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(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on October 6.)

KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern (KCS) will report its third quarter 2003 financial results on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, prior to the opening of trading of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

KCS will hold its third quarter 2003 earnings and operations overview presentation on October 29 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The presentation will be held at the JPMorgan building, 270 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, Conference Room F. A buffet lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m.

Shareholders and other interested parties who are not able to attend the meeting can listen to the presentation via telephone. To access the presentation, call 1-800-955-1795 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-706-643-0096 (International) approximately five minutes before the meeting. A replay of the presentation will be available for one week (11/6/03) by calling 1-800-642-1687 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-706-645-9291 (International), Conference ID #: 2982366. The accompanying charts to the presentation can be accessed on the KCS website, www.kcsi.com, on October 29 immediately prior to the presentation.

KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the United States, Mexico and Panama. Its primary holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR). Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, KCSR serves customers in the central and south central regions of the U.S. KCS’s rail holdings and investments are primary components of a NAFTA railway system that links the commercial and industrial centers of the United States, Canada and Mexico.