CN to report fourth-quarter, year-end 2009 financial results on Jan. 26, 2010

MONTREAL, Jan. 25, 2010 — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) will issue its fourth-quarter and year-end 2009 financial and operating results tomorrow, Jan. 26, 2010, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET). CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook in a conference call/webcast tomorrow afternoon starting at 4.30 p.m. ET.

Parties interested in participating in, or listening to, the presentation and following question-and-answer period by telephone should dial 1-800-355-4959 or 416-641-6122 by 4.20 p.m. ET Jan. 26.

Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, will lead the conference call.

CN will webcast the presentation live and furnish slides supporting the officers' remarks via the Investors section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors. The slides will be posted shortly after 4 p.m. ET Jan. 26 under Webcasts & Events. A webcast replay of the presentation will be available shortly after the call ends.