NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION (NYSE:NSC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

See description under Item 2.03.

Item 2.03.Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On August 15, 2017, Norfolk Southern Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued $749,994,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.050% Notes due 2052 (the “New Notes”) in exchange for specified series of the Registrant’s outstanding debt securities, in connection with the expiration of the early exchange date for its previously announced exchange offers.

The New Notes were issued to an Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The New Notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 4.050% per annum and will be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the Registrant's option. The maturity date of the New Notes is August 15, 2052. If the New Notes are redeemed prior to February 15, 2052, the redemption price for the New Notes to be redeemed will equal the greater of (1) 50% of their principal amount or (2) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the New Notes to be redeemed, to and including February 15, 2052 (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a specified rate, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date. If the New Notes are redeemed on or after February 15, 2052, the redemption price for the New Notes to be redeemed will equal 50% of the principal amount of such New Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. The Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1, and the description of the Indenture contained herein is qualified by reference thereto.

On August 15, 2017, in connection with the issuance of the New Notes, the Registrant entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the dealer managers for the exchange offers (the “Dealer Managers”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registrant has agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 180 days after the final settlement date of the exchange offers, and use commercially reasonable efforts to have declared effective within 270 days from such final settlement date, an exchange offer registration statement to which the Registrant will issue, in exchange for tendered New Notes, registered securities containing terms identical to the New Notes in all material respects. The Registration Rights Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2, and the description of the Registration Rights Agreement contained herein is qualified by reference thereto.

The Trustee and its affiliates, as well as the Dealer Managers and their respective affiliates, have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for the Registrant, for which they

received or will receive customary fees and expenses and none of which are material individually or in the aggregate with respect to any individual party.

The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP Exhibit
EX-4.1 2 ns41-indenture081517.htm INDENTURE Exhibit  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION 4.050% Notes due 2052 INDENTURE  Dated as of August 15,…
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About NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION (NYSE:NSC)

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a holding company engaged in the rail transportation business. The Company operates approximately 20,000 miles of road primarily in the East and Midwest. The Company is engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods primarily in the Southeast, East and Midwest. The Company, through interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. The Company also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It provides logistics services and offers the intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States. The Company’s system reaches various manufacturing plants, electric generating facilities, mines, distribution centers and other businesses located in its service area. The Company’s intermodal market group consists of shipments moving in trailers, domestic and international containers, and RoadRailer equipment.