MONTREAL,
Dec. 3, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - CN (TSX:
CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today filed a final shelf prospectus with Canadian
securities regulators and a registration statement with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), providing for the
issuance by CN of up to C$3.0 billion
of debt securities in Canadian and U.S. markets over the next 25
months.
CN expects to use net proceeds from the sale of
debt securities under the shelf prospectus for general corporate
purposes, including the redemption and refinancing of outstanding
debt, share repurchases, acquisitions, and other business
opportunities.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor
shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of such
jurisdiction.
A copy of the final shelf prospectus will be
available on the Canadian Securities Administrators' web site,
www.sedar.com, or on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. It may also be
obtained from the Corporate Secretary, Canadian National Railway
Company, 935 de La Gauchetière Street West, Montreal, Que., H3B 2M9 (telephone:
514-399-7091).
CN is a true backbone of the economy,
transporting approximately C$250
billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business
sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to
consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN - Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries --
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information on CN, visit the company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN