SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-02-23

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<div><a name="sE145672A70B65FFF8D67277936D8FD43"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.54</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT (this &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) is dated as of December 31, 2017 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;) and is entered into between ACF Industries, LLC (&#8220;ACF&#8221;), and American Railcar Industries, Inc. (&#8220;ARI&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ACF and ARI are parties to that certain Purchasing and Engineering Services Agreement and License dated as of January 7, 2013, as amended on August 22, 2014, November 5, 2015, and December 20, 2016 (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;). Reference is made to the Agreement for a complete statement of its terms. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, in the Agreement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The parties wish hereby to modify the Agreement as more particularly set forth in this Amendment. Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration (receipt of which is hereby acknowledged), and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. As of the Effective Date: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">A reference to &#8220;December 31, 2017&#8221; in Section 15(b) of the Agreement is deleted and replaced with a reference to &#8220;December 31, 2018&#8221;.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Miscellaneous</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Agreement, as modified hereby, contains the complete, entire and exclusive statement of the parties&#8217; understanding with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between them with respect to such subject matter. All of the terms, conditions, representations and warranties contained in the Agreement, as modified hereby, shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified, confirmed and restated. In the event of any subsequent amendment of the Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Amendment shall remain in effect unless expressly modified by such amendment. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same Amendment. This Amendment may be executed and delivered via email with the same force and effect as if it were executed and delivered by the parties simultaneously in the presence of one another. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</fon