered any fee,
commission or other sum of money or item of property, however characterized,
to
any finder, agent, government official, Governmental Authority or other Person,
in the United States or any other country, which is in any manner related
to the
business or operations of either of the Companies which either of the Companies
knows or has reason to believe to have been illegal under any federal, state
or
local Law of the United States or the Laws of any other country having
jurisdiction; and neither of the Companies has participated, directly or
indirectly, in any boycotts or other similar practices affecting any of its
actual or potential customers or which violate any applicable Law.
Section
3.22 Disclosure.
The
representations and warranties of the Companies herein or in any document,
exhibit, statement, certificate or schedule furnished by or on behalf of
the
Companies to Parent or Sub as required by this Agreement, do not contain
and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit
and
will not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
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SECTION
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
Parent
and Sub jointly and severally represent and warrant to MOAC and the MOAC
Stockholders as set forth below.
Section
4.1 Organization
and Power.
Parent
and Sub are each a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware.
Section
4.2 Corporate
Authorization.
Each
of
Parent and Sub has all necessary power and authority to enter into this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. Except for the affirmative vote of the
stockholders of Parent required under the DGCL to approve this Agreement,
the
Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the execution,
delivery and performance by Parent and Sub of this Agreement and the
consummation by Parent and Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, including by resolution
of
the Board of Directors of Sub and a duly authorized and appointed special
committee of the Board of Directors of Parent, and have been adopted by Parent
as the sole stockholder of Sub. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by each of Parent and Sub and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Companies, constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of each of Parent and Sub, enforceable against Parent and Sub,
as
applicable, in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar
Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general principles of equity, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of
whether
in a proceeding at equity or at Law).
Section
4.3 Governmental
Authorization.
The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Sub of this Agreement,
and the
consummation by Parent and Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby, require
no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority
other
than: (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with respect to the
Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (ii) filings
and notices not required to be made or given until after the Effective Time;
and
(iii) such other consents, approvals, Orders, authorizations, registrations,
declarations and filings the failure of which to be obtained or made
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to impair
the
ability of Parent or Sub to perform their obligations hereunder, or prevent,
impede, interfere with or hinder or delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section
4.4 Non-Contravention.
The
execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Sub of this Agreement do
not,
and the consummation by Parent and Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not: (i) contravene or conflict with any provision of each of Parent’s
and Sub’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws; (ii) assuming compliance
with the matters referred to in Section 4.3,
contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of
any
Law or Order binding upon or applicable to Parent or Sub; (iii) constitute
a
default (or an event which with notice, lapse of time or both would become
a
default) under or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any right or obligation of Parent or Sub under (A) any provision
of any material Contract binding upon Parent or Sub or (B) any material license,
franchise or permit held by Parent or Sub; or (iv) result in the creation
or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or Sub, other than, in the
case of
clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), any such contraventions, conflicts, violations,
defaults, rights of termination, cancellation or acceleration or Liens that
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to impair
the
ability of Parent or Sub to perform their obligations hereunder, or prevent,
impede, interfere with or hinder or delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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Section
4.5 Information
Supplied.
None
of
the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or Sub for inclusion
or
incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto will contain, at the date the Proxy Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto is first mailed to stockholders of Parent and at the time
of
the Stockholders Meeting, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, not misleading.
Section
4.6 Litigation.
As
of the
date of this Agreement, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding
pending against, or to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against or affecting,
Parent or Sub or any of their respective properties which, individually or
in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of Parent
or
Sub to perform their obligations hereunder, or prevent, impede, interfere
with
or hinder or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
4.7 Finder's
Fees.
The
Companies will not be responsible for any fee or commission to any investment
banker, broker, finder, other intermediary or other Person upon consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on arrangements made
by or
on behalf of Parent or Sub.
Section
4.8 Sub.
Sub is a
newly-formed wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent that has engaged in no business
activities other than as specifically contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section
4.9
Public Filings.
All
required forms, reports, statements and documents of Parent filed with the
Commission as required under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (collectively the "Parent
Reports"),
have
complied in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act. As of their respective dates, the Parent
Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The consolidated financial statements of Parent as
of and
for the six
months ended June 30,
2007 and
the quarters ended since June
30,
2007
(collectively the "Financial Statements") included or incorporated by reference
in the Parent Reports were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, as to
the
quarterly financials, for normal year-end adjustments), and present fairly
the
financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position
of
Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods
indicated. Except as noted in the opinions contained in the Financial
Statements, such Financial Statements and opinions were rendered without
qualification or exception and were not subject to any contingency.
Section
4.10 Valid
Issuance
When
issued in accordance with this Agreement , the shares of Parent Common Stock
included as part of the Merger Consideration will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non assessable and not issued in violation of, nor
subject to, preemptive rights or similar rights.
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Section
4.11 Disclosure.
The
representations and warranties of Parent and Sub herein or in any document,
exhibit, statement, certificate or schedule furnished by or on behalf of
Parent
or Sub to the Companies as required by this Agreement, do not contain and
will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit and will
not
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
herein
or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
SECTION
5
COVENANTS
Section
5.1 Interim
Operations of the Companies.
Each
of
the Companies covenants and agrees that, except (i) as expressly provided
in this Agreement, (ii) with the prior written consent of Parent, or (iii)
as set forth in Section 5.1 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules, after
the
date hereof and prior to the Effective Time:
(a) Except
for any payment by the Companies (including prepayment) of Indebtedness prior
to
the Effective Time, the business of the Companies shall be conducted in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and the Companies
shall use all reasonable efforts to preserve their respective business
organizations intact and maintain their respective existing relations with
material customers, suppliers, employees, creditors and business
partners;
(b) Neither
of the Companies shall, directly or indirectly, split, combine or reclassify
its
outstanding common stock;
(c) Neither
of the Companies shall: (i) amend or propose to amend its articles or
certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar organizational documents;
(ii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution payable
in cash, stock or property with respect to its capital stock; (iii) issue,
sell,
transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any additional shares of, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments
or rights of any kind to acquire, any shares of capital stock of any class
of
MOAC or Pac-Van, other than issuances of MOAC Common Stock pursuant to exercises
of MOAC Stock Options; (iv) transfer, lease, license, sell, mortgage, pledge,
dispose of, or encumber any assets other than the sale of assets in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice; or (v) except for the redemption of
the
Warrants as required by Section 2.4(e) hereof, redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire directly or indirectly any of its capital stock;
(d) the
Companies shall not: (i) grant any increase in the compensation (whether
annual base salary or wages or bonus opportunities or amounts) payable or
to
become payable by the Companies to any Business Employee (excluding executive
officers who shall be given no increases) other than scheduled annual merit
increases in annual base salary or wages in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice in an amount not to exceed 4% in the aggregate
for
all such Business Employees given such scheduled increases; (ii) adopt or
enter into any new, or amend or otherwise increase or terminate, or accelerate
the payment or vesting of the amounts payable or to become payable under
any
existing, bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, severance,
profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase, insurance, pension, retirement
or
other employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement or redeem, pay for
or
offer any consideration for stock options (provided,
however,
the
Companies may accelerate the vesting of any stock options granted during
2006);
(iii) hire any new officers, executives or employees at or above the level
of vice president (except to replace an officer, executive or employee) or
terminate the employment of any officers, executives or employees at or above
the level of vice president (except for cause), or promote any officers,
executives or employees to, or at or above the level of, vice president (except
to replace an officer, executive or employee);
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(e) the
Companies shall not permit any insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary
or a
loss payable payee to be cancelled or terminated;
(f) the
Companies shall not: (i) incur or assume any debt under the Credit Facility
in excess of Eighty-Six Million Dollars ($86,000,000) or any debt under the
Senior Subordinated Loan in the principal amount in excess of Twenty-Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000); (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise)
for
the obligations of any Person (other than the Companies); (iii) make any loans,
advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
or
(iv) make any capital expenditure or commitment therefor other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in accordance
the
Company’s budgeted capital expenditures for calendar year 2008 set forth in
Section 5.1 of the Companies Disclosure Schedules;
(g) the
Companies shall not change any of the accounting methods, policies, procedures,
practices or principles used by it unless required by GAAP;
(h) the
Companies will not adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other material
reorganization of the Companies other than the Merger;
(i) the
Companies shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person or Persons,
acquire assets or capital stock of any Person or Persons with aggregate purchase
price in excess of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (which calculation of
purchase price shall include the assumption of Indebtedness) (other than the
acquisition of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past
practice) or sell, license or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or business
(other than the sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice);
(j) the
Companies shall not enter into any joint venture, partnership or other similar
arrangement;
(k) the
Companies shall not (i) enter into any Contract that if existing on the
date hereof would be a “Company Material Contract” other than Contracts with
suppliers and customers in the ordinary course consistent with past practice,
(ii) terminate, amend, supplement or modify in any material respect any
Company Material Contract to which either of the Companies is a party, (iii)
waive, release, cancel, allow to lapse, convey, encumber or otherwise transfer
any rights or claims under any Company Material Contract, (iv) change incentive
policies or payments under any Company Material Contract existing on the date
hereof or entered into after the date hereof, or (v) enter into any Contract
relating to the disposition of assets and/or capital stock except as permitted
by Section
5.5;
(l) the
Companies shall not settle or compromise any (i) material Action, whether
administrative, civil or criminal, in law or in equity or (ii) any claim
under any insurance policy for the benefit of the Companies;
(m) the
Companies shall not waive or fail to enforce any provision of any
confidentiality agreement or standstill or similar agreement to which it is
a
party;
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(n) the
Companies shall not make or change any elections with respect to Taxes, amend
any Tax Returns, change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any
Tax accounting method, enter into any closing agreement, settle or compromise
any proceeding with respect to any Tax claim or assessment, surrender any right
to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation
period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Companies,
take
any action that would have the effect of deferring any liability for Taxes
to
any taxable period ending after the Closing Date, or take any other similar
action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax;
(o) the
Companies shall not pay, discharge or satisfy any claim, liability or obligation
(including contingent claims, liabilities and obligations), other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided, however,
the Companies shall pay accounts payable and other obligations when they become
due and payable in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices;
(p) the
Companies shall not enter into any material line of business other than the
line
of business in which the Companies are currently engaged as of the date of
this
Agreement;
(q) the
Companies shall not engage
in
any material transaction with any officer, director, stockholder of MOAC or
other Affiliate of MOAC or any of its Subsidiaries;
(r) the
Companies shall maintain their respective books of account and records in the
usual and ordinary manner, and in conformity with its past practices;
(s) the
Companies shall deliver to Parent any notice of default or breach by any party
to any Company Material Contract or Indebtedness of the Companies;
(t) the
Companies shall withhold all Taxes required to be withheld and remitted by
or on
behalf of the Companies in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee
or other Person, and pay such Taxes to the proper Governmental Authority or
set
aside such Taxes in accounts for such purpose; and
(u) the
Companies will not enter into an agreement, contract, commitment or arrangement
to do any of the foregoing, or to authorize, recommend, propose or announce
an
intention to do any of the actions prohibited under the foregoing clauses (b)
through (p) above).
Section
5.2 Access
to Information.
(a) The
Companies shall afford, and shall cause its stockholders, affiliates,
subsidiaries, officers and agents to afford, Parent and the officers, employees,
accountants, counsel, financing sources and other representatives of Parent,
reasonable access, during normal business hours, during the period prior to
the
Effective Time, to all of its properties, books, contracts, commitments and
records (including any Tax Returns or other Tax related information pertaining
to the Companies), personnel (including outside accountants and attorneys),
business, customers and suppliers, and, during such period, the Companies shall
furnish promptly to Parent all other information concerning its business,
properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. Notwithstanding
any
of the foregoing, neither Parent nor any of its employees, accountants, counsel,
financing sources or other representatives shall contact any stockholders,
employees (other than Xxx Xxxxxxxxx), agents, customers, suppliers or vendors
of
a Company regarding a Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
without the prior written consent of Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld.
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(b) Parent
shall have provided to Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. (“Xxxxxx”),
management of Pac-Van and representatives of the stockholders of MOAC access
to
management of Parent and such due diligence regarding Parent reasonably
requested by such persons.
(c) No
investigation pursuant to Section 5.2(a) or (b) shall affect any representations
or warranties of the parties herein or the conditions to the obligations of
the
parties
Section
5.3 Regulatory
and Consent Matters.
(a) As
soon
as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Companies shall make all
necessary notifications, filings with or applications to any Governmental
Authority and submit requests for consents under Contracts required in order
to
complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) As
soon
as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Companies shall make all
necessary notifications under the WARN Act.
(c) Subject
to Section 5.6, each of the Companies and Parent shall (i) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute all notices, filings,
applications or requests made pursuant to Section
5.3,
(ii) furnish to the other parties such information and assistance as such
parties reasonably may request in connection with the preparation or prosecution
of any such notices, filings, applications or requests and (iii) keep the other
parties promptly apprised of any communications with, and inquiries or requests
for information from, such Governmental Authorities or third parties with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
5.4 Employee
Matters.
All
provisions contained herein with respect to Business Employees, Benefit Plans,
and any rights thereunder are
included for the sole benefit of Parent and the Companies and shall not create
any right (i) in any other Person, including, without limitation, any
Business Employees or any beneficiary thereof or (ii) to continued
employment of any Business Employee with the Surviving Corporation on or after
the Effective Time.
Section
5.5 Stock
Options.
Upon
the
Closing the Compensation Committee of Parent shall
grant non-qualified stock options to acquire up to 400,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock to certain employees of Pac-Van with such terms and conditions
as
the Compensation Committee shall approve.
Section
5.6 Additional
Agreements.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees
to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable, whether under applicable Laws and regulations or otherwise, or to
remove any injunctions or other impediments or delays, legal or otherwise,
to
consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby agree
and
acknowledge that commercially reasonable efforts under this Section
5.6
or under
Section
5.3
shall
not require, or be construed to require, Parent or the Companies or other
affiliates to (i)(A) offer, sell or hold separate pending divesture, or agree
to
offer, sell or hold separate pending divestiture, or (B) consent to any such
offer, sale, holding or agreement, before or after the Effective Time, of any
businesses, operations or assets, or interests in any businesses, operations
or
assets, of Parent, the Companies or the Surviving Corporation (or any of their
respective affiliates), or (ii) take or agree to take any other action or
agree or consent to any limitation or restrictions on or changes in any such
businesses, operations or assets of Parent, the Companies or the Surviving
Corporation (or any of their respective affiliates). In case at any time after
the Effective Time any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out
the
purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers and directors of the Parent,
Sub
and MOAC shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
such necessary actions.
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Section
5.7 Publicity.
Except
as
required by Law in connection with obtaining any stockholder approval, so long
as this Agreement is in effect, prior to Closing, neither of the Companies,
on
the one hand, nor Parent or Sub, on the other hand, shall issue or cause the
publication of any press release or other public statement or announcement
with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the
prior consent of the other party, except as may be required by Law or pursuant
to the obligations of any party hereto under a listing agreement with any
national securities exchange, and in such case shall use all reasonable efforts
to consult with the other party prior to such release or announcement being
issued.
Section
5.9 Parent
Stockholders Meeting.
(a)
Parent shall:
(i) take
all
action, in accordance with the
DGCL
and all other applicable Law and Parent's charter documents, necessary to duly
call, give notice of, hold and convene a special meeting of holders of Parent
Common Stock as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, to
consider and vote on the approval of this Agreement and the Merger and the
issuance of the Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to this
Agreement (collectively,
the "Proposals") (the “Stockholders
Meeting”);
(ii) include
in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of its Board of Directors that the
stockholders of Parent vote in favor the Proposals; and
(iii) use
its
commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from all stockholders of Parent
approval of the Proposals and
take
all other actions reasonably necessary, or in the reasonable judgment of Parent
advisable, to secure the approval of the Proposals by Parent’s stockholders
under applicable Law.
(b) As
promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, Parent shall
file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to have cleared by the Commission, proxy solicitation
materials (including a proxy statement and related form of proxy) with respect
to the Stockholders Meeting. Parent shall cause the proxy solicitation materials
to be mailed to the holders of Parent Common Stock as promptly as practicable
after approval thereof by the Commission. The term “Proxy
Statement”
shall
mean such proxy statement and all amendments or supplements thereto, if any,
similarly mailed. The Companies will provide Parent with any information that
may be reasonably requested in order to effectuate the preparation and mailing
of the Proxy Statement pursuant to this Section 5.9. Parent will provide the
Companies and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review the Proxy
Statement prior to its mailing and shall include in such document or response
all comments reasonably proposed by the Companies. The Proxy Statement shall
include a recommendation of the Board of Directors to approve the proposals
set
forth in the Proxy Statement.
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(c) Whenever
any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement
to the Proxy Statement, the Companies or Parent, as the case may be, will
promptly inform the other party of such occurrence and Parent shall mail to
the
holders of Parent Common Stock such amendment or supplement. Each of Parent
and
the Companies shall cooperate with respect to, and Parent shall provide the
Companies (and their counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and
comment on, any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement. The information
provided and to be provided by Parent, Sub and the Companies, respectively,
for
use in the Proxy Statement shall not contain, on the date the Proxy Statement
is
first mailed to the holders of Parent Common Stock and on the date of the
Parent's stockholders meeting, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, and the Companies, Parent and Sub each agree to
correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which
shall have become false or misleading in any material respect.
Section
5.10 Cooperation.
(a) Without
limiting the generality of Section
5.3,
Parent
and the Companies shall together, or pursuant to an allocation of responsibility
to be agreed between them, coordinate and cooperate (i) in connection with
the preparation of the Proxy Statement and (ii) in seeking any necessary
actions, consents, approvals or waivers of any Governmental Authority or third
parties as contemplated hereby or making any such filings, furnishing
information required in connection therewith or with the Proxy Statement and
seeking timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers if
necessary.
(b) Without
limiting the generality of Section
5.2
and
Section
5.3,
prior
to the Closing, each of the Companies shall provide and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause its officers, employees, representatives and advisors,
including legal and accounting, of the Companies to, provide all cooperation
reasonably requested by Parent in connection with the financing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation,
using reasonable best efforts to cause (i) appropriate officers and
employees to be available on a customary basis to meet with prospective lenders
and investors in presentations, meetings, road shows and due diligence sessions,
to assist with the preparation of disclosure documents in connection therewith,
to execute and deliver any pledge and security documents, other definitive
financing documents, or other certificates, legal opinions or documents as
may
be reasonably requested by Parent and (ii) its independent accountants and
counsel to provide assistance to Parent, including providing consent to Parent
to prepare and use their audit reports relating to the Companies, at the cost
of
Parent, to provide any necessary “comfort letters”.
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Section
5.11 Appraisal
Rights Expenses.
In the
event there are Dissenting Shares with respect to the Merger, the Surviving
Corporation shall pay for all expenses incurred to resolve the liability of
the
Companies to the holders thereof.
Section
5.12 Confidentiality.
Each of
the parties to this Agreement shall hold, and shall cause its officers,
employees, agents and representatives, including, without limitation, attorneys,
accountants, consultants and financial advisors (collectively "Representatives")
who
obtain such information to hold, in confidence, and not use for any purpose
other than evaluating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any
information (“Confidential
Information”)
of any
party to this Agreement or any of the MOAC Stockholders obtained in connection
with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, which for the
purposes hereof shall not include any information which (i) is or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by a
party to this Agreement or one of its Representatives in violation of its
obligations under this subsection, (ii) becomes available to a party to this
Agreement or one of its Representatives on a nonconfidential basis from a
source, other than the person which alleges the information is confidential
or
such person's representatives, which has represented that such source is
entitled to disclose it or (iii) was known to a party to this Agreement or
one
of its Representatives on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to
another party to this Agreement or one of its Representatives hereunder. If
this
Agreement is terminated, at the request of a party to this Agreement, the other
party or parties who have received Confidential Information pursuant to this
Agreement shall deliver, and cause its Representatives to deliver, all
Confidential Information to the party disclosing such Confidential Information
that is recorded in any medium of expression (including copies or extracts
thereof).
Section
5.13 No
Shop.
Neither
the Companies nor any of the officers, directors, affiliates, representatives
or
agents of the Companies will directly or indirectly negotiate, cooperate in
any
manner with any other Person to facilitate, or agree to, any sale of stock
or
assets of the Companies (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course
of
business) or any other transaction which would result in a change in control
or
have the effect, directly or indirectly, of frustrating the completion of the
Merger on the terms hereof; provided, however, should either of the Companies
receive an offer or inquiry regarding such a sale of stock or assets
("Unsolicited
Offer")
in
spite of the agreement in this Section and the Board of Directors of MOAC is
advised in good faith by outside legal counsel that their fiduciary duty
requires consideration of such Unsolicited Offer, then the Companies may
consider such Unsolicited Offer and provide the offeree information. Upon
receipt of any Unsolicited Offer, the Companies will each promptly notify Parent
orally and in writing that an Unsolicited Offer was made and, unless the
Companies are advised in good faith in writing by counsel that to do so would
violate a binding obligation of confidentiality or non-disclosure to which
the
Companies may be bound and was entered into prior to the date hereof, provide
to
Parent a copy of the Unsolicited Offer, reasonable detail regarding the nature
of such Unsolicited Offer and the Companies’ response thereto.
Section
5.14 MOAC
Stockholder Approval.
The MOAC
Stockholders hereby agree to approve the Merger and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement by written consent (the
“Written
Consent”)
immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by all
parties hereto and to deliver to Parent a certified copy of such Written
Consent. The MOAC Stockholders hereby agree, as stockholders, not to revoke,
or
take any other action to negate or cancel, such Written Consent.
Section
5.15 Tax
Free Reorganization. The
Merger is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” as described in Section 368
of the Code, and this Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of
reorganization” within the meaning of the regulations promulgated under Section
368 of the Code and none of Parent, Sub or MOAC shall take a position on any
tax
return or other statement or report to any government or taxing authority
inconsistent with such intention unless required to do so by applicable Tax
law.
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Section
5.16 Limitation
on Liability of MOAC Stockholders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the MOAC Stockholders
shall not have any liability prior to the Closing for a breach of this Agreement
by either Company. The provisions of this Section 5.16 shall not affect the
covenants of the MOAC Stockholders set forth in this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the indemnification provisions set forth in Article 7
hereof.
SECTION
6
CONDITIONS
Section
6.1 Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party.
The
obligations of the Companies, on the one hand, and Parent and Sub, on the other
hand, to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) any
notification period under the WARN Act shall have expired;
(b) all
applicable waiting periods under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have expired or been terminated and any filing with, or consent
of, any Governmental Authority or third party necessary to complete the Merger
in compliance with all Laws and all Contracts applicable to the Companies shall
have been made or obtained;
(c)
each of
the Companies, Parent and Sub shall reasonably believe that (i) the Merger
will
qualify as a “reorganization” as described in Section 368 of the Code and
(ii) this Agreement constitutes a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of
the regulations promulgated under Section 368 of the Code;
(d) no
Action
before, or investigation, by any Governmental Authority shall have been
commenced, no Governmental Authority shall have issued any Order, decree or
ruling and no Action by any Governmental Authority or any other Person shall
have been filed against Parent, the Companies or Sub seeking to restrain,
enjoin, rescind, prevent or change the transactions contemplated hereby or
questioning the enforceability, validity or legality of any of such transactions
or seeking damages in connection with any of such transactions and there shall
not be any statute, rule or regulation, restraining, enjoining or prohibiting
the consummation of the Merger;
(e) Every
party who receives Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement shall have
executed and delivered to Parent the general release substantially in the form
of Exhibit
F
attached
hereto;
(f) Pac
Van
and the lenders under the Credit Facility shall have entered into amendments
to
the agreements governing the Credit Facility which (i) consent to the Merger,
(ii) consent to the “change of control” contemplated by the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) increase the “permitted
payments” to permit the payment of an annual management fee of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) to Parent and to permit the payment of
all
sums owed under the Holdback Note, (iv) provide for a Thirty Million Dollar
($30,000,000) increase in commitments from the lenders under the Credit
Facility, (v) establish June 30 as the fiscal year end of Pac-Van and the
Affiliates of Pac-Van, (vi) shall not require Pac-Van or any other party to
pay
to the lenders under the Credit Facility or any other party fees, costs or
expenses except as agreed in writing by Pac-Van and such lenders prior to the
date of this Agreement and (vii) other than changes set forth in this Section
6.1(f), shall not amend or alter the terms and conditions governing the Credit
Facility as of the date of this Agreement; and
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(g) All
of
the parties to the agreements governing the Senior Subordinated Loan shall
have
entered into amendments to such agreements which (i) permit the increase of
the
lenders’ commitments under the Credit Facility as contemplated by Section
6.1(f), (ii) consent to the “change of control” contemplated by the Merger and
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) increase the “permitted
payments” to permit the payment of an annual management fee of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) to Parent and to permit the payment of
all
sums owed under the Holdback Note, (iv) establish June 30 as the fiscal year
end
of Pac-Van and the Affiliates of Pac-Van, (v) shall not require Pac-Van or
any
other party to pay to SPV Capital or any other party fees, costs or expenses
except as agreed in writing by Pac-Van and SPV Capital prior to the date of
this
Agreement, (vi) restate all documents to which MOAC is a party to reflect that
the Surviving Corporation is the party to such agreements and (vii) other than
changes set forth in this Section 6.1(g), shall not amend or alter the terms
and
conditions governing the Senior Subordinated Loan as of the date of this
Agreement.
Section
6.2 Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Sub.
The
obligations of Parent and Sub to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by Parent) of the following further
conditions:
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Companies shall have been true and
accurate in all respects (in the case of any representation or warranty
containing any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) or in
all
material respects (in the case of any representation or warranty without any
materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) as of the date of this
Agreement and the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (except
for
those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a
particular date or only with respect to a specific period of time which need
only be true and accurate as of such date or with respect to such period);
notwithstanding
the foregoing, it is acknowledged and agreed by the Companies that the failure
of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.11(b)
and
Section
3.14(a)
to be
true and correct shall be deemed incorrect in a material respect; provided,
however,
that if
Parent reasonably determines that a verbal statement by a Governmental Authority
constitutes a threat of criminal charges by a Governmental Authority against
any
employee of the Companies with respect to actions taken in the scope of his
or
her duties or against the Companies or a threat that the Companies would be
subject to a governmental order or a party to a settlement agreement or
corporate integrity agreement with a Governmental Authority that would, after
the Closing, apply to any of the businesses, properties or assets of the
Companies, Parent or any of Parent's affiliates, the Companies shall have thirty
(30) days to cure the facts or circumstances which are a basis for such charge
or agreement but only if such cure eliminates such charge or agreement;
provided,
further,
that
such cure period may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties hereto;
provided,
further,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing, any such cure period shall automatically
terminate two business days prior to the Outside Date. At any time prior to
the
Closing, the Companies shall be entitled to deliver to Parent and Sub revised
Companies Disclosure Schedules (the “Revised
Companies Disclosure Schedules”).
If
the Revised Companies Disclosure Schedules are delivered to Buyers and the
Closing occurs, the representations and warranties set forth herein shall be
subject to the Revised Companies Disclosure Schedules,
and the
term “Companies Disclosure Schedules” shall mean the Companies Disclosure
Schedules attached hereto as modified by the Revised Companies Disclosure
Schedules;
(b) the
Companies shall have performed in all material respects its obligations
hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Effective
Time;
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(c) the
Companies shall have furnished Parent with a certificate dated the Closing
Date
to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section
6.2(a)
and
(b)
have
been satisfied;
(d) at
a
meeting of the stockholders of Parent duly called and held for such purpose,
the
holders of a majority of the Parent Common Stock present and entitled to vote
at
such meeting shall have approved by affirmative vote the Proposals;
(e) the
ratio
(expressed as a percentage) equal to the aggregate number of Shares held by
Persons who have perfected their appraisal rights pursuant to the DGCL divided
by the aggregate number of Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior
to
the Closing shall not be greater than 10%;
(f) the
Companies shall have delivered to Parent evidence reasonably satisfactory to
Parent of the resignation of all directors of the Companies effective at the
Effective Time;
(g) since
December 31, 2007, there shall not have been any material adverse change in
the
financial condition, operating profits, backlog, assets, liabilities,
operations, business prospects, applicable regulations, employee relations
or
customer or supplier relations of the Companies;
(h) the
Companies shall have delivered to Parent a copy of the resolutions adopted
by
the Board of Directors of the Companies approving this Agreement and the Merger,
certified by their respective Secretaries;
(i) At
the
Closing, the Companies shall not have any Indebtedness except as disclosed
pursuant to Section 3.2(c) or as permitted under this Agreement; Parent shall
have received amendments, satisfactory to Parent, of any agreements between
Pac-Van and the employees of Pac-Van which contains provisions triggered by
the
consummation of the Merger or which would terminate upon the consummation of
the
Merger;
(j) each
stockholder who will receive shares of Parent Common Stock as part of the Merger
Consideration and Parent shall have executed and delivered that certain
Stockholders Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto;
(k) Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx and Pac-Van shall have executed and delivered that certain First
Amendment to Employment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
E
attached
hereto;
(l) All
MOAC
Stock Options shall have been exercised or terminated pursuant to this
Agreement;
(m) The
Companies shall have current assets (including cash) minus current liabilities,
including unearned revenue (“Working
Capital”)
at
Closing, not more negative than negative Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000)
less
the amount of accounts payable associated with each modular building
project sale greater than $500,000 that has not been invoiced as
of the Closing;
(n) The
Companies shall have delivered to Parent a certificate setting forth the Working
Capital of the Companies as of the Closing (the “Working
Capital Certificate”),
and
Parent shall have approved the Working Capital Certificate;
(o) Each
of
the MOAC Stockholders shall have executed and delivered to Parent the Pledge
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
B;
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(p) Parent
and Sub, in their sole discretion, shall have approved the Revised Companies
Disclosure Schedules; and
(q) The
Companies shall have delivered to Parent the Written Consent executed by all
holders of Class A Common Stock of MOAC.
Section
6.3 Conditions
to the Obligations of the Companies.
The
obligations of the Companies to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by MOAC) of the following further
conditions:
(a) the
representations and warranties of Parent and Sub shall be true and accurate
as
of the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time as if made at and as of
such time (except for those representations and warranties that address matters
only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period of time
which need only be true and accurate as of such date or with respect to such
period), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to
be
so true and correct would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to materially impair the ability of Parent and Sub to consummate the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) each
of
Parent and Sub shall have performed in all material respects all of the
respective obligations hereunder required to be performed by Parent or Sub,
as
the case may be, at or prior to the Effective Time;
(c) Parent
shall have furnished the Company with a certificate dated the Closing Date
signed on its behalf by an officer to the effect that the conditions set forth
in Section
6.3(a)
and
(b)
have
been satisfied;
(d) the
board
of directors of Parent shall have elected Xxxxxx to serve on the board of
directors of Parent as a class C director (who would stand for reelection at
the
Parent annual stockholder meeting in 2009) effective immediately after the
Effective Time and Parent shall have entered into an indemnification agreement
with Xxxxxx substantially similar to the agreements with existing directors
of
Parent;
(e) the
lenders under the Senior Subordinated Loan shall agree that no consent, closing
or similar fees shall be payable from the Companies or Parent to the lenders
in
connection with the Merger and Pac-Van shall be responsible for reimbursing
the
lenders for reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by lenders in connection
with the Merger in an amount not to exceed $50,000;
(f) each
stockholder who will receive shares of Parent Common Stock as part of the Merger
Consideration and Parent shall have executed and delivered that certain
Stockholders Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto;
(g) since
December 31, 2007, there shall not have been any material adverse change in
the
financial condition or results of operations, assets or liabilities of
Parent;
(h) Parent
and Sub shall have delivered to MOAC Stockholders an excerpt of the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors of Sub and the special committee of the Board
of Directors of Parent approving this Agreement and the Merger, certified by
their respective Secretaries;
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SECTION
7
SURVIVAL;
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
7.1 Survival.
(a) Representations
of Parent.
The
representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.4(i), 4.9 and 4.10 and
the first two sentences of Section 4.2 are referred to herein as the
"Parent
Excluded Representations."
(i)
All representations and warranties made by Parent and Sub in this Agreement
or
any document or certificate delivered pursuant hereto by Parent or Sub shall
survive the Closing for a period ending twenty (20) months after the Closing
Date, (ii) the Parent Excluded Representations shall survive the Closing for
a
period ending on the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (iii) any claim
for indemnification related to a breach of representation and warranty which
constitutes fraud or involves intentional tortious conduct shall survive until
the period ending on the fifth anniversary of the Closing. The
right
of any Company Indemnified Person to recover Losses on any claim for a breach
of
representation and warranty shall not be affected by the termination of any
representations and warranties as set forth above provided that notice of the
existence of such claim has been given by the Company Indemnified Person to
the
Parent prior to such termination.
(b) Representations
of the Companies.
The
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.3(b), 3.5(i), 3.12,
3.15,
the first three sentences of Section 3.3(a), the last sentence of Section
3.9(b), the last sentence of Section 3.9(c) and the second sentence of Section
3.10 are referred to herein as the "Company
Excluded Representations."
(i)
All representations and warranties made by either Company in this Agreement
or
any document or certificate delivered pursuant hereto by either Company, other
than the Company Excluded Representations, shall survive the Closing for a
period ending twenty (20) months after the Closing Date, (ii) the Company
Excluded Representations shall survive the Closing for a period ending on the
third anniversary of the Closing Date and (iii) any claim for indemnification
related to a breach of representation and warranty which constitutes fraud
or
involves intentional tortious conduct shall survive until the period ending
on
the third anniversary of the Closing. The right of any Parent Indemnified Person
to recover Losses on any claim for a breach of representation and warranty
shall
not be affected by the termination of any representations and warranties as
set
forth above provided that notice of the existence of such claim has been given
by the Parent Indemnified Person to the MOAC Stockholders prior to such
termination.
Section
7.2 Post-Closing
Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
by MOAC Stockholders.
From
and after the Closing, and subject to the limitations herein, the MOAC
Stockholders, severally (in the manner provided in Section 7.2(b)(iii) hereof)
but not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Surviving Corporation,
Sub and Parent and their directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates,
successor and assigns (each a “Parent
Indemnified Person" and,
collectively, the “Parent
Indemnified Persons”)
for,
from, and against, and pay and reimburse each Parent Indemnified Person for,
all
demands, claims, Actions or causes of action, Orders, obligations, deficiencies,
proceedings (formal or informal) assessments, Tax, losses, damages, liabilities,
costs and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties,
disbursements and expenses (including any fees and costs of attorneys and
accountants) not otherwise paid by or recovered from an applicable policy (or
policies) of insurance (collectively, “Losses”)
(i)
arising out of the breach of any representation or warranty of either of the
Companies contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) arising
out
of the breach by either of the Companies, or the failure by either of the
Companies to perform, any of the covenants or other agreements contained in
this
Agreement or any other agreement executed by either of the Companies in
connection with this Agreement to be performed by either of the Companies prior
to or at the Closing, or arising out of a breach, or failure to perform by
a
MOAC Stockholder of any of its covenants or other agreements contained in this
Agreement or any other agreements executed by such MOAC Stockholder, or (iii)
provided that written notice of such claim is delivered to the MOAC Stockholders
prior to twenty (20) months after the Closing Date, relating to any liabilities
or obligations of either of the Companies, whether known, unknown, contingent
or
otherwise, (A) owed for any period ending on or before the Closing Date or
(B)
arising from facts or circumstances existing prior to the Closing, except,
in
both cases, liabilities or obligations disclosed in the Companies Disclosure
Schedules, accrued liabilities included in the calculation of the Working
Capital set forth in the Working Capital Certificate, forward commitments to
purchase rental fleet set forth in the Companies Disclosure Schedules and
any
contingent liability under any Contract entered into prior to the Closing which
arises solely due to events which occur after the Closing. With
respect to any Losses potentially recoverable under a policy or policies of
insurance of Pac-Van, Pac-Van will make a claim with respect thereto under the
applicable insurance policy or policies if the Losses in question are covered
in
whole or in part by such insurance policy or policies. If
a MOAC
Stockholder pays a Loss which is subsequently also paid under such insurance,
then Parent will reimburse such MOAC Stockholder for payment of the insured
Loss
up to the amount it receives from the insurance company less expenses and fees
incurred in connection with obtaining such payments from the insurer, but only
if there are no pending indemnification claims. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary contained herein, the MOAC Stockholders shall have no indemnification
obligation of any kind for any taxes payable by Pac-Van or the Surviving
Corporation as a result of the Merger.
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(b) Limitations
on Indemnity by MOAC Stockholders.
If any
Parent Indemnified Person becomes potentially entitled to any indemnification
for Losses pursuant to Section
7.2(a)
of this
Agreement, the amount that such Parent Indemnified Person is entitled to recover
in connection therewith shall nevertheless be limited as follows:
(i) No
Losses
shall be payable for a claim under Section 7.2(a) until the total of all Losses
under claims under Section 7.2(a) exceed $500,000 (the “Deductible”),
it
being understood that all Losses shall accumulate until such time or times
as
the aggregate of Losses exceed the Deductible, whereupon the Parent Indemnified
Persons shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder for all Losses including
those up to the Deductible; provided,
however, the Deductible shall not apply to Losses relating to a breach of any
representation and warranty which constitutes fraud or involves intentional
tortious conduct, and
(ii) The
maximum amount payable by each MOAC Stockholder for Losses under Section 7.2(a)
shall be (A) the value of the Pledged Shares, if any, issued to such MOAC
Stockholder (assuming a per share price of $7.50) and (B) the principal amount
of the Holdback Note, if any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder; provided,
however, the maximum amount payable by each MOAC Stockholder for Losses under
Section 7.2(a) related to claims for a breach of a Company Excluded
Representation or a breach of any representation and warranty which constitutes
fraud or involves intentional tortious conduct shall be the sum of (1) the
value
of the Parent Common Stock, if any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder (assuming
a
per share price of $7.50) plus (2) the principal amount of the Holdback Note,
if
any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder plus (3) the portion of Cash paid to such
MOAC Stockholder.
(iii) Claims
for Losses by a Parent Indemnified Person shall be payable pro-rata by each
MOAC
Stockholder based on the ratio of the maximum amount payable by such MOAC
Stockholder for the type of claim at issue to the maximum amounts payable by
all
MOAC Stockholders for the type of claim at issue. In addition, no MOAC
Stockholder shall have any liability or obligations for any covenant of, or
a
breach by, another MOAC Stockholder hereunder or under any agreement executed
in
connection herewith.
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In
addition, the disclosure of any act, omission or event in this Agreement, or
in
any Schedule, Companies Disclosure Schedules or Exhibit of this Agreement,
or in
any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, shall not be a defense
to a MOAC Stockholder from, or serve as any limitation on any Parent Indemnified
Person to make, claims under Section 7.2(a)(ii), nor shall any knowledge or
information of, or acquired by or on behalf of, Parent or Sub through due
diligence from, or serve as any limitation on any Parent Indemnified Person
to
make, claims under this Agreement.
(c) Indemnification
by Parent.
From
and after the Closing, and subject to the limitations herein, Parent shall
indemnify and hold harmless each MOAC Stockholder and his or its respective
shareholders, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates,
successors and assigns (each a “Company
Indemnified Person”
and,
collectively, the “Company
Indemnified Persons”)
for,
from, and against, and pay and reimburse each Company Indemnified Person for,
all Losses (i) arising out of the breach of any representation or warranty
of
Parent or Sub contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement (except as
provided in this last sentence of this subsection (c)), (ii) arising out of
the
breach by Parent or Sub, or the failure by Parent, Sub or Surviving Corporation
to perform, any of the covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement
or any other agreement executed by Parent, Sub or Surviving Corporation in
connection with this Agreement to be performed by Parent, Sub or Surviving
Corporation prior to, at or after the Closing or (iii) arising out any claim
brought by a stockholder of Parent (other than a party issued Parent Common
Stock pursuant to this Agreement) relating to the Merger, other than any of
the
following claims, for which Parent will have no duty to indemnify any Company
Indemnified Person: any claim arising in connection with fraud, intentional
tortious conduct or an allegation that either of the Companies or any officer,
director, stockholder or employee of either of the Companies provided
information in Companies Disclosure Schedules or the Revised Companies
Disclosure Schedule or information used in or in the preparation of the Proxy
Statement which contained any untrue statement of a material fact or which
omitted any material fact necessary in order to make such statements not
misleading. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Parent shall not
have any obligation to indemnify Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxx”)
or
Xxxxxx Investments Limited with respect to any breach of the representations
set
forth in Section 4.9 hereof. No stockholder of MOAC other than the MOAC
Stockholders shall have any obligation under this Agreement to indemnify any
Parent Indemnified Person.
(d) Limitations
on Indemnity by Parent.
If any
Company Indemnified Person becomes potentially entitled to any indemnification
for Losses pursuant to Section 7.2(c) of this Agreement, the amount that such
Company Indemnified Person is entitled to recover in connection therewith shall
nevertheless be limited as follows:
(i) Other
than with respect to breaches of payment obligations under Article 2 or with
respect to claims under 7.2(c)(iii), first, no Losses shall be payable for
a
claim under Section 7.2(c)(i) or (ii) until the total of all Losses under claims
under Section 7.2(c)(i) or (ii) exceed the Deductible, it being understood
that
all Losses shall accumulate until such time or times as the aggregate of Losses
exceed the Deductible, whereupon the Company Indemnified Persons shall be
entitled to indemnification hereunder for all Losses including those up to
the
Deductible; provided, however, the Deductible shall not apply to Losses relating
to a breach of any representation and warranty which constitutes fraud or
involves intentional tortious conduct.
(ii) Other
than with respect to breaches of payment obligations under Article 2 or with
respect to claims under 7.2(c)(iii), the maximum amount payable by Parent and
Sub to each stockholder of MOAC for Losses under Section 7.2(c) shall be (A)
the
value of the Pledged Shares, if any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder (assuming
a
per share price of $7.50) and (B) the principal amount of the Holdback Note,
if
any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder; provided, however, the maximum amount
payable by Parent and Sub for Losses under Section 7.2(c) related to claims
for
a breach of a Parent Excluded Representation or a breach of any representation
and warranty which constitutes fraud or involves intentional tortious conduct
shall be the sum of (1) the value of the Parent Common Stock, if any, issued
to
such MOAC Stockholder (assuming a per share price of $7.50) plus (2) the
principal amount of the Holdback Note, if any, issued to such MOAC Stockholder
plus (3) the portion of Cash, if any, paid to such MOAC
Stockholder.
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In
addition, the disclosure of any act, omission or event in this Agreement, or
in
any Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, or in any agreement executed in
connection herewith shall not be a defense to Parent from, or serve as any
limitation on any Company Indemnified Person to make, claims under Section
7.2(c)(ii), nor shall any knowledge or information of, or acquired by or on
behalf of, a MOAC Stockholder through due diligence or otherwise be a defense
to
Parent from, or serve as any limitation on any Company Indemnified Person to
make, claims under this Agreement.
Section
7.3 Payments
of Losses.
(a) All
Losses set forth in the Claim Notice provided to a MOAC Stockholder shall be
paid first, by an offset against the unpaid principal amount of the Holdback
Note (if any) issued to such MOAC Stockholder and then, by the surrender and
cancellation of Parent Common Stock pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement
with such Parent Common Stock being valued at $7.50 per share for the purpose
of
determining the amount of Parent Common Stock to be surrendered and cancelled
to
satisfy the indemnification obligations of the MOAC Stockholder (however, in
lieu of such surrender of Parent Common Stock, the MOAC Stockholder may pay
the
Losses in cash). If the claim in a Claim Notice is not a Disputed Claim, the
Losses set forth in such Claim Notice shall be payable at the end of the
Objection Period. If the claim in a Claim Notice is a Disputed Claim as to
an
Indemnifying Person, payment of all amounts determined pursuant to Section
7.4(a) to be owed by such Indemnifying Person to an Indemnified Person shall
be
made within five days after the earlier of (1) delivery of written notice by
such Indemnifying Person admitting the indemnification claim described in a
Claim Notice, (2) the making of a binding agreement approved by such an
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person, or (3) the determination of
such
liability and amount by the arbitrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, whether or not a Third Party Claim is a Disputed Claim, if
no
MOAC Stockholder has assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim to which Section
7.2(a) applies, the Parent Indemnified Persons, at their election, shall be
entitled to offset against the Pledged Shares and unpaid principal amount of
the
Holdback Note issued to each MOAC Stockholder the portion of the fees and costs,
including attorneys' fees and costs, incurred by an Indemnified Person to defend
such Third Party Claim, whether or not suit is brought. All payments of Losses
are subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.2(b).
(b) No
payments under the Holdback Note shall limit in any way the obligations of
the
MOAC Stockholders who receive such payments to indemnify Parent Indemnified
Persons pursuant to this Article 7.
(c) If
a MOAC
Stockholder pays Losses under this Agreement, such MOAC Stockholder shall be
subrogated to, and shall be entitled to enforce (or cause either Company or
the
Surviving Corporation to enforce) any rights, remedies or claims either Company
or the Surviving Corporation may have under the Merger Agreement dated July
12,
2006 among MOAC, PVI Acquisition Corporation, Pac-Van, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the "Xxxxxxx
Agreement");
provided, however, if paying Losses would prejudice the rights to make a claim
under the Claymon Agreement, then, if requested by a MOAC Stockholder, Pac
Van
or the Surviving Corporation shall bring an Action for indemnity under the
Claymon Agreement on the conditions that (i) the MOAC Stockholder deposits
an
amount equal to its share of the Losses in question in an escrow mutually
acceptable to Parent and such MOAC Stockholder pending resolution of the claim
for indemnity under the Claymon Agreement, (ii) such MOAC Stockholder shall
indemnify Parent and the Surviving Corporation and their respective directors,
officers and affiliates for all Losses incurred in connection with such Action
and (iii) the Surviving Corporation shall select counsel for such Action,
provided such counsel is reasonably acceptable to such MOAC Stockholder. The
costs and expenses incurred by either Company or the Surviving Corporation
in
bringing a claim against the Claymons at the request of a MOAC Stockholders
under this clause shall be paid severally, and not jointly and severally, by
the
requesting MOAC Stockholders if not paid by the Claymons pursuant to the Claymon
Agreement.
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Section
7.4 Procedures.
(a) For
purposes hereof, a "Third
Party Claim"
is a
claim asserted against an Indemnified Person by a person other than a party
to
this Agreement. A Person that has (or believes that it has) a claim for
indemnification under this Article
7
("Indemnified
Person")
shall
give written notice to the person who has the indemnification obligation (each,
an “Indemnifying
Person”
and
collectively, the “Indemnifying
Persons”)
(a
“Claim
Notice”),
requesting indemnification and describing in reasonable detail to the extent
then known the nature of the indemnification claim being asserted by the
Indemnified Person, providing therein an estimate of the amount of Losses
attributable to the claim to the extent feasible (which estimate may be but
shall not necessarily be conclusive of the final amount of such claim), and
also
providing therein the basis for and factual circumstances surrounding the
Indemnified Person’s request for indemnification under this Article
7;
provided, however, if the claim relates to a breach of an obligation by one
Indemnifying Person only, then the Claim Notice only needs to be delivered
to
such Indemnifying Person. A copy of all papers served on or received by the
Indemnified Person with respect to a Third Party Claim, if any, shall be
attached to the Claim Notice. The failure of an Indemnified Person to properly
deliver a Claim Notice to the Indemnifying Person with respect to a Third Party
Claim shall not defeat or prejudice the indemnification rights under this
Article 7 of such Indemnified Person with respect to the related Third Party
Claim unless and except to the extent that the resulting delay is materially
prejudicial to the defense of the Third Party Claim or the amount of Losses
associated therewith. The Indemnifying Persons to whom a Claim Notice is
delivered shall, within twenty (20) days (or 15 days if the claim is a Third
Party Claim) after delivery of a Claim Notice (the "Objection Period") to them,
deliver written notice to the Indemnified Person whether such Indemnifying
Person admits or disputes the claim described in the Claim Notice, and in the
case of a Third Party Claim, whether the Indemnifying Person (or Persons) will
assume the defense of the Third Party Claim. If an Indemnifying Person to whom
a
Claim Notice is delivered notifies the Indemnified Person in writing that he
disputes such claim for indemnification, or that he admits the entitlement
of
the Indemnified Person to indemnification under this Article
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with
respect thereto but disputes the amount of the Losses in connection therewith,
prior to the expiration of the Objection Period, then as to such Indemnifying
Person the indemnification claim described in the Claim Notice shall be a
disputed indemnification claim (a "Disputed
Claim")
that
must be resolved by an agreement between such Indemnifying Person and Parent
or
by arbitration in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) If
any
Indemnifying Person elects prior to the expiration of the Objection Period
in a
written notice to the Indemnified Person who delivered the Claim Notice to
assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, then (i) the Indemnifying Persons
shall vigorously defend the Third Party Claim with counsel approved by the
Indemnified Person (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and
(ii)
the Indemnifying Persons shall not enter into any settlement of the Third Party
Claim unless such settlement is approved in writing by the Indemnified Person
(which approval may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no Indemnifying
Person elects prior to the expiration of the Objection Period in a written
notice to the Indemnified Person who delivered the Claim Notice to assume the
defense of a Third Party Claim, then the Indemnified Person may defend the
Third
Party Claim with counsel of its choice and may enter into a settlement thereof
without seeking or obtaining approval of the Indemnifying Persons as to counsel
employed or for the making of such settlement.
Section
7.5 Exclusive
Post-Closing Remedy.
After
the Closing, and except for any non-monetary, equitable relief to which any
Indemnified Person may be entitled, the rights and remedies set forth in this
Agreement shall constitute the sole and exclusive rights and remedies of the
Indemnified Persons under or with respect to the matters subject to
indemnification under Section
7.2
of this
Agreement.
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Section
7.6 Liability
Limitations.
In no
event shall any Indemnified Person be, under or in respect of this Agreement
(but not with respect to matters appropriately pursued outside of the provisions
of this Agreement), entitled to recover punitive or exemplary damages. Except
to
the extent of a claim for fraud or intentional tortious conduct, which claims
are not released by any party hereunder, Parent, Sub and the Companies hereby
waive as to each former officer and director of the Companies, from and after
the Closing, any and all claims and causes of action for any breach or alleged
breach of fiduciary obligation by such officer or director to the Companies
or
its stockholders which arise directly from the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement. Further, effective at the Effective Time, each of the MOAC
Stockholders, in his or its capacity as a stockholder of the MOAC, hereby waives
any claims he or it may have, as a stockholder of the Companies as of the
Effective Time, against the Companies or their board of directors or officers,
including under any Law.
SECTION
8
TERMINATION
Section
8.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior
to
the Effective Time, and except as provided below, whether before or after any
approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of Parent:
(a) by
mutual
written consent duly authorized by the respective Boards of Directors of the
Companies, Sub and Parent;
(b) by
either
Company or Parent if:
(i) the
Merger has not been consummated by November 1, 2008 (the “Outside
Date”);
provided,
however,
that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
8.1(b)(i)
shall
not be available to any party whose failure to perform any covenant or
obligation, or breach of a representation and warranty, under this Agreement
has
been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or
before such date;
or
(ii) a
permanent injunction or other similar order of a court of competent jurisdiction
or other competent Governmental Authority, in each case located in the United
States, preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have been entered and shall have become final and
non-appealable, provided that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this clause shall have used reasonable best efforts to resist,
resolve or lift, as applicable, such injunction or other similar
order;
(c) by
the
Companies:
(i)
if
a
breach
by Parent or Sub of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement shall have occurred, which breach, in the aggregate
with all other such breaches, if any, would give rise, to a failure of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or (b) hereof and which is not cured
within thirty (30) days following written notice to the party committing such
breach or by its nature or timing cannot be cured by the Outside Date;
or
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(ii) since
December 31, 2007, there shall have been any material adverse change in the
financial condition or results of operations, assets or liabilities of
Parent.
(d) by
Parent:
(i) if
a
breach by either of the Companies of any representation, warranty, covenant
or
agreement contained in this Agreement shall have occurred, which breach, in
the
aggregate with all other such breaches, if any, would give rise to a failure
of
the conditions set forth in Section
6.2(a)
or
Section
6.2(b)
hereof
and cannot be cured by and which is not cured within thirty (30) days following
written notice to the party committing such breach or by its nature or timing
cannot be cured by the Outside Date; or
(ii) since
December 31, 2007, a material adverse change in the financial condition,
operating profits, backlog, assets, liabilities, operations, business prospects,
applicable regulations, employee relations or customer or supplier relations
of
either of the Companies has occurred; or
(iii) the
requisite approval of the stockholders of Parent to the Proposals shall not
have
been obtained at the Stockholders Meeting.
Section
8.2 Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination.
(a) Notice
of Termination.
The
party hereto desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.1
shall
give written notice of such termination to the other party, specifying the
provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is affected.
(b) Effect
of Termination.
If this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
8.1,
this
Agreement shall become void and of no effect with no liability on the part
of
any party hereto, except that (i) the agreements contained in this Section
8.2,
Section
8.3,
Article
VIII and in the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the termination hereof
and (ii) no such termination shall relieve any party of any liability or
damages resulting from any breach by that party of this Agreement.
Section
8.3 Expenses.
Except
for the expenses set forth in Section 8.3 of the Companies Disclosures Schedules
which will be borne by Parent or as agreed by the parties in writing, all fees,
costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring
such fees, cost or expense whether or not the Merger is consummated. If the
Merger is not consummated, Parent will reimburse MOAC and Pac-Van for the
reasonable fees and costs incurred in connection with an appraisal of the assets
of MOAC and Pac-Van requested by Parent.
SECTION
9
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.1 Definitions.
The
following terms are defined in the section of this Agreement set forth after
each such term below:
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AAA
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9.16(a)
|
Actions
|
3.11
|
Affiliate
|
3.19
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
Benefit
Plans
|
3.13(a)
|
Business
Employees
|
3.13(a)
|
Cash
|
2.1(a)(i)
|
Certificate
of Merger
|
1.3
|
Claim
Notice
|
7.4(a)
|
Class
A MOAC
|
|
Common
Stock
|
Recitals
|
Class
B MOAC
|
|
Common
Stock
|
Recitals
|
Closing
|
1.2
|
Closing
Date
|
1.2
|
Code
|
2.3(b)
|
Companies
|
Preamble
|
Companies
Disclosure Schedule
|
3.1(a)
|
Companies
Intellectual Property
|
3.10
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
Company
Balance Sheet
|
3.6(a)
|
Company
Balance Sheet Date
|
3.6(a)
|
Company
Charter Documents
|
3.1(c)
|
Company
Excluded Representations
|
7.1(b)
|
Company
Financials
|
3.6(a)
|
Company
Indemnified Person
|
7.2(c)
|
Company
Indemnified Persons
|
7.2(c)
|
Company
Material Contract
|
3.16(a)
|
Company
Permits
|
3.14(b)
|
Company
Securities
|
3.2(b)
|
Confidential
Information
|
5.12
|
Contract
|
3.2(c)
|
Credit
Facility
|
2.1(a)
|
Deductible
|
7.2(b)(i)
|
Demand
Notice
|
9.16(b)(i)
|
Disputed
Claim
|
7.4(a)
|
Dissenting
Shares
|
2.5(a)
|
DGCL
|
1.1
|
Effective
Time
|
1.3
|
Eligible
Stockholder
|
2.4(a)
|
Eligible
Stock Option Holder
|
2.1(a)
|
Environmental
Laws
|
3.15
|
Environmental
Liabilities
|
3.15
|
ERISA
|
3.13(a)
|
ERISA
Affiliate
|
3.13(a)
|
Exchange
Act
|
2.4(b)
|
GAAP
|
3.6(a)
|
Governmental
Authority
|
3.4
|
Hazardous
Substances
|
3.15
|
Xxxxxx
|
5.2(b)
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Holdback
Note
|
2.1(a)(iv)
|
Indebtedness
|
3.2(c)
|
Indemnified
Person
|
7.4(a)
|
Indemnifying
Person
|
7.4(a)
|
Interim
Acquisitions
|
2.1(a)
|
LaSalle
Bank
|
2.1(a)
|
Law
|
2.7
|
Liens
|
3.5
|
Losses
|
7.2(a)
|
Material
Adverse Effect
|
3.1(a)
|
Merger
|
Recitals
|
Merger
Consideration
|
2.1(a)
|
MOAC
|
Preamble
|
MOAC
Certificate
|
2.4(a)
|
MOAC
Common Stock
|
Recitals
|
MOAC
Securities
|
3.2(a)
|
MOAC
Stockholders
|
Preamble
|
MOAC
Stock Options
|
2.3(a)
|
MOAC
Stock Option Plan
|
2.3(a)
|
Non-Recommendation
|
|
Determination
|
5.5(b)
|
Order
|
3.5
|
Outside
Date
|
8.1(b)(i)
|
Pac-Van
|
Preamble
|
Pac-Van
Securities
|
3.2(b)
|
Parent
|
Preamble
|
Parent
Common Stock
|
2.1(a)(ii)
|
Parent
Excluded Representations
|
7.1(a)
|
Parent
Indemnified Person
|
7.2(a)
|
Parent
Indemnified Persons
|
7.2(a)
|
PBGC
|
3.13(b)
|
Per
Share Merger Consideration
|
2.4(a)
|
Person
|
2.4(b)
|
Personal
Property
|
3.9(c)
|
Pledge
Agreement
|
2.1(a)(iii)
|
Pledged
Shares
|
2.1(a)(iii)
|
Proposal
|
5.9(a)
|
Proxy
Statement
|
5.9(b)
|
Real
Property Leases
|
3.9(b)
|
Representatives
|
5.12
|
Requesting
Party
|
9.16(b)(i)
|
Responding
Party
|
9.16(b)(i)
|
Revised
Companies Disclosure Schedule
|
6.2(a)
|
Senior
Subordinated Loan
|
2.1(a)
|
SPV
Capital
|
2.1(a)
|
Stockholders
Meeting
|
5.5(a)
|
Shares
|
Recitals
|
Stock
Option Consideration
|
2.3(a)
|
Sub
|
Preamble
|
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Subordinated
Note
|
2.1(a)
|
Subsidiary
|
3.1(b)
|
Superior
Proposal
|
5.5(b)
|
Surviving
Corporation
|
1.1
|
Tax
Return
|
3.12
|
Taxes
|
3.12
|
Taxing
Authority
|
3.12
|
Third
Party Claim
|
7.4(a)
|
Unsolicited
Offer
|
5.13
|
WARN
Act
|
3.20(b)
|
Warrants
|
3.2(a)
|
Working
Capital
|
6.2(s)
|
Written
Consent
|
5.14
|
Section
9.2 Amendment
and Modification.
This
Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented only by written agreement
of
all of the parties hereto.
Section
9.3 Notices.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
given personally, by facsimile, by certified mail postage pre-paid or by an
overnight courier service to the parties at the following addresses (or at
such
other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(a) if
to
Parent or Sub, to:
General
Finance Corporation
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
00
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
(b) if
to the
Companies, to:
Pac-Van,
Inc.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
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Notices
shall be deemed received (i) in the case of personal delivery, when delivered,
(ii) in the case of facsimile transmission, upon confirmation of receipt, (iii)
in the case of mailing, on the third business day after mailing and (iv) in
the
case of or overnight delivery, upon confirmation of receipt.
Section
9.4 Interpretation.
Whenever
the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. As used in
this Agreement, the term “affiliate(s)” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Agreement, words in the singular
shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender
shall
be held to include the other gender as the context requires. As used in this
Agreement, the terms “hereof”, “herein”, and “herewith” and words of similar
import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement
as a whole (including all Schedules hereto) and not to any particular provision
of this Agreement, and Article, Section, paragraph and Schedule references
are
to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs and Schedules to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified herein. Unless specified herein, all references to any
period of days shall be deemed to be the relevant number of calendar days.
As
used in this Agreement, the terms “dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.
As used in this Agreement, the term “cash” means dollars in immediately
available funds. The parties have jointly participated in the negotiating and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of
intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted
jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall
arise
favoring or disfavoring any party hereto by virtue of the authorship of any
provisions of this Agreement.
Section
9.5 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when a
counterpart has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to
the
other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart. A facsimile of an executed counterpart of this Agreement shall
be
deemed to be an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section
9.6 Entire
Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement (including the exhibits hereto
and
the documents and the instruments referred to herein and therein): (a)
constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with respect
to
the subject matter hereof, and (b) are not intended to confer upon any Person
other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Indemnified Persons shall be deemed third party beneficiaries
of Article 7 hereof.
Section
9.7 Severability.
If
any
term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of
being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect.
Section
9.8 Specific
Performance.
The
parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any
provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms
hereof and that the parties hereto shall be entitled to the remedy of specific
performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or
equity.
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Section
9.9 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and all disputes between
the
parties under or related to this Agreement or the facts and circumstances
leading to its execution, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State
of
Delaware, applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely
within the State of Delaware.
Section
9.10 Assignment.
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that
Sub may assign, in its sole discretion, any or all of its rights, interests
and
obligations hereunder to Parent or to any direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of Parent; provided,
however,
that no
such assignment shall relieve Parent from any of its obligations hereunder.
Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure
to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors
and assigns.
Section
9.11 Reliance.
The
representations and warranties of the Companies, Parent and Sub contained in
this Agreement, and all other agreements or certificates delivered in connection
herewith, constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties
of
the Companies to Parent and Sub and of Parent and Sub to the Companies in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and
each of the Companies, Parent and Sub acknowledges that all implied
representations and warranties are specifically disclaimed and may not be relied
upon or serve as a basis for the claim against the Companies, Parent and Sub.
Section
9.12 Knowledge.
When
used herein the phrase “to the knowledge of” a Person or to the Person’s
knowledge or similar phrases, when used with respect to the Companies, means
the
actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx.
Section
9.13 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING AFTER THE EFFECTIVE TIME IN RELATION TO
THIS
AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
Section
9.14 Waiver.
No delay
or failure by any party hereto in exercising any of its rights, remedies, powers
or privileges under this Agreement or at law or in equity and no custom,
practice or course of dealing between or among any of such parties or any other
person shall be deemed a waiver by such party of any such rights, remedies,
powers or privileges, even if such delay or failure is continuous or repeated.
No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege shall
preclude any other or further exercise thereof by any such party or the exercise
of any other right, remedy, power or privilege by such party, including, without
limitation, the right of such party subsequently to demand exact compliance
with
the terms of this Agreement. The waiver by any party of any condition or of
any
subsequent breach of the same or any other term, covenant or condition herein
contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other condition or of any
subsequent breach of the same or any other term, covenant or condition herein
contained. No waiver shall be effective unless made in writing by the waiving
party.
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Section
9.15 Attorney's
Fees.
The
prevailing party(ies) in any litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy, insolvency
or
other proceeding (the "Proceeding") relating to the enforcement or
interpretation of this Agreement may recover from the unsuccessful party(ies)
all costs, and actual attorney's fees (including expert witness and other
consultants' fees and costs) relating to or arising out of (a) the Proceeding
(whether or not the Proceeding proceeds to judgment), and (b) any post-judgment
or post-award proceeding including one to enforce or collect any judgment or
award resulting from the Proceeding. All such judgments and awards will contain
a specific provision for the recovery of all such subsequently incurred costs,
expenses, and actual attorney's fees.
Section
9.16 Arbitration.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all claims, disputes
and
controversies between the parties arising only prior to the Effective Time
out
of or in connection with this Agreement relating to the validity, construction,
performance, breach, enforcement or termination hereof or otherwise (except
for
claims for equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief)
shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Los Angeles, California, in
accordance with this Section 9.16 and, to the extent not inconsistent herewith,
the Expedited Procedures and Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association ("AAA").
(b) Any
arbitration called for by this Section 9.16 shall be conducted in accordance
with the following procedures:
(i) A
party
(the "Requesting
Party")
may
demand arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.16(b)(i) at any time by giving
written notice of such demand (the "Demand
Notice")
to the
other party (the "Responding
Party"),
which
Demand Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim,
dispute or controversy.
(ii) Within
fifteen (15) days after the giving of a Demand Notice, the Requesting Party
and
the Responding Party shall select and designate one reputable, disinterested
individual willing to act as an arbitrator of the claim, dispute or controversy
in question in accordance with the rules of AAA.
(iii) The
presentations of the parties in the arbitration proceeding shall be commenced
and completed within sixty (60) days after the selection of the arbitrator
pursuant to Section 9.16(b)(ii) above, and the arbitrator shall render his
decision in writing within thirty (30) days after the completion of such
presentations.
(iv) The
arbitrator shall have the discretion to include in its decision a direction
that
all or part of the attorneys' fees and costs of a party and/or the costs of
such
arbitration are paid by the other party. On the application of a party before
or
after the initial decision of the arbitrator, and proof of its attorneys' fees
and costs, the arbitrator shall order the other party to make any payments
directed pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(c) Any
decision rendered by the arbitrator pursuant to this Section 9.16 shall be
final
and binding on, and nonappealable by, the parties hereto, and judgment thereon
may be entered by any state or federal court of competent
jurisdiction.
(d) Arbitration
shall be the exclusive method available for resolution of claims, disputes
and
controversies arising out of or related to this Agreement (except for claims
for
equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief), and the
parties stipulate that the provisions hereof shall be a complete defense to
any
suit, action, or proceeding in any court of before any administrative or
arbitration tribunal with respect to any such claim, controversy or dispute.
The
provisions of this Section 9.16 shall survive the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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(e) Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to give the arbitrator any authority, power
or
right to alter, change, amend, modify, add to, or subtract from any of the
provisions of this Agreement.
*
* * *
*
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
MOBILE
OFFICE ACQUISITION CORP.
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx,
|
|
Authorized
Representative
|
|
PAC-VAN,
INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, President
|
|
GENERAL
FINANCE CORPORATION
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Chief Operating Officer
|
|
GFN
NORTH AMERICA CORP.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Director
|
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Exhibit
A
Exhibit
A
MOAC
Stockholders
X.
X.
Xxxx Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.
Xxxxxx
Investments Limited
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Exhibit
B
PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
THIS
PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Pledge
Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of _______, 2008 by and among each of the undersigned
pledgors (each, individually a “Pledgor”
and,
collectively, the “Pledgors”),
GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
and
GFN NORTH AMERICA CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Sub”
and
collectively with Parent, the “Buyers”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”)
dated
July 22, 2008 by and among Buyers, PAC-VAN, INC., an Indiana corporation
(“Pac-Van”),
MOBILE OFFICE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (“MOAC”)
and
the Pledgors, MOAC has been merged with and into Sub (the “Merger”),
and
each Pledgor will receive the shares of common stock of Parent set forth on
Schedule
I
hereto
(as to each Pledgor, the “Pledged
Shares”),
other
shares of common stock of Parent not subject to this Agreement and other
consideration in exchange for their stock in MOAC;
WHEREAS,
the Merger Agreement requires that each Pledgor pledge the Pledged Shares in
favor of Buyers to secure the payment of the indemnification obligations of
such
Pledgor under Article 7 of the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
Buyers have required, as a condition to entering into the Merger Agreement,
that
Pledgors (i) pledge to Buyers, and grant to Buyers a security interest in,
the Pledged Collateral (as defined herein) and (ii) execute and deliver
this Pledge Agreement in order to secure the payment by each Pledgor of its
Secured Obligations.
AGREEMENT
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce Buyers to
enter into the Merger Agreement, each Pledgor hereby agrees with Buyers as
follows:
SECTION
1
Defined Terms.The
following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
“Additional
Shares”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 8(b) hereof.
“Pledged
Collateral”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2 hereof.
“Pledged
Shares”
has
the
meaning specified in the recitals hereof.
“Secured
Obligations”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2 hereof.
“Securities
Act”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 12 hereof.
“UCC”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 3 hereof.
All
other
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given in the Merger Agreement, or, if not defined therein, the meanings
set forth in the UCC, except where the context otherwise requires.
SECTION
2
Pledge. Each
Pledgor hereby pledges to Buyers, for their benefit, and grants to each Buyer,
for their benefit, a continuing first priority and perfected security interest
in, its right, title and interest in and to the following (collectively, the
“Pledged Collateral”):
(a)
the
Pledged Shares of such Pledgor, the Additional Shares applicable to such
Pledgor's Pledged Shares and any certificates representing the Pledged Shares
of
such Pledgor and/or the Additional Shares applicable to such Pledgor's Pledged
Shares; and
(b)
the
proceeds (equal to $7.50 per share) of any sale of the Pledged Shares of such
Pledgor and/or the Additional Shares applicable to such Pledgor's Pledged
Shares.
SECTION
3
Security
For Obligations. As
to
each Pledgor, this Pledge Agreement secures, and the Pledged Collateral of
such
Pledgor is collateral security for, the prompt payment in full when due of
all
Losses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) payable to Buyers from such Pledgor
now or hereafter existing under Article 7 of the Merger Agreement and all
amendments, extensions or renewals thereof (all such obligations under Article
7
of the Merger Agreement being collectively referred to herein as the “Secured
Obligations”). Cancellation of shares included in the Pledged Collateral shall
be done solely in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Merger Agreement. If a
Pledgor pays a Secured Obligation in cash in lieu of permitting Buyers to retain
Pledged Shares as payment of such Secured Obligation, the number of shares
included in the Pledged Collateral (assuming a $7.50 value per share) equal
to
the cash payment made by such Pledgor shall no longer be pledged to Buyers
and
Buyers shall promptly deliver to such Pledgor the certificates for such shares
with the legend relating to this Pledge Agreement removed therefrom.
SECTION
4
Delivery
Of Pledged Collateral. All
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Collateral
shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Buyers pursuant hereto.
Such certificates or instruments shall be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery, or shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment
in
blank (or such other documents or agreements necessary to give Buyers “control”
within the meaning of the UCC (as defined below)), all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Buyers. “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as
in effect from time to time, of the State of Delaware or of any other state
the
laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection
with
the issue of perfection of security interests in the Pledged Collateral;
provided,
that
to the
extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein or in any other documents
and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of
the
UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall
govern.
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SECTION
5
Representations
And Warranties.
Each
Pledgor represents and warrants as to the Pledged Collateral pledged by it
as
follows:
(a) Such
Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged
by
it, free and clear of any Lien on the Pledged Collateral.
(b) Upon
the
delivery to Buyers of the Pledged Collateral pledged by such Pledgor and the
filing of a UCC-1 financing statement, the pledge of such Pledged Collateral
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement will create a valid and perfected first
priority Lien in such Pledged Collateral securing the payment of such Pledgor’s
Secured Obligations for the benefit of Buyers.
(c) No
authorization, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any Governmental Authority is required either for the pledge by such Pledgor
of
Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Pledge Agreement or for the execution,
delivery or performance of this Pledge Agreement by such Pledgor.
(d) Such
Pledgor has full power and authority to enter into this Pledge Agreement and
has
the right to pledge and grant a security interest in the Pledged Shares pledged
by it and the other Pledged Collateral pledged by it, in each case as provided
by this Pledge Agreement.
(e) This
Pledge Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Pledgor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other
laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and by general
equitable principles.
SECTION
6
Further
Assurances. Each
Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at its expense, it will
promptly execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all stock
powers, assignments, acknowledgments, financing statements, instruments and
documents and take all further action, at the Buyers’ request, that Buyers
reasonably deem necessary or advisable in order to perfect any security interest
granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable Buyers to exercise and
enforce their rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged
Collateral pledged by such Pledgor and to carry out the provisions and purposes
hereof. Each Pledgor will, promptly upon request, provide to Buyers all
information and evidence it may reasonably request concerning the Pledged
Collateral pledged by such Pledgor to enable Buyers to enforce the provisions
of
this Pledge Agreement.
SECTION
7
Voting Rights; Sale Proceeds.
(a) Each
Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual
rights pertaining to the Pledged Shares pledged by such Pledgor or any part
thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Pledge
Agreement; provided,
however,
that no
Pledgor shall exercise or shall refrain from exercising any such right if such
action or inaction could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
validity, priority or perfection of the security interests granted hereunder
or
would otherwise be inconsistent with or violate any provisions of this Pledge
Agreement.
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(b) Any
and
all cash or other proceeds (equal to $7.50 per share) paid, payable or otherwise
distributed in redemption of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Shares, shall
in
each case be delivered forthwith to an escrow agent pursuant to an escrow
agreement, both of which shall be mutually satisfactory to the selling Pledgor
and Buyers to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by a Pledgor,
be
received in trust for the benefit of the Buyers, be segregated from the other
property or funds of such Pledgor, and be forthwith delivered to such escrow
as
Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary or
requested endorsement). The selling Pledgors shall bear all fees and costs
of
such escrow. Any amounts received paid, payable or otherwise distributed in
redemption of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Shares in excess of $7.50 per
share shall be retained by the selling Pledgor and shall not be subject to
this
Agreement in any manner.
SECTION
8
Transfers And Other Liens; Additional Shares.
(a) Each
Pledgor agrees that it will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of, or grant
any
option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral unless the proceeds of
such sale up to $7.50 per share are delivered to escrow pursuant to Section
6(b)
and such sale is made in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement of even
date
herewith among Pledgors, Parent and other persons named therein; (ii) create
or
permit to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral,
except for the security interest granted under this Pledge Agreement; or (iii)
enter into any agreement or understanding that purports to or may restrict
or
inhibit Buyers’ rights or remedies hereunder, including, without limitation,
Buyers’ right to retain the Pledged Collateral. In connection with any sale of
the Pledged Collateral in accordance with clause (i) of this subsection, Buyers
shall deliver to the selling Pledgor the certificates for the Pledged Collateral
being sold.
(b)
Each
Pledgor agrees that it will deliver to Buyers hereunder, promptly upon its
acquisition thereof, any and all additional shares of stock received as a result
of a split or subdivision of such Pledgor’s Pledged Shares (“Additional
Shares”).
SECTION
9
Buyers
May Perform. If
any
Pledgor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, either Buyer may itself
perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the reasonable expenses
of
Buyers incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Pledgor.
SECTION
10 No
Assumption Of Duties; Reasonable Care. The
rights and powers granted to Buyers hereunder are being granted in order to
preserve and protect Buyers’ security interest in and to the Pledged Collateral
granted hereby and shall not be interpreted to, and shall not, impose any duties
on Buyers in connection therewith except the duty to exercise reasonable care
in
the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession. Buyers
shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if the Pledged
Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Buyers
accords its own property, it being understood that Buyers shall not have any
responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls,
conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any
Pledged Collateral, whether or not Buyers have or are deemed to have knowledge
of such matters or (ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against
any parties with respect to any Pledged Collateral.
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SECTION
11 Subsequent
Changes Affecting Pledged Collateral. Each
Pledgor represents to Buyers that it has made its own arrangements for keeping
informed of changes or potential changes affecting the Pledged Collateral
(including, but not limited to, rights to convert, rights to subscribe, payment
of dividends, payments of interest and/or principal, reorganization or other
exchanges, tender offers and voting rights), and each Pledgor agrees that Buyers
shall have no responsibility or liability for informing such Pledgor hereunder
of any such changes or potential changes or for taking any action or omitting
to
take any action with respect thereto.
SECTION
12 Remedies
Upon Default. If
a
Pledgor shall have failed to pay a Secured Obligation of such Pledgor under
Article 7 of the Merger Agreement and such failure shall be continuing, the
Pledged Shares of such Pledgor in the amount of such Secured Obligation
(assuming a per share price of $7.50) shall be cancelled in accordance with
the
Merger Agreement.
SECTION
13 Attorney’s
Fees. The
prevailing party(ies) in any litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy, insolvency
or
other proceeding (the "Proceeding") relating to the enforcement or
interpretation of this Agreement may recover from the unsuccessful party(ies)
all costs, and actual attorney's fees (including expert witness and other
consultants' fees and costs) relating to or arising out of (a) the Proceeding
(whether or not the Proceeding proceeds to judgment), and (b) any post-judgment
or post-award proceeding including one to enforce or collect any judgment or
award resulting from the Proceeding. All such judgments and awards will contain
a specific provision for the recovery of all such subsequently incurred costs,
expenses, and actual attorney's fees.
SECTION
14 Security
Interest Absolute. All
rights of Buyers and the security interests hereunder, and all obligations
of
the Pledgors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of,
and
unaffected by any exchange, surrender, release or non-perfection of any other
collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure
from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured Obligations.
SECTION
15 Miscellaneous
Provisions.
Section
15.1 Notices.
All notices, approvals, consents or other communications required or desired
to
be given hereunder shall be in the form and manner, and delivered to the
Pledgors (or any of them) and to the Buyers and to any other courtesy copy
addressees, at their respective addresses set forth in Section 9.3
of the
Merger Agreement.
Section
15.2 Headings.
The headings in this Pledge Agreement are for purposes of reference only and
shall not affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Pledge
Agreement.
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Section
15.3 Severability.
The
provisions of this Pledge Agreement are severable, and if any clause or
provision shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in whole or in part
in
any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect in
that
jurisdiction only such clause or provision, or part thereof, and shall not
in
any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction or any
other clause or provision of this Pledge Agreement in any
jurisdiction.
Section
15.4. Amendments,
Waivers and Consents.
Any amendment of this Pledge Agreement shall not be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by Buyers and the Pledgors affected by such
amendment. Any waiver of any provision of this Pledge Agreement and any consent
to any departure by the Pledgors from any provision of this Pledge Agreement
shall not be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
waiving party and then such amendment or waiver shall be effective only in
the
specific instance and for the specific purposes for which given.
Section
15.5 Interpretation
of Agreement.
Time is of the essence in each provision of this Pledge Agreement of which
time
is an element. To the extent a term or provision of this Pledge Agreement
conflicts with the Merger Agreement and is not dealt with herein with more
specificity, the Merger Agreement shall control with respect to the subject
matter of such term or provision. Acceptance of or acquiescence in a course
of
performance rendered under this Pledge Agreement shall not be relevant in
determining the meaning of this Pledge Agreement even though the accepting
or
acquiescing party had knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity
for objection.
Section
15.6 Continuing
Security Interest; Transfer of Notes and Secured
Obligations.
This
Pledge Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged
Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until full and final
payment (including after twenty (20) months after the Closing Date) of the
Secured Obligations, (ii) be binding upon each Pledgor, its successors,
transferees and assigns and (iii) inure, together with the rights and
remedies of Buyers hereunder, to the benefit of the successors, transferees
and
assigns of Buyers.
Section
15.7 Reinstatement.
To the
maximum extent permitted by law, this Pledge Agreement shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any amount
received by Buyers in respect of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by Buyers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Pledgor or any other Person
or
upon the appointment of any receiver, intervenor, conservator, trustee or
similar official for any Pledgor or any other Person or any substantial part
of
its assets, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.
Section
15.8 Survival
of Provisions.
All representations, warranties and covenants of the Pledgors contained herein
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement, and shall
terminate upon the termination hereof.
Section
15.9 Authority
of Buyers.
Buyers
shall have and be entitled to exercise all powers hereunder which are
specifically granted to Buyers by the terms hereof, together with such powers
as
are reasonably incident thereto. Buyers may perform any of their duties
hereunder or in connection with the Pledged Collateral by or through agents
or
employees and shall be entitled to retain counsel and to act in reliance upon
the advice of counsel concerning all such matters. Buyers and their directors,
officers, employees, attorneys and agents shall be entitled to rely on any
communication, instrument or document reasonably believed by it or them to
be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or
persons.
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Section
15.10 Release;
Termination of Agreement.
This Pledge Agreement shall terminate on the third anniversary of the date
hereof (the "Termination
Date");
provided, however, if indemnification claims are pending on the Termination
Date
under Section 7.2(a) of the Merger Agreement, then this Pledge Agreement shall
terminate on the date on which such pending indemnification claims are paid
in
accordance with Article 7 of the Merger Agreement. At such termination date,
Buyers shall, at the request and expense of Buyers, reassign and redeliver
to
each Pledgor all of the Pledged Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder
without any legend referencing this Pledge Agreement which has not been retained
or applied by Buyers in accordance with the terms hereof. Such reassignment
and
redelivery shall be without warranty by or recourse to Buyers, except as to
the
absence of any prior assignments by Buyers of their interest in the Pledged
Collateral, and shall be at the expense of Buyers.
Section
15.11 Counterparts.
This Pledge Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original but all of which shall
together constitute one and the same agreement.
Section
15.12 Governing
Law; Arbitration; Jury Trial Waiver.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES
HERETO DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
(AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICT-OF-LAWS PROVISIONS); PROVIDED THAT ISSUES WITH
RESPECT TO CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF LIENS UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF
THE
UCC MAY GIVE EFFECT TO APPLICABLE CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES SET FORTH
IN
ARTICLE 9 OF THE UCC OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE; PROVIDED
THAT
BUYERS AND THE PLEDGORS SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL
LAW.
NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM
BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE
AGREEMENT, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY BINDING ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO THE TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS OF SECTION 9.16 OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE EXCEPTIONS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 9.16 OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
No
provision of Section 10.12(b) shall limit the right of Buyers to exercise
self-help remedies such as setoff, foreclosure against or sale of any personal
property collateral or security, or obtaining provisional or ancillary remedies
from a court of competent jurisdiction before, after, or during the pendency
of
any arbitration or other proceeding. The exercise of a remedy does not waive
the
right of either party to resort to arbitration.
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Section
15.13 Waiver
Of Jury Trial.
SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16.13(d), EACH PLEDGOR AND BUYER EACH
IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS PLEDGE
AGREEMENT, THE MERGER AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT
BY
ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY
OR
ASSIGNEE. EACH PLEDGOR AND BUYER AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS
WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER
PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT OR THE MERGER AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION
HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THE MERGER
AGREEMENT.
Section
15.14 Limitation
Of Liability.
No
Pledgor shall have any liability or obligation for any covenant of, or breach
hereof by, any other Pledgor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
no Pledged Collateral pledged by a Pledgor shall be security for any obligations
of any other Pledgor. No claim may be made by any party hereto against any
other
party hereto, or the affiliates, directors, officers, officers, employees,
or
agents of such parties, for punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach
of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the
transactions contemplated by this Pledge Agreement or the Merger Agreement,
or
any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each party
hereto hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx upon any claim for such
punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected
to exist in its favor.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Pledgors and Buyers have each caused this Pledge Agreement
to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
BUYERS:
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FINANCE CORPORATION
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GFN
NORTH AMERICA CORP.
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X. Xxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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D.
E. SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C.
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INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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SCHEDULE
I
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EXHIBIT
A
PLEDGE
AMENDMENT
This
Pledge Amendment dated __________________ is delivered pursuant to Section 8(c)
of the
Pledge Agreement referred to below. The undersigned hereby agrees that this
Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Pledge Agreement (the “Pledge
Agreement”)
dated
as of July 22, 2008 among the undersigned and General Finance Corporation,
a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
and
GFN North America Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Sub”
and
collectively with Parent, “Buyers”);
capitalized terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined and
that
the shares and other instruments listed on this Pledge Amendment shall be deemed
to be part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations
of
the undersigned.
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Exhibit
C
THIS
NOTE
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH ACT APPLIES TO
A
TRANSFER OR DISPOSAL, NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.
GFN
NORTH AMERICA CORP.
8%
SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE
$1,500,000.00
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Los
Angeles, California
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________,
2008
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, GFN NORTH AMERICA CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Maker),
hereby
promises to pay to the order of D. E. SHAW LAMINAR
PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C.,
a
Delaware limited liability company ("D.
E. Shaw"),
or
its registered assigns (along with D. E. Shaw, each a "Holder"),
on
the date which is twenty (20) months after the date hereof (the “Maturity
Date”)
the
principal sum of $1,500,000.00, or in the case of a prepayment, such portion
thereof being prepaid, with interest thereon from time to time as provided
herein.
This
8%
Subordinated Promissory Note (this “Note”)
is the
unsecured promissory note of Maker referred to in that certain Agreement and
Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement")
dated
as of date hereof by and among the General Finance Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“General
Finance”),
Maker, Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Pac-Van”),
Mobile Office Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“MOAC”),
and
certain stockholders of MOAC, and is subject to the provisions of the Merger
Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used herein
with
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement. The acceptance
of
this Note by Holder is subject to the execution and delivery to Holder of (i)
a
subordination agreement with the lenders under the Credit Facility and the
Senior Subordinated Loan (the “Lenders”)
mutually satisfactory to the Lenders, Holder and Maker and (ii) terms in the
Credit Facility and Senior Subordinated Loan permitting the indebtedness under
this Note and permitting the payments required hereunder on terms mutually
satisfactory to the Lenders, Holder and Maker.
1. Interest.
(a) Subject
to Section
1(b)
hereof,
the Maker promises to pay interest in cash on the principal amount of this
Note
from time to time outstanding (the “Principal
Amount”)
at the
per annum rate equal to eight percent (8%) (the "Scheduled
Interest Rate").
All
accrued interest payable pursuant to this Section
1(a)
shall be
due and payable semi-annually in arrears or, if any such date shall be a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in Los Angeles, California
are authorized or required by law to close (a “Business
Day”),
on
the next succeeding Business Day to occur after such date (the "Interest
Payment Date"),
beginning six months after the date of this Note, and shall be paid in
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder. All interest
payable pursuant to this Section
1(a)
shall
accrue and be paid in United States dollars.
(b) Upon
the
occurrence of any of the following (each an “Event
of Default”)
(i)
Maker fails to make any payment of principal as and when due (whether at the
Maturity Date, upon acceleration or required prepayment or otherwise) or (ii)
Maker fails to make any payment of interest, premium, if any, fees, costs,
expenses or other amounts due hereunder within three (3) Business Days after
the
date when due, then Maker shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance
of
and accrued and unpaid interest on this Note at a rate per annum (the
"Default
Rate")
equal
to twelve (12%) from the date that an Event of Default commences until such
time
as such Event of Default is cured or waived; provided, however, in the case
of
an Event of Default under clause (i) the Default Rate shall be equal to fourteen
percent (14%).
(c) Interest
payable under this Note shall accrue from and including the date of issuance
through and until repayment of the principal and payment of all accrued interest
and premium, if any, in full. All interest payable under this Note shall accrue
on a semi-annual basis and be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty
(360)-day year of twelve (12) thirty (30)-day months.
2. Prepayments.
(a) Maker
may
prepay the unpaid principal balance of this Note at any time. Any prepayment
of
this Note under this Section
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shall
also include all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal
balance of this Note through and including the date of prepayment.
(b)
If any
of the following conditions occurs and is continuing, the Holder, by notice
to
Maker, may declare the principal of and accrued interest on the Note to be
immediately due and payable: (i) General Finance shall cease to own and control
at least 100% of the outstanding all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated,
whether voting or non-voting) of Maker’s capital, whether now outstanding or
issued or acquired after the Closing Date, including common shares, preferred
shares, membership interests in a limited liability company, limited or general
partnership interests in a partnership, interests in a trust, interests in
other
unincorporated organizations or any other equivalent of such ownership interest
(collectively, “Capital
Securities”),
(ii)
Maker shall cease to, directly or indirectly, own and control 100% of each
class
of the outstanding Capital Securities of each of its subsidiaries; (iii) the
sale of substantially all of the assets of Maker, (iv) the sale, in one
transaction or in a series of transactions, of General Finance to an independent
third party or group of independent third parties pursuant to which such party
or parties acquire equity securities of General Finance representing more than
50% voting power of all outstanding equity securities or (v) any Change of
Control (as defined under the Credit Facility, as amended from time to time)
occurs.
3. Security.
The
obligations of Maker to Holder existing under this Note are
unsecured.
4. Manner
of Payment.
Payments of principal, interest and other amounts due under this Note shall
be
made no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) (Los Angeles time) on the date when due
and
in lawful money of the United States of America (by wire transfer in funds
immediately available at the place of payment) to such account as the Holder
may
designate in writing to the Maker. Any payments received after 12:00 p.m. (noon)
(Los Angeles time) shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day. Any payments due hereunder which are due on a day which is not
a
Business Day shall be payable on the first succeeding Business Day and such
extension of time shall be included in the computation.
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5. Maximum
Lawful Rate of Interest.
The
rate of interest payable under this Note shall in no event exceed the maximum
rate permissible under applicable law. If the rate of interest payable on this
Note at any time exceeds the maximum rate permitted under applicable law, then
the rate provided for in this Note shall be increased to the maximum rate
provided for under applicable law for such period as is required so that the
total amount of interest received by the Holder is that which would have been
received by the Holder but for the operation of the first sentence of this
Section
5.
6. Maker's
Waivers; Assignment and Transfer.
Maker
hereby waives presentment for payment, demand, protest, notice of protest and
notice of dishonor hereof, and all other notices of any kind to which it may
be
entitled under applicable law or otherwise. Holder may transfer all or any
portion of this Note to any Affiliate without the consent of Maker and, after
an
Event of Default occurs, Holder may transfer all or any portion of this Note
to
any Person that is not a competitor of the Maker or an Affiliate of a competitor
of the Maker. Subject to the prior sentence, without the prior written consent
of Maker, which shall not to be unreasonably withheld, Holder shall not assign
or transfer to one or more Persons all or any portion of this Note or any
portion thereof or any rights hereunder. Upon surrender of this Note at Maker's
principal executive office for registration of any such assignment or transfer,
accompanied by a duly executed instrument of transfer, Maker shall, at its
expense and within three (3) Business Days of such surrender, execute and
deliver one or more new notes of like tenor in the requested principal
denominations and in the name of the assignee or assignees and bearing the
legend set forth on the face of this Note, and this Note shall promptly be
canceled.
7. Costs
of Collection.
The
Maker agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of any attorneys, accountants and other experts retained by the Holder,
which are expended or incurred by the Holder following an Event of Default
in
connection with the enforcement of this Note or the collection of any sums
due
hereunder whether or not suit is commenced.
8. Extension
of Time.
Holder,
at its option, may extend the time for payment of this Note, postpone the
enforcement hereof, or grant any other waiver without affecting Holder's right
to recourse against the Borrower, which right is expressly
reserved.
9. GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
10. Choice
of Jurisdiction.
The
Maker hereby consents and agrees that all actions, suits or other proceedings
arising under or in connection with this Note or any other related document
shall be finally settled by arbitration pursuant to Section 9.16 of the Merger
Agreement. The arbitration shall be conducted in Los Angeles, California.
11. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
MAKER
AND HOLDER HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR
OTHER PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING
UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY INITIATES SUCH ACTION,
SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING.
12. Severability.
If any
one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof
in
any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect
for
any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision
in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in
any
way impaired, unless the provisions held invalid, illegal or unenforceable
substantially impair the benefits of the remaining provisions
hereof.
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13. Headings.
The
headings in this Note are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Subordinated Promissory Note is executed as of the date
first above written.
GFN
NORTH AMERICA CORP.,
a
Delaware corporation
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Exhibit
D
STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
This
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated
________, 2008 is entered into by and among General Finance Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
the stockholders of Company listed on Schedule
I
attached
hereto (each a “Stockholder”
and
collectively, the “Stockholders”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
in connection with the consummation of the merger (the “Merger”)
and
the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger
(the
“Merger
Agreement”)
dated
______________, 2008 (“Merger
Agreement Date”)
by and
among Company, GFN North America Corp., a Delaware corporation, Mobile Office
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“MOAC”),
Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and certain stockholders of MOAC (the
“MOAC
Stockholders”),
shares of restricted common stock of Company were issued to the Stockholders
as
set forth in Schedule I attached hereto;
WHEREAS,
it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement that, upon the Closing, the Company and Stockholders enter
into
this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Stockholders each desire to enter into this Agreement to
set
forth the rights relating to any the Common Stock held by the Stockholders
and
to limit the sale, transfer, hypothecation, encumbrance or other disposition
of
Common Stock and to provide for certain arrangements regarding the management
of
the Company as set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree
as
follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain
Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided that, for
the
purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“AMEX”
means
the American Stock Exchange.
“Board”
means
the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located
in
Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Closing”
means
the consummation of the merger contemplated by the Merger
Agreement.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.
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“Demand
Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this
Agreement.
“Demand
Registration Statement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this
Agreement.
“Demand
Request”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this
Agreement.
“Demanding
Stockholder”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
“Effective
Time”
means
the
date
and time of the filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware (or such later time as shall be agreed to by the
parties hereto and is specified in the certificate of merger) pursuant to the
Merger Agreement.
“Equity
Securities”
means
all shares of Common Stock of the Company, all securities, directly or
indirectly, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of
the
Company and all options, warrants, and other rights to purchase or otherwise,
directly or indirectly, acquire from the Company shares of Common Stock, or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, whether
at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some
future event.
“Exchange
Act”
shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“GAAP”
shall
mean United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
by the Company and its Subsidiaries throughout the periods
indicated.
“Governmental
Entity”
shall
mean any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency, commission,
official or other authority of the United States or any other country or any
state, province, prefect, municipality, locality or other government or
political subdivision thereof, or any quasi-governmental or private body
exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or
quasi-governmental authority.
“Xxxxxx”
shall
mean Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
“Holders’
Counsel”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Registration
Expenses.”
“Incidental
Registration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of this
Agreement.
“Laminar”
means
D.
E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.
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“Law”
means
any statute, law, common law, order, ordinance, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity.
“Merger”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first recital to this Agreement.
“Merger
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first recital to this Agreement.
“Merger
Agreement Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first recital to this Agreement.
“Original
Stockholder”
shall
mean each Person that is either (a) a Stockholder as of the date hereof or
(b) a Permitted Transferee pursuant to a Transfer effected in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Transfer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Transferee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement.
“Person”
shall
mean and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation,
a
limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, a trust, an
incorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Entity.
“Registrable
Securities”
shall
mean only shares of Common Stock acquired by the Stockholders pursuant to the
Merger Agreement to the extent such shares have not been previously registered
and sold pursuant to an effective registration statement and any other shares
of
Common Stock that may be received in respect of any of the foregoing securities;
provided, that any Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable
Securities:
(i) when
a
registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have
become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been
disposed of in accordance with such registration statement;
(ii) when
such
securities shall have been transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision); or
(iii) when
such
securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.
“Registration”
shall
mean the Shelf Registration, each Required Registration and each Incidental
Registration.
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“Registration
Expenses”
shall
mean all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with
Article III including, without limitation, all registration and filing
fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with
blue
sky qualifications of any Registrable Securities), expenses of printing
certificates for any Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit
with
the Depository Trust Company, internal expenses, and fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and its independent certified public accountants
(including the expenses of any management review, cold comfort letters or any
special audits required by or incident to such performance and compliance),
securities acts liability insurance (if the Company elects to obtain such
insurance), the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained
by
the Company in connection with such registration, fees and expenses of other
Persons retained by the Company, the fees and expenses of one (1) counsel
not to exceed $50,000 (the “Holders’
Counsel”)
selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
included in such Registration; but not including any underwriting fees,
discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of securities or fees and
expenses of counsel representing the holders of Registrable Securities included
in such Registration (other than the Holders’ Counsel) incurred in connection
with the sale of Registrable Securities.
“Required
Registration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this
Agreement.
“Sale
of the Company”
means:
(i) any
consolidation or merger of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in which
the shares of Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other
property;
(ii) any
sale,
lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries; or
(iii) any
Person has become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of shares of the capital stock of the
Company representing greater than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the
Company.
“SEC”
shall
mean, at any time, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency at such time administering the Securities Act.
“Securities
Act”
shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of
the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Selection
Date”
shall
mean the date that is sixty (60) days prior to the date on which the
Company distributes to its stockholders the proxy statement relating to each
applicable annual meeting.
“Shelf
Registration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“Shelf
Registration Lapse Date”
shall
mean the date, if any, that (x) the Company is not permitted to file or
maintain a Form S-3 in connection with the Shelf Registration in accordance
with Section 3.1(a), or (y) the Shelf Registration expired in
accordance with Section 3.1(a)(i) and not all Registrable Securities
registered in such Shelf Registration have been sold.
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“Shelf
Registration Statement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“Standstill
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this
Agreement.
“Standstill
Securities”
shall
mean any Equity Securities of the Company, other than options to purchase Common
Stock issued pursuant to Company stock option plans and shares of Common Stock
issued upon exercise of such stock options and shares subject to warrants owned
by a Stockholder as of the Merger Agreement Date.
“Stockholder”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, subject to
Section 2.2 hereof.
“Subject
Stockholder”
shall
mean each of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Laminar and each of their respective Permitted
Transferees pursuant to a Transfer described in clause (iii) of
Section 2.2(a).
“Subsidiary”
or“Subsidiaries”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation more than 50% of
whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective
of
whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of such corporation
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is owned by such Person directly or indirectly through one or
more
Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, association, joint
venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through
one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a 50% equity
interest.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
mean, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Merger Agreement, and
(iii) that certain pledge agreement executed by Company and the
Stockholders and (iv) each other agreement, instrument and document
delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated
by the documents described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this
definition.
“Transfer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“Xxxxxxx”
means
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER
OF EQUITY SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Restrictions.
(a) No
Stockholder shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, sell,
assign, donate, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in
or
in any other manner transfer, any Registrable Securities, in whole or in part,
or any other right or interest therein, or enter into any transaction which
results in the economic equivalent of a transfer of Registrable Securities
to
any Person (each such action, a “Transfer”)
except
pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.
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(b) From
and
after the dates hereof, all certificates or other instruments representing
Registrable Securities held by each Stockholder shall bear legend which shall
state:
(i) “The
sale, transfer, hypothecation, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other
disposition of this share certificate and the shares Common Stock represented
hereby are restricted by and are subject to all of the terms, conditions and
provisions of that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of
[ ], 2008, by and
between General Finance Corporation and the stockholders party thereto, which
agreement is on file at the principal offices of General Finance
Corporation.”
(ii) “The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to any state securities laws.
The securities have been acquired for investment and may not be sold or
transferred except in compliance with the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws or
pursuant to an exemption therefrom.”
(c) Any
attempt to transfer any Registrable Security which is not in accordance with
this Agreement shall be null and void and the Company agrees that it will not
cause, permit or give any effect to any Transfer of any Registrable Securities
to be made on its books and records unless such Transfer is permitted by this
Agreement and has been made in accordance with the terms hereof.
(d) Each
Stockholder agrees that it will not effect any Transfer of Registrable
Securities unless such Transfer is a Permitted Transfer and is made
(i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under
the Securities Act and (ii) in accordance with all applicable Laws
(including, without limitation, all securities laws).
(e) The
restrictions contained in this Section 2.1 shall expire on the first anniversary
of the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.2 Permitted
Transfers.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to Sections 2.2(b)
and 2.2(c), a Stockholder may at any time effect any of the following Transfers
(each a “Permitted
Transfer”,
and
each transferee of such Stockholder in respect of such Transfer, a “Permitted
Transferee”):
(i) any
Transfer of any or all Registrable Securities held by a Stockholder who is
a
natural Person following such Stockholder’s death by will or intestacy to such
Stockholder’s legal representative, heir or legatee;
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(ii) any
Transfer of any or all Registrable Securities held by a Stockholder who is
a
natural Person as a gift or gifts during such Stockholder’s lifetime to such
Stockholder’s spouse, children, grandchildren or a trust or other legal entity
for the exclusive benefit of such Stockholder or any one or more of the
foregoing; or
(iii) any
Transfer of any or all Registrable Securities held by a Stockholder to any
Affiliate of such Stockholder; provided
, that
any such Affiliate shall Transfer such Registrable Securities to the Stockholder
from whom the Registrable Securities were originally received or acquired within
five (5) calendar days after ceasing to be an Affiliate of such
Stockholder.
(b) In
any
Transfer referred to above in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of
Section 2.2(a), the Permitted Transferee shall agree in writing to be bound
by all of the provisions of this Agreement, shall execute and deliver to the
Company a counterpart to this Agreement, and shall hold all such Registrable
Securities as a “Stockholder” hereunder as if such Permitted Transferee was an
original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, while such Stockholder
serves as a director or officer of Company, at all times during the Company’s
customary black-out periods (i.e., relating to the public release of quarterly
or annual financial information) shall not sell any Equity Securities other
than
during any period when the directors and officers of the Company are not
prohibited from selling Equity Securities pursuant to the written policies
and
procedures of the Company governing transfers of Equity Securities by such
officers and directors during such ordinary black-out periods as may be in
effect from time to time. Provided that the pledge of Common Stock complied
with
this Section 2.2(c) when pledged, foreclosure by a pledgee on Common Stock
shall
not violate this Section 2.2(c).
SECTION 2.3 Standstill.
For
the
period (the “Standstill
Period”)
commencing on the date hereof and ending on June 30, 2009, no Subject
Stockholder shall, and each Subject Stockholder shall cause its Affiliates
not
to, unless expressly agreed in writing, in advance, by Company, directly or
indirectly, in any manner whatsoever:
(a)
acquire,
announce an intention to acquire, offer or propose to acquire, solicit an offer
to sell or agree to acquire, or enter into any arrangement or undertaking to
acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase, or otherwise, record or direct
or
indirect beneficial ownership interest in any Standstill Securities or other
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect
rights, warrants or options to acquire record or direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of any securities or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(b) make,
effect, initiate, cause or participate in any take-over bid, tender offer,
exchange offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization,
restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction
involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(c) other
than as a director or officer of the Company, solicit, make, effect, initiate,
cause, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any solicitation
of
proxies or consents from any holders of any securities of Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries or call or seek to have called any meeting of stockholders of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(d) form,
join or participate in, or otherwise encourage the formation of, any “group”
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect
to any securities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not Standstill
Securities;
(e) arrange,
facilitate, or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in any financing
for the purchase of any securities Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
are
not Standstill Securities;
(f) (i) act,
directly or indirectly, to seek control or direct the board of directors,
stockholders, policies or affairs of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) solicit, propose, seek to effect or negotiate with any other Person
with respect to any form of business combination transaction involving Company
or any take-over bid, tender, exchange offer, merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution, or other
extraordinary transaction involving Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(iii) disclose an intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to an
acquisition of Company, or any securities or assets of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that are not Standstill Securities;
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.3, each Subject Stockholder
shall be permitted to sell its Equity Securities in any Sale of the Company
that
has been approved by the board of directors of Company and which recommendation
has not been withdrawn.
ARTICLE III
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
SECTION 3.1 Required
Registrations.
(a) Shelf
Registration Statement. Company
shall file a registration statement under the Securities Act on or about June
30, 2009 covering all of the Registrable Securities then held by the
Stockholders on Form S-3 or such other available forms (the “Shelf
Registration”),
provided that each such Stockholder desiring to participate in such Shelf
Registration shall comply with Section 3.8 hereof, and to have such Registration
Statement declared effective to enable the resale of such Registrable Securities
after June 30, 2009 on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act (the “Shelf
Registration Statement”)
through AMEX or such other market as may be the principal market on which the
Registrable Securities are then quoted or listed. Company will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
remain continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of
the
date on which all Registrable Securities held by the Stockholders shall have
either (i) been sold in accordance with this Section 3.1(a) or
(ii) ceased to be outstanding.
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(b) Required
Registrations. If
at any time after (i) the Shelf Registration Lapse Date or (ii) the Company
fails to maintain the Shelf Registration continuously effective pursuant to
Section 1(a) hereof, Company shall be requested in writing, which writing shall
specify the Registrable Securities to be registered and, if applicable, the
intended method of disposition thereof (a “Demand
Request”),
by
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx or Laminar (each a “Demanding
Stockholder”),
to
effect a registration under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities held
by
such Stockholders (each, a “Required
Registration”),
then
Company shall promptly use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such
Required Registration by filing, at Company’s option, either a Form S-1 or
Form S-3 registration statement (a “Demand
Registration Statement”);
provided
the
Company shall not be required to comply with more than one (1) Demand
Request during any twelve (12) month period. Each of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and
Laminar may only exercise one (1) Demand Request under this Agreement;
provided,
however,
that a
request or registration shall not count as one of the Demand Requests (or
Required Registrations) until it has become effective, and neither the last
nor
any subsequent Demand Requests (or Required Registrations) shall count as one
of
the Demand Requests (or Demand Registrations) unless the holders of Registrable
Securities are able to register and sell at least 85% of the Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration; provided,
that in
any event the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with
any
registration initiated as a Required Registration whether or not it has become
effective and whether or not such registration has counted as one of the
Required Registrations hereunder. Subject to the provisos in the preceding
sentence, the Company shall only be obligated to comply with three
(3) Demand Requests in total. Upon receipt by Company of a Demand Request,
Company shall deliver a written notice (a “Demand
Notice”)
to
each Stockholder who did not make such Demand Request stating that Company
intends to comply with a Demand Request and informing each such Stockholder
of
its right to include Registrable Securities in such Required Registration.
Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Demand Notice, each
Stockholder shall have the right to request in writing that Company include
all
or a specific portion of the Registrable Securities held by such Stockholder
in
such Required Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, Company shall be obligated to effect any one or more of such Required
Registrations pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement if the Demanding
Stockholder so requests in connection with any Demand Request.
(c) Selection
of Underwriters.
In the
event that the Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to a Required
Registration are to be disposed of in an underwritten public offering, the
underwriters of such public offering shall be one or more underwriting firms
of
nationally recognized standing selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable
to the Demanding Stockholder. In the event Company elects to file a Demand
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and the underwriters, if any, in such
public offering or the Demanding Stockholder requests that Company provide
disclosures otherwise required in connection with a Form S-1 registration
statement, then Company shall include in such Demand Registration Statement
such
“long form” disclosures.
(d) Priority
on Required Registrations. In the event that, in the case of any Required
Registration, the managing underwriter for the public offering contemplated
by
Section 3.1(b) shall advise Company in writing (with a copy to each holder
of
Registrable Securities requesting sale) that, in such underwriter’s opinion, the
amount of securities requested to be included in such Required Registration
would adversely affect the public offering and sale (including pricing) of
such
Registrable Securities (such writing to state the basis of such opinion and
the
approximate number of Registrable Securities that may be included in such public
offering without such effect), Company will include in such Required
Registration the number of Registrable Securities that the Company is so advised
can be sold in such public offering, in the following amounts:
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(i) first,
all
Registrable Securities requested to be sold by holders of Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1(b)
pro
rata among
such holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by
each
such holders; and
(ii) second,
securities proposed to be sold by Company for its own account.
(e) Black
Out Period. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board reasonably
determines that the registration and distribution of Registrable Securities
(i) would reasonably be expected to impede, delay or interfere with, or
require premature disclosure of, any material financing, offering, acquisition,
merger, corporate reorganization, or other significant transaction or any
negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect thereto, involving
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) would require disclosure of
non-public material information, the disclosure of which would reasonably be
expected to adversely affect Company, Company shall (x) be entitled to
postpone the filing or effectiveness or suspend the effectiveness of a
registration statement and/or the use of any prospectus for a period of time
not
to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days and (y) promptly give the
Stockholders written notice of such postponement or suspension (which notice
need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such
suspension);
provided
, that
Company shall not utilize the right described in Section 3.1(b) more than
once in any twelve (12) month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set forth herein, any application of the provisions of Section 2.2(c) of
this Agreement that results in a postponement of the effectiveness of a
registration statement pursuant to this Section 3.1(e) shall not be
included in calculating the 120-day period.
SECTION 3.2 Incidental
Registration.
(a) Filing
of Registration Statement. If,
at any time after the first anniversary of the date hereof, the Company proposes
to register, for its own account or for the account of any other Person any
of
its securities (an “Incidental
Registration”)
under
the Securities Act (other than pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto) for sale to the
public, it will at each such time give prompt written notice to all Stockholders
of its intention to do so, which notice shall be given at least thirty
(30) days prior to the date that a registration statement relating to such
registration is proposed to be filed with the SEC. Upon the written request
of
any Stockholder to include Registrable Securities held by it that are not
otherwise covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or a Demand Registration
Statement in such Incidental Registration (which request shall (i) be made
within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any such notice, and
(ii) specify the Registrable Securities intended to be included by such
holder), Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
registration of all
Registrable Securities that Company has been so requested to register by such
Stockholder;
provided
,
however
, that
if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any
securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed
in connection with such registration, Company shall determine for any reason
to
terminate such registration statement and not to register such securities,
Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to
each
such holder and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register
any
Registrable Securities of such Persons in connection with such
registration.
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(b) Selection
and Use of Underwriters. Underwriters,
if any, in connection with any offering pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall
be selected at the sole and exclusive discretion of Company. No Stockholder
shall Transfer any Registrable Securities included in the Incidental
Registration other than through the underwriter or underwriters so selected
by
Company.
(c) Priority
on Incidental Registrations. If
the managing underwriter for the offering contemplated by this Section 3.2
shall advise Company in writing that, in such underwriter’s opinion, the number
of securities requested to be included in such Incidental Registration would
adversely affect the offering and sale (including pricing) of such securities,
Company shall include in such Incidental Registration the number of securities
that Company is so advised can be sold in such offering, in the following
amounts and order of priority:
(i) first,
securities proposed to be sold by Company for its own account;
(ii) second,
securities proposed to be sold for persons who triggered such Incidental
Registration under a demand right; and
(ii) third,
securities proposed to be sold by all other persons pro rata among such
persons.
SECTION 3.3 Registration
Procedures.
Company
will use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect the Shelf Registration
and Required Registration pursuant to Section 3.1 and each Incidental
Registration pursuant to Section 3.2, and to cooperate with the sale of
such Registrable Securities in accordance with such registration statements
as
quickly as reasonably practicable, and Company will as expeditiously as
reasonably practicable:
(a) subject
to the rights of Company set forth in Section 3.2(a), prepare and file with
the SEC the registration statement and use all commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the Registration to become effective;
(b) subject,
in the case of an Incidental Registration, to the proviso to
Section 3.2(a), prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to any registration statement and any prospectus
used
in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement
effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect
to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been
disposed of in accordance with such registration statement and cause the
prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as
so
supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act;
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(c) furnish,
upon request, at no charge to the holders of the Registrable Securities, to
each
holder of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration and the
underwriter or underwriters, without charge, at least one copy of the signed
registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and such number
of conformed copies thereof and such number of copies of the prospectus
(including each preliminary prospectus and each prospectus filed under
Rule 424 under the Securities Act), any amendments or supplements thereto
and any documents incorporated by reference therein, as such holder or
underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
the
Registrable Securities being sold by such holder (it being understood that
Company consents to the use of the prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto by each holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement and the underwriter or underwriters, in connection with the offering
and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto);
(d) promptly
notify each holder of the Registrable Securities to be included in such
Registration and the underwriter or underwriters:
(i) of
any
stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement, issued or threatened by the SEC in connection therewith, and take
all
commercially reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop
order
or to remove it or obtain withdrawal of it at the earliest possible moment
if
entered;
(ii) when
such
registration statement or any prospectus used in connection therewith, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, has been filed and, with respect to such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same
has become effective;
(iii) of
any
written request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to such registration
statement or prospectus or additional information;
(iv) of
the
receipt by Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable
securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction; and
(v) following
it becoming aware thereof, notify the Stockholders of the occurrence of any
event that makes any statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in
a
registration statement or prospectus so that, in such regard, it shall not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements (in the case
of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made),
not
misleading;
(e) if
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, promptly incorporate
in a
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information relating
to
such underwriting as the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request
to be included therein; and make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being
notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment; provided
,
however
, that
Company shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this
Section 3.3(e) that would, in the opinion of counsel to the Company,
violate applicable Law;
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(f) on
or
prior to the date on which a Registration is declared effective, use all
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with
the
holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration, the
underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their counsel, in connection with
the
registration or qualification of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of each
state and other jurisdiction of the United States as any such holder or
underwriter reasonably requests in writing; use all commercially reasonable
efforts to keep each such registration or qualification effective, including
through new filings, or amendments or renewals, during the period such
registration statement is required to be kept effective; and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
of the Registrable Securities in all such jurisdictions reasonably requested
to
be covered by such Registration.
(g) in
connection with any sale pursuant to a Registration, cooperate with the holders
of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration and the managing
underwriter or underwriters, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery
of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends including, without
limitation, those set forth in Section 2.1) representing securities to be
sold under such Registration, and enable such securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, or such holders may request;
(h) use
all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be
registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
within the United States and having jurisdiction over Company or any Subsidiary
as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter
or underwriters, as applicable, to consummate the disposition of such
securities;
(i) use
all
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such legal opinions and auditors’
consents as may be required by applicable Law;
(j) otherwise
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make generally
available to its security holders (as contemplated by Section 11(a) under
the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying
the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act no later than ninety
(90) days after the end of the twelve (12) month period beginning with
the first month of Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the registration statement, which statement shall cover said twelve
(12) month period;
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(k) use
all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause its senior executive officers to
participate in “road shows” at the request of the underwriters in connection
with a Required Registration; provided
, that
such senior executive officers shall not be required to participate in “road
shows” for more than two (2) Required Registrations;
(l) register
the Registrable Securities on trading on AMEX, or such other national securities
exchange or NASDAQ where the Common Stock is registered for public
trading;
(m) provide
copies to Stockholders of “cold comfort” letters or other documents provided to
underwriters; and
(n) prior
to
filing of a registration statement with the SEC, deliver to the Stockholders
and
counsel for the Stockholders a copy of such registration statement.
SECTION 3.4 Registration
Expenses.
Company
will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of
Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any such registration
not
effected by the Company.
SECTION 3.5 Indemnification;
Contribution.
(a) Company
shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each holder
of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, partners, employees and
agents, if any, and each Person, if any, who controls such holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities (or proceedings in respect thereof) and expenses (under
the
Securities Act or common law or otherwise), joint or several, resulting from
any
violation by Company of the provisions of the Securities Act or any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
registration statement or prospectus (and as amended or supplemented if amended
or supplemented) or any preliminary prospectus or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus,
in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or proceedings in
respect thereof) or expenses are caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement contained in, or by any omission or alleged omission from,
information concerning any holder of Registrable Securities furnished in writing
to Company by such holder expressly for use therein. No action or failure to
act
on the part of the underwriters (whether or not such underwriter is an Affiliate
of any holder of Registrable Securities) shall affect the obligations of Company
to indemnify any holder of Registrable Securities or any other Person pursuant
to the preceding sentence. In connection with any underwritten offering pursuant
to Section 3.2, Company agrees to enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the applicable underwriters, and Company agrees to indemnify
such underwriters, their officers, directors, employees and agents, if any,
and
each Person, if any, who controls such underwriters within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act to the same extent as herein before
provided with respect to the indemnification of the holders of Registrable
Securities;
provided
that
Company shall not be required to indemnify any such underwriter, or any officer,
director or employee of such underwriter or any Person who controls such
underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, to the
extent that the loss, claim, damage, liability (or proceedings in respect
thereof) or expense for which indemnification is claimed results from such
underwriter’s failure to send or give a copy of an amended or supplemented final
prospectus to the Person asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such
statement or omission was corrected in such amended or supplemented final
prospectus prior to such written confirmation and the underwriter was provided
with such amended or supplemented final prospectus.
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(b) In
connection with any registration statement in connection with an offering in
which a holder of Registrable Securities is participating, each such holder,
severally and not jointly, shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable Law, Company, each underwriter and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents, if any, and each Person, if any, who controls
Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or proceedings
in respect thereof) and expenses resulting from any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact in, or any omission or alleged omission
of a
material fact required to be stated in, the registration statement or prospectus
or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but
only
to the extent that such untrue statement is contained in, or such omission
is
from, information so concerning a holder furnished in writing by such holder
expressly for use therein;
provided
that
such holder’s obligations hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the
net proceeds to such holder of the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to
such
registration statement.
(c) Any
Person entitled to indemnification under the provisions of this Section 3.5
shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with
respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying
party to assume the defense of such claim, with counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the indemnified party; and if such defense is so assumed, such indemnifying
party shall not enter into any settlement without the consent of the indemnified
party if such settlement attributes liability to the indemnified party and
such
indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement
made
without its consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld); and any
underwriting agreement entered into with respect to any registration statement
provided for under this Article III shall so provide. In the event an
indemnifying party shall elect not to assume the defense of a claim, such
indemnifying party shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more
than one counsel or firm of counsel for all parties indemnified by such
indemnifying party in respect of such claim.
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(d) If
for
any reason the foregoing indemnity is unavailable, then the indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as
a
result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted
by applicable Law or provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the
amount hereinafter calculated, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other but also the relative fault of
the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no holder of
Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of
the amount such holder would have been required to pay to an indemnified party
if the indemnity under Section 3.5(b) were available. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligation of any Person to
contribute pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be several and not
joint.
(e) An
indemnifying party shall make payments of all amounts required to be made
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5 to or for the
account of the indemnified party from time to time promptly upon receipt of
bills or invoices relating thereto or when otherwise due or
payable.
(f) The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 3.5 shall
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on
behalf of a participating holder of Registrable Securities, its officers,
directors, agents or any Person, if any, who controls such holder as aforesaid,
and shall survive the Transfer of Equity Securities by such holder and the
termination of this Agreement for any reason.
SECTION 3.6 Holdback
Agreements.
Each
Stockholder agrees not to sell, make any short sale of, grant any option for
the
purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Equity Securities, other than those
Registrable Securities included in such Registration pursuant to
Section 3.1 or 3.2(a), for the seven (7) days prior to and the ninety
(90) days after the effectiveness of the registration statement pursuant to
which such offering shall be made (or such longer periods as may be advised
by
the underwriter with respect to the applicable offering but in any event not
to
exceed thirty (30) days prior to and ninety (90) days after the
effectiveness of such registration statement). Company agrees that it and its
executive officers will be subject to the holdback period requested by the
underwriters of a Required Registration, if any, pursuant to this
Section 3.6 to the extent that such underwriters determine such holdback by
Company and its executive officers is reasonably necessary for the successful
offering and sale of all Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration.
SECTION 3.7 Availability
of Information.
The
Company shall cooperate with each Stockholder who is a holder of any Registrable
Securities in supplying such information as may be reasonably necessary for
such
holder to complete and file any information reporting forms presently or
hereafter required by the SEC as a condition to the availability of an exemption
from the Securities Act for the sale of any Registrable Securities.
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SECTION 3.8 Information
Concerning Stockholders.
It
shall
be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to include the
Registrable Securities of any selling Stockholder in any registration statement
or prospectus, as the case may be, that such selling Stockholder shall take
the
actions described in this Section 3.8:
(a) each
selling Stockholder that has requested inclusion of its Registrable Securities
in any registration statement shall furnish to the Company in writing all
information as may be necessary to make the information previously furnished
to
the Company by such Stockholder, in light of the circumstances under which
it
was made, not misleading, any other information regarding such Stockholder
and
the distribution of such Registrable Securities as may be required to be
disclosed in the prospectus or registration statement under applicable Law
or
pursuant to SEC comments and any information otherwise reasonably requested
from
time to time by the Company to comply with applicable Law or regulations,
including, without limitation, (i) the then current name and address of
such Stockholder(s), (ii) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities
requested to be registered, (iii) the total number of Registrable
Securities then held by such Stockholder(s), (iv) the intended means of
distribution, and (v) any other information required to be disclosed with
respect to such Stockholder or such Stockholder’s Registrable Securities in the
registration statement or related prospectus by the Securities Act;
(b) each
selling Stockholder shall promptly (i) following it becoming aware thereof,
notify the Company of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement
made
in a registration statement or prospectus regarding such selling Stockholder
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in
a
registration statement or prospectus so that, in such regard, it shall not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements (in the case
of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made),
not
misleading and (ii) in connection with providing such notice, provide the
Company with such information in its possession as may be required to enable
the
Company to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to any such
registration statement or a supplement to such prospectus;
(c) with
respect to any registration statement for an underwritten offering, the
inclusion of a Stockholder’s Registrable Securities therein shall be
conditioned, at the managing underwriter’s request, upon the execution and
delivery by such Stockholder of an underwriting agreement as may be negotiated
by the Company;
(d) any
sale of any Registrable Securities by any Stockholder shall constitute a
representation and warranty by such Stockholder that the prospectus delivered
by
such Stockholder does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue
statement of a material fact relating to the information expressly provided
in
writing by such Stockholder for inclusion in such prospectus and that such
prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material
fact
relating to the information expressly provided in writing by such Stockholder
for inclusion in such prospectus necessary to make the statements in such
prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and
(e) no
Stockholder shall use, distribute or otherwise disseminate any “free writing
prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in connection
with the sale of Registrable Shares under the Shelf Registration Statement,
without the prior written consent of the Company.
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ARTICLE IV
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 4.1 Composition.
(a) At
the Effective Time, the Company shall expand the size of the Board so that
the
number of members on the Board is equal to six (6) and shall appoint
Xxxxxx, whose term will end at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company
held in 2009.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 5.1 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, including the schedules hereto and any other documents referred
to
herein which form a part hereof, contains the entire understanding of the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the
parties with respect to such subject matter.
SECTION 5.2 Table
of Contents; Captions.
The
table
of contents and the Article and Section captions used herein are for reference
purposes only, and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation
of
this Agreement.
SECTION 5.3 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one instrument.
SECTION 5.4 Notices.
Any
notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been duly given (i) five (5) Business Days following
deposit in the mails if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
(ii) when sent, if sent by facsimile transmission, if receipt thereof is
confirmed by telephone, (iii) when delivered, if delivered personally to
the intended recipient and (iv) two (2) Business Days following
deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, in each case
addressed as follows:
If
to
Company, to:
General
Finance Corporation
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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and
if to
any of the Stockholders, to the addresses or facsimile numbers set forth
opposite each of their names on Schedule I attached hereto; or such other
addresses or number as shall be furnished in writing by any such
party.
SECTION 5.5 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the
Stockholders and their respective successors and Permitted Transferees. Any
or
all of the rights of a Stockholder under this Agreement may be assigned or
otherwise conveyed by any Stockholder only in connection with a Transfer of
Equity Securities which is in compliance with this Agreement.
SECTION 5.6 Governing
Law.
The
interpretation and construction of this Agreement, and all matters relating
hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
SECTION 5.7 Submission
to Jurisdiction.
(a) Each
of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any
legal action or proceeding brought with respect to any of the obligations
arising under or relating to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of
the
State of California, County of Los Angeles or in the United States District
Court for the Central District of California and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or
proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each
party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such courts
lack jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any
legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby brought in any of the aforesaid courts, that any such court
lacks jurisdiction over such party. Each party irrevocably consents to the
service of process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies
thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at
its
address for notices set forth in Section 5.4, such service to become
effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives
and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder
or under any other documents contemplated hereby that service of process was
in
any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 5.7(b), the foregoing
shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.
(b) The
parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its
successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may,
in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced
in
any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
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(c) The
parties hereto agree that the remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement
may
be inadequate and that should any dispute arise concerning any matter hereunder,
this Agreement shall be enforceable in a court of equity by an injunction or
a
decree of specific performance. Such remedies shall, however, be cumulative
and
nonexclusive, and shall be in addition to any other remedies which the parties
hereto may have.
(d) The
prevailing party or parties in any legal action or proceeding brought with
respect to any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement
shall be entitled to receive from the losing party or parties all costs and
expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by the prevailing party
or
parties.
SECTION 5.8 Third
Party Beneficiaries.
Each
party hereto intends that this Agreement shall not benefit or create any right
or cause of action in or on behalf of any Person other than the parties hereto,
provided, however, the persons entitled to indemnification under Section 3.5
shall be third-party beneficiaries hereof.
SECTION 5.9 Confidentiality.
Each
Stockholder hereby agrees that it shall keep (and shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause its directors, officers, general and limited
partners, employees, representatives and outside advisors and its Affiliates
to
keep) all non-public information relating to Company received by it in
connection with any Registration confidential except information which
(a) becomes known to such Stockholder from a source, other than Company,
its directors, officers, employees, representatives or outside advisors, which
source, to the actual knowledge of such Stockholder, is not obligated to Company
to keep such information confidential or (b) is or becomes generally
available to the public through no breach of this Agreement by such Stockholder.
Company and each Stockholder agrees that (i) such non-public information
may be communicated to the directors, officers, general and limited partners,
employees, representatives, outside advisors and Affiliates of such Stockholder
and (ii) such Stockholder will use all commercially reasonable to cause its
directors, officers, general and limited partners, employees, representatives,
outside advisors or Affiliates to keep such non-public information confidential.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Stockholder may disclose non-public information
if required to do so upon request for disclosure pursuant to a federal or state
freedom of information statute or by a court of competent jurisdiction or by
any
governmental agency;
provided however
, that,
to the extent permitted by law, prompt notice of such required disclosure be
given to Company prior to the making of such disclosure so that Company may
seek
a protective order or other appropriate remedy. In the event that such
protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Stockholder required
to
disclose the non-public information will disclose only that portion which such
party is legally required to be disclosed and will request that confidential
treatment be accorded such portion of the non-public information.
SECTION 5.10 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived without the
prior
written consent of the Company and holders of more than ninety percent (90%)
of
the issued and outstanding Registrable Securities, collectively. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the addition of parties to this Agreement in accordance with
its
terms shall not be deemed to be an amendment, modification or waiver requiring
the consent of any Stockholder.
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SECTION 5.11 No
Strict Construction.
The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this
Agreement. In the event any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by all parties
hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or
disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.
SECTION 5.12 Specific
Performance.
Company
and each Stockholder agrees that irreparable damages would occur to Company
or
such Stockholder, as the case may be, if any of the provisions of this Agreement
were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. It is accordingly agreed that each of Company and each Stockholder
shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent actual
breaches of this Agreement by Company or the Stockholders, as the case may
be,
and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in the courts
referenced in Section 5.7 (or, on a preliminary basis in order to preserve
the status quo pending a decision of the courts referenced in Section 5.7,
or in order to enforce a judgment of the courts referenced in Section 5.7,
in any court of competent jurisdiction), in addition to having any other
remedies to which the Company or such Stockholder is entitled at law or in
equity and without the necessity of proving damages or posting a bond or other
security.
SECTION
5.13 Several
Liability
No
Stockholder shall have any liability or obligations hereunder for any covenant
of, or breach hereof by, any other Stockholder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date
first set forth above.
GENERAL
FINANCE CORPORATION
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Schedule I
STOCKHOLDERS
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Exhibit
E
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”)
is
entered into as of July 22, 2008 by and between Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana
corporation (“Pac-Van”),
and
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (“Employee”
and
collectively with Pac-Van, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Parties entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated as of August
1,
2006 (the “Original
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
in connection with the potential acquisition of Pac-Van by General Finance
Corporation ("GFN"), the Parties desire to amend the Original Agreement as
set
forth herein, and desire that, except as set forth in this Amendment, the
Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions hereinafter set forth, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the
meanings ascribed to them in the Original Agreement (without regard to this
Amendment).
2. Amendment.
Reference hereby is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date
herewith, among Pac-Van, Mobile Office Acquisition Corp., GFN and the other
parties named therein (the "Merger Agreement"). If, and only if, the Merger
(as
defined in the Merger Agreement) occurs, then on the Effective Time (as defined
in the Merger Agreement), Section 2 of the Original Agreement is
hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“2.
Term
of Employment.
Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall commence on August 1, 2006 and
shall end on July 31, 2010 (“Initial
Term”)
or
such earlier date on which Employee’s employment is terminated under Section 6
of this Agreement (the “Expiration
Date”).”
Nothing
contained herein shall obligate the parties to the Merger Agreement to complete
the Merger. If the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to completion of
the
Merger, this Amendment shall be void and of no force and effect without any
further action on the part of the parties hereto.
3. References.
All
references in the Original Agreement to “Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” or
terms of like import referring to the Original Agreement or any portion thereof
are hereby amended to refer to the Original Agreement as amended by this
Amendment.
4. No
Implied Amendments.
Except
as expressly provided herein, the Original Agreement is not being amended,
supplemented, or otherwise modified, and the Original Agreement shall continue
in force and effect in accordance with its terms.
5. Counterparts.
This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but
one
and the same agreement.
6. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns.
7. Governing
Law.
This
Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws (and not the law of conflicts) of the State of Indiana.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Amendment,
or
caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf by a representative duly
authorized, as of the date first above written.
PAC-VAN,
INC.
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Exhibit
F
GENERAL
RELEASE
THIS
GENERAL RELEASE (this “Release”)
dated
as of ____, 2008 (the “Effective
Date”)
is
entered into among Mobile Office Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“MOAC”),
Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Pac-Van”
and
collectively with MOAC, the “Pac-Van
Companies”),
and
the stockholder or optionholder of MOAC identified on the signature hereto
(the
“MOAC
Party”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”)
dated
July 22, 2008 by and among General Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”),
GFN
North America Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Surviving Corporation") and
the
other parties named therein, the MOAC party is required to execute this Release
in consideration;
WHEREAS,
it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the
Merger Agreement that all of the MOAC Parties execute and deliver to Parent
this
Release; and
WHEREAS,
the MOAC, Pac-Van and the MOAC Parties desire that each MOAC Party accept
the
sums payable to such MOAC Party pursuant to the Merger Agreement (the
“Merger
Consideration”)
as
full and final satisfaction of all claims against the Pac-Van Companies pursuant
to the terms set forth herein; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth,
the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Releases
by the Parties.
Upon the
receipt of that portion of the Merger Consideration payable to such MOAC
Party
on the Effective Date pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the execution
and
delivery of this Release by such MOAC Party, the releases of such MOAC Party
set
forth herein shall become effective.
(a) Release
and Discharge by MOAC Parties.
As a
material inducement to enter into this Release, each of the MOAC Parties
(on
behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers,
employees, representatives, advisors and affiliates), hereby releases and
forever discharges each of the Pac-Van Companies (and the successors, assigns,
agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors and affiliates
of each of the Pac-Van Companies) from any and all claims, demands, actions,
causes of action, charges, complaints, liabilities, obligations, promises,
agreements, damages, suits, costs, losses, debts and expenses (including,
without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs) of any nature or kind, known or
unknown or suspected or unsuspected, including all claims as a stockholder
of
MOAC, (collectively, “Claims”)
arising on or prior to the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing contained herein shall be deemed a release of any claim for a breach
of
the Merger Agreement by Parent or Surviving Corporation or any claim for
indemnity from the Pac-Van Companies or Surviving Corporation to which the
MOAC
Party (or its representative) is entitled as an officer or director of either
of
the Pac-Van Companies.
(b) Claims.
It is
the intention of each of the parties to this Release (on behalf of such party
and such party’s respective beneficiaries, successors, assigns, agents,
directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors and affiliates
(and
the agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors and
affiliates of such parties), that this Release shall be effective as a full
and
final release of all Claims released pursuant to this Section 1. Each party
hereto hereby acknowledges that it has read and is familiar with California
Civil Code Section 1542 which states as follows:
“A
GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW
OR
SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH
IF
KNOWN TO HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE
DEBTOR.”
The
MOAC
Party (on behalf of the MOAC Party and its respective beneficiaries, successors,
assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors
and
affiliates (and the agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives,
advisors and affiliates of such parties) does hereby expressly waive and
relinquish all rights and benefits which it has or may have under California
Civil Code Section 1542 (OR
ANY SIMILAR LAW OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY, STATE, TERRITORY OR
JURISDICTION)
to the
fullest extent that it may lawfully waive such rights and benefits. In
connection with the waiver and relinquishment set forth in this Section 1,
the
MOAC Party acknowledges that it is aware that it may hereafter discover facts
in
addition to and/or different from those now known or believed to be true,
but
that notwithstanding that fact, it is the MOAC Party's intention hereby to
fully, finally, and forever release all of the Claims released herein, known
or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which now exist, may in the future exist
or
heretofore have existed between the MOAC Party, on the one hand, and those
parties, persons and entities granted releases by it, on the other hand,
and
that in furtherance of such intention, the releases given herein shall be
and
remain in effect as full and complete releases, notwithstanding the discovery
or
existence of any such additional or different facts.
2. No
Filings; Non-Cooperation.
Each of
the MOAC Parties hereto agrees and represents that it has not filed any Claims
against any person such party has released herein with any local, state or
federal agency, court or other government entity, and that such party will
not
do so at any time, based on any act, omission or other thing arising or accruing
on or prior to the Effective Date.
3. Representations
and Warranties; Indemnification.
Each
of
the parties hereto represents, warrants and agrees that this Release has
been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding agreement of such party enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms. Each party hereto represents, warrants and agrees that such
party has full right, power, authority and capacity to execute, deliver and
perform this Release. Each of the parties hereto, jointly and severally,
shall
indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless the other parties hereto and the
parties released hereunder, from and against any and all Claims by any party
or
government entity arising out of, resulting from or incident to any breach
or
inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant set forth
in
this Release.
4. Non-Admission.
The
parties to this Release in no way acknowledge any fault or liability to any
other party hereto or any other person or entity and this Release shall not
in
any way be construed as an admission by any party or any other person or
entity
of any fault or liability to any other party hereto or any other person or
entity.
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5. Consultation
with Counsel; Full and Independent Knowledge and
Understanding.
The MOAC
Party acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to consult with qualified
legal counsel of its choice to the full extent desired before signing this
Release, and that it has carefully read and fully understands all of the
provisions of this Release; and that such party is voluntarily entering into
the
same.
6. Venue;
Expense Recovery.
Each
party to this Release irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts
of
the State of Indiana and the United States District Court for the district
in
which Indianapolis, Indiana is located for the purpose of any suit, action,
proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Release and the
transactions contemplated hereby and to the laying of venue in any such court.
Each party hereto irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action
or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
Should any party hereto ever institute any legal action or administrative
proceeding with respect to any Claim released by this Release or otherwise
in
violation of a representation made by such claimant in this Release, the
responding party shall be entitled to recover from the other party or parties,
as applicable, all damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred as a
result of such action.
7. Successors.
This
Release shall be binding upon the parties hereto and upon their respective
heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns,
and
shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective
heirs,
administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns.
8. Governing
Law.
This
Release shall in all respects be interpreted, enforced and governed under
the
internal laws (without regard to choice of law principles) of the State of
Indiana.
9.
Counterparts.
This
Release may be executed in two or more counterparts and by different parties
in
separate counterparts (including by facsimile). All of such counterparts
shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
10. Notices.
All
notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be
in
writing and shall be delivered personally, by facsimile or sent by certified,
registered or express air mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given
when
so delivered personally or by facsimile, or if mailed, three (3) business
days
after the date of mailing, to the addresses set forth below the signature
of
such party hereto or to such other address as any party hereto shall notify
the
other parties hereto (as provided above) from time to time.
11. Terms.
As
used
in this Release, the term “or” shall be deemed to include the term “and/or” and
the singular or plural number shall be deemed to include the other whenever
the
context so indicates or requires.
12. Headings
and Recitals.
The
section headings and recitals used in this Release are intended solely for
convenience of reference and shall not in any manner amplify, limit, modify
or
otherwise be used in the interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.
13. Further
Assurances.
Each
party hereto agrees to execute and deliver to any other party hereto such
additional agreements, instruments and writings as any of them may reasonably
request in order to effect transactions contemplated by, and the intent and
purposes of, this Release.
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14. Severability.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Release or
in any
other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Release or any other such
instrument.
15. Entire
Agreement.
This
Release sets forth the entire agreement among the parties hereto, and fully
supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings among the parties
hereto, pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
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PLEASE
READ CAREFULLY. THIS GENERAL RELEASE INCLUDES A RELEASE OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
CLAIMS.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Release, or
has
caused this Release to be executed on its behalf, as of the date first above
written.
By:
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X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Address
for Notices:
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
PAC-VAN,
INC.
By:
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Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
President
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Address
for Notices:
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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PLEASE
READ CAREFULLY. THIS GENERAL RELEASE INCLUDES A RELEASE OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
CLAIMS.
MOAC
PARTY
_______________________________
Address
for Notices: ___________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Facsimile:____________________________
_______________________________
Address
for Notices: ___________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Facsimile:____________________________
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