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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
December 22, 2016
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) 
 
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Canada
 
001-01342
 
98-0355078
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
7550 Ogden Dale Road S.E., Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, T2C 4X9
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (403) 319-7000
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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ITEM 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Appointment of Director

On December 22, 2016,  the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (the “Company”) appointed Gordon Trafton as a director effective January 1, 2017. The Board committees to which Mr. Trafton will be named have not yet been determined.

There is no arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which Mr. Trafton was appointed as a member of the Board. There are no transactions or relationships between the Company and Mr. Trafton that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Trafton will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation policies and practices for non-executive directors, the components of which were disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2016 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, in the section titled “Directors’ Compensation”.
 
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Trafton’s appointment to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8- K.
  
ITEM 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits
        
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated December 23, 2016, announcing the appointment of Gordon Trafton to the Board of Directors



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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: December 23, 2016
 
 
 
 
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LIMITED
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Scott Cedergren
 
 
Name:
Scott Cedergren
 
 
Title:
Assistant Corporate Secretary
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated December 23, 2016, announcing the appointment of Gordon Trafton to the Board of Directors