UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): June 8, 2021 (June 8, 2021)
UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Utah | 1-6075 | 13-2626465 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska | 68179 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (402) 544-5000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | ||
Title of each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock (Par Value $2.50 per share) | UNP | New York Stock Exchange |
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 8, 2021 Jennifer L. Hamann, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Union Pacific Corporation (the Company), addressed the 2021 UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference. Ms. Hamann reaffirmed full year fiscal 2021 guidance. She also provided that the Company expects a reduction of approximately $45 million in deferred state taxes in the second quarter of 2021 due to lower corporate state income tax rates. The result of the lower state income taxes is expected to lower the Company’s second quarter effective tax rate to approximately 22.5 percent and full year effective tax rate to approximately 23 percent. The state tax rate changes and a real estate sale, previously announced on the Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2021 and incorporated by reference herein, are together expected to add $0.12 cents to the Company’s second quarter earnings per share.
This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements also generally include, without limitation, information or statements regarding: projections, predictions, expectations, estimates or forecasts as to the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business, financial, and operational results, and future economic performance; and management’s beliefs, expectations, goals, and objectives and other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.
Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times that, or by which, such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking information, including expectations regarding operational and financial improvements and the Company’s future performance or results are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statement. Important factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses by governments, businesses, and individuals thereto, and risk factors discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2020, which was filed with the SEC on February 5, 2021 could affect the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of, and are based only upon information available on, the date the statements were made. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information. If the Company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements.
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: June 8, 2021
UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION | |||
By: | /s/ Jennifer L. Hamann | ||
Jennifer L. Hamann | |||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
