BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORP
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
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 <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 10.2 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BURLINGTON
NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDMENT OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Recommend approval of the following resolutions:
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) maintains the Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Retirement Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Supplemental Retirement Plan (the &#147;Supplemental Plan&#148;) to provide pension benefits to the salaried employees of the Company and certain of its affiliated
companies; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Supplemental Plan, the Company provides certain supplemental pension
benefits as set forth on Schedule A to the Supplemental Plan; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company wishes to provide Mr. Matthew K. Rose,
President and Chief Executive Officer, with certain pension benefits as described in the attached Exhibit A-1, by amending the Supplemental Plan to provide for such benefits; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED, that Mr. Matthew K. Rose be provided with supplemental pension benefits calculated in the manner described in Exhibit A-1; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Vice President-Human Resources is authorized and directed to prepare a Retirement Benefit Agreement for Mr. Rose on
substantially the terms and conditions indicated in Exhibit A-2; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FURTHER RESOLVED that the Supplemental Plan be amended by
adding &#147;Retirement Benefit Agreement between Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and Mr. Matthew K. Rose&#148; at the end of Schedule A; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the Secretary and other officers of the Company are authorized and empowered by and on behalf and in the name of the Company to do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all
such acts, deeds and things and to make, execute and deliver, or cause to be made, executed and delivered, all such agreements, undertakings, documents, instruments or certificates, as each such officer may deem necessary or appropriate to
effectuate or carry out fully the purpose and intent of the foregoing resolutions. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Compensation and Development Committee </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fort Worth, Texas </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April 18, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
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