<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001171843-19-005553.txt : 20190819
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-19-005553
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190816
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190819
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190819

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FreightCar America, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001320854
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RAILROAD EQUIPMENT [3743]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51237
		FILM NUMBER:		191036946

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 458-2235

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FCA Acquisition Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050316
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<html><head><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br /><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong><br />_____________________</font></p><p style="text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Form 8-K</strong><br />_____________________</font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CURRENT REPORT</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</strong></font></p><p align="center"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): <!--August 19, 2019-->August 16, 2019 &#160;</font></p><p align="center"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.</strong></font><br /><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Delaware</strong></font></td><td align="center" width="34%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>000-51237</strong></font></td><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>25-1837219</strong></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></td><td align="center" width="34%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(Commission File Number)</font></td><td align="center" width="33%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(I.R.S. 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 <p>(d) Exhibits</p>  <p><font><a href="exh_991.htm" rel="nofollow">Exhibit 99.1 Press release of FreightCar America, Inc., dated August 19, 2019.</a></font></p> </font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;"></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;"></font></p><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p align="center"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>SIGNATURE</strong></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td style="font-size: 12pt;" colspan="2" valign="top"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.</strong></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Date: August 19, 2019</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">By:&#160;</font></td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Georgia L. Vlamis&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Georgia L. Vlamis</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Human Resources</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="2%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td width="49%"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"></font></td></tr></table><p /></body></html>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" ><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094" ></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>FreightCar America, Inc. Appoints Elizabeth Keller Arnold To Its Board of Directors</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p>
 <p>CHICAGO, Aug.  19, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAIL) announced today that Elizabeth Keller Arnold has been appointed to the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, effective August 16, 2019. The addition of Ms. Arnold brings the total number of directors to seven.<br ></p>  <p>Ms. Arnold joins FreightCar with over 30 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting, including executive leadership roles at multiple international companies. She served in Chief Financial Officer positions in a broad range of industries, including Houghton International, a specialty chemical company with international operations; Physiotherapy Associates; and Tyco. Earlier in her career, Ms. Arnold spent more than 15 years at General Electric, where she served in numerous roles, including reporting to the vice chairman and as Chief Financial Officer of GE Silicones.</p>  <p>William D. Gehl, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, said, &#8220;Keller has held various leadership roles in multiple global industrial companies, providing her with extensive corporate finance and accounting experiences, as well as a wealth of operational knowledge. We are very pleased to welcome her to our Board of Directors.&#8221; James R. Meyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said, &#8220;The FreightCar management team is very pleased to have Keller on the company&#8217;s board and looks forward to drawing on her breadth of knowledge, experience, and business acumen.&#8221;</p>  <p align="left"><strong>About FreightCar America</strong></p>  <p align="left">FreightCar America, Inc. manufactures a wide range of railroad freight cars, supplies railcar parts and leases freight cars through its FreightCar America Leasing Company subsidiaries. FreightCar America designs and builds high-quality railcars, including bulk commodity cars, covered hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars, boxcars and coal cars. It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has facilities in the following locations: Cherokee, Alabama; Grand Island, Nebraska; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Roanoke, Virginia; and Shanghai, People&#8217;s Republic of China. More information about FreightCar America is available on its website at www.freightcaramerica.com.</p>  <p align="left"><strong>Forward-Looking Statements</strong></p>  <p align="left">This press release may contain statements relating to our expected financial performance and/or future business prospects, events and plans that are &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Our actual results may differ materially from the results described in or anticipated by our forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties. These potential risks and uncertainties include, among other things: the cyclical nature of our business; adverse economic and market conditions; fluctuating costs of raw materials, including steel and aluminum, and delays in the delivery of raw materials; our ability to maintain relationships with our suppliers of railcar components; our reliance upon a small number of customers that represent a large percentage of our sales; the variable purchase patterns of our customers and the timing of completion, delivery and customer acceptance of orders; the highly competitive nature of our industry; the risk of lack of acceptance of our new railcar offerings by our customers; and other competitive factors. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to any forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</p> <table style="border-collapse:collapse !important;;border-collapse: collapse; "><tr><td class="hugin"><strong>MEDIA CONTACT</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>Christopher J. Eppel</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="hugin"><strong>TELEPHONE</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>&#160;</strong></td><td class="hugin"><strong>(800) 458-2235</strong></td></tr></table> <p align="justify"><br ></p> </p><p ></p></body></html>
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