(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation issued the following on February 13.)
FORT WORTH, Texas — Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) voted on February 13, 2008, to pay a quarterly dividend of 32 cents per share on outstanding common stock.
Dividends on common stock will be paid April 1, 2008, to shareholders of record March 11, 2008. Common shares outstanding on January 31, 2008, totaled approximately 348 million.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation’s subsidiary BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest North American rail networks, with about 32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF Railway Company is among the world’s top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, carries the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulfur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF Railway Company is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.