CN to hold its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders in Regina on April 25, 2017

MONTREAL, March 22, 2017

The meeting will be held at The Hotel Saskatchewan (in the Regency Ballroom) located at 2125 Victoria Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan, at 9:00 a.m. (CST) and 11:00 a.m. (EDT). CN will provide an audio webcast of the meeting via the Investors' section of its website at: www.cn.ca/en/investors.

The company's Management Information Circular and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, its 2016 Annual Report, and the 2016 Annual Information Form and Form 40-F are available in the Investors' section of CN's website.

CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., 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