---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-090928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBX"
cik: "0000923120"
company_name: "GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:43:47.515902+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenbrier declares quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share declared, payable May 16, 2023.
- Record date for dividend is April 25, 2023.
- Bylaws amended to adopt universal proxy rules, require advance notice for shareholder nominations.
- White proxy card reserved exclusively for Board; shareholder nominees require additional disclosures.
- Deadlines for advance notice clarified: 120 days before annual meeting, 90 days before special meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-090928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBX
- cik: 0000923120
- company_name: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523090928/0001193125-23-090928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523090928/d475843d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC: Amended bylaws to address universal proxy rules, advance notice disclosure requirements, and related provisions for director nominations and shareholder proposals (effective 2023-04-03).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-03
  source text: On April 3, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved and adopted amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as so amended, the “ Bylaws ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523090928/0001193125-23-090928-index.htm

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