SEC Form 4 · accession 0001225208-17-014387
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP · NSC
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).
Reporting owner
Michael Joseph Wheeler
Officer — EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Period of report
Aug 25, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Aug 28, 2017 · 12:37 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000702165
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | Aug 25, 2017 | M | 2,370 | $75.14 | A | 13,492 | D | |
| Common StockF1 | Aug 25, 2017 | S | 2,370 | $118.681 | D | 11,122 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | holding | — | — | — | 28 | I | By 401k |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option (right to buy, granted 2012)F3 | $75.14 | Aug 25, 2017 | M | 2,370 | D | Jan 26, 2016 | Jan 25, 2022 | Common Stock | 2,370 | 1,330 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $118.6801 to $118.6900, inclusive.
- F2Represents 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 August 25, 2017, to have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Corporation 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.
- F3Reflects 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).