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accession: "0001193125-25-116497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T02:36:28.364572+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern shareholders elect all 13 director nominees and approve KPMG and say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; Mark R. George received 171,317,566 votes for, 1,945,522 withheld.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2025 passed with 190,047,668 for, 10,337,467 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 164,352,835 for, 8,166,851 against, 742,206 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes totaled ~27.4M on director election and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-116497
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312525116497/0001193125-25-116497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312525116497/d945598d8k.htm

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