EX-5 3 dex5.txt JOINT FILING AGREEMENT DATED JULY 25, 2002 Exhibit 5 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 25, 2002 In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing of Matlin Patterson LLC, Matlin Patterson Asset Management LLC, Matlin Patterson Global Advisers LLC, Links Partners, L.P., Inland Partners, L.P., Coryton Management Ltd., Arthur Coady, Elias Sabo, I. Joseph Massoud, Hemisphere Global Opportunities Partners, Ltd., Mutual Trust Management (Bermuda) Limited, Matlin Patterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P. and Matlin Patterson Global Opportunities Partners (Bermuda) L.P., on behalf of each of them a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Personnel Group of America, Inc., and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 25th day of July 2002. MATLIN PATTERSON LLC By: /s/ Mark R. Patterson ------------------------------------------- Name: Mark R. Patterson Title: Member MATLIN PATTERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC By: Matlin Patterson LLC, its manager By: /s/ Mark R. Patterson ------------------------------------------- Name: Mark R. Patterson Title: Member MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL ADVISERS LLC By: /s/ Mark R. Patterson ------------------------------------------- Name: Mark R. Patterson Title: Director LINKS PARTNERS, L.P. By: Coryton Management Ltd., its general partner By: /s/ Arthur Coady -------------------------------------------- Name: Arthur Coady Title: President INLAND PARTNERS, L.P. By: Coryton Management Ltd., its general partner By: /s/ Arthur Coady -------------------------------------------- Name: Arthur Coady Title: President CORYTON MANAGEMENT LTD. By: /s/ Arthur Coady -------------------------------------------- Name: Arthur Coady Title: President ARTHUR COADY By: /s/ Arthur Coady -------------------------------------------- Name: Arthur Coady ELIAS SABO By: /s/ Elias Sabo -------------------------------------------- Name: Elias Sabo I. JOSEPH MASSOUD By: /s/ I. Joseph Massoud ------------------------------------------- Name: I. Joseph Massoud HEMISPHERE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS, LTD. By: /s/ Marty Brandt -------------------------------------------- Name: Marty Brandt Title: Director MUTUAL TRUST MANAGEMENT (BERMUDA) LIMITED By: /s/ David Doyle -------------------------------------------- Name: David Doyle Title: Director MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS L.P. By: Hemisphere Global Opportunities Partners, Ltd. By: /s/ Marty Brandt --------------------------------------------- Name: Marty Brandt Title: Director MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS (BERMUDA) L.P By: Hemisphere Global Opportunities Partners, Ltd. By: /s/ Marty Brandt --------------------------------------------- Name: Marty Brandt Title: Director