UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION (NYSE:UNP) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) Departure of Certain Officers
On January 29, 2019, Union Pacific Corporation (the Company) announced that Lynden Tennison, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, will retire from the Company, effective March 31, 2019 after over twenty-seven years of service.Mr. Tennison also serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Union Pacific Railroad Company, the principal operating company of the Company. Mr. Tennison joined the Company in 1992 and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer since August 2018, responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the Company’s strategic agenda.Mr. Tennison previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2005, responsible for UP’s information and telecommunications technologies.
About UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION (NYSE:UNP)
Union Pacific Corporation operates through its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company. Union Pacific Railroad Company links approximately 20 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing link in the supply chain. The Company’s business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, coal, industrial products and intermodal. The Company operates from West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada’s rail systems and serves approximately six Mexico gateways. The Company is a Class I railroad operating in the United States. The Company’s network includes approximately 32,080 route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern United States gateways and providing several corridors to Mexican gateways. The Company owns approximately 26,060 miles and operates on the remainder pursuant to trackage rights or leases.