Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

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): November 2, 2017

 

 

GATX Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York		1-2328		36-1124040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

222 West Adams Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606-5314

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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ITEM 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement

GATX Corporation (“GATX”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters listed therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), dated November 2, 2017, pursuant to which GATX agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions set forth therein, $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), as described in the prospectus supplement, dated November 2, 2017 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), filed pursuant to GATX’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-213160 (the “Registration Statement”).

The Notes will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2008, between GATX and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and officers’ certificates providing for the issuance of the Notes. The Underwriters are expected to deliver the Notes against payment on November 6, 2017.

Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and other documents relating to this transaction are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

See Item 1.01

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated November 2, 2017, between GATX and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein.
5.1		Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP as to the validity of the securities being offered.
23.1		Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

GATX CORPORATION

(Registrant)

/s/ Robert C. Lyons

Robert C. Lyons Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer)

Date: November 3, 2017