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): July 28, 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)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
 
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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 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 (“GFN Finance”), and its subsidiary RWA Holdings Pty Limited, an Australian corporation (“RWA”). GFN Holdings and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to in this Report as “Royal Wolf.”
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
  
Page
     
Item 8.01
 Other Events
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Item 9.01
 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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EXHIBIT 99.1

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Item 8.01 Other Events

General Finance will make presentations from time to time during the period prior to its proposed acquisition of Mobile Office Acquisition Corp. and its subsidiary Pac-Van, Inc. The materials for the presentations to investors are furnished hereunder as Exhibit 99.1.
          
In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, information in this Item 8.01 and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit:

99.1
General Finance Corporation Investor Presentation dated July 28, 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: July 28, 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 
  
General Finance Corporation Investor Presentation dated July 28, 2008
 
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