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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 1, 2021



Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



Delaware
 
1-11535
 
27-1754839
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 

 
2650 Lou Menk Drive, Fort Worth, TX
 
76131
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

(800) 795-2673
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Not Applicable)
(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
None
 
None
 
None

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 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective January 1, 2021, National Indemnity Company (the “Sole Member”), a Nebraska corporation and the sole member of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), adopted an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of February 12, 2010, and amended April 8, 2010 (the “Operating Agreement”).  The Amendment re-designates the Company’s governing Board of Managers as the Board of Directors and establishes new authority for the compensation of certain directors as described therein.  The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the consent of the Sole Member adopting the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 
Exhibit Number and Description






SIGNATURES

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.


  BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC
 
       
Date: January 4, 2021
By:
/s/ Roger Nober  
    Name:   Roger Nober  
    Title: Executive Vice President – Law and Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary