i427 West 12th Street, iKansas
City, iMissourii64105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(i816)
i983-1303
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
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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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iPreferred
Stock, Par Value $25 Per Share, 4%, Noncumulative
iKSU
iNew York Stock Exchange
iCommon
Stock, $.01 Per Share Par Value
iKSU
iNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company i☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Kansas
City Southern (the “Company”, “KCS”) is furnishing under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the information included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. Exhibit 99.1 is the Company’s press release, dated January 22, 2021, announcing the Company’s fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020 earnings and operating results. Included in Exhibit 99.1 are schedules regarding
certain financial information discussed during the Company’s fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020 analyst presentation and conference call.
The information included in this Item 2.02, and Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of KCS under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act made after the date hereof, the information contained in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall
not be incorporated by reference into any filing of KCS, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Cover page information from Kansas City Southern’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22, 2021, formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language) and included as Exhibit 101.
SIGNATURE
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.
