Certified results of 2024 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders confirm newly constituted board
Board of directors committed to working
collaboratively, engaging with shareholders as it charts A
Better Way for Norfolk Southern
ATLANTA, May 15, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC)
announced Wednesday that the voting results of its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders have been certified by an independent Inspector of
Elections. The certified results confirm that shareholders have
elected Richard H. Anderson,
William Clyburn, Jr., Philip S. Davidson, Francesca A. DeBiase, Marcela E. Donadio, Sameh Fahmy, Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp,
John C. Huffard, Jr., Christopher T. Jones, Thomas C. Kelleher, Gilbert H. Lamphere, Claude Mongeau, and Alan
H. Shaw to the company's board of directors.
"The board and management team are aligned on enhancing
shareholder value through the strategy and management team
that have been endorsed by our shareholders," said Norfolk Southern
President and CEO Alan H. Shaw. "I
have connected with each of our board members and appreciate the
expertise they bring to help advance Norfolk Southern. I also
appreciate the support of our employees, customers, and
shareholders over the last few months. We are focused on delivering
results and building on the considerable momentum underway as we
accelerate our operational improvements."
The final certified voting results of the election of 13
directors for a one-year term to the Norfolk Southern Board are as
follows:
Nominees for
Director
|
Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
Percentage
Supporting*
|
Christopher T.
Jones
|
158,000,865
|
18,922,320
|
89.01 %
|
Marcela E.
Donadio
|
156,826,952
|
20,096,127
|
88.35 %
|
Francesca A.
DeBiase
|
156,252,279
|
20,684,529
|
88.03 %
|
Richard H.
Anderson
|
155,963,709
|
20,882,198
|
87.87 %
|
Philip S.
Davidson
|
148,120,555
|
27,961,598
|
83.45 %
|
Thomas C.
Kelleher
|
121,979,232
|
54,954,477
|
68.72 %
|
Gilbert H.
Lamphere
|
121,001,573
|
54,596,890
|
68.17 %
|
Claude
Mongeau
|
115,064,565
|
61,873,324
|
64.82 %
|
Alan H. Shaw
|
113,918,528
|
63,022,232
|
64.18 %
|
John C. Huffard,
Jr.
|
113,181,028
|
63,763,787
|
63.76 %
|
Sameh Fahmy
|
111,026,536
|
64,570,407
|
62.55 %
|
William Clyburn,
Jr.
|
110,126,338
|
65,474,552
|
62.04 %
|
Mary Kathryn "Heidi"
Heitkamp
|
95,984,122
|
80,906,794
|
54.08 %
|
Allison
Landry
|
87,180,961
|
88,422,646
|
49.12 %
|
Jennifer F.
Scanlon
|
81,607,126
|
95,329,798
|
45.98 %
|
John Kasich
|
78,694,346
|
93,921,110
|
44.33 %
|
Betsy Atkins
|
67,807,262
|
107,797,967
|
38.20 %
|
Amy E. Miles
|
64,271,195
|
112,663,573
|
36.21 %
|
James Barber,
Jr.
|
62,038,091
|
113,578,206
|
34.95 %
|
John R.
Thompson
|
52,012,141
|
124,923,422
|
29.30 %
|
*Represents the
total percentage of instructed shares voted at the meeting
(177,500,540) that voted "For" each respective
nominee.
|
The final results have been certified by First Coast Results,
Inc., an independent Inspector of Elections.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely
moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today,
it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight
transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability,
Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid approximately 15 million
tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated
team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from
agriculture to consumer goods, and Norfolk Southern originates more
automotive traffic than any other Class I Railroad. Norfolk
Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the
eastern U.S. It serves a majority of the country's population and
manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port
on the Atlantic coast as well as major ports in the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by
visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Statements
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"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, as amended. These statements relate to future events or
our future financial performance, including statements relating to
our ability to execute on our strategic plan and the results of our
2024 Annual Meeting and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance, or our achievements or those of
our industry to be materially different from those expressed or
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on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates, beliefs, and
projections. While the Company believes these expectations,
assumptions, estimates, and projections are reasonable, such
forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors
or circumstances that are beyond the Company's control. These and
other important factors, including those discussed under "Risk
Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2023, as well as the
Company's subsequent filings with the SEC, may cause actual
results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements herein are made only as of the date they
were first issued, and unless otherwise required by applicable
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to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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