EX-4.2



 Exhibit 4.2 

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC 

Certificate of Determination 

Dated as of March 9, 2017 

The undersigned, Paul Bischler, Vice President – Finance & Chief Sourcing Officer and Treasurer, and Beth A. Miller,
AVP Treasury & Risk Management and Assistant Treasurer, each of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (successor-in-interest to Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Corporation), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), do hereby certify that pursuant to the authority granted in the resolutions (collectively, the “Resolutions”) of the Board of Managers of the Company adopted on
April 6, 2015 and April 18, 2016 and pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1995, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as successor-in-interest to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as successor-in-interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as successor-in-interest to The First National Bank of Chicago, as
Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2010, among Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, R Acquisition Company, LLC and the Trustee, and further supplemented by
the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2017 (the “Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee (together with the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), there
was established as of March 9, 2017 two series of securities under the Indenture with the following terms: 
  

	 	1.	The securities of the series are entitled (i) “3.250% Debentures due June 15, 2027” (the “2027 Debentures”) and (ii) “4.125% Debentures due June 15, 2047” (the “2047
Debentures” and, together with the 2027 Debentures, the “Debentures”). 

  

	 	2.	The 2027 Debentures and the 2047 Debentures are initially being offered in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 and $750,000,000, respectively (except for Debentures authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debentures pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and any Debentures which pursuant to Section 303 are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered thereunder). The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Debentures of a series, issue additional Debentures of such series and thereby increase such principal amount, on the same terms and conditions and with the same
CUSIP number as the Debentures of such series. 

  

	 	3.	The principal amount of the 2027 Debentures will mature on June 15, 2027 and the principal amount of the 2047 Debentures will mature on June 15, 2047, subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to
acceleration. 









	 	4.	The 2027 Debentures will bear interest from March 9, 2017 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or provided for, at the rate of 3.250% per annum, payable
semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 15, 2017 to the persons in whose names the 2027 Debentures are registered on the close of business on
the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1, respectively, whether or not such day is a Business Day (each, a “Regular Record Date”). The 2047 Debentures will bear interest from March 9, 2017 or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, at the rate of 4.125% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates, commencing December 15, 2017 to the persons in whose names the 2047
Debentures are registered on the close of business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date. 

  

	 	5.	Subject to paragraph 10 below, the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Debentures will be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, pursuant to the Indenture, in The
City of New York, which shall be initially the corporate trust office of the Trustee; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, such payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the person entitled thereto as provided in the
Indenture. 

  

	 	6.	The Debentures will be redeemable as a whole or in part at the option of the Company, at any time, as set forth in the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture. 


 

	 	7.	Holders of the Debentures shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of such holder’s Debentures upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event (as defined in the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture), as set forth in the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture. 

  

	 	8.	The Debentures shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund, nor shall the Debentures be repayable at the option of the registered Holders thereof. 


 

	 	9.	Subject to paragraph 10 below, the Debentures shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 


 

	 	10.	 Each Holder by its acceptance of a 2047 Debenture shall be deemed to have consented to the elimination of the
Replacement Capital Covenant (“Replacement Capital Covenant”), dated as of December 15, 2005, by the Company in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder (as defined therein) and all obligations of the Company pursuant
to the 










	 	
Replacement Capital Covenant. This consent shall be deemed to have been made on the date of issuance of the 2047 Debentures and on each day that the 2047 Debentures remain outstanding, although
the elimination of the Replacement Capital Covenant will become operative only if the 2047 Debentures are designated to be the Covered Debt (as defined in the Replacement Capital Covenant) for purposes of the Replacement Capital Covenant. The
Trustee is authorized to take any action requested by the Company to evidence such consent without further notice to or approval of the Holders of the 2047 Debentures. 


 

	 	11.	Upon issuance the Debentures will be represented by one or more Global Securities deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”). Settlement for the Debentures will be made by
the Underwriters (as hereinafter defined) in immediately available funds. All payments of principal and interest shall be made by the Company in immediately available funds as long as the Debentures are represented by Global Securities. As long as
the Debentures are represented by Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Debentures will trade in the Depositary’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and secondary
market trading activity in the Debentures will therefore settle in immediately available funds. Except as set forth in the Indenture or in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Debentures, the Debentures will not be issuable in definitive form.


 Furthermore, we hereby (i) approve the forms of and authorize the execution and delivery of the Debentures (copies of
which are attached as Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2 and Exhibit A-3), and the
Underwriting Agreement, dated March 6, 2017, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit B), and (ii) ratify the execution and delivery of the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C). 

All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms in the Indenture. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands as of the date above first written. 

 

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul Bischler

		 	Paul Bischler
		 	Vice President – Finance & Chief Sourcing
		 	Officer and Treasurer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Beth A. Miler

		 	Beth A. Miller
		 	AVP Treasury & Risk Management and
		 	Assistant Treasurer


 [Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee (Certificate of Determination)]