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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 21, 2003
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
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(Exact name of company as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-4717 44-0663509
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission file number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification Number)
427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Company's telephone number, including area code:
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(816) 983 - 1303
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
Item 7. Financial Statements And Exhibits
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(c) Exhibits
EXHIBIT NO. DOCUMENT
(99) Additional Exhibits
99.1 Letter, dated August 21, 2003, from
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP to
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
Kansas City Southern ("KCS" or "Company") is furnishing under Item 9 of this
Current Report on Form 8-K the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to this
Report. Exhibit 99.1 was sent by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, counsel for
the Company, to Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, counsel for Grupo TMM, S.A.
("TMM") in response to TMM's announcement on August 18, 2003 that TMM's
shareholders voted down the Acquisition Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2003,
by and among KCS, KARA Sub, Inc., TMM, and TMM Holdings, S.A. de C.V.
The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit
99.1, is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for
the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that Section.
SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company
has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Kansas City Southern
Date: August 21, 2003 By: /s/ Ronald G. Russ
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Ronald G. Russ
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer