FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January, 2007
Commission File Number: 001-02413
Canadian
National Railway Company
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
935 de
la Gauchetiere Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3B 2M9
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Canadian National Railway Company
Table of Contents
| Item 1 | Press Release dated January 23, 2007, titled “CN announces 29 per cent increase in quarterly cash dividend”. |
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| North America’s Railroad | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Stock symbols: TSX: CNR / NYSE: CNI
www.cn.ca
CN announces 29 per cent increase in quarterly cash dividend
MONTREAL, Jan. 23, 2007 — CN announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 29 per cent increase in the company’s quarterly cash dividend.
A quarterly cash dividend of 21 cents (C$0.21) per common share will be paid on March 30, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 9, 2007.
Including today’s announcement, CN has increased its cash dividend 11 consecutive times since the company’s initial public offering of shares in 1995, for an average annual increase of 18 per cent.
CN – Canadian National Railway Company – spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Canadian National Railway Company | ||||
| Date: January 24, 2007 | By: | /s/ Cristina Circelli | ||
| Name: | Cristina Circelli | |||
| Title: | Deputy Corporate Secretary and General Counsel |
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