Kansas City Southern Declares Dividends on 4% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and Common Stock

Kansas City Southern Declares Dividends on 4% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and Common Stock

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kansas City Southern's (KCS) (NYS: KSU) Board of Directors on November 15, 2012 declared a regular cash dividend of $0.25 per share on the outstanding KCS 4% non-cumulative preferred stock. The dividend is payable on December 27, 2012 to preferred stockholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2012.

The Board of Directors also declared a regular cash dividend of $0.195 per share on the outstanding KCS common stock. This dividend is payable on December 28, 2012, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2012.

The Board considered uncertainty about United States income tax rates beyond 2012 in determining the payable date of this fourth quarter 2012 dividend from the normal January 2013 payable date. The Board expects to continue issuing dividend payments on the Company's normal dividend payment schedule in 2013, commencing with the first quarter 2013 dividend payments, which would be payable in April 2013. In such case, the holders of the Company's outstanding 4% Preferred Stock and outstanding common stock would receive three cash dividend payments in calendar year 2013 as a result of the advancement of this fourth quarter 2012 dividend payment.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. Kansas City Southern's North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the securities laws concerning potential future events involving KCS and its subsidiaries, which could materially differ from the events that actually occur.The words "projects," "estimates," "forecasts," "believes," "intends," "expects," "anticipates," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.Such forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to management and management's perception thereof as of the date of this news release.Differences that actually occur could be caused by a number of external factors over which management has little or no control, including: competition and consolidation within the transportation industry; the business environment in industries that produce and consume rail freight; revocation of the rail concession of KCS's subsidiary, Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.; the termination, or failure to renew, agreements with customers, other railroads and third parties; interest rates; access to capital; disruptions to the KCS's technology infrastructure, including its computer systems; natural events such as severe weather, hurricanes and floods; market and regulatory responses to climate change; credit risk of customers and counterparties and their failure to meet their financial obligation; legislative and regulatory developments and disputes; rail accidents or other incidents or accidents along the KCS's rail network, facilities or customer facilities involving the release of hazardous materials, including toxic inhalation hazards; fluctuation in prices or availability of key materials, in particular diesel fuel; changes in securities and capital markets; loss of key personnel; labor difficulties, including strikes and work stoppages; insufficiency of insurance to cover lost revenue, profits or other damages; acts of terrorism or risk of terrorist activities; war or risk of war; domestic and international economic conditions; political and economic conditions in Mexico and the level of trade between the United States and Mexico; the outcome of claims and litigation involving KCS or its subsidiaries; and other factors affecting the operation of the business.More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by KCS with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the KCS's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (File No. 1-4717) and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved.As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.KCS is not obligated to update any forward-looking statements in this news release to reflect future events or developments.

Kansas City Southern
William H. Galligan, 816-983-1551
bgalligan@kcsouthern.com

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