trn-20240222

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):						February 22, 2024

_______________________________________

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-6903

75-0225040

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

14221 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100,

Dallas, Texas 75254-2957

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	TRN	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

Trinity Industries, Inc. ("Trinity") hereby furnishes the information set forth in its News Release, dated February 22, 2024, announcing operating results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2023, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. On February 22, 2024, Trinity held a conference call and webcast with respect to its financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2023. The conference call scripts of Leigh Anne Mann, Vice President of Investor Relations; E. Jean Savage, Chief Executive Officer and President; and Eric R. Marchetto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; are furnished as Exhibit 99.2, and incorporated herein by reference.

The conference call, News Release, and Supplemental Materials, described below, included references to Adjusted Operating Results and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Pre-Tax Return on Equity, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, which are not calculations based on generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Reconciliations of each of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures have been included in the News Release and/or the Supplemental Materials. When forward-looking non-GAAP measures are provided, Trinity does not provide quantitative reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures because it cannot, without unreasonable effort, predict the timing and amounts of certain items included in the computations of each of these measures. These factors include, but are not limited to: the product mix of expected railcar deliveries; the timing and amount of significant transactions and investments, such as lease portfolio sales, capital expenditures, and returns of capital to shareholders; and the amount and timing of certain other items outside the normal course of our core business operations.

This information and the materials described in Item 7.01 are not "filed" pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not incorporated by reference into any Securities Act of 1933 registration statements. Additionally, the submission of the report on Form 8-K is not an admission of the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

See "Item 2.02 – Results of Operations and Financial Condition." Additionally, Trinity posted Supplemental Materials to its website to accompany the conference call; a copy of these materials is furnished as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

The conference call, News Release, and Supplemental Materials contained information about a change to the composition of the Company's reportable segments that became effective January 1, 2024. The Supplemental Materials included an unaudited comparison of our reported segment results for 2023 to our segment results that have been recast to show the effects of this change. The unaudited financial information contained in the Supplemental Materials is presented for illustrative purposes only and is based upon available information and certain assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances.

Forward-Looking Statements

Some statements in this release, which are not historical facts, are “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements about Trinity's estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, and the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, future financial and operating performance, future opportunities and any other statements regarding events or developments that Trinity believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. Trinity uses the words “anticipates,” “assumes,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “guidance,” “projected,” “outlook,” and similar expressions to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and Trinity expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Trinity’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or present expectations, including but not limited to risks and uncertainties regarding economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting Trinity’s operations, markets, products, services and prices, and such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in Trinity’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, as may be revised and updated by Trinity’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Trinity’s Current Reports on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) - (c) Not applicable.


NO.						DESCRIPTION
99.1						News Release dated February 22 , 202 4 with respect to the operating results for the three and twelve month period s ended December 3 1 , 2023.
99.2						Conference call script of February 2 2, 202 4 .
99.3						Q4 2023 Conference Call – Supplemental Materials

101.SCH						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (filed electronically herewith).

101.LAB						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (filed electronically herewith).
101.PRE						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (filed electronically herewith).

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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.

February 22, 2024	By:	/s/ Eric R. Marchetto
		Name: Eric R. Marchetto
		Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer