U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the quarterly period ended MarchDecember 31, 2017

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from                                to                                    .

Commission file number001-32845

 

LOGOLOGO

(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)

(626)584-9722

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check whether the registrant: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Yes    ☒No    ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Yes    ☒No    ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in RuleRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company  
Emerging growth company

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in RuleRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):    Yes  ☐     No  ☒

Yes    ☐No    ☒

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 26,440,68826,721,974 shares outstanding as of May 4, 2017.February 2, 2018.

 

 

 


GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM10-Q

 

PART I.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements

  3

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  2527

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

  3638

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

  3638

PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

  3739

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

  3739

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

  3739

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

  3739

Item 4.

  

Mine Safety Disclosures

  3739

Item 5.

  

Other Information

  3739

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

  3739

SIGNATURES

  3841

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements

Item 1. Financial Statements

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

      June 30, 2017   December 31, 2017     
  June 30, 2016 March 31, 2017   

 

 

 

Assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

  $9,342  $8,222   $7,792   $5,507 

Trade and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $8,876 and $6,217 at June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, respectively

   38,067  41,760 

Trade and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,387 and $6,200 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, respectively

   44,390    54,689 

Inventories

   34,609  30,759    29,648    32,801 

Prepaid expenses and other

   9,366  10,452    8,923    8,563 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   26,951  24,231    23,388    23,316 

Lease fleet, net

   419,345  426,240    427,275    436,585 

Goodwill

   102,546  104,979    105,129    109,989 

Other intangible assets, net

   33,348  30,617    28,769    26,794 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets

  $673,574  $677,260   $675,314   $698,244 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Liabilities

       

Trade payables and accrued liabilities

  $43,476  $35,706   $42,774   $47,012 

Income taxes payable

   175   —   

Unearned revenue and advance payments

   14,085  14,904    15,548    17,066 

Senior and other debt, net

   352,220  365,356    355,638    440,071 

Fair value of embedded derivative in Convertible Note

       3,581 

Deferred tax liabilities

   39,006  38,260    38,106    36,901 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

   448,962  454,226    452,066    544,631 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

   —     —           

Equity

       

Cumulative preferred stock, $.0001 par value: 1,000,000 shares authorized; 400,100 shares issued and outstanding (in series) and liquidation value of $40,722 and $40,702 at June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, respectively

   40,100  40,100 

Common stock, $.0001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 26,218,772 and 26,440,688 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, respectively

   3  3 

Cumulative preferred stock, $.0001 par value: 1,000,000 shares authorized; 400,100 shares issued and outstanding (in series) and liquidation value of $40,722 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017

   40,100    40,100 

Common stock, $.0001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 26,611,688 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2017 and 26,669,618 at December 31, 2017

   3    3 

Additionalpaid-in capital

   122,568  120,795    120,370    138,333 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   (14,129 (12,895   (12,355)    (15,286) 

Accumulated deficit

   (10,010 (12,099   (12,972)    (10,041) 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total General Finance Corporation stockholders’ equity

   138,532  135,904    135,146    153,109 

Equity of noncontrolling interests

   86,080  87,130    88,102    504 
  

 

   

 

 
  

 

  

 

 

Total equity

   224,612  223,034    223,248    153,613 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $673,574  $677,260   $675,314   $698,244 
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  Quarter Ended December 31,   Six Months Ended December 31, 
  Quarter Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,   2016   2017   2016   2017 
  2016 2017 2016 2017   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Revenues

             

Sales:

             

Lease inventories and fleet

  $23,381  $23,557  $80,408  $69,316     $25,387   $36,065      $45,759   $61,447  

Manufactured units

   1,230  1,032  5,852  3,789    1,663    2,080     2,757    3,983  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   24,611  24,589  86,260  73,105   27,050   38,145    48,516   65,430  

Leasing

   41,858  43,875  127,262  130,484    45,277    53,985     86,609    103,617  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   66,469  68,464  213,522  203,589   72,327   92,130    135,125   169,047  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

             

Cost of sales:

             

Lease inventories and fleet (exclusive of the items shown separately below)

   17,136  17,017  59,720  48,989    18,140    25,900     31,972    44,310  

Manufactured units

   1,869  1,389  8,202  4,916    2,115    1,964     3,527    4,140  

Direct costs of leasing operations

   17,490  19,303  51,687  55,821    18,658    21,951     36,518    43,006  

Selling and general expenses

   16,757  17,299  49,695  50,256    16,429    17,725     32,957    37,228  

Impairment of goodwill

   2,681   —    2,681   —   

Depreciation and amortization

   9,583  9,846  27,897  29,237    9,888    9,531     19,391    19,657  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Operating income

   953  3,610  13,640  14,370    7,097    15,059     10,760    20,706  

Interest income

   35  18  72  54    13    23     36    38  

Interest expense

   (4,838 (5,249 (14,818 (15,096   (5,016)    (9,447)     (9,847)    (15,269)  

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) and other

   59  (164 (444 (70

Foreign currency exchange and other gain (loss)

   189    (1,852)     94    (3,054)  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (4,744 (5,395 (15,190 (15,112  (4,814)   (11,276)    (9,717)   (18,285)  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before benefit for income taxes

   (3,791 (1,785 (1,550 (742

Benefit for income taxes

   (1,516 (714 (620 (297
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net loss

   (2,275 (1,071 (930 (445

Income before provision for income taxes

   2,283    3,783     1,043    2,421  

Provision for income taxes

   913    809     417    291  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   1,370    2,974     626    2,130  

Preferred stock dividends

   (922 (922 (2,766 (2,766   (922)    (922)     (1,844)    (1,844)  

Noncontrolling interests

   (85 (86 (1,509 (1,644   (1,087)    —     (1,558)    801  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common

stockholders

  $(3,282 $(2,079 $(5,205 $(4,855
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net loss per common share:

     

Net income (loss) attributable to common

stockholders

    $(639)   $2,052      $(2,776)   $1,087  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per common share:

        

Basic

  $(0.13 $(0.08 $(0.20 $(0.18    $(0.02)   $0.08      $(0.11)   $0.04  

Diluted

   (0.13 (0.08 (0.20 (0.18   (0.02)    0.08     (0.11)    0.04  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding:

             

Basic

   26,074,556  26,404,450  26,037,382  26,307,066    26,300,061    26,636,594     26,259,433    26,624,141  

Diluted

   26,074,556  26,404,450  26,037,382  26,307,066    26,300,061    27,311,401     26,259,433    27,297,266  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/LOSS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  Quarter Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,       Quarter Ended December 31,           Six Months Ended December 31,     
  2016 2017 2016 2017   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

  $(2,275 $(1,071 $(930 $(445
  2016   2017   2016   2017 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

    $1,370   $2,974      $626   $2,130  

Other comprehensive income (loss):

             

Change in fair value of interest rate swap, net of income tax effect of $82 and $321 in the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2016 and $67and $60 in the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2017, respectively

   222  174  340  452 

Change in fair value change of interest rate swap, net of income tax effect of $6 and $(6) and $6 and $44 in the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively

   149    (41)     278    84  

Cumulative translation adjustment

   5,315  5,808  (142 2,164    (6,483)    (249)     (3,644)    3,629  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

   (4,964)    2,684     (2,740)    5,843  
   3,262  4,911  (732 2,171 

Allocated to noncontrolling interests

   (2,715 (3,037 (1,810 (3,026   2,353    —     11    (1,095)  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     

Comprehensive income (loss) allocable to General Finance Corporation stockholders

  $547  $1,874  $(2,542 $(855    $(2,611)   $2,684      $(2,729)   $4,748  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(In thousands, except share and share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  Cumulative
Preferred
Stock
  Common
Stock
  Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Total
General Finance
Corporation
Stockholders’
Equity
  Equity of
Noncontrolling
Interests
  Total
Equity
 

Balance at June 30, 2016

 $40,100  $3  $122,568  $(14,129 $(10,010 $138,532  $86,080  $224,612 

Share-based compensation

  —     —     939   —     —     939   (97  842 

Preferred stock dividends

  —     —     (2,766  —     —     (2,766  —     (2,766

Dividends and distributions by subsidiaries

  —     —     —     —     —     —     (1,879  (1,879

Issuance of 21,500 shares of common stock on exercises of stock options

  —     —     54   —     —     54   —     54 

Grant of 22,112 shares of common stock

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Grant of 178,304 shares of restricted stock

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Net income (loss)

  —     —     —     —     (2,089  (2,089  1,644   (445

Fair value change in derivative, net of related tax effect

  —     —     —     231   —     231   221   452 

Cumulative translation adjustment

  —     —     —     1,003   —     1,003   1,161   2,164 
      

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss

  —     —     —     —     —     (855  3,026   2,171 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at March31, 2017

 $40,100  $3  $120,795  $(12,895 $(12,099 $135,904  $87,130  $223,034 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Cumulative
Preferred
Stock
   Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   

Accumulated

Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)

   Accumulated
Deficit
   

Total

General Finance
Corporation
Stockholders’
Equity

   Equity of
Noncontrolling
Interests
   Total
Equity
 
  

 

 

 
Balance at June 30, 2017    $40,100   $3   $120,370   $(12,355)   $(12,972)   $135,146   $88,102   $223,248  
Share-based compensation           1,506            1,506    591    2,097  
Preferred stock dividends           (1,844)            (1,844)        (1,844)  
Dividends and distributions by subsidiaries                           (1,038)    (1,038)  
Issuance of 22,500 shares of common stock on exercises of stock options           34            34        34  
Grant of 35,430 shares of restricted stock                               —  
Net income                   2,931    2,931    (801)    2,130  
Fair value change in derivative, net of related tax effect               23        23    61    84  
Cumulative translation adjustment               1,794        1,794    1,835    3,629  
            

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                       4,748    1,095    5,843  
            

 

 

 
Acquistion of noncontrolling interest in Royal Wolf           18,267    (4,748)        13,519    (88,246)    (74,727)  
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

    $40,100   $3   $138,333   $(15,286)   $(10,041)   $153,109   $504   $153,613  
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

      Six Months Ended December 31,     
  Nine Months Ended March 31,     2016 2017   
  2016 2017   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities (Note 10)

  $35,192  $20,100    $10,911  $14,615  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

   (15,903 (4,993   (4,993)  (11,335)  

Acquistion of the noncontrolling interest in Royal Wolf

     (73,251)  

Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment

   10,540  191    165  34  

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

   (3,272 (2,644   (1,727)  (2,154)  

Proceeds from sales of lease fleet

   21,125  16,321    10,964  12,784  

Purchases of lease fleet

   (40,674 (34,892   (26,057)  (25,702)  

Other intangible assets

   (264 (449   (345)  (89)  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (28,448 (26,466   (21,993)  (99,713)  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

      

Repayments of equipment financing activities

   (525 (382   (253)  (251)  

Repayment of Credit Suisse Term Loan

     (10,000)  

Repayment of ANZ/CBA Credit Facility

     (81,521)  

Proceeds from issuance of Bison Capital Notes

     80,000  

Proceeds from senior and other debt borrowings, net

   3,325  11,339    11,762  102,235  

Deferred financing costs

   (158 (2,291   (260)  (3,819)  

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

   —    54    20  34  

Dividends and distributions by subsidiaries

   (1,949 (939   (939)  (1,038)  

Preferred stock dividends

   (2,766 (2,766   (1,844)  (1,844)  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   (2,073 5,015 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   8,486  83,796  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

   4,671  (1,351

Net decrease in cash

   (2,596)  (1,302)  

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period

   3,716  9,342    9,342  7,792  

The effect of foreign currency translation on cash

   (1,341 231    (358)  (983)  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents at end of period

  $7,046  $8,222    $6,388  $5,507  
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

The Company includednon-cash holdback and other adjustment amounts totaling $1,839$376 and $376$612 as part of the consideration for business acquisitions during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively (see Note 4).

On February 8, 2016 and February 7, 2017, the Board of Directors of Royal Wolf declared a dividend of AUS$0.03 and AUS$0.025 per RWH share payable on April 4, 2016 and April 4, 2017 to shareholders of record on March 16, 2016 and March 16, 2017, respectively. The condensed consolidated financial statements accrued the amount of the dividend pertaining to the noncontrolling interest, which totaled $1,132 (AUS$1,476) and $940 (AUS$1,230), as a charge directly to the equity of noncontrolling interests at March 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively (see Note 3).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Organization and Business Operations

General Finance Corporation (“GFN”) was incorporated in Delaware in October 2005. References to the “Company” in these Notes are to GFN and its consolidated subsidiaries. These subsidiaries include GFN U.S. Australasia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GFN U.S.”); GFN Insurance Corporation, an Arizona corporation (“GFNI”); GFN North America Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GFNNA Leasing”); GFN North America Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GFNNA”); GFN Realty Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GFNRC”); GFN Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GFNMC”), and its subsidiary, Southern Frac, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (collectively “Southern Frac”); over 50%-owned Royal Wolf Holdings Limited, an Australian corporation publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (“RWH”), and its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries (collectively, “Royal Wolf”);Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and its Canadian subsidiary, PV Acquisition Corp., an Alberta corporation (collectively“Pac-Van”); and Lone Star Tank Rental Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Lone Star”); GFN Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation (“GFNAPH”), and its subsidiaries, GFN Asia Pacific Finance Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation (“GFNAPF”), Royal Wolf Holdings Limited, an Australian corporation (“RWH”), and its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries (collectively, “Royal Wolf”).

The Company does business in three distinct, but related industries, mobile storage, modular space and liquid containment (which are collectively referred to as the “portable services industry”), in two geographic areas; the Asia-Pacific (orPan-Pacific) area, consisting of Royal Wolf (which leases and sells storage containers, portable container buildings and freight containers in Australia and New Zealand) and North America, consisting ofPac-Van (which leases and sells storage, office and portable liquid storage tank containers, modular buildings and mobile offices) and Lone Star (which leases portable liquid storage tank containers and containment products, as well as provides certain fluid management services, to the oil and gas industry in the Permian and Eagle Ford basins of Texas), which are combined to form our North American leasing operations, and Southern Frac (which manufactures portable liquid storage tank containers and other steel-related products).

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information and the instructions to Form10-Q and Article 10 ofRegulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, although the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 20162017 was derived from the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet at that date. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include all significant normal and recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for all periods presented have been made. The accompanying results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.2018. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto of the Company, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 20162017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Unless otherwise indicated, references to “FY 2016”2017” and “FY 2017”2018” are to the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes include assumptions used in assigning value to identifiable intangible assets at the acquisition date, the assessment for impairment of goodwill, the assessment for impairment of other intangible assets, the allowance for doubtful accounts, share-based compensation expense, residual value of the lease fleet and deferred tax assets and liabilities. Assumptions and factors used in the estimates are evaluated on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the previous assumptions and factors have changed. The results of the analysis could result in adjustments to estimates.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Inventories

Inventories are comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

            June 30,             December 31,    
  

 

 

 
  June 30,   March 31,           2017             2017   
  2016   2017   

 

 

 

Finished goods

  $29,790   $25,536                   $25,564           $27,405  

Work in progress

   2,298    2,797    1,844    3,224  

Raw materials

   2,521    2,426    2,240    2,172  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 
  $34,609   $30,759                   $29,648           $32,801  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

   Estimated

    Useful Life

   June 30,   December 31,    
  

 

 

 
  Estimated
Useful Life
   June 30,   March 31,               2017           2017   
      2016   2017     

 

 

 

Land

   —     $2,168   $2,168    —            $2,168       $2,168  

Building and improvements

   10 — 40 years    4,887    4,890    10 — 40 years    4,890    4,890  

Transportation and plant equipment (including capital lease assets)

   3 — 20 years    38,424    39,401    3 — 20 years      39,899    42,749  

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment

   3 — 10 years    9,531    10,500    3 — 10 years      10,683    11,177  
    

 

   

 

     

 

 

 
     55,010    56,959      57,640    60,984  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (28,059   (32,728     (34,252)    (37,668)  
    

 

   

 

     

 

 

 
    $26,951   $24,231           $23,388       $23,316  
    

 

   

 

     

 

 

 

Lease Fleet

The Company has a fleet of storage, portable building, office and portable liquid storage tank containers, mobile offices, modular buildings and steps that it primarily leases to customers under operating lease agreements with varying terms. Units in the lease fleet are also available for sale. The cost of sales of a unit in the lease fleet is recognized at the carrying amount at the date of sale. At June 30, 20162017 and MarchDecember 31, 2017, the gross costs of the lease fleet were $503,817,000$534,197,000 and $527,714,000,$554,706,000, respectively.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The purchase consideration of acquired businesses have been allocated to the assets and liabilities acquired based on the estimated fair values on the respective acquisition dates (see Note 4). Based on these values, the excess purchase consideration over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. The Company accounts for goodwill in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 350,Intangibles — Goodwill and Other.FASB ASC Topic 350 prohibits the amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives and requires these assets be reviewed for impairment. The Company operates two reportable geographic areas and the vast majority of goodwill recorded was in the acquisitions of Royal Wolf,Pac-Van, Southern Frac and Lone Star.

The Company assesses the potential impairment of goodwill on an annual basis or if a determination is made based on a qualitative assessment that it is more likely than not (i.e., greater than 50%) that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. At March 31, 2016,The Company’s annual impairment assessment at June 30, 2017 concluded that the Company determined that qualitative factors in its North American leasing and manufacturing operations, pertaining primarily to conditions in the oil and gas market, required an update of the step one impairment analysis for Lone Star and Southern Frac. This updated analysis calculated that even though the excess of the estimated fair value of Lone Star over the carrying valuegoodwill of each of its invested capital declined, its implied value of goodwillreporting units was still greater than its carrying value. However, the Company determined that the implied value of Southern Frac’s goodwill was less than the carrying value of its goodwill, resulting in an impairment charge of $2,681,000 at March 31, 2016. At June 30, 2016, the annual step one impairment analysis performed on the North American reporting units,Pac-Van and Lone Star, calculated that the value of goodwill was still greater than its carrying value and that the amount by which the excess of the estimated fair values exceeded their respective carrying value of invested capital at that date was approximately 21% and 12%, respectively, of their book value.amounts. Determining the fair value of a reporting unit requires judgment and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. The Company based its fair value estimates on assumptions that it believes are reasonable but are uncertain and subject to changes in market conditions.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Other intangible assets include those with indefinite (trademark and trade name) and finite (primarily customer base and lists,non-compete agreements and deferred financing costs), as follows (in thousands):

 

  June 30, 2017           December 31, 2017     
  

 

 

 
  June 30, 2016   March 31, 2017       Gross
    Carrying
    Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Carrying
Amount
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Carrying 
Amount
 
  Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Carrying
Amount
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net Carrying
Amount
   

 

 

 

Trademark and trade name

  $5,486   $(302 $5,184   $5,484   $(453 $5,031       $5,486   $(453 $5,033   $5,486   $(453 $5,033  

Customer base and lists

   50,669    (30,064 20,605    47,333    (29,659 17,674    47,647    (31,223 16,424    48,943    (33,227 15,716  

Non-compete agreements

   14,169    (9,810 4,359    9,595    (6,184 3,411    9,622    (6,678 2,944    9,833    (7,352 2,481  

Deferred financing costs

   3,589    (2,381 1,208    4,685    (2,069 2,616    4,855    (2,250 2,605    3,522    (1,688 1,834  

Other

   3,447    (1,455 1,992    3,913    (2,028 1,885    4,006    (2,243 1,763    4,404    (2,674 1,730  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

 
  $77,360   $(44,012 $33,348   $71,010   $(40,393 $30,617       $71,616   $(42,847 $28,769   $72,188   $(45,394 $26,794  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income per Common Share

Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods. Diluted net income per common share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company. The potential dilutive securities (common stock equivalents) the Company had outstanding were stock options.options and convertible debt. The following is a reconciliation of weighted average shares outstanding used in calculating earnings per common share:

 

        Quarter Ended December 31,             Six Months Ended December 31,       
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  Quarter Ended March 31,   Nine Months Ended March 31,   2016   2017     2016   2017 
  2016   2017   2016   2017   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Basic

   26,074,556    26,404,450    26,018,997    26,307,066    26,300,061    26,636,594   26,259,433    26,624,141  

Assumed exercise of stock options

   —      —      —      —          674,807        673,125  

Assumed conversion of convertible debt

       —        —  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Diluted

   26,074,556    26,404,450    26,018,997    26,307,066        26,300,061    27,311,401           26,259,433    27,297,266  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Potential common stock equivalents totaling 1,727,213 and 1,734,9521,460,862 for both the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and FY 20162017 and 4,415,574 and 4,417,256 for the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 and FY 2017,2018, respectively, have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect is anti-dilutive.

Recently Issued Accounting PronouncementsEnacted U.S. Federal Tax Legislation

Introduced initially as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act applies to corporations generally beginning with taxable years starting after December 31, 2017, or the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 for the Company, and reduces the corporate tax rate from a graduated set of rates with a maximum 35% tax rate to a flat 21% tax rate. Additionally, the Act introduces other changes that impact corporations, including a net operating loss (“NOL”) deduction annual limitation, an interest expense deduction annual limitation, elimination of the alternative minimum tax, and immediate expensing of the full cost of qualified property. The Act also introduces an international tax reform that moves the U.S. toward a territorial system, in which income earned in other countries will generally not be subject to U.S. taxation. However, the accumulated foreign earnings of certain foreign corporations will be subject to aone-time transition tax, which can be elected to be paid over an eight-year tax transition period, using specified percentages, or in one lump sum. NOL and foreign tax credit (“FTC”) carryforwards can be used to offset the transition tax liability. Any transition tax to be paid on accumulated foreign earnings is not expected to be significant since the Company has available NOL and FTC carryforwards to offset any transitional taxes that would be otherwise payable.

In April 2015,accordance with ASC Topic 740,Income Taxes, the FASB issued ASUCompanyNo. 2015-03,re-measuredImputation of Interest (Subtopic835-30). The amendments in this update require that debt issuance (or its deferred financing) costs relatedincome tax assets and liabilities for, among other things, temporary differences and NOL and FTC carryforwards reasonably estimated to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deductionexisting at December 22, 2017, from the carrying amountcurrent statutory rate of that debt liability, consistent with35% to the presentationnew corporate rate of debt discounts. In August 2015,either 28% (if the FASB issued ASUNo. 2015-15 which added SEC guidance that stated in the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU2015-03 of debt issuance costs relatedtemporary timing differences are expected toline-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of theline-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on theline-of-credit arrangement. The Company adopted these updates roll off in FY 20172018) or 21 percent (if the temporary timing differences and as a result, unamortized debt issuance costs totaling $2,239,000 and $1,827,000NOL carryforwards are expected to remain as of June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, respectively, have been deducted from2018).

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Thisre-measurement resulted in an estimated benefit of approximately $6,500,000, which was recognized through the carrying amounts of the Credit Suisse Term Loan and Senior Notes (see Note 5)provision (benefit) for income taxes in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Asia-Pacific and North American senior credit facilities are includedstatements of operations as a discrete item in the caption “Other intangiblequarter ended December 31, 2017. This estimated tax benefit was offset by approximately $5,200,000 for both the estimated transition tax and a valuation allowance that was established to offset previously recognized FTC carryforward deferred tax assets net”that the Company believes will not be realized, and other adjustments totaling approximately $550,000. Both the estimated transition tax and valuation allowance are considered provisional amounts that require further analysis. These provisional amounts are subject to adjustment during a measurement period which should not extend beyond one year from the enactment date of the Act as in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU2014-09 completes the joint effort by the FASB and IASB to improve financial reporting by creating common revenue recognition guidance for U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The ASU2014-09 revenue recognition model virtually replaces all existing revenue recognition guidance and applies to all companies that enter into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services. ASU2014-09 (as updated by ASU2015-14 in August 2015, ASUNo. 2016-08 in March 2016, ASU No. 10 in April 2016 and ASU No. 12 in May 2016) is effective for public entities for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Public and nonpublic entities have the choice to apply ASU2014-09 either retrospectively to each reporting period presented or by recognizing the cumulative effect of applying ASU2014-09 at the date of initial application and not adjusting comparative information. TheWhile the Company is evaluatingcontinues to evaluate the requirements ofASU-204.09, it believes the majority of its revenues, as it relates to contractual rental revenue, is excluded from the scope of this ASU and the accounting for the remaining revenue streams will not be materially affected. Accordingly, the Company does not expect the adoption of ASU2014-09 and has not determined the effect of this ASU in the presentation ofwill have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Notes Additionally, the Company intends to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

utilize the modified retrospective adoption and recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying ASU2014-09, if significant, as an adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit at the date of initial application.

In February 2016, the FASB issued new lease accounting guidance in ASUNo. 2016-02,Leases (Topic 842). This new guidance was initiated as a joint project with the International Accounting Standards Board to simplify lease accounting and improve the quality of and comparability of financial information for users. This new guidance would eliminate the concept ofoff-balance sheet treatment for “operating leases” for lessees for the vast majority of lease contracts. Under ASUNo. 2016-02, at inception, a lessee must classify all leases with a term of over one year as either finance or operating, with both classifications resulting in the recognition of a defined“right-of-use” asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet. However, recognition in the income statement will differ depending on the lease classification, with finance leases recognizing the amortization of theright-of-use asset separate from the interest on the lease liability and operating leases recognizing a single total lease expense. Lessor accounting under ASUNo. 2016-02 would be substantially unchanged from the previous lease requirements under U.S. GAAP. ASUNo. 2016-02 will take effect for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted and for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, lessees and lessors must apply a modified retrospective transition approach. TheDuring FY 2017, the Company believes the adoption of ASUNo. 2016-02 will have a material effectevaluated this new accounting standard and engaged professionals in the presentation of its consolidated financial statements, but has not determinednew lease accounting implementation and related real estate consulting industry to assist in determining the effect of this ASUthe new standard as of July 1, 2017. The Company currently has over 100 real estate leases worldwide and evaluated each of these leases in accordance with the new lease accounting standard under ASC Topic 842. As of July 1, 2017, the Company estimates that the right of use asset to be recorded on its consolidated balance sheet would be approximately $34.0 million to $37.0 million and that the related liability would be approximately $35.0 million to $39.0 million related to operating leases. The difference between the right of use asset and related lease liability is predominantly deferred rent and other related lease expenses under the new lease accounting standard. The difference in the presentationranges is due to the presumed renewal of leases whereby the exercise of the renewal option is twelve months or less from July 1, 2017. The Company will continue to evaluate existing renewal options in excess of one year as to the probability of exercising renewal options and is currently evaluating its consolidated financial statements.equipment and other finance leases and its lessor accounting under the new standard. The Company will continue this effort in a manner to be appropriately prepared for its implementation on or before July 1, 2019.

In OctoberMarch 2016, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2016-16,2016-09, Income TaxesCompensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory718). Under ASU2016-16No. 2016-09, all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies will be recognized in the income statement as they occur. This will replace the current guidance, which requires recognitiontax benefits that exceed compensation cost (windfalls) to be recognized in equity, and tax deficiencies (shortfalls) to be recognized in equity to the extent of previously recognized windfalls. It will also eliminate the need to maintain a “windfall pool,” and will remove the requirement to delay recognizing a

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

windfall until it reduces current taxes payable. ASUNo. 2016-09 will also change the cash flow presentation of excess tax benefits, classifying them as operating inflows, consistent with other cash flows related to income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory whentaxes. In addition, this ASU allows a policy election to either continue to reduce share-based compensation expense for forfeitures in future periods, or to recognize forfeitures as they occur. The Company implemented ASUNo. 2016-09 in FY 2018, elected to recognize forfeitures as they occur and, because it was not significant, recorded the transfer occurs. This ASU is effective$89,000 benefit for annual reporting periods after December 15, 2017, including interim periods therein, with early adoption permitted and should be applied on a modified retrospective basis through athe cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings asfor previously unrecognized excess tax benefits and thetax-effect of the beginningdifference between the fair value estimate of awards historically expected to be forfeited and the periodfair value estimate of adoption. The Company is evaluating the requirements of this ASU and has not determined the effect of this ASUawards actually forfeited in the presentationaccompanying consolidated statement of its consolidated financial statements.operations. The tax effect for excess tax benefits and forfeitures in FY 2018 was a tax charge of $202,000.

In JanuaryAugust 2017, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2017-01,2017-12,Business CombinationsDerivatives and Hedging (Topic 842): Clarifying the Definition of a Business.815) – Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. ASUNo. 2017-012017-12 clarifiesexpands hedge accounting for bothnon-financial and financial risk components and refines the definitionmeasurement of a businesshedge results in an attempt to help companies evaluate whether acquisition or disposal transactions should be accounted for as asset groups or as businesses. Thisbetter reflect an entity’s hedging strategies. The ASU will take effectalso amends the presentation and disclosure requirements and changes how entities assess hedge effectiveness. The effective date of ASUNo. 2017-12 for public companies inis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not believe the requirements of ASUNo. 2017-01 will have a material effect to its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2017-04,Intangibles - Goodwill2018 and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.ASUNo. 2017-04 removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires the assessment of fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure goodwill impairments. Goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, but the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. This ASU will take effect for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, andthough early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on dates on or after January 1, 2017.permitted. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition with a cumulative effect adjustment recorded to opening retained earnings as of the initial adoption date. The Company intends to adoptis evaluating the effect that ASUNo. 2017-042017-12 for its next annual impairment tests,will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, but does not currently believe the requirements of this ASUit will have a material effect to its consolidated financial statements.be significant.

Note 3. Equity Transactions

Preferred Stock

Upon issuance of shares of preferred stock, the Company records the liquidation value as the preferred equity in the consolidated balance sheet, with any underwriting discount and issuance or offering costs recorded as a reduction in additionalpaid-in capital.

Series B Preferred Stock

The Company has outstanding privately-placed 8.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value of $0.0001 per share and liquidation value of $1,000 per share (“Series B Preferred Stock”). The Series B Preferred Stock is offered primarily in connection with business combinations. At June 30, 20162017 and MarchDecember 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding 100 shares of Series B Preferred Stock with an aggregate liquidation preference totaling $102,000. The Series B Preferred Stock is not convertible into GFN common stock, has no voting rights, except as required by Delaware law, and is redeemable after February 1, 2014; at which time it may be redeemed at any time, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option. Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when declared by the Company’s Board of Directors, annual dividends payable quarterly in arrears on the 31st day of January, July and October and on the 30th day of April of each year. In the event of any liquidation or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will have preference to holders of common stock.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Series C Preferred Stock

The Company has outstanding publicly-traded 9.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $100.00 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). At June 30, 20162017 and MarchDecember 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding 400,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock with an aggregate liquidation preference totaling $40,620,000 and $40,600,000, respectively.$40,620,000. Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock are cumulative from the date of original issue and will be payable on the 31st day of each January, July and October and on the 30thday of April when, as and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. Commencing on May 17, 2018, the Company may redeem, at its option, the Series C Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $100.00 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. Among other things, the Series C Preferred Stock has no stated maturity, is not subject to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption, and is not convertible into or exchangeable for any of the Company’s other securities. Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock generally will have no voting rights, except for limited voting rights if dividends payable on the outstanding Series C Preferred Stock are in arrears for six or more consecutive ornon-consecutive quarters, and under certain other circumstances. If the Company fails to maintain the listing of the Series C Preferred Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) for 30 days or more, the per annum dividend rate will increase by an additional 2.00% per $100.00 stated liquidation value ($2.00 per annum per share) so long as the listing failure continues. In addition, in the event of any liquidation or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock will have preference to holders of common stock and are pair passu with the Series B Preferred Stock. The Series C Preferred Stock is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “GFNCP.”

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Dividends

As of MarchDecember 31, 2017, since issuance, dividends paid or payable totaled $83,000$89,000 for the Series B Preferred Stock and dividends paid totaled $13,550,000$16,280,000 for the Series C Preferred Stock. The characterization of dividends to the recipients for Federal income tax purposes is made based upon the earnings and profits of the Company, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code.

Royal Wolf Dividends

On August 12, 2015, the Board of Directors of Royal Wolf declared a dividend of AUS$0.05 per RWH share payable on October 2, 2015 to shareholders of record on September 17, 2015; and on February 8, 2016, the Board of Directors of Royal Wolf declared a dividend of AUS$0.03 per RWH share payable on April 4, 2016 to shareholders of record on March 16, 2016.

On August 10, 2016, the Board of Directors of Royal Wolf declared a dividend of AUS$0.025 per RWH share payable on October 4, 2016 to shareholders of record on September 16, 2016 and on February 7,2016. On August 2, 2017, the Board of Directors of Royal Wolf declaredpaid a special dividend of AUS$0.0250.0265 per RWH share payable on April 4, 2017 to shareholders of record on March 16, 2017.

July 18, 2017 (see Note 4). The consolidated financial statements reflect the amount of the dividendsdividend pertaining to the noncontrolling interest.

Note 4. Acquisitions

Acquistion of Noncontrolling Interest of Royal Wolf

On July 12, 2017, the Company announced that it commenced, through GFNAPH, anoff-market takeover offer and entered into a binding takeover bid implementation agreement with the independent directors of RWH to acquire the approximately 49.2 million ordinary (common) shares of RWH not owned by the Company. The takeover offer was for AUS$1.83 per share in cash, less a special dividend declared by RWH of AUS$0.0265 per share (see Note 3), for total purchase consideration to be paid by the Company of AUS$88,712,000 ($70,401,000), or AUS$1.8035 per share. For the takeover offer, the Company used AUS$2,516,000 ($1,997,000) borrowed under its North America senior secured revolving credit facility (see Note 5) and received financing totaling $80,000,000 from Bison Capital Equity Partners V, L.P. (“Bison Capital”) and its affiliates, of which $10,000,000 was used for the repayment of the term loan due to Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch (“Credit Suisse”) (See Note 5). At September 8, 2017, the closing of the takeover bid offer period, the Company received valid acceptances for approximately 48.1 million shares, which in combination with the 51.2 million RWH shares previously owned by the Company represented approximately 99% of the total shares outstanding. The Company deposited in escrow the entire amount of the purchase consideration required to acquire all 49.2 million of the RWH shares owned by the noncontrolling interest shareholders, with owners of the 48.1 million shares accepting the takeover bid offer paid on or before September 29, 2017, and the remaining 1.1 million shares paid on or around October 31, 2017.

The accounting for the purchase consideration and total transaction-related costs of $70,402,000 and $2,312,000 (net of income tax effect of $537,000), respectively, as well as the adjustment to the accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassification of the noncontrolling interest of Royal Wolf to the Company’s equity accounts, have been recorded as equity transactions in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet in FY 2018.

FY 2018 Acquisitions

The Company can enhance its business and market share by entering into new markets in various ways, including starting up a new location or acquiring a business consisting of container, modular unit or mobile office assets of another entity. An acquisition generally provides the Company with operations that enables it to at least cover existing overhead costs and is preferable to astart-up or greenfield location. The businessesacquisition(s) discussed below were acquiredcompleted primarily to expand the Company’s container lease fleet. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the operations of the acquired businessesbusiness(es) from the dates of acquisition.

On July 22, 2016,September 1, 2017, the Company, throughPac-Van, purchased the container businessbusinesses of The GreatAdvantage Storage Trailer, LLC and Big Star Container, Company, Ltd. (“GCC”LLC (collectively “Advantage”), for $662,000 (C$869,000),approximately $1,576,000, which included a general indemnity holdback and other adjustment amounts totaling $102,000 (C$133,000). GCCof $155,000. Advantage is located in Vancouver, British Columbia.Austin and San Antonio, Texas.

On July 27, 2016,December 1, 2017, the Company, throughPac-Van, purchased the container and mobile office business of Container Systems Storage,Gauthier Homes, Inc. (“CSS”Gauthier”), for $1,667,000,approximately $10,371,000, which included a general indemnity holdback and other adjustment amounts totaling approximately $120,000. CSS, whichof $457,000. Gauthier is located in Yakima, Washington, leasesCarencro (Lafayette) and sells storage containers in the state of Washington and in northern Oregon.Houma, Louisiana.

On December 1, 2016, the Company, through Royal Wolf, purchased the container businesses of All Direct Container Sales Pty Limited and ADC Storage Pty Limited as Trustee for the ADC Storage Unit Trust (collectively “All Direct”), for $3,040,000 (AUS$4,109,000), which included holdback and other adjustment amounts totaling $154,000 (AUS$209,000). All Direct leases and sells containers in the southeast Queensland market, particularly in the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Toowoomba regions.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

The preliminary allocation for the acquisition in FY 20172018 to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair market values was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Advantage

 September 1, 2017

 

Gauthier

December 1, 2017  

 
  GCC
July 22, 2016
   CSS
July 27, 2016
   All Direct
December 1, 2016
   Total  

 

 

 

Fair value of the net tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

          

Trade and other receivables

  $5   $57   $—     $62  $  $390  

Inventories

   66    211    —      277  234  444  

Property, plant and equipment

   23    44    44    111  55  339  

Lease fleet

   352    615    1,646    2,613  558  4,216  

Accounts payables and accrued liabilities

   —      (7   (45   (52

Unearned revenue and advance payments

   (21   (36   —      (57 (25)  (237)  

Deferred income taxes

   —      (241   (201   (442
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

Total net tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed

   425    643    1,444    2,512  822  5,152  

Fair value of intangible assets acquired:

          

Non-compete agreement

   21    29    350    400  56  143  

Customer lists/relationships

   138    312    334    784  97  1,085  

Other

    250  

Goodwill

   78    683    912    1,673  601  3,741  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

Total intangible assets acquired

   237    1,024    1,596    2,857  754  5,219  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

Total purchase consideration

  $662   $1,667   $3,040   $5,369          $1,576  $10,371  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

The FY 20172018 operating results of all acquisitions prior to and since theirthe respective datesdate of acquisition were not considered significant.

Goodwill recognized is attributable primarily to expected corporate synergies, the assembled workforce and other factors. The goodwill recognized in the GCC, CSS and All DirectFY 2018 acquisitions are notis deductible for U.S. income tax purposes.

The Company incurred approximately $28,000$20,000 and $137,000 and $1,000 and $38,000$37,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and FY 20162017, respectively, and $53,000 and $64,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 and FY 2017,2018, respectively, of incremental transaction costs associated with acquisition-related activity that were expensed as incurred and are included in selling and general expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Note 5. Senior and Other Debt

Asia-Pacific Leasing Senior Credit Facility

Royal Wolf has a $114,672,000 (AUS$150,000,000)The Company’s operations in the Asia-Pacific area had an AUS$150,000,000 secured senior credit facility, as last amended, in December 2016, under a common terms deed arrangement with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“CBA”) (the “ANZ/CBA Credit Facility”). UnderOn October 26, 2017, RWH and its subsidiaries, Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch (“Deutsche Bank”), CSL Fund (PB) Lux Sarl II, Aiguilles Rouges Lux Sarl II, Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited and P.T. Limited entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement (the “Syndicated Facility Agreement”). Pursuant to the common deed arrangement ofSyndicated Facility Agreement, the parties entered into a three-year, $97,586,000 (AUS$125,000,000) senior secured credit facility (the “Deutsche Bank Credit Facility”) and repaid the ANZ/CBA Credit Facility ANZ’s proportionate shareon November 3, 2017. The Deutsche Bank Credit Facility consists of a $15,614,000 (AUS$20,000,000) Facility A that will amortize semi-annually; a $66,358,000 (AUS$85,000,000) Facility B that has no scheduled amortization; and a $15,614,000 (AUS$20,000,000) revolving Facility C that is used for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. The amounts borrowed bear interest at the rate of 5.0% per annum until delivery of the borrowing capacity is $68,803,000 (AUS$90,000,000)first compliance certificate and CBA’s proportionate share is $45,869,000 (AUS$60,000,000).thereafter at the bank bill swap interest rate in Australia (“BBSY”), plus a margin of 4.25% to 5.50% per annum, as determined by net leverage. The ANZ/CBADeutsche Bank Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets and by the pledge

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

of the Company’s Australianall capital stock of RWH and New Zealandits subsidiaries and has $76,448,000 (AUS$100,000,000) maturingmatures on January 31, 2022 (Facility A), and $38,224,000 (AUS$50,000,000) maturing on July 31, 2019 (Facility B).

For the ANZ proportionate share, borrowings under the ANZ/CBA Credit Facility bear interestNovember 3, 2020, at the bank bill swap interest rate in Australia (“BBSY”) or New Zealand (“BKBM”), plus a marginwhich time an exit fee of 1.40% - 2.40% per annum on Facility A and 1.35% - 2.40% on Facility B,up to $878,000 (A$1,125,000) is owed depending on the net debt leverage ratio (“NDLR”), as defined. The CBA proportionate share has a margin of 1.75% - 2.65% per annum on Facility A and 1.45% - 2.35% on Facility B. At March 31, 2017,final amounts borrowed. In addition, the30-day and90-day BBSY and BKBM were 1.675% and 1.845% and 1.93667% and 2.050%, respectively. The ANZ/CBA Deutsche Bank Credit Facility also include $2,293,000 (AUS$3,000,000)sub-facilities to, among other things, facilitate direct and global payments using electronic banking services. The ANZ/CBA Credit Facility, as amended, is subject to certain financial and other customary covenants, including, among other things, compliance with specified interest coveragenet leverage and net debt requirement or fixed charge ratios based on earnings before interest, income taxes, impairment, depreciation and amortization and othernon-operating costs and income (“EBITDA”) on a semi-annual basis and that borrowings may not exceed a multiple of 3.25 times EBITDA,, as defined.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

At MarchDecember 31, 2017, total borrowingsthe Deutsche Bank Credit Facility totaled $83,063,000 (A$106,398,000), net of deferred financing costs of $2,404,000, and availability under the ANZ/CBA Creditrevolving Facility C totaled $87,126,000$12,234,000 (AUS$113,968,000) and $11,738,000 (AUS$15,354,000), respectively. Of the total borrowings, $54,033,000 (AUS$70,680,000) is drawn under Facility A and $33,093,000 (AUS$43,288,000) is drawn under Facility B.15,671,000).

The above amounts were translated based upon the exchange rate of one Australian dollar to $0.76448$0.780683 U.S. dollar at MarchDecember 31, 2017.

Bison Capital Notes

General

On September 19, 2017, Bison Capital, GFN, GFN U.S., GFNAPH and GFNAPF, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 2017 (the “Amended Securities Purchase Agreement”). On September 25, 2017, pursuant to the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement, GFNAPH and GFNAPF issued and sold to Bison an 11.9% secured senior convertible promissory note dated September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $26,000,000 (the “Convertible Note”) and an 11.9% secured senior promissory note dated September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $54,000,000 (the “Senior Term Note” and collectively with the Convertible Note, the “Bison Capital Notes”). Net proceeds from the sale of the Bison Capital Notes were used to repay in full all principal, interest and other amounts due under the term loan to Credit Suisse (see below), to acquire the 49,188,526 publicly-traded shares of RWH not owned by the Company and to pay all related fees and expenses.

The Bison Capital Notes have a maturity of five years and bear interest from the date of issuance, payable quarterly in arrears beginning on January 2, 2018.    The Bison Capital Notes may be prepaid at 102% of the original principal amount, plus accrued interest, after the first anniversary and prior to the second anniversary of issuance, at 101% of the original principal amount, plus accrued interest, after the second anniversary and prior to the third anniversary of issuance and with no prepayment premium after the third anniversary of issuance. The Company may elect to defer interest under the Bison Capital Notes until the second anniversary of issuance. Interest on the Bison Capital Notes are payable in Australian dollars, but the principal must be repaid in U.S. dollars. The Bison Capital Notes are secured by a first priority security interest over all of the assets of GFN U.S., GFNAPH and GFNAPF, by the pledge by GFN U.S. of the capital stock of GFNAPH and GFNAPF and by of all of the capital stock of RWH. The Bison Capital Notes are subject to all terms, conditions and covenants set forth in the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement. The Amended Securities Purchase Agreement contains certain financial and other customary and restrictive covenants, including, among other things, a minimum EBITDA requirement to equal or exceed AUS$30,000,000 per trailing12-month period. In addition, the Bison Capital Notes must be repaid upon a change of control, as defined. At December 31, 2017, the Bison Capital Notes totaled $77,201,000, net of deferred financing costs of $1,137,000.

Convertible Note

At any time prior to maturity, Bison Capital may convert unpaid principal and interest under the Convertible Note into shares of GFN common stock based upon a price of $8.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in the Convertible Note. If GFN common stock trades above 150% of the conversion price over 30 consecutive trading days and the aggregate dollar value of all GFN common stock traded on NASDAQ exceed $600,000 over a period of 20 consecutive days, GFN may force Bison Capital to convert all or a portion of the Convertible Note. The Convertible Note also provides that Bison Capital shall not be entitled, and GFN shall not be obligated, to convert the Convertible Note into shares of GFN common stock if such conversion would result in holders of the Convertible Note beneficially owning in excess of 5,200,000 shares of GFN common stock, or approximately 19.5% of the number of shares of GFN common stock outstanding immediately prior to issuance of the Convertible Note. The Convertible Note grants Bison Capital and holders of the Convertible Note a preemptive right to invest in any issuance GFN equity securities, options or warrants to maintain its proportionate interest in GFN common stock, after giving effect to the conversion of the entire Convertible Note. In addition, the Convertible Note includes a provision which requires GFNAPH and GFNAPF to pay Bison Capital, via the payment of principal, interest and the value of GFN common stock received upon conversion of all or a portion of the Convertible Note, a minimum return of 1.75 times the original $26,000,000 principal amount. This minimum rate of return will be recorded at $806,000 per year, or $201,500 per quarter, as an accretion in the accompanying consolidated

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

statements of operations. The Convertible Note must also be repaid upon a change of control, as defined. In the event that Bison Capital or holders of the Convertible Note receive aggregate proceeds in excess of $48,900,000 from the sale of GFN common stock received from conversion of the Convertible Note, then 50% of the interest accrued and actually paid to Bison Capital (such amount, the “Price Increase”) shall be repaid by Bison Capital or holders of the Convertible Note by either (i) paying such Price Increase to GFNAPH or GFNAPF in the form of cash, (ii) returning to GFN shares of GFN Common Stock with a value equal to the Price Increase or (iii) any combination of (i) or (ii) above that if the aggregate equals the Price Increase. The value of the GFN common stock for purposes of the return of shares to GFN by the shall be deemed to be the average price per share of GFN common stock realized by the Convertible Note holder in the sale of such shares. The Convertible Note holder may satisfy such obligations by returning to GFN shares of GFN common stock with an aggregate value equivalent to the Price Increase.

The Company evaluated the Convertible Note and determined that certain conversion rights were an embedded derivative that required bifurcation because they were not deemed to be clearly and closely related to the Convertible Note. As a result, the Company separately accounts for these conversion rights as a standalone derivative. As of the date of issuance on September 25, 2017, the fair value of this standalone derivative was determined to be $1,864,000, resulting in a principal balance of $24,136,000 for the Convertible Note. The Company determines the fair value of the embedded derivative using a valuation model and market prices and reassesses the fair value of the embedded derivative at the end of each reporting period or more frequently as deemed necessary, with any changes in value reported in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. At December 31, 2017, the fair value of this standalone derivative was $3,581,000.

North America Senior Credit Facility

The North America leasing(Pac-Van and Lone Star) and manufacturing operations (Southern Frac) have a combined $230,000,000$237,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, as last amended, in March 2017, with a syndicate led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) that also includes East West Bank, CIT Bank, N.A., the PrivateCanadian Imperial Bank and Trust Company,of Commerce (“CIBC”), KeyBank, National Association, and Bank Hapoalim B.M. and Associated Bank, N.A. (the “Wells Fargo Credit Facility”). The Wells Fargo Credit Facility matures on March 24, 2022, assuming the Company’s publicly-traded senior notes due July 31, 2021(see below) are extended at least 90 days past this scheduled maturity date; otherwise the Wells Fargo Credit Facility would mature on March 24, 2021. In addition, subject to certain conditions, the amount that may be borrowed under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility may increase by $7,000,000 to a maximum of $237,000,000. In conjunction with the closing of the Wells Fargo Facility, the Company entered intoThere is also a separate loan agreement with Great American Capital Partners (“GACP”), where GACP provided a First In Last Out Term Loan (“(”FILO Term Loan”) within the Wells Fargo Credit Facility in the amount of $20,000,000, and inclusive in the $230,000,000$237,000,000 total amount. The FILO Term Loan has the same maturity date and commences principal amortization after 18 months from the anniversary date of March 27, 2017on October 1, 2018 at $500,000 per quarter. The FILO Term Loan has a prepayment fee of 3.00% of the prepaid amount if prepaid prior to the first anniversary, 2.00% of the prepaid amount if prepaid prior to the second anniversary and 1.00% of the prepaid amount if prepaid prior to the third anniversary.

The Wells Fargo Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the rental fleet, inventory and other assets of the Company’s North American leasing and manufacturing operations. The FILO Term Loan also contains a first priority lien on the same collateral, but on a “last out basis,” after all of the outstanding obligations to the primary lenders in the Wells Fargo Credit Facility have been satisfied. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility effectively not only finances the North American operations, but also the funding requirements for the Series C Preferred Stock (see Note 3), the term loan with Credit Suisse (see below) and the publicly-traded unsecured senior notes. The maximum amount of intercompany dividends thatPac-Van and Lone Star are allowed to pay in each fiscal year to GFN for the funding requirements of GFN’s senior and other debt and the Series C Preferred Stock are (a) the lesser of $5,000,000 for the Series C Preferred Stock or the amount equal to the dividend rate of the Series C Preferred Stock and its aggregate liquidation preference and the actual amount of dividends required to be paid to the Series C Preferred Stock; (b) the actual annual interest to be paid for the term loan with Credit Suisse; and (c)(b) $6,300,000 for the public offering of unsecured senior notes or the actual amount of annual interest required to be paid; provided that (i) the payment of such dividends does not cause a default or event of default; (ii) each ofPac-Van and Lone Star is solvent; (iii) excess availability, as defined, is $5,000,000 or more under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility; (iv) the fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined, will be greater than 1.25 to 1.00; and (v) the dividends are paid no earlier than ten business days prior to the date they are due.

Borrowings under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, either at the base rate, plus 0.5% and a range of 1.00% to 1.50%, or the LIBOR rate, plus 1.0% and a range of 2.50% to 3.00%. The FILO Term Loan within the Wells Fargo Credit Facility bears interest at 11.00% above the LIBOR rate, with a LIBOR rate floor of 1.00%. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility contains, among other things, certain financial covenants, including fixed charge coverage ratios, and other covenants, representations, warranties, indemnification provisions, and events of default that are customary for senior secured credit facilities; including a covenant that would require repayment upon a change in control, as defined.

At MarchDecember 31, 2017, borrowings and availability under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility totaled $189,743,000$195,030,000 and $26,885,000,$33,970,000, respectively.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Credit Suisse Term Loan

On March 31, 2014, the Company entered into a $25,000,000 facility agreement, as amended, with Credit Suisse (“Credit Suisse Term Loan”) as part of the financing for the acquisition of Lone Star and, on April 3, 2014, the Company borrowed the $25,000,000 available to it. The Credit Suisse Term Loan providesprovided that the amount borrowed willwould bear interest at LIBOR plus 7.50% per year, willwould be payable quarterly and that all principal and interest willwould mature on July 1, 2017.2018. In addition, the Credit Suisse Term Loan iswas secured by a first ranking pledge over substantially all shares of RWH owned by GFN U.S., requiresrequired a certain coverage maintenance ratio in U.S. dollars based on the value of the RWH shares and, among other things, that an amount equal tosix-months

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

interest be deposited in an interest reserve account pledged to secure repayment of all amounts borrowed. The Company has

had repaid, prior to maturity, $15,000,000 of the outstanding borrowings of the Credit Suisse Term Loan and, as of March 31,June 30, 2017, $9,966,000$9,920,000 remained outstanding, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $34,000.$80,000. On September 25, 2017, in connection with the acquisition of the noncontrolling interest of Royal Wolf (see Note 4), the Credit Suisse Term Loan was fully repaid.

Senior Notes

At March 31,On June 18, 2014, the Company completed the sale of unsecured senior notes (the “Senior Notes”) in a public offering for an aggregate principal amount of $72,000,000. On April 24, 2017, the Company completed the sale of a“tack-on” offering of its publicly-traded Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5,390,000 that was priced at $24.95 per denomination. Net proceeds were $5,190,947, after deducting an aggregate original issue discount (“OID”) of $10,780 and underwriting discount of $188,273. In both offerings, the Company used at least 80% of the gross proceeds to reduce indebtedness atPac-Van and Lone Star under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility in order to permit the payment of intercompany dividends byPac-Van and Lone Star to GFN to fund the interest requirements of the Senior Notes. For the‘tack-on” offering, this amounted to $4,303,376 of the net proceeds. The Company has total outstanding publicly-traded senior notes (“Senior Notes”)Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $72,000,000$77,390,000 ($70,207,000,75,319,000 and $75,570,000, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $1,793,000)$2,071,000 and $1,820,000, at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, respectively).

The Senior Notes were issued in minimum denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof and pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 18, 2014 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The First Supplemental Indenture supplements the Indenture entered into by and between the Company and the Trustee dated as of June 18, 2014 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 8.125% per annum, mature on July 31, 2021 and are not subject to any sinking fund. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, commencing on July 31, 2014.

The Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of its existing and future subordinated debt. The Senior Notes are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. The Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries and are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Company may, at itshad an option, prior to July 31, 2017, to redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part upon the payment of 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes being redeemed, plus any additional amount required by the Indenture. In addition, the Company may from time to time redeemhave redeemed up to 35% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes before July 31, 2017 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 108.125% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company has not redeemed any of its Senior Notes as July 31, 2017.

If the Company sells certain of its assets or experiences specific kinds of changes in control, as defined, it must offer to redeem the Senior Notes. The Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, on or after July 31, 2017, redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part. The Senior Notes will be redeemable at a redemption price initially equal to 106.094% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes (and which declines each year on July 31) plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. On and after any redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the redeemed Senior Notes.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

The Indenture contains covenants which, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to make certain payments, to pay dividends and to incur additional indebtedness if the incurrence of such indebtedness would cause the company’s consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the Indenture, to be below 2.0 to 1.0. The Senior Notes are listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “GFNSL.”

Other

At MarchDecember 31, 2017, other debt totaled $8,314,000.$9,207,000.

The Company was in compliance with the financial covenants under all its credit facilities as of MarchDecember 31, 2017.

The weighted-average interest rate in the Asia-Pacific area was 4.9% and 10.0% and 4.9% and 5.3% and 4.9%7.4% in the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and 2017 and in FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, respectively; which does not include the effect of translation, interest rate swap contracts and options and thederivative valuation, amortization of deferred financing costs.costs and accretion. The weighted-average interest rate in North America was 4.9%5.0% and 5.2%5.9% and 4.9%5.0% and 5.0%6.0% in the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and 2017 and in FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, respectively, which does not include the effect of the amortization of deferred financing costs and accretion of interest.accretion.

Note 6. Financial Instruments

Fair Value Measurements

FASB ASC Topic 820,Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, FASB ASC Topic 820 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, as follows:

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Level 1 - Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 - Observable inputs, other than Level 1 inputs in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

The Company’s derivative instruments are not traded on a market exchange; therefore, the fair values are determined using valuation models that include assumptions about yield curve at the reporting dates as well as counter-party credit risk. The assumptions are generally derived from market-observable data. The Company has consistently applied these calculation techniques to all periods presented, which are considered Level 2. Derivative instruments measured at fair value and their classification in the consolidated balances sheets and statements of operations are as follows (in thousands):

 

      

Derivative - Fair Value (Level 2)

Type of Derivative

Contract

  

Balance Sheet Classification

  

June 30, 2016

  

March 31, 2017

Swap Contracts and Options (Caps and Collars)  Trade payables and accrued liabilities  $871  $245
Forward Exchange Contracts  Trade and other receivables  —    —  
Forward Exchange Contracts  Trade payables and accrued liabilities  255  —  
    

 

  

 

Derivative – Fair Value (Level 2)

 

Type of Derivative

Contract

  Balance Sheet Classification      June 30, 2017           December 31, 2017     

Swap Contracts

  Trade payables and accrued liabilities   $            96     $            —  

Forward-Exchange Contracts

  

Trade and other receivables

   —     13  

Forward-Exchange Contracts

  Trade payables and accrued liabilities   299     11  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Quarter Ended
March 31,
   Nine Months Ended
March 31,
      Quarter Ended
December 31,
   Six Months Ended
December 31,
 

Type of Derivative

Contract

  

Statement of Operations

Classification

  2016   2017   2016   2017   

Statement of Operations

Classification

  2016   2017   2016   2017 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

  Unrealized gain (loss) included in interest expense    $   $(3)      $   $—  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Forward Exchange Contracts  Unrealized foreign currency exchange gain (loss) and other  $(323  $(156  $(646  $279   Unrealized foreign currency exchange gain and other    $354   $182      $435   $392  
    

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

The Company’s exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to its senior and other debt obligations. The Company’s policy is to manage its interest expense by using a mix of fixed and variable rate debt.

To manage its exposure to variable interest rates in a cost-efficient manner, the Company entershas entered into interest rate swaps and interest rate options, in which the Company agreesagreed to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and variable interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed-upon notional principal amount. These swaps and options arewere designated to

hedge changes in the interest rate of a portion of the outstanding borrowings in the Asia-Pacific area. In August 2012, theThe Company entered into antwo interest rate swap contractcontracts in FY 2017 that washave been designated as a cash flow hedge. This cash flow hedge was determined to be highly effective and, therefore, changes in the fair value of the effective portion were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.hedges. The Company expects this derivativeexpected these derivatives to remain effective during the remaining term of the swap;swaps; however, any changes in the portion of the hedgehedges considered ineffective would bewas recorded in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations. There was no ineffective portion recorded in FY 2016 and2017. In FY 2017.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

2018 the two interest rate swap contracts were closed, with the Company incurring break costs of $148,000.

The Company’s interest rate derivative instruments arewere not traded on a market exchange; therefore, the fair values arewere determined using valuation models which include assumptions about the interest rate yield curve at the reporting dates (Level 2 fair value measurement). As of June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, there was onethe two open interest rate swap contract that was designated as a cash flow hedge and matures in June 2017,contracts were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

   June 30, 2016   March 31, 2017 
   Swap  Option (Cap)   Swap  Option 

Notional amounts

  $37,213  $—     $38,224  $—   

Fixed/Strike Rates

   3.98  —      3.98  —   

Floating Rates

   1.90  —      1.675  —   

Fair Value of Combined Contracts

  $(871 $—     $(245 $—   
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 
June 30,
2017

Notional amounts

  $30,748 

Fixed/Strike Rates

2.0025% - 2.2900% 

Floating Rates

1.6650% 

Fair Value of Combined Contracts

  $(96) 

Foreign Currency Risk

The Company has transactional currency exposures. Such exposure arises from sales or purchases in currencies other than the functional currency. The currency giving rise to this risk is primarily U.S. dollars. Royal Wolf has a bank account denominated in U.S. dollars into which a small number of customers pay their debts. This is a natural hedge against fluctuations in the exchange rate. The funds are then used to pay suppliers, avoiding the need to convert to Australian dollars. Royal Wolf uses forward currency and participating forward contracts to eliminate the currency exposures on the majority of its transactions denominated in foreign currencies, either by transaction if the amount is significant, or on a general cash flow hedge basis. The forward currency and participating forward contracts are always in the same currency as the hedged item. The Company believes that financial instruments designated as foreign currency hedges are highly effective. However documentation of such as required by ASC Topic 815 does not exist. Therefore, all movements in the fair values of these hedges are reported in the statement of operations in the period in which fair values change. As of June 30, 2016,2017, there were 4916 open forward exchange contracts that mature between July 20162017 and November 2016;December 2017; and as of MarchDecember 31, 2017, there were 1319 open forward exchange contracts that mature between January 2018 and April 2017 and August 2017,2018, as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

  June 30, 2016   March 31, 2017   June 30,   December 31, 
  Forward Exchange   Participating
Forward
   Forward Exchange   Participating
Forward
   2017   2017 

Notional amounts

  $8,617   $—     $2,213   $—         $7,687        $3,898  

Exchange/Strike Rates (AUD to USD)

   0.6460 – 0.7803    —      0.69304 – 0.76860    —      0.69304 – 0.75650     0.68667 – 0.80335  

Fair Value of Combined Contracts

  $(255  $—     $—     $—         $(299)        $ 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

For the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and 2017, net unrealized and realized foreign exchange gains (losses) totaled $349,000$(392,000) and 44,000,$134,000 and $39,000$(348,000) and $(33,000),$24,000, respectively. In FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, net unrealized and realized foreign exchange gains (losses) totaled $(19,000)$(545,000)and $74,000,$117,000, and $(506,000)$(1,332,000) and $84,000,$(406,000), respectively.

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s borrowings under the Senior Notes was determined based on a Level 1 input and for borrowings under its senior credit facilities and Credit Suisse Term Loan determined based on Level 3 inputs; including a comparison to a group of comparable industry debt issuances (“Industry Comparable Debt Issuances”) and a study of credit (“Credit Spread Analysis”). Under the Industry Comparable Debt Issuance method, the Company compared the debt facilities to several industry comparable debt issuances. This method consisted of an analysis of the offering yields compared to the current yields on publicly traded debt securities. Under the Credit Spread Analysis, the Company first examined the implied credit spreads of the United States Federal Reserve. Based on this analysis the Company was able to assess the credit market. The fair value of the Company’s senior credit facilities as of June 30, 20162017 was determined to be approximately $336,901,000.$347,236,000. The Company also determined that the fair value of its other debt of $8,818,000$8,402,000 at June 30, 2016,2017 approximated or would not vary significantly from their carrying values. The Company believes that market conditions at MarchDecember 31, 2017 have not changed significantly from June 30, 2016.2017. Therefore, the proportion of the fair value to the carrying value of the Company’s senior credit facilities and other debt at MarchDecember 31, 2017 would not vary significantly from the proportion determined at June 30, 2016.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

2017.

Under the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 825,Financial Instruments,the carrying value of the Company’s other financial instruments (consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, net receivables, trade payables and accrued liabilities) approximate fair value.

Note 7. Related-Party Transactions

Effective January 31, 2008, the Company entered into a lease with an affiliate of the Company’s chief executive officer for its corporate headquarters in Pasadena, California. The rent is $7,393 per month, effective March 1, 2009, plus allocated charges for common area maintenance, real property taxes and insurance, for approximately 3,000 square feet of office space. The term of the lease is five years, with two five-year renewal options, and the rent is adjusted yearly based on the consumer price index. On October 11, 2012, the Company exercised itsthe first option to renew the lease for an additional five-year term commencing February 1, 2013.2013 and on August 7, 2017, it exercised its second option for an additional five-year term commencing on February 1, 2018. Rental payments were $27,000$28,000 and $83,000$29,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and FY 20162017, respectively, and $28,000 and $84,000$56,000 during the quarter ended March 31,both FY 2017 and FY 2017, respectively.2018.

The premises ofPac-Van’s Las Vegas branch isare owned by and waswere leased from the acting branch manager through December 31, 2016. EffectiveFrom January 1, 2017 through May 12, 2017, the use of the premises iswas rented from the acting branch manager on amonth-to-month basis. Effective May 12, 2017, the Company entered into a lease agreement through December 31, 2020 for rental of $10,876 per month and the right to extend the term of the lease for threetwo-year options, with the monthly rental increasing at each option period from $11,420 to $12,590 per month. Rental payments haveon these premises totaled $30,000 and $89,000$33,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and FY 2016,2017 and $33,000$59,000 and $92,000$65,000 during the quarter ended March 31, 2017and FY 2017 and FY 2018, respectively.

Note 8. Equity Plans

On September 11, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), which was approved by the stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting on December 4, 2014 and amended and restated by the stockholders at the annual meeting on December 3, 2015. The 2014 Plan is an “omnibus” incentive plan permitting a variety of equity programs designed to provide flexibility in implementing equity and cash awards, including incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock grants(“non-vested equity shares”), restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance stock, performance units and other stock-based awards. Participants in the 2014 Plan may

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

be granted any one of the equity awards or any combination of them, as determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. Upon the approval of the 2014 Plan by the stockholders, the Company suspended further grants under its previous equity plans, the General Finance Corporation 2006 Stock Option Plan (the “2006 Plan”) and the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) (collectively the “Predecessor Plans”), which had a total of 2,500,000 shares reserved for grant. Any stock options which are forfeited under the Predecessor Plans will become available for grant under the 2014 Plan, but the total number of shares available under the 2014 Plan will not exceed the 1,500,000 shares reserved for grant under the 2014 Plan, plus any options which were forfeited or are available for grant under the Predecessor Plans. If not sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, the 2014 Plan will expire on December 4, 2024, which is the tenth anniversary of the date it was approved by the Company’s stockholders. The 2006 Plan expired on June 30, 2016 and the 2009 Plan will expire on December 10, 2019. On December 7, 2017, the stockholders approved an amendment unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company that increased the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2014 Plan by 1,000,000 shares, from 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 shares of common stock, plus any options which were forfeited or are available for grant under the 2009 Plan. The Predecessor Plans and the 2014 Plan are referred to collectively as the “Stock Incentive Plan.”

There have been no grants or awards of restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance stock or performance units under the Stock Incentive Plan. All grantsto-date consist of incentive andnon-qualified stock options that vest over a period of up to five years (“time-based”),non-qualified stock options that vest over varying periods that are dependent on the attainment of certain defined EBITDA and other targets (“performance-based”) andnon-vested equity shares. At MarchDecember 31, 2017, 628,1941,296,764 shares remained available for grant.

On February 7,December 15, 2017 (the “February“December 2017 Grant”), the Company granted time-based options to an officer of GFN to purchase 225,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company’s common stock as of that date, or $5.10$6.25 per share. The options under the FebruaryDecember 2017 Grant vest over 36 months from the date of grant. The weighted-average fair value of the stock options in the FebruaryDecember 2017 Grant was $3.35,$3.45, determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate of 2.13%2.26%, an expected life of 7.5 years, an expected volatility of 65.1%50.5% and no expected dividend.

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Since inception, the range of the fair value of the stock options granted (other than tonon-employee consultants) and the assumptions used are as follows:

 

Fair value of stock options

  $0.81 - $6.35 
  

 

 

 

Assumptions used:

  

Risk-free interest rate

   1.19% - 4.8% 

Expected life (in years)

   7.5 

Expected volatility

   26.5% - 84.6% 

Expected dividends

    
  

 

 

 

At MarchDecember 31, 2017, there were no significant outstanding stock options held bynon-employee consultants that were not fully vested. A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for FY 2017follows:2018 follows:

 

   Number of
Options
(Shares)
  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
 

Outstanding at June 30, 2016

   2,183,224  $5.30   

Granted

   225,000   5.10   

Exercised

   (21,500  2.50   

Forfeited or expired

   (232,667  7.33   
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

Outstanding at March 31, 2017

   2,154,057  $5.09    4.9 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2017

   2,154,057  $5.09    4.9 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2017

   1,613,023  $4.99    3.6 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Number of

Options

(Shares)

   Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
 
  

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2017

           2,061,057   $4.92   

Granted

   225,000    6.25   

Exercised

   (22,500)    1.53   

Forfeited or expired

   (232,000)    9.03   
  

 

 

   

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

           2,031,557   $4.64    5.5 
  

 

 

 
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2017           2,031,557   $4.64    5.5 
  

 

 

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

           1,419,256   $4.26    4.0 
  

 

 

 

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

At MarchDecember 31, 2017, outstanding time-based options and performance-based options totaled 1,398,347and 755,710,1,330,347and 701,210, respectively. Also at that date, the Company’s market price for its common stock was $5.10$6.80 per share, which was at or below the exercise prices of approximately 52%7.2% of the outstanding stock options. The intrinsic value of the outstanding stock options at that date was $2,137,400.$4,690,000. Share-based compensation of $7,093,000$7,691,000 related to stock options has been recognized in the consolidated statements of operations, with a corresponding benefit to equity, from inception through MarchDecember 31, 2017. At that date, there remains $1,404,000$1,582,000 of unrecognized compensation expense to be recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.91.5 years.

A deduction is not allowed for U.S. income tax purposes with respect tonon-qualified options granted in the United States until the stock options are exercised or, with respect to incentive stock options issued in the United States, unless the optionee makes a disqualifying disposition of the underlying shares. The amount of any deduction will be the difference between the fair value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price at the date of exercise. Accordingly, there is a deferred tax asset recorded for the U.S. tax effect of the financial statement expense recorded related to stock option grants in the United States. TheEffective July 1, 2017, the tax effect of the U.S. income tax deduction in excess of the financial statement expense, if any, will be recorded as an increase to additionalpaid-in capital.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

a benefit in the consolidated statement of operations.

A summary of the Company’snon-vested equity share activity follows:

 

  Shares   Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Shares   Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value
 

Nonvested at June 30, 2016

   373,507   $4.20 
  

 

 

 

Nonvested at June 30, 2017

           480,310   $4.54 

Granted

   178,304    4.61    35,430    6.35 

Vested

   (176,998   4.29            (77,667)    4.16 

Forfeited

   —      —           
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Nonvested at March 31, 2017

   374,813   $4.35 

Nonvested at December 31, 2017

                           438,073   $4.76 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Share-based compensation of $1,969,000$2,659,000 related tonon-vested equity shares has been recognized in the consolidated statements

of operations, with a corresponding benefit to equity, from inception through MarchDecember 31, 2017. At that date, there remains $1,324,000$1,735,000 of unrecognized compensation expense to be recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining vesting period of over approximately 0.67 years0.79 year2.852.50 years for thenon-vested equity shares.

On October 12, 2016, the Company granted a total of 22,112 equity shares to an officer of GFN at a value equal to the closing market price of the Company’s common stock as of that date, or $4.45 per share. The fair value of this equity share grant of $98,000 has been recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as share-based compensation, with a corresponding benefit to equity.

Royal Wolf Long Term Incentive Plan

Royal Wolf established the Royal Wolf Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTI Plan”) in conjunction with its initial public offering in May 2011. Under the LTI Plan, the RWH Board of Directors may grant,have granted, at its discretion, options, performance rights and/or restricted shares of RWH capital stock to Royal Wolf employees and executive directors. Vesting terms and conditions may bewere up to four years and, generally, will bewere subject to performance criteria based primarily on enhancing shareholder returns using a number of key financial benchmarks, including EBITDA. In addition, unless the RWH Board determinesdetermined otherwise, if an option, performance right or restricted share hashad not lapsed or been forfeited earlier, it will terminatewould have terminated at the seventh anniversary from the date of grant.

It iswas intended that up to one percent of RWH’s outstanding capital stock willwould be reserved for grant under the LTI Plan and a trust will bewas established to hold RWH shares for this purpose. However, so long assince the Company holdsheld more than 50% of the outstanding shares of RWH capital stock, RWH shares reserved for grant under the LTI Plan are required to bewere purchased in the open market unless the Company agrees otherwise.market. The LTI Plan, among other provisions, doesdid not permit the transfer, sale, mortgage or encumbering of options, performance rights and restricted shares without the prior approval of the RWH Board. In the event of a change of control, the RWH Board, at its discretion, will determinewould have determined whether, and how many, unvested options, performance rights and restricted shares will vest.would have vested. In addition, if, in the RWH Board’s opinion, a participant actsacted fraudulently or dishonestly or iswas in breach of his obligations to Royal Wolf, the RWH Board may deemhave deemed any options, performance rights and restricted shares held by or reserved for the participant to have lapsed or been forfeited.

AsWith the Company’s acquisition of March 31, 2017,the noncontrolling interest of Royal Wolf has(see Note 4), the LTI Plan was terminated in September 2017 and the RWH Board determined that 582,370 performance rights were deemed vested, resulting in payments totaling A$1,066,000 ($835,000) to

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

participants. At the date of its termination, Royal Wolf had granted, net of forfeitures, 2,703,7232,582,723 performance rights to key management personnel under the LTI Plan. Also, asthrough the date of March 31, 2017, 642,582termination, 677,953 of the performance rights havehad been converted into RWH capital stock through purchases in the open market. In FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, share-based compensation of $663,000$(522,000) and $(208,000),$1,207,000, respectively, related to the LTI Plan hashad been recognized in the consolidated statements of operations, with a corresponding offsetbenefit to equity.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is not involved in any material lawsuits or claims arising out of the normal course of business. The nature of its business is such that disputes can occasionally arise with employees, vendors (including suppliers and subcontractors) and customers over warranties, contract specifications and contract interpretations among other things. The Company assesses these matters on acase-by-case basis as they arise. Reserves are established, as required, based on its assessment of its exposure. In the opinion of management, the ultimate amount of liability not covered by insurance under pending litigation and claims, if any, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operating results or cash flows.Self-Insurance

The Company has insurance policies to cover auto liability, general liability, directors and officers liability and workers compensation-related claims. Effective on February 1, 2017, the Company became self-insured for auto liability and general liability through GFNI, a wholly-owned captive insurance company, up to a maximum of $1,200,000 per policy period. Claims and expenses are reported when it is probable that a loss has occurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These losses include an estimate of claims that have been incurred but not reported. At MarchJune 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017, reported liability totaled $183,000,$129,000 and $291,000, respectively, and has been recorded in the caption “Trade payables and accrued liabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Other Matters

The Company is not involved in any material lawsuits or claims arising out of the normal course of business. The nature of its business is such that disputes can occasionally arise with employees, vendors (including suppliers and subcontractors) and customers over warranties, contract specifications and contract interpretations among other things. The Company assesses these matters on acase-by-case basis as they arise. Reserves are established, as required, based on its assessment of its exposure. The Company has insurance policies to cover general liability and workers compensation related claims. In the opinion of management, the ultimate amount of liability not covered by insurance under pending litigation and claims, if any, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operating results or cash flows.

Note 10. Cash Flows from Operating Activities and Other Financial Information

The following table provides a detail of cash flows from operating activities (in thousands):

 

   Six Months Ended December 31, 
  Nine Months Ended March 31,   2016           2017         
  2016   2017   

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

        

Net loss

  $(930  $(445

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

        $626   $2,130  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows from operating activities:

    

Gain on sales and disposals of property, plant and equipment

   (110   (137   (61)    (5)  

Gain on sales of lease fleet

   (5,076   (1,611   (428)    (3,746)  

Gain on bargain purchase of business

   (72   —   

Unrealized foreign exchange loss

   19    506    545    1,332  

Unrealized loss (gain) on forward exchange contracts

   646    (279

Impairment of goodwill

   2,681    —   

Unrealized gain on forward exchange contracts

   (435)    (392)  

Change in valuation of bifurcated derivative in Convertible Note

       1,717  

Depreciation and amortization

   28,509    29,831                              19,787    19,992  

Amortization of deferred financing costs and accretion of interest

   1,535    1,407 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

   700    1,302  

Accretion of interest

   135    344  

Share-based compensation expense

   2,122    842    191    2,097  

Deferred income taxes

   (1,844   (1,627   (482)    (1,402)  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (excluding assets and liabilities from acquisitions):

        

Trade and other receivables, net

   8,579    (3,022   (7,034)    (10,424)  

Inventories

   214    5,087    2,829    (2,731)  

Prepaid expenses and other

   (2,626   (913   (2)    562  

Trade payables, accrued liabilities and unearned revenues

   2,645    (8,824   (4,243)    3,038  

Income taxes

   (1,100   (715   (1,217)    801  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $35,192   $20,100     $10,911   $14,615  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Note 11. Segment Reporting

We have two geographic areas that include four operating segments; the Asia-Pacific area, consisting of the leasing operations of Royal Wolf, and North America, consisting of the combined leasing operations ofPac-Van and Lone Star, and the manufacturing operations of Southern Frac. Discrete financial data on each of the Company’s products is not available and it would be impractical to collect and maintain financial data in such a manner. In managing the Company’s business, senior management focuses on primarily growing its leasing revenues and operating cash flow (EBITDA), and investing in its lease fleet through capital purchases and acquisitions.

Transactions between reportable segments included in the tables below are recorded on an arms-length basis at market in conformity with U.S. GAAP and the Company’s significant accounting policies (see Note 2). The tables below represent the Company’s revenues from external customers, share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, operating income, interest income and expense, expenditures for additions to long-lived assets (consisting of lease fleet and property, plant and equipment), long-lived assets and goodwill; as attributed to its geographic and operating segments (in thousands):

 

  Quarter Ended December 31, 2017 
  North America         
  Quarter Ended March 31, 2017   Leasing                 
  North America             Pac-Van   Lone Star   Combined   Manufacturing 

Corporate

and
Intercompany
Adjustments

 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
   Consolidated 
  Leasing                 

 

 

   

 

 
  Pac-Van   Lone Star Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
 Consolidated 

Revenues:

                          

Sales

  $11,721   $—    $11,721   $1,677  $(645 $12,753   $11,836  $24,589       $13,510   $-   $13,510   $3,505  $(1,425 $15,590           $22,555           $38,145     

Leasing

   24,411    4,624  29,035    —    (50 28,985    14,890  43,875    28,308    9,559    37,867    -  (277 37,590        16,395        53,985     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

       $41,818   $9,559   $51,377   $3,505  $(1,702 $53,180           $38,950           $92,130     
  $36,132   $4,624  $40,756   $1,677  $(695 $41,738   $26,726  $68,464   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Share-based compensation

  $87   $11  $98   $4  $235  $337   $314  $651       $77   $10   $87   $13  $339  $439           $-           $439     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

  $3,347   $2,411  $5,758   $198  $(180 $5,776   $4,268  $10,044       $3,485   $2,293   $5,778   $137  $(183 $5,732           $3,936           $9,668     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Operating income

  $4,165   $(1,086 $3,079   $(496 $(1,085 $1,498   $2,112  $3,610       $8,151   $1,942   $10,093   $(77 $(1,208 $8,808           $6,251           $15,059     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest income

  $—     $—    $—     $—    $7  $7   $11  $18       $-   $-   $-   $-  $1  $1           $22           $23     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Interest expense

  $1,870   $349  $2,219   $99  $1,815  $4,133   $1,116  $5,249       $2,188   $472   $2,660   $94  $1,700  $4,454           $4,993           $9,447     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  Nine Months Ended March 31, 2017   Six Months Ended December 31, 2017 
  North America       
  Leasing                 North America         
  Pac-Van   Lone Star Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
 Consolidated 
  Leasing                 
      Pac-Van   Lone Star   Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
   Consolidated 
  

 

 

 

Revenues:

                          

Sales

  $33,932   $—    $33,932   $5,261  $(1,472 $37,721   $35,384  $73,105       $25,338   $-   $25,338   $6,584  $(2,601 $29,321           $36,109           $65,430     

Leasing

   72,517    12,620  85,137    —    (146 84,991    45,493  130,484    54,347    17,908    72,255    -  (493 71,762        31,855        103,617     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

       $79,685   $17,908   $97,593   $6,584  $(3,094 $101,083           $67,964           $169,047     
  $106,449   $12,620  $119,069   $5,261  $(1,618 $122,712   $80,877  $203,589   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Share-based compensation

  $234   $31  $265   $48  $737  $1,050   $(208 $842       $173   $20   $193   $26  $671  $890           $1,207           $2,097     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

  $10,232   $7,258  $17,490   $594  $(547 $17,537   $12,294  $29,831 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Operating income

  $14,412   $(3,763 $10,649   $(1,847 $(3,363 $5,439   $8,931  $14,370 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Interest income

  $—     $—    $—     $—    $16  $16   $38  $54 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Interest expense

  $5,240   $924  $6,164   $274  $5,443  $11,881   $3,215  $15,096 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

  $19,327   $47  $19,374   $—    $(180 $19,194   $18,342  $37,536 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

                
Depreciation and amortization      $      6,996   $4,531   $11,527   $335  $(365 $    11,497       $            8,495           $19,992     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
Operating income      $    14,016   $2,640   $16,656   $(663 $(2,341 $        13,652       $        7,054           $20,706     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
Interest income      $        -   $-   $-   $-  $6  $    6       $        32           $38     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
Interest expense      $      4,251   $920   $5,171   $200  $3,893  $    9,264       $        6,005           $15,269     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
Additions to long-lived assets      $    17,041   $2,439   $19,480   $-  $(181 $19,299       $        8,557           $27,856     
  

 

 

 
  At March 31 31, 2017   At December 31, 2017 

Long-lived assets

  $243,605   $53,770  $297,375   $2,724  $(10,641 $289,458  $161,013   $450,471       $  257,757   $51,853   $309,610   $2,192  $(10,325 $301,477       $        158,424           $459,901     
  

 

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Goodwill

  $55,849   $20,782  $76,631   $—    $—    $76,631  $28,348   $104,979       $    60,268   $20,782   $81,050   $-  $-  $81,050       $          28,939           $109,989     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 
  At June 30, 2016   At June 30, 2017 

Long-lived assets

  $239,459   $58,492  $297,951   $3,318  $(10,975 $290,294  $156,002   $446,296       $    244,973   $52,158   $297,131   $2,526  $(10,521 $289,136       $161,527           $450,663     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Goodwill

  $55,122   $20,782  $75,904   $—    $—    $75,904  $26,642   $102,546       $    55,882   $20,782   $76,664   $-  $-  $76,664       $    28,465           $105,129     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  Quarter Ended March 31, 2016   Quarter Ended December 31, 2016 
  North America       
  Leasing                 North America         
  Pac-Van   Lone Star Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total Asia – Pacific
Leasing
   Consolidated 
  Leasing                 
  Pac-Van   Lone Star   Combined   Manufacturing 

Corporate

and
Intercompany
Adjustments

 Total   

Asia – Pacific

Leasing

   Consolidated 
  

 

 

   

 

 

Revenues:

                          

Sales

  $12,411   $—    $12,411   $1,652  $(422 $13,641  $10,970   $24,611       $11,781   $-   $11,781   $        1,933  $(270 $    13,444   $13,606           $27,050     

Leasing

   22,517    5,533  28,050    —    (33 28,017  13,841    41,858        24,757    4,176    28,933    -  (43 28,890        16,387            45,277     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

       $            36,538   $  4,176   $            40,714   $            1,933  $(313 $        42,334   $29,993           $72,327     
  $34,928   $5,533  $40,461   $1,652  $(455 $41,658  $24,811   $66,469   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Share-based compensation

  $89   $10  $99   $27  $357  $483  $286   $769       $        72   $    10   $82   $22  $298  $      402   $            194           $596     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Impairment of goodwill

  $—     $—    $—     $2,681  $—    $2,681  $—     $2,681 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

  $3,516   $2,611  $6,127   $263  $(187 $6,203  $3,584   $9,787       $        3,429   $2,422   $5,851   $198  $(181 $    5,868   $4,218           $10,086     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating income

  $3,823   $(630 $3,193   $(3,663 $(1,230 $(1,700 $2,653   $953       $        6,195   $(1,231)   $4,964   $(733 $(1,090 $    3,141   $3,956           $7,097     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Interest income

  $—     $—    $—     $—    $—    $—    $35   $35       $        -   $-   $-   $-  $1  $          1   $12           $13     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest expense

  $1,510   $375  $1,885   $90  $1,825  $3,800  $1,038   $4,838       $    1,726   $294   $2,020   $94  $1,819  $  3,933   $1,083           $5,016     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  Six Months Ended December 31, 2016 
  North America         
  Leasing                 
  Pac-Van   Lone Star   Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
   Consolidated 
  

 

 

 

Revenues:

              

Sales

      $22,211   $-   $22,211   $3,584  $(827 $24,968       $23,548       $48,516     

Leasing

       48,106    7,996    56,102    -  (96 56,006        30,603        86,609     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
      $            70,317   $            7,996   $            78,313   $                3,584 $              (923) $          80,974       $54,151       $                135,125     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
Share-based compensation      $147   $20   $167   $44  $502  $            713       $(522)       $            191     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

  Nine Months Ended March 31, 2016 
  North America         
  Leasing                 
  Pac-Van   Lone Star Combined   Manufacturing Corporate
and
Intercompany
Adjustments
 Total   Asia – Pacific
Leasing
   Consolidated 

Revenues:

             

Sales

  $35,430   $—    $35,430   $6,434  $(582 $41,282   $44,978   $86,260 

Leasing

   66,403    19,212  85,615    —    (99 85,516    41,746    127,262 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 
  $101,833   $19,212  $121,045   $6,434  $(681 $126,798   $86,724   $213,522 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Share-based compensation

  $288   $30  $318   $101  $1,040  $1,459   $663   $2,122 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Impairment of goodwill

  $—     $—    $—     $2,681  $—    $2,681   $—     $2,681 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

  $9,866   $7,910  $17,776   $789  $(559 $18,006   $10,503   $28,509       $6,885   $4,847  $11,732   $396  $(367 $11,761       $8,026       $19,787     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating income

  $14,116   $(134 $13,982   $(6,161 $(3,655 $4,166   $9,474   $13,640       $10,247   $(2,677 $7,570   $(1,351 $(2,278 $3,941       $6,819       $10,760     
  

 

 

   

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest income

  $—     $—    $—     $—    $1  $1   $71   $72       $-   $-  $-   $-  $9  $9       $27       $36     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest expense

  $4,250   $1,155  $5,405   $218  $5,667  $11,290   $3,528   $14,818       $3,370   $575  $3,945   $175  $3,628  $7,748       $2,099       $            9,847     
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Additions to long-lived assets

  $25,771   $245  $26,016   $182  $2  $26,200   $17,746   $43,946 
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Additions to long-

lived assets

      $14,475   $47  $14,522   $-  $(150 $14,372   $            13,412       $    27,784     
  

 

 

 

Intersegment net revenues related to the sales of primarily portable liquid storage containers from Southern Frac to the North American leasing operations totaled $270,000 and $422,000 and $582,000$827,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 and FY 2016,2017, respectively, and $645,000$1,425,000 and $1,472,000$2,601,000 during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 and FY 2017,2018, respectively.

Note 12. Subsequent Events

On April 14, 2017,January 17, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $2.225$2.30 per share on the Series C Preferred Stock (see Note 3). The dividend is for the period commencing on JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 through April 29, 2017,January 30, 2018, and is payable on May 1, 2017January 31, 2018 to holders of record as of April 29, 2017.January 30, 2018.

On April 24, 2017,January 26, 2018, the Company, completed the sale of a“tack-on” offering of its publicly-traded Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5,390,000 that was priced at $24.95 per denomination. Net proceeds were $5,190,947, after deducting an aggregate original issue discount (“OID”) of $10,780 and underwriting discount of $188,273. The Company used $4,303,376 of the net proceeds to reduce indebtedness at the Wells Fargo Credit Facility, pursuant to the requirement that at least 80% of the public offering proceeds be used for that purpose in order to permit the payment of intercompany dividends bythroughPac-Van, purchased the container and Lone Star to GFN to fund the interest requirementsstorage trailer business of the Senior Notes.Lucky’s Lease, Inc. (“Lucky’s”) for approximately $3,416,000, which included a general indemnity and other holdbacks of $354,000. Lucky’s is located in South Royalton, Vermont.

Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto, which are included in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 20162017 (the “Annual Report”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. This Quarterly Report on Form10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Risk factors that might cause or contribute to such discrepancies include, but are not limited to, those described in our Annual Report and other SEC filings. We maintain a web site atwww.generalfinance.comthat makes available, through a link to the SEC’s EDGAR system website, our SEC filings.

References to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to General Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GFN”), and its consolidated subsidiaries. These subsidiaries include GFN U.S. Australasia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GFN U.S.”); GFN Insurance Corporation, an Arizona corporation (“GFNI”); GFN North America Leasing Corporation, , a Delaware corporation (“GFNNA Leasing”); GFN North America Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GFNNA”); GFN Realty Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GFNRC”); GFN Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GFNMC”), and its subsidiary, Southern Frac, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (collectively “Southern Frac”); Royal Wolf Holdings Limited, an Australian corporation publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (“RWH”), and its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries (collectively, “Royal Wolf”);Pac-Van, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and its Canadian subsidiary, PV Acquisition Corp., an Alberta corporation (collectively“Pac-Van”); and Lone Star Tank Rental Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Lone Star”); GFN Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation (“GFNAPH”), and its subsidiaries, GFN Asia Pacific Finance Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation (“GFNAPF”), Royal Wolf Holdings Limited, an Australian corporation (“RWH”), and its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries (collectively, “Royal Wolf”).

Overview

Founded in October 2005, we are a leading specialty rental services company offering portable (or mobile) storage, modular space and liquid containment solutions in these three distinct, but related industries, which we collectively refer to as the “portable services industry.”

We have two geographic areas that include four operating segments; the Asia-Pacific (orPan-Pacific) area, consisting of Royal Wolf (which leases and sells storage containers, portable container buildings and freight containers in Australia and New Zealand) and North America, consisting ofPac-Van (which leases and sells storage, office and portable liquid storage tank containers, modular buildings and mobile offices), and Lone Star (see above), which are combined to form our “North American Leasing” operations, and Southern Frac (which manufactures portable liquid storage tank containers and other steel-related products). As of MarchDecember 31, 2017, our two geographic leasing operations lease and sell their products throughtwenty-two customer service centers (“CSCs”) in Australia, eleventwelve CSCs in New Zealand,fifty-two fifty-five branch locations in the United States and three branch locations in Canada. At that date, we had 511256 and 257572 employees and 42,84242,668 and 38,52942,220 lease fleet units in the Asia-Pacific area and North America, respectively.

Our lease fleet is comprised of three distinct specialty rental equipment categories that possess attractive asset characteristics and serve our customers’on-site temporary needs and applications. These categories match the sectors comprising the portable services industry.

Our portable storage category is segmented into two products: (1) storage containers, which primarily consist of new and used steel shipping containers under International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) standards, that provide a flexible, low cost alternative to warehousing, while offering greater security, convenience and immediate accessibility; and (2) freight containers, which are either designed for transport of products by road and rail and are only offered in our Asia-Pacific territory.

Our modular space category is segmented into three products: (1) office containers, which are referred to as portable container buildings in the Asia-Pacific, are either modified or specifically manufactured containers that provide self-contained office space with maximum design flexibility. Office containers in the United States are oftentimes referred to as ground level offices (“GLOs”); (2) modular buildings, which provide customers with flexible space solutions and are often modified to customer specifications and (3) mobile offices, which arere-locatable units with aluminum or wood exteriors and wood (or steel) frames on a steel carriage fitted with axles, and which allow for an assortment of“add-ons” to provide convenient temporary space solutions.

Our liquid containment category includes portable liquid storage tanks that are manufactured500-barrel capacity steel containers with fixed axles for transport. These units are regularly utilized for a variety of applications across a

wide range of industries, including refinery, petrochemical and industrial plant maintenance, oil and gas services, environmental remediation and field services, infrastructure building construction, marine services, pipeline construction and maintenance, tank terminal services, waste management, wastewater treatment and landfill services.

Results of Operations

Quarter Ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 (“QE FY 2017”2018”) Compared to Quarter Ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 (“QE FY 2016”2017”)

The following compares our QE FY 20172018 results of operations with our QE FY 20162017 results of operations.

Revenues.Revenues increased $2.0$19.8 million, or 3.0%27%, to $68.5$92.1 million in QE FY 20172018 from $66.5$72.3 million in QE FY 2016.2017. This consisted of a $0.3increases of $10.4 million, increase, or approximately 1%26%, in revenues in our North American leasing operations, an$8.9 million increase, of $1.9 million, or 8%30%, in revenues in the Asia-Pacific area and a decrease of $0.2$0.5 million, or 31%, in manufacturing revenues from Southern Frac. The effect of the average currency exchange rate of the stronger Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar in QE FY 20172018 versus QE FY 20162017 enhanced the translation of revenues from the Asia-Pacific area. The average currency exchange rate of one Australian dollar during QE FY 20172018 was $0.7578$0.7690 U.S. dollar compared to $0.7223$0.7495 U.S. dollar during QE FY 2016.2017. As a result, QE FY 20172018 total revenues in the Asia-Pacific area were impacted by an approximately 5%a favorable foreign exchange translation effect when compared to QE FY 2016.2017. In Australian dollars, total revenues in the Asia-Pacific area increased by 3%28% in QE FY 20172018 from QE FY 2016.2017.

Excluding Lone Star (doing business solely in the oil and gas sector), total revenues of our North American leasing operations increased by $1.2$5.0 million, or 3%14%, in QE FY 20172018 from QE FY 2016,2017, primarily due toin the commercial, industrial, construction, services and industrialoil and gas sectors, which increased by an aggregate $4.0 million;$5.5 million between the periods, offset somewhat by decreasesreductions in mostthe education and mining sectors of the other sectors, but primarily construction, which decreased by $2.2 million between the periods.$1.0 million. At Lone Star, revenues declinedsignificantly increased by $0.9$5.4 million, or 16%129%, from $5.5$4.2 million in QE FY 20162017 to $4.6$9.6 million in QE FY 2017.2018. The revenue increase in the Asia-Pacific area occurred in most sectors, but primarily in the utilities, transportation construction, retail and agricultureconstruction sectors, which increased between the periods by $2.9 million;$11.9 million, and was partially offset by an aggregatea decrease of $2.0$3.2 million in the industrial, consumer and oil and gas sectors.sector.

Sales and leasing revenues represented 35%40% and 65%60% of totalnon-manufacturing revenues, respectively, in QE FY 2017,2018, compared to 36% and 64% of totalnon-manufacturing revenues, respectively in QE FY 2016.2017.

Sales during QE FY 20172018 amounted to $24.6$38.1 million, comparablecompared to $27.0 million during QE FY 2016.2017; representing an increase of $11.1 million, or 41%. This consisted of a $0.8increases of $8.9 million, increase, or approximately 7%66%, in sales in the Asia-Pacific area, a decrease of $0.6$1.7 million, or approximately 5%14%, in our North American leasing operations and a decrease$0.5 million in manufacturing sales of $0.2 million, or approximately 16%, at Southern Frac. The increase in the Asia-Pacific area was comprised of an increaseincreases of $1.1$8.3 million ($0.80.3 million decrease due to lower unit sales, $8.4 million increase due to higher unit sales, $0.4 million increase due to foreign exchange movements and $0.1 million decrease due to lower average prices) in the CSC operationsprices and a decrease of $0.3 million ($0.5 million decrease due to lower average prices, $0.1 million increase due to higher unit sales and a $0.1$0.2 million increase due to foreign exchange movements) in the CSC operations and $0.6 million ($1.0 million decrease due to lower unit sales and $1.6 million increase due to higher average prices) in the national accounts group, and occurred in most sectors, but primarily in the transportationutilities and constructiontransportation sectors, which increased between the periods by $1.5 million;$10.7 million and was partially offset somewhat by decreasesa decrease of $1.6 million in the consumer and oil and gas sector. QE FY 2018 included two large sales, one each in the transportation and utilities sectors, totaling $1.3 million.approximately $10.5 million (approximately AUS$13.7 million), whereas QE FY 2017 had one large sale of $1.8 million (AUS$2.4 million) in the energy sector. In Australian dollars, total sales in the Asia-Pacific area increased by 3%64% in QE FY 20172018 from QE FY 2016.2017. In our North American leasing operations, the sales decreaseincrease in QE FY 20172018 from QE FY 20162017 was primarily in the construction sector,commercial, industrial and services sectors, which decreasedincreased by a total of $2.4 million between the periods; offset somewhat by an increasedecreases in primarily the commercial sector of $1.7education and mining sectors, which decreased by $1.3 million. The decreaseincrease at Southern Frac was due to the continued low demand for ourprimarily from sales of portable liquid containment tanks causeddirectly out of inventory, as production levels on all steel-based products decreased by soft oil and gas drilling activity, primarily48% in Texas. Sales at Southern Frac in both periods were primarilyQE FY 2018 from chassis and other steel-based product lines.QE FY 2017.

Leasing revenues totaled $43.9$54.0 million in QE FY 2018, an increase of $8.7 million, or 19%, from $45.3 million in QE FY 2017, and $41.9 million in QE FY 2016, an increase of $2.0 million, or 5%. This consisted of an increase of $1.1 million, or 8%, in the Asia-Pacific area and an increase of $0.9 million, or approximately 3%, ineffectively all from North America. In Australian dollars, leasing revenues increased by approximately 3% in the Asia-Pacific area in QE FY 2017 from QE FY 2016.

In the Asia-Pacific area, average utilization in the retail and the national accounts group operations was 85%86% and 73%77%, respectively, during QE FY 2017,2018, as compared to 83%84% and 75%74%, respectively, in QE FY 2016.2017. The overall average utilization wasincreased to 84% in QE FY 2018 from 82% in QE FY 2017 and 81% in QE FY 2016;2017; and the average monthly lease rate of containers was AUS$156160 in both periods. In addition, theQE FY 2018 versus AUS$159 in QE FY 2017. The composite average monthly number of units on lease was over 700900 higher in QE FY 20172018, as compared to QE FY 2016. Leasing2017. Despite these increases in average lease rate and utilization and a stronger Australian dollar between the periods, leasing revenues increased in most sectors, but primarily in the construction, mining and transportation sectors, which increased in total by $1.2Asia-Pacific area remained flat primarily because QE FY 2017 included a recovery of $1.3 million between the periods; offset somewhat(AUS$1.8 million) from a lease settlement payment made by a decrease of $1.0 million in the industrial sector.former oil and gas customer.

In our North American leasing operations, average utilization rates were 73%81%, 76%83%, 49%79%, 80% and 83% and average monthly lease rates were $130, $345, $729, $294 and $770 for storage containers, office containers, frac tank containers, mobile offices and modular units, respectively, during QE FY 2018; as compared to 80%, 79%, 44%, 77% and 81% and average monthly lease rates were $117, $325, $541, $282$129, $327, $492, $285 and $775 for storage containers, office containers, frac tank

containers, mobile offices and modular units, respectively, during QE FY 2017; as compared 71%, 79%, 44%, 75% and 83% and average monthly lease rates were $116, $322, $592, $278 and $774$770 for storage containers, office containers, frac tank containers, mobile offices and modular units in QE FY 2016,2017, respectively. The average composite utilization rate increased towas 78% QE FY 2018 and 73% in QE FY 2017, from 71% in QE FY 2016, and the composite average monthly number of units on lease was over 3,2003,600 higher in QE FY 20172018 as compared to QE FY 2016.2017. The increase in leasing revenues between the periods was primarily due to the commercial, industrial and construction sectors, which increased by a total of $2.3 million less in QE FY 2017 versus QE FY 2016; partially offset by decreases in the oil and gas, commercial, construction and retailindustrial sectors, which decreasedincreased by a total of $1.1 million.an aggregate $8.4 million between the periods. Excluding Lone Star, total leasing revenues of our North American leasing operations increased by $1.9$3.3 million, or 8%13%, in QE FY 20172018 from QE FY 20162017.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales from our lease inventories and fleet (which is the cost related to our sales revenues only and exclusive of the line items discussed below) decreased slightlyincreased by $0.1$7.8 million from $17.1$18.1 million during QE FY 20162017 to $17.0$25.9 million during QE FY 2017,2018, and our gross profit percentage from thesenon-manufacturing sales improveddeteriorated slightly to approximately 28% in QE FY 20172018 from 27%29% in QE FY 2016.2017. Fluctuations in gross profit percentage between periods is not unusual as a significant amount of ournon-manufacturing sales are out of the lease fleet which, among other things, would have varying sales prices and carrying values. Cost of sales from our manufactured products totaled $1.4$2.0 million in QE FY 2018, as compared to $2.1 million in QE FY 2017, as compared to $1.9resulting in a gross margin of $0.1 million induring QE FY 2016, resulting in reducing our2018 and a gross margin loss from $0.7 million in QE FY 2016 to $0.4of $0.5 million in QE FY 2017. The low profitability or loss incurred during both periods was due primarily to the lack of production and sales volume from our portable liquid containment tanks and other steel-based products, primarily chassis. We remain focused on making our chassis and other steel-based products commercially viable in order to diversify outsideproducts. A greater amount of our core portable liquid containment business.tanks were sold out of inventory in QE FY 2018, as compared to QE FY 2017, and because these units had been written down to net realizable value, the gross profit effect was minimal despite the increase in sales between the periods.

Direct Costs of Leasing Operations and Selling and General Expenses.Direct costs of leasing operations and selling and general expenses increased by $2.4$4.6 million from $34.2$35.1 million during QE FY 20162017 to $36.6$39.7 million during QE FY 2017.2018. As a percentage of revenues, however, these costs increased slightlydecreased to 53%43% during QE FY 20172018 from approximately 52%49% in QE FY 20162017 due primarily to operating expenses in our North American operations not proportionately increasing with revenues.

Impairment of Goodwill. In QE FY 2016, we recognized anon-cash impairment charge of $2.7 million to the goodwill recordedhigher revenues being primarily driven by increases in ouraverage units on lease and rates between the periods in North American manufacturing operationsAmerica, as well as higher sales revenues in the Asia-Pacific area, without a result ofproportionate increase in the Southern Frac acquisition. Reference is made to Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion regarding goodwill.infrastructure costs.

Depreciation and Amortization.Depreciation and amortization increased slightlydecreased by approximately $0.2$0.4 million to $9.8$9.5 million in QE FY 20172018 from $9.6$9.9 million in QE FY 2016,2017. This consisted of a decrease of $0.3 million in the Asia-Pacific and a slight decrease in North America of $0.1 million due primarily as a resultto reduced amortization of intangible assets, primarily at Lone Star, which more than offset increased depreciation and amortization from our increased investment in the lease fleet and business acquisitions.

Interest Expense. Interest expense was $5.2of $9.4 million in QE FY 2017, an increase of $0.42018 increased by $4.4 million from $4.8$5.0 million in QE FY 2016.2017. In the Asia-Pacific area, the higher interest expense between the periods of $3.9 million was due primarily to a higher weighted-average interest rate of 10.0% (which does not include the effect of translation, interest rate swap contracts and options, the accretion of interest and the amortization of deferred financing costs) in QE FY 2018 from the 4.9% in QE FY 2017, higher average borrowings and by a stronger Australian dollar between the periods. In North America, the higher interest expense of $0.3$0.5 million between the periods was due primarily to the weighted-average interest rate of 5.2%5.9% (which does not include the effect of the accretion of interest and amortization of deferred financing costs) in QE FY 20172018 being higher than the 4.9%5.0% in QE FY 2016, as well as the average borrowings being comparatively higher between the periods. In the Asia-Pacific area, the increased interest expense of $0.1 million was due primarily to the average borrowings being comparatively higher and the Australian dollar being comparatively stronger between the periods. The weighted-average interest rate of 4.9% (which does not include the effect of translation, interest rate swap contracts and options and the amortization of deferred financing costs) was the same during both periods.2017.

Foreign Currency Exchange and Other. The currency exchange rate of one Australian dollar to one U.S. dollar was $0.7300$0.76358 at December 31, 2015, $0.7670 at March 31,September 30, 2016, $0.72068 at December 31, 2016, $0.7834 at September 30, 2017 and $0.76448$0.780683 at MarchDecember 31, 2017. In QE FY 20162017 and QE FY 2017,2018, net unrealized and realized foreign exchange gains (losses) totaled $349,000$(392,000) and $44,000,$134,000 and $39,000$(348,000) and $(33,000),$24,000, respectively. In addition, in QE FY 2016 and QE FY 2017, unrealized exchange gains (losses) on forward exchange contracts totaled $(323,000) and $(156,000), respectively.

Income Taxes.Our effective income tax rate was 40.0% in QE FY 2017 and QE FY 2016. 2018, net unrealized exchange gains on forward exchange contracts totaled $354,000 and $182,000, respectively. QE FY 2018 also includes anon-cash charge of $1.7 million for the change in the valuation of the stand-alone bifurcated derivative in the Bison Capital Convertible Note (see Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

Income Taxes.Our income tax provision for QE FY 2018, which derived an effective tax rate of 21.4%, was comprised of:

(i) A provision of $1.3 million to derive ayear-to-date interim effective income tax rate of 38.6%;

(ii) As a result of the enactment on December 22, 2017 of the Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 (the “Act”), a tax benefit of $0.7 million for, among other things, there-measurement of approximately $6.5 million for our estimated deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences and NOL and FTC carryforwards reasonably estimated to be

existing at December 22, 2017, and from the current statutory rate of 35% to the new corporate rate of either 28% (if the temporary timing differences are expected to roll off in FY 2018) or 21 percent (if the temporary timing differences and NOL carryforwards are expected to remain as of June 30, 2018). This estimated tax benefit was offset by approximately $5.2 million for both the estimated transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings and a valuation allowance that was established to offset previously recognized FTC carryforward deferred tax assets that we believe will not be realized, and other adjustments totaling approximately $0.6 million (see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements); and

(iii) A net tax charge of $0.2 million for excess tax benefits and forfeitures on equity compensation awards (see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

The effective income tax rate is greater thanin QE FY 2017 was 40.0% and in both periods, the effective tax rate differs from the U.S. federal tax rate of 28% in QE FY 2018 and 35% in QE FY 2017 primarily because of state income taxes from the filing of tax returns in multiple U.S. states and the effect of doing business and filing income tax returns in foreign jurisdictions.

Preferred Stock Dividends.In both QE FY 20172018 and QE FY 2016,2017, we paid $0.9 million primarily on our 9.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”).

Noncontrolling Interests.Noncontrolling interests in the Royal Wolf and Southern Frac results of operations were approximately $0.1 million both QE FY 2017 and QE FY 2016.Stock.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders.Net lossincome attributable to common stockholders was $2.1 million in QE FY 20172018 versus $3.3a net loss of $0.6 million in QE FY 2016,2017, an improvement of $1.2approximately $2.7 million, primarily as a result of higher operating profit in both North America (QE FY 2016 included a pretax impairment charge of $2.7 million)and the Asia-Pacific area; offset somewhat by higher interest expense and a stronger Australian dollar betweencharge for the periods, offset somewhat be higher interest expense.

change in the valuation of a stand-alone embedded derivative.

NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 (“FY 2017”2018”) Compared to NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2016 (“FY 2016”2017”)

The following compares our FY 20172018 results of operations with our FY 20162017 results of operations.

Revenues.Revenues decreased $9.9increased $33.9 million, or 5%25%, to $203.6$169.0 million in FY 20172018 from $213.5$135.1 million in FY 2016.2017. This consisted of a $2.0increases of $18.9 million, decrease, or 2%24%, in revenues in our North American leasing operations, a decrease of $5.8$13.8 million increase, or 7%26%, in revenues in the Asia-Pacific area and a decrease of $2.1$1.2 million, or 43%, in manufacturing revenues from Southern Frac. The effect of the average currency exchange rate of the stronger Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar in FY 2017 versus FY 2016 enhanced the translation of revenues from the Asia-Pacific area. The average currency exchange rate of one Australian dollar during FY 20172018 was $0.7551$0.7794 U.S. dollar compared to $0.7230$0.7538 U.S. dollar during FY 2016.2017. As a result, FY 20172018 total revenues in the Asia-Pacific area were impacted by an approximately 4%a favorable foreign exchange translation effect when compared to FY 2016.2017. In Australian dollars, total revenues in the Asia-Pacific area decreasedincreased by 11%22% in FY 20172018 from FY 2016.2017.

Excluding Lone Star (doing business solely in the oil and gas sector), total revenues of our North American leasing operations increased by approximately $4.6$8.9 million, or 5%13%, in FY 20172018 from FY 2016,2017, primarily in the commercial, industrial, government, miningconstruction, oil and educationgas, services and industrial sectors, which increased by an aggregate $14.3$8.9 million between the periods; and was partiallyperiods, offset somewhat by reductions in primarily the oil and gas, services, constructioneducation and retail sectors totaling $10.1of $1.2 million. At Lone Star, revenues declinedsignificantly increased by $6.6$9.9 million, or 34%124%, from $19.2$8.0 million in FY 20162017 to $12.6$17.9 million in FY 2017.2018. The revenue decreaseincrease in the Asia-Pacific area occurred primarily in the utilities, transportation and consumerconstruction sectors, which decreasedincreased between the periods by $6.8$16.3 million, and was partially offset by an increasea decrease of $1.0$4.7 million in the construction and oil and gas sectors. FY 2017 revenues were impacted by an approximate 4% favorable foreign exchange translation effect when compared to FY 2017.sector.

Sales and leasing revenues represented 37% and 63% of totalnon-manufacturing revenues, respectively, in FY 2018, compared to 35% and 65% of totalnon-manufacturing revenues, respectively in FY 2017, compared to 39% and 61% of totalnon-manufacturing revenues, respectively in FY 2016.2017.

Sales during FY 20172018 amounted to $73.1$65.4 million, compared to $86.3$48.5 million during FY 2016;2017; representing a decreasean increase of $13.2$16.9 million, or 15%35%. This consisted of a $9.6increases of $12.6 million, decrease, or 21%54%, in sales in the Asia-Pacific area, a decrease of $1.5$3.1 million, or 4%14%, in our North American leasing operations and a decrease$1.2 million in manufacturing sales of $2.1 million, or 36%, at Southern Frac. The decreaseincrease in the Asia-Pacific area was comprised of a decreaseincreases of $1.0$10.6 million ($1.20.8 million decrease due to lower unit sales, $1.1$10.5 million decreaseincrease due to lowerhigher average prices and a $1.3$0.9 million increase due to foreign exchange movements) in the CSC operations and a decrease of $8.6$2.0 million ($6.90.6 million decrease due to lowerhigher unit sales, $1.9$2.4 million decreaseincrease due to lowerhigher average prices and a $0.2 million increase due to foreign exchange movements) in the national accounts group, and occurred primarily in the utilities, transportation construction, oil and gas, consumer and moving and storageconstruction sectors, which decreasedincreased between the periods by $11.0 million;$13.9 million and was partially offset somewhat by increasesa decrease of $1.9 million in the miningoil and industrial sector totaling $1.5 million.gas sector. FY 20162018 included threelow-margintwo large sales, one each in the transportation sectorand utilities sectors, totaling approximately $10.5 million (approximately AUS$13.7 million), whereas FY 2017 had one large sale of $1.8 million (AUS$2.4 million) in the Asia-Pacific area totaling approximately $8.0 million (approximately AUS$11.0 million), which were not repeated in FY 2017.energy sector. In Australian dollars,

total sales in the Asia-Pacific area decreasedincreased by 25%49% in FY 20172018 from FY 2016.2017. In our North American leasing operations, the sales decreaseincrease in FY 20172018 from FY 20162017 was primarily in the services,commercial, construction and oil and gasservices sectors, which decreasedincreased by a total of $8.5$3.4 million between the periods; offset somewhat by net increasesdecreases in most ofprimarily the other sectors, primarily in commercial, industrial, governmenteducation and mining sectors, which increaseddecreased by a total of $7.0$1.6 million. The decreaseincrease at Southern Frac was due to the continued low demand for ourprimarily from sales of portable liquid containment tanks causeddirectly out of inventory, as production levels on all steel-based products decreased by soft oil and gas drilling activity, primarily58% in Texas. Sales at Southern Frac in both periods were primarilyFY 2018 from chassis and other steel-based product lines.FY 2017.

Leasing revenues totaled $130.5$103.6 million in FY 2017,2018, an increase of $3.3$17.0 million, or 3%20%, from $127.2$86.6 million in FY 2016.2017. This consisted of an increaseincreases of $3.8$1.2 million, or 9%approximately 4%, in the Asia-Pacific area, and a decrease of $0.5$15.8 million, or 1%28%, in North America. In Australian dollars, leasing revenues increased by 4%less than one percent in the Asia-Pacific area in FY 20172018 from FY 2016.2017.

In the Asia-Pacific area, average utilization in the retail and the national accounts group operations was 84%86% and 69%, respectively, during FY 2017,2018, as compared to 84%83% and 70%67%, respectively, in FY 2016.2017. The overall average utilization was approximatelyincreased to 82% in FY 2018 from 80% during both periods;in FY 2017; and the average monthly lease rate of containers was AUS$158159 in both FY 2017 versus AUS$161 in2018 and FY 2016, caused primarily by a lower average lease rate in portable container buildings between the periods. Leasing revenues in FY 2017 increased from FY 2016 despite the lower composite monthly lease rate between the periods, primarily because of the2017. The composite average monthly number of units on lease was over 2001,300 higher in FY 20172018, as compared to FY 2016, a favorable unit mix2017. The leasing revenue increase in the Asia-Pacific area occurred primarily in the construction, manufacturing, transportation, mining and a stronger Australian dollarretail sectors, which increased between the periods . Leasing revenues increasedby $3.5 million, and was partially offset by a decrease of $2.8 million in most sectors, but primarily inthe oil and gas construction, transportation and special events sectors, which increasedsector. FY 2017 included a recovery of $2.2 million (AUS$2.8) million from a lease settlement payment made by a total of $4.9 million between the periods; offset somewhat by a total decrease of $2.0 million in the miningformer oil and industrial sectors.gas customer.

In our North American leasing operations, average utilization rates were 78%, 82%, 75%, 78%, 44%, 77%81% and 81%83% and average monthly lease rates were $123, $321, $505, $285$124, $342, $712, $290 and $778$769 for storage containers, office containers, frac tank containers, mobile offices and modular units, respectively, during FY 2017;2018; as compared to 75%76%, 80%78%, 46%42%, 76%77% and 82%81% and average monthly lease rates were $121, $319, $737, $276$125, $320, $480, $287 and $780$779 for storage containers, office containers, frac tank containers, mobile offices and modular units in FY 2016,2017, respectively. The average composite utilization rate was 78% FY 2018 and 72% in both FY 2017, and FY 2016, and the composite average monthly number of units on lease was over 3,1003,600 higher in FY 20172018 as compared to FY 2016.2017. The decreaseincrease in leasing revenues between the periods was primarily due toacross the retail and oil and gas sectors, which was $9.2 million less in FY 2017 versus FY 2016; substantially offset by increases in most of the other sectors,board, but primarily in the oil and gas, commercial construction and industrialconstruction sectors, which increased by $7.8 million between the periods.$14.6 in FY 2018 from FY 2017. Excluding Lone Star, total leasing revenues of our North American leasing operations increased by $6.1$5.8 million, or 9%12%, in FY 20172018 from FY 2016.2017.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales from our lease inventories and fleet (which is the cost related to our sales revenues only and exclusive of the line items discussed below) decreasedincreased by $10.7$12.3 million from $59.7$32.0 million during FY 20162017 to $49.0$44.3 million during FY 2017,2018, and our gross profit percentage from thesenon-manufacturing sales improveddeteriorated to 29%approximately 28% in FY 20172018 from 26%30% in FY 2016, primarily2017. Fluctuations in gross profit percentage between periods is not unusual as a resultsignificant amount of theourlow-marginnon-manufacturing sales inare out of the Asia-Pacific area discussed above.lease fleet which, among other things, would have varying sales prices and carrying values. Cost of sales from our manufactured products totaled $4.9$4.1 million in FY 2018, as compared to $3.5 million in FY 2017, as compared to $8.2 million in FY 2016, resulting in reducing oura gross margin loss from $2.3$0.1 million induring FY 2016 to $1.12018 and $0.8 million induring FY 2017. The loss incurred during both periods was due primarily to the lack of production and sales volume from our portable liquid containment tanks and other steel-based products, primarily chassis. We remain focused on making our chassis and other steel-based products commercially viable in order to diversify outsideproducts. A greater amount of our core portable liquid containment business.tanks were sold out of inventory in FY 2018, as compared to FY 2017, and because these units had been written down to net realizable value, the gross profit effect was minimal despite the increase in sales between the periods.

Direct Costs of Leasing Operations and Selling and General Expenses.Direct costs of leasing operations and selling and general expenses increased by $4.7$10.7 million from $101.4$69.5 million during FY 20162017 to $106.1$80.2 million during FY 2017.2018. As a percentage of revenues, however, these costs increaseddecreased to 52%47% during FY 20172018 from 47%51% in FY 20162017 due to operating expenses not proportionately decreasing with lowerthe higher revenues being primarily as a result of the adverse effect of lowerdriven by increases in average units on lease and utilization rates between the periods in the oil and gas market in North America, the overall lower average lease rateas well as higher sales revenues in the Asia-Pacific area, and the beneficial effect on the percentage of the higher revenues in FY 2016 from thelow-margin saleswithout a proportionate increase in the Asia-Pacific area discussed above.

Impairment of Goodwill. In FY 2016, we recognized anon-cash impairment charge of $2.7 million to the goodwill recorded in our North American manufacturing operations as a result of the Southern Frac acquisition. Reference is made to Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion regarding goodwill.infrastructure costs.

Depreciation and Amortization.Depreciation and amortization increased by $1.3$0.3 million to $29.2$19.7 million in FY 20172018 from $27.9$19.4 million in FY 2016,2017. This consisted of an increase of $0.5 million in the Asia-Pacific, which included the translation effect of a stronger Australian dollar to the U.S. dollar in FY 2018 versus FY 2017; which was offset somewhat by a decrease of $0.2 million in North America due primarily as a resultto reduced amortization of intangible assets, primarily at Lone Star, which more than offset increased depreciation and amortization from our increased investment in the lease fleet and business acquisitions.

Interest Expense. Interest expense of $15.1$15.3 million in FY 2017 was $0.32018 increased by $5.5 million higher than the $14.8from $9.8 million in FY 2016.2017. In the Asia-Pacific area, the higher interest expense between the periods of $3.9 million was due primarily to a higher weighted-average interest rate of 7.4% (which does not include the effect of translation, interest rate swap contracts and options, the accretion of interest and the amortization of deferred financing costs) in FY 2018 from the 4.9% in FY 2017, higher average borrowings and by a stronger Australian dollar between the periods. In North America, the higher interest expense of $0.6$1.6 million between the periods was due primarily to the weighted-average interest rate of 5.0%6.0% (which does not include the effect of the accretion of interest and amortization of deferred financing costs) in FY 20172018 being higher than the 4.9%5.0% in FY 2016, as well as the average borrowings being comparatively higher between the periods. In the Asia-Pacific area, reduced interest expense of $0.3 million was due to the weighted-average interest rate of 4.9% (which does not include the effect of translation, interest rate swap contracts and options and the amortization of deferred financing costs) in FY 2017 being lower than the 5.3% in FY 2016, as well as average borrowings being comparatively lower between the periods. However, this was partially offset by the stronger Australian dollar between the periods.2017.

Foreign Currency Exchange and Other. The currency exchange rate of one Australian dollar to one U.S. dollar was $0.7658 at June 30, 2015, $0.7670 at March 31, 2016, $0.74425 at June 30, 2016, $0.72068 at December 31, 2016, $0.76869 at June 30, 2017 and $0.76448$0.780683 at MarchDecember 31, 2017. In FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, net unrealized and realized foreign exchange gains (losses) totaled $(19,000)$(545,000)and $74,000,$117,000, and $(506,000)$(1,332,000) and $84,000,$(406,000), respectively. In addition, in FY 20162017 and FY 2017,2018, net unrealized exchange gains (losses) on forward exchange contracts totaled $(646,000)$435,000 and $279,000,$392,000, respectively. FY 2018 also includes anon-cash charge of $1.7 million for the change in the valuation of the stand-alone bifurcated derivative in the Bison Capital Convertible Note (see Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements)

Income Taxes.Our income tax provision for FY 2018, which derived an effective tax rate of 12.0%, was comprised of:

(i) A provision of $0.9 million for an interim effective income tax rate of 38.6%;

(ii) As a result of the enactment on December 22, 2017 of the Act, a tax benefit of $0.7 million for, among other things, there-measurement of approximately $6.5 million for our estimated deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences and NOL and FTC carryforwards reasonably estimated to be existing at December 22, 2017, and from the current statutory rate of 35% to the new corporate rate of either 28% (if the temporary timing differences are expected to roll off in FY 2018) or 21 percent (if the temporary timing differences and NOL carryforwards are expected to remain as of June 30, 2018). This estimated tax benefit was 40.0%offset by approximately $5.2 million for both the estimated transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings and a valuation allowance that was established to offset previously recognized FTC carryforward deferred tax assets that we believe will not be realized, and other adjustments totaling approximately $0.6 million (see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements); and

(iii) A net tax charge of $0.1 million for excess tax benefits and forfeitures on equity compensation awards (see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

The effective income tax rate in FY 2017 was 40.0% and FY 2016. Thein both periods, the effective tax rate is greater thandiffers from the U.S. federal tax rate of 28% in FY 2018 and 35% in FY 2017 primarily because of state income taxes from the filing of tax returns in multiple U.S. states and the effect of doing business and filing income tax returns in foreign jurisdictions.

Preferred Stock Dividends.In both FY 20172018 and FY 2016,2017, we paid $2.8$1.8 million primarily on our 9.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock.

Noncontrolling Interests.Noncontrolling interests in the Royal Wolf and, in FY 2017, Southern Frac results of operations were approximatelyan increase of $0.8 million to net income in FY 2018 and an increase to the net loss of $1.6 million and $1.5 million in FY 2017 and FY 2016, respectively, a slight increase of $0.1 million.2017.

Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders.Net lossincome attributable to common stockholders was $4.9$1.1 million in FY 2018 versus a net loss of $2.8 million in FY 2017, versus $5.2 million in QE FY 2016, an improvement of $0.3approximately $3.9 million, primarily as a result of higher operating profit in both North America (FY 2016 included a pretax impairment charge of $2.7 million)and the Asia-Pacific area; offset somewhat by higher interest expense and a stronger Australian dollar betweencharge for the periods, offset somewhat be higher interest expense.

.change in the valuation of a stand-alone embedded derivative.

Measures not in Accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”)

Earnings before interest, income taxes, impairment, depreciation and amortization and othernon-operating costs and income (“EBITDA”) and adjusted EBITDA are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. These measures are not measurements of our financial performance under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, income from operations or any other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP or as an alternative to cash flow from operating, investing or financing activities as a measure of liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA is anon-U.S. GAAP measure. We calculate adjusted EBITDA to eliminate the impact of certain items we do not consider to be indicative of the performance of our ongoing operations. You are encouraged to evaluate each adjustment and whether you consider each to be appropriate. In addition, in evaluating adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future, we may incur expenses similar to the expenses excluded from our presentation of adjusted EBITDA. Our presentation of adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual ornon-recurring items. We present adjusted EBITDA because we consider it to be an important supplemental measure of our performance and because we believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry, many of which present EBITDA and a form of adjusted EBITDA when reporting their results. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Because of these limitations, adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest

in the growth of our business or to reduce our indebtedness. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and using adjusted EBITDA only supplementally. The following table shows our adjusted EBITDA and the reconciliation from net lossincome (in thousands):

 

  Quarter Ended March 31,   Nine Months Ended March 31,     Quarter Ended December 31,     Six Months Ended December 31,   
  2016   2017   2016   2017   2016 2017 2016 2017 

Net loss

  $(2,275  $(1,071  $(930  $(445
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income

    $1,370    $2,974    $626    $2,130 

Add (deduct) —

             

Benefit for income taxes

   (1,516   (714   (620   (297

Foreign currency exchange loss (gain) and other

   (59   164    444    70 

Provision for income taxes

   913  809  417  291 

Foreign currency exchange and other loss (gain)

   (189 1,852  (94 3,054 

Interest expense

   4,838    5,249    14,818    15,096    5,016  9,447  9,847  15,269 

Interest income

   (35   (18   (72   (54   (13 (23 (36 (38

Impairment of goodwill

   2,681    —      2,681    —   

Depreciation and amortization

   9,787    10,044    28,509    29,831    10,086  9,668  19,787  19,992 

Share-based compensation expense

   769    651    2,122    842    596  439  191  2,097 

Refinancing costs not capitalized

   —      437    —      437 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

  $14,190   $14,742   $46,952   $45,480     $17,779    $25,166    $30,738    $42,795 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Our business is capital intensive, so from an operating level we focus primarily on EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to measure our results. These measures provide us with a means to track internally generated cash from which we can fund our interest expense and fleet growth objectives. In managing our business, we regularly compare our adjusted EBITDA margins on a monthly basis. As capital is invested in our established branch (or CSC) locations, we achieve higher adjusted EBITDA margins on that capital than we achieve on capital invested to establish a new branch, because our fixed costs are already in place in connection with the established branches. The fixed costs are those associated with yard and delivery equipment, as well as advertising, sales, marketing and office expenses. With a new market or branch, we must first fund and absorb thestart-up costs for setting up the new branch facility, hiring and developing the management and sales team and developing our marketing and advertising programs. A new branch will have low adjusted EBITDA margins in its early years until the number of units on rent increases. Because of our higher operating margins on incremental lease revenue, which we realize on abranch-by-branch basis, when the branch achieves leasing revenues sufficient to cover the branch’s fixed costs, leasing revenues in excess of the break-even amount produce large increases in profitability and adjusted EBITDA margins. Conversely, absent significant growth in leasing revenues, the adjusted EBITDA margin at a branch will remain relatively flat on a period by period comparative basis.

Liquidity and Financial Condition

Though we have raised capital at the corporate level to primarily assist in the funding of acquisitions and lease fleet expenditures, as well as for general purposes, our operating units substantially fund their operations through secured banksenior credit facilities that require compliance with various covenants. These covenants require our operating units to, among other things; maintain certain levels of interest or fixed charge coverage, EBITDA (as defined), utilization rate and overall leverage.

Asia-Pacific Leasing Senior Credit Facility

Royal Wolf has a $114,672,000 (AUS$150,000,000)Our operations in the Asia-Pacific area had an AUS$150,000,000 secured senior credit facility, as last amended, in December 2016, under a common terms deed arrangement with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“CBA”) (the “ANZ/CBA Credit Facility”). UnderOn October 26, 2017, RWH and its subsidiaries, Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch (“Deutsche Bank”), CSL Fund (PB) Lux Sarl II, Aiguilles Rouges Lux Sarl II, Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited and P.T. Limited entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement (the “Syndicated Facility Agreement”). Pursuant to the common deed arrangement ofSyndicated Facility Agreement, the parties entered into a three-year, $97,586,000 (AUS$125,000,000) senior secured credit facility (the “Deutsche Bank Credit Facility”) and repaid the ANZ/CBA Credit Facility ANZ’s proportionate shareon November 3, 2017. The Deutsche Bank Credit Facility consists of the borrowing capacitya $15,614,000 (AUS$20,000,000) Facility A that will amortize semi-annually; a $66,358,000 (AUS$85,000,000) Facility B that has no scheduled amortization; and a $15,614,000 (AUS$20,000,000) revolving Facility C that is $68,803,000 (AUS$90,000,000)used for working capital, capital expenditures and CBA’s proportionate share is $45,869,000 (AUS$60,000,000).general corporate purposes. The ANZ/CBADeutsche Bank Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets and by the pledge of our Australianall capital stock of RWH and New Zealandits subsidiaries and has $76,448,000 (AUS$100,000,000) maturingmatures on January 31, 2022 (Facility A)November 3, 2020.

Bison Capital Notes

On September 19, 2017, Bison Capital, GFN, GFN U.S., GFNAPH and $38,224,000 (AUS$50,000,000) maturing on July 31, 2019 (Facility B)GFNAPF, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 2017 (the “Amended Securities Purchase Agreement”). On September 25, 2017, pursuant to the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement, GFNAPH and GFNAPF issued and sold to Bison an 11.9% secured senior convertible promissory note dated September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $26,000,000 (the “Convertible Note”) and an 11.9% secured senior promissory note dated

September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $54,000,000 (the “Senior Term Note” and collectively with the Convertible Note, the “Bison Capital Notes”). Net proceeds from the sale of the Bison Capital Notes were used to repay in full all principal, interest and other amounts due under the term loan to Credit Suisse (see Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), to acquire the 49,188,526 publicly-traded shares of RWH not owned by the Company and to pay all related fees and expenses. The Bison Capital Notes have a maturity of five years and are secured by a first priority security interest over all of the assets of GFN U.S., GFNAPH and GFNAPF, by the pledge by GFN U.S. of the capital stock of GFNAPH and GFNAPF and by of all of the capital stock of RWH.

North America Senior Credit Facility

Our North America leasing(Pac-Van and Lone Star) and manufacturing operations (Southern Frac) have a combined $230,000,000$237,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, as last amended, in March 2017, with a syndicate led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) that also includes East West Bank, CIT Bank, N.A., the PrivateCanadian Imperial Bank and Trust Company,of Commerce (“CIBC”), KeyBank, National Association, and Bank Hapoalim B.M. and Associated Bank, N.A. (the “Wells Fargo Credit Facility”). The Wells Fargo Credit Facility matures on March 24, 2022, assuming our publicly-traded senior notes due July 31, 2021(see below) are extended at least 90 days past this scheduled maturity date; otherwise the Wells Fargo Credit Facility would mature on March 24, 2021. In addition, subject to certain conditions, the amount that may be borrowed under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility may increase by $7,000,000 to a maximum of $237,000,000. In conjunction with the closing of the Wells Fargo Facility, we entered intoThere is also a separate loan agreement with Great American Capital Partners (“GACP”), where GACP provided a First In Last Out Term Loan (“(”FILO Term Loan”) within the Wells Fargo Credit Facility in the amount of $20,000,000, and inclusive in the $230,000,000$237,000,000 total amount. The FILO Term Loan has the same maturity date and commences principal amortization after 18 months from the anniversary date of March 27, 2017 at $500,000 per quarter.

The Wells Fargo Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the rental fleet, inventory and other assets of our North American leasing and manufacturing operations. The FILO Term Loan also contains a first priority lien on the same collateral, but on a “last out basis,” after all of the outstanding obligations to the primary lenders in the Wells Fargo Credit Facility have been satisfied. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility effectively not only finances our North American operations, but also the funding requirements for the Series C Preferred Stock the term loan with Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch (“Credit Suisse”) and the publicly-traded unsecured senior notes.notes (see below). The maximum amount of intercompany dividends thatPac-Van and Lone Star are allowed to pay in each fiscal year to GFN for the funding requirements of GFN’s senior and other debt and the Series C Preferred Stock are (a) the lesser of $5,000,000 for the Series C Preferred Stock or the amount equal to the dividend rate of the Series C Preferred Stock and its aggregate liquidation preference and the actual amount of dividends required to be paid to the Series C Preferred Stock; (b) the actual annual interest to be paid for the term loan with Credit Suisse; and (c)(b) $6,300,000 for the public offering of unsecured senior notes or the actual amount of annual interest required to be paid; provided that (i) the payment of such dividends does not cause a default or event of default; (ii) each ofPac-Van and Lone Star is solvent; (iii) excess availability, as defined, is $5,000,000 or more under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility; (iv) the fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined, will be greater than 1.25 to 1.00; and (v) the dividends are paid no earlier than ten business days prior to the date they are due.

Corporate Senior and Other Debt

Credit Suisse Term LoanNotes

On March 31,June 18, 2014, we entered intocompleted the sale of unsecured senior notes (the “Senior Notes”) in a $25,000,000 facility agreement, as amended, with Credit Suissepublic offering for an aggregate principal amount of $72,000,000. On April 24, 2017, we completed the sale of a“tack-on” offering of our publicly-traded Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5,390,000 that was priced at $24.95 per denomination. Net proceeds were $5,190,947, after deducting an aggregate original issue discount (“Credit Suisse Term Loan”OID”) as partof $10,780 and underwriting discount of $188,273. In both offerings, we used at least 80% of the financing for the acquisition ofgross proceeds to reduce indebtedness atPac-Van and Lone Star and, on April 3, 2014, we borrowed the $25,000,000 available to it. Since that time we have prepaid $15,000,000 of the initial borrowings, and $9,966,000 remained outstanding at March 31, 2017, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $34,000. The Credit Suisse Term Loan provides that the amount borrowed will bear interest at LIBOR plus 7.50% per year, will be payable quarterly and that it will mature on July 1, 2017. In addition, the Credit Suisse Term Loan is secured by a first ranking pledge over substantially all shares of RWH owned by GFN U.S., requires a certain coverage maintenance ratio in U.S. dollars based

on the value of the RWH shares and, among other things, that an amount equal tosix-months interest be deposited in an interest reserve account pledged to secure repayment of all amounts borrowed. While we have the ability to repay the Credit Suisse Term Loan through available borrowing capacity fromunder the Wells Fargo Credit Facility we are considering extending the maturity date in order to preserve borrowing availability for potential business opportunities in North America.

permit the payment of intercompany dividends byPac-Van and Lone Star to GFN to fund the interest requirements of the Senior Notes

At March 31, 2017, we haveNotes. For the‘tack-on” offering, this amounted to $4,303,376 of the net proceeds. The Company has total outstanding publicly-traded senior notes (“Senior Notes”)Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $72,000,000 ($70,207,000, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $1,793,000). The Senior Notes were issued in minimum denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof and pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 18, 2014 by and between us and Wells Fargo, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The First Supplemental Indenture supplements the Indenture entered into by and between us and the Trustee dated as of June 18, 2014 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).$77,390,000. The Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 8.125% per annum, mature on July 31, 2021 and are not subject to any sinking fund. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, commencing on July 31, 2014.

The Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of its existing and future subordinated debt. The Senior Notes are effectively subordinated to any of our existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. The Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries and are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries.

As of MarchDecember 31, 2017, our required principal and other obligations payments for the twelve months ending MarchDecember 31, 2018 and the subsequent three twelve-month periods are as follows (in thousands):

 

  Twelve Months Ending March 31,   Twelve Months Ending December 31, 
  2018   2019   2020   2021   2018   2019   2020   2021 

ANZ/CBA Credit Facility

  $—     $—     $33,093   $—   
  

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Credit Facility

   $        5,231    $        5,231    $        75,005    $ 

Bison Capital Notes

                

Wells Fargo Credit Facility

   —      1,000    2,000    2,000    500    2,000    2,000    2,000 

Credit Suisse Term Loan

   9,966    —      —      —   

Senior Notes

   —      —      —      —                  77,390 

Other

   4,129    1,761    1,428    188    4,427    2,832    998    212 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 
  $14,095   $2,761   $36,521   $2,188    $        10,158    $        10,063    $78,003    $        79,602 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Reference is made to Notes 5 and 12 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our senior and other debt.debt and recent developments.

We currently do not pay a dividend on our common stock and do not intend on doing so in the foreseeable future.

Recent Developments

On April 24, 2017, we completed the sale of a“tack-on” offering of our publicly-traded Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5,390,000 that was priced at $24.95 per denomination. Net proceeds were $5,190,947, after deducting an aggregate original issue discount (“OID”) of $10,780 and underwriting discount of $188,273. We used $4,303,376 of the net proceeds to reduce indebtedness at the Wells Fargo Credit Facility, pursuant to the requirement that at least 80% of the public offering proceeds be used for that purpose in order to permit the payment of intercompany dividends byPac-Van and Lone Star to GFN to fund the interest requirements of the Senior Notes.

Reference is made to Note 12 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of other recent developments.

Capital Deployment and Cash Management

Our business is capital intensive, and we acquire leasing assets before they generate revenues, cash flow and earnings. These leasing assets have long useful lives and require relatively minimal maintenance expenditures. Most of the capital we deploy into our leasing business historically has been used to expand our operations geographically, to increase the number of units available for lease at our branch and CSC locations and to add to the breadth of our product mix. Our operations have generally generated annual cash flow which would include, even in profitable periods, the deferral of income taxes caused by accelerated depreciation that is used for tax accounting.

As we discussed above, our principal source of capital for operations consists of funds available from the senior secured credit facilities at our operating units. We also finance a smaller portion of capital requirements through finance

leases and lease-purchase contracts. We intend to continue utilizing our operating cash flow and net borrowing capacity primarily to expanding our container sale inventory and lease fleet through both capital expenditures and accretive acquisitions; as well as paying dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock and 8.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”), if and when declared by our Board of Directors. While we ownhave always owned a majority interest ofin Royal Wolf and its results and accounts are included in our consolidated financial statements, access to its operating cash flows, cash on hand and other financial assets and the borrowing capacity under its senior credit facility are limited to us in North America contractually by its senior lenders and, to a certain extent, as a result of Royal Wolf beinghaving been a public reportingpublicly-listed entity on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Supplemental information pertaining to our consolidated sources and uses of cash is presented in the table below (in thousands):

 

  Six Months Ended December 31, 
  Nine Months Ended March 31,   2016   2017 
  2016   2017   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $35,192   $20,100   $10,911   $14,615 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

  $(28,448  $(26,466  $        (21,993)   $        (99,713) 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  $(2,073  $5,015 

Net cash provided by financing activities

  $8,486   $83,796 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flow for FY 20172018 Compared to FY 20162017

Operating activities. Our operations provided cash of $20.1$14.6 million during FY 2018 versus $10.9 million during FY 2017, versus providing $35.2an increase in cash of $3.7 million duringbetween the periods. Net income in FY 2016, a decrease2018 of $15.1$2.1 million in cash. Whilewas $1.5 million higher than the net loss of $0.4 millionincome in FY 2017 was $0.5 less than the $0.9of $0.6 million net lossand, in FY 2016,addition, our management of operating assets and liabilities in FY 2017,2018, when compared to FY 2016, reduced2017, further increased cash by $16.1$0.9 million. The primary reason forWhile not the case this was the increase in trade and other receivables and the timing on the satisfaction of trade payables, accrued liabilities and unearned revenues during FY 2017 that,period when compared to FY 2016, reduced cash by $23.0 million between the periods. In FY 2017 these operating accounts reduced cash by $11.8 million, whereas in FY 2016 they increased cash by $11.2 million. Whileprior period, historically we have experienced significant variations in operating assets and liabilities between periods when conducting our business in due course, having a more than usual impact this time was our days sales outstanding (“DSO”)course.Non-cash adjustments relating to depreciation, amortization, amortization of deferred financing costs and accretion of interest also increased cash between the periods by $1.0 million, from $20.6 million in trade receivables, whichFY 2017 to $21.6 million in FY 2018; andnon-cash share-based compensation of $2.1 million in FY 2018 further increased to 49 days in both the Asia-Pacific area and our North American leasing operations at March 31, 2017, asoperating cash flows by $1.9 million, when compared to 37 days$0.2 million in FY 2017. In the first quarter of FY 2017 a benefit of $0.7 million was recorded at Royal Wolf, primarily for the

reversal of expenses recognized for unvested performance grants to key employees under its Long Term Incentive Plan (see Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Thenon-cash charge of $1.7 million for the change in the valuation of the stand-alone bifurcated derivative in the Convertible Note (see Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) increased operating cash flow in FY 2018 and, 45 days at March 31, 2016, respectively. However, we do expect this situation to improve as a result of, among other things, improved collection efforts and system improvements. In addition,additionally, net unrealized gains and losses from foreign exchange and derivative instruments (see Note 6 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), which affect operating results but arenon-cash addbacks for cash flow purposes, caused a net increase of $0.2increased cash by $0.8 million to operating cash flowsbetween the periods, from $0.1 million in FY 2017 versus a net increase of $0.7to $0.9 million in FY 2016.Non-cash adjustments relating to impairment of goodwill, depreciation, amortization (including amortization of deferred financing costs) and accretion of interest further decreased cash between2018. Somewhat offsetting these increases were the periods by $1.5 million from $32.7 million in FY 2016 to $31.2 million in FY 2017. In both FY 2017 and FY 2016, operating cash flows were reduced from gainsnet gain on the sales of lease fleet, which adjusted operating cash flows downward by $1.6$3.7million in FY 2018 and by 0.4 million and $5.1 million, respectively, which resulted in an increase to cashFY 2017, a reduction of $3.5$3.3 million between the periods. Additionally, operating cash flows were enhancedreduced between the periods by $0.9 million fromnon-cash share-based compensation of $0.8 million inadjustments for deferred income taxes. In FY 2018 and FY 2017, deferred income taxes adjusted operating cash flows by reductions of $1.4 million and $2.1$0.5 million, in FY 2016, for a decrease of $1.3 million in cash between the periods. During the first quarter of FY 2017, a benefit of $0.7 million was recorded at Royal Wolf; primarily for the reversal of expenses recognized for unvested performance grants to key employees under its Long Term Incentive Plan (see Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).respectively.

Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities was $26.5$99.7 million during FY 2017,2018, as compared to $28.4$22.0 million used during FY 2016,2017, resulting in ana net increase in the use of cash between the periods of $77.7 million. In FY 2018, we used $73.3 million and $11.3 million of cash to acquire the noncontrolling interest of Royal Wolf and make two business acquisitions in North America, respectively (see Note 4 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). In FY 2017, we made three business acquisitions (two in North America and one in the Asia-Pacific area) for cash of $1.9$5.0 million. Purchases of property, plant and equipment (or rolling stock) were $2.6$2.2 million in FY 2018 and $1.7 million in FY 2017, and $3.3 million in FY 2016, a decreasean increase of $0.7$0.5 million. In FY 2017,both periods, proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment were only $0.2 million, as compared to $10.5 million in FY 2016, when all of our owned real properties in the Asia-Pacific area were sold for $10.3 million.not significant. Net capital expenditures of lease fleet (purchases, net of proceeds from sales of lease fleet) were $18.6$12.9 million in FY 2018 as compared to $15.1 million in FY 2017, as compared to $19.6 million in FY 2016, a decrease of $1.0$2.2 million. In FY 2017,2018, net capital expenditures of lease fleet were approximately $8.3$11.6 million in North America, as compared to $12.7$7.1 million in FY 2016, a decrease2017, an increase of $4.4$4.5 million; and net capital expenditures of lease fleet in the PanAsia Pacific totaled $10.3$1.3 million in FY 2018, versus $8.0 million in FY 2017, versus $6.9 million in FY 2016, an increasea decrease of $3.4$6.7 million. The amount of cash that we use during any period in investing activities is almost entirely within management’s discretion and we have no significant long-term contracts or other arrangements pursuant to which we may be required to purchase at a certain price or a minimum amount of goods or services. In

Financing Activities. Net cash provided from financing activities was $83.8 million during FY 2017, we made three business acquisitions (two in North America and one in the Asia-Pacific area) for cash of $5.0 million;2018, as compared to five business acquisitions (three in North America and two in the Asia-Pacific area)$8.5 million provided during FY 20162017, an increase to cash between the periods of $75.3 million. In FY 2018, we issued the Bison Capital Notes for cashproceeds totaling $15.9$80.0 million to, among other things, acquire the noncontrolling interest of Royal Wolf (see above) and repay the principal of $10.0 million due under the term loan to Credit Suisse (see Note 45 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.0 million during FY 2017, as compared to net cash used of $2.1 million during FY 2016, an increase to cash of $7.1 million. In FY 2017 and FY 2016, cash provided from financing activities included net borrowings of $11.3 million and $3.3 million, respectively, on existing credit facilities to primarily fund our investment in the container lease fleet and business acquisitions and, in FY 2017, for the management of operating assets and liabilities. Cash of $2.8$1.8 million was used during both periods to pay dividends on primarily our Series C Preferred Stock and, in FY 20172018 and FY 2016,2017, Royal Wolf paid a capital stock dividendsdividend of $0.9$1.0 million and $1.7$0.9 million, respectively, to the noncontrolling interests (see Note 3 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Additionally, duringIn FY 2016, $0.22018 and FY 2017, financing activities also included net borrowings of $102.2 million and $11.8 million, respectively, on existing credit facilities to primarily fund our investment in the container lease fleet, make business acquisitions, pay dividends, manage our operating assets and liabilities and, in FY 2018, $81.5 million was borrowed from the Deutsche Bank Credit Facility to repay the ANZ/CBA Credit Facility (see Note 5 of cash was usedNotes to make a distributionCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Deferred financing costs related to the noncontrolling interest of Southern Frac. During FY 2017, we paid deferred financing costs of $2.3 million primarily for the amendmentBison Capital Notes and extension of our senior secured credit facilities in both North America and the Asia-Pacific area.Deutsche Bank Credit Facility totaled $3.8 million.

Asset Management

Receivables and inventories were $41.8$54.7 million and $30.8$32.8 million at MarchDecember 31, 2017 and $38.1$44.4 million and $34.6$29.6 million at June 30, 2016,2017, respectively. At MarchDecember 31, 2017, DSO in trade receivables were 4945 days and 50 days in both the Asia-Pacific area and our North American leasing operations, as compared to 3649 days and 4946 days at June 30, 2016,2017, respectively. Effective asset management is always a significant focus as we strive to apply appropriate credit and collection controls and maintain proper inventory levels to enhance cash flow and profitability.

The net book value of our total lease fleet was $426.2$436.6 million at MarchDecember 31, 2017, as compared to $419.3$427.3 million at June 30, 2016.2017. At MarchDecember 31, 2017, we had 81,37184,888 units (23,491(23,362 units in retail operations in Australia, 9,1438,880 units in national account group operations in Australia, 10,20810,426 units in New Zealand, which are considered retail; and 38,52942,220 units in North America) in our lease fleet, as compared to 78,60580,712 units (22,194(23,222 units in retail operations in Australia, 9,6888,871 units in national account group operations in Australia, 9,74510,137 units in New Zealand, which are considered retail; and 36,97838,482 units in North America) at June 30, 2016.2017. At those dates, 61,87068,910 units (19,735(19,747 units in retail operations in Australia, 5,7947,687 units in national account group operations in Australia, 8,9389,255 units in New Zealand, which are considered retail; and 27,40332,221 units in North America); and 57,26563,321 units (17,829(19,554 units in retail operations in Australia, 5,8165,287 units in national account group operations in Australia, 8,2188,930 units in New Zealand, which are considered retail; and 25,40229,550 units in North America) were on lease, respectively.

In the Asia-Pacific area, the lease fleet was comprised of 35,46734,882 storage and freight containers and 7,3757,786 portable building containers at MarchDecember 31, 2017; and 35,06034,625 storage and freight containers and 6,5677,605 portable building containers at June 30, 2016.2017. At those dates, units on lease were comprised of 29,04131,382 storage and freight containers and 5,4265,307 portable building containers; and 27,25928,280 storage and freight containers and 4,6045,491 portable building containers, respectively.

In North America, the lease fleet was comprised of 25,30428,564 storage containers,3,4633,883 office containers (GLOs), 4,0934,113 portable liquid storage tank containers, 4,5194,484 mobile offices and 1,1501,176 modular units at MarchDecember 31, 2017; and 24,08425,175 storage containers,3,1063,552 office containers (GLOs), 4,0564,097 portable liquid storage tank containers, 4,5904,491 mobile offices and 1,1421,167 modular units at June 30, 2016.2017. At those dates, units on lease were comprised of 18,13321,297 storage containers, 2,6993,112 office containers, 2,0883,309 portable liquid storage tank containers, 3,5403,533 mobile offices and 943970 modular units; 17,08119,296 storage containers, 2,3942,885 office containers, 1,5012,672 portable liquid storage tank containers, 3,5183,732 mobile offices and 908modular965modular units, respectively.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Our material contractual obligations and commitments consist of outstanding borrowings under our credit facilities discussed above and operating leases for facilities and office equipment. We believe that our contractual obligations have not changed significantly from those included in ourthe Annual Report.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not maintain anyoff-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or others that are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Seasonality

Although demand from certain customer segments can be seasonal, our operations as a whole are not seasonal to any significant extent. We experience a reduction in sales volumes at Royal Wolf during Australia’s summer holiday break frommid-December to the end of January, followed by February being a short working day month. However, this reduction in sales typically is counterbalanced by the increased lease revenues derived from the removals or moving and

storage industry, which experiences its seasonal peak of personnel relocations during this same summer holiday break. Demand from some ofPac-Van’s customers can be seasonal, such as in the construction industry, which tends to increase leasing activity in the first and fourth quarters; while customers in the retail industry tend to lease more units in the second quarter. Our business at Lone Star and Southern Frac, which is significantly derived from the oil and gas industry, may decline in our second quarter months of November and December and our third quarter months of January and February. These months may have lower activity in parts of the country where inclement weather may delay, or suspend, customer projects. The impact of these delays may be to decrease the number of frac tank containers on lease until companies are able to resume their projects when weather improves.

Environmental and Safety

Our operations, and the operations of many of our customers, are subject to numerous federal and local laws and regulations governing environmental protection and transportation. These laws regulate such issues as wastewater, storm water and the management, storage and disposal of, or exposure to, hazardous substances. We are not aware of any pending environmental compliance or remediation matters that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations. However, the failure by us to comply with applicable environmental and other requirements could result in fines, penalties, enforcement actions, third party claims, remediation actions, and could negatively impact our reputation with customers. We have a company-wide focus on safety and have implemented a number of measures to promote workplace safety.

Impact of Inflation

We believe that inflation has not had a material effect on our business. However, during periods of rising prices and, in particular when the prices increase rapidly or to levels significantly higher than normal, we may incur significant increases in our operating costs and may not be able to pass price increases through to our customers in a timely manner, which could harm our future results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis, were-evaluate all of our estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions as additional information becomes available in future periods.

A comprehensive discussion of our critical and significant accounting policies and management estimates are included in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operationsand in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in ourthe Annual Report. Reference is also made to Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for a further discussion of our significant accounting policies. We believe there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies, estimates and judgments during FYsince June 30, 2017.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Reference is made to Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements that could potentially impact us.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risk is the sensitivity of income to changes in interest rates, foreign exchanges and other market-driven rates or prices. Exposure to interest rates and currency risks arises in the normal course of our business and we may use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. We believe we have no material market risks to our operations, financial position or liquidity as a result of derivative activities, including forward-exchange contracts.

Reference is made to Notes 5 and 6 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our senior and other debt and financial instruments.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in accordance with SEC guidelines and that such information is communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rules13a-15(e) and15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and that our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures in reaching that level of reasonable assurance.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as required by Exchange Act Rule13a-15(b), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In evaluating our forward-looking statements, readers should specifically consider risk factors that may cause actual results to vary from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors associated with our business are included, but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended June 30, 2016,2017, as filed with the SEC on September 9, 20168, 2017 (“Annual Report”) and other subsequent filings with the SEC.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Item  3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5.Other Information

Item  5. Other Information

None.

Item 6.Exhibits

Item 6. Exhibits

See Exhibit Index attached.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 10, 2017GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Ronald F. Valenta

Ronald F. Valenta
Chief Executive Officer
By:

/s/ Charles E. Barrantes

Charles E. Barrantes
Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

10.1  Omnibus Amendment and ReaffirmationSyndicated Facility Agreement is dated as of March 24,October  26, 2017 among Wells FargoRoyal Wolf Holdings Limited, Royal Wolf Trading Australia Pty Limited, Royalwolf Trading New Zealand Limited, Kookaburra Containers Pty Limited, Royalwolf NZ Acquisition Co. Limited, Deutsche Bank National Association (“Wells Fargo”)AG, Sydney Branch, CSL Fund (PB) Lux Sarl II, Aiguilles Rouges Lux Sarl II, Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited and P.T. Limited (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K filed October 27, 2017)
  10.2Commitment Letter dated July  11, 2017 from Bison Capital Partners V., East West Bank (“East West”), CIT Bank, N.A. (“CIT”), the Private Bank and Trust Company (the “Private Bank”), Key Bank, National Association (“Key Bank”), Bank Hapoalim, N.A. (“BHI”) and GACP I, L.P. (“Great American” and collectively with Wells Fargo, East West, CIT, Private Bank, Key Bank and BHI, the “Lenders”),to GFN Realty Company, LLC, (“GFNRC”), Lone Star Tank Rental Inc. (“Lone Star”),Pac-Van, Inc.(“Pac-Van”), Southern Frac, LLC (“Southern Frac”), PV Acquisition Corp., (“PV Acquisition”), GFN Manufacturing Corporation (“GFN Manufacturing”),Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd. and GFN North America Corp. (“GFNNA” and collectively with GFNRC, Southern Frac, Lone Star,Pac-Van, PV Acquisition and GFN Manufacturing, the “Credit Parties”)Asia Pacific Finance Pty Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K/A filed March 31,November 3, 2017)
10.2  10.3  Pledge AgreementCommitment Letter dated March 24,11  July 2017 byfrom Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch to GFN Realty Company, LLC (“GFN Realty”), for the benefit of Wells Fargo, as agent for the LendersAsia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd. and General Finance Corporation (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K/A filed March 31,November 3, 2017)
10.3  10.4  Master Assignment and Assumption AgreementBuy-Out Letter dated March 24,11  July 2017 amongPac-Van, the Lenders,from Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch to Bison Capital One Business Corp. and HSBC Bank U.S.A.Partners V., L.P. (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K/A filed March 31,November 3, 2017)
10.4  10.5  Intercreditor ProvisionsSecurities Purchase Agreement dated March 24,July  12, 2017 by and among the LendersBison Capital Partners V., L.P., General Finance Corporation, GFN Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd., GFN Asia Pacific Finance Pty Ltd. and the Credit PartiesGFN U.S. Australasia Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K/A filed March 30,November 3, 2017)
  10.6Takeover Bid Implementation Agreement dated 12  July 10217 between GFN Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd. and Royal Wolf Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form8-K/A filed November 3, 2017)
31.1  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to SEC Rule13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
31.2  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to SEC Rule13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
32.1  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350
32.2  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350
101  The following materials from the Registrant’s Quarterly report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended MarchDecember 31, 2017, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income/Loss, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 6, 2018GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
By:/s/ Ronald F. Valenta            
      Ronald F. Valenta
      Executive Chairman of the Board
      (Chief Executive Officer
      through December 31, 2017)
By:/s/ Charles E. Barrantes            
      Charles E. Barrantes
      Chief Financial Officer

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