---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:55:56.332198+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern issues $500M of 4.450% Senior Notes due 2033

## Summary
- $500M aggregate principal at 4.450% per annum, maturing 2033.
- Interest payable semi-annually in arrears.
- Redemption at par if on/after three months before maturity; otherwise at greater of par or discounted remaining payments.
- Underwritten by Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and U.S. Bancorp Investments.
- Notes issued under shelf registration; use of proceeds not specified but typical for general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000037/0001552781-23-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000037/e23050_nsc-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters at 4.450% per annum maturing 2033.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters
  - Rate: 4.450% per annum
  - Maturity: 2033
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed its offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.450% Senior Notes due 2033
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000037/0001552781-23-000037-index.htm

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