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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Trustee Change
On December 5, 2023, Ryder System, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance (the “Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as resigning trustee (the “Resigning Trustee”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee (the “Successor Trustee”), effective as of December 18, 2023, with respect to: (i) the Indenture dated as of October 3, 2003 and (ii) the Indenture dated May 1, 1987 (collectively, the “Indentures”).
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company accepted the resignation of the Resigning Trustee and appointed the Successor Trustee to act as trustee under the Indentures. The Agreement provides, among other things, that the Resigning Trustee assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to the Successor Trustee all right, title and interest in and to the trust and all rights, privileges, responsibilities, powers, trusts, obligations and duties under the Indentures, and the Successor Trustee accepts its appointment as trustee under the Indentures and accepts all the rights, title, interests, capacities, privileges, responsibilities, powers, trusts and duties set forth in the Indentures.
The address of the corporate trust office for the Successor Trustee is 225 E. Robinson Street, Ste. 250, Orlando, Florida 32801.
The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01(d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit 4.1 | Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of December 18, 2023, by and among Ryder System, Inc., as issuer, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as resigning trustee. | |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| Date: December 8, 2023 | RYDER SYSTEM, INC. (Registrant) | |||||
| By: | /s/ Robert D. Fatovic | |||||
| Robert D. Fatovic Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||