Edgar Filing: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC

THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.

Date: December 15, 2011

/s/ Martin R. Baker

Martin R. Baker

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Chief Compliance Officer

Form 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): December 12, 2011

THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-13146


Oregon		93-0816972
(State of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200, Lake Oswego, OR		97035
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(503) 684-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 12, 2011, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) increased its existing $260 million North American credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) by $30 million to a total of $290 million pursuant to a Lender Joinder Agreement (the “Lender Joinder Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and under the existing provisions of the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility is described in Item 1.01 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2011, which is 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.

To the extent required by Item 2.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained in (or incorporated by reference into) Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

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 hereunto duly authorized.