SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GALLEN JONATHAN (Last) (First) (Middle) 299 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10171 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/11/2007	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol General Finance CORP [ GFN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 06/15/2007
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	1,098,600	I(1)	By partnerships, corporations and various investment accounts(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. As of June 11, 2007, Queequeg Partners, L.P. ("Partners"), Queequeg, Ltd. ("Limited"), Ahab Partners, L.P. ("Ahab"), Ahab International, Ltd. ("International") and one or more other private investment accounts (the "Accounts," and collectively with Partners, Limited, Ahab and International, the "Funds") held in the aggregate 1,098,600 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Shares"), of General Finance Corporation (the "Company"). Jonathan Gallen possesses sole power to vote and direct the disposition of all securities of the Company held by the Funds. Thus, for the purposes of Reg. Section 240.13d-3, Mr. Gallen is deemed to beneficially own 1,098,600 Shares. Jonathan Gallen's interest in the securities reported herein is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in each of the Funds, if any.

Remarks:

This Amendment to the Form 3 originally filed on June 15, 2007 corrects the amount of common stock beneficially owned by the reporting person. The Form 4 with respect to the Company filed by the reporting person subsequent to the Form 3 amended hereby (but prior to the date of this amendment) overstated the amount of common stock beneficially owned following the reported transaction therein by ten shares.

	/s/ Jonathan Gallen	08/23/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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