Global Logistics Acquisition Corporation Announces Agreements of Certain Investors to Purchase Shares of Its Common Stock
02 February 2008 - 5:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Logistics
Acquisition Corporation (Amex: GLA; GLA.U; GLA.WS) ("GLAC")
announced today that an entity affiliated with certain of the
stockholders of The Clark Group, Inc. ("Clark") has agreed to use
commercially reasonable efforts to purchase 2,380,000 shares of
GLAC's common stock that were issued in its public offering from
holders of such shares who have indicated their intention to vote
against the proposal to approve GLAC's proposed acquisition of
Clark that will be considered at GLAC's special meeting of
stockholders scheduled to be held on February 7, 2008. The
agreement also provides that the purchaser will use reasonable
efforts to obtain proxies from the sellers so that the shares may
be voted in favor of the proposal or to cause the sellers to so
vote such shares. GLAC will grant the purchaser certain demand and
piggy-back registration rights with respect to the shares following
the closing of the proposed acquisition. The agreement with the
purchaser also provides that certain of the GLAC founders will
transfer 380,000 of their shares to the purchaser if the
acquisition proposal is approved and the acquisition is
consummated. Such transfer would be made at the time of the
consummation of the acquisition, subject to six-month escrow and
lock-up arrangements that were effected in connection with GLAC's
initial public offering. The purchaser would also be granted demand
and piggy-back registration rights with respect to such shares
effective upon the expiration of such six-month period that are
consistent with the registration rights the GLAC founders have with
respect to their founder's shares. Additionally, in consideration
for the purchaser agreeing to make the stock purchases, Stephens
Inc. ("Stephens"), which has acted as financial advisor to Clark
and its stockholders, has agreed to reduce its advisory fee payable
by Clark's stockholders by approximately $1 million if the
acquisition is successfully consummated. GLAC also announced that
certain of its founders have agreed to purchase an additional
320,000 shares from holders who have indicated their intention to
vote against the acquisition proposal. Purchases of shares made by
the founders in open market transactions will be made in accordance
with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Shares purchased by the founders will also be voted in
favor of the acquisition proposal. BB&T Capital Markets, a
division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc., which acted as
representative of the underwriters in GLAC's IPO, has engaged
Stephens to assist in facilitating the acquisition transaction.
Upon successful consummation of the acquisition, the underwriters
will be paid $2,640,000 of deferred underwriting compensation from
GLAC. About The Clark Group Over its 30-year history, Clark has
built a position as the leading independent provider of value-added
distribution, transportation management, and international air and
ocean freight forwarding services to the print media industry.
About Global Logistics Acquisition Corporation Global Logistics
Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded acquisition corporation,
is focused solely on acquiring privately held transportation and
logistics companies. It raised net proceeds of approximately $88
million through its initial public offering in February 2006 led by
BB&T Capital Markets and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. Please visit
http://www.glacteam.com/ for more information. Additional
Disclosure This press release is not a proxy statement or a
solicitation of proxies from the holders of common stock of GLAC
and does not constitute an offer of any securities of GLAC for
sale. The matters referred to in this press release will be
reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, with the purchase agreements
referred to herein included as exhibits. Purchases made by the
Clark purchaser and the GLAC founders pursuant to such agreements
will also be reported on Current Reports on Form 8-K that will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as
practicable after such purchases are made. INVESTORS AND SECURITY
HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT THAT HAS
BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND MAILED
TO ALL GLAC STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD ON JANUARY 25, 2008 BECAUSE IT
CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GLAC AND CLARK. Any
solicitation of proxies will be made only by GLAC's definitive
proxy statement. Investors and security holders may access the
definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by GLAC at the
Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at
http://www.sec.gov/. This press release may contain certain
forward-looking statements including statements with regard to the
future performance of GLAC. Words such as "believes," "expects,"
"projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements inherently involve certain risks and uncertainties that
are detailed in GLAC's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. GLAC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Global
Logistics Acquisition Corporation CONTACT: Gregory E. Burns,
President, CEO, of Global Logistics Acquisition Corp.,
+1-646-495-5094; or Jeff Majtyka or Brad Edwards, (Investors), or
Jenna Focarino (Media), all of Brainerd Communicators, Inc.,
+1-212-986-6667, for Global Logistics Acquisition Corp. Web site:
http://www.glacteam.com/
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