CN to hold annual meeting of shareholders in Montreal on April 27, 2010

MONTREAL, March 23 /CNW Telbec/ - CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) will hold its 2010 annual meeting of shareholders in Montreal on April 27, 2010.

The meeting, at the Le Windsor, Salon Windsor, First Floor, 1170 Peel Street, will start at 10 a.m. Eastern time. CN will provide an audio webcast of the proceedings via the Investors section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors.

CN also said that its Management Information Circular and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, its 2009 Annual Report, and 2009 Annual Information Form are available in the Investors section of its website.

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, St. Louis, 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.

For further information: Media: Mark Hallman, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, [phone]; Investment Community: Robert Noorigian, Vice-President, Investor Relations, [phone]