On October 22, 2018, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced that, due to a medical condition, David A. Brown, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, would be functioning on a reduced schedule, effective immediately. As a result of this change, certain of Mr. Brown’s duties and responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer are expected to be assumed by John C. Hellmann, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Michael Miller, the Company’s President, North America.