---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000467"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:25:21.004704+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern closes $1B debt offering: $400M 5.550% notes due 2034, $600M 5.950% notes due 2064

## Summary
- Completed $400M 5.550% Senior Notes due 2034 and $600M 5.950% Senior Notes due 2064.
- Notes issued under indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company as trustee; pay semi-annual interest.
- Company may redeem notes at make-whole or par depending on redemption timing.
- Underwriting agreement with Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and U.S. Bancorp as representatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000467
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000467/0001552781-23-000467-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000467/e23471_nsc-8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP incurred senior notes of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.950% Senior Notes due 2064 with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives at 5.950% per annum maturing 2064.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.950% Senior Notes due 2064
  - Counterparty: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives
  - Rate: 5.950% per annum
  - Maturity: 2064
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: he Registrant and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000467/0001552781-23-000467-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP incurred senior notes of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.550% Senior Notes due 2034 with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives at 5.550% per annum maturing 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.550% Senior Notes due 2034
  - Counterparty: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives
  - Rate: 5.550% per annum
  - Maturity: 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed its offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.550% Senior Notes due 2034
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000467/0001552781-23-000467-index.htm

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