13G Filing: Bison Capital Partners V, L.P. and General Finance Corp (GFN)

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CUSIP No. 369822101

 

 

1.

Name of Reporting Person:
Bison Capital Partners V, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 

 

(a)

x

 

 

(b)

o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:
Delaware

 

 

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

5.

Sole Voting Power:
1,130,565.88

 

6.

Shared Voting Power:
0

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power:
1,130,565.88

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power:
0

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
1,130,565.88

 

 

10.

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  o

 

 

11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
4.08%(1)

 

 

12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):
PN

 


(1)   Based on 26,611,688 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 1, 2017, as reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Issuer on September 8, 2017, plus the 1,130,565.88 shares of Common Stock issuable to the Reporting Person upon conversion of the $9,609,810 aggregate principal amount of 11.9% Secured Senior Convertible Promissory Note, dated September 25, 2017 (the Convertible Notes), currently held by the Reporting Person.  As reported in the Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on September 28, 2017, Bison Capital Partners V, L.P. (Bison V) acquired $26 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes and such Convertible Notes were issued to Bison V on September 25, 2017.  Promptly following the issuance of such $26 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes to Bison V, Bison V assigned $890,190 aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes to Bison Capital Partners V-A, L.P. and $15,500,000 aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes to two unaffiliated third parties.  Following such assignment, Bison V continued to hold $9,609,810 aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes which are convertible into the shares of Common Stock reported hereby.

 

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