# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000702165
**File Stem:** 0001552781-23-000028
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 5912
**Document Hash:** 39bdac937f548556d2e7e1689aafffbe
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001552781-23-000028.hdr.sgml**: 20230126

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001552781-23-000028

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: FWP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230126

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230126

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000702165
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 521188014
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** VA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-252723
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23558432

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 470-463-6807

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000702165
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 521188014
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** VA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 470-463-6807

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308

**Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 <br> Free Writing Prospectus <br> Registration Statement No. 333-252723**

**Pricing Term Sheet <br> Dated as of January 26, 2023**

**Norfolk Southern Corporation**

**$500,000,000 4.450% Senior Notes due 2033**

The following information, which should be read in conjunction with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated January 26, 2023 (the "Preliminary Prospectus Supplement"), supplements, and to the extent it is inconsistent with replaces, the information set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

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| Issuer: | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| Format: | SEC Registered |
| Expected Ratings\* (Moody's/S&P): | Baa1/BBB+ |
| Denominations: | $2,000 x $1,000 |
| Trade Date: | January 26, 2023 |
| Settlement Date: | February 2, 2023 (T+5); under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes before the second business day prior to the Settlement Date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle on a delayed basis, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement, and should consult their own advisors with respect to these matters. |
| Principal Amount: | $500000000 |
| Maturity Date: | March 1, 2033 |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 4.125% due November 15, 2032 |
| Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield: | 105-06+ / 3.493% |
| Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | T + 100 basis points |
| Yield to Maturity: | 4.493% |
| Coupon: | 4.450% |
| Interest Payment Dates: | March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2023 |
| Public Offering Price: | 99.650% of the principal amount |

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| Optional Redemption: | Any time at the following redemption price: (i) if the notes are redeemed prior to the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date, the greater of 100% or the make-whole amount at a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Yield (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) plus 15 basis points, and (ii) if the notes are redeemed on or after the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date, 100%. |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 655844 CQ9 / US655844CQ90 |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<br> Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC<br> U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
| Co-Managers: | Capital One Securities, Inc.<br> Fifth Third Securities, Inc.<br> MUFG Securities Americas Inc.<br> PNC Capital Markets LLC<br> Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC<br> SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |

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**\* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.**

**The Issuer has filed a registration statement and a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the related preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at <u>www.sec.gov</u>. Alternatively, the representatives of the underwriters can arrange to send you the prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at 1-866-471-2526**, **or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. at 1-877-558-2607. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities or the offering. Please refer to the preliminary prospectus supplement for a complete description of the securities. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.**

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