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Burlington Northern Santa Fe 8-K 2010 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): September 7, 2010
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(800) 795-2673
(Registrants 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (BNSF) entered into an underwriting agreement (the
Underwriting Agreement) dated as of September 7, 2010, with Banc of America Securities LLC,
Barclays Capital Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several
underwriters listed therein (collectively, the Underwriters), pursuant to which BNSF agreed to
sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions set forth
therein, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.60% Debentures due September 1, 2020, and
$500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.05% Debentures due March 1, 2041, as described in
the prospectus supplement dated September 7, 2010, filed pursuant to BNSFs shelf registration
statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-166755.
The debentures were issued under the Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995, the Fifth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 11, 2010 and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated
as of September 10, 2010, between BNSF and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
(formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as successor in interest to The First
National Bank of Chicago, as trustee, and an officers certificate providing for the issuance of
the debentures. The Underwriters delivered the debentures against payment on September 10, 2010.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement, Seventh Supplemental Indenture and other documents
relating to this transaction are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are
incorporated herein by reference.
See Item 1.01.
(d) Exhibits
See Exhibit Index included herewith.
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
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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