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EXHIBIT 99.1
GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
NEWS RELEASE
(For Immediate Release)
GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION RELEASES INVESTOR PRESENTATION FOR RIGHTS OFFERING
Pasadena, CA – May 26, 2010 - General Finance Corporation (“General Finance” or “GFN”) (NASDAQ: GFN, GFNCW and GFNCU) today released the presentation relating to its rights offering that General Finance will deliver to investors until the conclusion of the rights offering, which is currently scheduled to conclude at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 15, 2010. The presentation appears at the end of this press release.
About General Finance Corporation
General Finance Corporation (www.generalfinance.com), through its indirect 86.2%-owned subsidiary, Royal Wolf (www.royalwolf.com.au) and its indirect 100%-owned subsidiary Pac-Van (www.pacvan.com), sells and leases products in the portable services industry to a broad cross section of industrial, commercial, educational and government customers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United States. These products include storage containers and freight containers in the mobile storage industry; and modular buildings, mobile offices and portable container buildings in the modular space industry.
Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, prospects of General Finance, Royal Wolf and Pac-Van. We believe that the expectations represented by our forward looking statements are reasonable, yet there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Furthermore, unless otherwise stated, the forward looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of the press release, and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required by applicable legislation or regulation. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; such as General Finance’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 and the prospectus for its rights offering.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
Contact
Charles E. Barrantes
Chief Financial Officer
(626) 584-9722 ext. 1007