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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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 22, 2008
General Finance Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
001-32845
  
32-0163571
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
39 East Union Street
    
Pasadena, California
  
91103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
(626) 584-9722
 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Certain References

     References in this Report to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “company” refer to General Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“General Finance”), and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including GFN North America Corp., a Delaware corporation and its subsidiary Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Pac-Van”), and GFN U.S. Australasia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GFN U.S.”), its subsidiary GFN Australasia Holdings Pty Limited, an Australian corporation (“GFN Holdings”), its subsidiary GFN Australasia Finance Pty Limited, an Australian corporation, and its subsidiary RWA Holdings Pty Limited, an Australian corporation. GFN Holdings and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to in this Report as “Royal Wolf.”

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 22, 2008 we issued a press release announcing the opening by Pac-Van of a new office in Salt Lake City, Utah.   A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit:

99.1           Press Release dated December 22, 2008
 
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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.
         
 
GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
  
  
Dated: December 22, 2008 
By:  
/s/ CHRISTOPHER A. WILSON  
  
   
Christopher A. Wilson
  
   
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
  
 


 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
    
Number
  
Exhibit Description
 
99.1           
  
 
Press Release dated December 22, 2008
 


 
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