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      Act&#8221;), this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of
      shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of shares of
      common stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the General
      Finance Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, may become subject to such
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Market&#174;.</font></div>
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Registration Statement, which is being filed to register 2,500,000 shares of
common stock for issuance pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, consists of
the facing page, this page, other required information, and required opinions,
consents and other exhibits.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or
given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) and the instructions to Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.&#160;&#160;These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&#160;3 of Part&#160;II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or
given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act.&#160;&#160;In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents
are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424.</font></div><br>
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Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Description
      of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in its registration statement
      on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on March 23, 2006, and all amendments or
      reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other subsequent filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated into this registration statement modifies or
supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.</font></div>
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      5.</font></div>
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applicable.</font></div>
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      6.</font></div>
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      of Directors and Officers.</font></div>
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applicable.</font></div>
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applicable.</font></div>
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Registrant herewith files the exhibits identified below:</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="middle" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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      representing the Common Stock Certificate, par value $0.0001 per share, of
      General Finance Corporation Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the
      Registration Statement on the Form S-1 dated February 6, 2006 of General
      Finance Corporation.</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="middle" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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      Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
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      of Christopher A. Wilson with respect to the legality of the common stock
      registered hereby.</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="middle" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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      statement).</font></div>
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undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></div>
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include any prospectus required by Section&#160;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;</font></div>
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective
registration statement;</font></div>
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include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</font></div>
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that:</font></div>
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(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial<font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">&#160;&#160;bona
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities:</font></div>
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the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:</font></div>
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material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</font></div>
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liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s
annual report pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s
annual report pursuant to Section&#160;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
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be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
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it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald F. Valenta,
Charles E. Barrantes and Christopher A. Wilson, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power and authority to
do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact of any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may
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has been signed as of December 11, 2009 by the following persons in the
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form_s-8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11,
2009
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
OF SECURITIES
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
General
Finance Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
32-0163571
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
      or organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
39
      East Union Street
Pasadena,
      CA
91103
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
General Finance Corporation
200
9
Stock
Incentive
Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Ronald
F. Valenta
Chief
Executive Officer
General
Finance Corporation
39
East Union Street
Pasadena,
CA 91103
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(626)
584-9722
(Telephone
number, Including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Christopher
A. Wilson, Esq.
General
Counsel, Vice President & Secretary
General
Finance Corporation
39
East Union Street
Pasadena,
CA 91103
(626)
584-9722
Indicate
by check mark, whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one).
Large
accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated
filer
¨
Non-accelerated
filer
¨
Smaller
reporting company
x
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be registered
Amount
      to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per
      share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount
      of
registration fee
Common
      Stock, par value $.0001
2,500,000
$1.22
$3,050,000
$170.19
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
      Act"), this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of
      shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of shares of
      common stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the General
      Finance Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, may become subject to such
      plan.
(2)
Estimated
      in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely
      for purposes of calculating the registration fee and computed on the basis
      of $1.22, which is the average of the high and low prices per share of the
      common stock of General Finance Corporation on December 10, 2009, as
      reported by the NASDAQ Global
Market®.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Registration Statement, which is being filed to register 2,500,000 shares of
common stock for issuance pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, consists of
the facing page, this page, other required information, and required opinions,
consents and other exhibits.
1
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan
      Information.
The
documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or
given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act").  In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.
Registration
      Information and Employee Plan Annual
  Information.
The
documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or
given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act.  In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents
are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424.
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PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a)
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009,
      filed with the Commission on November 12, 2009 (File No.
      1-32845);
(b)
Annual
      Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, filed with
      the Commission on September 28, 2009 (File
    No. 1-32845);.
(c)
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, filed
      with the Commission on May 14, 2009 (File No.
  1-32845);
(d)
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2008,
      filed with the Commission on February 13, 2009 (File No.
      1-32845);
(e)
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008,
      filed with the Commission on November 12, 2008 (File No.
      1-32845);
(f)
Current
      Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 12, 2008, December 9,
      2008, December 19, 2008, December 22, 2008, January 20, 2009, January 28,
      2009, February 13, 2009, April 1, 2009, May 14, 2009, May 26, 2009,
      September 11, 2009, September 18, 2009, September 24, 2009, September 25,
      2009, November 3, 2009 and November 12, 2009;
  and
(g)
Description
      of the Registrant's common stock contained in its registration statement
      on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on March 23, 2006, and all amendments or
      reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other subsequent filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated into this registration statement modifies or
supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
Item
      4.
Description
      of Securities.
Not applicable
.
Item
      5.
Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
      6.
Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.
Not
applicable.
Item
      7.
Exemption
      from Registration Claimed
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The
Registrant herewith files the exhibits identified below:
Exhibit No.
Description
      of Exhibit
4.1
Specimen
      representing the Common Stock Certificate, par value $0.0001 per share, of
      General Finance Corporation Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the
      Registration Statement on the Form S-1 dated February 6, 2006 of General
      Finance Corporation.
4.2
2009
      Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
      Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
      filed on October 19, 2009).
5.1
Opinion
      of Christopher A. Wilson with respect to the legality of the common stock
      registered hereby.
23.1
Consent
      of Crowe Horwath LLP regarding the financial statements of General Finance
      Corporation.
23.2
Consent
      of Independent Public Accounting Firm (Grobstein, Horwath & Company
      LLP)
23.3
Consent
      of Christopher A. Wilson (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration
      statement).
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)    The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)    To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;
(ii)    To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii)    To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however
,
that:
Paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)    That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3)    To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)    That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities:
The
undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i)    Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)    Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
Registrant;
(iii)    The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv)    Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b)    The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(c)    Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Pasadena, California, on this 11
th
day of
December, 2009.
GENERAL
      FINANCE CORPORATION
By:
/s/
      CHRISTOPHER A. WILSON
Christopher
      A. Wilson
General
      Counsel, Vice President &
Secretary
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald F. Valenta,
Charles E. Barrantes and Christopher A. Wilson, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power and authority to
do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact of any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed as of December 11, 2009 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ RONALD
      F. VALENTA
Ronald
      F. Valenta
Chief
      Executive Officer, Director
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
/s/ CHARLES
      E. BARRANTES
Charles
      E. Barrantes
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ DAVID
      M. CONNELL
David
      M. Connell
Director
/s/ LAWRENCE
      GLASCOTT
Lawrence
      Glascott
Chairman
      of the Board and Director
/s/ SUSAN
      L. HARRIS
Susan
      L. Harris
Director
/s/ RONALD
      L. HAVNER, JR.
Ronald
      L. Havner, Jr.
Director
/s/ MANUEL
      MARRERO
Manuel
      Marrero
Director
/s/ JAMES
      B. ROSZAK
James
      B. Roszak
Director
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
      of Exhibit
4.1
Specimen
      representing the Common Stock Certificate, par value $0.0001 per share, of
      General Finance Corporation Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the
      Registration Statement on the Form S-1 dated February 6, 2006 of General
      Finance Corporation.
4.2
2009
      Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Registrant's
      Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
      filed on October 19, 2009).
5.1
Opinion
      of Christopher A. Wilson.
23.1
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Crowe Horwath
      LLP)
23.2
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Grobstein, Horwath &
      Company LLP)
23.3
Consent
      of Christopher A. Wilson (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration
      statement).
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