General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) Files An 8-K Other Events

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General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item 8.01


Other Events


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit 23

Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
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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

Exhibit

Exhibit Description

Consent of Crowe Horwath dated December 8, 2016


About General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN)

General Finance Corporation is a specialty rental services company. The Company offers a range of portable storage units, including its core 20-feet and 40-feet steel containers, office container, mobile office and modular space products and steel tanks. It has two geographic areas that include its four operating segments: the Asia-Pacific area, consisting of the leasing operations of Royal Wolf Holdings Limited and its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries (Royal Wolf), and North America, consisting of the combined leasing operations of Pac-Van, Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary, PV Acquisition Corp. (Pac-Van) and Lone Star Tank Rental Inc. (Lone Star), and the manufacturing operations of GFN Manufacturing Corporation and its subsidiary, Southern Frac, LLC (Southern Frac). As of June 30, 2016, the Company provided its storage solutions to over 41,000 customers across a range of industries, including commercial, construction, retail, transportation, education and others.

General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) Recent Trading Information

General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) closed its last trading session up +0.35 at 4.85 with 100,683 shares trading hands.