---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-224876"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:12:20.584185+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern appoints Jason Zampi as CFO with $600k base salary and $554k equity award

## Summary
- Jason A. Zampi, age 49, appointed EVP, CFO and Treasurer effective September 24, 2024; served as Acting CFO since Sept 11.
- Annual base salary of $600,000; annual incentive target set at 150% of base salary, prorated for 2024.
- Long-term equity award of $554,200 grant date fair value in RSUs, PSUs, and stock options, prorated for 2024.
- Zampi joined Norfolk Southern in 2011, previously Senior VP Finance & Treasurer; prior roles include VP Financial Planning and VP Controller.
- New CFO is eligible for the Company's Executive Severance Plan; no family relationships or transactions with other officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-224876
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312524224876/0001193125-24-224876-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312524224876/d872340d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason A. Zampi was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On September 24, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Norfolk Southern Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Jason A. Zampi, the current Acting Chief Financial Officer, as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (“CFO”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312524224876/0001193125-24-224876-index.htm

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