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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Wilson Christopher A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol General Finance CORP [GFN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) General Counsel, VP, Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) 39 EAST UNION STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/17/2013 (Street) PASADENA, CA 91103 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price 9.00% Series C Cum. Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock 05/17/2013   P   2,100 A $ 100 2,100 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 9.05

12/14/2007

A

225,000 (1)

12/14/2008

12/14/2017

Common Stock

225,000

$ 0

225,000

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 1.28

01/26/2010

A

20,000 (2)

06/30/2011

01/26/2020

Common Stock

20,000

$ 0

245,000

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 1.06

09/15/2010

A

30,000 (3)

06/30/2014

09/15/2020

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

275,000

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 3

06/23/2011

A

30,000 (4)

09/30/2014

06/23/2021

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

305,000

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 3.15

06/07/2012

A

30,000 (5)

09/30/2015

06/07/2022

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

335,000

D

Warrants

$ 4

04/24/2013

X

6,300 (6)

06/25/2010

06/25/2013

Common Stock

3,150

$ 0

338,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Wilson Christopher A 39 EAST UNION STREET PASADENA, CA 91103			General Counsel, VP, Secretary

Signatures

Christopher A Wilson		05/17/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Stock option vests in three equal annual installments beginning December 14, 2008.
(2)	Stock option vests on the following date if (a)General Finance Corporation, without consolidation of Pac-Van and Royal Wolf, incurs no more than $2.288 million of expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, and (b) if General Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries remain throughout fiscal year 2010 in compliance with the covenants governing all of their indebtedness: the first anniversary of the date that the Audit Committee approves the consolidated financial statements of General Finance Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.
(3)	See attached document "rider.txt" for explanation of Footnote 3.
(4)	See attached document "rider2.txt" for explanation of Footnote 4.
(5)	See attached document "rider3.txt" for explanation of Footnote 5.
(6)	These warrants were issued as a component of Units that were issued as of June 25, 2010 pursuant to the rights offering of General Finance Corporation.

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