The Case for Significant Change

Norfolk Southern's Board has failed to oversee management and operational risks that have led to tremendous environmental damage, financial losses and value destruction for shareholders.

Norfolk Southern is being led by a CEO with a misplaced strategy and lacking operational experience.

Under Mr. Shaw’s leadership, Norfolk Southern has underperformed its peers on every relevant operating metric, translating to higher costs, lower profitability, inferior cash flows and reduced value for shareholders.

Norfolk Southern has stagnated operationally under Mr. Shaw’s ineffective strategy.

Mr. Shaw has failed to implement a proven strategy to turn around the Company's lagging operational performance. Instead, it has resulted in higher costs, a widening profit margin gap and a worsening operating ratio.

The Board has failed Norfolk Southern Shareholders.

The Board has proven itself unable to effectively oversee management and the Company, and has destroyed shareholder value through its complacency.

The Company's insufficient response to the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio is a microcosm of Norfolk Southern’s failed strategy, insufficient accountability and lack of oversight of poor leadership‍.

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