---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100885-25-000332"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNP"
cik: "0000100885"
company_name: "UNION PACIFIC CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:02:30.287792+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Union Pacific shareholders approve Norfolk Southern merger; 99.5% votes in favor

## Summary
- 99.5% of votes cast (465.9M for, 2.2M against) approved share issuance for Norfolk Southern merger.
- Nearly 80% of outstanding shares voted; special meeting held November 14, 2025.
- Transaction remains subject to Surface Transportation Board review and customary closing conditions.
- CEO Jim Vena: merger will create America's first coast-to-coast railroad, enhancing service, growth, and innovation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100885-25-000332
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNP
- cik: 0000100885
- company_name: UNION PACIFIC CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000332/0000100885-25-000332-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000332/unp-20251114.htm

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