UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 18, 2016

Essex Rental Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



Delaware	000-52459	20-5415048
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)



1110 Lake Cook Road, Suite 220, Buffalo Grove, Illinois	60089
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 847-215-6500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On March 18, 2016, Essex Crane Rental Corp. ("Essex Crane" or the "Company"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essex Rental Corp., entered into a Fifth Forbearance Agreement (the "Forbearance Agreement"), effective as of March 18, 2016, by and among Essex Crane, Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent and itself as a lender, PNC Bank, National Association, Alostar Bank of Commerce, Kayne Senior Credit Fund (QP) L.P., Kayne Senior Credit Fund L.P., 1492 Capital LLC, and Medley Capital Corporation as lenders. In connection with the Forbearance Agreement, Essex Holdings, LLC ("Holdings") executed a Consent and Reaffirmation of its guaranty obligations to the Agent and Lenders, which is an exhibit to the Forbearance Agreement. The Forbearance Agreement and the Consent and Reaffirmation are the direct result of the previously disclosed events of default under the Essex Crane Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Essex Crane Revolving Credit Facility”).

Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, Essex Crane is permitted to request additional revolving loans under the Essex Crane Revolving Credit Facility through the period ended April 30, 2016. In exchange, Essex Crane is required to continue to engage an asset disposition firm for the purposes of marketing, selling and disposing of the Company's non-core assets. The sale of these non-core, or under-utilized, assets is not anticipated to have a significant impact on the Company's future rental revenue cash flow. Additionally, Essex Crane is required to continue to engage an investment banking firm for the purposes of preparing, marketing and consummating strategic alternatives, including the sale of all, or substantially all, of the assets of Essex Crane. The Company cannot ensure that Essex Crane will be able to effect any such actions in a timely manner, on satisfactory terms, or at all, in which case, Essex Crane may need to seek protection from its creditors under applicable law or consider other restructuring and recapitalization transactions. The complete description of all terms and conditions is provided in the full text of the Forbearance Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The agent and lenders have reserved all of their respective rights and remedies available under the Essex Crane Revolving Credit Facility and applicable law as a result of the events of default or any other events of default that may otherwise occur at any time.

Subject to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Company expects that it will be able to continue to use the Essex Crane Revolving Credit Facility to fund operations during the term of the Forbearance Agreement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Fifth Forbearance Agreement, dated March 18, 2016, by and between Essex Crane Rental Corp., Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC, as agent and itself as a lender, PNC Bank, National Association, Alostar Bank of Commerce, Kayne Senior Credit Fund (QP) L.P., Kayne Senior Credit Fund L.P., 1492 Capital LLC and Medley Capital Corporation as lenders.

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.



	ESSEX RENTAL CORP.

Date: March 22, 2016	By:	/s/ Kory M. Glen
		Name: Kory M. Glen
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

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