UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington , D.C.   20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(X)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

 

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended SEPT. 30, 2004

 

 

( )

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

 

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission file number 1-8339

LOGO

 

 

 

 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia

52-1188014

(State or other jurisdiction of

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

 

 

Three Commercial Place

 

Norfolk , Virginia

23510-2191

(Address of principal executive offices)

Zip Code

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(757) 629-2680

 

 

No Change

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

If changed since last report.)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13

or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter

period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing

requirements for the past 90 days.  

(X) Yes   

( ) No

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of The Exchange Act).

 

(X) Yes   

( ) No

 

 

 

The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of Common Stock, as of the last

practicable date:

 

 

Class
Outstanding as of Sept. 30, 2004

Common Stock (par value $1.00)

396,006,701 (excluding 20,938,125 shares

 

held by registrant's consolidated subsidiaries)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Part I.

Financial information:

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial statements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

3

 

 

Three and Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

4

 

 

Sept. 30, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

5

 

 

Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

16

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of

17

 

 

Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures

24

 

 

About Market Risks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

24

 

 

 

 

Part II.

Other Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

24

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

25

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

27

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

28


PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.   Financial Statements.

 

 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Income

($ in millions except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

                                                                                                                   

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Railway operating revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Coal

$

447 

$

372 

$

1,269 

$

1,115 

   General merchandise

 

1,006 

 

911 

 

2,998 

 

2,773 

   Intermodal

 

404 

 

315 

 

1,096 

 

904 

      Total railway operating revenues

 

1,857 

 

1,598 

 

5,363 

 

4,792 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Railway operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Compensation and benefits

 

570 

 

531 

 

1,680 

 

1,592 

   Materials, services and rents

 

411 

 

346 

 

1,165 

 

1,083 

   Conrail rents and services (Note 2)

 

79 

 

105 

 

282 

 

314 

   Depreciation (Note 2)

 

150 

 

128 

 

409 

 

384 

   Diesel fuel

 

98 

 

86 

 

311 

 

283 

   Casualties and other claims

 

31 

 

44 

 

109 

 

142 

   Other

 

49 

 

47 

 

167 

 

154 

      Total railway operating expenses

 

1,388 

 

1,287 

 

4,123 

 

3,952 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         Income from railway operations

 

469 

 

311 

 

1,240 

 

840 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income - net (Note 2)

 

40 

 

12 

 

50 

 

57 

Interest expense on debt

 

(121)

 

(123)

 

(363)

 

(373)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         Income from continuing operations before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            income taxes and accounting changes

 

388 

 

200 

 

927 

 

524 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

100 

 

63 

 

268 

 

165 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         Income from continuing operations before

            accounting changes

 

288 

 

137 

 

659 

 

359 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations - taxes on sale of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   motor carrier (Note 7)

 

-- 

 

-- 

 

-- 

 

10 

Cumulative effect of changes in accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   principles, net of taxes (Note 8)

 

-- 

 

-- 

 

-- 

 

114 

      Net income

$

288 

$

137 

$

659 

$

483 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per share amounts (Note 9):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Income from continuing operations before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      accounting changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Basic

$

0.73 

$

0.35 

$

1.68 

$

0.92 

            Diluted

$

0.72 

$

0.35 

$

1.66 

$

0.92 

   Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Basic

$

0.73 

$

0.35 

$

1.68 

$

1.24 

            Diluted

$

0.72 

$

0.35 

$

1.66 

$

1.24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends per share

$

0.10 

$

0.08 

$

0.26 

$

0.22 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Sept. 30,

Dec. 31,

 

 

2004

2003

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

   Cash and cash equivalents

$

475 

$

284 

 

   Short-term investments

 

55 

 

 

   Accounts receivable, net (Note 3)

 

806 

 

695 

 

   Materials and supplies

 

102 

 

92 

 

   Deferred income taxes

 

191 

 

189 

 

   Other current assets

 

177 

 

163 

 

      Total current assets

 

1,806 

 

1,425 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Conrail (Note 2)

 

793 

 

6,259 

 

Properties less accumulated depreciation (Note 2)

 

20,368 

 

11,779 

 

Other assets

 

1,462 

 

1,133 

 

       Total assets

$

24,429 

$

20,596 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

   Accounts payable

$

1,004 

$

948 

 

   Income and other taxes

 

245 

 

199 

 

   Due to Conrail

 

68 

 

81 

 

   Other current liabilities

 

276 

 

213 

 

   Current maturities of long-term debt

 

529 

 

360 

 

      Total current liabilities

 

2,122 

 

1,801 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt (Notes 2 and 6)

 

7,019 

 

6,800 

 

Other liabilities

 

1,116 

 

1,080 

 

Due to Conrail (Note 2)

 

-- 

 

716 

 

Deferred income taxes (Note 2)

 

6,484 

 

3,223 

 

      Total liabilities

 

16,741 

 

13,620 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

   Common stock $1.00 per share par value, 1,350,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

      shares authorized; issued 416,944,826 and

 

 

 

 

 

      412,168,988 shares, respectively

 

417 

 

412 

 

   Additional paid-in capital

 

620 

 

521 

 

   Unearned restricted stock (Note 1)

 

(9)

 

(5)

 

   Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 10)

 

11 

 

(44)

 

   Retained income

 

6,669 

 

6,112 

 

   Less treasury stock at cost, 20,938,125 and 21,016,125

      shares, respectively

 

(20)

 

(20)

 

      Total stockholders' equity

 

7,688 

 

6,976 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

24,429 

$

20,596 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

($ in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

   Net income

$

 659 

$

 483 

   Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

         Net cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

 

-- 

 

(114)

         Depreciation

 

 417 

 

 395 

         Deferred income taxes

 

112 

 

116 

         Equity in earnings of Conrail

 

(45)

 

(41)

         Gain on Conrail corporate reorganization

 

(53)

 

-- 

         Gains and losses on properties and investments

 

(15)

 

(16)

         Income from discontinued operations

 

-- 

 

(10)

         Changes in assets and liabilities affecting operations:

 

 

 

 

            Accounts receivable (Note 3)

 

(110)

 

(96)

            Materials and supplies

 

(10)

 

            Other current assets

 

70 

 

86 

            Current liabilities other than debt

 

 162 

 

 23 

            Other - net

 

24 

 

(31)

               Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 1,211 

 

 800 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

   Property additions

 

(669)

 

(536)

   Property sales and other transactions

 

 45 

 

 40 

   Investments, including short-term

 

(146)

 

(83)

   Investment sales and other transactions

 

 5 

 

 1 

               Net cash used for investing activities

 

(765)

 

(578)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

   Dividends

 

(102)

 

(86)

   Common stock issued - net

 

71 

 

 5 

   Proceeds from borrowings

 

202 

 

 218 

   Debt repayments

 

(426)

 

(385)

               Net cash used for financing activities

 

(255)

 

 (248)

 

 

 

 

 

               Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

191 

 

(26)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

   At beginning of year

 

284 

 

 184 

 

 

 

 

 

   At end of period

$

475 

$

158 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

 

 

   Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

      Interest (net of amounts capitalized)

$

311 

$

 334 

      Income taxes

$

78 

$

 62 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 


NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary to present Norfolk Southern Corporation and subsidiaries' (NS) financial position as of Sept. 30, 2004, its results of operations for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004 and 2003, and its cash flows for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004 and 2003, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Although management believes that the disclosures presented are adequate to make the information not misleading, these Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with:   (a) the financial statements and notes included in NS' latest Annual Report on Form 10‑K and (b) any Current Reports on Form 8‑K.

 

1.   Stock-Based Compensation

 

During the first quarter of 2004, a committee of nonemployee directors of NS' Board granted stock options, performance share units (PSUs) and restricted shares pursuant to the stockholder-approved Long-Term Incentive Plan.   Options to purchase 4,580,500 shares were granted with an option price of $22.02, which was the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of grant.   The options have a term of ten years, but may not be exercised prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant.   PSUs granted totaled 831,000 and will be awarded based on achievement of certain predetermined corporate performance goals at the end of a three-year cycle.   One-half of any PSUs earned will be paid in the form of shares of Common Stock with the other half to be paid in cash.   Restricted shares granted totaled 359,040 and have a three-year vesting and restriction period.

 

NS applies the intrinsic value recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations in accounting for its stock-based employee compensation plans.   As a result, the grants of PSUs and restricted shares resulted in charges to net income, while the stock-option grant did not result in a charge to net income.   The portion of the restricted stock that has not yet been earned is shown as a reduction of stockholders' equity on NS' Consolidated Balance Sheet.   The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if NS had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" to stock-based employee compensation:

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

($ in millions, except per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income, as reported

$

288 

$

137

$

659 

$

483 

Add:   Stock-based employee compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   expense included in reported net income,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   net of related tax effects

 

 

 

19 

 

Deduct:   Stock-based employee compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   expense determined under fair value method,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   net of related tax effects

 

(12)

 

(7)

 

(30)

 

(23)

      Pro forma net income

$

285 

$

133 

$

648 

$

468 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   As reported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Basic

$

0.73 

$

0.35 

$

1.68 

$

 1.24 

      Diluted

$

0.72 

$

0.35 

$

1.66 

$

1.24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Pro forma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Basic

$

0.72 

$

0.34 

$

1.65 

$

 1.20 

      Diluted

$

0.71 

$

0.34 

$

1.63 

$

1.20 

 

 

2.   Investment in Conrail

 

Overview

 

Through a limited liability company, Norfolk Southern and CSX Corporation (CSX) jointly own Conrail Inc. (Conrail), whose primary subsidiary is Consolidated Rail Corporation (CRC).   NS has a 58% economic and 50% voting interest in the jointly owned entity, and CSX has the remainder of the economic and voting interests.   CRC owns and operates certain properties (the Shared Assets Areas) for the joint and exclusive benefit of Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) and CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT).   The costs of operating the Shared Assets Areas are borne by NSR and CSXT based on usage.   In addition, NSR and CSXT pay CRC a fee for access to the Shared Assets Areas.

 

Conrail Reorganization

 

On August 27, 2004 , NS, CSX and Conrail completed a reorganization of Conrail (Conrail Reorganization), which established direct ownership and control by NSR and CSXT of two former CRC subsidiaries, Pennsylvania Lines LLC (PRR) and New York Central Lines LLC (NYC), respectively.   Prior to the Conrail Reorganization, NSR operated the routes and assets of PRR and CSXT operated the routes and assets of NYC, each in accordance with operating and lease agreements.   Pursuant to the Conrail Reorganization, the operating and lease agreements were terminated and PRR and NYC were merged into NSR and CSXT, respectively.   The reorganization did not involve the Shared Assets Areas and did not affect the competitive rail service provided in the Shared Assets Areas.   Conrail continues to own, manage and operate the Shared Assets Areas as previously approved by the Surface Transportation Board (STB).   In connection with the Conrail Reorganization, NS, CSX and Conrail obtained a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding certain tax matters, and the STB approved the transaction.

 

As a part of the Conrail Reorganization, Conrail restructured its existing unsecured and secured public indebtedness, with the consent of Conrail's debtholders.   Prior to the restructuring, there were two series of unsecured public debentures with an outstanding principal amount of approximately $800 million and 13 series of secured debt with an outstanding principal amount of approximately $300 million.   Guaranteed debt securities were offered in an approximate 58%/42% ratio in exchange for Conrail's unsecured debentures.   Of the $800 million unsecured public debentures, $779 million were tendered and accepted for exchange.   Upon completion of the transaction as described in various SEC filings, the new debt securities became direct unsecured obligations of NSR and CSXT, respectively, and rank equally with all existing and future senior unsecured debt obligations, if any, of NSR and CSXT.   Except for interest payments made in relation to the consummation of the exchange, these new debt securities have maturity dates, interest rates and principal and interest payment dates identical to those of the respective series of Conrail's unsecured debentures.   In addition, these new debt securities have covenants substantially similar to those of the publicly traded debt securities of NS and CSX, respectively.

 

Conrail's secured debt and lease obligations remain obligations of Conrail and are supported by leases and subleases which are the direct lease and sublease obligations of NSR or CSXT.

 

NS accounted for the transaction at fair value, which resulted in the recognition of a $53 million net gain (reported in "Other income - net") from the tax-free distribution to NS of a portion of its investment in Conrail.   As a result of the transaction, NS' investment in Conrail no longer includes amounts related to PRR and NYC.   Instead the assets and liabilities of PRR are reflected in their respective line items in NS' Consolidated Balance Sheet and amounts due to PRR were extinguished.

 


The following summarizes the effect of the transaction on NS' Consolidated Balance Sheet ($ in millions):

 

Properties

$

8,368 

Extinguishment of amounts due to PRR

 

870 

Other assets and liabilities, net

 

177 

Deferred income taxes

 

(3,113)

Long-term debt, including current maturities

 

(734)

     Net assets received

 

5,568 

Investment in Conrail

 

(5,515)

     Gain from Conrail corporate reorganization

$

53 

 

The amounts shown above for the net assets received reflect the fair value of such assets.   Properties have been valued based on information received from an independent valuation consultant, and NS will receive a final detailed valuation report in the fourth quarter.   Debt has been recorded at fair value based on interest rates at the time of the reorganization.

 

On the Consolidated Income Statement, "Conrail rents and services" is reduced as a result of the transaction.   After the Conrail Reorganization, "Conrail rents and services" reflects only the expenses associated with the Shared Assets Areas, and other expenses (primarily the depreciation related to the PRR assets) are reflected in their respective line items.   The transaction's impact on net income was the $53 million gain discussed above.   Prospectively, the transaction will not have a significant ongoing effect on net income.

 

Investment in Conrail

 

NS is continuing to apply the equity method of accounting to its remaining investment in Conrail in accordance with APB Opinion No. 18, "The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock."   NS is amortizing the excess of the purchase price over Conrail's net equity using the principles of purchase accounting, based primarily on the estimated remaining useful lives of Conrail's depreciable property and equipment, including the related deferred tax effect of the differences in tax and accounting bases for certain assets.   At Sept. 30, 2004 , the difference between NS' investment in Conrail and its share of Conrail's underlying net equity was $593 million.

 

NS' Consolidated Balance Sheet at Sept. 30, 2004 , includes $21 million of liabilities related to the original Conrail transaction, principally for contractual obligations to Conrail employees imposed by the STB when it approved the transaction.   Through Sept. 30, 2004 , NS has paid $182 million of such costs.

 

Reclassification

 

In finalizing information contained in this report, certain Sept. 30, 2004, balance sheet amounts have been reclassified from information furnished on Oct. 20, 2004, on Form 8-K as follows:   a $58 million increase to "Investment in Conrail," a $96 million decrease to "Properties" and a $38 million decrease to related "Deferred income taxes."

 

Related-Party Transactions

 

NS provides certain general and administrative support functions to Conrail, the fees for which are billed in accordance with several service-provider arrangements and amount to approximately $7 million annually.

 

"Conrail rents and services" includes:   (1) expenses for amounts due to PRR for use by NSR of operating properties and equipment prior to the Conrail Reorganization, (2) NS' equity in the earnings of Conrail, net of amortization, prior to the Conrail Reorganization, and (3) expenses for amounts due to CRC for operation of the Shared Assets Areas.   After the Conrail Reorganization, "Conrail rents and services" includes only expenses for amounts due to CRC for operation of the Shared Assets Areas.   NS' equity in the earnings of Conrail, net of amortization, after the Reorganization is included in "Other income - net."

 

Prior to the Conrail Reorganization, a significant portion of the payments made to PRR was borrowed back from a subsidiary of PRR under a note due in 2032.   Amounts outstanding under this note comprised the long‑term balance of "Due to Conrail," and this note was effectively extinguished by the reorganization.   "Due to Conrail" included in current liabilities is composed of amounts related to expenses included in "Conrail rents and services," as discussed above.

 

Summary Financial Information - Conrail

 

As a result of the Conrail Reorganization discussed above, two CRC subsidiaries, PRR and NYC, were distributed to NS and CSX, respectively, and CRC's public indebtedness was restructured.   The results of the operations of these subsidiaries and their net assets are presented in the following financial information as "Discontinued Operations."   This historical cost basis financial information should be read in conjunction with Conrail's audited financial statements, included as Exhibit 99 with NS' 2003 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.  

 

Summarized Consolidated Statements of Income - Conrail

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

$

87  

$

77 

$

247 

$

235 

Operating income (loss)

$

(4) 

$

(7)

$

(21)

$

(23)

Income from continuing operations

$

4  

$

$

10 

$

Discontinued operations (PRR and NYC)

$

29  

$

39 

$

117 

$

151 

Net income

$

33  

$

42 

$

126 

$

158 

 

Note:   Conrail adopted FIN No. 46(R) "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities," and recorded in the first quarter of 2004 a $1 million net adjustment for the cumulative effect of this change in accounting on years prior to 2004.   Conrail adopted SFAS No. 143, effective Jan. 1, 2003 , and recorded a $40 million net adjustment for the cumulative effect of this change in accounting on years prior to 2003 (including $38 million related to discontinued operations).   NS excluded this amount from its determination of equity in earnings of Conrail because an amount related to Conrail is included in NS' cumulative effect adjustment for SFAS No. 143.

 

Summarized Consolidated Balance Sheets - Conrail

 

 

Sept. 30,

Dec. 31,

 

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

Assets:

 

 

 

 

   Current assets

$

331

$

186

   Noncurrent assets

 

1,095

 

952

   Assets of discontinued operations (PRR and NYC)

 

-- 

 

7,176

      Total assets

$

1,426

$

8,314

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

$

240

$

260

Noncurrent liabilities

 

842

 

849

Liabilities of discontinued operations (PRR and NYC)

 

--

 

2,751

Stockholders' equity

 

344

 

4,454

      Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

1,426

$

8,314

 

 

3.  

 

 Accounts Receivable

 

NS has in place an accounts receivable sales program.   Under this program, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose subsidiary of NS sells without recourse undivided ownership interests in a pool of accounts receivable.   The buyers have a priority collection interest in the entire pool of receivables, and as a result, NS retains credit risk to the extent the pool of receivables exceeds the amount sold.   NS services and collects the receivables on behalf of the buyers, and payments collected from sold receivables can be reinvested in new accounts receivable on behalf of the buyers.   Should NS' credit rating drop below investment grade, the buyers have the right to discontinue this reinvestment.

 

While there were some sales during the first nine months of 2004, there were no accounts receivable sold under this arrangement as of Sept. 30, 2004 , or as of Dec. 31, 2003 .   The change in "Accounts receivable" included on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to receivable sales was zero for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004 , compared with a decrease of $30 million for the same period of 2003.   The fees associated with the sales, which are based on the buyers' financing costs, are included in "Other income - net."

 

NS' allowance for doubtful accounts was $7 million at Sept. 30, 2004 , and Dec. 31, 2003 .

 

4.  Derivative Financial Instruments

 

NS uses derivative financial instruments to reduce the risk of volatility in its diesel fuel costs and to manage its overall exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.   NS does not engage in the trading of derivatives.   Management has determined that its derivative financial instruments qualify as either fair-value or cash-flow hedges, having values which highly correlate with the underlying hedged exposures, and has designated such instruments as hedging transactions.   Credit risk related to the derivative financial instruments is considered to be minimal and is managed by requiring high credit standards for counterparties and periodic settlements.

 

Diesel Fuel Hedging

 

NS has hedged a significant portion of its diesel fuel consumption. The intent of the hedges is to assist in the management of NS' aggregate risk exposure to fuel price fluctuations, which can significantly affect NS' operating margins and profitability. In order to minimize this risk, NS has entered into a series of swaps in order to lock in the purchase prices of some of its diesel fuel. Management has designated these derivative instruments as cash-flow hedges of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows attributable to fluctuations in diesel fuel prices.

 

Following is a summary of NS' diesel fuel swaps:

 

 

 

Third Quarter

 

 

 

 

2004

2003

 

Number of swaps entered into during the third quarter

 

--

72

 

Approximate number of gallons hedged (millions)

 

--

95

 

Approximate average price per gallon of Nymex

 

 

 

 

   No. 2 heating oil

 

n/a

 $0.73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder of

 

 

 

2004

2005

2006

 

Percent of estimated future diesel fuel consumption

   covered as of Sept. 30, 2004

61%

36%

4%

 

Hedges are entered into periodically by competitive bid among selected counterparties; however, no hedges have been placed since May 2004.   The goal of this hedging strategy is to reduce the variability of fuel costs over an extended period of time while minimizing the incremental cost of hedging. The program provides that NS will not enter into any fuel hedges with a duration of more than 36 months, and that no more than 80% of NS' average monthly fuel consumption will be hedged for any month within the 36-month period. After taking into account the effect of hedging, diesel fuel costs represented 7% of NS' operating expenses for the third quarters of 2004 and 2003.

 

NS' fuel hedging activity had the following effects on diesel fuel expense:   for the third quarter, decreases of $41 million and $11 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively, and for the first nine months, decreases of $90 million and $45 million, for 2004 and 2003, respectively.   Ineffectiveness, or the extent to which changes in the fair values of the heating oil contracts do not offset changes in the fair values of the expected diesel fuel transactions, was approximately $5 million for the first nine months of 2004 and less than $1 million for the same period of 2003.

 

Interest Rate Hedging

 

NS manages its overall exposure to fluctuations in interest rates by issuing both fixed and floating-rate debt instruments and by entering into interest rate hedging transactions.   NS had $159 million, or 2%, and $186 million, or 3%, of its fixed rate debt portfolio hedged as of Sept. 30, 2004 , and Dec. 31, 2003 , respectively, using interest rate swaps that qualify for and are designated as fair-value hedge transactions.   These swaps have been effective in hedging the changes in fair value of the related debt arising from changes in interest rates, and accordingly, there has been no impact on earnings resulting from ineffectiveness associated with these derivative transactions.

 

Fair Values

 

The fair values of NS' diesel fuel derivative instruments as of Sept. 30, 2004 , and Dec. 31, 2003 , were determined based upon current fair market values as quoted by an independent third party.   Fair values of interest rate swaps were determined based upon the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate implied spot rate from the spot rate yield curve.   Fair value adjustments are noncash transactions, and accordingly, are excluded from the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.   "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)," a component of "Stockholders' equity," included unrealized gains of $123 million (pretax) as of Sept. 30, 2004, and $40 million (pretax) as of Dec. 31, 2003 , related to the fair value of derivative fuel hedging transactions that will terminate within twelve months of the respective dates.   Any future gain or loss actually realized will be based on the fair value of the derivative fuel hedges at the time of termination.

 

The asset and liability positions of NS' outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

 

Sept. 30,

Dec. 31,

 

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

Interest rate hedges

 

 

 

 

   Gross fair market asset position

$

11

$

16

   Gross fair market (liability) position

 

--

 

--

Fuel hedges

 

 

 

 

   Gross fair market asset position

 

140

 

45

   Gross fair market (liability) position

 

--

 

--

      Total net asset position

$

151

$

61

 

5.   Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits

 

NS and certain subsidiaries have both funded and unfunded defined benefit pension plans covering principally salaried employees.   NS and certain subsidiaries also provide specified health care and death benefits to eligible retired employees and their dependents.   Under the present plans, which may be amended or terminated at NS' option, a defined percentage of health care expenses is covered, reduced by any deductibles, copayments, Medicare payments and, in some cases, coverage provided under other group insurance policies.

 


The following tables show the pension and other postretirement benefit cost components:

 

 

Three Months Ended Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

Pension Benefits

Other Benefits

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

$

$

$

$

Interest cost

 

22 

 

22 

 

11 

 

10 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(37)

 

(39)

 

(3)

 

(3)

Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(1)

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

 

 

-- 

 

 

     Net (benefit) cost

$

(9)

$

(11)

$

13 

$

14 

 

 

Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

Pension Benefits

Other Benefits

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

$

13 

$

15 

$

12 

$

13 

Interest cost

 

67 

 

66 

 

33 

 

28 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(111)

 

(119)

 

(11)

 

(9)

Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)

 

 

 

(8)

 

(3)

Recognized net actuarial loss

 

-- 

 

 

-- 

 

-- 

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

 

 

-- 

 

11 

 

11 

     Net (benefit) cost

$

(27)

$

(34)

$

37 

$

40 

 

Contributions for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

 

NS previously disclosed in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2003 , that it expected to contribute in 2004 $7 million to its unfunded pension plans for payments to pensioners and $42 million to its other postretirement benefit plans for retiree health benefits.   For the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004 , $5 million and $34 million of contributions have been made to its unfunded pension plans and its other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.   Accordingly, NS presently anticipates contributing in the fourth quarter the remaining $2 million to its unfunded pension plans and the remaining $8 million to its postretirement benefit plans.

 

6.   Long-term Debt

 

In September 2004, NS exchanged $400 million of its 7.350% notes maturing May 2007 for $442 million of 5.257% notes maturing Sept. 2014.   The $42 million difference will be recognized as additional interest expense over the life of the new notes.

 

In September 2004, NS filed on Form S-3 a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the issuance of up to $550 million of securities.   This, together with the $450 million of securities authorized but unissued from a prior $1 billion shelf registration, allows the company to issue up to $1 billion of registered debt or equity securities.   As of Sept. 30, 2004 , NS had issued no securities under this registration.

 

In August 2004, NS renewed its $1 billion credit facility, and the new facility will expire in 2009.   The terms and covenants are substantially the same as the previous facility.

 


7.   Discontinued Operations

 

Results for the first nine months of 2003 included an additional after-tax gain of $10 million, or 3 cents per share (basic and diluted), related to the 1998 sale of NS' motor carrier subsidiary, North American Van Lines, Inc.   This noncash gain resulted from the resolution of tax issues related to the transaction.

 

8.   Changes in Accounting Principles

 

NS adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ) Statement No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations," (SFAS No. 143) effective Jan. 1, 2003, and recorded a $110 million net adjustment ($182 million before taxes) for the cumulative effect of this change in accounting on years prior to 2003.   Pursuant to SFAS No. 143, the cost to remove crossties must be recorded as an expense when incurred; previously these removal costs were accrued as a component of depreciation.

 

NS also adopted FASB Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities," (FIN No. 46) effective Jan. 1, 2003, and recorded a $4 million net adjustment ($6 million before taxes) for the cumulative effect of this change in accounting on years prior to 2003.   Pursuant to FIN No. 46, NS has consolidated a special-purpose entity that leases certain locomotives to NS.   This entity's assets and liabilities at Jan. 1, 2003 , included $169 million of locomotives and $157 million of debt related to their purchase as well as a $6 million minority interest liability.

 

The cumulative effect of these changes amounted to $114 million, or 29 cents per share (basic and diluted).

 

9.  Earnings Per Share

 

 

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the number of weighted-average shares outstanding used in the calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding

 

394.4

 

389.9

 

392.7

 

389.6

Dilutive effect of outstanding options,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   performance share units and restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   (as determined by the application of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   the treasury stock method)

 

5.7

 

1.6

 

4.1

 

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

 

400.1

 

391.5

 

396.8

 

391.4

 

The calculations exclude options whose exercise price exceeded the average market price of Common Stock for the period as follows:   in 2004, 13 million in the third quarter, 15 million in the second quarter and 22 million in the first quarter; and in 2003, 31 million in the third quarter, 25 million in the second quarter and 31 million in the first quarter.   There are no adjustments to "Net income" for the diluted earnings per share computations.

 


10.  Comprehensive Income

 

NS' total comprehensive income was as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$

288

$

137 

$

659

$

483 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

32

 

(5)

 

55

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

$

320

$

132 

$

714

$

479 

 

 

For NS, "Other comprehensive income (loss)" reflects the net fair value adjustments to certain derivative financial instruments and unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities.

 

11.    Commitments and Contingencies

 

Lawsuits

 

Norfolk Southern and certain subsidiaries are defendants in numerous lawsuits and other claims relating principally to railroad operations.   When management concludes that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated, it is accrued through a charge to earnings.   While the ultimate amount of liability incurred in any of these lawsuits and claims is dependent on future developments, in management's opinion the recorded liability is adequate to cover the future payment of such liability and claims.   However, the final outcome of any of these lawsuits and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, and unfavorable or unexpected outcomes could result in additional accruals that could be significant to results of operations in a particular year or quarter.   Any adjustments to the recorded liability will be reflected in earnings in the periods in which such adjustments are known.

 

Casualty Claims

 

NS is generally self-insured for casualty claims.   NS has insurance, subject to limits, for catastrophic events.   The casualty claims liability is determined actuarially, based upon claims filed and an estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported.   While the ultimate amount of claims incurred is dependent on future developments, in management's opinion, the recorded liability is adequate to cover the future payments of claims.   However, it is possible that the recorded liability may not be adequate to cover the future payment of claims.   Adjustments to the recorded liability are reflected in operating expenses in the periods in which such adjustments are known.

 

Environmental Matters

 

NS is subject to various jurisdictions' environmental laws and regulations.   It is NS' policy to record a liability where such liability or loss is probable and its amount can be estimated reasonably.   Claims, if any, against third parties for recovery of cleanup costs incurred by NS are reflected as receivables (when collection is probable) on the balance sheet and are not netted against the associated NS liability.   Environmental engineers regularly participate in ongoing evaluations of all known sites and in determining any necessary adjustments to liability estimates.   NS also has established an Environmental Policy Council, composed of senior managers, to oversee and interpret its environmental policy.

 

NS' balance sheets included liabilities for environmental exposures in the amount of $66 million at Sept. 30, 2004 , and $25 million at Dec. 31, 2003 (of which $12 million was accounted for as a current liability at Sept. 30, 2004 , and $8 million at Dec. 31, 2003 ).   The increase in the liability was the result of the Conrail Reorganization and relates to sites on the former PRR properties.   At Sept. 30, 2004, the liability represented NS' estimate of the probable cleanup and remediation costs based on available information at 207 known locations.   On that date, 14 sites accounted for $31 million of the liability, and no individual site was considered to be material.   NS anticipates that much of this liability will be paid out over five years; however, some costs will be paid out over a longer period.

 

At some of the 207 locations certain NS subsidiaries, usually in conjunction with a number of other parties, have been identified as potentially responsible parties by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or similar state authorities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, or comparable state statutes, which often impose joint and several liability for cleanup costs.

 

With respect to known environmental sites (whether identified by NS or by the EPA or comparable state authorities), estimates of NS' ultimate potential financial exposure for a given site or in the aggregate for all such sites are necessarily imprecise because of the widely varying costs of currently available cleanup techniques, the likely development of new cleanup technologies, the difficulty of determining in advance the nature and full extent of contamination and each potential participant's share of any estimated loss (and that participant's ability to bear it), and evolving statutory and regulatory standards governing liability.

 

The risk of incurring environmental liability - for acts and omissions, past, present and future - is inherent in the railroad business.   Some of the commodities in NS' traffic mix, particularly those classified as hazardous materials, can pose special risks that NS and its subsidiaries work diligently to minimize.   In addition, several NS subsidiaries own, or have owned, land used as operating property, or which is leased or may have been leased and operated by others, or held for sale.   Because environmental problems that are latent or undisclosed may exist on these properties, there can be no assurance that NS will not incur environmental liabilities or costs with respect to one or more of them, the amount and materiality of which cannot be estimated reliably at this time.   Moreover, lawsuits and claims involving these and potentially other now-unidentified environmental sites and matters are likely to arise from time to time.   The resulting liabilities could have a significant effect on financial condition, results of operations or liquidity in a particular year or quarter.

 

However, based on its assessment of the facts and circumstances now known, management believes that it has recorded the probable costs for dealing with those environmental matters of which the Corporation is aware.   Further, management believes that it is unlikely that any known matters, either individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on NS' financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

Purchase Commitments

 

At Sept. 30, 2004 , NS had outstanding purchase commitments of approximately $200 million in connection with its 2004 and 2005 capital programs.   In addition, Norfolk Southern has committed to purchase telecommunications services totaling $30 million through 2006.

 

 

 


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

The Stockholders and Board of Directors

Norfolk Southern Corporation:

 

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Norfolk Southern Corporation and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2004 , the related consolidated statements of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.   These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ( United States ).   A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters.   It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ( United States ), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole.   Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations , and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities , as of January 1, 2003 .

 

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Norfolk Southern Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated January 27, 2004, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.   In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003 , is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Norfolk , Virginia

October 27, 2004


Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview

 

Third-quarter net income was $288 million in 2004, compared with $137 million in 2003.   The increase was the result of a $158 million, or 51%, increase in income from railway operations, driven by a 16% rise in revenues, and also included a $53 million net noncash gain from the Conrail Reorganization reported in "Other income - net" (see Note 2).   Railway operating expenses rose only 8% despite an 11% increase in carloads, evidencing the continued fluidity of the railroad network.

 

For the first nine months, net income was $659 million in 2004, compared with $483 million in 2003.   The following table shows the components of the change:

 

 

First Nine Months

 

 

 

 

 

2004 vs. 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

2004

2003

(Decrease)

 

($ in millions)

Income from continuing operations

   before accounting changes

$

659 

$

359

$

300 

Discontinued operations - taxes on

   sale of motor carrier

 

-- 

 

10

 

(10)

Cumulative effect of changes in

   accounting principles, net of taxes

 

-- 

 

114

 

(114)

      Net income

$

659 

$

483

$

176 

 

Income from continuing operations before accounting changes increased $300 million, or 84%, in the first nine months of 2004, compared with the same period last year.   The growth resulted from a $571 million, or 12%, increase in railway operating revenues coupled with a 4% rise in railway operating expenses, which led to higher income from railway operations, and also reflects the $53 million net noncash gain from the Conrail Reorganization (see Note 2).

 

Railway Operating Revenues

 

Third-quarter railway operating revenues were $1.9 billion in 2004, up $259 million, or 16%, compared with the third quarter of 2003.   For the first nine months, revenues were $5.4 billion, up $571 million, or 12%.   As shown in the following table, the increases were the result of higher traffic volume and increased average revenues.

 

 

 

Third Quarter

First Nine Months

 

2004 vs. 2003

2004 vs. 2003

 

Increase (Decrease)

Increase (Decrease)

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

Traffic volume (units)

$   169

$   405

Revenue per unit/mix

       90

    166

 

 

$   259

 

$   571

 

Revenues, volume and average revenue per unit for the commodity groups were as follows:

 

 

Third Quarter

 

Revenues

Units

Revenue per Unit

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

(in thousands)

($ per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coal

$

447

$

372

 

429

 

407

$

1,045

$

915

General merchandise:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Automotive

 

210

 

205

 

140

 

142

 

1,508

 

1,447

   Chemicals

 

226

 

196

 

115

 

108

 

1,950

 

1,805

   Metals/construction

 

214

 

180

 

206

 

187

 

1,042

 

965

   Agr./consumer prod./govt.

 

179

 

167

 

142

 

138

 

1,264

 

1,212

   Paper/clay/forest

 

177

 

163

 

114

 

113

 

1,546

 

1,445

General merchandise

 

1,006

 

911

 

717

 

688

 

1,403

 

1,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermodal

 

404

 

315

 

759

 

627

 

532

 

502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Total

$

1,857

$

1,598

 

1,905

 

1,722

$

975

$

928

 

 

 

First Nine Months

 

Revenues

Units

Revenue per Unit

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

($ in millions)

(in thousands)

($ per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coal

$

1,269

$

1,115

 

1,262

 

1,222

$

1,006

$

913

General merchandise:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Automotive

 

710

 

689

 

477

 

477

 

1,490

 

1,444

   Chemicals

 

643

 

578

 

338

 

319

 

1,902

 

1,812

   Metals/construction

 

606

 

521

 

587

 

532

 

1,033

 

980

   Agr./consumer prod./govt.

 

537

 

510

 

423

 

409

 

1,269

 

1,245

   Paper/clay/forest

 

502

 

475

 

335

 

333

 

1,499

 

1,428

General merchandise

 

2,998

 

2,773

 

2,160

 

2,070

 

1,388

 

1,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermodal

 

1,096

 

904

 

2,115

 

1,814

 

518

 

498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Total

$

5,363

$

4,792

 

5,537

 

5,106

$

969

$

939

 

Coal

 

Coal revenues increased $75 million, or 20%, in the third quarter and $154 million, or 14%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   Total traffic volume (carloads) handled increased 5% in the quarter and 3% for the first nine months, primarily because of higher export coal and utility volume.   Export coal volume increased 49% in the quarter and 31% for the first nine months, supported by increased demand for U.S. coal as reduced exports from China have resulted in more shipments to European steelmakers.   Shipments of utility coal increased 3% in the quarter and 2% for the first nine months, and utility stockpiles remained low at some plants.   Domestic metallurgical coal, coke and iron ore volume increased 1% in the third quarter but declined 4% for the first nine months, mostly because of reduced iron ore shipments.   Average revenue per carload was up 14% in the third quarter and 10% for the first nine months, reflecting a favorable change in the mix of traffic (the rate of increase in longer haul traffic exceeded that of shorter haul traffic), higher rates for export coal and the favorable effects of a fuel surcharge.

 

Two of NS' utility customers, Duke Energy (Duke) and Carolina Power & Light (CP&L), filed rate reasonableness complaints at the STB alleging that NS' tariff rates for the transportation of coal were unreasonable.   In the Duke proceeding, the STB initially found NS' rates to be reasonable in November 2003, but subsequently issued technical corrections in February 2004, finding that in certain years some portion of the rates was unreasonable.   In the CP&L proceeding, the STB found NS' rates to be unreasonable in December 2003, but upheld a significant portion of NS' tariff increase.   As required by the STB's decision, earlier this year NS paid reparations to CP&L representing that portion of the previously charged rate that was found to be unreasonable, with interest.   Reconsideration of the STB's rate decisions was sought by NS and by the complainants.   On Oct. 20, 2004 , in a consolidated decision, the STB found NS' rates to be reasonable in both cases.   However, in the ruling, the STB invited Duke and CP&L to initiate a proceeding within 30 days to determine whether phasing constraints should apply.   As the STB has explained, the phasing constraint is an independent constraint relating not to the reasonableness of a rate, but to the reasonableness of collecting it immediately.   The Interstate Commerce Commission (the predecessor to the STB) had previously issued guidelines for phasing.   These guidelines indicate that phasing of a rate increase will only be required where the party seeking such relief demonstrates the need for it with specificity.   In balancing the equities of the particular phasing request, the STB will consider factors including the requirements of the railroads, the magnitude of the proposed increase, the magnitude of past increases, the dependence of the utility on coal, the economic conditions in the final destination market and the economic conditions in the coal supply area.  

 

The phasing constraint has never been invoked by a complainant utility in a rate case, and the STB has never applied it.   Therefore, it is unknown how the STB would balance the above factors, whether it would find the phasing constraint applicable, and if it did, whether phasing would be ordered retroactively or prospectively or both.   Although management has made an estimate of the ultimate resolution of these cases, due to these uncertainties, future developments in the Duke case and(or) the CP&L case may result in adjustments that could have a favorable or unfavorable material impact on results of operations in a particular quarter or year.   Over the long term, management believes the STB decisions in the Duke and CP&L proceedings will help support improved pricing for coal transportation services.

 

For the remainder of the year, coal revenues are expected to continue to show growth, supported by higher export, metallurgical and utility coal volumes in addition to increased average revenue per shipment.

 

General Merchandise

 

General merchandise revenues increased $95 million, or 10%, in the third quarter and $225 million, or 8%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   Both increases reflected higher traffic volume, particularly for metals & construction and chemicals, as well as higher average revenues.   Metals & construction volume continued to benefit from strength in construction activity and increased domestic steel production.   Chemicals traffic volume continued to benefit from manufacturing expansion and higher plant operating rates.   Agriculture, consumer products & government volume this quarter reflected more shipments of corn, increased volume for fertilizer and more shipments for the military.   General merchandise average revenue per carload increased 6% in the third quarter and 4% for the first nine months reflecting fuel surcharges, increased rates and longer lengths of haul.

 

General merchandise revenues are expected to continue to compare favorably with the prior year; however, the extent of the increase could lessen in the fourth quarter due to the comparative strength of the fourth quarter last year and the impact of recently announced cutbacks in automotive production.

 

Intermodal

 

Intermodal revenues increased $89 million, or 28%, in the third quarter and $192 million, or 21%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   Traffic volume (units) increased 21% in the third quarter and 17% for the first nine months reflecting strong trailer and container volume.   Intermodal traffic volume benefited from a stronger economy with increased international container and domestic truckload business, as well as the conversion of truck traffic to rail.   Intermodal revenue per unit increased 6% for the quarter, and 4% for the first nine months, reflecting favorable effects of rate increases and fuel surcharges.

 

Intermodal revenues are expected to continue to show growth in the fourth quarter, provided the retail and manufacturing sectors continue to expand and with continued increases in highway diversions.

 

Railway Operating Expenses

 

Third-quarter railway operating expenses were $1.4 billion in 2004, up $101 million, or 8%, compared with last year.   For the first nine months, expenses were $4.1 billion, up $171 million, or 4%, compared with 2003.   For both periods, most of the increase was the result of higher compensation and benefits, increased materials, services and rents expense and higher diesel fuel prices.

 

Compensation and benefits expenses increased $39 million, or 7%, in the third quarter and $88 million, or 6%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   All comparisons reflected higher management and locomotive engineer performance-based incentive compensation (up $7 million for the quarter and $31 million for the first nine months), higher wage rates (up $6 million for the quarter and $25 million for the first nine months), and higher stock-based compensation (up $10 million for the quarter and $19 million for the first nine months) resulting from a rise in Norfolk Southern's stock price.   Higher volume-related train and engine payroll expenses were offset, in part by reduced management employment levels.

 

Materials, services and rents increased $65 million, or 19%, in the third quarter and $82 million, or 8%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   Both periods reflected increased volume-related intermodal purchased services and equipment rents as well as higher locomotive and freight car maintenance expenses.   The increase also reflects the absence of favorable adjustments for equipment bills that benefited 2003.

 

Conrail rents and services expenses decreased $26 million, or 25%, in the third quarter and $32 million, or 10%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   The decline for both periods was primarily due to the Conrail Reorganization, which resulted in the consolidated reporting of individual components of Conrail equity earnings, principally depreciation, equipment rents and interest expense (see Note 2).   NS' share of equity earnings of Conrail post-reorganization is now shown within "Other income - net."   The year-to-date decline also reflected lower expenses related to the Shared Assets Areas.

 

Depreciation expense increased $22 million in the third quarter and $25 million in the first nine months of 2004, compared with the same periods of 2003, largely as a result of the Conrail Reorganization (see Note 2).   NS recently received the results of a depreciation study from an independent firm of engineers. The results of the study, which were implemented in Sept. 2004, will reduce future depreciation expense by approximately $16 million annually.

 

Diesel fuel expenses increased $12 million, or 14%, in the third quarter and $28 million, or 10%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year, reflecting higher average prices and higher consumption, the effects of which were partially offset by fuel hedge benefits and an $8 million foreign line fuel credit.   The hedging program produced benefits of $41 million and $90 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2004, compared with benefits of $11 million and $45 million for the same periods of 2003, respectively.   No new hedges have been entered into since May of 2004.   Accordingly, if diesel fuel prices remain at their current levels, or increase further, diesel fuel expense will be higher going forward.   (See Note 4 for the percentage of   estimated future diesel fuel consumption hedged.)   Recently enacted legislation will repeal the 4.3¢ per gallon excise tax on railroad diesel fuel and inland waterway fuel by 2007, with the following phased reductions in 2005 and 2006:   by 1¢ per gallon from Jan. 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005; 2¢ per gallon from July 1, 2005 through Dec. 31, 2006; and by the full 4.3¢ thereafter.   NS consumes approximately 500 million gallons of diesel fuel per year.

 

Casualties and other claims expense decreased $13 million, or 30%, in the third quarter and $33 million, or 23%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods last year.   The declines reflected favorable claims development for both loss and damage and personal injury claims.   In addition, the third quarter of 2003 was burdened with unfavorable personal injury claims development.

 

Other expense increased $2 million, or 4%, in the third quarter, and $13 million, or 8%, in the first nine months, compared with the same periods of last year.   The increases were largely the result of higher property taxes and sales and use tax.

 

Other Income - Net

 

Other income - net increased $28 million in the third quarter, but decreased $7 million in the first nine months of 2004, compared with the same periods of 2003.   Both comparisons reflected the gain recognized in the Conrail Reorganization (see Note 2).

 

In June 2004, NS purchased a 40.5% membership interest in a limited liability company (LLC) that owns and operates facilities that produce synthetic fuel from coal.   The production of synthetic fuel results in tax credits as well as expenses related to the investments.   The expenses are recorded as a component of "Other income - net," and the tax credits, as well as tax benefits related to the expenses, are reflected in the provision for income taxes.  

 

Provision for Income Taxes

 

The third-quarter effective income tax rate was 25.8% in 2004, compared with 31.5% last year.   For the first nine months, the effective rate was 28.9% in 2004, compared with 31.5% in 2003.   The declines for both periods were largely the result of increased tax credits from the new synthetic fuel-related investments and the $53 million net noncash gain from the Conrail Reorganization.   Additionally, the 2003 rate was reduced by the favorable resolution of prior years' tax audits.   The synthetic-fuel tax credits are subject to reduction if the average price of oil for a year exceeds a certain amount as determined under the tax laws.   Given current oil market conditions, it is possible that these tax credits could be reduced for 2005.   Such a reduction in tax credits would be accompanied by a reduction in the expenses related to the investments although the net effect would be to reduce the projected returns on the investment.

 

 
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

 

Cash provided by operating activities, NS' principal source of liquidity, was $1.2 billion in the first nine months of 2004, compared with $800 million in the first nine months of 2003.   The increase was primarily the result of the $400 million increase in income from railway operations.

 

Prior to the Conrail Reorganization, a significant portion of payments made to PRR (which are included in "Conrail rents and services" and, therefore, are a use of cash in "Cash provided by operating activities") was borrowed back from a PRR subsidiary and, therefore, was a source of cash in "Proceeds from borrowings."   NS' net cash flow from these borrowings amounted to $118 million in the first nine months of 2004 and $174 million for the same period of 2003.

 

NS' working capital deficit was $316 million at Sept. 30, 2004 , compared with $376 million at Dec. 31, 2003 .   The improvement reflected an increase in current assets (primarily cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable) related to increased business volume.   This was offset in part by higher current maturities of long-term debt.   A working capital deficit is not unusual for NS, and the company expects to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to meet its ongoing obligations.

 

NS currently has the capability to increase the amount of accounts receivable being sold under its revolving sale program to meet its more immediate working capital needs.   Over the last twelve months, the amount of receivables NS could sell under this program ranged from $359 million to $428 million, and the amount of receivables sold ranged from zero to $30 million.   Moreover, NS has a $1 billion credit facility that it can borrow under or use to support commercial paper debt; however, reductions in its credit rating could limit NS' ability to access the commercial paper markets.   An early renewal of the credit facility was negotiated during the third quarter, and the new facility will expire in 2009.

 

Cash used for investing activities was $765 million in the first nine months of 2004, compared with $578 million in the first nine months of 2003.   The increase was principally the result of more capital expenditures .

 

NS has commitments to purchase locomotives in the fourth quarter in the amount of approximately $160 million.   It is anticipated that NS will make all of its 2004 capital expenditures with internally generated funds.

 

Cash used for financing activities was $255 million in the first nine months of 2004, compared with $248 million in the same period of 2003.   Proceeds from borrowings consisted entirely of loans from the PRR subsidiary in both periods (see Note 2).   NS' debt-to-total capitalization ratio was 49.5% at Sept. 30, 2004 , and 50.7% at Dec. 31, 2003 .

 

 

OTHER MATTERS

 

Labor Agreements

 

Approximately 24,000 of NS' railroad employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements with various labor unions.   These agreements remain in effect until changed pursuant to the Railway Labor Act.   Moratorium provisions in the agreements permitted NS and the unions to propose such changes in late 1999; negotiations at the national level commenced shortly thereafter.   Agreements were subsequently negotiated with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, the United Transportation Union, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths, the Transportation Communications International Union, the American Train Dispatchers Association, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.   These agreements cover approximately 21,500 (or 90%) of NS employees.   The railroads and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers agreed to resolve their negotiations through arbitration and a decision is pending.   Agreements have not yet been reached with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, the National Conference of Fireman and Oilers, and the International Longshoreman Association.   Negotiations for the next round of bargaining will commence in late 2004.  

 

Market Risks and Hedging Activities

 

NS uses derivative financial instruments to reduce, in part, the risk of volatility in its diesel fuel costs and to manage its overall exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.

 

The intent of the diesel fuel hedging program has been to assist in the management of NS' aggregate risk exposure to fuel price fluctuations, which can significantly affect NS' operating margins and profitability, through the use of one or more types of derivative instruments.   The program provides that NS will not enter into any fuel hedges with a duration of more than 36 months, and that no more than 80% of NS' average monthly fuel consumption will be hedged for any month within any 36-month period.   After taking into account the effect of hedging, diesel fuel costs represented 7% of NS' operating expenses for the third quarter of 2004.

 

However, with fuel prices near historic highs and fuel surcharges being collected under certain tariffs and contracts, NS has not entered into additional hedges since May 2004 .   Consequently, the past pattern of entering into regular monthly swaps may not be indicative of future hedging activity.

 

As of Sept. 30, 2004 , through swap transactions, NS has hedged approximately 61% of expected 2004 diesel fuel requirements for the remainder of the year, and 36% and 4% of expected requirements for 2005 and 2006, respectively.   The effect of the hedges is to yield an average cost of 84 cents per hedged gallon, including federal taxes and transportation.   A 10% decrease from current diesel fuel prices would reduce NS' asset related to the swaps by approximately $36 million as of Sept. 30, 2004 .

 

NS manages its overall exposure to fluctuations in interest rates by issuing both fixed- and floating-rate debt instruments and by entering into interest-rate hedging transactions to achieve an appropriate mix within its debt portfolio.

 

As of Sept. 30, 2004 , NS' debt subject to interest rate fluctuations totaled $587 million.   A 1% increase in short-term interest rates would increase NS' total annual interest expense related to all its variable debt by approximately $6 million.   Management considers it unlikely that interest rate fluctuations applicable to these instruments will result in a material adverse effect on NS' financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

Some of NS' capital leases, which carry an average fixed rate of 7%, were effectively converted to variable rate obligations using interest rate swap agreements.   On Sept. 30, 2004 , the average pay rate under these agreements was 2%, and the average receive rate was 7%.   The effect of the swaps was to reduce interest expense by $1 million and $3 million in the third quarters of 2004 and 2003, respectively, and by $5 million and $7 million for the first nine months of 2004 and 2003, respectively.   A portion of the lease obligations is payable in Japanese yen.   NS eliminated the associated exchange rate risk at the inception of each lease with a yen deposit sufficient to fund the yen-denominated obligation.   Most of these deposits are held by foreign banks, primarily Japanese.   As a result, NS is exposed to financial market risk relative to Japan .   Counterparties to the interest rate swaps and Japanese banks holding yen deposits are major financial institutions believed by management to be creditworthy.

 

Environmental Matters

 

NS is subject to various jurisdictions' environmental laws and regulations.   It is NS' policy to record a liability where such liability or loss is probable and its amount can be estimated reasonably.   Claims, if any, against third parties for recovery of cleanup costs incurred by NS are reflected as receivables (when collection is probable) in the balance sheet and are not netted against the associated NS liability.   Environmental engineers regularly participate in ongoing evaluations of all known sites and in determining any necessary adjustments to liability estimates.   NS also has established an Environmental Policy Council, composed of senior managers, to oversee and interpret its environmental policy.   For further information see Note 11.

 

Surface Transportation Board's Oversight of Conrail

 

In July 1998, the STB approved the "Conrail Transaction" whereby the assets of Conrail were divded into allocated assets (assets transferred to PRR and NYC and operated by NSR and CSXT, respectively) and Shared Assets Areas (assets retained and operated by CRC for the benefit of NS and CSX).   In approving the Conrail Transaction in 1998, the STB had imposed numerous conditions to ensure that the acquisition of Conrail did not result in any competitive problems.   In addition, the STB established general oversight for 5 years to monitor annually the progress of implementation of the Conrail Transaction and the workings of the various conditions imposed and retained jurisdiction to impose additional conditions, if necessary, to address any harms caused by the Conrail Transaction.   On Oct. 20, 2004 , the STB issued its fifth and final decision arising out of its retention of general oversight jurisdiction.   This decision terminates all further reporting requirements by NS and CSX, with one exception:   that the existing operational monitoring reporting requirements with respect to the Shared Assets Areas remain in place to provide the STB with otherwise unavailable data about Shared Assets Areas operations.   In its decision, the STB also declined to impose any new requirements or constraints on NS, CSX or Conrail and denied all requests for substantive relief by commenting parties.

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that may be identified by the use of words like "believe," "expect," "anticipate" and "project."   Forward-looking statements reflect management's good-faith evaluation of information currently available.   However, such statements are dependent on and, therefore, can be influenced by, a number of external variables over which management has little or no control, including: domestic and international economic conditions; the business environment in industries that produce and consume rail freight; competition and consolidation within the transportation industry; fluctuation in prices of key materials, in particular diesel fuel; labor difficulties, including strikes and work stoppages; legislative and regulatory developments; changes in securities and capital markets; and natural events such as severe weather, floods and earthquakes.   Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of future performance or results.   Nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved. As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.   The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.

 

 

Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks.

 

The information required by this item is included in Part I, Item 2, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations" on page 22 under the heading "Market Risks and Hedging Activities."

 

 

Item 4.   Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures .

 

Norfolk Southern's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of NS' disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of Sept. 30, 2004.   Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of Sept. 30, 2004 , NS' disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them on a timely basis to material information relating to NS (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in NS' periodic filings under the Exchange Act.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Controls .

 

During the first nine months of 2004, management has not identified any changes in NS' internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, NS' internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 2.   Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

ISSUER REPURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased

(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit )

(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs

(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

July 1-31, 2004

--

--

--

--

 

Aug. 1-31, 2004

    4,490 (1)

$27.21

--

--

 

Sept. 1-30, 2004

    1,782 (1)

$28.32

--

--

 

Total

    6,272

$27.52

 

 

 

(1)                 Shares tendered by employees in connection with the exercise of stock options under the Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 


Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

  (a)

Exhibits:

 

 

 

 

 

4(k)

Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2004, between Norfolk Southern Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, relating to the issuance of 5.257% Notes due 2014 ("Securities") in the aggregate principal amount of $441.5 million in connection with Norfolk Southern Corporation's offer to exchange the Securities and cash for up to $400 million of its outstanding 7.350% Notes due 2007, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2004.  

 

 

4(l)

The Indenture, dated August 27, 2004 , among PRR Newco, Inc., as Issuer, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, is filed herewith.

 

 

  4(m)

The First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 27, 2004 , among PRR Newco, Inc., as Issuer, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, related to the issuance of notes in the principal amount of approximately $451.8 million, is filed herewith.  

 

 

  10(ee)

Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2004, by and among CSX Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX Rail Holding Corporation, CSX Northeast Holding Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CRR Holdings LLC, Green Acquisition Corp., Conrail Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, New York Central Lines LLC, Pennsylvania Lines LLC, NYC Newco, Inc. and PRR Newco, Inc., is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2004.  

 

 

  10(ff)

Amendment No. 5 to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004, by and among CSX Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CRR Holdings LLC, Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corporation, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2004.  

 

 

  10(gg)

Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004 , by and among Green Acquisition Corp., Conrail Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, New York Central Lines LLC and Pennsylvania Lines LLC, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2004 .  

 

 

  10(hh)

Operating Agreement Termination Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004 , between Pennsylvania Lines LLC and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2004 .  

 

 

  10(ii)

Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2004 , between Norfolk Southern Corporation and various lenders, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99 to Norfolk Southern Corporation's Form 8-K/A filed on September 7, 2004 .

 

 

15

Letter regarding unaudited financial information.

 

 

31

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications

 

 

32

Section 1350 Certifications

 


 

(b)

Reports on Form 8-K:

 

 

 

A report on Form 8-K was filed on September 23, 2004, advising that Norfolk Southern Corporation issued $441.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.257% Notes due 2014 (the "Securities") in connection with Norfolk Southern Corporation's offer to exchange the Securities and cash for up to $400 million of its outstanding 7.350% Notes due 2007, and attaching as an exhibit the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2004, between Norfolk Southern Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust National Association as Trustee.  

 

 

A report on Form 8-K was filed on September 7, 2004, advising that Norfolk Southern Corporation entered into an agreement establishing a 5-year, $1 billion, unsecured revolving credit facility under which Norfolk Southern Corporation can borrow for general corporate purposes, including to support commercial paper debt, and attaching as an exhibit the Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2004, between Norfolk Southern Corporation and various lenders.

 

 

A report on Form 8-K/A was filed on September 7, 2004 , amending certain terms of the report on Form 8-K filed on September 7, 2004 , and attaching as an exhibit the Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2004 .

 

 

A report on Form 8-K was filed on September 2, 2004, advising that Norfolk Southern Railway Company and its parent Norfolk Southern Corporation entered into two material definitive agreements, terminated a material definitive agreement and acquired assets, all in connection with the restructuring of Conrail, and attaching as an exhibit (1) the Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2004, by and among CSX Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX Rail Holding Corporation, CSX Northeast Holding Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CRR Holdings LLC, Green Acquisition Corp., Conrail Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, New York Central Lines LLC, Pennsylvania Lines LLC, NYC Newco, Inc. and PRR Newco, Inc.; (2) Amendment No. 5 to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004, by and among CSX Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CRR Holdings LLC, Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corporation; (3) Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004, by and among Green Acquisition Corp., Conrail Inc., Consolidated Rail Corporation, New York Central Lines LLC, Pennsylvania Lines LLC; (4) Operating Agreement Termination Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2004, between Pennsylvania Lines LLC and Norfolk Southern Railway Company; and (5) Norfolk Southern Railway Company and CSX Transportation, Inc. Joint Press Release, dated August 30, 2004.

 

 

A report on Form 8-K was filed on August 17, 2004, advising that Norfolk Southern Corporation commenced an offer to exchange new unsecured Norfolk Southern debt securities for certain of its existing unsecured debt securities, and attaching as an exhibit the related press release.  

 

 

A report on Form 8-K was furnished on July 28, 2004, reporting second quarter 2004 results, and attaching as an exhibit the related press release.  

 

 


SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION

 

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

Oct. 28, 2004

/s/ Dezora M. Martin

 

 

 

Dezora M. Martin

 

 

Corporate Secretary (Signature)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

Oct. 28, 2004

/s/ Marta R. Stewart

 

 

 

Marta R. Stewart

 

 

Vice President and Controller

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer) (Signature)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

Electronic

 

 

Submission

 

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

Description

 

 

 

 

4(l)

The Indenture, dated August 27, 2004 , among PRR Newco, Inc., as Issuer, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.

 

 

 

 

4(m)

The First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 27, 2004 , among PRR Newco, Inc., as Issuer, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, related to the issuance of notes in the principal amount of approximately $451.8 million.

 

 

 

 

15

Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information.

 

 

 

 

31

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications

 

 

 

 

32

Section 1350 Certifications

 

 

 

                                                                                                                       

PRR NEWCO, INC. 
Issuer

And


NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Guarantor

To

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Trustee



                       

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 27, 2004

                       






                                                                                                                       



CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*

_________________

Between

Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture to be dated as of August 27, 2004 by and among PRR NEWCO, INC., Issuer, NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Guarantor and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee:

Section of the Act

Section of Indenture

310(a)(1) and (2).....................................

607

310(b).....................................................

608

315(d).....................................................

602

316(a)(1)(A)...........................................

510

316(a)(1)(B)...........................................

511

317(a)(1)................................................

503

317(a)(2) ...............................................

504

317(b).....................................................

402 and 903

318(a).....................................................

106

________

*          This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.

Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of the provisions which govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.



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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

1

SECTION 101.                    Definitions

1

SECTION 102.                    Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

1

SECTION 103.                    Acts of Holders

7

SECTION 104.                    Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

8

SECTION 105.                    Notice to Holders; Waiver

9

SECTION 106.                    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

10

SECTION 107.                    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

10

SECTION 108.                    Successors and Assigns

10

SECTION 109.                    Separability Clause

10

SECTION 110.                    Benefits of Indenture

11

SECTION 111.                    Governing Law

11

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS

11

SECTION 201.                    Forms Generally

11

SECTION 202.                    Additional Provisions in Global Securities

11

SECTION 203.                    Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication

13

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES

13

SECTION 301.                    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

13

SECTION 302.                    Denominations

15

SECTION 303.                    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

15

SECTION 304.                    Temporary Securities

16

SECTION 305.                    Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

17

SECTION 306.                    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

18

SECTION 307.                    Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

19

SECTION 308.                    Persons Deemed Owners

20

SECTION 309.                    Cancellation

21

SECTION 310.                    Computation of Interest

21

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

21

SECTION 401.                    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

21

SECTION 402.                    Application of Trust Money

23

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES

23

SECTION 501.                    Events of Default

23

SECTION 502.                    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

25

SECTION 503.                    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

26

SECTION 504.                    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

26

SECTION 505.                    Application of Money Collected

27

SECTION 506.                    Limitation on Suits

27

SECTION 507.                    Restoration of Rights and Remedies

28

SECTION 508.                    Rights and Remedies Cumulative

28

SECTION 509.                    Delay or Omission Not Waiver

28

SECTION 510.                    Control by Holders

29

SECTION 511.                    Waiver of Past Defaults

29

SECTION 512.                    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

30

ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE

30

SECTION 601.                    Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee 

30

SECTION 602.                    Certain Rights of Trustee

31

SECTION 603.                    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

32

SECTION 604.                    May Hold Securities

33

SECTION 605.                    Money Held in Trust

33

SECTION 606.                    Compensation and Reimbursement

33

SECTION 607.                    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

34

SECTION 608.                    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

34

SECTION 609.                    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

36

SECTION 610.                    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

37

SECTION 611.                    Appointment of Authenticating Agent

37

ARTICLE SEVEN CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

39

SECTION 701.                    Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

39

SECTION 702.                    Successor Corporation Substituted

40

SECTION 703.                    Assumption by Guarantor

40

ARTICLE EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

40

SECTION 801.                    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

40

SECTION 802.                    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

42

SECTION 803.                    Execution of Supplemental Indentures

43

SECTION 804.                    Effect of Supplemental Indentures

43

SECTION 805.                    Conformity With Trust Indenture Act

43

SECTION 806.                    Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

43

ARTICLE NINE COVENANTS

44

SECTION 901.                    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

44

SECTION 902.                    Maintenance of Office or Agency

44

SECTION 903.                    Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

44

SECTION 904.                    Corporate Existence

46

SECTION 905.                    Maintenance of Properties

46

SECTION 906.                    Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

46

SECTION 907.                    Statement as to Compliance

46

SECTION 908.                    Waiver of Certain Covenants

47

ARTICLE TEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

47

SECTION 1001.                    Applicability of Article

47

SECTION 1002.                    Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

47

SECTION 1003.                    Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

47

SECTION 1004.                    Notice of Redemption

48

SECTION 1005.                    Deposit of Redemption Price

49

SECTION 1006.                    Securities Payable on Redemption Date

49

SECTION 1007.                    Securities Redeemed in Part

49

SECTION 1008.                    Statement by Officers as to Default

49

ARTICLE ELEVEN SINKING FUNDS

50

SECTION 1101.                    Applicability of Article

50

SECTION 1102.                    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

50

SECTION 1103.                    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

50

TESTIMONIUM

48

SIGNATURES AND SEALS

49

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Note:       This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.



INDENTURE, dated as of August 27, 2004, by and among PRR Newco, Inc.  (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, having its principal office at Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia 23510-2191, as Issuer, Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("NSR" or the "Guarantor"), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, having its principal office at Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia 23510‑2191, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities"), which may but are not required to be guaranteed by the Guarantor, to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the full and unconditional guarantee (the "Guarantee") of certain series of Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided;

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor are each party to a distribution agreement dated as of July 26, 2004 pursuant to which, among other things, upon the completion of the transactions contemplated therein and the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company will be merged with and into the Guarantor, at which time the Guarantor will assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Guarantee will thereafter cease to exist.

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants and agrees as follows with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101.  Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)                the terms defined in this Section have the meanings assigned to them in this Section and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2)                all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3)                all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and

(4)                the words "herein," "hereof," and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.

"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 103.

"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.

"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

"Business Day" means, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are generally authorized or obligated by law to close.

"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or,  at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until NSR shall have become such pursuant to Section 703 of this Indenture, at which point the "Company" shall mean NSR, and thereafter until another successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, at which point "Company" shall mean such other successor corporation.

"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

"Conrail Spin Off Transactions" means any merger, consolidation, conveyance, lease, transfer, sublease or other transaction which is described in or contemplated by the Distribution Agreement or the Form S-4 filed with the Commission by the Company and Guarantor on April 23, 2004, as the same may be amended from time to time.

"Corporate Trust Office" means, when used with respect to the Trustee, the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York 10286.

"Default" means any event which is or after notice or passage of time would be an "Event of Default."

"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.

"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, 'Depositary' as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

"Dollars" or "$" or any similar reference shall mean the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.

"Foreign Government Securities" means, with respect to Securities of any series that are denominated in a currency other than Dollars, securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government (the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government) which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

"Global Security" means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of Securities which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with this indenture and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

"Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, request for repayment or otherwise.

"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel who may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee and, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.

"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this indenture, except:

                                    (i)            Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

                                                (ii)            Securities for whose payment or redemption money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities as contemplated by Section 401 in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

                                                 (iii)            Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency or currencies shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined by the Company and set forth in an Officers' Certificate on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.

"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

"Responsible Officer," means with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor unit or department) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for administration of the Indenture and, for purposes of Section 601(c)(2) of this Indenture and Section 315(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

"Significant Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company which qualifies as a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission or any successor rule or regulation of the Commission.

"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

"Subsidiary" means a Person a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries, but does not include CRR Holdings LLC or its Subsidiaries.  For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 805.

"U.S.  Government Obligations" means direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States and the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.  Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S.  Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president."

SECTION 102.  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which this certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.   Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinions or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include

(1)                a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2)                a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3)                a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4)                a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 103.  Acts of Holders.

(a)                Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b)                The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.   The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c)                At any time, the ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d)                Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

SECTION 104.  Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1)                the Trustee by any Holder, the Guarantor or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:  Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit,

(2)                the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first‑class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, or

(3)                the Guarantor by the Trustee, the Company or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Guarantor addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Guarantor.

SECTION 105.  Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first‑class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.  Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

SECTION 106.  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

This Indenture is subject to the Trust Indenture Act and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

SECTION 107.  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 108.  Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, including, without limitation, the Guarantor whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 109.  Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 110.  Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 111.  Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201.  Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.  If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel borders or produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

SECTION 202.  Additional Provisions in Global Securities.

Any Global Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges.  Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount or changes in the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein.  Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Each Global Security (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to be represented by such Global Security, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary, its nominee, any custodian for the Depositary or otherwise pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such Global Security to any Person other than the Depositary or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of or transfers of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests; the Securities in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form of the Security set forth in the supplemental indenture under which such Security is issued.

The Company, the Trustee and the Securities Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of the Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the beneficial owners of such Global Security) as the sole Holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. 

None of the Company, the Trustee or the Securities Registrar shall have any liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary, for any Depositary records of beneficial interests, for any transactions between the Depositary or any participant member of the Depositary and/or beneficial owners, for any transfers of beneficial interests in the Security, or in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary or by any participant member of the Depositary or any beneficial owner of any interest in any Security held through any such participant member of the Depositary.



SECTION 203.  Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within‑mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee




By                                                                        
                        Authorized Signatory

 

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301.  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series.  There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

(1)                the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

(2)                any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 806 or 1007);

(3)                the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4)                the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(5)                the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;

(6)                the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;

(7)                the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(8)                if other than minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(9)                if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(10)            if other than Dollars, the coin or currency in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(11)            if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

(12)            if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(13)            whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities; the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other definitive Securities; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities, which Depositary must be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

(14)            if other than as defined in Section 101, the meaning of "Business Day" when used with respect to any Securities of the series;

(15)            whether and upon what terms the Guarantor (or any other entity) will guarantee the Securities of the series; and

(16)            any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

SECTION 302.  Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301.

SECTION 303.  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.  The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.  If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such series of Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(a)                if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b)                if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(c)                that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general principles of equity.

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

If all of the Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at the same time, then the documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 303 must be delivered only once, prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security of such series; provided , however , that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that, as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 303 shall be true and correct as if made on such date.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 304.  Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

SECTION 305.  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept, at an office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 902, a register (herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.  Such office or agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers as herein provided.  The Corporate Trust office of the Trustee is hereby initially appointed Security Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, all as requested by the transferor.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series with the same terms, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 806 or 1007 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1003 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such Security or its nominee only as provided in this paragraph.  A Global Security shall be so exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 if (i) the Depositary with respect to such Global Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in either such case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, with respect to the Securities.  Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in certificated form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee.  Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary with respect to such Global Security shall direct.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 305, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or to another nominee of such Depositary.

SECTION 306.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In any case such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

SECTION 307.  Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1)                The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first‑class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.   Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

(2)                The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the  proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 308.  Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary as Holder of any Security.

SECTION 309.  Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.  The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.  No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.

SECTION 310.  Computation of Interest.

                        Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

                        This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect as to all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of any series, as the case may be (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

                                    (1) either

                                                (A) all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be, which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be, for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 903) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

                                                (B) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust (i) money (either in Dollars or such other currency in which the Securities of any series may be payable) in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of principal and interest thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal (including any premium) and interest, if any, under the Securities, money in an amount or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii) sufficient in the opinion of the Company's independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of such interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption date, as the case may be;

                                    (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be;

                                    (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that, based on federal income tax laws then in effect, the Holders of the Securities or the Securities of such series, as the case may be, will not recognize income, gain or loss on the Securities or the Securities of such series, as the case may be, for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of its option under this Section 401 and shall be subject to federal income tax in the same amounts and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised; and

                                    (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities or the Securities of such series, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money, U.S.  Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 305, 306, 402 and the last paragraph of Section 903 shall survive.

SECTION 402.  Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 903, all money, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 501.  Events of Default.

"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1)                default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2)                default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or

(3)                default in the payment of any sinking fund installment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

(4)                default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

(5)                a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) or under any mortgage, indenture, equipment trust agreement or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (including this indenture and including indebtedness in respect of capitalized lease obligations), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which, together with all other such defaults, shall have resulted in such indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $45,000,000, becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, or a sum of money sufficient to discharge in full such indebtedness is not deposited in trust, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided , however , that, subject to the provisions of Section 602, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or

(6)                the entry by a court having jurisdiction of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(7)                the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;

(8)                the failure of a Guarantee with respect to any Security of that series to remain in full force and effect except in accordance with this Indenture or the terms of such Security, or any action taken by the Guarantor to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of a Guarantee, or the failure of the Guarantor to comply with any of the terms or provisions of a Guarantee, or the denial by the Guarantor that it has any further liability under a Guarantee or the Guarantor giving notice to such effect; or

(9)                any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 502.  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1)                the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A)  all Defaulted Interest on all Securities of that series,

(B)  the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(C)  to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(D)  all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2)                all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 511.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if there is a

(1)                default in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2)                default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the maturity thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 

SECTION 504.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

In connection with any filings of any claims pursuant to Section 317(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act (i) the Trustee shall be entitled to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and (ii) unless prohibited by law or applicable regulation, to vote on behalf of the Holders for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other similar official, and any receiver trustee or similar official in any proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amounts due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 606.

SECTION 505.  Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article and any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company's obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST:  To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 606; and

SECOND:  To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively.

SECTION 506.  Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

(1)                such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(2)                the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3)                such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4)                the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5)                no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

SECTION 507.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 508.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 509.  Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 510.  Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1)                such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and shall not subject the Trustee to any personal liability;

(2)                the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and

(3)                such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.

SECTION 511.  Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default

(1)                in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or

(2)                in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Eight cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past Default hereunder.  If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any default hereunder, or to retract (prior to the requisite percentage for such waiver to become effective having been obtained) any such waiver previously given, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided , that unless such waiver shall have become effective by virtue of such requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, such waiver shall, automatically and without further action by the Holder, be canceled and of no further force or effect.

SECTION 512.  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601.  Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee

(a)                Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

(1)                the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2)                in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b)                In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(c)                No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

(1)                this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) or (d) of this Section;

(2)                the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(3)                the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

(d)                No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(e)                Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 602.  Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

(a)                the Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b)                any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c)                whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;

(d)                the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e)                the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f)                 the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine‑the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorneys;

(g)                the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h)                the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under this Indenture, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are hereby extended and made applicable to, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture, and by each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act under this Indenture;

(i)                  the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; and

(j)                  the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge that such default or Event of Default, as the case may be, exists and constitutes a default or Event of Default, as the case may be, under this Indenture, or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given in the manner provided in Section 104 hereof to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

SECTION 603.  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Guarantee or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.  Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 604.  May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 605.  Money Held in Trust.

Except as provided in Section 402 and Section 903, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

SECTION 606.  Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees

(1)                to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2)                except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and

(3)                to indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, damages, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

In addition and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under any of the provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or Section 501(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The Company's obligations under this Section 606 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations under Article Four of this Indenture and/or the termination of this Indenture.  "Trustee" for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section.

SECTION 607.  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. Such corporation shall have its principal place of business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if there be such a corporation in such location willing to act upon reasonable and customary terms and conditions.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 608.

SECTION 608.  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a)                No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 609.

(b)                The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c)                The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d)                If at any time:

(1)                the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(2)                the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(3)                the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(e)                If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 609.   If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.  If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the securities of such series.

(f)                 The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.  Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust office.

SECTION 609.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a)                In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b)                In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c)                Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments necessary to more fully and certainly vest in and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d)                No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 610.  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible to serve as Trustee under Section 607, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.  In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in the office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

SECTION 611.  Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company.  Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first‑class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.  Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.  No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 606.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:



"This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within‑mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York

As Trustee

By   ___________________________
                                                                                    As Authenticating Agent

By  ____________________________"
                                                                                    Authorized Signatory

If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.

ARTICLE SEVEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 701.  Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Other than in connection with the Conrail Spin Off Transactions, neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:

(1)                in case the Company or the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to be performed or observed;

(2)                immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3)                the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

SECTION 702.  Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger by the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 701, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

SECTION 703.  Assumption by Guarantor.

The Guarantor, upon completion of the Conrail Spin Off Transactions, shall directly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed.  Upon such assumption, the Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Securities.

ARTICLE EIGHT

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 801.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1)                to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and in the Securities, provided, that, no supplemental indenture shall be required to evidence the succession of the Guarantor to the Company upon consummation of the Conrail Spin Off Transactions; or

(2)                to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3)                to add any additional Events of Default; or

(4)                to add to or to change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or

(5)                to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(6)                to secure the Securities: or

(7)                to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 609(b):

(8)                to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

(9)                to establish the form and terms of the Securities of any series as permitted in Sections 201 and 301, or to authorize the issuance of additional Securities of a series previously authorized or to add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication or delivery of the Securities of any series, as herein set forth, or other conditions, limitations or restrictions thereafter to be observed; or

(10)            to add to or to change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons.

SECTION 802.  Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1)                change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

(2)                reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

(3)                modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 511 or Section 908, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided , however , that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 908 or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 609(b) and 801(7).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto.  If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture or to revoke (prior to the requisite percentage for such consent to become effective having been obtained) any such consent previously given, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided , that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of such requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, such consent shall, automatically and without further action by the Holder, be canceled and of no further force or effect.

SECTION 803.  Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and, subject to Section 601, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 804.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of a supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 805.  Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

SECTION 806.  Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.   If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE NINE

COVENANTS

SECTION 901.  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

SECTION 902.  Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served, and the Company hereby initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes.   The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

SECTION 903.  Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

(1)                hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2)                give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and

(3)                at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may (but shall not be obligated to) at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in an official language of the country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in each Place of Payment notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 904.  Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article Seven, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided , however ,that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise or to retain any Subsidiary if the Company shall determine that the preservation or retention thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 905.  Maintenance of Properties.

The Company will cause all properties deemed by the Company to be necessary and useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in such condition, repair and working order and supplied with such equipment and will cause to be made such repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary or appropriate in the performance of its business, provided , however ,that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of the Company or of the Subsidiary concerned, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 906.  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, and, in each case, only if the failure to pay or discharge could be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided , however ,that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or otherwise and the Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto (if and to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles).

SECTION 907.  Statement as to Compliance.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, by May 1 of each year, a written statement, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, stating, as to each signer thereof, that to the best of his knowledge, (a) the Company has fulfilled its obligations under this indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.

SECTION 908.  Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 904 to 906, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE TEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1001.                       Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1002.                       Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or Company Order.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.  In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

SECTION 1003.                       Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series with the same issue date, interest rate and Stated Maturity are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1004.                       Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1)                the Redemption Date,

(2)                the Redemption Price,

(3)                if less than all the outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

(4)                that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(5)                the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(6)                that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 

SECTION 1005.                       Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 903) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 1006.                       Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest.  Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however ,that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

SECTION 1007.                       Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security (including any Global Security) which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; provided , that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the new Global Security shall be in a denomination equal to the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered.

SECTION 1008.                       Statement by Officers as to Default.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.



ARTICLE ELEVEN

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1101.                       Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment," If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1102.  Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1102.                       Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series with the same issue date, interest rate and Stated maturity which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.  Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 1103.                       Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment of that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting securities of that series pursuant to Section 1102 and will also deliver to the Trustee any securities to be so delivered.  Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1003 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1004.  Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1006 and 1007.



This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

PRR NEWCO, INC.

        /s/ William J. Romig

By: _____________________________
                                                                                    Name:    William J. Romig
                                                                                    Title:        Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:

    /s/ Reginald J. Chaney

____________________________
Name:    Reginald J. Chaney
Title:       Corporate Secretary

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

        /s/ William J. Romig

By:  _____________________________
                                                                                    Name:    William J. Romig
                                                                                    Title:        Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:

    /s/ Reginald J. Chaney

____________________________
Name:    Reginald J. Chaney
Title:       Corporate Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

        /s/ Van K. Brown

By:  ____________________________
                                                                                   Name:    Van K. Brown
                                                                                   Title:        Vice President

Attest:

    /s/ Remo J. Reale

____________________________
Name:    Remo J. Reale
Title:       Vice President


FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

among

PRR NEWCO, INC.,
Issuer

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Guarantor

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Dated August 27, 2004

 



 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

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          Section 101     Definition of Terms                                                                       

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ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES    

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          Section 201     Designation and Principal Amount                                                       

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          Section 202     Place of Payment: Security Register for Notes

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          Section 203     Global Note

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          Section 204     Interest

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ARTICLE III COVENANTS

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          Section 301     Company Reports

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          Section 302     Limitations on Liens on Stock or Indebtedness of Principal Subsidiaries

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          Section 303     Limitations on Funded Debt      

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          Section 304     Waiver of Certain Covenants

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ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

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          Section 401     No Redemption

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          Section 402     No Sinking Fund

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ARTICLE V FORMS OF NOTES

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          Section 501     Form of Notes

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ARTICLE VI ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

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          Section 601     Original Issue of Notes

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ARTICLE VII GUARANTEE

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          Section 701     Unconditional Guarantee

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          Section 702     Waiver

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          Section 703     Execution of Guarantee

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          Section 704     Cessation of Guarantee

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

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          Section 801     Ratification of Base Indenture

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          Section 802     Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals

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          Section 803     Governing Law

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          Section 804     Separability

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          Section 805     Counterparts

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EXHIBIT A   1

EXHIBIT B   1

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 27, 2004 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), by and among PRR Newco, Inc. (the "Company"), a Virginia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, as Issuer, Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("NSR" or the "Guarantor"), a Virginia corporation, as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), under the Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2004, by and among the Company, NSR and the Trustee (the "Base Indenture").

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Guarantor executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company's unsecured debt securities (the "Securities") to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the Company and the Guarantor under the Base Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment, and the Guarantor desires to provide for the full and unconditional guarantee, of two new separate series of Securities designated the Company's 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2020 (the "2020 Notes") and 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2043 (the "2043 Notes" and, together with the 2020 Notes, the "Notes"), the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, (a) the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Sections 301 and 801 of the Base Indenture, (b) all requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and the Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, have been performed, and (c) the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor are each party to a distribution agreement pursuant to which, among other things, upon the completion of certain conditions the Company will be merged with and into the Guarantor, at which time the Guarantor will assume all of the obligations of the Company under the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture and the Guarantee will cease to exist.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, each of the Company and the Guarantor mutually covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 101              Definition of Terms .

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)                a term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this First Supplemental Indenture;

(b)                a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout this First Supplemental Indenture;

(c)                the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(d)                a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this First Supplemental Indenture;

(e)                headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; and

(f)                 the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 101(f):

" Capital Lease Obligation " means any obligation arising out of any lease of property which is required to be classified and accounted for by the lessee as a capitalized lease on a balance sheet of such lessee under generally accepted accounting principles.

" Conrail Spin Off Transactions " means any merger, consolidation, conveyance, lease, transfer, sublease or other transaction which is described in or contemplated by the Distribution Agreement or the Form S-4 filed with the Commission by the Company and Guarantor on April 23, 2004, as the same may be amended from time to time.

" Consolidated Net Tangible Assets " means, at any date, the total assets appearing on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company, the Guarantor and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company or the Guarantor ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States, less (i) all current liabilities (due within one year) as shown on such balance sheet, (ii) applicable reserves, (iii) investments in and advances to Securitization Subsidiaries and Subsidiaries of Securitization Subsidiaries that are consolidated on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries, and (iv) Intangible Assets and liabilities relating thereto.

" Depositary ," with respect to the Notes, means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

" Funded Debt " means (i) any indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary maturing more than 12 months after the time of computation thereof, (ii) guarantees by the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of Funded Debt or of dividends of others (except guarantees in connection with the sale or discount of accounts receivable, trade acceptances and other paper arising in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all preferred stock of the Company, the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiaries and (iv) all Capital Lease Obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary.

" Global Note " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 203.

" Guarantee " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 701.

" Guaranteed Obligations " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 701.

" Indebtedness " means, at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations for borrowed money of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary or any other indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary, evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments and (ii) Funded Debt, except such obligations and other indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary and Funded Debt, if any, incurred as part of a Securitization Transaction.

" Intangible Assets " means at any date, the value (net of any applicable reserves) as shown on or reflected in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company, the Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries at the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company or the Guarantor ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of: (i) all trade names, trademarks, licenses, patents, copyrights, service marks, goodwill and other like intangibles; (ii) organizational and development costs; (iii) deferred charges (other than prepaid items, such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions, rents, deferred interest waiver, compensation and similar items and tangible assets being amortized); and (iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.

" Liens " means pledges, mortgages, security interests and other liens, including purchase money liens, on property of the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary which secure Funded Debt.

" Obligation " shall mean any indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness.

" Preferential Payment " shall have the meaning set forth in Section 701.

" Principal Subsidiary " shall mean The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company.

" Purchase Money Lien " shall mean any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind upon any indebtedness of any Principal Subsidiary acquired after the date any Notes are first issued if such Purchase Money Lien is for the purpose of financing, and does not exceed, the cost to the Company or any Subsidiary of acquiring the indebtedness of such Principal Subsidiary and such financing is effected concurrently with, or within 180 days after, the date of such acquisition.

" Receivables " mean any right of payment from or on behalf of any obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument, general intangible or otherwise, arising, either directly or indirectly, from the financing by the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor of property or services, monies due thereunder, security interests in the property and services financed thereby and any and all other related rights.

" Restricted Subsidiary " means each Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor other than Securitization Subsidiaries and Subsidiaries of Securitization Subsidiaries.

" Securitization Subsidiary " means a Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor (i) which is formed for the purpose of effecting one or more Securitization Transactions and engaging in other activities reasonably related thereto and (ii) as to which no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (a) is guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) subjects any property or assets of any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to any lien, other than pursuant to representations, warranties and covenants (including those related to servicing) entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Securitization Transaction and inter-company notes and other forms of capital or credit support relating to the transfer or sale of Receivables or asset-backed securities to such Securitization Subsidiary and customarily necessary or desirable in connection with such transactions.

" Securitization Transaction " means any transaction or series of transactions that have been or may be entered into by the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with or reasonably related to a transaction or series of transactions in which the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (i) a Securitization Subsidiary or (ii) any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any Receivables or asset-backed securities or interest therein (whether such Receivables or securities are then existing or arising in the future) of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all security interests in the property or services financed thereby, the proceeds of such Receivables or asset-backed securities and any other assets which are sold in respect of which security interests are granted in connection with securitization transactions involving such assets.

" Subsidiary " means a Person a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, the Guarantor or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company, the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries, but does not include CRR Holdings LLC or its Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

Section 201              Designation and Principal Amount .

There shall be two new separate series of Securities designated the Company's 9¾% Senior Notes due 2020 and 7⅞% Senior Notes due 2043.  The aggregate principal amount of the two new separate series of Securities authorized by this First Supplemental Indenture shall be limited to $451,826,000, with the aggregate principal amount of the respective Securities limited to $313,741,000 for the 2020 Notes and $138,085,000 for the 2043 Notes (unless the issue of either series of Securities is "reopened" pursuant to Section 801(9) of the Base Indenture (as set forth therein) by issuing additional debt Securities of such series), in an amount or amounts and registered in the names of such Persons as shall be set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture.

Section 202              Place of Payment: Security Register for Notes .

The Company selects New York, New York as the Place of Payment for the Notes and hereby appoints the Trustee as Security Registrar for the Notes.

Section 203              Global Note .

(a)                Each series of the Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes of that series (each, a "Global Note" and together, the "Global Notes"), to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the Company.  The Company upon any such presentation shall execute one or more Global Notes in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.  Payments on Notes issued as one or more Global Notes will be made to the Depositary.

(b)                A Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Section 204              Interest .

(a)                The interest rate in respect of the 2020 Notes will be 9¾% per annum (the "2020 Interest Rate") and the interest rate in respect of the 2043 Notes will be 7⅞% per annum (the "2043 Interest Rate" and collectively with the 2020 Interest Rate, the "Interest Rates").

(b)                The 2020 Notes will bear interest at the 2020 Interest Rate from August 27, 2004 until the principal thereof becomes due and payable.  The 2043 Notes will bear interest at the 2043 Interest Rate from August 27, 2004, until the principal thereof becomes due and payable.  Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2004, in the case of the 2020 Notes, and on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2004, in the case of the 2043 Notes, to the Person in whose name any such Note or any predecessor Note is registered, at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the June 1 and December 1 next preceding such Interest Payment Date in the case of the 2020 Notes, and shall be the close of business on the May 1 and November 1 next preceding such Interest Payment Date in the case of the 2043 Notes.

(c)                In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable from the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be (each date on which interest is actually payable, an "Interest Payment Date").

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

Section 301              Company Reports .

The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:

(a)                file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee audited annual and unaudited quarterly financial statements as would have been required to be included in an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as applicable;

(b)               file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(c)                transmit to all Holders of Securities within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

Delivery of such documents, reports and information pursuant to this Section 301 is for information purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers' Certificate).

The Company shall reasonably promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any national securities exchange and of any delisting therefrom.

Section 302              Limitations on Liens on Stock or Indebtedness of Principal Subsidiaries .

For so long as any Notes issued pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture are Outstanding, other than in connection with the Conrail Spin Off Transactions, the Company and the Guarantor shall not, nor shall either of them permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind, other than a Purchase Money Lien, upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the date any Notes are first issued or thereafter acquired, of any Principal Subsidiary, to secure any Obligation (other than the Notes) of the Company, the Guarantor, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor or any other Person, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the outstanding Notes shall be directly secured equally and ratably with such Obligation.  This Section 302 shall not (i) apply to any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest on any stock or indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, (ii) restrict any other property of the Company, the Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries or (iii) restrict the sale by the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary.

Section 303              Limitations on Funded Debt .

For so long as any Notes issued pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture are Outstanding, other than in connection with the Conrail Spin Off Transactions, neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall, nor shall either of them permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur, issue, guarantee or create any Funded Debt unless, after giving effect thereto, the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Funded Debt of the Company, the Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries would not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

            This Section 303 shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Funded Debt in any computation pursuant hereto, Funded Debt secured by: (i) Liens on real or physical property of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; (ii) Liens on real or physical property existing at the time of acquisition thereof incurred within 180 days of the time of acquisition thereof (including, without limitation, acquisition through merger or consolidation) by the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Liens on real or physical property thereafter acquired (or constructed) by the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary and created prior to, at the time of, or within 270 days after such acquisition (including, without limitation, acquisition through merger or consolidation) (or the completion of such construction or commencement of commercial operation of such property, whichever is later) to secure or provide for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price (or the construction price) thereof; (iv) Liens in favor of the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; (v) Liens in favor of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, or any agency, department or other instrumentality thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or the provisions of any statute, (vi) Liens incurred or assumed in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; (vii) Liens securing the performance of any contract or undertaking not directly or indirectly in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the securing of Funded Debt, if made and continuing in the ordinary course of business; (viii) Liens incurred (no matter when created) in connection with the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary engaging in a leveraged or single-investor lease transaction; provided , however , that the instrument creating or evidencing any borrowings secured by such Lien will provide that such borrowings are payable solely out of the income and proceeds of the property subject to such Lien and are not a general obligation of the Company, the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary; (ix) Liens under workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, or deposits of cash or obligations of the United States of America to secure surety, repletion and appeal bonds to which the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or in lieu of such bonds, or pledges or deposits for similar purposes in the ordinary course of business, or Liens imposed by law, such as laborers' or other employees', carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's and vendors' Liens and Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company, the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and with respect to which it shall have secured a stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings for review, or Liens for taxes not yet subject to penalties for nonpayment or the amount or validity of which is being in good faith contested by appropriate proceedings by the Company, the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easement or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions or Liens on the use of real properties which Liens, exceptions, encumbrances, easements, reservations, rights and restrictions do not, in the opinion of the Company, in the aggregate materially detract from the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (x) Liens incurred to finance construction, alteration or repair of any real or physical property and improvements thereto prior to or within 270 days after completion of such construction, alteration or repair; (xi) Liens incurred (no matter when created) in connection with a Securitization Transaction; (xii) Liens on property (or any Receivable arising in connection with the lease thereof) acquired by the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary through repossession, foreclosure or like proceeding and existing at the time of the repossession, foreclosure, or like proceeding; (xiii) Liens on deposits of the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary with banks (in the aggregate, not exceeding $50 million), in accordance with customary banking practice, in connection with the providing by the Company, the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of financial accommodations to any Person in the ordinary course of business; or (xiv) any extension, renewal, refunding or replacement of the foregoing.

Section 304              Waiver of Certain Covenants .

 The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 301 through 303 of this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.  The rights of the Company set forth in this Section 304 shall be in addition to the rights of the Company set forth in Section 908 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE IV

REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

Section 401              No Redemption .

The Notes will not be subject to redemption of any kind at any time prior to maturity.

Section 402              No Sinking Fund .

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

ARTICLE V

FORMS OF NOTES

Section 501              Form of Notes .

The 2020 Notes, along with the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon, are to be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The 2043 Notes, along with the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon, are to be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

ARTICLE VI

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

Section 601              Original Issue of Notes .

The 2020 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $319,000,000 may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee for authentication as provided in Sections 301 and 303 of the Base Indenture, in the maximum principal amount of $319,000,000.

The 2043 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $145,000,000 may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee for authentication as provided in Sections 301 and 303 of the Base Indenture, in the maximum principal amount of $145,000,000.

ARTICLE VII

GUARANTEE

Section 701              Unconditional Guarantee .

The Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees (such guarantee to be referred to herein as the "Guarantee") to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to an applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (collectively, the "Guaranteed Obligations").  The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are separate and independent of the obligations of the Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor whether action is brought against the Company or whether the Company is joined in any action or actions.  The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall survive and continue in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) such time as the Guarantee shall cease to exist pursuant to the terms of Section 704 hereof, or (ii) payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations is actually received by the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by the Company or the Guarantor may be determined to be a Preferential Payment (defined below), notwithstanding any release or termination of the Company's liability by express or implied agreement or by operation of law and notwithstanding that the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof are deemed to have been paid or discharged by operation of law or by some act or agreement.  For purposes of this Guarantee, the Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to be paid only to the extent that the Holders, or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, actually receive immediately available funds.

The Guarantor agrees that to the extent the Company makes any payment to the Holders, or to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, and all or any part of such payment is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by the Holders or the Trustee or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other entity, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise (any such payment is hereinafter referred to as a "Preferential Payment"), then this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, and, to the extent of such payment or repayment by the Holders or Trustee, the Guaranteed Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied by such Preferential Payment shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if said Preferential Payment had not been made. 

Section 702              Waiver .

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor waives and agrees not to assert:  (a) any right to require the Holders or Trustee to proceed against the Company, to pursue any other remedy available to the Holders or Trustee or to pursue any remedy in any particular order or manner; (b) assert the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the Guarantor's liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof; (c) demand, diligence, presentment for payment, protest and demand, and notice of extension, dishonor, protest, demand, nonpayment and acceptance of this Guarantee; (d) notice of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional indebtedness of the Company to the Holders; and (e) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Company or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever (other than payment in full of all amounts demanded to be paid by the Guarantor under this Guarantee) of the liability of the Company for the Guaranteed Obligations.  Until payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation and hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which the Holders or the Trustee now have, or may hereafter have, against the Company, and waives any benefit of, or any right to participate in, any security now or hereafter held on behalf of the Holders.

Section 703              Execution of Guarantee .

The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute a notation of Guarantee in substantially the form attached to the form of Note, and to deliver such notation to the Trustee.

The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee of Securities of a series to which this Article VII has been made applicable shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on any such Security a notation relating to the Guarantee thereof.

Manual or facsimile signatures of individuals, on this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor, shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to or at the time of the authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

The delivery by the Trustee of any Security of a series to which this Article VII has been made applicable, after the authentication thereof under this Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.

Section 704              Cessation of Guarantee .

The Guarantee under this First Supplemental Indenture will automatically cease to exist upon the merger of the Company with and into the Guarantor, at which point the Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 801              Ratification of Base Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 802              Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals .

The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and the Guarantor and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.  The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 803              Governing Law .

This First Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee and the Notes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Section 804              Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 805              Counterparts .

This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, as of the day and year first above written.

PRR NEWCO, INC.

 

        /s/ William J. Romig
By:                                                      
       Name:    William J. Romig
       Title:        Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:

            /s/ Reginald J. Chaney

                                                           
 Name:      Reginald J. Chaney
 Title:        Corporate Secretary

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

        /s/ William J. Romig
By:                                                      
       Name:    William J. Romig
       Title:        Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:

        /s/ Reginald J. Chaney
                                                          

Name:    Reginald J. Chaney
Title:       Corporate Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

        /s/ Van K. Brown
By:                                                      
       Name:    Van K. Brown
       Title:        Vice President

Attest:

        /s/ Remo J. Reale
                                                         
Name:     Remo J. Reale
Title:        Vice President



EXHIBIT A

FORM ONLY
FACE OF NOTE

This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.  This Note is exchangeable for Notes registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Base Indenture, and no transfer of this Note (other than a transfer of this Note as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.

Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

No.  001                                                                                      CUSIP No.  69358C AA 4

PRR NEWCO, INC.
Issuer

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Guarantor

NOTE
DUE JUNE 15, 2020

PRR NEWCO, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (herein called the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereinafter called "NSR" or the "Guarantor") hereby promises to fully and unconditionally guarantee such payment, to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Forty One Thousand Dollars ($313,741,000) on June 15, 2020 and the Company hereby promises to pay, and NSR promises to guarantee, the payment of interest thereon from August 27, 2004 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2004, at a rate of 9¾% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, at a rate of 9¾% per annum and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at a rate of 9¾% per annum compounded semi-annually.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (as defined below) shall be calculated as provided in the Base Indenture.  In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such date and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable from the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be (each date on which interest is actually payable, an "Interest Payment Date").  The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Base Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Security, as defined in said Base Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the June 1 and December 1 next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Security) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Base Indenture.  The principal of and premium, if any, and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made, at the option of the Company and upon prior notice to the Trustee, by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account designated by a Holder in writing not less than ten days prior to the date of payment.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent provided in the Base Indenture, equal in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each of the Company and the Guarantor, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture hereinafter referred to with respect thereto.  Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, and authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to be bound by such provisions.  Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture by each Holder of unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder or creditor upon said provisions.

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

The provisions of this Note are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Guarantor have caused this instrument to be executed.

PRR NEWCO, INC.


By:                                                      
       Name:
       Title:

Attest:


By:                                                            
        Name:
        Title: Secretary or Assistant Secretary

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY


By:                                                      
       Name:
       Title:

Attest:


By:                                                            
        Name:
        Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities (as defined below) of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Base Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
  as Trustee


By:                                                            
       Authorized Signatory

Dated:______________________



(FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Security"), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2004 (the "Base Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2004 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to which Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Security.  By the terms of the Base Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture.  This Security is the series designated on the face hereof (the "Notes") and is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said First Supplemental Indenture.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Base Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Base Indenture.

The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of each series affected, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to the Base Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Security; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or the rate of interest thereof to reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 of the Base Indenture, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security (or premium, if any, thereon) or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of any series, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or to waive certain defaults thereunder and their consequences provided for in the Base Indenture; or (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Base Indenture relating to supplemental indentures that require consent of Holders, the waiver of past defaults or the waiver of certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or waived, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that the consent of the Holders shall not be required with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" in Sections 802 and 908 of the Base Indenture or with respect to the deletion of this proviso from the Base Indenture, in accordance with Sections 608(b) and 801(7) of the Base Indenture.  The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of any series affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Security of such series, to waive any past Default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Base Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.  Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Base Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange therefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Base Indenture or First Supplemental Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Base Indenture or First Supplemental Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

As provided in the Base Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in New York, New York duly endorsed by the registered Holder hereof or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue) and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Base Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company, the Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation of either the Company or the Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.  Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Base Indenture.  Notes so issued are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  As provided in the Base Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, Notes of this series so issued are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

THE BASE INDENTURE, THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE
GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned Guarantor has fully and unconditionally guaranteed (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article VII of the First Supplemental Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note agrees that the Guarantor shall have no further liability with respect to its Guarantee if the Guarantor otherwise ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Section 704 of First Supplemental Indenture.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the First Supplemental Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

Captialized terms used but not defined in this Notation of Guarantee shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

 


                                                                            By:  _________________________
                                                                                   Name:
                                                                                   Title:



EXHIBIT B

FORM ONLY
FACE OF NOTE

This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.  This Note is exchangeable for Notes registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Base Indenture, and no transfer of this Note (other than a transfer of this Note as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.

Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

No.  001                                                                                   CUSIP No. 69358C AB 2

PRR NEWCO, INC.
Issuer

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Guarantor

NOTE
DUE MAY 15, 2043

PRR NEWCO, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereinafter called "NSR" or the "Guarantor") hereby promises to fully and unconditionally guarantee such payment, to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of One Hundred Thirty Eight Million Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($138,085,000) on May 15, 2043 and the Company hereby promises to pay, and NSR promises to guarantee, the payment of interest thereon from August 27, 2004 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2004, at a rate of 7⅞% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, at a rate of 7⅞% per annum and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at a rate of 7⅞% per annum compounded semi-annually.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (as defined below) shall be calculated as provided in the Base Indenture.  In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such date and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable from the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be (each date on which interest is actually payable, an "Interest Payment Date").  The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Base Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Security, as defined in said Base Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the May 1 and November 1 next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Security) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Base Indenture.  The principal of and premium, if any, and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made, at the option of the Company and upon prior notice to the Trustee, by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account designated by a Holder in writing not less than ten days prior to the date of payment.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent provided in the Base Indenture, equal in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each of the Company and the Guarantor, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture hereinafter referred to with respect thereto.  Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, and authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to be bound by such provisions.  Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture by each Holder of unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder or creditor upon said provisions.

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

The provisions of this Note are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Guarantor have caused this instrument to be executed.

PRR NEWCO, INC.

 

By:                                                      
   
                                                                                                         Name:
                                                                                                            Title:

Attest:


By:                                                            
        Name:
        Title: Secretary or Assistant Secretary

 

                                                                                              NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY


                                                                                               By:                                                      
                                                                                                       Name:
                                                                                                       Title:

Attest:


By:                                                            
        Name:
        Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities (as defined below) of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Base Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
  as Trustee


By:                                                            
       Authorized Signatory

Dated:______________________



(FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Security"), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2004 (the "Base Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2004 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to which Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Security.  By the terms of the Base Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture.  This Security is the series designated on the face hereof (the "Notes") and is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said First Supplemental Indenture.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Base Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Base Indenture.

The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of each series affected, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to the Base Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of this Security; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, this Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or to reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 of the Base Indenture, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security (or premium, if any, thereon) or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of any series, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or to waive certain defaults thereunder and their consequences provided for in the Base Indenture; or (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Base Indenture relating to supplemental indentures that require consent of Holders, the waiver of past defaults or the waiver of certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or waived, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that the consent of the Holders shall not be required with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" in Sections 802 and 908 of the Base Indenture with respect to the deletion of this proviso from the Base Indenture, in accordance with Sections 608(b) and 801(7) of the Base Indenture.  The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Security of any series affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Security of such series, to waive any past Default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Base Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.  Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Base Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange therefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Base Indenture or First Supplemental Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Base Indenture or First Supplemental Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

As provided in the Base Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in New York, New York duly endorsed by the registered Holder hereof or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue) and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Base Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company, the Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation of either the Company or the Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.  Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Base Indenture.  Notes so issued are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  As provided in the Base Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, Notes of this series so issued are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

THE BASE INDENTURE, THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned Guarantor has fully and unconditionally guaranteed (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article VII of the First Supplemental Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note agrees that the Guarantor shall have no further liability with respect to its Guarantee if the Guarantor otherwise ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of Section 704 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the First Supplemental Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

Capitalized terms used but not defied in this Notation of Guarantee shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

                                                    NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY



                                                                            By:  __________________________
                                                                                   Name:
                                                                                   Title:



The Board of Directors

Norfolk Southern Corporation:

 

 

Re:     Registration Statement Nos. 33-52031, 333-71321, 333-60722, 333-100936 and 333-109069 on Form S-8 and 333-119398 on Form S-3.

 

With respect to the subject registration statements, we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our report dated October 27, 2004 related to our reviews of interim financial information.

 

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant, or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

 

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Norfolk , Virginia

October 28, 2004

EXHIBIT 31

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS OF CEO AND CFO PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a)

 

 

 


I, David R. Goode, certify that:

 

 

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Norfolk Southern Corporation;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact

 

or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances

 

under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of   the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

Date:   Oct. 28, 2004

 

 

 

 

/s/ David R. Goode

 

David R. Goode

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 


 


I, Henry C. Wolf, certify that:

 

 

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Norfolk Southern Corporation;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact

 

or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances

 

under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

Date:      Oct. 28, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Henry C. Wolf

 

Henry C. Wolf

 

Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 32

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS OF CEO AND CFO REQUIRED BY RULE 13a-14(b) OR RULE 15d-14(b) AND SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE U. S. CODE

 

 

 

I certify, to the best of my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, of Norfolk Southern Corporation fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Norfolk Southern Corporation.

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ David R. Goode

 

David R. Goode

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Norfolk Southern Corporation

 

Dated:   Oct. 28, 2004

 

 

I certify, to the best of my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, of Norfolk Southern Corporation fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Norfolk Southern Corporation.

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Henry C. Wolf

 

Henry C. Wolf

 

Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

 

Norfolk Southern Corporation

 

Dated:   Oct. 28, 2004