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News Release
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend
FORT WORTH, Texas, October 21, 2004:
Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI) voted on October 21, 2004, to pay a quarterly dividend of 17 cents per share on outstanding common stock.
Dividends on common stock will be paid January 3, 2005, to shareholders of record December 13, 2004. Common shares outstanding on September 30, 2004, totaled approximately 374 million.
BNSF’s subsidiary, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.
For more information on the company and its transportation solutions, visit the BNSF Web site at www.bnsf.com
BNSF Headquarters
BNSF Railway Company 2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057 Phone: (817) 352-1000
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