---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100885-21-000305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNP"
cik: "0000100885"
company_name: "UNION PACIFIC CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:15:51.278060+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Union Pacific elects Sheri Edison to board of directors, effective Dec 1, 2021

## Summary
- Sheri H. Edison, 64, elected to Union Pacific board effective December 1, 2021.
- She most recently served as EVP and General Counsel for Amcor plc until retirement in June 2021.
- Previously SVP, Chief Legal Officer at Bemis Company and SVP, Chief Admin Officer at Hill-Rom.
- The board determined she is independent under NYSE listing standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100885-21-000305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNP
- cik: 0000100885
- company_name: UNION PACIFIC CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088521000305/0000100885-21-000305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088521000305/unp-20210930x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100885-21-000305
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100885-21-000305.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100885-21-000305.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sheri H. Edison was elected as director at UNION PACIFIC CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: The Board of Directors (the Board) of Union Pacific Corporation (the Company), acting upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, elected Sheri H. Edison, age 64, to serve on the Board as a director of the Company, effective December 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088521000305/0000100885-21-000305-index.htm

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