Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000702165-11-000165
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2011-10-31 17:08:10
Reporting Period:
2011-10-28
Filing Date:
2011-10-31
Accepted Time:
2011-10-31 17:08:10
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
702165 Norfolk Southern Corp NSC Railroads, Line-Haul Operating (4011) 521188014
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1401687 H Deborah Butler Three Commercial Place
Norfolk VA 23510
Exec. V.p.-Planning & Cio No Yes No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-10-28 5,300 $34.10 10,887 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-10-28 4,100 $49.43 14,987 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-10-28 6,500 $49.56 21,487 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2011-10-28 15,900 $74.00 5,587 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Direct
No 4 M Direct
No 4 M Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Option (granted 2005) Disposition 2011-10-28 5,300 $0.00 5,300 $34.10
Common Stock Option (granted 2006) Disposition 2011-10-28 4,100 $0.00 4,100 $49.43
Common Stock Option (granted 2007) Disposition 2011-10-28 6,500 $0.00 6,500 $49.56
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 2008-01-28 2015-01-27 No 4 M Direct
0 2007-01-27 2016-01-26 No 4 M Direct
0 2010-01-25 2017-01-24 No 4 M Direct
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock 25,000 Indirect By GRAT
Common Stock 1,288 Indirect By 401(k) Plan
Footnotes
  1. Excludes 25,000 shares which remain held indirectly in grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs). previously held directly.
  2. Represents the approximate number of whole shares of Common Stock estimated -- on the basis of the unit accounting system used by the Plan Administrator -- as of October 28, 2011, to have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Thrift and Investment Plan (TIP), a trusteed 401(k) plan. In accordance with TIP's terms applicable to all participants, acquisitions were made at various times and at various prices.
  3. Reflects exercise and resulting cancellation of stock option, in a single transaction, exempt from Section 16(b). The stock option was granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 plan).