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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern will report financial results for Third Quarter 2002 on Thursday, October 31st, prior to the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

KCS management will discuss the Company’s third quarter results via a telephone conference on Thursday, October 31st at 10:00 am Eastern time. Shareholders and interested parties are invited to participate by calling 1-800-955-1795 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-706-643-0096 (International/Local). A replay of the conference call will be available by calling 1-800-642-1687 (U.S./Canada) or 1-706-645-9291 (International/Local), Conference ID: 6075947. The replay will be available two hours after the conference and can be accessed for one week (Oct. 31 – Nov. 6). The accompanying slides to the presentation will be available on the KCS website, http://www.kcsi.com immediately prior to the telephone conference.

KCS is a transportation holding company with railroad investments in the United States, Mexico, and Panama. Its primary holding is Kansas City Southern Railway. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, KCS 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.