---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-144058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBX"
cik: "0000923120"
company_name: "GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T00:39:23.117482+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenbrier expands board to 10, elects BNSF veteran Bobb and CPKC merger leader Songer

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 10; Bobb and Songer appointed as Class III and Class I directors.
- Bobb spent 36 years at BNSF, most recently EVP & CMO from 2013-2024.
- Songer has 30 years rail experience; led strategic merger planning for CPKC $31B deal.
- Nine of ten directors are independent; both new directors stand for election at 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-144058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBX
- cik: 0000923120
- company_name: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312525144058/0001193125-25-144058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312525144058/d70635d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-144058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-144058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-144058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stevan Bobb was appointed as Class III Director at GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On June 19, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eight to ten members and appointed Stevan Bobb and Jeffrey Songer to the newly created board seats, to serve on the Board beginning on June 19, 2025, as a Class III and Class I director, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312525144058/0001193125-25-144058-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Songer was appointed as Class I Director at GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On June 19, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eight to ten members and appointed Stevan Bobb and Jeffrey Songer to the newly created board seats, to serve on the Board beginning on June 19, 2025, as a Class III and Class I director, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312525144058/0001193125-25-144058-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.