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UNITED STATES |
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
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Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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SCHEDULE 13D
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Target Logistics, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
876123 10 0
(CUSIP Number)
Donald R. Braid
Mainfreight Limited
2 Railway Lane
Off Saleyards Road
Otahuhu, Auckland
New Zealand 1062
+64 9 259 5511
With copy to:
Jack Bodner, Esq.
Covington & Burling LLP
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 841-1000
(Name, Address and
Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
September 17, 2007
(Date of Event which
Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note : Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a current valid OMB control number.
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CUSIP No. 876123 10 0 |
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Names of Reporting Persons.
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Citizenship
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Sole Voting Power
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Aggregate Amount
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Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)
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Percent of Class
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Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
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Item 1. |
Security and Issuer |
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This Schedule 13D is filed with respect to 8,958,235 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (which includes 3,073,650 shares of common stock to be received upon the conversion of Class F Preferred Stock) (the Shares) of Target Logistics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company). The Companys principal executive offices are located at 500 Harborview Drive, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. |
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Item 2. |
Identity and Background |
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(a). Name: This Schedule 13D is being filed by Mainfreight Limited. (b). Residence or Business Address 2 Railway Lane Off Saleyards Road Otahuhu Auckland New Zealand 1062. (c). The present principal business of Mainfreight Limited is the provision of supply chain logistics services, specializing in less-than-container-load freight, with branches throughout New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the United States. (d). - (e). During the last five years, neither Mainfreight Limited nor, to the knowledge of Mainfreight Limited, any of the individuals listed in Annex I has been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was, or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
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Item 3. |
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
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The Shares are currently owned by TIA, Inc. (TIA), a Delaware corporation. TIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wrexham Aviation Corp. (Wrexham), a Delaware corporation. Wrexham is wholly owned by Swirnow Airways Corp., a Delaware corporation (Swirnow Airways). On September 17, 2007, Swirnow Airways and Mainfreight Limited entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the Stock Purchase Agreement), in order to induce Swirnow Airways to agree to the Merger (as defined below). Pursuant to the terms and subject to the waiver or satisfaction of the conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, which include the satisfaction of conditions precedent contained in the Merger Agreement (as defined below), Mainfreight Limited agreed to purchase 100% of Wrexhams capital stock for a total cash consideration of $22,395,587. Mainfreight Limited plans to fund the entire amount of such consideration through a loan made by Westpac Institutional Bank. The terms of this loan have not yet been negotiated, and should such a loan not be available on satisfactory terms, Mainfreight Limited will fund the purchase of the Shares through its existing Multi-Option Credit Facility with Westpac Institutional Bank. A letter confirming the availability of sufficient credit to fund the purchase of the Shares is filed as an exhibit hereto. The preceding summary of certain provisions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit hereto, is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement. |
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Purpose of Transaction |
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On September 17, 2007, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Mainfreight Limited and Saleyards Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Mainfreight Limited. We refer to the Agreement and Plan of Merger as the Merger Agreement and to the merger contemplated by the merger agreement as the Merger. Upon the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of the Companys common stock (other than shares owned by Mainfreight Limited, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or any shares for which appraisal rights have been perfected) will automatically convert into the right to receive $2.50 per share in cash, without interest, each share of the Companys Class F Preferred Stock will automatically convert into the right to receive $62.50 per share in cash (the equivalent of $2.50 per share of common stock multiplied by 25, which is the number of shares of common stock into which each Class F share may be converted), without interest, and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Mainfreight Limited. The purpose of the acquisition of the Shares is to enable Mainfreight Limited to acquire control of, and the entire equity interest in, the Company. The purpose of the Merger is to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of the Company not purchased under the Stock Purchase Agreement. If the Merger is completed, Mainfreight Limited will own 100% of the Companys equity, and will be entitled to all of the benefits resulting from that ownership. These benefits include complete control of the Company and entitlement to any increase in its value. Similarly, Mainfreight Limited would also bear the risk of any losses incurred in the operation of the Company and any decrease in value of the Company. The Companys board of directors has fixed the close of business on September 17, 2007 as the record date (the Record Date) for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on the Merger Agreement and Merger, and to notice of the action approving the Merger Agreement and authorizing the Merger. On that date, there were outstanding 18,076,735 shares of the Companys common stock, exclusive of shares held in the Companys treasury, and 122,946 shares of the Companys Class F preferred stock. Each record holder of shares of common stock on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each Share held, and each record holder of Class F shares of preferred stock on the Record Date is entitled to 25 votes for each Class F share held, on all matters to come before the stockholders for approval. Under Section 251 of the DGCL, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Companys voting stock is required to approve the Merger Agreement and the Merger. On September 17, 2007, three stockholders that, in the aggregate, are the record owners of 10,978,853 shares of common stock and all of the Class F shares, representing in the aggregate approximately 66.4% of the outstanding voting power of the Company, executed and delivered to the Company written consents authorizing and approving the Merger Agreement and the Merger. Accordingly, the Merger has been approved by holders representing approximately 66.5% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company. As such, no vote or further action of the stockholders of the Company is required to approve the Merger. However, under Delaware law, the Merger will not be effective until at least 20 calendar days after the Information Statement pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the Information Statement) has first been sent to stockholders. The Merger Agreement provides that the directors of Saleyards Corp. immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be the directors of the Company until the earlier of their resignation or removal or the election of their successors, and that the Company shall cause all directors of the Company to resign immediately prior to such effective time. The Merger Agreement also provides that the officers of Saleyards Corp. immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be the officers of the Company until the earlier of their resignation or removal or the election of their successors. |
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At the effective time of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company will be amended to be in the forms attached to the Merger Agreement. After consummation of the Merger, Mainfreight Limited anticipates that it will seek to cause the Companys shares to be deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and delisted from quotation on the American Stock Exchange. After completion of the Merger, the reconstituted board of directors of the Company expects to work with the Companys management to evaluate and review the Company and its business, assets, corporate structure, operations, properties and strategic alternatives, and to integrate the Company into the business and market units of Mainfreight Limited. Mainfreight Limited and, after completion of the Merger, the reconstituted Companys board of directors, reserve the right to change their plans and intentions at any time, as deemed appropriate. Except as set forth in this Item 4, the filing person has no plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the matters set forth in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The preceding summary of certain provisions of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit hereto, is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement. |
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Item 5. |
Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
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(a). Pursuant to the terms and subject to the waiver or satisfaction of the conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, Mainfreight Limited has the right to acquire 8,958,235 shares of common stock, representing 47.4% of the Companys common stock. (b). Upon acquisition of the Shares, Mainfreight Limited shall have sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of the Shares. (c). Not applicable. (d). Until the Shares are acquired by Mainfreight Limited, TIA, Wrexham and Swirnow Airways have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares. (e). Not applicable. |
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Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
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Other than the agreements and the relationships described above, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between Mainfreight Limited and any persons with respect to any securities of the Company, including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any of the Shares, finders fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies. |
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Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits |
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Exhibit 1: Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2007, by and among Swirnow Airways Corp. and Mainfreight Limited. Exhibit 2: Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 17, 2007, among Mainfreight Limited, Saleyards Corp. and Target Logistics, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Target Logistics, Inc. filed on September 20, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Exhibit 3: Letter, dated as of September 25, 2007, from Westpac Institutional Bank to Mainfreight Limited. |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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Date: September 26, 2007 |
MAINFREIGHT LIMITED |
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/s/ DONALD R. BRAID |
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Donald R. Braid |
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Group Managing Director |
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Annex I
Identity and Background
The current executive officers and directors of Mainfreight Limited and Saleyards Corp. are listed below. The address of both Mainfreight Limited and Saleyards Corp. is 2 Railway Lane, off Saleyards Road, Otahuhu 1062, Auckland, New Zealand. The business address of each such person is 2 Railway Lane, off Saleyards Road, Otahuhu 1062, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Bruce G. Plested |
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Chairman |
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Donald R. Braid |
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Group Managing Director |
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Carl G.O. Howard-Smith |
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General Counsel, Director |
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Donald D. Rowlands |
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Independent Director |
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Neil L. Graham |
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Independent Director |
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Richard W. Prebble |
New Zealand |
Independent Director |
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Emmet J. Hobbs |
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Independent Director |
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Bryan W. Mogridge |
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Independent Director |
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Thomas G. Williams |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Saleyards Corp. |
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Donald R. Braid |
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President |
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Bruce G. Plested |
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Vice-President |
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Carl G.O. Howard-Smith |
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Secretary |
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Exhibit 1
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of September 17, 2007
by and among
SWIRNOW AIRWAYS CORP.
as Seller,
MAINFREIGHT LIMITED
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INTRODUCTION |
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ARTICLE I SALE OF SHARES AND CLOSING |
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Section 1.01 |
Purchase and Sale |
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Section 1.02 |
Purchase Price |
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Section 1.03 |
Closing |
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Section 1.04 |
Deliveries at Closing |
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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Section 2.01 |
Title |
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Section 2.02 |
Organization; Authority |
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Section 2.03 |
Capitalization |
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Section 2.04 |
No Conflicts |
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Section 2.05 |
Governmental Approvals and Filings |
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Section 2.06 |
Taxes |
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Section 2.07 |
Legal Proceedings |
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Section 2.08 |
Compliance With Laws and Orders |
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Section 2.09 |
Benefit Plans; ERISA |
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Section 2.10 |
Contracts; Licenses |
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Section 2.11 |
Affiliate Transactions |
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Section 2.12 |
No Liabilities |
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Section 2.13 |
Employees; Operations |
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Section 2.14 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 2.15 |
Bank and Brokerage Accounts; Investment Assets |
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Section 2.16 |
No Powers of Attorney |
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Section 2.17 |
Brokers |
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Section 2.18 |
Investment Company Act |
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Section 2.19 |
Disclosure |
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Section 2.20 |
Section 203 of the DGCL |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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Section 3.01 |
Organization |
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Section 3.02 |
Authority |
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Section 3.03 |
No Conflicts |
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Section 3.04 |
Purchase for Investment |
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Section 3.05 |
Brokers |
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ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Consents and Approvals |
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Section 4.02 |
Access to Information |
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Section 4.03 |
No Solicitation |
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Section 4.04 |
Conduct of Business |
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Section 4.05 |
Books and Records |
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Section 4.06 |
Notice and Cure |
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Section 4.07 |
Distributed Assets |
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Section 4.08 |
Public Statements |
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Section 4.09 |
Further Assurances |
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER |
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Section 5.01 |
Representations and Warranties |
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Section 5.02 |
Performance |
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Section 5.03 |
Orders and Laws |
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Section 5.04 |
Regulatory Consents and Approvals |
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Section 5.05 |
Merger Agreement Conditions |
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Section 5.06 |
Resignations of Directors and Officers |
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER |
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Section 6.01 |
Representations and Warranties |
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Section 6.02 |
Performance |
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Section 6.03 |
Orders and Laws |
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Section 6.04 |
Regulatory Consents and Approvals |
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Section 6.05 |
Merger Agreement Conditions |
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ARTICLE VII SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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Section 7.01 |
Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements |
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ARTICLE VIII ESCROW AND INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 8.01 |
Appraisal of Distributed Assets |
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Section 8.02 |
Escrow |
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Section 8.03 |
Tax Indemnification |
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Section 8.04 |
Other Indemnification |
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Section 8.05 |
Method of Asserting Claims |
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Section 8.06 |
Exclusive Remedy |
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
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Section 9.01 |
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Section 9.02 |
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ARTICLE X DEFINITIONS |
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Section 10.01 |
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 11.01 |
Notices |
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Section 11.02 |
Interpretations |
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Section 11.03 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
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Section 11.04 |
Counterparts; Facsimile Transmission of Signatures |
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Section 11.05 |
Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 11.06 |
Severability |
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Section 11.07 |
Specific Performance |
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Section 11.08 |
Entire Agreement |
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Section 11.09 |
Amendment |
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Section 11.10 |
Waiver |
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Exhibits :
Exhibit A Form of Stock Power
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of September 17, 2007 (this Agreement ), between Swirnow Airways Corp., a Delaware corporation ( Seller ), and Mainfreight Limited, a New Zealand corporation ( Purchaser ).
INTRODUCTION
WHEREAS, Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Wrexham Aviation Corp., a Delaware company (the Company ), indirect beneficial owner of 5,884,585 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, and 122,946 shares of Class F Preferred Stock, par value $10.00 per share, of Target Logistics, Inc., a Delaware Company ( TLG and such shares; the TLG Shares );
WHEREAS, to induce Seller to agree to the Merger (as defined herein), Purchaser desires to purchase from Seller, and Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, 100% of the ownership interests in the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser is entering into a merger agreement among Purchaser, Saleyards Corp. and TLG (the Merger Agreement ), pursuant to which Saleyards Corp. will merge with and into TLG and TLG will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (the Merger );
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (each section of which qualifies the correspondingly numbered representation and warranty or covenant to the extent specified therein, provided that any disclosure set forth with respect to any particular section shall be deemed to be disclosed in reference to all other applicable sections of this Agreement if the disclosure in respect of the particular section is sufficient on its face without further inquiry reasonably to inform Purchaser of the information required to be disclosed in respect of the other sections to avoid a breach under the representation and warranty or covenant corresponding to such other sections), Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as follows:
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The obligations of Purchaser hereunder are subject to the fulfillment, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions (all or any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Purchaser in its sole discretion):
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The obligations of Seller hereunder are subject to the fulfillment, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions (all or any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Seller in its sole discretion):
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Actions or Proceedings means any claim, action, suit, notice, inquiry, proceeding, investigation, arbitration or audit by, from or of any Person.
Affiliate means, as to any person, any other person which, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. As used in this definition, control (including, with its correlative meanings, controlled by and under common control with) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.
Books and Records means all files, documents, instruments, papers, books and records relating to the business of any of the Transferred Companies, including without limitation financial statements, Tax Returns and related work papers and letters from accountants, budgets, pricing guidelines, ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books, stock certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers, Contracts, Licenses, customer lists, computer files and programs, retrieval programs, operating data and plans and environmental studies and plans.
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Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in New York, New York or Auckland, New Zealand.
CERCLA has the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of Environmental Law.
CFS has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(a) .
CFS FMV has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(a) .
CFS Tax Basis has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(b) .
Closing means the closing of the transactions contemplated by Section 1.03 .
Closing Date has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03 .
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
Company Subsidiaries means TIA, Inc.
Contract means any contracts, agreements, licenses, notes, bonds, mortgages, indentures, deeds of trust, commitments, leases or other instruments or obligations, whether written or oral.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
Disclosure Schedule means the record delivered to Purchaser by Seller or to Seller by Purchaser herewith, as the case may be, and dated as of the date hereof, containing all lists, descriptions, exceptions and other information and materials as are required to be included therein by Seller or Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
Dispute Period means the period ending 30 calendar days following the date of receipt by an Indemnifying Party of written notice of a claim for indemnification pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII .
Distributed Assets has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.07 .
Environmental Law means any federal, foreign, state and local Law or legal requirement, including regulations, orders, permits, licenses, approvals, ordinances, directives and the common law, pertaining to pollution, the environment, the protection of the environment or human health and safety, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( RCRA ), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( CERCLA ), the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation
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Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and any similar federal, foreign, state or local Law.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Escrow Agent has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.02(a) .
Escrow Agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.02(a) .
Escrow Amount has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.02(b) .
Escrow Fund has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.02(a) .
Governmental Authority means the United States federal, state, county, local or any foreign government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, subdivision, agency, or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body or entity.
Hazardous Substance means (a) any hazardous substance, as defined by CERCLA, (b) any hazardous waste, as defined by RCRA, and (c) any pollutant, contaminant, waste or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material or substance, including asbestos, buried contaminants, regulated chemicals, flammable explosives, radiation and radioactive materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products and by-products, lead, pesticides, natural gas, and nuclear fuel, all within the meaning of any applicable law of any applicable Governmental Authority relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct pertaining thereto, all as amended or hereafter amended.
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Indebtedness of any Person means all obligations of such Person (i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (iii) for the deferred purchase price of goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iv) under capital leases and (v) in the nature of guarantees of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) above of any other Person.
Indemnified Party means any Person claiming indemnification under any provision of Article VIII , including without limitation a Person asserting a claim pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 8.03 .
Indemnifying Party means any Person against whom a claim for indemnification are being asserted under any provision of Article VIII , including without limitation a Person against whom a claim is asserted pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 8.03 .
Investment Assets of any Person means all debentures, notes and other evidences of Indebtedness, stocks, securities (including rights to purchase and securities convertible into or exchangeable for other securities), interests in joint ventures and general and
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limited partnerships, mortgage loans and other investment or portfolio assets owned of record or beneficially by such Person.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Laws means all laws (including common law), statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, directives, requirements, binding agreements and other pronouncements having the effect of law that have been issued, established or promulgated by any Governmental Authority.
Liabilities means all liabilities, Indebtedness, claims, demands, expenses, commitments or obligations of every kind and description (whether known or unknown, absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether due or to become due).
Licenses means all licenses, permits, certificates of authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar consents granted or issued by any Governmental Authority.
Liens means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, claim, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.
Loss means any and all damages, fines, fees, penalties, deficiencies, diminutions in value, losses, obligations, claims of any kind, costs and expenses (including without limitation interest, court costs, fees of attorneys, accountants and other experts or other expenses of litigation or other proceedings or of any claim, default or assessment).
Merger has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
Merger Agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
Merger Agreement Conditions means the conditions precedent in Article 6 of the Merger Agreement.
Order means any writ, judgment, decree, injunction, settlement or similar order of or approved by any Governmental Authority (in each such case whether preliminary or final).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under ERISA.
Pension Benefit Plan means each Benefit Plan which is a pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
Person means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union, association or Governmental Authority.
Plan means any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, stock ownership, stock
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appreciation rights, phantom stock, leave of absence, layoff, vacation, day or dependent care, legal services, cafeteria, life, health, accident, disability, workmens compensation or other insurance, severance, separation or other employee benefit plan, practice, policy or arrangement of any kind, whether written or oral, formal or informal, including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA.
Pre-Closing Tax Period means any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date.
Prohibited Transaction has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.04(a) .
Purchase Price has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.02(a) .
Purchaser has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Purchaser Indemnitee has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a) .
Qualified Plan means each benefit plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code.
RCRA has the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of Environmental Law.
Resolution Period means the period ending 30 calendar days following receipt of written notice of a claim for indemnification pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII .
Seller has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.01 .
Straddle Period has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(b).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns more than 50% of either the equity interests in, or the voting control of, such other Person.
Subsidiary Shares means all of the capital stock or other equity interests in the Company Subsidiaries.
Tax means (i) all taxes, levies or other like assessments, charges or fees (including estimated taxes, charges and fees), including, without limitation, income, franchise, profits, corporations, advance corporation, gross receipts, transfer, excise, property, sales, use value-added, ad valorem, license, capital, wage, employment, payroll, withholding, social security, severance, occupation, import, custom, stamp, alternative, add-on minimum, environmental or other governmental taxes or charges, imposed by any taxing or other Governmental Authority, including any interest, penalties or additions to tax applicable or related thereto; (ii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) as the result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group; and (iii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts as a result of an express or implied obligation to
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indemnify any other person with respect to the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or clause (ii).
Tax Claim has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(d) .
Tax Return means any report, return, statement, declaration or other written information required to be supplied to a taxing or other Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes including any schedules or attachments thereto, including any amendments thereto, and including any information returns.
Taxing Authority means any Governmental Authority responsible for the administration or imposition of any Tax.
Third Party Claim has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.03(a) .
TLG has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
TLG Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
Tradewinds has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(a) .
Tradewinds FMV has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(a) .
Tradewinds Tax Basis has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.01(b) .
Transferred Companies means the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and any of their respective predecessor entities.
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If to Purchaser, to:
Mainfreight Limited
P.O. Box 14-038 Panmure
Auckland, New Zealand
Attention: Don Braid, Managing Director
Fax: +64 (9) 270-7400
Email: don@mainfreight.com
with a copy to:
Howard-Smith & Co.
Barristers and Solicitors
P.O. Box 33-339, Takapuna
Auckland, New Zealand
DX BP 66501
Attention: Carl Howard-Smith
Fax: +64 (9) 486-1045
Email: chslegal@xtra.co.nz
and
Covington & Burling LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
Attention: Jack S. Bodner, Esq.
Fax: (646) 441-9079
Email: jbodner@cov.com
If to Seller, to:
Swirnow Airways Corp.
500 Harborview Drive, Third Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Attention: Stuart Hettleman
Fax: (410) 230-0897
Email: shettleman@targetlogistics.com
with a copy to:
Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.
One South Street, 27th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: Hillel Tendler, Esq.
Fax: (410) 951-6038
Email: ht@nqgrg.com
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Notice so given shall (in the case of notice so given by mail) be deemed to be given three Business Days after mailed and (in the case of notice so given by cable, telegram, telecopier, telex, email or personal delivery) on the date of actual transmission or (as the case may be) personal delivery.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officer of each party hereto as of the date first above written.
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[ SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT ]
Exhibit 3
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25 September 2007
Don Braid
Chief Executive Officer
Mainfreight Limited
PO Box 14038, Panmure
AUCKLAND
Dear Don,
Bank Funding Facilities
We advise that Westpac Institutional Bank, a division of Westpac Banking Corporation (AA Standard & Poors), currently provides banking facilities to Mainfreight Limited.
Mainfreight Limited is a highly valued customer of this bank and facilities are provided on an unsecured basis subject to a Negative Pledge.
The major funding facility available to Mainfreight is a NZ$100m Multi-Option Credit Facility which has an expiry date of 21 December 2009. The facility is currently drawn to approx NZ$27m. We further advise that the undrawn amount of the Facility together with funds held on deposit by Westpac for Mainfreight amount to approximately NZ$87m.
I trust this information is sufficient for your purposes. If we can be of further assistance please advise.
Kind regards
Greg Hall
Director, Relationships