Canadian National Railway Company

 


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 April, 2003


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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F

 

 

Form 40-F

X
 
   

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes

 

 

No

X
 
   

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes

 

 

No

X
 
   

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes

 

 

No

X
 
   

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):  N/A



Item

1.   Press Release dated April 23, 2003





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:

April 23, 2003

 

By:

  /s/ Sean Finn

       

 

 

 

 

Name:

 Sean Finn

 

 

 

 

Title:

 Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal
 Officer and Corporate Secretary




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North America’s Railroad 		News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Stock symbols: TSX: CNR / NYSE: CNI



www.cn.ca



CN declares second-quarter 2003 dividend

MONTREAL, April 23, 2003 — CN announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a second-quarter 2003 dividend on its outstanding common shares. A quarterly dividend of twenty-five cents (Cdn $0.25) per common share will be paid on June 30, 2003, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2003.

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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