As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 16, 1997 Registration No. 33-61317
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-61317
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Virginia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
52-1188014
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Three Commercial Place
Norfolk, Virginia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
23510-2191
(Zip Code)
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
JAMES C. BISHOP, JR., Esquire
Executive Vice President - Law
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Three Commercial Place
Norfolk, Virginia 23510-2191
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(757) 629-2750
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-61317 is being filed because the Board of
Directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation ("Registrant") declared
on July 22, 1997, a three-for-one split of its Common Stock, par
value of $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), effective
September 5, 1997. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates
to 22,203,604 additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant
to the provisions of the Registrant's Long-Term Incentive Plan
("Plan") as a result of such stock split. Pursuant to general
instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by
reference herein the contents of its Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-61317).
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
An opinion has been rendered to the Corporation by Joseph C.
Dimino, Esquire, General Solicitor of the Corporation, stating
that any shares of Common Stock when issued and delivered for the
purposes described in the Plan will be duly authorized, legally
issued and fully paid and nonassessable. As of October 13, 1997,
Mr. Dimino was the beneficial owner, either directly or
indirectly, of approximately 4,700 shares of Common Stock. Also,
as of October 13, 1997, Mr. Dimino held unexercised Options
awarded under the Plan to purchase 24,750 shares of Common Stock.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
5 Opinion of Joseph C. Dimino, Esquire,
regarding the legality of the securities
being registered
23 Consent of Independent Auditors; Counsel
(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
(b) The Consent of Joseph C. Dimino,
Esquire, is contained in his
opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement
24 Powers of Attorney
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, Norfolk Southern Corporation certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Norfolk,
and Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 16th day of October, 1997.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
By: /s/ David R. Goode
David R. Goode
(Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below on this 16th
day of October, 1997, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
Signature Title
/s/ David R. Goode Chairman, President and Chief
(David R. Goode) Executive Officer and Director
and (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Henry C. Wolf Executive Vice President-
(Henry C. Wolf) Finance (Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ John P. Rathbone Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
(Gerald L. Baliles) Director
*
(Carroll A. Campbell) Director
*
(Gene R. Carter) Director
*
(L. E. Coleman) Director
*
(T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.) Director
*
(Landon Hilliard) Director
*
(E. B. Leisenring) Director
*
(Arnold B. McKinnon) Director
*
(Jane Margaret O'Brien) Director
*
(Harold W. Pote) Director
*By:
/s/ James C. Bishop, Jr.
(James C. Bishop, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description
5 Opinion of Joseph C. Dimino, Esquire, regarding
the legality of the securities being registered.
23 Consent of Independent Auditors; Counsel.
(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP.
(b) The Consent of Joseph C. Dimino, Esquire, is
contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5
to the Registration Statement.
24 Powers of Attorney.
Exhibit 5
October 16, 1997
OPINION OF COUNSEL
The Board of Directors
Norfolk Southern Corporation:
As General Solicitor of Norfolk Southern Corporation
("Corporation"), I have acted as counsel for the Corporation in
connection with the proposed reservation for issuance by the
Corporation of up to 22,203,604 shares ("Shares") of Norfolk
Southern Corporation Common Stock ("Common Stock") pursuant to
the terms of the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive
Plan, as amended ("Plan"), as a result of the declaration by the
Corporation of a three-for-one split of the Common Stock.
This opinion is delivered in accordance with the
requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of the regulation S-K under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). In
furnishing this opinion, I or attorneys under my supervision have
examined such documents, legal opinions and precedents, corporate
and other records of the Corporation, and certificates of public
officials and officers of the Corporation as I have deemed
necessary or appropriate in the circumstances to provide a basis
for the opinion set forth below. In this examination, I or they
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity
of all documents submitted as original documents and conformity
to original documents of all documents submitted as certified or
photostatic copies.
On the basis of the foregoing and such other investigation
as I have deemed necessary, I am of the opinion that any Shares
of Common Stock, when issued and delivered for the purposes
described in and in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will
be duly authorized, legally issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No.
33-61317 filed by the Corporation in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan.
/s/ Joseph C. Dimino
Joseph C. Dimino, Esq.
Exhibit 23
The Board of Directors
Norfolk Southern Corporation:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statement (No. 33-61317) on Form S-8 of Norfolk Southern
Corporation and subsidiaries of our report dated January 28,
1997, except as to the second and third paragraphs of Note 15,
which are as of February 12, 1997, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Norfolk Southern Corporation and subsidiaries
and as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1996, and the related consolidated
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the
December 31, 1996, annual report on Form 10-K of Norfolk Southern
Corporation and subsidiaries.
/s/ KMPG Peat Marwick LLP
Norfolk, Virginia
October 16, 1997
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Norfolk
Southern Corporation hereby severally constitute James C. Bishop,
Jr., and Henry C. Wolf, each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to
sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below,
any and all Registration Statements on Form S-8 for the Thrift
and Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and
Participating Subsidiary Companies (Registration Number
33-44188), the Thoroughbred Retirement Investment Plan of Norfolk
Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies
(Registration Number 33-57417), the Norfolk Southern Corporation
Directors' Restricted Stock Plan (Registration Number 33-52031),
the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Registration Number 33-61317), the North American Van Lines,
Inc. Employee Savings Plan and Trust (Registration Number 33-556)
collectively "the Registration Statements," and any and all
amendments thereto, and generally to do all such things in our
names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
enable Norfolk Southern Corporation to comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said
attorneys, or any of them, to any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Power of Attorney has been signed below on this 22nd day of July,
1997, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
/s/ David R. Goode Chairman, President and Chief
(David R. Goode) Executive Officer and Director
and (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Henry C. Wolf Executive Vice President-
(Henry C. Wolf) Finance (Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ John P. Rathbone Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Gerald L. Baliles
(Gerald L. Baliles) Director
/s/ Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
(Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.) Director
/s/ Gene R. Carter
(Gene R. Carter) Director
/s/ L. E. Coleman
(L. E. Coleman) Director
/s/ T. Marshall Coleman
(T. Marshall Coleman) Director
/s/ Landon Hilliard
(Landon Hilliard) Director
/s/ E. B. Leisenring, Jr.
(E. B. Leisenring, Jr.) Director
/s/ Arnold B. McKinnon
(Arnold B. McKinnon) Director
/s/ Jane Margaret O'Brien
(Jane Margaret O'Brien) Director
/s/ Harold W. Pote
(Harold W. Pote) Director
