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EX-1.1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, DATED JUNE 5, 2012 - GATX CORPd363810dex11.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF MAYER BROWN LLP AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES BEING OFFERED - GATX CORPd363810dex51.htm

 

 

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): June 5, 2012

 

 

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)

(312) 621-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

 

¨ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01. Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

GATX Corporation (“GATX”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), dated June 5, 2012, pursuant to which GATX agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions set forth therein, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”), as described in the prospectus supplement dated June 5, 2012 filed pursuant to GATX’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-168879 (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 an officers’ certificate providing for the issuance of the Notes. The Underwriters are expected to deliver the Notes against payment on June 11, 2012.

A copy 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 June 5, 2012, between GATX and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives 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).

 


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
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)

Date: June 7, 2012