General Finance Corporation Announces November 12, 2009 Conference Call to Review First Quarter FY 2010 Results

PASADENA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) (NASDAQ:GFNCW) (NASDAQ:GFNCU) today
announced that it intends to release on November 11, 2009 its financial results
for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. A conference call is scheduled for
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. (EST) to discuss these results. The
conference call number for U.S. participants is (866) 901-5096, the conference
call number for participants outside the U.S. is (706) 643-3717 and the
conference ID number for both conference call numbers is 37269963. A replay of
the conference call may be accessed through November 27, 2009 by U.S. callers by
calling (800) 642-1687 or by callers outside the U.S. by calling (706) 645-9291;
both U.S. callers and callers outside of the U.S. will utilize conference ID
number 37269963 to access the replay of the conference call.

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.

General Finance Corporation
Charles E. Barrantes
Chief Financial Officer
626-584-9722 ext. 1007

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