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News Release
BNSF Declares Quarterly Dividend
FORT WORTH, Texas, February 11, 2005:
Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI) voted on February 11, 2005, to pay a quarterly dividend of 17 cents per share on outstanding common stock.
Dividends on common stock will be paid April 1, 2005, to shareholders of record March 11, 2005. Common shares outstanding on December 31, 2004, totaled approximately 377 million.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation’s subsidiary BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,000 route miles in 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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