Claude E Elkins Form 4 NORFOLK SOUTHERN / Claude E Elkins ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Elkins Claude E

(Last) (First) (Middle)

650 W PEACHTREE ST NW

(Street)

ATLANTA GA 30308

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP [ NSC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/10/2024		M(1)		1,610	A	$104.23	5,799	D
Common Stock	05/10/2024		M(1)		1,300	A	$120.25	7,099	D
Common Stock	05/10/2024		M(1)		1,230	A	$70.32	8,329	D
Common Stock	05/10/2024		S		1,112	D	$229.1	7,217	D
Common Stock	05/10/2024		S		3,077	D	$227.6778	4,140	D
Common Stock	05/10/2024		S		4,140	D	$228.815	0.0000	D
Common Stock								127.0501	I	By 401(k) Plan(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy, granted 2015)	$104.23	05/10/2024		M(1)			1,610	01/27/2019	01/26/2025	Common Stock	1,610	$0.0000(1)	0.0000	D
Option (right to buy, granted 2016)	$70.32	05/10/2024		M(1)			1,230	01/28/2020	01/27/2026	Common Stock	1,230	$0.0000(1)	0.0000	D
Option (right to buy, granted 2017)	$120.25	05/10/2024		M(1)			1,300	01/26/2021	01/25/2027	Common Stock	1,300	$0.0000(1)	0.0000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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).

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 May 10, 2024, to have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Corporation Thrift and Investment Plan (TIP), a trusted 401(k) plan. In accordance with TIP's terms applicable to all participants, acquisitions were made at various times and at various prices.

	Denise W. Hutson via P.O.A. for Claude E Elkins	05/14/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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