BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION Certificate of Determination

EX-4.2 4 dex42.htm CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION Certificate of Determination

Exhibit 4.2

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION

Certificate of Determination

Dated as of September 24, 2009

The undersigned, Julie A. Piggott, Vice President – Finance and Treasurer, and Jeffrey T. Williams, Senior General Attorney and Assistant Secretary, each of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), do hereby certify that pursuant to the authority granted in the resolutions (collectively, the “Resolutions”) of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on December 8, 2005, February 14, 2007, April 24, 2008 and February 13, 2009, and pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1995 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as successor in interest to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, N.A., as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2009 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee (together with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), there was established as of September 24, 2009 a series of securities under the Indenture with the following terms:

 

  1. The securities of the series are entitled “4.700% Notes due October 1, 2019” (the “Notes”).

 

  2. The Notes are initially being offered in the aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and any Notes which pursuant to Section 303 are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder). The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes and thereby increase such principal amount, on the same terms and conditions and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes of such series.

 

  3. The principal amount of the Notes will mature on October 1, 2019, subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to acceleration.

 

  4. The Notes will bear interest from September 24, 2009 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or provided for, at the rate of 4.700% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 1, 2010 to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered on the close of business on the immediately preceding March 15 and September 15, respectively, whether or not such day is a Business Day (each, a “Regular Record Date”).

  5. Subject to Section 10 below, the principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, pursuant to the Indenture, in The City of New York, which shall be initially the corporate trust office of the Trustee; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, such payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the person entitled thereto as provided in the Indenture.

 

  6. The Notes will be redeemable as a whole or in part at the option of the Company, at any time, as set forth in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

 

  7. Holders of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of such holder’s Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), as set forth in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

 

  8. The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund, nor shall the Notes be repayable at the option of the registered Holders thereof, except as provided in Section 7 above.

 

  9. Subject to paragraph 10 below, the Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

  10. Upon issuance the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Securities deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”). Settlement for the Notes will be made by the Underwriters (as hereinafter defined) in immediately available funds. All payments of principal and interest shall be made by the Company in immediately available funds as long as the Notes are represented by Global Securities. As long as the Notes are represented by Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Notes will trade in the Depositary’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and secondary market trading activity in the Notes will therefore settle in immediately available funds. Except as set forth in the Indenture or in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes, the Notes will not be issuable in definitive form.

Furthermore, we hereby (i) approve the form of and authorize the execution and delivery of the Notes (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A) and the Underwriting Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B), and (ii) ratify the execution and delivery of the Indenture (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C).

We have read and understand the provisions of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto. The statements made in this Officers’ Certificate are based upon an examination of the provisions of the Indenture and upon the relevant books and records of the Company. In our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable us to express

an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants and conditions of the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Notes and whether or not the covenants and conditions of the Base Indenture relating to the execution of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been complied with and in our opinion, such covenants and conditions have been complied with.

All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms in the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands as of the date above first written.

 

By:  

/s/ Julie A. Piggott

  Julie A. Piggott
  Vice President – Finance and Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey T. Williams

  Jeffrey T. Williams
  Senior General Attorney and Assistant Secretary