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STB accepts CP-KCS merger application as complete

(Source: Associated Press, November 23, 2021) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board decided that Canadian Pacific’s merger application is complete, dismissing concerns from other railroads. The board also laid out a schedule for its review of the...

Mexican regulators approve CP-KCS merger

(Source: Associated Press, November 28, 2021) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mexican regulators have approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion plan to acquire Kansas City Southern and create a railroad linking Mexico, Canada and the United States. Full story: Associated...

CP: Debt offerings for CPKC transaction

(Source: Railway Age, November 18, 2021) NEW YORK — In two separate offerings, one in Canada, one in the United States, Canadian Pacific (CP) is issuing several billion dollars in debt to “indirectly fund, in part, the cash consideration required for the acquisition...

CP Rail raises $8.45 billion in bond sale for KCS deal

(Source: Bloomberg, November 17, 2021) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. raised US$8.45 billion by selling investment-grade bonds in U.S. and Canadian dollars to help fund its acquisition of Kansas City Southern. Full story: BNN Bloomberg

STB to consider environmental impacts of CP-KCS merger

(Source: Railway Age, November 12, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will assess environmental impacts of the proposed Canadian Pacific (CP)-Kansas City Southern (KCS) merger; it’s expected that the environmental review process will wrap up...

BNSF and CN raise issues over CP-KCS merger

(Source: Trains Magazine, November 12, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway and Canadian National have raised issues with federal regulators’ timeline for review of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. BNSF seeks more time regarding Mexico...