8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



Washington, D.C. 20549





 

 



 

 



FORM 8-K





 

 



 

 



CURRENT REPORT



Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934





Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 29,  2019 (January 29, 2019)





 

 



 

 



UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





 

 



 

 





 

 

Utah

1-6075

13-2626465

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)





 

 

 

1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska

68179

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (402) 544-5000



N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





 

 



 

 



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):



 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company     



If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.




 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.



(b) Departure of Certain Officers



On January 29, 2019, Union Pacific Corporation (the Company) announced that Lynden Tennison, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, will retire from the Company, effective March 31, 2019 after over twenty-seven years of service.  Mr. Tennison also serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Union Pacific Railroad Company, the principal operating company of the Company.  Mr. Tennison joined the Company in 1992 and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer since August 2018, responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the Company’s strategic agenda.  Mr. Tennison previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2005, responsible for UP’s information and telecommunications technologies.



 




 

SIGNATURE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  January 29, 2019





 

 



UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION



 

 



 

 



By:

/s/ Rhonda S. Ferguson



 

Rhonda S. Ferguson



 

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary