Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI) and its subsidiary BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest North American rail networks with about 32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF Logistics, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Burlington Northern, provides for customers with a set of supply chain solutions ranging from management and execution of single shipment transactions to daily management of complex distribution and sourcing networks.

BNSF Logistics recently announced that it has acquired Diversified Freight Logistics, Inc. and Royal Cargo Line (together known as “DFL”) of Grapevine, Texas. DFL is an international freight management company with approximately $40M of revenue in 2007. The newly acquired company with operate as a division of BNSF Logistics known as “BNSF Logistics International” and will provide air and ocean import and export, and customs brokerage.

The Board of Directors of Burlington Northern recently voted to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share on outstanding common stock. Dividends on common stock will be paid April 1, 2008 to shareholders of record March 11, 2008. Common share outstand on January 31, 2008 totaled approximately 348M.

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