KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- (Business Wire)

Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Mike Upchurch, will address the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, May 18, 2012.

Interested investors not attending the conference may listen to the presentation via a simultaneous webcast on KCS’s website at www.kcsouthern.com. A link to the replay will be available for 7 days following the event.

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
Ashley A. Thorne, 816-983-1501
athorne@kcsouthern.com

Source: Kansas City Southern