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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number 1-2328
 
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
GATX CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
B. Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
GATX Corporation
222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606-5314
 
 

 


 

GATX CORPORATION SALARIED EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
         
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
       
    4  
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE:
       
    14  
 
       
Other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Departments of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under ERISA have been omitted because they are not applicable.
       
 
       
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 EX-23.1

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Employee Benefits Committee
GATX Corporation
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets available for benefits of the GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of changes in assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in its assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2008, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
         
 
  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
 
Ernst & Young LLP
   
June 23, 2009
Chicago, Illinois

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EIN 36-1124040
Plan #002
GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Statements of Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Assets
               
Investments in Mutual Funds
  $ 39,592,728     $ 77,174,827  
Interests in Collective Trusts
    45,075,935       37,178,039  
Interest in Master Trust
    23,880,590       28,379,594  
Participant loans
    1,584,868       1,564,874  
     
Total investments
    110,134,121       144,297,334  
Employer contribution receivable
    60,899       54,296  
     
Assets available for benefits, at fair value
    110,195,020       144,351,630  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in Collective Trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    1,073,252       193,597  
     
Assets available for benefits
  $ 111,268,272     $ 144,545,227  
     
See notes to financial statements.

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EIN 36-1124040
Plan #002
GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Statements of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    Year Ended December 31
    2008   2007
     
Additions
               
Investment income:
               
Net investment (loss) gain from Mutual Funds
  $ (19,926,077 )   $ 4,258,241  
Net investment loss from Collective Trusts
    (11,326,857 )     (947,350 )
Net investment loss from Master Trust
    (2,936,580 )     (3,812,801 )
Interest and dividend income
    2,773,732       4,410,024  
     
 
    (31,415,782 )     3,908,114  
 
               
Contributions from GATX
    1,351,120       1,340,302  
Participant salary deferrals
    4,632,689       4,775,370  
Rollover contributions
    138,404       511,995  
Transfer from GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Retirement Savings Plan
          53,718  
     
Total Additions
    (25,293,569 )     10,589,499  
 
               
Deductions
               
Benefit payments
    (7,976,826 )     (22,398,910 )
Administrative fee
    (6,560 )     (10,910 )
     
Total Deductions
    (7,983,386 )     (22,409,820 )
     
Net decrease in plan assets
    (33,276,955 )     (11,820,321 )
Assets available for benefits at beginning of year
    144,545,227       156,365,548  
     
Assets available for benefits at end of year
  $ 111,268,272     $ 144,545,227  
     
 
See notes to financial statements.
               

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
EIN 36-1124040
Plan #002
1. Description of the Plan
The following description of the GATX Corporation (GATX or the Company) Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan is a defined-contribution plan, established July 1, 1965, for salaried employees of GATX and each of its domestic subsidiaries, which adopt the Plan upon authorization by GATX. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Contributions
Each year participants may make basic contributions of 1% to 50% of eligible pretax compensation, as defined in the Plan (as defined), and participants who have attained the age of 50 before the close of the plan year may make catch-up contributions of 1% to 25% of eligible pretax compensation. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined-benefit or defined-contribution plans.
After a participant completes six months of service, the Company contributes on behalf of the participant a matching contribution of $0.50 for each $1.00 contributed by the participant, up to 6% of the participant’s eligible compensation. At its discretion, the Company may make an additional matching contribution for eligible participants. All contributions are made in cash and are deposited semimonthly. All contributions are subject to certain limitations of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the Company’s contributions, and an allocation of the Plan’s earnings (losses). Allocations are based on account balances (as defined). The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account.
Vesting
Participants are immediately 100% vested in their account balance.

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
Investment Options
Investment alternatives for participant contributions consist of the GATX Stock Fund, which is held in a Master Trust; the Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II (the Fidelity MIP Fund), the Pyramis Select International Small Capitalization, the NTGI S&P 500 Index, the NTGI S&P 400 Index and the Pyramis Small Capitalization, which are all Common Collective Trusts; and selected mutual fund options available through Fidelity Management Trust Company.
Participants may change their investment options on any business day.
Benefit Payments
In the event of retirement (as defined), death, permanent disability, or termination of employment, the balance in the participant’s account will be distributed to the participant or the participant’s beneficiary in a single lump-sum cash payment. The portion of the participant’s account invested in GATX stock may be distributed in kind. In-service withdrawals are available to participants in the case of financial hardship (as defined). The Plan also allows for age 59 1/2 withdrawals (as defined).
Administrative Expenses
It is the intent of the Company to pay the administrative expenses of the Plan, but if the Company fails to make the payments, or so directs, there may be a charge against the Plan for these expenses.
Participant Loans
A participant may borrow an amount up to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s account balance. Such loans, which are payable over a term specified by the Plan, bear interest at a reasonable rate and are secured by the participant’s account balance in the Plan.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, participants remain 100% vested in their account balances.

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting Changes
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 — The Plan adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (SFAS 157) effective January 1, 2008. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires enhanced disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” The application of the provisions of SFAS 157 had no effect on the Plan’s statements of assets available for benefits or statements of changes in assets available for benefits. See Note 4 for a complete discussion of SFAS 157.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires the plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Shares of mutual funds, which are traded on an active exchange, are valued at quoted market prices. Interest in Master Trust, which is primarily comprised of the GATX Stock Fund (the Fund), is tracked on a unitized basis and consists of shares of GATX common stock and cash sufficient to meet the Fund’s daily cash needs held in the Fidelity Cash Reserves Fund. Unitizing the Fund allows for daily trades into and out of the Fund. The value of a unit reflects the combined market value of GATX common stock, which is traded on an active exchange, and the cash investments held by the Fund. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the value of a unit was $19.07 and $21.92, respectively. Interests in collective trusts, excluding the Fidelity MIP Fund, are valued based on the market value of the underlying securities held by the trusts, which are traded on an active exchange market.
The Fidelity MIP Fund contains investments in fully benefit-responsive insurance contracts that provide that the Plan may make withdrawals at contract value for benefit-responsive requirements. The Fidelity MIP Fund value is determined by the fund manager using a pricing model with inputs (such as yield curves and credit spreads) that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. The Plan’s interest in the Fidelity MIP Fund is presented at fair value in the statements of assets available for benefits, with an adjustment to its contract value separately disclosed. The contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The contract value of the Fidelity MIP Fund represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
A summary of the fair value and contract value of the Plan’s interest in the Fidelity MIP Fund is as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
At fair value
  $ 27,520,830     $ 25,728,630  
At contract value
    26,447,578       25,535,033  
Participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Contributions
Participant contributions are made through payroll deductions and are recorded in the period the deductions are made.
3. Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of assets available for benefits.
4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Plan adopted SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008. SFAS 157 applies to all financial instruments being measured and reported on a fair value basis.
SFAS 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. SFAS 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 — Quoted prices that are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities of the Plan. Financial instruments of the Plan included in Level 1 are investments in Mutual Funds and Master Trust investments.
Level 2 — Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Financial instruments included in this category are the Plan’s interests in Collective Trusts.

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (continued)
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. At December 31, 2008, the Plan’s Level 3 financial instruments were participant loans.
The balances of financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2008, were as follows:
                                 
Assets   Total   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3
Mutual Funds
  $ 39,592,728     $ 39,592,728              
Collective Trust
  $ 45,075,935           $ 45,075,935        
Master Trust
  $ 23,880,590     $ 23,880,590              
Participant Loans
  $ 1,584,868                 $ 1,584,868  
The table below lists the summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2008:
         
    Participant Loans  
Balance at beginning of the year
  $ 1,564,874  
Additions, net
    19,994  
 
     
Balance at end of year
  $ 1,584,868  
 
     
5. Investments
Except for investments held in the Master Trust (see Note 6), the Plan held the following individual investments at fair value representing 5% or more of the Plan’s assets:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II
  $ 27,520,830     $ 25,535,033  
NTGI S&P 500 Index
    11,550,819        
PIMCO Total Return Fund — Institutional Class
    10,986,379       9,161,481  
Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund (A)
    9,288,226       14,729,668  
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
          20,841,114  
Fidelity Diversified International Fund
          8,566,373  
T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund — Advisory Class
          7,851,946  

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
6. Master Trust
The GATX Stock Fund is held in a Master Trust, which includes assets of the Plan and of the GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Retirement Savings Plan. The Plan’s interest in the Master Trust is stated at the Plan’s equity in the net assets of the Master Trust at December 31, 2008 and 2007. All financial instruments held by the Master Trust are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized under SFAS 157 as Level 1 assets.
A summary of the net assets and the changes in net assets of the Master Trust is as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Assets
               
Cash
  $ 201,380     $  
GATX common stock
    24,459,270       29,383,927  
Other receivables
    37,938       25,645  
 
               
Liabilities
               
Other payables
    (10,367 )     (8,829 )
     
Net assets
  $ 24,688,221     $ 29,400,743  
     
                 
    Years Ended December 31
    2008   2007
     
Additions
               
Transfers from participating plans
  $ 2,614,624     $ 3,243,381  
Interest and dividend income
    40,013       45,403  
     
 
    2,654,637       3,288,784  
 
               
Deductions
               
Transfers to participating plans
    (4,330,003 )     (9,078,615 )
Net realized and unrealized depreciation in fair value of common stock
    (3,037,156 )     (3,963,607 )
     
Net decrease in trust assets
    (4,712,522 )     (9,753,438 )
Net assets at beginning of year
    29,400,743       39,154,181  
     
Net assets at end of year
  $ 24,688,221     $ 29,400,743  
     
The Plan held a 96.7% and 96.5% interest in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
7. Participant-Directed Investments
Plan information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the GATX Stock Fund, is as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Investment, at fair value:
               
Interest in the GATX Stock Fund
  $ 23,880,590     $ 28,379,594  
     
                 
    Years Ended December 31
    2008   2007
     
Changes in net assets:
               
Company contributions
  $ 182,189     $ 175,564  
Participant contributions
    550,836       584,672  
Rollover contributions
    6,157       15,038  
Interest and dividend income
    34,505       62,641  
Net realized and unrealized depreciation in fair value of common stock
    (2,936,580 )     (3,834,555 )
Benefits paid
    (1,218,948 )     (4,023,666 )
Net interfund transfers
    (1,092,273 )     (2,443,299 )
Other
    (24,890 )     19,402  
     
 
  $ (4,499,004 )   $ (9,444,203 )
     
8. Differences Between Financial Statements and Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Assets available for benefits, per the financial statements
  $ 111,268,272     $ 144,545,227  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in Collective Trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    (1,073,252 )     (193,597 )
Amount receivable from employer contributions
    (60,899 )     (54,296 )
     
Assets available for benefits per Form 5500, Schedule H
  $ 110,134,121     $ 144,297,334  
     

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GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
8. Differences Between Financial Statements and Form 5500 (continued)
The following is a reconciliation of total additions per the financial statements to total income per the Form 5500:
                 
    December 31
    2008   2007
     
Total additions per the financial statements
  $ (25,293,569 )   $ 10,589,499  
Add: Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in Collective Trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at end of the year
    (1,073,252 )     (193,597 )
Less: Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in Collective Trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at the beginning of the year
    193,597       327,046  
Change in Contributions Receivable from GATX
    (6,603 )     (10,299 )
Transfer from GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Retirement Savings Plan
          (53,718 )
     
Total income per the Form 5500, Schedule H
  $ (26,179,827 )   $ 10,658,931  
     
9. Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated July 31, 2002, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.
10. Related Party
The Plan invests in GATX common stock. GATX is the Plan’s sponsor, and therefore, such investments are party-in-interest transactions.

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EIN 36-1124040
Plan #002
GATX Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Savings Plan
Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets
(Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2008
                 
    Shares/     Current  
Identity of Issuer/Description of Issue   Units     Value  
 
Fidelity Management Trust Company:
               
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II*
    27,520,830     $ 26,447,578  
NTGI S&P 500 Index
    1,793,605       11,550,819  
PIMCO Total Return Fund — Institutional Class
    1,083,469       10,986,379  
Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund (A)
    638,805       9,288,226  
Fidelity Diversified International Fund*
    204,995       4,409,453  
T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund — Advisory Class
    226,834       4,337,059  
NTGI S&P 400 Index
    613,582       3,791,934  
Pyramis Small Capitalization
    539,000       3,034,569  
Vanguard Target Return 2020
    178,795       2,962,631  
Alliance Bernstein International Value K
    214,902       2,204,899  
Vanguard Target Return 2010
    79,795       1,405,195  
Vanguard Targeted Return Inc.
    99,064       943,086  
Vanguard Target Return 2030
    54,405       845,446  
Vanguard Target Return 2040
    50,045       757,181  
Vanguard Target Return 2005
    62,333       604,006  
Vanguard Target Return 2015
    38,225       365,053  
Pyramis Select International Small Capitalization
    40,885       251,036  
Vanguard Target Return 2025
    26,638       246,932  
Vanguard Target Return 2035
    15,123       139,888  
Vanguard Target Return 2045
    7,294       69,803  
Vanguard Target Return 2050
    1,811       27,490  
Participant loans (5% to 11% interest rates, various maturities)*
            1,584,868  
 
             
 
          $ 86,253,531  
 
             
 
*   Party- in- interest to the Plan.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  GATX CORPORATION SALARIED
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT
SAVINGS PLAN

(Name of the Plan)
 
 
Date: June 26, 2009  /s/ James Conniff    
  James Conniff   
  Plan Administrator   
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibit is filed as part of this annual report:
     
Exhibit    
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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