SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
JANUARY 31, 2001 (JANUARY 26, 2001) Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
INTERPOOL, INC
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 1-11862 13-3467669
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
211 COLLEGE ROAD EAST, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08540
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(609) 452-8900
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events.
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On January 26, 2001, Interpool, Inc. (the "Registrant") entered
into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Transport
International Pool, Inc. (the "Purchaser"), a subsidiary of General
Electric Capital Corporation. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the
Registrant will sell approximately 50,000 intermodal trailers and domestic
rail containers and related assets to the Purchaser, including
approximately 40,000 units that the Registrant acquired from Transamerica
Leasing Inc. in October of 2000.
The transaction is valued at approximately $345 million and is
subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration or
termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976.
A press release describing the transaction was released on
January 29, 2001 and is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits.
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99.1 Press Release issued by the Registrant, dated
January 29, 2001.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 31, 2001
INTERPOOL, INC.
By:/s/ Mitchell Gordon
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Name: Mitchell Gordon
Title: Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release issued by the Registrant, dated January 29,
2001.