BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORP
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CHARLES SCHULTZ
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 10.30 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>AMENDMENT OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CHARLES L. SCHULTZ </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Recommend adoption of the following resolution by the Board of Directors: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>AMENDMENT OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE</U> </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CHARLES L. SCHULTZ</U> </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">WHEREAS, the Company wishes to provide Mr. Charles L. Schultz, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, with certain pension
benefits as described in the attached Exhibit D to the Minutes of the Compensation and Development Committee dated December 11, 2002, by amending the Supplemental Plan to provide for such benefits; </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED, that Mr. Charles L. Schultz be
provided with supplemental pension benefits calculated in the manner described in Exhibit D to the Minutes of the Compensation and Development Committee dated December 11, 2002; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Vice President-Human Resources is authorized and directed to prepare a Retirement
Benefit Agreement for Mr. Schultz on substantially the terms and conditions indicated in Exhibit D to the Minutes of the Compensation and Development Committee dated December 11, 2002; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">FURTHER RESOLVED that the Supplemental Plan be amended by adding &#147;Retirement Benefit Agreement between
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and Mr. Charles L. Schultz&#148; at the end of Schedule A; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Fort Worth, Texas </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">December 12, 2002 </FONT></P>
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