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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-008997"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBX"
cik: "0000923120"
company_name: "GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:09:24.072522+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenbrier shareholders approve 4x increase in authorized shares and 1M share stock plan addition

## Summary
- Authorized shares increased from 40M to 160M; vote: 25.4M for, 582,806 against, 49,591 abstain.
- Shareholders approved 2021 Stock Incentive Plan amendment adding 1,000,000 shares; vote: 21,999,638 for, 1,876,239 against.
- Elected directors Stevan B. Bobb and Jeffrey M. Songer (appointed June 2025) to Class III and I terms through 2027 and 2028.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 21,951,594 votes for, 1,891,286 against, 147,840 abstentions.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2026; vote: 25,657,806 for, 370,458 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-008997
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBX
- cik: 0000923120
- company_name: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312526008997/0001193125-26-008997-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312526008997/d80543d8k.htm

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