UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 26, 2020, Trinity Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the following officer changes, which will become effective April 1, 2020: (i) the Company’s current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Melendy E. Lovett, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, and (ii) Eric R. Marchetto, currently Senior Vice President and Group President, TrinityRail, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Marchetto, 50, has served as Senior Vice President and Group President of TrinityRail since 2019. He joined the Company in 1995. He served as the Chief Commercial Officer for the Company’s rail businesses from 2018 to 2019. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for the Company’s rail businesses from 2016 to 2018, following having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the rail businesses from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Marchetto does not have any related person transactions with the Company reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 27, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the officer changes described above.
The press release also included an update due to the unprecedented market conditions related to COVID-19 and disruptions in the crude oil market. In the press release, the Company withdrew its guidance for fiscal year 2020. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
This information is not “filed” pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not incorporated by reference into any Securities Act of 1933 registration statements. Additionally, the submission of Item 7.01 of this report on Form 8-K is not an admission of the materiality of any information in this Item 7.01 that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) - (c) Not applicable
(d) Exhibits
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101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (filed electronically herewith). | ||
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101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (filed electronically herewith). | ||
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (filed electronically herewith). | ||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Trinity Industries, Inc. | ||
March 27, 2020 | By: | /s/ Melendy E. Lovett |
Name: Melendy E. Lovett | ||
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||