Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 13, 2018, Trinity Industries Leasing Company (“TILC”) and Trinity Rail Leasing 2018 LLC (“TRL-2018”), both subsidiaries of Trinity Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Note Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 2018 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, DVB Capital Markets LLC, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (the “Purchasers”). The Note Purchase Agreement provides for the issuance and sale of (i) an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 of TRL-2018’s Series 2018-1 Class A-1 Secured Railcar Equipment Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”) and (ii) an aggregate principal amount of $282,500,000 of TRL-2018’s Series 2018-1 Class A-2 Secured Railcar Equipment Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”) (the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes are, collectively, the “Notes”) to the Purchasers. The Class A-1 Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.82%, will be payable monthly, and will have a stated final maturity date of June 17, 2048. The Class A-2 Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.62%, will be payable monthly, and will have a stated final maturity date of June 17, 2048. The Purchasers are expected to resell the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation S thereunder. The Notes will be secured by (among other things) approximately 7,090 railcars and operating leases thereon, which TRL-2018 is purchasing from TILC. The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions for a transaction of this type. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains customary provisions pursuant to which TILC and TRL-2018 agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Purchasers against damages under certain circumstances, which are customary for a transaction of this type.
The issuance and sale of the Notes are part of an asset backed securitization which, subject to satisfaction of a variety of customary conditions precedent, is scheduled to close on or about June 20, 2018. The Company can give no assurance that the transaction will close on that date or at all.
The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons, except to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. This filing shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase the Notes or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.