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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Southern (KCS) Board of Directors on August 20 declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the outstanding KCS preferred stock. This dividend is payable on October 1, 2002, to preferred stockholders of record at the close of business on September 9, 2002.

KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investment in the United States, Mexico, and Panama. Its primary holding is Kansas City Southern Railway, which is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and 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.