CN declares second-quarter 2009 dividend

MONTREAL, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CN (TSX:CNR)(NYSE:CNI) announced
today that its Board of Directors has approved a second-quarter 2009 dividend
on the Company's common shares outstanding. A quarterly dividend of 25.25
cents(C$0.2525) per common share will be paid on June 30, 2009, to
shareholders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2009.

CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries
- 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 metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay,
Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to
all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the Company's
website at www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN

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