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accession: "0000950170-25-074538"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RAIL"
cik: "0001320854"
company_name: "FreightCar America, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T01:18:44.698526+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FreightCar America annual meeting: directors elected, say-on-pay passes, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Class II directors Jesús Salvador Gil Benavides (11.3M for) and Rodger L. Boehm (11.7M for) elected.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 11,780,285 for, 367,658 against, 35,635 abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor: 15,626,022 for, 26,037 against, 12,048 abstain.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,480,529 on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-074538
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RAIL
- cik: 0001320854
- company_name: FreightCar America, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000095017025074538/0000950170-25-074538-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000095017025074538/rail-20250514.htm

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