Item 8.01 Other Events

General Finance Corporation (the “Company”) filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-199514) on October
22, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
on Form S-3 filed on November 3, 2014. The Company hereby files
an Exhibit 23 hereto a revised and updated consent from the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Crowe
Horwath LLP (“Crowe Horwath”). The consent of Crowe Horwath
which was included as Exhibit 23 (the “Original Exhibit 23”) to
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2016 (the “2016 10-K”), filed on September 9,
2016, did not include a consent to the incorporation by reference
in Registration Statement number 333-199514 on Form S-3 of the
report of Crowe Horwath dated September 9, 2016 relating to the
consolidated financial statements, the financial statement
schedule listed in Item 15(a) and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting appearing in the 2016 10-K.

The revised and updated consent attached hereto as Exhibit 23
(the “Revised Exhibit 23”) supersedes and replaces the Original
Exhibit 23. The Revised Exhibit 23 does not change any previously
reported financial results of operations or any disclosures
contained in the 2016 Form 10-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits