KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- (Business Wire)
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) held its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders on May 3, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. With over 92% of
KCS’ outstanding common and preferred stock represented in person or by
proxy at the Annual Meeting, the stockholders elected Lu M. Córdova,
Michael R. Haverty and Thomas A. McDonnell to serve on the KCS Board of
Directors until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2015. The
stockholders also ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of KPMG LLP
as KCS’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year
ending December 31, 2012; approved an Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation; approved an advisory vote on the 2011 compensation of
the KCS named executive officers and approved a stockholder proposal to
adopt simple majority voting.
In addition, the Board of Directors declared a regular dividend of $0.25
per share on the outstanding KCS 4% Non-Cumulative Preferred stock. This
dividend is payable on July 3, 2012, to stockholders of record at the
close of business on June 11, 2012.
The Board of Directors also declared a regular dividend of $0.195 per
share on the outstanding KCS common stock. This dividend is payable on
July 6, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on June
11, 2012.
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.
Contacts:
Kansas City Southern
William H. Galligan, 816-983-1551
bgalligan@kcsouthern.com
Source: Kansas City Southern
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