NORFOLK, Va., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern
Corporation announced that it has extended the expiration date of its offer
to exchange up to $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.75%
Senior Notes due 2018 (the "Exchange Notes") registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for an equal amount of its privately
placed 5.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the "Original Notes"). The exchange
offer, which was scheduled to expire at 5 p.m., New York City time, on July
12, 2008, will now expire at 5 p.m., New York City time, on July 18, 2008,
unless further extended, to allow holders of the outstanding Original Notes
additional time to tender in the exchange offer.
Except for the extension of the expiration date, the terms of the
exchange offer remain as set forth in the prospectus dated June 12, 2008.
Copies of the prospectus can be obtained from U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, which is serving as exchange agent for the exchange offer.
Contact information for U.S. Bank Trust National Association is as follows:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association
Attn: Specialized Finance Department
EP-MN-WS-2N
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Telephone: 1-800-934-6802
Facsimile transmission: 1-651-495-8158
This press release shall not constitute an offer to purchase or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. The exchange offer is being
made solely pursuant to the prospectus dated June 12, 2008, including any
supplements thereto and only in such jurisdictions as is permitted under
applicable law.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier
transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates
approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia,
serving every major container port in the eastern United States and
providing superior connections to western rail carriers. Norfolk Southern
operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North
America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products.
SOURCE Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Southern Corporation
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