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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from
to
Commission file number: 1-4717
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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87-3882391 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
427 West 12th Street |
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Kansas City |
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Missouri |
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64105 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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816.983.1303
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title of Each Class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Preferred Stock, Par Value $25 Per Share, 4%, Noncumulative |
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Common Stock, $.01 Per Share Par Value |
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* See Explanatory Note
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned
issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange
Act. Yes ¨ No ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past
90 days. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
such
files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a
smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”,
“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer ý
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨ Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
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.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes ☐ No ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on
and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section
404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the
registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit
report.
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The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates
of the registrant was $25.63 billion as of June 30, 2021.
There were 100 shares of $.01 par common stock outstanding as
of January 31, 2022.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None.
Explanatory Note
On December 14, 2021, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (the “NYSE”)
filed Form 25s with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) to delist the registrant’s common stock and preferred stock
from the NYSE and to deregister the common stock and preferred
stock under Section 12(b) of the Act. On December 27, 2021, the
registrant filed with the SEC a Form 15 with respect to the common
stock and preferred stock, requesting that the duty of the
registrant to file reports under Section 13 of the Act with respect
to such securities be terminated and the duty of the registrant to
file reports under Section 15(d) of the Act with respect to such
securities be suspended.
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
2021 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
Table of Contents
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PART III |
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Item 1.Business
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation, is a holding company
with domestic and international rail operations in North America
that are strategically focused on the growing north/south freight
corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the
central United States (“U.S.”) with major industrial cities in
Mexico. As used herein, “KCS” or the “Company” may refer to Kansas
City Southern or, as the context requires, to one or more
subsidiaries of Kansas City Southern.
KCS controls and owns all of the stock of The Kansas City Southern
Railway Company (“KCSR”), a U.S. Class I railroad founded
in 1887. KCSR serves a ten-state region in the midwest and
southeast regions of the United States and has the shortest
north/south rail route between Kansas City, Missouri and several
key ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas.
KCS controls and owns all of the stock of Kansas City Southern de
México, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM”). Through its 50-year concession from
the Mexican government (the “Concession”), which could expire in
2047 unless extended, KCSM operates a key commercial corridor of
the Mexican railroad system and has as its core route the most
strategic portion of the shortest, most direct rail passageway
between Mexico City and Laredo, Texas. Laredo is a principal
international gateway through which a substantial portion of rail
and truck traffic between the United States and Mexico crosses the
border. KCSM serves most of Mexico’s principal industrial cities
and three of its major seaports. KCSM’s rail lines provide
exclusive rail access to the United States and Mexico border
crossing at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Under the Concession, KCSM
has the right to use and operate the southern half of the rail
bridge at Laredo, Texas, which spans the Rio Grande River between
the United States and Mexico. The Company owns the northern half of
this bridge through its ownership of Mexrail, Inc.
(“Mexrail”).
KCSM also provides exclusive rail access to the port of Lazaro
Cardenas on the Pacific Ocean. The Mexican government developed the
port at Lazaro Cardenas principally to serve Mexican markets and as
an alternative to the U.S. west coast ports for Asian and
South American traffic bound for North America.
The Company wholly owns Mexrail which, in turn, wholly owns The
Texas Mexican Railway Company (“Tex-Mex”). Tex-Mex owns a 160-mile
rail line extending from Laredo, Texas to the port city of Corpus
Christi, Texas, which connects the operations of KCSR with
KCSM.
The KCS coordinated rail network (KCSR, KCSM and Tex-Mex, including
trackage rights) comprises approximately 7,100 route miles
extending from the midwest and southeast portions of the United
States south into Mexico and connects with all other Class I
railroads, providing shippers with an effective alternative to
other railroad routes and giving direct access to Mexico and the
southeast and southwest United States through alternate interchange
hubs.
Panama Canal Railway Company (“PCRC”), an unconsolidated joint
venture company owned equally by KCS and Mi-Jack Products, Inc.
(“Mi-Jack”), was awarded a concession from the Republic of Panama
to reconstruct and operate the Panama Canal Railway, a 47-mile
railroad located adjacent to the Panama Canal that provides
international container shipping companies with a railway
transportation alternative to the Panama Canal. The concession was
awarded in 1998 for an initial term of 25 years with an
automatic renewal for an additional 25-year term. The Panama Canal
Railway is a north-south railroad traversing the isthmus of Panama
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Other subsidiaries and affiliates of KCS include the
following:
•KCSM
Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM Servicios”), a wholly-owned and
consolidated subsidiary that provided employee services to KCSM. In
July 2021, KCSM Servicios was merged into KCSM;
•Meridian
Speedway, LLC (“MSLLC”), a seventy percent-owned consolidated
affiliate that owns the former KCSR rail line between Meridian,
Mississippi and Shreveport, Louisiana, which is the portion of the
rail line between Dallas, Texas and Meridian known as the “Meridian
Speedway.” Norfolk Southern Corporation, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, owns the
remaining thirty percent of MSLLC;
•TFCM,
S. de R.L. de C.V. (“TCM”), a forty-five percent-owned
unconsolidated affiliate that operates a bulk liquid terminal in
San Luis Potosí, Mexico;
•Ferrocarril
y Terminal del Valle de México, S.A. de C.V. (“FTVM”), a
twenty-five percent-owned unconsolidated affiliate that provides
railroad services as well as ancillary services in the greater
Mexico City area; and
•PTC-220,
LLC (“PTC-220”), a thirteen percent-owned unconsolidated affiliate
that holds the licenses to large blocks of radio spectrum and other
assets for Positive Train Control (“PTC”). See Government
Regulation section for further information regarding
PTC.
MERGER AGREEMENT
On September 15, 2021, KCS entered into a merger agreement (the
“Merger Agreement”) for Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, a
Canadian corporation (“CP”) to acquire KCS in a stock and cash
transaction valued at $300 per common share. In December 2021, CP’s
stockholders voted to approve the issuance of the CP common shares
to KCS stockholders in connection with the proposed merger and
KCS’s stockholders voted to approve the merger between KCS and
CP.
On December 14, 2021, CP acquired the outstanding common and
preferred stock of KCS. Each share of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of KCS that was outstanding immediately prior to the
merger was converted into the right to receive (1) 2.884 common
shares of CP and (2) $90 in cash (together, the “Merger
Consideration”), and each share of preferred stock, par value $25
per share, that was outstanding immediately prior to the merger was
converted into the right to receive $37.50 in cash. The Merger
Consideration value received by KCS stockholders was $301.20 per
KCS common share. KCS stockholders were expected to own
approximately 28% of CP’s outstanding common shares at the date of
acquisition.
The merger transaction was completed through a series of mergers as
outlined in the Merger Agreement. These mergers ultimately resulted
in KCS being merged with and into Cygnus Merger Sub 1 Corporation
(“Surviving Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CP, with
Surviving Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity. Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, Surviving Merger Sub was renamed “Kansas
City Southern” and as successor company of KCS, continued to own
the assets of KCS. Immediately following the consummation of the
mergers, CP caused the contribution, directly and indirectly, of
all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Surviving Merger
Sub, as successor to KCS, to be deposited into an independent,
irrevocable voting trust (the “Voting Trust”) under a voting trust
agreement (the “Voting Trust Agreement”) approved by the U.S.
Surface Transportation Board (“STB"), pending receipt of the final
and non-appealable approval or exemption by the STB pursuant to 49
U.S.C. § 11323 et seq., of the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement (“STB Final Approval”). The Voting Trust prevents
CP, or any affiliate of CP, from controlling or having the power to
control KCS prior to STB Final Approval. Following receipt of STB
Final Approval and approval from other applicable regulatory
authorities, the Voting Trust will be terminated and CP will
acquire control over KCS’s railroad operations. STB Final Approval
is expected to be granted in the fourth quarter of 2022. The merger
is further discussed within Item 7, Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Information and Results of Operations —
Merger Agreement.
MARKETS SERVED
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Chemical and petroleum. This
commodity group includes products such as chemicals, plastics,
petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, and petroleum refined products,
such as gasoline and diesel. KCS transports these products across
its network and through interchanges with other rail carriers.
Refined fuels and liquefied petroleum gas groups of commodities
primarily supply Mexican demand. The chemical and plastic products
are used in the automotive, housing and packaging industries as
well as in general manufacturing. KCS hauls petroleum products
across its network and as U.S. petroleum refineries have continued
to increase their refining capacity, they have coordinated with KCS
to develop additional long-term storage opportunities that
complement a fluid freight railroad operation.
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Industrial and consumer products. This
commodity group includes forest products as well as metals and
scrap. Forest
products consist of shipments to and from paper and lumber mills in
the southeast United States timber-producing region that KCS serves
directly and indirectly through its various short-line connections.
The United States is an important source of pulp paper and scrap
paper for Mexico that ships by rail through KCS’s network.
Metals and scrap consist of shipments of flat steel and long
product as well as other minor moves of ores such as iron, zinc and
copper. The majority of steel produced and metallic ore mined in
Mexico are consumed within Mexico. Steel slab is used to make steel
coils and plate-products that usually ship via rail. Higher-end
finished products such as steel coils are used by Mexican
manufacturers in automobiles, household appliances, the oil and gas
industry, and other consumer goods that are imported from the
United States through land borders and the seaports served by KCS’s
rail network. KCS also transports steel coils, plates and pipe from
U.S. and Mexican-based mini-mills to locations in the U.S. and
Mexico for oil drilling, appliance and automotive applications.
This commodity group also includes U.S. military transports, Mexico
and U.S. domestic cement shipments and appliances manufactured in
Mexico that are imported into the United States.
Agriculture and minerals. The
agriculture and minerals commodity group consists primarily of
grain and food products. Shipper demand for agriculture products is
affected by competition among sources of grain and grain products,
as well as price fluctuations in international markets for key
commodities. In the United States, KCS’s rail lines receive
and originate shipments of grain and grain products for delivery to
feed mills and food and industrial consumers in the U.S. and
Mexico. United States export grain shipments and Mexico import
grain shipments include primarily corn, wheat, and soybeans. Food
products consist mainly of soybean meal, grain meal, oils,
distillers dried grains, corn syrup and sugar. Other shipments
consist of a variety of products including ores, minerals, clay and
glass used across North America.
Energy. The
energy commodity group includes coal, frac sand, petroleum coke and
crude oil. KCS hauls unit trains (trains transporting a single
commodity from one source to one destination) of coal for electric
generating plants in the central United States. The coal originates
from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and is interchanged to KCS
at Kansas City, Missouri. Coal mined in the midwest
United States is transported in non-unit trains to industrial
consumers such as paper mills, steel mills, and cement companies.
Frac sand originating primarily in Wisconsin, Illinois or Iowa is
delivered to transloads located in northeast Texas, northern
Louisiana and south Texas for distribution to gas and oil wells in
the region. Frac sand business in Mexico is primarily for
industrial purposes such as auto glass and bottle manufacturing.
KCS’s shipments of frac sand to support the drilling industry have
diminished over time as the use of in-basin frac sand has largely
replaced frac sand originating in the upper Midwest. KCS transports
petroleum coke from refineries in the United States to various
industries in the U.S. and Mexico including export through the
Pabtex terminal located in Port Arthur, TX. The majority of crude
by rail business originates in Canada, with spot shipments coming
from Texas, and is delivered to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries and tank
farms in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Intermodal. The
intermodal freight sector consists primarily of hauling freight
containers or truck trailers on behalf of steamship lines, motor
carriers, and intermodal marketing companies with rail carriers
serving as long-distance haulers. KCS serves and supports the
U.S. and Mexican markets, as well as cross-border traffic
between the U.S. and Mexico. In light of the importance of
trade between Asia and North America, the Company believes the Port
of Lazaro Cardenas continues to be a strategically beneficial
location for ocean carriers, manufacturers and retailers. Equally
important, foreign direct investment in Mexico has caused the KCS
Mexico/U.S. cross border corridor to emerge as an increasingly
important tool for freight flow. The Company also provides premium
service to customers over its line from Dallas through the Meridian
Speedway— a critical link in creating the most direct route between
the southwest and southeast/northeast U.S.
Automotive. KCS
provides rail transportation to every facet of the automotive
industry supply chain, including automotive manufacturers, assembly
plants and distribution centers throughout North America. In
addition, KCS transports finished vehicles imported and exported to
and from various countries through a distribution facility at the
Port of Lazaro Cardenas.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The Company’s United States operations are subject to federal,
state and local laws and regulations generally applicable to all
businesses, subject to federal preemption under certain
circumstances. Rail operations are also subject to the regulatory
jurisdiction of the STB, the Federal Railroad Administration
(“FRA”) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (“PHMSA”) of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (“DOT”), the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (“OSHA”), as well as other federal and state
regulatory agencies. The STB has jurisdiction over disputes and
complaints involving certain rates and charges, routes and
services, the sale or abandonment of rail lines, applications for
line extensions and construction, and consolidation or merger with,
or acquisition of control of, rail common carriers, including
the
Company’s merger with CP. DOT and OSHA each has jurisdiction under
several federal statutes over a number of safety and health aspects
of rail operations, including the transportation of hazardous
materials.
The Company operates PTC on all required sections of its U.S. rail
network, locomotives, and wayside assets and is fully interoperable
with the required Class I freight railroads and Amtrak. PTC is a
technology designed to help prevent train-to-train collisions,
overspeed derailments, incursions into rail work zones, and entry
to main line track if a switch is misaligned at certain locations,
including main line track where toxic inhalation hazard or poison
inhalation hazard movements occur or where passenger operations
occur. The implementation of PTC from 2008 through 2020 has
increased operating costs and the number of Company employees, and
required a significant investment in new safety technology. The
Company will continue to leverage PTC technology and make
investments in new safety technology to improve operations and
safety of the rail network.
KCS’s U.S. subsidiaries are subject to extensive federal, state and
local environmental regulations. These laws cover discharges to
water, air emissions, toxic substances, and the generation,
handling, storage, transportation and disposal of waste and
hazardous materials. These regulations have the effect of
increasing the costs, risks and liabilities associated with rail
operations. Environmental risks are also inherent in rail
operations, which frequently involve transporting chemicals and
other hazardous materials.
Primary regulatory oversight of the Company’s Mexican operations is
provided by the Mexican Agencia Reguladora del Transporte
Ferroviario (“Regulatory Agency of Rail Transportation” or “ARTF”).
The ARTF establishes regulations concerning railway safety and
operations, and is responsible for resolving disputes between
railways and customers. KCSM must register its maximum rates with
the ARTF and make regular reports to the ARTF and the Secretaría de
Comunicaciones y Transportes (“Secretary of Communications and
Transportation” or “SCT”). KCSM must provide reports on
investments, traffic volumes, theft and vandalism on the general
right of way, customer complaints, fuel consumption, number of
locomotives, railcars and employees, and activities around
maintenance of way, sidings and spurs, among other financial
information and reports. The Company may freely set rates on a
non-discriminatory basis up to the maximum rates registered with
the ARTF. At any time, the ARTF may request additional information
regarding the determination of such rates and may issue
recommendations with respect to proposed rate increases. If the
ARTF or another party considers there to be no effective
competition, they may request an opinion from the Comisión Federal
de Competencia Económica (“Mexican Antitrust Commission” or
“COFECE”) regarding market conditions. If the COFECE determines
that there is no effective competition for particular movements,
the ARTF could set rates for those movements or grant limited
trackage rights to another railroad while the condition of no
effective competition remains.
KCSM holds a Concession from the Mexican government until June 2047
(exclusively through 2027, subject to certain trackage and haulage
rights granted to other concessionaires), which is renewable under
certain conditions for additional periods of up to 50 years. The
Concession authorizes KCSM to provide freight transportation
services over north-east rail lines, which are a primary commercial
corridor of the Mexican railroad system. KCSM is required to
provide freight railroad services to all users on a fair and
non-discriminatory basis and in accordance with efficiency and
safety standards approved periodically by the Mexican government.
KCSM has the right to use, but does not own, all track and
buildings that are necessary for the rail lines’ operation. KCSM is
obligated to maintain the right of way, track structure, buildings
and related maintenance facilities to the operational standards
specified in the Concession agreement and to return the assets in
that condition at the end of the Concession period. During the
remainder of the Concession period, KCSM is required to pay the
Mexican government an annual concession duty equal to 1.25% of
gross revenues. The ARTF may request information to verify KCSM´s
compliance with the Concession and any applicable regulatory
framework.
The Company’s Mexican operations are subject to Mexican federal and
state laws and regulations relating to the protection of the
environment through the establishment of standards for water
discharge, water supply, emissions, noise pollution, hazardous
substances and transportation and handling of hazardous and solid
waste. The Mexican government may bring administrative and criminal
proceedings and impose economic sanctions against companies that
violate environmental laws, and temporarily or even permanently
close non-complying facilities.
Noncompliance with applicable legal provisions may result in the
imposition of fines, temporary or permanent shutdown of operations
or other injunctive relief, criminal prosecution or, with respect
to KCSM, the termination of the Concession. KCS maintains
environmental provisions that are believed by management to be
appropriate with respect to known and existing environmental
contamination of its properties that KCS may be responsible to
remedy.
Government regulations are further discussed within Item 7,
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Information and
Results of Operations — Mexico Regulatory and Legal
Updates.
COMPETITION
The Company competes against other railroads, many of which are
much larger and have significantly greater financial and other
resources. The railroad industry in North America is dominated by a
few very large carriers. The larger U.S. western railroads (BNSF
Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company), in particular,
are significant competitors of KCS because of their substantial
resources and competitive routes.
In Mexico, KCSM’s operations are subject to competition from other
railroads, particularly Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V.
(“Ferromex”) and Ferrosur, S.A. de C.V. (“Ferrosur”), both
controlled by Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. Ferromex and Ferrosur
together are much larger and have significantly greater financial
and other resources than KCSM, serving most of the major ports and
cities in Mexico and together owning fifty percent of FTVM, which
serves industries located in the Mexico City area.
The Company is subject to competition from motor carriers, barge
lines and other maritime shipping, which compete across certain
routes in KCS’s operating areas. In the past, truck carriers have
generally eroded the railroad industry’s share of total
transportation revenues. Intermodal traffic and certain other
traffic face highly price sensitive competition, particularly from
motor carriers. However, moving freight by train instead of truck
reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%. Rail carriers,
including KCS, have placed an emphasis on improving fuel efficiency
and competing in the intermodal marketplace to regain market share
and provide end-to-end transportation of products.
While deregulation of U.S. freight rates has enhanced the
ability of railroads to compete with each other and with
alternative modes of transportation, this increased competition has
generally resulted in downward pressure on freight rates since
deregulation. Competition with other railroads and other modes of
transportation is generally based on the rates charged, the quality
and reliability of the service provided and the quality of the
carrier’s equipment for certain commodities.
RAIL SECURITY
The Company and its rail subsidiaries have continued to research,
develop and implement multidisciplinary approaches to secure the
Company’s assets and personnel against transnational criminal
organizations that actively target transportation networks. In
addition, the Company has developed a variety of vertically
integrated strategies to mitigate the risk terrorist attacks could
pose to the Company, its personnel and assets. Many of the specific
measures the Company utilizes for these efforts are required to be
kept confidential through arrangements with government agencies,
such as the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), or through
jointly-developed and implemented strategies and plans with
connecting carriers.
KCSR and KCSM developed a proprietary security plan based on an
industry-wide plan developed by the Association of American
Railroads (“AAR”) members which focuses on comprehensive risk
assessments in five areas — hazardous materials; train
operations; critical physical assets; military traffic; and
information technology and communications. The security plan is
kept confidential, with access to the plan tightly limited to
members of management with direct security and anti-terrorism
implementation responsibilities. The Company participates with
other AAR members in periodic drills under the industry plan to
test and refine its various provisions.
The Company also uses information technology in various ways in its
operations. The risks associated with this technology from cyber
attacks has increased in recent years. The Company continues to
monitor these threats and attempted cyber attacks, and has put in
place multi-layered safeguards to protect the Company’s operations
as well as its assets and digital information from cyber
attacks.
To protect the confidentiality and sensitivity of both the AAR
plans and the proprietary strategies the Company has developed to
safeguard against criminal enterprises, terrorism, and other
security and safety threats, the following paragraphs will provide
only a general overview of some of these efforts.
The Company’s security activities range from constant due diligence
to providing security awareness updates to KCS employees and
including safety and security information on the Company’s internet
website (which can be found under the “Corporate Responsibility”
tab at www.kcsouthern.com) to its ongoing implementation of
security plans for rail facilities in areas labeled by the DHS as
High Threat Urban Areas (“HTUAs”). The Company’s other activities
to bolster security against terrorism include, but are not limited
to, the following:
•Conferring
regularly with other railroads’ security personnel and with
industry experts on security issues;
•Routing
shipments of certain chemicals, which might be toxic if inhaled,
pursuant to federal regulations;
•Initiating
a series of over 20 voluntary action items agreed to between AAR
and DHS as enhancing security in the rail industry;
•Conducting
constant and targeted security training as part of the scheduled
training for operating employees and managers;
•Developing
smartphone applications to ensure immediate information, live video
and pictures from security supervisors and protection assets
pertaining to potential operational risks;
•Developing
a multi-layered security model using high-speed digital imaging,
system velocity and covert and overt security filters to mitigate
the risk of illicit activity;
•Measuring
key security metrics to ensure positive risk mitigation and product
integrity trends;
•Performing
constant due diligence with the existing security model and by
benchmarking rail security, including cyber security, on a
world-wide basis to monitor threat streams related to rail
incidents;
•Implementing
a Tactical Intelligence Center by KCSM, which provides constant
training with core members in new technology helping to prevent,
detect, deter, deny and respond to potentially illicit activities;
and
•Deploying
an array of non-intrusive technologies including, but not limited
to, digital video surveillance and analytics as part of an
intelligent video security solution, including a closed circuit
television platform with geo-fencing for intrusion detection, to
allow for remote viewing access to monitor ports of entry,
intermodal and rail yards.
In addition, the Company utilizes dedicated security personnel with
extensive special operations forces, intelligence, and law
enforcement backgrounds to oversee the ongoing and increasingly
complex security efforts of the Company in both the United States
and Mexico. While the risk of theft and vandalism is higher in
Mexico, KCSM remains among the safest methods of transportation for
freight shipments in Mexico. KCSM’s record in rail safety is due in
large part to the implementation of a multi-layered safety and
security process throughout the KCSM network. In addition to having
its own internal system, the process is connected to, and supported
by a high level of federal, state and local law enforcement. A
primary focus of this effort involves maintaining constant
diligence, intelligence and counterintelligence operations,
technology-reporting applications and active vigilance while
enhancing overall system velocity, which reduces the residual risk
for incidents to occur.
RAILWAY LABOR ACT
Labor relations in the U.S. railroad industry are subject to
extensive governmental regulation under the Railway Labor Act
(“RLA”). Under the RLA, national labor agreements are renegotiated
on an industry-wide scale when they become open for modification,
but their terms remain in effect until new agreements are reached
or the RLA’s procedures (which include mediation, cooling-off
periods, and the possibility of presidential intervention) are
exhausted. Contract negotiations with the various unions generally
take place over an extended period of time and the Company rarely
experiences work stoppages during negotiations. Wages, health and
welfare benefits, work rules and other issues have traditionally
been addressed during these negotiations.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Approximately 72% of KCSR employees are covered by collective
bargaining agreements. These agreements do not have expiration
dates, but rather remain in place until modified by subsequent
agreements. KCSR participates in industry-wide multi-employer
bargaining as a member of the National Carriers’ Conference
Committee (the “NCCC”), as well as local bargaining for agreements
that are limited to KCSR's property. Multi-employer agreements are
subject to a procedure that allows requests for changes to be
served every five years. Long-term agreements were reached
voluntarily or through the arbitration process during 2017 and 2018
covering all of the participating unions. The terms of these
agreements will remain in effect until new agreements are reached
in the current national bargaining round. In November 2019, KCSR
and its unions commenced negotiations in connection with the 2020
bargaining round.
During July 2021, KCSM Servicios merged into KCSM in response to
Mexico Outsourcing Reform (further discussed within Item 7,
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Information and
Results of Operations — Mexico Regulatory and Legal Updates),
resulting in KCSM Servicios employees becoming employees of KCSM.
KCSM Servicios union employees were covered by one labor agreement,
which was signed on April 16, 2012, between KCSM Servicios and the
Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República Mexicana
(“Mexican Railroad Union”). Upon the merger between KCSM Servicios
and KCSM, these union employees continue to be covered under this
existing labor agreement, which remains in effect during the period
of the Concession for the purpose of regulating the relationship
between the parties. Approximately
77% of KCSM employees are covered by this labor agreement. The
compensation terms under this labor agreement are subject to
renegotiation on an annual basis and all other benefits are subject
to negotiation every two years. The parties finalized negotiations
over compensation terms and benefits that applied until June 30,
2021, along with other terms, and remain in effect until new terms
have been negotiated.
Union labor negotiations have not historically resulted in any
strike, boycott or other disruption in the Company’s business
operations.
INFORMATION ABOUT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
All executive officers are elected annually and serve at the
discretion of the Board of Directors. All of the executive officers
have employment agreements with KCS and/or its
subsidiaries.
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer —
President and Chief Executive Officer— 64 — Served in
this capacity since July 1, 2016. Mr. Ottensmeyer has been a
director of KCS since July 1, 2016 and served as President of KCS
since March 1, 2015. He served as Executive Vice President Sales
and Marketing of KCS from October 16, 2008 through March 1,
2015. Mr. Ottensmeyer joined KCS in May 2006 as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer.
Warren K. Erdman —
Executive Vice President — Administration and Corporate
Affairs — 63 — Served in this capacity since April 2010.
Mr. Erdman served as Executive Vice President — Corporate Affairs
from October 2007 until April 2010. He served as Senior Vice
President — Corporate Affairs of KCS and KCSR from January
2006 to September 2007. Mr. Erdman served as Vice
President — Corporate Affairs of KCS from April 15, 1997
to December 31, 2005 and as Vice President — Corporate
Affairs of KCSR from May 1997 to December 31, 2005. Prior to
joining KCS, Mr. Erdman served as Chief of Staff to United
States Senator Kit Bond of Missouri from 1987 to 1997.
Jeffrey M. Songer
— Executive Vice President — Strategic Merger Planning — 52 —
Served in this capacity since April 16, 2021. Mr. Songer served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company
from March 2016 to April 2021, Senior Vice President Engineering
and Chief Transportation Officer of the Company from August 2014 to
February 2016 and as Vice President and Chief Engineer for KCSR
from June 2012 to July 2014. Prior to serving as KCSR’s Vice
President and Chief Engineer, Mr. Songer served as Assistant Vice
President — Engineering and Planning from March 2011 to June 2012,
and as its General Director — Planning, Scheduling &
Administration from January 2007 to March 2011.
John F. Orr
- Executive Vice President — Operations — 58 — Served in this
capacity since April 16, 2021. Mr. Orr began his railroading career
in 1984 as a conductor with Canadian National in London, Ontario.
Progressively taking on positions of increasing executive
responsibilities across Canada and the United States, Mr. Orr
ultimately completed his career at Canadian National as Senior Vice
President and Chief Transportation Officer after 34 years of
service. Since 2019, he has worked as a top-level operations
executive in railroading and transportation ecosystems across
Europe, Asia, and North America.
Michael W. Upchurch —
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer —
61 — Served in this capacity since October 16, 2008.
Mr. Upchurch joined KCS in March 2008 as Senior Vice President
Purchasing and Financial Management. Since 2019, Mr. Upchurch has
also served as a board member for WillScot Mobile Mini. From 1990
through September 2006, Mr. Upchurch served in various senior
financial leadership positions at Sprint Corporation, a
telecommunications company, including Senior Vice President
Financial Operations, Senior Vice President Finance Sprint Business
Solutions and Senior Vice President Finance Long Distance
Division.
Oscar Augusto Del Cueto Cuevas
— President, General Manager and Executive Representative —
KCSM — 55 — Served in this capacity since August 1, 2020.
Mr. Del Cueto previously served as KCSM Servicios Vice President
and General Director from November 2018 to July 2020 and as KCSM
Servicios Vice President-Operations from January 2009 to October
2018. Mr. Del Cueto joined KCSM in 2006 and held various leadership
positions prior to 2009. He has over 30 years of railway industry
experience, working in institutional relations, communication,
operations, planning and logistics.
Lora S. Cheatum
—
Senior Vice President —
Human Resources — 65 — Served in this capacity since joining
KCS in October 2014. Ms. Cheatum previously served as Senior Vice
President Global Human Resources of Layne Christensen Company, a
global water management, construction, and drilling company, from
2012 to October 2014. From 2010 to 2012, she served as Director —
Field Operations at Fitness Together Holdings, Inc. Ms. Cheatum
spent nine years with Kansas City Power & Light, from 2001 to
2010, where she was Vice President of Procurement and previously as
Vice President Human Resources.
Michael J. Naatz —
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer —
56 — Served in this capacity since October 1, 2018. Mr. Naatz
served as Senior Vice President Operations Support and Chief
Information Officer from August 2014 until September 2018 and as
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company
from May 2012 to July 2014. Prior to joining KCS,
Mr. Naatz served as President of USF Holland, a YRC Worldwide,
Inc. (“YRCW”) company, a leading provider of transportation and
global logistics services, from 2011 to May 2012. From 2010 to
2011, Mr. Naatz served as President and Chief Customer Officer -
Customer Care Division at YRCW. From 2008 to 2010, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Service
Officer at YRCW. From 2005 to 2007, he served as President —
Enterprise Services Division at YRCW. From 1994 to 2005, he held
various leadership positions with USF Corporation.
Suzanne M. Grafton
— Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer — 46 — Served in this
capacity since July 24, 2017. Ms. Grafton served as Vice President
of Audit and Enterprise Risk Management of the Company from April
2016 to July 2017 and as Vice President of Accounting from May 2014
to March 2016. From September 2006 to May 2014, Ms. Grafton served
in various accounting leadership positions at KCS.
Adam J. Godderz
— Senior Vice President — Chief Legal Officer and Corporate
Secretary — 47 — Served in this capacity since February 1,
2020. Mr. Godderz served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
from January 2019 to January 2020 and as Associate General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary of the Company from June 2018 to December
2018. From November 2015 to May 2018, he served as Vice President
of Labor Relations and Corporate Secretary. From January 2013 to
November 2015, Mr. Godderz served as Associate General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary. From September 2007 to January 2013, Mr.
Godderz served as Associate General Counsel at KCS.
DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately 7,082
employees, with 57% based in Mexico and 43% based in the U.S. In
2021, approximately 75% of KCS employees were represented by a
collective bargaining agreement.
In managing the Company’s business, management focuses on a number
of human capital measures and objectives rooted in the KCS Vision,
Values and Culture (“KCS Culture”). The KCS Culture is critically
important to KCS’s success and is a set of guidelines, beliefs and
behaviors that help define KCS and create a foundation for growth
and success. The KCS Culture helps guide how employees make
decisions, treat each other and serve customers. All employees are
responsible for upholding the KCS Culture and conformance with the
KCS Culture statement is 25% of the annual performance appraisal
process for all
management employees. Management uses performance evaluations as a
tool to help strengthen relationships with employees and KCS’s
Culture.
•Employee
Health & Safety
- KCS is committed to operating in a safe, secure and responsible
manner for the benefit of its employees, customers and the
communities KCS serves in the U.S. and Mexico. See below for
further discussion of employee health and safety as well as noted
in the Company’s sustainability report at
https://www.kcsouthern.com/pdf/community/2020_KCS_Sustainability_Report.pdf
(the sustainability report is not incorporated into this Form
10-K).
•Compensation
and Benefits
- KCS strives to offer competitive compensation, benefits and
services that meet the needs of its employees, including short and
long-term incentive packages, a defined contribution plan,
healthcare benefits, and wellness and employee assistance programs.
Management monitors market compensation and benefits to be able to
attract, retain, and promote employees and reduce turnover and its
associated costs. In addition, KCS’s short and long-term incentive
programs are aligned with the Company’s vision and key business
objectives and are intended to motivate strong performance. KCS
engages a nationally recognized outside consulting firm to
objectively evaluate its compensation and benefits and benchmark
them against industry peers and other similarly situated
organizations.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, compensation and
benefits expense totaled $522.0 million. See Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
results of Operations
for further discussion of compensation and benefits expense.
Employee Health and Safety Overview
KCS is subject to federal, state, and local government regulations
in the U.S. and Mexico with regard to safety. These regulations
direct safety practices in the placement of rail cars carrying
certain commodities in the train, routes, inspection of equipment
and track, security procedures, equipment design and construction,
speed restrictions, and work rules.
Management strives to instill a culture of safety, providing
on-the-job training and classroom instruction to employees. Many
positions, such as locomotive engineers and conductors, have
extensive requirements for certification and licensing, as required
by federal regulation. Certification-eligibility is based on a
variety of factors, including prior safety conduct of the
applicant, compliance with applicable regulations, knowledge of
operating rules and performance testing. The Company offers
certification and training programs to operations groups as
business needs require. These training programs focus on operating
rules, safety rules, and procedures required for specific
tasks.
KCS’s operational testing program provides processes for ongoing
validation and understanding of, and adherence to operating rules
and procedures by employees, and allows management to identify,
monitor and manage potential safety risks in the business. This
training is designed to gauge employees’ knowledge of and
compliance with KCS rules and procedures and determine the need for
remedial training or guidance. Testing plans are developed based
upon, among other things, a particular location’s risks, recent
trends, injuries or accidents and prior operational test
performance.
KCS uses advanced technologies to help employees enhance
operational safety including the use of technology to monitor, in
real time the track, bridges and tunnels that KCS uses in its
operations. The Company has invested $271.7 million in PTC since
2008, which aims to prevent train-to-train collisions, derailments
caused by excessive train speed, train movements through misaligned
track switch and unauthorized train entry into work
zones.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
KCS’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports,
are available for download at no cost on KCS’s website
(www.investors.kcsouthern.com) as soon as reasonably practicable
after the electronic filing of these reports is made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, KCS’s corporate
governance guidelines, ethics and legal compliance policy, and the
charters of the Audit Committee, the Finance and Strategic
Investments Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee and the Compensation and Organization Committee of the
Board of Directors are available on KCS’s website.
See Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data —
Note 1, Description of the Business and Note 18,
Geographic Information for more information on the description and
general development of the Company’s business and financial
information about geographic areas.
Item 1A.Risk
Factors
Risks Related to KCS’s Operations and Business
Public health threats or outbreaks of communicable diseases could
have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations and
financial results.
The Company may face risks related to public health threats or
outbreaks of communicable diseases. A widespread healthcare crisis,
such as an outbreak of a communicable disease, could adversely
affect the global economy and the Company’s and its business
partners’ ability to conduct business in the U.S. and Mexico for an
indefinite period of time. The novel coronavirus and its variants
(“COVID-19”) have and continue to spread to multiple global
regions, including the U.S. and Mexico where the Company operates,
and has and continues to negatively impact the global economy and
disrupt financial markets and international trade. These impacts
have resulted in increased unemployment levels and significantly
negatively impacted global supply chains, the rail transportation
industry, and the Company’s business. In both the U.S. and Mexico,
local, state, and federal governments have implemented various
measures in an effort to halt the further spread of COVID-19,
including, but not limited to, voluntary and mandatory quarantines,
stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, border closings,
limitations on gatherings of people, and extended closures of
nonessential businesses.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has taken numerous
measures to overcome adverse operational and financial impacts to
the Company. Such measures include, but are not limited to,
implementing a variety of health and safety measures (e.g.
separating dispatching and crew operations and providing enhanced
cleaning and hygiene protocols), and permitting remote work for
employees where possible. Although the Company has been able to
continue with its business activities, the COVID-19 pandemic could
continue to materially impact revenues and profit. In addition, the
Company believes COVID-19 could continue to:
•impact
customer demand for the Company’s transportation
services;
•cause
the Company to experience an increase in costs as a result of the
Company’s emergency measures, and delayed payments from
customers;
•cause
delays and disruptions in the supply chain resulting in disruptions
in the commercial operation dates of certain projects;
•impact
availability of qualified personnel; and
•cause
other unpredictable events.
The situation surrounding COVID-19 remains fluid and for this
reason, KCS cannot reasonably estimate with any degree of certainty
the future impact COVID-19 may have on the Company’s results of
operations, financial position, and liquidity. The extent to which
the COVID-19 pandemic may impact the Company’s business, operating
results, financial condition, or liquidity will depend on future
developments, including the duration of the outbreak, travel
restrictions, business and workforce disruptions, and the
effectiveness of actions taken to contain and treat the
disease.
Capacity constraints could materially adversely affect service and
operating efficiency.
KCS may experience capacity constraints due to increased demand for
rail services, unavailability of equipment, crew shortages, or
extreme weather. Also, due to the interconnectivity between all
railroads, especially in the U.S., congestion on other railroads
could result in operational inefficiencies for KCS. Traffic
congestion experienced in the U.S. or Mexican railroad system may
result in overall traffic congestion which would impact the ability
to move traffic to and from Mexico, which could result in
operational inefficiencies for KCS and could have a material
adverse effect on KCS’s operations.
Significant expansions in the capacity of the Company’s network can
require a substantial amount of time and investment. Although KCS
constantly monitors its network in an effort to optimize its rail
services, there can be no assurance that such measures will
adequately address capacity constraints on a timely
basis.
KCS competes against other railroads and other transportation
providers.
The Company’s domestic and international operations are subject to
competition from other railroads, as well as from truck carriers,
barge lines, and other maritime shippers. Many of KCS’s rail
competitors are much larger and have significantly greater
financial and other resources than KCS, which may enable rail
competitors to reduce rates and make KCS’s freight services less
competitive. KCS’s ability to respond to competitive pressures by
matching rate reductions and decreasing rates without adversely
affecting gross margins and operating results will depend on, among
other things, the ability to reduce operating costs. KCS’s failure
to respond to competitive pressures, and particularly rate
competition, in a timely manner could have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
The railroad industry is dominated by a few large carriers. These
larger railroads could attempt to use their size and pricing power
to block other railroads’ access to gateways and routing options
that are currently and have historically been available. In
addition, if there is future consolidation in the railroad industry
in the United States or Mexico, there can be no assurance that it
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
Trucking, maritime, and barge competitors provide rate and service
competition to the railroad industry. These competitors are able to
use public rights-of-way, require substantially smaller capital
investment and maintenance expenditures than railroads and allow
for more frequent and flexible scheduling. Continuing competitive
pressures, any reduction in margins due to competitive pressures,
developments that increase the quality or decrease the cost of
alternative modes of transportation in the locations in which the
Company operates, or legislation or regulations that provide motor
carriers with additional advantages, such as increased size of
vehicles and reduced weight restrictions, could result in downward
pressure on freight rates, which in turn could have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
KCS may also experience operational or service difficulties related
to network capacity, fluctuations in customers’ demand for rail
service, or other events that could have a material adverse effect
on KCS’s consolidated financial statements.
A key part of KCS’s growth strategy is based upon the conversion of
truck traffic to rail. There can be no assurance the Company will
succeed in its efforts to convert traffic from truck to rail
transport or that the customers already converted will be retained.
If the railroad industry in general is unable to preserve its
competitive advantages vis-à-vis the trucking industry, revenue
growth could be adversely affected. Additionally, revenue growth
could be affected by, among other factors, an expansion in the
availability, or an improvement in the quality, of the trucking
services offered by carriers resulting from regulatory and
administrative interpretations and implementation of certain
provisions of current or future multinational trade agreements that
are favorable to the trucking industry or unfavorable to the rail
industry or KCS. Such actions may negatively impact KCS’s ability
to grow its existing customer base and capture additional cargo
transport market share because of competition from the shipping
industry and other railroads.
KCS’s business strategy, operations and growth rely significantly
on agreements with other railroads and third parties.
Operation of KCS’s rail network and its plans for growth and
expansion rely significantly on agreements with other railroads and
third parties, including joint ventures and other strategic
alliances, as well as interchange, trackage rights, haulage rights
and marketing agreements with other railroads and third parties
that enable KCS to exchange traffic and utilize trackage the
Company does not own. KCS’s ability to provide comprehensive rail
service to its customers depends in large part upon its ability to
maintain these agreements with other railroads and third parties,
and upon the performance of the obligations under the agreements by
the other railroads and third parties. The termination of, or the
failure to renew, these agreements could have a material adverse
effect on KCS’s consolidated financial statements. KCS is also
dependent in part upon the financial strength and efficient
performance of other railroads. There can be no assurance that KCS
would not be materially adversely affected by operational or
financial difficulties of other railroads.
KCS depends on the stability, availability and security of its
information technology systems to operate its business. Disruptions
in KCS’s information technology (“IT”) systems could materially
adversely affect the Company’s business and operating
results.
KCS relies on information technology in all aspects of its
business, including operating PTC, dispatching trains, and the
revenue waybill system. A significant disruption or failure of its
IT systems, including its computer hardware, software,
communications equipment, wayside equipment or locomotive onboard
equipment could result in service interruptions, safety failures,
security failures, regulatory compliance failures or other
operational difficulties. Moreover, if KCS is not able
to
acquire new technology or to develop or implement new technology,
KCS may suffer a competitive disadvantage, which could have a
material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
The security risks associated with IT systems have increased in
recent years because of the increased sophistication, activities
and evolving techniques of perpetrators of cyber attacks. A failure
in, or breach of, KCS’s IT security systems, or those of its third
party service providers, as a result of cyber attacks or
unauthorized access to its network could disrupt KCS’s business,
result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary
information, increase its costs and/or cause losses and
reputational damage. KCS also confronts the risk that a terrorist
or nation-state sponsored group may seek to use its property,
including KCS’s information technology systems, to inflict major
harm.
Although KCS has a comprehensive cyber security program designed to
protect and preserve the integrity of its information technology
systems, KCS has experienced and expects to continue to experience
cyber attacks of its IT systems or networks. However, none of
these cyber attacks to date has had a material impact on KCS’s
operations or financial condition. While KCS devotes significant
resources to network security, data encryption and other security
measures to protect its systems and data, including its own
proprietary information and the confidential and personally
identifiable information of its customers, employees, and business
partners, these measures cannot provide absolute security. The
costs to eliminate or alleviate network security problems, bugs,
viruses, ransomware, worms, malicious software programs and
security vulnerabilities could be significant, and KCS’s efforts to
address these problems may not be successful, resulting potentially
in the theft, loss, destruction or corruption of information that
KCS stores electronically, as well as unexpected interruptions,
delays or cessation of service, any of which could cause harm to
KCS’s business operations. Moreover, if a computer security breach
or cyber attack affects KCS’s systems or results in the
unauthorized release of proprietary or personally identifiable
information, the Company’s reputation could be materially damaged,
customer confidence could be diminished, and KCS’s operations could
be impaired.
A significant disruption, failure or unauthorized access of KCS’s
information technology system could expose the Company to a risk of
legal proceedings and potential liability and have a material
adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial statements. Further,
legislative or regulatory action in these areas is evolving, and
KCS may be unable to adapt its IT systems or to manage the IT
systems of third parties to accommodate these changes.
Severe weather or other natural disasters could result in
significant business interruptions that impact KCS’s railroad
operations and expenditures, and KCS’s insurance coverage may not
be sufficient to cover damages to KCS or all of KCS’s
liabilities.
The Company’s railroad operations may be affected by severe weather
or other natural disasters. The Company operates in and along the
Gulf of Mexico, and its facilities, equipment, and railroad
infrastructure may be materially adversely affected
by hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes and other extreme weather
conditions in the regions where the Company operates, and this
could also adversely affect the Company’s shipping, agricultural,
chemical and other customers. Severe weather or other natural
disasters could result in significant business interruption due to
an increase in events such as train derailments or wash outs of
track structure that could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements. Insurance to protect against
loss of business and other related consequences resulting from
these natural occurrences is subject to coverage limitations and
may not be sufficient to cover all of KCS’s damages or damages to
others. This insurance may not continue to be available at
commercially reasonable rates. Even with insurance, if any natural
occurrence leads to a catastrophic interruption of services, this
could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated
financial statements.
KCS’s business may be adversely affected by changes in general
economic or other conditions.
KCS’s operations may be materially adversely affected by changes in
the economic conditions of the industries and geographic areas that
produce and consume the freight that KCS transports. The relative
strength or weakness of the United States and Mexican economies
affects the businesses served by KCS. Prolonged negative changes in
domestic and global economic conditions, such as those caused by
increasing inflation impacts, may affect KCS, as well as the
producers and consumers of the commodities that KCS transports and
may have a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
The transportation industry is highly cyclical, generally tracking
the cycles of the world economy. Although transportation markets
are affected by general economic conditions, there are numerous
specific factors within each particular market that may influence
operating results. Some of KCS’s customers do business in
industries that are highly cyclical,
including the energy, automotive, housing and agriculture
industries. Any downturn or change in government policy in these
industries could have a material adverse effect on operating
results. Also, some of the products transported have had a
historical pattern of price cyclicality which has typically been
influenced by the general economic environment and by industry
capacity and demand. KCS cannot assure that prices and demand for
these products will not decline in the future, adversely affecting
those industries and, in turn, this could have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
KCS may be subject to various claims and litigation that could have
a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
The Company is exposed to the potential of various claims and
litigation related to labor and employment, personal injury,
commercial disputes, freight loss and other property damage, and
other matters that arise in the normal course of business. The
Company may experience material judgments or incur significant
costs to defend existing and future lawsuits. Although the Company
maintains insurance to cover some of these types of claims and
establishes reserves when appropriate, final amounts determined to
be due on any outstanding matters may exceed the Company’s
insurance coverage or differ materially from the recorded reserves.
Additionally, the Company could be impacted by adverse developments
not currently reflected in the Company’s reserve estimates. The
Company is also subject to job-related personal injury and
occupational claims associated with the Federal Employer’s
Liability Act (“FELA”), which is applicable only to railroads.
FELA’s fault-based tort system produces results that are
unpredictable and inconsistent as compared with a no-fault worker’s
compensation system. The variability inherent in this system could
result in actual costs being different from the liability recorded.
Any material changes to litigation trends or a catastrophic rail
accident or series of accidents involving any or all of property
damage, personal injury, and environmental liability could have a
material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
A majority of KCS’s employees belong to labor unions. Strikes or
work stoppages could adversely affect operations.
The Company is a party to collective bargaining agreements with
various labor unions in the United States and Mexico. As
of December 31, 2021, approximately 72% and 77% of KCSR
and KCSM employees, respectively, were covered by labor contracts
subject to collective bargaining. The Company may be subject to,
among other things, strikes, work stoppages or work slowdowns as a
result of disputes under these collective bargaining agreements and
labor contracts or KCS’s potential inability to negotiate
acceptable contracts with these unions. In the United States,
because such agreements are generally negotiated on an
industry-wide basis, determination of the terms and conditions of
labor agreements have been and could continue to be beyond KCS’s
control. KCS is, therefore, subject to terms and conditions in
industry-wide labor agreements that could have a material adverse
effect on its consolidated financial statements. In the United
States and Mexico, KCS is seeking to modernize its collective
bargaining agreements and benefit from technological advancements
in the industry. If the unionized workers in the United States or
Mexico were to engage in a strike, work stoppage or other slowdown;
if other employees were to become unionized or if KCS and its
unions were unable to agree on the terms and conditions in future
labor agreements, KCS could experience a significant disruption of
its operations and higher ongoing labor costs. Although the
U.S. Railway Labor Act imposes restrictions on the right of
United States railway workers to strike, there is no law in Mexico
imposing similar restrictions on the right of railway workers in
that country to strike. Additionally, labor law reform adopted by
Mexico introduces uncertainty into the existing union structure in
Mexico, which may affect the risk of disruption in KCSM’s
operations.
KCS is dependent on certain key suppliers of core rail
equipment.
KCS relies on a limited number of suppliers of core rail equipment
(including locomotives, rolling stock equipment, rail and ties).
The capital intensive nature and complexity of such equipment
creates high barriers of entry for any potential new suppliers. If
any of KCS’s suppliers discontinue production or experience
capacity or supply shortages, this could result in increased costs
or difficulty in obtaining rail equipment and materials, which
could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated
financial statements.
KCS’s business is vulnerable to fluctuations in fuel costs and
disruptions in fuel supplies.
KCS incurs substantial fuel costs in its railroad operations and
these costs represent a significant portion of its transportation
expenses. Significant price increases for fuel may have a material
adverse effect on operating results. If KCS is unable to recapture
its costs of fuel from its customers, operating results could be
materially adversely affected. In addition, a severe disruption of
fuel supplies resulting from supply shortages, political unrest, a
disruption of oil imports, weather events, war, or otherwise, and
the resulting impact on fuel prices could have a material adverse
effect on KCS’s consolidated financial statements.
KCS’s business may be affected by future acts of terrorism, war or
other acts of violence or crime.
Terrorist attacks and any government response thereto, and war or
risk of war could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements. KCS is involved in the transport
of hazardous materials, which could result in KCS’s rail lines,
facilities, or equipment being direct targets or indirect
casualties of acts of terror, which could cause significant
business interruption and damage to KCS’s property. As a result,
acts of terrorism or war or acts of crime or violence could result
in increased costs and liabilities and decreased revenues for KCS.
In addition, insurance premiums charged for some or all of the
applicable coverage currently maintained by KCS could increase
dramatically or certain coverage may not be adequate to cover
losses or may not be available in the future.
Risks Related to Laws and Regulations
KCS U.S. and Mexico rail common carrier subsidiaries are required
by United States and Mexican laws, respectively, to transport
hazardous materials, which could expose KCS to significant costs
and claims.
Under United States federal statutes and applicable Mexican laws,
KCS’s common carrier responsibility requires it to transport
hazardous materials. Any rail accident or other incident or
accident on KCS’s network, facilities, or at the facilities of
KCS’s customers involving the release of hazardous materials,
including toxic inhalation hazard materials, could involve
significant costs and claims for personal injury, property or
natural resource damage, and environmental penalties and
remediation in excess of the Company’s insurance coverage for these
risks, which could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements. KCS is also required to comply
with rules and regulations regarding the handling of hazardous
materials. Noncompliance with these rules and regulations could
subject KCS to significant penalties or other costs and exposure to
litigation. Changes to these rules and regulations could also
increase operating costs and negatively impact KCS’s consolidated
financial statements.
KCS’s business is subject to regulation by federal, state and local
legislatures and agencies that could impose significant costs on
the Company’s business operations.
KCS rail subsidiaries are subject to legislation and regulation
enacted by federal, state and local legislatures and agencies in
the U.S. and Mexico with respect to commercial terms with its
customers and railroad operations, including with respect to
health, safety, labor, environmental and other areas. Government
regulation of the railroad industry is a significant determinant of
the competitiveness and profitability of railroads. Changes in
legislation or regulation could have a negative impact on KCS’s
ability to negotiate prices for rail services, could negatively
affect competition among rail carriers, or could negatively impact
operating practices, resulting in reduced efficiency, increased
operating costs or increased capital investment, all of which could
result in a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
New economic regulation in the U.S. or Mexico in current or future
proceedings could change the regulatory framework within which the
Company operates which could materially change the Company's
business and have a material adverse effect on the Company's
consolidated financial statements. For example, in Mexico, the
Company implemented changes to several processes and systems to
ensure compliance with new regulations and enforcement of existing
regulations during 2021, including labor reform, the hydrocarbons
law, inspections related to imports and terminals, value-added tax
law changes, and new bill of lading requirements. Ensuring
compliance with these requirements resulted in increased operating
expense and reduced revenue. See Mexico Regulatory and Legal
Updates in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
KCS’s failure or inability to comply with applicable laws and
regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements and operations, including fines,
penalties, or limitations on operating activities
until compliance with applicable requirements is achieved. Congress
and government agencies may change the legislative or regulatory
framework within which the Company operates without providing any
recourse for any adverse effects on the Company’s business that
occur as a result of such change. Additionally, some of the
regulations require KCS to obtain and maintain various licenses,
permits and other authorizations. Any failure to obtain or maintain
these licenses, permits, and other authorizations could have a
material adverse effect on KCS’s business operations.
On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order
promoting competition in the American economy.
The executive order encourages the chair of the Surface
Transportation Board to work with the other board members to
consider commencing or continuing rulemaking to strengthen
regulations pertaining to reciprocal switching agreements, or any
other matter of competitive access, including bottleneck rates,
interchange commitments or other matters, consistent with policies
set forth by the executive order, and ensure that passenger rail
service is not subject to unwarranted delays and interruptions in
service, enforce new on-time performance requirements and further
the work of the passenger rail working group.
The Company is evaluating the impact of the executive order and any
related regulations that may be adopted by the STB due to this
executive order on the Company’s business and the consolidated
financial statements.
KCS is subject to environmental regulations, which may impose
significant costs on the Company’s business
operations.
KCS subsidiaries’ operations are subject to environmental
regulation enacted by federal, state and local legislatures in the
U.S. and Mexico. Environmental liability under federal and state
law in the United States can also extend to previously owned or
operated properties, leased properties and properties owned by
third parties, as well as to properties currently owned and used by
the Company. Environmental liabilities may also arise from claims
asserted by adjacent landowners or other third parties. Given the
nature of its business, the Company incurs, and expects to continue
to incur, environmental compliance costs, including, in particular,
costs necessary to maintain compliance with requirements governing
chemical and hazardous material shipping operations, refueling
operations and repair facilities. KCS presently has environmental
investigation and remediation obligations at certain sites, and
will likely incur such obligations at additional sites in the
future.
The Company’s Mexican subsidiaries’ operations are subject to
Mexican federal and state laws and regulations relating to the
protection of the environment, including standards for, among other
things, water discharge, water supply, emissions, noise pollution,
hazardous substances and transportation and handling of hazardous
and solid waste. Under applicable Mexican law and regulations,
administrative and criminal proceedings may be brought and economic
sanctions imposed against companies that violate environmental
laws, and non-complying facilities may be temporarily or
permanently closed. KCSM is also subject to the laws of various
jurisdictions with respect to the discharge of materials into the
environment and to environmental laws and regulations issued by the
governments of each of the Mexican states in which KCSM’s
facilities are located. The terms of KCSM’s Concession from the
Mexican government also impose environmental compliance obligations
on KCSM. Failure to comply with any environmental laws or
regulations may result in the termination of KCSM’s Concession or
in fines or penalties that may affect profitability.
Liabilities accrued for environmental costs represent the Company’s
best estimate of the probable future obligation for the remediation
and settlement of matters related to these sites. However,
remediation costs may exceed such estimates, due to various factors
such as evolving environmental laws and regulations, changes in
technology, the extent of other parties’ participation, discovery
of unidentified environmental conditions and matters, developments
in environmental surveys and studies, and the extent of corrective
action that may ultimately be required. The Company cannot predict
the effect, if any, that unidentified environmental matters or the
adoption of unknown additional or more stringent environmental laws
and regulations would have on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
KCS’s failure or inability to comply with applicable environmental
laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements and operations,
including fines, penalties, or limitations on operating activities
until compliance with applicable requirements is achieved.
Government entities may change the legislative or regulatory
framework within which the Company operates that could result in
adverse effects on the Company’s business that occur as a result of
such change. Additionally, some of the regulations require KCS to
obtain and maintain various licenses, permits and other
authorizations. Any failure to obtain or maintain these licenses,
permits, and other authorizations could have a material adverse
effect on KCS’s business operations.
KCS’s business may be affected by climate change and the market and
regulatory responses to climate change.
Climate change could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
operations and KCS’s consolidated financial statements.
Restrictions, caps, taxes, or other controls on emissions of
greenhouse gases, including diesel exhaust, could significantly
impact operations and increase operating costs. Restrictions on
emissions could also affect KCS’s customers that use commodities
that KCS transports to produce energy, use significant amounts of
energy in producing or delivering the commodities KCS transports,
or manufacture or produce goods that consume significant amounts of
energy or burn fossil fuels, including coal-fired power plants,
chemical producers, farmers and food producers, and automakers and
other manufacturers. Significant cost increases, government
regulation, or changes of consumer preferences for goods or
services relating to alternative sources of energy or emissions
reductions could materially affect the markets for the commodities
KCS transports, which in turn could have a material adverse effect
on KCS’s consolidated financial statements. Government incentives
encouraging the use of alternative sources of energy could also
affect certain customers and their respective markets for certain
commodities KCS transports in an unpredictable manner that could
alter traffic patterns, including, for example, the impacts of
ethanol incentives on farming and ethanol producers. Moreover,
increasing frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather
events such as flooding, storms and fires may result in substantial
costs, including costs associated with KCS’s response during the
event, KCS’s recovery from the event and preventive measures. Any
of these factors, individually or in conjunction with one or more
of the other aforementioned factors, or other unforeseen impacts of
climate change could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements.
Risks Related to the Company’s Merger with CP
During the pendency of the Voting Trust, KCS is subject to business
uncertainties and contractual restrictions that could materially
adversely affect KCS’s operating results, financial position and/or
cash flows or result in a loss of employees, suppliers, vendors or
customers.
The Merger Agreement generally requires KCS to use commercially
reasonable efforts to conduct its business in all material respects
in the ordinary course prior to the date CP is permitted to assume
control over KCS’s railroad operations following receipt of STB
Final Approval and exit from the Voting Trust. In addition, the
Merger Agreement includes a variety of specified restrictions on
the conduct of KCS’s business during the pendency of the Voting
Trust. These contractual restrictions in the Merger Agreement may
delay or prevent KCS from making certain changes, or limit its
ability to make certain changes during such period, even if KCS’s
management believes that making certain changes may be advisable.
The pendency of the Voting Trust may also divert management’s
attention and KCS’s resources from ongoing business
operations.
KCS’s employees, suppliers, vendors or customers may experience
uncertainties about the effects of the transaction. It is possible
that some employees, suppliers, vendors, or customers and other
parties with whom KCS has a business relationship may delay or
defer certain business decisions or might decide to seek to
terminate, change or renegotiate their relationship with KCS as a
result of the proposed acquisition. Similarly, current and
prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future
roles with KCS following completion of the transaction, which may
materially and adversely affect KCS’s ability to attract and retain
key employees. If any of these effects were to occur, it could
materially and adversely impact KCS’s operating results, financial
position, and cash flows.
The Company can provide no assurance of the timing of STB Final
Approval or whether STB Final Approval will be obtained at all. Any
delay in obtaining, or the failure to obtain, STB Final Approval
could divert management’s attention and KCS’s resources from
ongoing business operations and materially and adversely impact
KCS’s operating results, financial position, and cash
flows.
KCS may have difficulty attracting, motivating and retaining
executives and other key employees in light of the combination of
CP and KCS.
Uncertainty about the effect of the transaction on KCS and CP
employees may have an adverse effect on KCS and consequently the
combined company. This uncertainty may impair KCS’s ability to
attract, retain and motivate key personnel. Employee retention may
be particularly challenging during the pendency of the Voting
Trust, as employees of KCS may experience uncertainty about their
future roles in the combined company. No assurance can be given
that the combined company will be able to attract or retain key
employees to the same extent that KCS has been able to attract or
retain employees in the past.
Significant demands will be placed on KCS as a result of the
combination of the two companies.
As a result of the combination of KCS and CP following receipt of
STB Final Approval, significant demands will be placed on the
managerial, operational and financial personnel and systems of KCS.
KCS cannot provide assurance that its systems, procedures and
controls will be adequate to support the expansion of operations
following and resulting from the combination of the two companies.
The future operating results of the combined company will be
affected by the ability of its officers and key employees to manage
changing business conditions and to implement and expand the
Company’s operational and financial controls and reporting systems
in response to the transaction.
Risks Related to KCS’s Foreign Operations
KCSM’s Mexican Concession is subject to revocation or termination
in certain circumstances, which would prevent KCSM from conducting
rail operations under the Concession and would have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
KCSM operates under the Concession granted by the Mexican
government until June 2047, which is renewable for an additional
period of up to 50 years, subject to certain conditions. The
Concession gives KCSM exclusive rights to provide freight
transportation services over its rail lines through 2027 (the first
30 years of the 50-year Concession), subject to certain
trackage and haulage rights granted to other concessionaires. The
SCT and ARTF, which are principally responsible for regulating
railroad services in Mexico, have broad powers to monitor KCSM’s
compliance with the Concession, and they can require KCSM to supply
them with any technical, administrative and financial information
they request. Among other obligations, KCSM must comply with the
investment commitments established in its business plan, which
forms an integral part of the Concession, and must update the plan
every three years. The SCT treats KCSM’s business plans
confidentially. The SCT and ARTF also monitor KCSM’s compliance
with efficiency and safety standards established in the Concession.
The SCT and ARTF review, and may amend, these standards from time
to time.
Under the Concession, KCSM has the right to operate its rail lines,
but it does not own the land, roadway or associated structures. If
the Mexican government legally terminates the Concession, it would
own, control, and manage such public domain assets used in the
operation of KCSM’s rail lines. All other property not covered by
the Concession, including all locomotives and railcars otherwise
acquired, would remain KCSM’s property. In the event of early
termination, or total or partial revocation of the Concession, the
Mexican government would have the right to cause the Company to
lease all service-related assets to it for a term of at least one
year, automatically renewable for additional one-year terms for up
to five years. The amount of rent would be determined by experts
appointed by KCSM and the Mexican government. The Mexican
government must exercise this right within four months after early
termination or revocation of the Concession. In addition, the
Mexican government would also have a right of first refusal with
respect to certain transfers by KCSM of railroad equipment within
90 days after revocation of the Concession.
The Mexican government may also temporarily seize control of KCSM’s
rail lines and its assets in the event of a natural disaster, war,
significant public disturbance or imminent danger to the domestic
peace or economy. In such a case, the SCT may restrict KCSM’s
ability to operate under the Concession in such manner as the SCT
deems necessary under the circumstances, but only for the duration
of any of the foregoing events. Mexican law requires that the
Mexican government pay compensation if it effects a statutory
appropriation for reasons of the public interest. With respect to a
temporary seizure due to any cause other than international war,
the Mexican Regulatory Railroad Service Law and regulations provide
that the Mexican government will indemnify an affected
concessionaire for an amount equal to damages caused and losses
suffered. However, these payments may not be sufficient to
compensate KCSM for its losses and may not be made
timely.
The SCT may revoke the Concession if KCSM is sanctioned for the
same cause at least three times within a period of five years for
any of the following: unjustly interrupting the operation of its
rail lines or for charging rates higher than those it has
registered with the ARTF; unlawfully restricting the ability of
other Mexican rail operators to use its rail lines; failing to
make payments for damages caused during the performance of
services; failing to comply with any term or condition of the
Mexican Regulatory Railroad Service Law and regulations or the
Concession; failing to make the capital investments required
under its three-year business plan filed with the SCT; or failing
to maintain an obligations compliance bond and insurance coverage
as specified in the Mexican Regulatory Railroad Service Law and
regulations. In addition, the Concession would terminate
automatically if KCSM changes its nationality or assigns or creates
any lien on the Concession, or if there is a change in control of
KCSM without the SCT’s approval. The SCT may also terminate the
Concession as a result of KCSM’s surrender
of its rights under the Concession, or for reasons of public
interest or upon KCSM’s liquidation or bankruptcy. If the
Concession is terminated or revoked by the SCT for any reason, KCSM
would receive no compensation and its interest in its rail lines,
and all other fixtures covered by the Concession, as well as all
improvements made by it, would revert to the Mexican government.
Revocation or termination of the Concession could have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
KCS’s ownership of KCSM and operations in Mexico subject it to
Mexican economic and political risks.
The Mexican government has exercised, and continues to exercise,
significant influence over the Mexican economy. Accordingly,
Mexican governmental actions concerning the economy and state-owned
enterprises could have a significant impact on Mexican private
sector entities in general and on KCSM’s operations in particular.
For example, KCSM operations could be impacted with the
introduction of new legislation or policies to regulate the railway
industry, the energy market, or labor and tax conditions. KCS
cannot predict the impact that the political landscape, including
multiparty rule, social unrest and civil disobedience, will have on
the Mexican economy or KCSM’s operations. For example, from time to
time, social unrest in Mexico has resulted in service interruptions
on KCSM’s right of ways due to blockages from teachers’ protests.
KCS’s consolidated financial statements and prospects may be
adversely affected by currency fluctuations, inflation, interest
rates, regulation, taxation and other political, social and
economic developments in or affecting Mexico. For example, the
Company has several tax contingencies including, multiple tax
periods subject to current examination, audit assessments for the
KCSM 2009 and 2010 Mexico tax returns, and a receivable for
refundable VAT. Tax contingencies are further discussed with Item
8, Financial Statements and Supplemental Data.
The social and political situation in Mexico could adversely affect
the Mexican economy and KCSM’s operations, and changes in laws,
public policies and government programs could be enacted, each of
which could also have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements.
The Mexican economy in the past has suffered balance of payment
deficits and shortages in foreign exchange reserves. Although
Mexico has imposed foreign exchange controls in the past, there are
currently no exchange controls in Mexico. Any restrictive exchange
control policy could adversely affect KCS’s ability to obtain U.S.
dollars or to convert Mexican pesos into dollars for purposes of
making payments. This could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements.
Downturns in the United States economy or in trade between the
United States and Asia or Mexico and fluctuations in the
peso-dollar exchange rates could have material adverse effects on
KCS’s consolidated financial statements.
The level and timing of KCS’s Mexican business activity is heavily
dependent upon the level of United States-Mexican trade and
the effects of current or future multinational trade agreements on
such trade. The Mexican operations depend on the United States and
Mexican markets for the products KCSM transports, the relative
position of Mexico and the United States in these markets at any
given time, and tariffs or other barriers to trade. Failure to
preserve trade provisions conducive to trade, or any other action
imposing import duties or border taxes, could negatively impact KCS
customers and the volume of rail shipments, and could have a
material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements.
Downturns in the United States or Mexican economies or in
trade between the United States and Mexico could have material
adverse effects on KCS’s consolidated financial statements and the
Company’s ability to meet debt service obligations. In addition,
KCS has invested significant amounts in developing its intermodal
operations, including the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, in part to
provide Asian importers with an alternative to the west coast ports
of the United States, and the level of intermodal traffic depends,
to an extent, on the volume of Asian shipments routed through
Lazaro Cardenas. Reductions in trading volumes, which may be caused
by factors beyond KCS’s control, including increased government
regulations regarding the safety and quality of Asian-manufactured
products, could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements.
Additionally, fluctuations in the peso-dollar exchange rates could
lead to shifts in the types and volumes of Mexican imports and
exports. Although a decrease in the level of exports of some of the
commodities that KCSM transports to the United States may be offset
by a subsequent increase in imports of other commodities KCSM hauls
into Mexico and vice versa, any offsetting increase might not occur
on a timely basis, if at all. Future developments in United
States-Mexican trade beyond the Company’s control may result in a
reduction of freight volumes or in an unfavorable shift in the mix
of products and commodities KCSM carries.
Extreme volatility in the peso-dollar exchange rate may result in
disruption of the international foreign exchange markets and may
limit the ability to transfer or convert Mexican pesos into
U.S. dollars. Although the Mexican government currently does
not restrict, and for many years has not restricted, the right or
ability of Mexican or foreign persons or entities to convert pesos
into U.S. dollars or to transfer foreign currencies out of
Mexico, the Mexican government could, as in the past, institute
restrictive exchange rate policies that could limit the ability to
transfer or convert pesos into U.S. dollars or other
currencies for the purpose of making timely payments and meeting
contractual commitments.
Fluctuations in the peso-dollar exchange rates also have an effect
on KCS’s consolidated financial statements. A weakening of the
peso against the U.S. dollar would cause reported peso-denominated
revenues and expenses to decrease, and could increase reported
foreign exchange loss due to the Company’s net monetary assets that
are peso-denominated. Exchange rate variations also affect the
calculation of taxes under Mexican income tax law, and a
strengthening of the peso against the U.S. dollar could cause an
increase in the Company’s cash tax obligation and effective income
tax rate.
General Risk Factors
The unavailability of qualified personnel could adversely affect
KCS’s operations.
Changes in demographics, training requirements and the
unavailability of qualified personnel could negatively affect KCS’s
ability to meet demand for rail service. Unforeseen increases in
demand for rail services may exacerbate such risks, which could
have a negative impact on KCS’s operational efficiency and
otherwise have a material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated
financial statements.
Weaknesses in the short and long-term debt markets could negatively
impact the Company’s access to capital.
Due to the significant capital expenditures required to operate and
maintain a safe and efficient railroad, the Company regularly
obtains financing through the issuance of long-term debt
instruments and commercial paper from time-to-time, as well as
credit facilities provided by financial institutions. Significant,
sustained instability or disruptions of the capital markets,
including credit markets, or the deterioration of the Company’s
financial condition due to internal or external factors, could
restrict or prohibit access and could increase the cost of
financing sources. A significant deterioration of the Company’s
financial condition could also reduce credit ratings to below
investment grade, limiting its access to external sources of
capital, and increasing the costs of short and long-term debt
financing, and could have a material adverse effect on KCS’s
consolidated financial statements.
Item 1B.Unresolved
Staff Comments
None.
Item 2.Properties
Track Configuration
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (“KCSR”) operates over a
railroad system consisting of approximately 3,300 route miles
in ten states from the midwest and southeast portions of the United
States south to the Mexican border, which includes approximately
640 miles of trackage rights that permit KCSR to operate its
trains with its crews over other railroads’ tracks.
Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM”) operates over
a railroad system consisting of approximately 3,800 route
miles. This includes approximately 3,300 route miles operated under
its concession from the Mexican government (the “Concession”), and
approximately 550 miles of trackage rights. Under the Concession,
KCSM does not own the land, roadway, or associated structures, but
is provided the exclusive right to operate across these routes,
while also requiring KCSM to make investments as described in a
business plan filed every three years with the Mexican government.
See Item 1A, Risk Factors — “KCSM’s Mexican Concession is
subject to revocation or termination in certain circumstances which
would prevent KCSM from operating its railroad and would have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.”
Kansas City Southern Rail Network
Equipment Configuration
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, KCS owned and leased the
following units of equipment:
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Owned |
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Leased |
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Total |
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Owned |
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Leased |
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Total |
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Avg Age
(in Years)
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Freight Cars: |
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Box cars |
2,072 |
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691 |
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2,763 |
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27.3 |
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2,093 |
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712 |
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2,805 |
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26.5 |
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Hoppers (covered and open top) |
4,809 |
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1,164 |
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5,973 |
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15.9 |
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4,883 |
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865 |
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5,748 |
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16.0 |
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Gondolas |
2,418 |
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1,180 |
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3,598 |
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24.9 |
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2,423 |
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1,180 |
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3,603 |
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23.8 |
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Automotive |
3,304 |
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323 |
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3,627 |
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8.2 |
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3,310 |
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356 |
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3,666 |
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7.2 |
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Flat cars (intermodal and other) |
793 |
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53 |
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846 |
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27.5 |
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818 |
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54 |
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872 |
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26.8 |
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Tank cars |
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332 |
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332 |
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27.1 |
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416 |
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416 |
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28.2 |
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Total |
13,396 |
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3,743 |
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17,139 |
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18.8 |
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13,527 |
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3,583 |
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17,110 |
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18.2 |
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Freight |
815 |
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815 |
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17.9 |
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759 |
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759 |
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16.5 |
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Switching |
192 |
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— |
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192 |
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46.7 |
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198 |
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— |
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198 |
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46.9 |
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Total |
1,007 |
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1,007 |
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23.4 |
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957 |
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957 |
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22.9 |
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Property and Facilities
KCS operates numerous facilities, including terminals for
intermodal and other freight, rail yards for train-building,
switching, storage-in-transit (the temporary storage of customer
goods in rail cars prior to shipment) and other activities; offices
to administer and manage operations; dispatch centers to direct
traffic on the rail network; crew quarters to house train crews
along the rail line; and shops and other facilities for fueling and
maintenance and repair of locomotives, freight cars and other
equipment.
Capital Expenditures
The Company’s cash capital expenditures for the two years ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020, are included in Item 7,
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources —
Capital Expenditures. See also Item 7, Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates —
Capitalization, Depreciation and Amortization of Property and
Equipment (including Concession Assets) regarding the Company’s
policies and guidelines related to capital
expenditures.
Item 3.Legal
Proceedings
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that
arise in the ordinary course of business. For more information on
legal proceedings, see Item 1A, Risk Factors — “KCS may
be subject to various claims and litigation that could have a
material adverse effect on KCS’s consolidated financial
statements,” Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Other
Matters — Litigation, and Item 8, Financial Statements
and Supplementary Data — Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies.
Item 4.Mine
Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Part II
Item 5.Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
At December 31, 2021, all of the outstanding shares of the
Company’s common stock are held in the Voting Trust. Prior to the
closing of the acquisition, the Company’s common stock was traded
on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “KSU”. The
merger is further discussed within Item 7, Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Information and Results of Operations —
Merger Agreement.
Item 6.[Reserved]
Item 7.Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The following is a discussion of Kansas City Southern’s results of
operations, certain changes in its financial position, liquidity,
capital structure and business developments for the years ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020. This discussion should be read in
conjunction with the included consolidated financial statements,
the related notes, and other information included in this
report.
CAUTIONARY INFORMATION
The discussions set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
statements, other than statements of historical facts, may be
forward-looking statements. In addition, management may make
forward-looking statements orally or in other writings, including,
but not limited to, in press releases, executive presentations, in
the annual report to stockholder and in other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers can usually identify
these forward-looking statements by the use of such verbs as “may,”
“will,” “should,” “likely,” “plans,” “projects,” “expects,”
“anticipates,” “believes” or similar verbs or conjugations of such
verbs. These statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could materially differ from those
anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Such differences
could be caused by a number of factors or combination of factors
including, but not limited to, the factors identified below and
those discussed under Item 1A, Risk Factors, of this
Form 10-K. Readers are strongly encouraged to consider these
factors and the following factors when evaluating any
forward-looking statements concerning the Company:
•public
health threats or outbreaks of communicable diseases;
•transportation
of hazardous materials;
•United
States, Mexican and global economic, political and social
conditions;
•the
adverse impact of any termination or revocation by the Mexican
government of Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.’s
(“KCSM”) Concession;
•changes
in legislation and regulations or revisions of controlling
authority;
•the
effects of adverse general economic conditions affecting customer
demand and the industries and geographic areas that produce and
consume the commodities KCS carries;
•the
effect of demand for KCS’s services exceeding network capacity or
traffic congestion on operating efficiencies and service
reliability;
•KCS’s
reliance on agreements with other railroads and third parties to
successfully implement its business strategy, operations and growth
and expansion plans, including the strategy to convert customers
from using trucking services to rail transportation
services;
•the
dependence on the stability, availability and security of the
information technology systems to operate its
business;
•acts
of terrorism, war or other acts of violence or crime or risk of
such activities;
•uncertainties
regarding the litigation KCS faces and any future claims and
litigation;
•the
outcome of claims and litigation, including those related to
environmental contamination, personal injuries and property
damage;
•compliance
with environmental regulations;
•natural
events such as severe weather, fire, floods, hurricanes,
earthquakes or other disruptions to the Company’s operating
systems, structures and equipment or the ability of customers to
produce or deliver their products;
•insurance
coverage limitations;
•climate
change and the market and regulatory responses to climate
change;
•the
impact of competition, including competition from other rail
carriers, trucking companies and maritime shippers in the United
States and Mexico;
•the
effects of fluctuations in the peso-dollar exchange
rate;
•changes
in labor costs and labor difficulties, including strikes and work
stoppages affecting either operations or customers’ abilities to
deliver goods for shipment;
•the
effects of current and future multinational trade agreements on the
level of trade among the United States, Mexico and
Canada;
•the
level of trade between the United States and Asia or
Mexico;
•unavailability
of qualified personnel;
•disruption
in fuel supplies, changes in fuel prices and the Company’s ability
to recapture its costs of fuel from customers;
•business
uncertainties and contractual restrictions that could arise during
the pendency of the Voting Trust
•difficulty
attracting, motivating, and retaining executives and other key
employees due to uncertainty of the merger
transaction;
•significant
demands placed on KCS as a result of the merger of the two
companies;
•KCS’s
reliance on certain key suppliers of core rail equipment;
and
•material
adverse changes in economic and industry conditions, including the
availability of short and long-term financing, both within the
United States and Mexico and globally.
Forward-looking statements reflect the information only as of the
date on which they are made. The Company does not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
future events, developments, or other information. If KCS does
update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should
be drawn that additional updates will be made regarding that
statement or any other forward-looking statements.
CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation, is a transportation
holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico
and Panama. In the U.S., the Company serves the midwest and
southeast regions of the U.S. Its international holdings serve
northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro
Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a fifty percent interest in
Panama Canal Railway Company provides ocean-to-ocean freight and
passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’s North American rail
holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a
railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of
the U.S., Canada and Mexico. KCS’s principal subsidiaries and
affiliates include the following:
•The
Kansas City Southern Railway Company (“KCSR”), a wholly-owned
subsidiary;
•KCSM,
a wholly-owned subsidiary;
•Mexrail,
Inc. (“Mexrail”), a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary which, in
turn, wholly owns The Texas Mexican Railway Company
(“Tex-Mex”);
•KCSM
Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM Servicios”), a wholly-owned
subsidiary that was merged with KCSM in July 2021;
•Meridian
Speedway, LLC (“MSLLC”), a seventy percent-owned consolidated
affiliate;
•Panama
Canal Railway Company (“PCRC”), a fifty percent-owned
unconsolidated affiliate;
•TFCM,
S. de R.L. de C.V. (“TCM”), a forty-five percent-owned
unconsolidated affiliate;
•Ferrocarril
y Terminal del Valle de México, S.A. de C.V. (“FTVM”), a
twenty-five percent-owned unconsolidated affiliate;
and
•PTC-220,
LLC (“PTC-220”), a thirteen percent-owned unconsolidated
affiliate.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Merger Agreement
On March 21, 2021, KCS entered into a merger agreement with
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (“CP”), a Canadian corporation,
under which CP agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash
transaction valued at $275 per common share. On May 6, 2021, the U.
S. Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) unanimously approved the
use of a voting trust for CP’s proposed merger with KCS. The voting
trust permits KCS to maintain its independence and protect its
financial health during the STB’s review of the ultimate merger as
well as enable KCS stockholders to receive the value of their
shares, even if the STB ultimately rejected the
merger.
On April 20, 2021, KCS received an unsolicited merger proposal
valued at $325 per common share from Canadian National Railway
Company (“CN”), a Canadian corporation, which, after negotiation
with and a revised proposal from CN, was determined on May 13, 2021
by the Company’s board of directors to be a superior proposal as
defined by the CP merger agreement. On May 21, 2021, KCS terminated
the CP merger agreement and paid CP a merger termination fee of
$700.0 million, which was recognized in merger costs, net
within the consolidated statements of income.
On May 21, 2021, KCS and CN entered into a merger agreement (the
“CN merger agreement”), and a U.S. affiliate of CN paid KCS
$700.0 million as reimbursement for the termination fee paid
to CP. KCS was obligated to repay the termination fee to CN under
certain circumstances, including but not limited to, if KCS were to
terminate the CN merger agreement to accept a superior proposal as
defined by the CN merger agreement. As a result, the $700.0 million
reimbursement from CN was recognized in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities within the consolidated balance sheet. In
addition, KCS was obligated to pay CN a termination fee of $700.0
million to terminate the CN merger agreement.
On August 10, 2021, KCS received an unsolicited merger proposal
from CP to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction valued at
$300 per common share. On August 12, 2021, the Company’s board of
directors determined that the CP proposal did not constitute a
superior proposal as defined by the CN merger
agreement.
On August 31, 2021, the STB unanimously rejected the use of a
voting trust in the proposed merger between CN and KCS. Shortly
thereafter, CP reaffirmed its August 10th proposal to acquire KCS
for a then estimated value of $300 per common share, which, after
negotiation with CP, the Company’s board of directors determined to
be a superior proposal as defined by the CN merger agreement. On
September 15, 2021, KCS terminated the CN merger agreement and paid
CN $1,400.0 million, which included (1) a $700.0 million merger
termination fee recognized in merger costs, net within the
consolidated statements of income and (2) reimbursement of the CN
payment for the CP termination fee of $700.0 million recognized as
a reduction to accounts payable and accrued liabilities within the
consolidated balance sheet.
On September 15, 2021, KCS and CP entered into a merger agreement
(the “Merger Agreement”) and CP paid KCS $1,400.0 million, which
included (1) $700.0 million for reimbursement of the CP termination
fee recognized as a reduction of merger costs and (2) $700.0
million for reimbursement of the termination fee paid to CN. KCS
was obligated to repay the $700.0 million CN termination fee to CP
under certain circumstances, including but not limited to, if KCS
were to terminate the Merger Agreement to accept a superior
proposal as defined by the Merger Agreement. As a result, the
$700.0 million reimbursement from CP was recognized in accounts
payable and accrued liabilities within the consolidated balance
sheet. In addition, KCS was required to pay CP a termination fee of
$700.0 million to terminate the Merger Agreement.
On September 30, 2021, in response to the revised merger notice
filed by CP in connection with the Merger Agreement, the STB
reconfirmed its prior decision approving the use of the voting
trust in the Merger Agreement.
On December 8, 2021, CP’s stockholders voted to approve the
issuance of the CP common shares to KCS stockholders in connection
with the proposed Merger Agreement. On December 10, 2021, KCS’s
stockholders voted to approve the merger between KCS and CP. As a
result, KCS had no further obligations to repay the $700.0 million
CN termination fee to CP and eliminated the termination fee
liability and recognized the termination fee reimbursement into
income, reducing merger costs by $700.0 million. For the year ended
December 31, 2021, KCS incurred $1,400.0 million of merger
termination fees, completely
offset by the recovery of $1,400.0 million of merger termination
fees recognized in merger costs, net within the consolidated
statements of income.
On December 14, 2021, CP acquired the outstanding common and
preferred stock of KCS. Each share of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of KCS that was outstanding immediately prior to the
merger was converted into the right to receive (1) 2.884 common
shares of CP and (2) $90 in cash (together, the “Merger
Consideration”), and each share of preferred stock, par value $25
per share, that was outstanding immediately prior to the merger was
converted into the right to receive $37.50 in cash. The Merger
Consideration value received by KCS stockholders was $301.20 per
KCS common share. KCS stockholders were expected to own
approximately 28% of CP’s outstanding common shares at the date of
the acquisition.
The merger transaction was completed through a series of mergers as
outlined in the Merger Agreement. These mergers ultimately resulted
in KCS being merged with and into Cygnus Merger Sub 1 Corporation
(“Surviving Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CP, with
Surviving Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity. Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, Surviving Merger Sub was renamed “Kansas
City Southern” and as successor company of KCS, continued to own
the assets of KCS. Immediately following the consummation of the
mergers, CP caused the contribution, directly and indirectly, of
all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Surviving Merger
Sub, as successor to KCS, to be deposited into an independent,
irrevocable voting trust (the “Voting Trust”) under a voting trust
agreement (the “Voting Trust Agreement”) approved by the STB,
pending receipt of the final and non-appealable approval or
exemption by the STB pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11323 et seq., of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (“STB Final
Approval”). The Voting Trust prevents CP, or any affiliate of CP,
from controlling or having the power to control KCS prior to STB
Final Approval. Following receipt of STB Final Approval and
approval from other applicable regulatory authorities, the Voting
Trust will be terminated and CP will acquire control over KCS’s
railroad operations. STB Final Approval is expected to be granted
in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to the regulatory review
process.
On December 14, 2021, the merger of KCS and Surviving Merger Sub
was accounted for as a recapitalization of KCS’s equity. Upon STB
Final Approval, the transaction will be accounted for as a business
combination using the acquisition method of accounting. See more
details regarding the recapitalization in Item 8, Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 14, Stockholder(s)’
Equity.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, KCS reported $264.0 million
of merger-related costs. These merger costs primarily related to
bankers’ fees, compensation and benefits costs, and legal fees and
were recognized in merger costs, net within the consolidated
statements of income.
On September 30, 2021, KCS entered into a letter waiver with
lenders to the KCS revolving credit facility to waive the events of
default that would occur under the KCS revolving credit facility as
a result of the change of control that would arise upon
consummation of the voting trust transaction and as a result of CP
obtaining control of KCS following final approval of the
transaction by the STB. The foregoing description of the letter
waiver is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the letter
waiver, incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.13.1. See more
details regarding the Company’s debt in Item 8, Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 12, Long-Term
Debt.
On December 14, 2021, in connection with the closing of the merger
transaction, the Company, Surviving Merger Sub and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee, entered into supplemental
indentures (the “Supplemental Indentures”) to (i) the Indenture,
dated as of April 29, 2019, (ii) the Indenture, dated as of October
29, 2013, (iii) the Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2015 and (iv)
the Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2015 (each, as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time, an “Indenture”), in
each case pursuant to which the Surviving Merger Sub assumed the
Company’s rights and obligations under each Indenture and the debt
securities outstanding thereunder. In addition, the Company,
Surviving Merger Sub and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent (the “Agent”), entered into an assumption agreement and
joinder (the “Assumption Agreement”) pursuant to which the
Surviving Merger Sub assumed the Company’s rights and obligations
under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2019,
among the Company, the Agent and the other parties from time to
time party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time
to time). The foregoing descriptions of the Supplemental Indentures
and Assumption Agreement are not complete and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to such Supplemental Indentures or
Assumption Agreement, as applicable, copies of which are
incorporated by reference as Exhibits 4.2.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.4, 4.6.15,
and 10.13.2.
COVID-19
As a provider of critical infrastructure, KCS has an obligation to
keep employees working and freight moving. Throughout the COVID-19
pandemic, KCS has remained focused on protecting the health and
well-being of its employees and the communities in which it
operates while assuring the continuity of its business operations.
In 2020 and 2021, the Company
has taken numerous measures to overcome adverse operational and
financial impacts to the Company related to the COVID-19 pandemic
including, but not limited to, implementing a variety of health and
safety measures (e.g. separating dispatching and crew operations
and providing enhanced cleaning and hygiene protocols), restricting
administrative employee business travel and permitting remote work
for employees where possible. In 2021, the Company strongly
encouraged employees to get vaccinated and offered incentives to do
so.
COVID-19 costs increased total expense for the year ended December
31, 2021 by approximately $8.0 million, primarily due to expenses
related to cleaning and decontamination of locomotives and other
workspaces and the costs of protective gear for KCS employees and
wages paid to employees who were symptomatic or in quarantine.
COVID-19 costs for the year ended December 31, 2020 were
approximately $10.0 million. The $2.0 million decrease in costs for
the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in
2020, was due to lower wages paid to certain employees who were
allowed to stay home pursuant to a Mexican presidential
decree.
KCS believes it has a strong liquidity position to continue
business operations and service its debt obligations. As disclosed
in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section, the Company has
total available liquidity of $939.3 million as of December 31,
2021, consisting of cash on hand and a revolving credit facility.
KCS continues to monitor the on-going impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic on its liquidity and capital resources.
2021 Financial Overview
Revenues increased 12% for the year ended December 31, 2021, as
compared to 2020, due to a 7% increase in revenue per carload/unit
and a 5% increase in carload/unit volumes. Revenue per carload/unit
increased due to higher fuel surcharge, positive pricing impacts,
mix, and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S.
dollar. Carload/unit volumes increased due to strength in utility
coal shipments, recovery from COVID-19 impacts in 2020 on the
industrial and consumer and intermodal business units, increased
grain shipments, and strength in refined fuel product shipments
into Mexico during the first half of the year, partially offset by
refined fuel terminal shutdowns and import inspections delays as a
result of increased Mexico regulation.
Operating expenses increased 27% for the year ended December 31,
2021, as compared to 2020, primarily due to merger costs, higher
diesel fuel price and consumption, and the strengthening of the
Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar. Operating expenses as a
percentage of revenues (“operating ratio”) increased to 70.0% in
2021 from 61.9% in 2020.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2021, compared with the Year Ended
December 31, 2020
The following summarizes KCS’s consolidated income statement
components
(in millions):
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Change |
Revenues |
$ |
2,947.3 |
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$ |
2,632.6 |
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$ |
314.7 |
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Operating expenses |
2,063.5 |
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1,629.6 |
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433.9 |
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Operating income |
883.8 |
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1,003.0 |
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(119.2) |
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Equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliates |
16.7 |
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(1.4) |
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18.1 |
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Interest expense |
(156.0) |
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(150.9) |
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(5.1) |
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Foreign exchange loss |
(9.0) |
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(29.6) |
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20.6 |
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Other income, net |
2.6 |
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2.1 |
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0.5 |
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Income before income taxes |
738.1 |
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823.2 |
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(85.1) |
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Income tax expense |
211.1 |
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204.1 |
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7.0 |
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Net income |
527.0 |
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619.1 |
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(92.1) |
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Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling
interest |
1.8 |
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2.1 |
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(0.3) |
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Net income attributable to Kansas City Southern and
subsidiaries |
$ |
525.2 |
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$ |
617.0 |
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$ |
(91.8) |
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Operating Metrics
The Company has established the following key metrics and goals to
measure precision scheduled railroading (“PSR”) progress and
performance:
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Years ended |
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Improvement/ (Deterioration) |
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December 31, |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Gross velocity (mph) (i)
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14.0 |
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15.1 |
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(7)% |
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Terminal dwell (hours) (ii)
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23.5 |
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22.1 |
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(6)% |
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Train length (feet) (iii)
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6,635 |
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6,671 |
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(1)% |
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Fuel efficiency (gallons per 1,000 GTM's) (iv)
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1.23 |
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1.24 |
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1% |
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(i) Gross velocity is the average train speed between origin and
destination in miles per hour calculated as the sum of the miles
traveled divided by the sum of total transit hours. Transit hours
are measured as the difference between a train’s origin departure
and destination arrival date and times broken down by segment
across the train route (includes all time spent including crew
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(ii) Terminal dwell is the average amount of time in hours between
car arrival to and departure from the yard (excludes cars that move
through a terminal on a run-through train, stored, bad ordered, and
maintenance-of-way cars). Calculated by dividing the total number
of hours cars spent in terminals by the total count of car dwell
events. |
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(iii) Train length is the average length of a train across its
reporting stations, including the origin and intermediate stations.
Length of a train is the sum of car and locomotive lengths measured
in feet. |
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(iv) Fuel efficiency is calculated by taking locomotive fuel
consumed in gallons divided by thousand gross ton miles (“GTM’s”)
net of detours with no associated fuel gallons. GTM’s are the
movement of one ton of train weight over one mile calculated by
multiplying total train weight by distance the train moved. GTM’s
exclude locomotive gross ton miles. |
The decline in velocity and increase in dwell for the year ended
December 30, 2021, compared to 2020, were primarily due to
lingering network congestion during the first half of
2021.
Revenues
The following summarizes revenues
(in millions),
carload/unit statistics
(in thousands)
and revenue per carload/unit:
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Revenues |
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Carloads and Units |
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Revenue per Carload/Unit |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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% Change |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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% Change |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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% Change |
Chemical and petroleum |
$ |
851.8 |
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$ |
763.8 |
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12 |
% |
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371.5 |
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356.7 |
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4 |
% |
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$ |
2,293 |
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$ |
2,141 |
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7 |
% |
Industrial and consumer products |
589.6 |
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537.7 |
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10 |
% |
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304.3 |
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300.5 |
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1 |
% |
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1,938 |
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1,789 |
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8 |
% |
Agriculture and minerals |
571.7 |
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505.4 |
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13 |
% |
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269.9 |
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251.0 |
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8 |
% |
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2,118 |
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2,014 |
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5 |
% |
Energy |
254.8 |
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195.0 |
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31 |
% |
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263.1 |
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210.0 |
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25 |
% |
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968 |
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929 |
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4 |
% |
Intermodal |
346.3 |
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319.1 |
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9 |
% |
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952.8 |
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924.5 |
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3 |
% |
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363 |
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345 |
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5 |
% |
Automotive |
183.2 |
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172.7 |
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6 |
% |
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104.6 |
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110.7 |
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(6 |
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1,751 |
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1,560 |
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12 |
% |
Carload revenues, carloads and units |
2,797.4 |
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2,493.7 |
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% |
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2,266.2 |
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2,153.4 |
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5 |
% |
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$ |
1,234 |
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$ |
1,158 |
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7 |
% |
Other revenue |
149.9 |
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138.9 |
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8 |
% |
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Total revenues (i) |
$ |
2,947.3 |
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$ |
2,632.6 |
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12 |
% |
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(i) Included in revenues: |
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Fuel surcharge |
$ |
274.5 |
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$ |
208.7 |
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Revenues include revenue for transportation services and fuel
surcharges. For the year ended December 31, 2021, revenues
increased 12% due to an increase in revenue per carload/unit of 7%
and an increase in carloads/unit volumes of 5%, respectively,
compared to 2020.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, revenue per carload/unit
increased by 7%, compared to the prior year, due to higher fuel
surcharge, positive pricing, mix, and the strengthening of the
Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar. The average exchange rate of
Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar was Ps.20.3 for 2021, compared to
Ps.21.5 for 2020, which resulted in an increase to revenues of
approximately $26.0 million.
Carload/unit volumes increased due to strength in utility coal
shipments, recovery from COVID-19 impacts on the industrial and
consumer and intermodal business units, increased grain shipments,
and strength in refined fuel product shipments into Mexico during
the first half of the year, partially offset by refined fuel
terminal shutdowns and import inspections delays as a result of
increased Mexico regulation.
KCS’s fuel surcharges are a mechanism to adjust revenue based upon
changes in fuel prices above fuel price thresholds set in KCS’s
tariffs or contracts. Fuel surcharge revenue is calculated using a
fuel price from a prior time period that can be up to 60 days
earlier. In a period of volatile fuel prices or changing customer
business mix, changes in fuel expense and fuel surcharge revenue
may differ.
Fuel surcharge revenue increased $65.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to the prior year, primarily due
to higher fuel prices and volumes.
The following discussion provides an analysis of revenues by
commodity group:
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Revenues by commodity
group for 2021
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Chemical and petroleum. Revenues
increased $88.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to a 7% increase in revenue per carload/unit
and a 4% increase in carload/unit volumes. Revenue per carload/unit
increased due to mix, higher fuel surcharge, positive pricing
impacts, and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S.
dollar, partially offset by shorter average length of haul. Volumes
increased due to refined fuel product shipments into Mexico during
the first half of the year, partially offset by refined fuel
terminal shutdowns and import inspections delays as a result of
increased Mexico regulation.
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Industrial and consumer products. Revenues
increased $51.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to an 8% increase in revenue per carload/unit
and 1% increase in carload/unit volumes. Revenue per carload/unit
increased due to mix, higher fuel surcharge, positive pricing
impacts, and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S.
dollar, partially offset by shorter average length of haul. Volumes
increased primarily due to recovery from COVID-19 impacts in 2020,
increased demand for metals and scrap, and new steel plants opening
on the KCSM network.
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Revenues by commodity
group for 2021
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Agriculture and minerals. Revenues
increased $66.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to an 8% increase in carload/unit volumes and
a 5% increase in revenue per carload/unit. Volumes increased due to
grain shipments on improved cycle times. Revenue per carload/unit
increased due to higher fuel surcharge, positive pricing impacts,
and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar,
partially offset by mix and shorter average length of
haul.
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Energy. Revenues
increased $59.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to a 25% increase in carload/unit volumes and
a 4% increase in revenue per carload/unit. Volumes increased in
utility coal as a result of higher natural gas prices, plant
outages in prior year, and rebuilding of stockpiles. Volumes also
increased in crude oil due to new business and recovery of economic
conditions. Revenue per carload/unit increased due to higher fuel
surcharge, longer average length of haul, positive pricing impacts,
and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar,
partially offset by mix.
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Intermodal. Revenues
increased $27.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to a 5% increase in revenue per carload/unit
and a 3% increase in carload/unit volumes. Revenue per carload/unit
increased compared to the same period in
2020, due to higher fuel surcharge, positive pricing impacts, and
the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar,
partially offset by mix. Carload/unit volumes increased due to
recovery from COVID-19 impacts in 2020, partially offset by service
interruptions at Lazaro Cardenas port in Mexico due to KCSM
right-of-way blockages resulting from teachers’ protests from the
end of July through early November and lower auto plant production
driven by a global microchip shortage affecting auto parts
shipments.
Automotive. Revenues
increased $10.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, due to a 12% increase in revenue per
carload/unit, partially offset by a 6% decrease in carload/unit
volumes. Revenue per carload/unit increased compared to the same
period in 2020, due to longer average length of haul, the
strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar, higher
fuel surcharge, positive pricing impacts, and mix. Volumes
decreased due to lower auto plant production driven by a global
microchip shortage.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses, as shown below (in
millions),
increased $433.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021,
compared to 2020, primarily due to merger costs, higher diesel fuel
price and consumption and the strengthening of the Mexican peso
against the U.S. dollar.
The strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar
resulted in increased expense of approximately $25.0 million for
expense transactions denominated in Mexican pesos. The average
exchange rate of Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar was Ps.20.3 for 2021
compared to Ps.21.5 for 2020.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Dollars |
|
Percent |
Compensation and benefits |
$ |
522.0 |
|
|
$ |
476.5 |
|
|
$ |
45.5 |
|
|
10 |
% |
Purchased services |
211.8 |
|
|
198.1 |
|
|
13.7 |
|
|
7 |
% |
Fuel |
313.6 |
|
|
219.8 |
|
|
93.8 |
|
|
43 |
% |
Equipment costs |
82.2 |
|
|
85.8 |
|
|
(3.6) |
|
|
(4 |
%) |
Depreciation and amortization |
365.8 |
|
|
357.9 |
|
|
7.9 |
|
|
2 |
% |
Materials and other |
304.1 |
|
|
260.9 |
|
|
43.2 |
|
|
17 |
% |
Merger costs, net |
264.0 |
|
|
— |
|
|
264.0 |
|
|
100 |
% |
Write-off of software development costs |
— |
|
|
13.6 |
|
|
(13.6) |
|
|
(100 |
%) |
Restructuring charges |
— |
|
|
17.0 |
|
|
(17.0) |
|
|
(100 |
%) |
Total operating expenses |
$ |
2,063.5 |
|
|
$ |
1,629.6 |
|
|
$ |
433.9 |
|
|
27 |
% |
Compensation and benefits. Compensation
and benefits increased $45.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to wage and benefit
inflation of approximately $18.0 million, an increase in headcount
and hours worked of approximately $15.0 million, the strengthening
of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar of approximately $8.0
million, and costs relating to Mexican outsourcing reform of
approximately $8.0 million, partially offset by decreased incentive
compensation of approximately $8.0 million.
Purchased services. Purchased
services expense increased $13.7 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to an increase in
software and programming expense of approximately $8.0 million,
higher trackage rights of approximately $4.0 million, and the
strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar of
approximately $3.0 million.
Fuel. Fuel
expense increased $93.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to higher diesel fuel
prices in the U.S. and Mexico of approximately $48.0 million and
$23.0 million, respectively, increased consumption of approximately
$13.0 million, and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against
the U.S. dollar of approximately $10.0 million. The average price
per gallon was $2.50 in 2021, compared to $1.90 in
2020.
Equipment costs. Equipment
costs decreased $3.6 million for the year ended December 31,
2021, compared to 2020, due to decreased car hire expense of
approximately $2.0 million due to decreased rates, including
incentives. Equipment costs also decreased due to lower lease
expense of approximately $2.0 million primarily due to freight car
lease expirations and terminations resulting from PSR
initiatives.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation
and amortization expense increased $7.9 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to a larger asset
base.
Materials and other. Materials
and other expense increased $43.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to increased
materials and supplies expense of approximately $23.0 million,
primarily resulting from increasing the active locomotive fleet to
support service recovery and volume growth in the second half of
2021; a one-time contract dispute recognized of approximately $10.0
million; higher employee expenses of approximately $8.0 million;
unfavorable legal settlement of approximately $5.0 million; reduced
property taxes of approximately $4.0 million in 2020;
and
the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar of
approximately $4.0 million. These increases were partially offset
by a decrease in personal injury expense of approximately $11.0
million.
Merger costs, net.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized
$264.0 million of merger costs primarily related to bankers’ fees,
compensation and benefits costs, and legal fees. Refer to Item 8,
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 3, Merger
Agreement for more information.
Write-off of software development costs.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized
$13.6 million of expense related to costs previously capitalized
for the development of internal-use software. The development of
the software was cancelled prior to completion and had no further
use.
Restructuring charges.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized
$17.0 million of restructuring charges primarily related to the
Company’s voluntary separation program of $9.7 million and the
purchase of impaired, leased locomotives of $6.0 million. Refer to
Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 4,
Restructuring Charges for more information.
Non-Operating Expenses
Equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliates.
Equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliates increased $18.1
million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to
2020, primarily due to increases in net earnings from PCRC
resulting from increased container volumes and a gain on insurance
recoveries recognized in the third quarter of 2021, related to a
three-month rail bridge outage that occurred in June 2020. Equity
in earnings of TCM increased due to decreased interest, tax expense
and foreign exchange losses. Equity in earnings of FTVM increased
due to decreased expenses from prior year.
Interest expense.
Interest expense increased $5.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to higher average
debt balances. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the
average debt balance (including commercial paper) was $3,809.4
million, compared to $3,679.4 million in 2020. The average interest
rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was 4.1%
for both periods.
Foreign exchange loss.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, foreign exchange loss
was $9.0 million, compared to a loss of $29.6 million in 2020.
Foreign exchange loss includes the re-measurement and settlement of
net monetary assets denominated in Mexican pesos and the loss on
foreign currency derivative contracts.
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the
re-measurement and settlement of net monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in Mexican pesos resulted in a foreign
exchange loss of $5.3 million and $7.1 million,
respectively.
The Company enters into foreign currency derivative contracts to
hedge its net exposure to fluctuations in the Mexican cash tax
obligation due to changes in the value of the Mexican peso against
the U.S. dollar. For the year ended December 31, 2021, foreign
exchange loss on foreign currency derivative contracts was $3.7
million, compared to a loss of $22.5 million in 2020.
Other income, net.
Other income, net, increased $0.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020 primarily due to an
increase in miscellaneous income.
Income tax expense.
Income tax expense increased $7.0 million for the year ended
December 31, 2021, compared to 2020, due to a higher effective
tax rate. The higher effective tax rate was primarily due to
non-deductible transaction costs and executive compensation
resulting from the merger. In addition, the year ended December 31,
2020 included a one-time benefit for global intangible low-taxed
income (“GILTI”) regulations that provided for a retroactive
high-tax exception. The increase in tax expense was partially
offset by excess tax benefits on share-based compensation, lower
pre-tax income due to merger costs and changes in state tax
law.
The fluctuations of the Mexican peso decreased the Company’s
Mexican cash tax obligation by $3.1 million and $13.0 million for
the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively.
Differences between the Company’s effective income tax rate
and the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 21% for 2021
and 2020 follow
(in millions):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Change |
|
Dollars |
|
Percent |
|
Dollars |
|
Percent |
|
Dollars |
|
Percent |
Income tax expense using the statutory rate in effect |
$ |
155.0 |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
|
$ |
172.9 |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
|
$ |
(17.9) |
|
|
— |
|
Tax effect of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Difference between U.S. and foreign tax rate |
51.9 |
|
|
7.0 |
% |
|
44.1 |
|
|
5.4 |
% |
|
7.8 |
|
|
1.6 |
% |
Share-based compensation |
(25.2) |
|
|
(3.4 |
%) |
|
(4.6) |
|
|
(0.6 |
%) |
|
(20.6) |
|
|
(2.8 |
%) |
Non-deductible executive compensation |
14.7 |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
1.8 |
|
|
0.2 |
% |
|
12.9 |
|
|
1.8 |
% |
Non-deductible transaction costs |
14.0 |
|
|
1.9 |
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
14.0 |
|
|
1.9 |
% |
Tax credits |
(11.7) |
|
|
(1.6 |
%) |
|
(13.8) |
|
|
(1.7 |
%) |
|
2.1 |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
Inflation |
(10.4) |
|
|
(1.4 |
%) |
|
(4.9) |
|
|
(0.6 |
%) |
|
(5.5) |
|
|
(0.8 |
%) |
Withholding tax |
8.5 |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
|
9.9 |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
|
(1.4) |
|
|
— |
|
Foreign exchange (i) |
5.9 |
|
|
0.8 |
% |
|
(3.4) |
|
|
(0.4 |
%) |
|
9.3 |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
GILTI tax, net |
0.4 |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
(14.5) |
|
|
(1.8 |
%) |
|
14.9 |
|
|
1.9 |
% |
State and local income tax provision, net |
0.2 |
|
|
— |
|
|
12.5 |
|
|
1.5 |
% |
|
(12.3) |
|
|
(1.5 |
%) |
Other, net |
7.8 |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
4.1 |
|
|
0.6 |
% |
|
3.7 |
|
|
0.4 |
% |
Income tax expense |
$ |
211.1 |
|
|
28.6 |
% |
|
$ |
204.1 |
|
|
24.8 |
% |
|
$ |
7.0 |
|
|
3.8 |
% |
_____________________
(i)The
Company’s Mexican subsidiaries have net U.S. dollar-denominated
monetary liabilities which, for Mexican income tax purposes, are
subject to periodic revaluation based on changes in the value of
the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar. This revaluation creates
fluctuations in the Company’s Mexican income tax expense in the
consolidated statements of income and the amount of income taxes
paid in Mexico. The Company also has net monetary assets
denominated in Mexican pesos, that are subject to periodic
re-measurement and settlement that creates fluctuations in foreign
currency gains and losses in the consolidated statements of income.
The Company hedges its net exposure to variations in earnings by
entering into foreign currency forward contracts. The foreign
currency forward contracts involve the Company’s agreement to buy
or sell pesos at an agreed-upon exchange rate on a future date.
Refer to to Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data — Note 10, Derivative Instruments for further
information.
Mexico Regulatory and Legal Updates
Outsourcing Reform.
In April 2021, Mexico approved several amendments to federal labor,
tax, social security, and other laws (“Outsourcing Reform”), which
prohibit the subcontracting and outsourcing of personnel.
Outsourcing Reform allows for certain exceptions, including the
subcontracting of specialized services that are not part of a
recipient company’s corporate purpose or main economic activities.
A 90-day transition period was granted to allow companies to comply
with Outsourcing Reform. Non-compliance could result in penalties
and the loss of deductions and value-added tax (“VAT”) credits on
third party and related party service payments.
Previously, KCSM subcontracted its management and union employees,
other than the president and executive representative of KCSM, from
its affiliate, KCSM Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (“KCSM Servicios”), a
wholly-owned and consolidated subsidiary of the Company. As a
result of Outsourcing Reform, KCSM Servicios was merged into KCSM
on July 2, 2021, resulting in KCSM Servicios employees becoming
employees of KCSM.
Outsourcing Reform also limits the statutory profit sharing payment
per employee (referred to by its Spanish acronym “PTU”) to the
greater of three months’ salary or the average of the amount of
profit sharing received in the last three years. KCSM Servicios’
employees were eligible for PTU and received PTU payments and other
bonuses. As employees of KCSM, employees are eligible to receive
PTU payments from KCSM. Outsourcing Reform increased 2021 net
expense by
approximately $5.0 million. KCSM does not expect Outsourcing Reform
will have a significant impact on the Company’s 2022 consolidated
financial statements.
Hydrocarbons Law.
On May 5, 2021, new legislation pertaining to the transport and
handling of hydrocarbons in Mexico became effective. This
legislation addresses a wide array of issues related to the
storage, transportation and handling of petroleum products, as well
as the illegal import of hydrocarbons. The legislation is being
challenged in the court system by a number of stakeholders and is
currently subject to a court-ordered injunction, resulting in a
suspension of the implementation and enforcement of this new law.
To date, this law has not had a material effect on the Company or
its operations. However, the Company is continuing to monitor this
law and is evaluating the effect on the Company and its business
operations.
Inspections Related to Imports and Terminals.
During 2021, the SCT and other relevant Mexican authorities
increased inspections of imports and enforcement of various
regulations and permit requirements related to terminal operations,
with specific focus on imports of refined products and refined fuel
transloading terminals and freight terminals, in order to prevent
the illegal importation of refined fuel products. These inspections
resulted in delays related to the import of shipments into Mexico
as well as the shutdown of several refined fuel terminals in the
second half of 2021. The SCT has instructed KCSM to provide railway
service only to those terminals that have the applicable permits.
If KCSM were to fail to comply with the SCT requirements, the
Company could be subject to fines and potential revocation of the
Concession. As a result, KCS’s freight revenue from refined
products decreased significantly in the second half of 2021, as
compared to the first half of 2021. See further discussion in the
Revenues section.
Value-Added Tax Law.
In November 2021, changes in the VAT law were effective beginning
January 1, 2022 that reduce the recoverability of VAT paid by KCSM
on its expenditures that support international import
transportation service revenues that are not subject to a VAT
charge. As a result of the law change, in general, beginning in
2022, KCSM is changing its service offering for these services in a
manner that either requires VAT to be charged to customers on
KCSM’s transportation service revenue, or the imposition by KCSM of
a rate increase to offset the negative impact of the unrecoverable
VAT. As a result of mitigation activities taken by the Company,
KCSM does not expect this change in law will have a significant
impact on the Company’s 2022 consolidated financial
statements.
Carta Porte.
In the second quarter of 2021, KCSM was notified by the Servicio de
Administración Tributaria (“SAT”) that shipping companies (cargo
airlines, trucks, maritime, railroads, etc.) must include
additional bill of lading information (referred to in Mexico as
“Carta Porte”) with the invoice for all merchandise shipped in
Mexico, including cross-border, international and Mexico domestic
shipments. The Carta Porte requirements and deadline were modified
several times throughout 2021. The effective date of January 1,
2022, included a three month grace period during which penalties
and fines for inaccurate information would not be imposed. KCSM
adapted its systems to comply with these requirements. Failure to
comply with Carta Porte requirements subsequent to the grace period
could result in penalties and fines imposed by the SAT, shipping
delays causing network congestion and delayed invoicing and cash
collections. In addition, in the event of repeated noncompliance
with Carta Porte requirements, the SAT has the power to
preventively shutdown operations of a company.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
The Company focuses its cash and capital resources on investing in
the business, shareholder returns and optimizing its capital
structure.
The Company believes, based on current expectations, that cash and
other liquid assets, operating cash flows, and other available
financing resources will be sufficient to fund anticipated
operating expenses, capital expenditures, debt service costs,
dividends, and other commitments for the foreseeable
future.
During the first quarter of 2021, KCS received 233,402 shares of
common stock as final settlement of the forward contracts totaling
$75.0 million under the accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”)
agreements entered into during October 2020 under the 2019 share
repurchase program. The final weighted-average price per share of
the shares repurchased under these ASR agreements was $191.75. The
Company terminated its share repurchase program upon entering into
its initial merger agreement with CP in March 2021. Refer to Item
8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 14,
Stockholder(s)’ Equity for additional detail on the Company’s
common share repurchase program and ASR agreements.
During 2021, the Company invested $489.4 million in capital
expenditures. See Capital Expenditures section for further
details.
The Company’s financing instruments contain restrictive covenants
that limit or preclude certain actions; however, the covenants are
structured such that the Company expects to have sufficient
flexibility to conduct its operations. The Company has been, and
expects to continue to be, in compliance with all of its debt
covenants.
For discussion regarding the agreements representing the
indebtedness of KCS, refer to Note 11, Short-Term Borrowings and
Note 12, Long-Term Debt of the consolidated financial
statements.
During the first three quarters of 2021, the Company’s Board of
Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.54 per share or
$147.3 million on its common stock. Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, KCS plans to make periodic cash distributions to a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CP based upon cash generated, the timing
of capital expenditures and working capital needs of the
Company.
On December 31, 2021, total available liquidity (the cash
balance plus revolving credit facility availability) was $939.3
million, compared to available liquidity at December 31, 2020
of $788.2 million.
As of December 31, 2021, the total cash and cash equivalents
held outside of the U.S. in foreign subsidiaries was $11.5 million,
after repatriating $336.2 million during 2021. The Company expects
that this cash will be available to fund company operations without
incurring significant additional income taxes.
Since January 2019, the Company has generated a refundable VAT
balance and filed refund claims with the SAT that are still under
review. The refundable VAT balance increased to $152.2 million as
of December 31, 2021. Delays in refunds of VAT from the
Mexican government negatively impacted KCSM’s cash flow by
approximately $57.0 million and $43.0 million in 2021 and
2020.
Cash Flow Information and Contractual Obligations
Summary cash flow data follows
(in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
Cash flows provided by (used for): |
|
|
|
Operating activities |
$ |
935.8 |
|
|
$ |
1,080.0 |
|
Investing activities |
(531.2) |
|
|
(526.0) |
|
Financing activities |
(251.2) |
|
|
(510.3) |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
(2.3) |
|
|
(4.3) |
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
151.1 |
|
|
39.4 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year |
188.2 |
|
|
148.8 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents end of year |
$ |
339.3 |
|
|
$ |
188.2 |
|
During 2021, cash and cash equivalents increased $151.1 million as
a result of the impacts discussed below.
Operating Cash Flows. Net
cash provided by operating activities decreased $144.2 million for
2021, as compared to 2020, primarily due to cash payments for
merger of costs of $2,287.2 million, partially offset by merger
termination fee reimbursements of $2,100.0 million, lower payments
for settlements of foreign currency derivative instruments of $18.1
million, and increased distributions from affiliates of $7.5
million.
Investing Cash Flows. Net
cash used for investing activities increased $5.2 million for 2021,
as compared to 2020, due to an $84.9 million increase in capital
expenditures, partially offset by a $78.2 million decrease in
expenditures for the purchase or replacement of assets under
existing operating leases. Additional information is included
within the Capital Expenditure section of Liquidity and Capital
Resources.
Financing Cash Flows. Net
cash used for financing activities decreased $259.1 million for
2021, as compared to 2020, due to a decrease in shares repurchased,
including under ASR agreements, of $888.9 million, partially offset
by a decrease in proceeds from issuance of long-term debt of $545.6
million and an increase in cash settlement of stock options of
$75.2 million.
Contractual Obligations. The
following table outlines the material obligations and commitments
as of December 31, 2021
(in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments Due by Period |
Total |
|
Less Than
1 Year |
|
1-3 Years |
|
3-5 Years |
|
More than
5 years |
Long-term debt and short-term borrowings (including interest and
finance lease obligations) (i) |
$ |
7,043.8 |
|
|
$ |
157.3 |
|
|
$ |
928.8 |
|
|
$ |
512.5 |
|
|
$ |
5,445.2 |
|
Operating leases |
72.0 |
|
|
23.4 |
|
|
30.5 |
|
|
11.7 |
|
|
6.4 |
|
Obligations due to uncertainty in income taxes |
2.2 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Capital expenditure obligations (ii) |
238.9 |
|
|
117.3 |
|
|
121.6 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Other contractual obligations (iii) |
480.7 |
|
|
98.2 |
|
|
145.7 |
|
|
146.3 |
|
|
90.5 |
|
Total |
$ |
7,837.6 |
|
|
$ |
396.8 |
|
|
$ |
1,228.2 |
|
|
$ |
670.5 |
|
|
$ |
5,542.1 |
|
_____________________
(i)For
variable rate obligations, interest payments were calculated using
the December 31, 2021 rate. For fixed rate obligations, interest
payments were calculated based on the applicable rates and payment
dates.
(ii)Capital
expenditure obligations include minimum capital expenditures under
the KCSM Concession agreement and other regulatory
requirements.
(iii)Other
contractual obligations include purchase commitments and certain
maintenance agreements.
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into long-term
contractual commitments for future goods and services needed for
the operations of the business. Such commitments are not in excess
of expected requirements and are not reasonably likely to result in
performance penalties or payments that would have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity. Such commitments are not
included in the above table.
The SCT requires KCSM to submit a three-year capital expenditures
plan every three years. The most recent three-year plan was
submitted in 2020 for the years 2021 — 2023. KCSM expects to
continue capital spending at current levels in future years and
will continue to have capital expenditure obligations past 2023,
which are not included in the table above.
Capital Expenditures
KCS has funded capital expenditures with operating cash flows and
short and long-term debt.
The following table summarizes capital expenditures by type for the
years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
(in millions):
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Roadway capital program |
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$ |
258.8 |
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$ |
239.8 |
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Locomotives and freight cars |
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68.0 |
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45.2 |
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Capacity |
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101.1 |
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65.4 |
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Information technology |
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41.2 |
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40.6 |
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Positive train control |
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14.3 |
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15.9 |
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Other |
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6.0 |
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3.3 |
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Total capital expenditures (accrual basis) |
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489.4 |
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410.2 |
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Change in capital accruals |
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7.4 |
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1.7 |
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Total cash capital expenditures |
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$ |
496.8 |
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$ |
411.9 |
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Total cash purchase or replacement of assets under operating
leases |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
78.2 |
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Generally, the Company’s capital program consists of capital
replacement and equipment. For 2022, internally generated cash
flows are expected to fund cash capital expenditures, which are
currently estimated to be approximately 16.5% of revenue in 2022,
assuming constant currency and fuel price.
Property Statistics
The following table summarizes certain property statistics as of
December 31:
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Track miles of rail installed |
76 |
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89 |
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Cross ties installed (thousands) |
494 |
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538 |
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SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following is a description of the terms and conditions of the
guarantees with respect to senior notes for which KCS is an issuer
or provides full and unconditional guarantee.
Note Guarantees
As of December 31, 2021, KCS had outstanding $3,736.2 million
principal amount of senior notes due through 2069. The Kansas City
Southern Railway Company (“KCSR”) had outstanding $2.7 million
principal amount of senior notes due through 2045 (together, the
“Senior Notes”). The senior notes for which KCS is the issuer are
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured
senior basis, by each of KCS’s current and future domestic
consolidated subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees certain
of KCS’s credit agreements, or any other debt of KCS, or any of
KCS’s significant subsidiaries that is a guarantor (each, a
“Guarantor Subsidiary,” and collectively, the “Guarantor
Subsidiaries”). In addition, the senior notes for which KCSR is the
issuer are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an
unsecured senior basis, by KCS and each of its current and future
domestic consolidated subsidiaries that from time to time
guarantees KCSR’s credit agreement, or any other debt of KCSR or
any of KCSR’s significant subsidiaries that is a Guarantor
Subsidiary. The obligations of each Guarantor Subsidiary under its
note guarantee are limited as necessary to prevent such note
guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under
applicable law. A guarantee of the Senior Notes by KCS or a
Guarantor Subsidiary is subject to release in the following
circumstances: (i) the sale, disposition, exchange or other
transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
otherwise) of the capital stock of the Guarantor Subsidiary made in
a manner not in violation of the indenture;
(ii) the designation of the subsidiary as an “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” under the indenture; (iii) the legal defeasance or
covenant defeasance of the Senior Notes in accordance with the
terms of the indenture; or (iv) the Guarantor Subsidiary ceasing to
be KCS’s subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or
security interest securing KCS’s Revolving Credit Facility or other
exercise of remedies in respect thereof. There were no changes to
the guarantor structure as a result of the merger with CP. The
merger is further discussed within Item 7, Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Information and Results of Operations —
Merger Agreement.
KCSM and any other foreign subsidiaries of KCS do not, and will
not, guarantee the Senior Notes (“Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries”).
The following tables present summarized financial information for
KCS and the Guarantor Subsidiaries on a combined basis after
intercompany transactions have been eliminated, including
adjustments to remove the receivable and payable balances,
investment in, and equity in earnings from the Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries.
Summarized Financial Information
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Income Statements |
KCS and Guarantor Subsidiaries |
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Years ended December 31, |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Revenues |
$ |
1,561.3 |
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$ |
1,368.7 |
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Operating expenses |
1,200.8 |
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846.9 |
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Operating income |
360.5 |
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521.8 |
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Income before income taxes |
207.7 |
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375.4 |
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Net income |
182.7 |
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329.8 |
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Balance Sheets |
KCS and Guarantor Subsidiaries |
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December 31, 2021 |
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December 31, 2020 |
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Assets: |
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Current assets |
$ |
524.6 |
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$ |
298.8 |
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Property and equipment (including concession assets),
net |
4,876.5 |
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4,751.3 |
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Other non-current assets |
125.8 |
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110.8 |
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Liabilities and equity: |
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Current liabilities |
$ |
316.5 |
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$ |
318.2 |
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Non-current liabilities |
4,942.7 |
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4,841.2 |
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Noncontrolling interest |
328.2 |
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326.4 |
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Excluded from current assets in the table above are $199.8 million
and $183.7 million of current intercompany receivables due to KCS
and the Guarantor Subsidiaries from the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020,
respectively. Excluded from current liabilities in the table above
are $267.5 million and $235.8 million of current intercompany
payables due to the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries from KCS and the
Guarantor Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021 and
December 31, 2020, respectively.
The Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness
and other liabilities of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities
and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts
due pursuant to the Senior Notes or the indentures, or to make any
funds available therefor, whether by dividends, loans,
distributions or other payments. Any right that KCS or the
Guarantor Subsidiaries have to receive any assets of any of the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries upon the liquidation or reorganization
of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, and the consequent rights of
holders of Senior Notes to realize proceeds from the sale of any of
a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary’s assets, would be effectively
subordinated to the claims of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary’s
creditors, including trade creditors
and holders of preferred equity interests, if any, of such
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary. Accordingly, in the event of a
bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries will pay
the holders of their debts, holders of preferred equity interests,
if any, and their trade creditors before they will be able to
distribute any of their assets to KCS or any Guarantor
Subsidiary.
If a Guarantor Subsidiary were to become a debtor in a case under
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or encounter other financial difficulty,
under federal or state fraudulent transfer or conveyance law, a
court may avoid, subordinate or otherwise decline to enforce its
guarantee of the Senior Notes. A court might do so if it is found
that when such Guarantor Subsidiary entered into its guarantee of
the Senior Notes, or in some states when payments became due under
the Senior Notes, such Guarantor Subsidiary received less than
reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration and
either:
• was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such
incurrence;
• was left with unreasonably small or otherwise inadequate capital
to conduct its business; or
• believed or reasonably should have believed that it would incur
debts beyond its ability to pay.
The court might also avoid the guarantee of the Senior Notes
without regard to the above factors, if the court found that a
Guarantor Subsidiary entered into its guarantee with actual intent
to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors.
A court would likely find that a Guarantor Subsidiary did not
receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for its
guarantee of the Senior Notes, if such Guarantor Subsidiary did not
substantially benefit directly or indirectly from the funding made
available by the issuance of the Senior Notes. If a court were to
avoid a guarantee of the Senior Notes provided by a Guarantor
Subsidiary, holders of the Senior Notes would no longer have any
claim against such Guarantor Subsidiary. The measures of insolvency
for purposes of these fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws will
vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine
whether a fraudulent transfer or conveyance has occurred, such that
the Company cannot predict what standards a court would use to
determine whether or not a Guarantor Subsidiary was solvent at the
relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses,
that the guarantee of a Guarantor Subsidiary would not be
subordinated to such Guarantor Subsidiary’s other debt. As noted
above, each guarantee provided by a Guarantor Subsidiary includes a
provision intended to limit the Guarantor Subsidiary’s liability to
the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the
incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance. This provision may not be effective to
protect those guarantees from being avoided under fraudulent
transfer or conveyance law, or it may reduce that Guarantor
Subsidiary’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its
guarantee worthless, and the Company cannot predict whether a court
will ultimately find it to be effective.
On the basis of historical financial information, operating history
and other factors, the Company believes that each of the Guarantor
Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the issuance of its guarantee
of the Senior Notes when such guarantee was issued, was not
insolvent, did not have unreasonably small capital for the business
in which it engaged and did not and has not incurred debts beyond
its ability to pay such debts as they mature. The Company cannot
predict, however, as to what standard a court would apply in making
these determinations or that a court would agree with the Company’s
conclusions in this regard.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
KCS’s accounting and financial reporting policies are in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S.
GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management
believes that the following accounting policies and estimates are
critical to an understanding of KCS’s historical and future
performance. Management has discussed the development and selection
of the following critical accounting estimates with the Audit
Committee of KCS’s Board of Directors and the Audit Committee has
reviewed the selection, application and disclosure of the Company’s
critical accounting policies and estimates.
Capitalization, Depreciation and Amortization of Property and
Equipment (including Concession Assets)
Due to the highly capital intensive nature of the railroad
industry, capitalization and depreciation of property and equipment
are a substantial portion of the Company’s consolidated financial
statements. Net property and equipment, including concession
assets, comprised approximately 88% of the Company’s total assets
as of December 31, 2021, and related depreciation and
amortization comprised approximately 18% of total operating
expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021.
KCS capitalizes costs for self-constructed additions and
improvements to property including direct labor and material,
indirect costs, and interest during long-term construction
projects. The Company has a process in place to determine which
costs qualify for capitalization, which requires judgment. Direct
costs are charged to capital projects based on the work performed
and the material used. Indirect costs are allocated to capital
projects as a standard percentage, which is evaluated annually, and
applied to direct labor and material costs. Asset removal
activities are performed in conjunction with replacement
activities; therefore, removal costs are estimated based on a
standard percentage of direct labor and indirect costs related to
capital replacement projects. For purchased assets, all costs
necessary to make the asset ready for its intended use are
capitalized. Expenditures that significantly increase asset values,
productive capacity, efficiency, safety or extend useful lives are
capitalized. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as
incurred.
KCS capitalizes certain costs incurred in connection with
developing or obtaining internal-use software. Capitalized software
costs are included in “Property and Equipment” on the consolidated
balance sheets. Costs incurred during the preliminary project and
post-implementation stage, as well as maintenance and training
costs, are expensed as incurred.
Property and equipment are carried at cost and are depreciated
primarily on the group method of depreciation, which the Company
believes closely approximates a straight line basis over the
estimated useful lives of the assets measured in years. The group
method of depreciation applies a composite rate to classes of
similar assets rather than to individual assets. Composite
depreciation rates are based upon the Company’s estimates of the
expected average useful lives of assets as well as expected net
salvage value at the end of their useful lives. In developing these
estimates, the Company utilizes periodic depreciation studies
performed by an independent engineering firm. Depreciation rate
studies are performed at least every three years for all asset
classes. The depreciation studies take into account factors such
as:
•Statistical
analysis of historical patterns of use and retirements of each
asset class;
•Evaluation
of any expected changes in current operations and the outlook for
the continued use of the assets;
•Evaluation
of technological advances and changes to maintenance
practices;
•Historical
and expected salvage to be received upon retirement;
•Review
of accounting policies and assumptions; and
•Industry
precedents and trends.
The depreciation studies may also indicate that the recorded amount
of accumulated depreciation is deficient or in excess of the amount
indicated by the study. Any such deficiency or excess is amortized
as a component of depreciation expense over the remaining useful
lives of the affected asset class, as determined by the study. The
Company also monitors these factors in non-study years to determine
if adjustments should be made to depreciation rates. The Company
completed depreciation studies for KCSR in 2021 and KCSM in 2020.
The impacts of the studies were immaterial to the consolidated
financial results for all periods presented. The Company expects
2022 depreciation expense to increase by approximately $11.0
million as a result of the 2021 KCSR depreciation study completed
in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Also under the group method of depreciation, the cost of railroad
property and equipment (net of salvage or sales proceeds) retired
or replaced in the normal course of business is charged to
accumulated depreciation with no gain or loss recognized. Actual
historical costs are retired when available, such as with equipment
costs. The use of estimates in recognizing the retirement of
roadway assets is necessary as it is impractical to track
individual, homogeneous network-type assets. Certain types of
roadway assets are retired using statistical curves derived from
the depreciation studies that indicate the relative distribution of
the age of the assets retired. For other roadway assets, historical
costs are estimated by deflating current costs using inflation
indices and the estimated useful life of the assets as determined
by the depreciation studies. The indices applied to the replacement
value are selected because they closely correlate with the major
costs of the items comprising the roadway assets. Because of the
number of estimates inherent in the depreciation and retirement
processes and because it is impossible to precisely estimate each
of these variables until a group of assets is completely retired,
the Company continually monitors the estimated useful lives of its
assets and the accumulated depreciation associated with each asset
group to ensure the depreciation rates are
appropriate.
Estimation of the average useful lives of assets and net salvage
values requires management judgment. Estimated average useful lives
may vary over time due to changes in physical use, technology,
asset strategies and other factors that could have an impact on the
retirement experience of the asset classes. Accordingly, changes in
the assets’ estimated useful lives could significantly impact
future periods’ depreciation expense. Depreciation and amortization
expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $365.8
million. If the weighted average useful lives of assets were
changed by one year, annual depreciation and amortization expense
would change approximately $12.0 million.
Gains or losses on dispositions of land or non-group property and
abnormal retirements of railroad property are recognized through
income. A retirement of railroad property would be considered
abnormal if the retirement meets each of the following conditions:
(i) is unusual in nature, (ii) is significant in amount, and (iii)
varies significantly from the retirement profile identified through
the depreciation studies. There were no significant gains or losses
from abnormal retirements of property or equipment for the year
ended December 31, 2021. KCS recognized $1.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2020 from asset impairments of certain
locomotives and railcars as a result of the implementation of PSR.
Refer to Note 4, Restructuring Charges of the consolidated
financial statements for more information.
Costs incurred by the Company to acquire the Concession rights and
related assets, as well as subsequent improvements to the
Concession assets, are capitalized and amortized using the group
method of depreciation over the lesser of the current expected
Concession term, including probable renewal of an additional
50-year term, or the estimated useful lives of the assets and
rights. The Company’s ongoing evaluation of the useful lives of
Concession assets and rights considers the aggregation of the
following facts and circumstances:
•The
Company’s executive management is dedicated to ensuring compliance
with the various provisions of the Concession and to maintaining
positive relationships with the SCT and other Mexican federal,
state, and municipal governmental authorities;
•During
the time since the Concession was granted, the relationships
between KCSM and the various Mexican governmental authorities have
matured and the guidelines for operating under the Concession have
become more defined with experience;
•There
are no known supportable sanctions or compliance issues that would
cause the SCT to revoke the Concession or prevent KCSM from
renewing the Concession; and
•KCSM
operations are an integral part of the KCS operations strategy, and
related investment analyses and operational decisions assume that
the Company’s cross border rail business operates into perpetuity,
and do not assume that Mexico operations terminate at the end of
the current Concession term.
Based on the above factors, as of December 31, 2021, the
Company continues to believe that it is probable that the
Concession will be renewed for an additional 50-year term beyond
the current term.
Long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment,
operating lease right-of-use assets and intangible assets with
finite lives are reviewed for impairment and written down to fair
value when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying
amount of a long-lived asset or asset group may not be recoverable.
If impairment indicators are present and the estimated future
undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value of the
long-lived assets, the carrying value would be reduced to the
estimated fair value. Future cash flow estimates for an impairment
review would be based on the lowest level of identifiable cash
flows, which are the Company’s U.S. and Mexican operations. During
the year ended December 31, 2020, $13.6 million
of expense was recognized related to costs previously capitalized
for the development of internal-use software. The development of
the software was cancelled prior to completion and had no further
use. Other than the abnormal impairment related to the
implementation of PSR and the aforementioned software impairment,
management did not identify any indicators of impairment for the
years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes represent a net asset or liability of the
Company. For financial reporting purposes, management determines
the current tax liability, as well as deferred tax assets and
liabilities, in accordance with the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. The provision for income taxes is the
sum of income taxes both currently payable and deferred into the
future. Currently payable income taxes represent the liability
related to the Company’s U.S., state and foreign income tax returns
for the current year and anticipated tax payments resulting from
income tax audits, while the net deferred tax expense or benefit
represents the change in the balance of net deferred tax assets or
liabilities as reported on the balance sheet. The changes in
deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon the
estimated timing of reversal of differences between the carrying
amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
and the basis of assets and liabilities for tax purposes as
measured using the currently enacted tax rates that will be in
effect at the time these differences are expected to reverse.
Additionally, management estimates whether taxable operating income
in future periods will be sufficient to fully recognize any
deferred tax assets. Valuation allowances are recorded as
appropriate to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount considered
likely to be realized.
Income tax expense related to Mexican operations has additional
complexities such as the impact of exchange rate variations, which
can have a significant impact on the effective income tax
rate.
Management believes that the assumptions and estimates related to
the provision for income taxes are critical to the Company’s
results of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2021,
income tax expense totaled $211.1 million. For every 1% change in
the 2021 effective rate, income tax expense would have changed by
approximately $7.4 million. For further information on the
impact of foreign exchange fluctuation on income taxes, refer to
Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
— Foreign Exchange Sensitivity.
OTHER MATTERS
Litigation. Occasionally,
the Company is a party to various legal proceedings, regulatory
examinations, investigations, administrative actions, and other
legal matters, arising for the most part in the ordinary course of
business, incidental to its operations. Included in these
proceedings are various tort claims brought by current and former
employees for job-related injuries and by third parties for
injuries related to railroad operations. KCS aggressively defends
these matters and has established liability provisions that
management believes are adequate to cover expected costs. The
outcome of litigation and other legal matters is always uncertain.
KCS believes it has valid defenses to the legal matters currently
pending against it, is defending itself vigorously, and has
recorded accruals determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, where
appropriate. In making a determination regarding accruals, using
available information, KCS evaluates the likelihood of an
unfavorable outcome in legal or regulatory proceedings to which it
is a party to and records a loss contingency when it is probable a
liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be
reasonably estimated. These subjective determinations are based on
the status of such legal or regulatory proceedings, the merits of
KCS’s defenses and consultation with legal counsel. Actual outcomes
of these legal and regulatory proceedings may materially differ
from the current estimates. It is possible that resolution of one
or more of the legal matters currently pending or threatened could
result in losses material to KCS’s consolidated results of
operations, liquidity or financial condition.
Although it is not possible to predict the outcome of any legal
proceeding, in the opinion of the Company’s management, other than
as described in Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies of the
consolidated financial statements, such proceedings and actions
should not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
Inflation. U.S. GAAP
require the use of historical cost, which does not reflect the
effects of inflation on the replacement cost of property. Due to
the capital intensive nature of KCS’s business, the replacement
cost of these assets would be significantly higher than the amounts
reported under the historical cost basis.
Item 7A.Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
KCS is exposed to certain market risks including interest rate,
commodity, and foreign exchange risks and utilizes various
financial instruments that have certain inherent market risks.
These instruments have been entered into for hedging rather than
trading purposes. The following information, together with
information included in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Item
8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10,
Derivative Instruments, describe the key aspects of certain
financial instruments that have market risk to KCS.
The analysis presented below for each of the Company's market risks
uses a sensitivity model based on hypothetical changes (increases
or decreases) to market risks using defined parameters and
assumptions to quantify the potential impacts to the consolidated
statements of income. The hypothetical changes to market risks do
not represent KCS's view of future market changes. The effect of a
change in a particular assumption was calculated without adjusting
any other assumptions. These market risks and the potential impacts
to the consolidated statements of income for the current year, have
not materially fluctuated, individually or in the aggregate from
the preceding year; thus only current year information is presented
below.
Interest Rate Sensitivity. The
Company is subject to interest rate risk associated with its debt.
Changes in interest rates impact the fair value of outstanding
fixed-rate debt, but there is no impact to current earnings or cash
flow. Based upon the borrowing rates available to KCS and its
subsidiaries for indebtedness with similar terms and average
maturities, the fair value of long-term debt was approximately
$4,311.1 million and $4,368.6 million at December 31, 2021 and
2020, respectively, compared with a carrying value of $3,777.6
million and $3,770.8 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively.
Changes in interest rates may impact the cost of future long-term
debt issued by the Company, and as a result, represent interest
rate risk to the Company. During 2020, the Company executed six
30-year treasury lock agreements with an aggregate notional value
of $650.0 million and a weighted-average interest rate of 1.58%.
The purpose of the treasury locks is to hedge the U.S. Treasury
benchmark interest rate associated with future interest payments
related to the anticipated refinancing of the $444.7 million
principal amount of 3.00% senior notes due May 15, 2023 and the
$200.0 million principal amount of 3.85% senior notes due November
15, 2023. The Company has designated the treasury locks as cash
flow hedges, and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and
2020, recognized an unrealized gain of $17.2 million and $28.1
million, respectively, net of tax, in the consolidated statements
of comprehensive income. A hypothetical 100 basis points change in
the 30-year U.S. Treasury Rate would result in a change in
unrealized gain or loss of approximately $154.0 million. Upon
settlement in 2023, the unrealized gain or loss in accumulated
other comprehensive income will be amortized to interest expense
over the life of the future underlying debt issuances.
Alternatively, changes in interest rates do not affect the fair
value of variable rate debt, but affect future earnings and cash
flows. The Company's floating-rate indebtedness includes commercial
paper borrowings, and any outstanding borrowings under revolving
credit facilities. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, KCS had no
commercial paper or revolving credit facility borrowings
outstanding.
Commodity Price Sensitivity. KCS
periodically participates in diesel fuel purchase commitments and
derivative financial instruments. At December 31, 2021 and
2020, KCS did not have any outstanding fuel derivative financial
instruments. The Company also holds fuel inventories for use in
operations. These inventories are not material to KCS’s overall
financial position. Fuel costs are expected to reflect market
conditions in 2022; however, fuel costs are unpredictable and
subject to a variety of factors outside the Company’s control.
Assuming annual consumption of 125 million gallons, a hypothetical
10 cent change in the price per gallon of fuel would cause an
$12.5 million change in operating expenses. KCS mitigates the
impact of increased fuel costs through fuel surcharge revenues from
customers; however, in a period of volatile fuel prices or changing
customer business mix, changes in fuel expense and fuel surcharge
revenue may differ.
Foreign Exchange Sensitivity. KCS’s
foreign subsidiaries use the U.S. dollar as their functional
currency; however, a portion of the foreign subsidiaries’ revenues
and expenses is denominated in Mexican pesos. Based on the volume
of revenue and expense transactions denominated in Mexican pesos,
revenue and expense fluctuations have historically
offset.
The Company has exposure to fluctuations in the value of the
Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar due to its monetary assets and
liabilities that are denominated in Mexican pesos. Monetary assets
and liabilities include cash, accounts receivable and payable and
other items that will convert to cash in the future and are
remeasured into dollars using the current exchange rate. The
remeasurement and settlement of monetary assets and liabilities is
recognized in the consolidated statements of income as foreign
exchange gains and losses. At December 31, 2021, the Company
had Ps.3,837.3 million of net monetary assets denominated in
Mexican pesos, as monetary assets exceeded monetary
liabilities.
The following table presents the potential impacts to the
consolidated statements of income that would result from a
hypothetical change in the exchange rate of one Mexican peso per
U.S. dollar at December 31, 2021:
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Amount of Gain (Loss) |
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Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of
Income |
Net monetary assets denominated in Mexican pesos at December 31,
2021: |
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Ps.3,837.3 million |
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From Ps.20.6 to Ps.21.6 |
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($8.6 million) |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
Ps.3,837.3 million |
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From Ps.20.6 to Ps.19.6 |
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$9.5 million |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
The Company’s Mexican subsidiaries have net U.S. dollar-denominated
monetary liabilities which, for Mexican income tax purposes, are
subject to periodic revaluation based on changes in the value of
the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar. This revaluation creates
fluctuations in the Company’s Mexican income tax expense in the
consolidated statements of income and the amount of income taxes
paid in Mexico. The Company also has net monetary assets
denominated in Mexican pesos, that are subject to periodic
re-measurement and settlement that creates fluctuations in foreign
currency gains and losses in the consolidated statements of
income.
The following table presents the potential impacts to the effective
income tax rate and income tax expense that would result from a
hypothetical change in the exchange rate of one Mexican peso at
December 31, 2021:
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Hypothetical Change in Exchange Rate |
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Increase (Decrease) in Effective Income Tax Rate |
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Amount of Expense (Benefit) |
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Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of
Income |
From Ps.20.6 to Ps.21.6 |
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(1.0%) |
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($7.5 million) |
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Income tax expense (benefit) |
From Ps.20.6 to Ps.19.6 |
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1.2% |
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$8.3 million |
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Income tax expense (benefit) |
The Company hedges its net exposure to variations in earnings by
entering into foreign currency forward contracts. The foreign
currency forward contracts involve the Company’s agreement to buy
or sell pesos at an agreed-upon exchange rate on a future date.
These derivative instruments have historically offset the effects
of foreign currency changes resulting in minimal impact to net
income.
At December 31, 2021, the Company had outstanding foreign
currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional amount of
$270.0 million, which matured during January 2022 and obligated the
Company to sell a total of Ps.5,583.3 million at a weighted-average
rate of Ps.20.7 to each U.S. dollar. During January 2022, the
Company entered into offsetting contracts with an aggregate
notional amount of $271.7 million, which matured during January
2022 and obligated the Company to purchase a total of Ps.5,583.3
million at a weighted-average exchange rate of Ps.20.6 to each U.S.
dollar, resulting in cash paid of $1.7 million. Given the
settlement during January 2022, the Company believes there was
minimal market risk associated with these contracts at December 31,
2021.
During January 2022, the Company entered into several foreign
currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional amount of
$110.0 million, maturing in January of 2023. These contracts
obligated the Company to sell a total of Ps.2,426.2 million at a
weighted-average exchange rate of Ps.22.1 to each U.S. dollar.
During January 2022, as a result of a change in the Company’s
currency exposure, the Company entered into offsetting contracts
with an aggregate notional amount of $50.5 million, which were
settled during January 2022 and obligated the Company to purchase a
total of Ps.1,105.3 million at a weighted-average exchange rate of
Ps.21.9 to each U.S. dollar, resulting in cash paid of $0.5
million. As of the date of this filing, there were $60.0 million
aggregate notional amount of contracts outstanding, which obligate
the Company to sell a total of Ps.1,320.9 million at a
weighted-average exchange rate of Ps.22.0 to each U.S.
dollar.
The following table presents the potential impacts to the
consolidated statements of income that would result from a
hypothetical change in the exchange rate of one Mexican peso at
maturity date for the foreign currency forward contracts entered
into during January 2022 and outstanding as of the date of this
filing:
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Hypothetical Change in Exchange Rate |
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Amount of Gain (Loss) |
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Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of
Income |
$60.0 million |
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From Ps.22.0 to Ps.23.0 |
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$2.6 million |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
$60.0 million |
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From Ps.22.0 to Ps.21.0 |
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($2.9 million) |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
The Company has not designated these foreign currency derivative
instruments as hedging instruments for accounting purposes. The
foreign currency derivative instruments will be measured at fair
value each period and any change in fair value will be recognized
in foreign exchange gain (loss) within the consolidated statements
of income.
Item 8.Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, are
insignificant, or the required information is shown in the
consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
The management of Kansas City Southern is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. KCS’s internal control over financial reporting was
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect material
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, management
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2021, based on the framework established by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework
(2013)
(commonly referred to as the COSO Framework). Based on its
evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting was effective as of
December 31, 2021, based on the criteria outlined in the COSO
Framework.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2021, has been audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their report, which immediately
follows this report.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of Kansas City
Southern
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over
Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Kansas City Southern and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of
December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements
of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021,
including the related notes (collectively referred to as the
“consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the
Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2021, based on criteria established in
Internal Control - Integrated Framework
(2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO).
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the
results of its
operations and its
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the
Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on
criteria established in
Internal Control - Integrated Framework
(2013) issued by the COSO.
Basis for Opinions
The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated
financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,
included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express
opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on
the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on
our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB)
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in
accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated
financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due
to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over
financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included
performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement
of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or
fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such
procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated
financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial
reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control
over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material
weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and
operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed
risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as
we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that
(i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
(iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition
of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because
of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising
from the current period audit of the consolidated financial
statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to
the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures
that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii)
involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex
judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not
alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial
statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the
critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the
critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it
relates.
Direct Costs that are Capitalized to Self-Constructed Property and
Equipment (including Concession Assets)
As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements,
the Company capitalizes costs for self-constructed additions and
improvements to property, including direct labor and material,
indirect costs, and interest during long-term construction
projects. Expenditures that significantly increase asset values,
productive capacity, efficiency, safety, or extend useful lives are
capitalized. As disclosed by management, direct costs are charged
to capital projects based on the work performed and the material
used. Management has a process in place to determine which costs
qualify for capitalization, which requires judgment. For the
year-ended December 31, 2021, the Company capitalized costs of
$489.4 million.
The principal considerations for our determination that performing
procedures relating to direct costs that are capitalized to
self-constructed property and equipment (including concession
assets) is a critical audit matter are (i) the significance of
direct costs and complexities in self-constructed property and
equipment (including concession assets); (ii) the significant
judgment by management in determining whether direct costs qualify
for capitalization; and (iii) a high degree of auditor judgment,
subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating
evidence related to the capitalization of direct
costs.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating
audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on
the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included
testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the
capitalization of direct costs to self-constructed property and
equipment (including concession assets). These procedures also
included, among others, selecting a sample of direct costs and (i)
obtaining evidence to support the accuracy of capitalized additions
to self-constructed properties based on the work performed and the
material used and (ii) evaluating whether these costs qualify for
capitalization.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
February 1, 2022
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.
Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years Ended December 31,
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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(In millions, except share
and per share amounts) |
Revenues |
$ |
2,947.3 |
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$ |
2,632.6 |
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$ |
2,866.0 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Compensation and benefits |
522.0 |
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476.5 |
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529.1 |
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Purchased services |
211.8 |
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198.1 |
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219.2 |
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Fuel |
313.6 |
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219.8 |
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340.4 |
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Equipment costs |
82.2 |
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85.8 |
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108.6 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
365.8 |
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357.9 |
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350.7 |
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Materials and other |
304.1 |
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260.9 |
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262.9 |
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Merger costs, net |
264.0 |
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— |
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— |
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Write-off of software development costs |
— |
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13.6 |
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— |
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Restructuring charges |
— |
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17.0 |
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168.8 |
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Total operating expenses |
2,063.5 |
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1,629.6 |
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1,979.7 |
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Operating income |
883.8 |
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|
1,003.0 |
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886.3 |
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Equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliates |
16.7 |
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(1.4) |
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1.0 |
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Interest expense |
(156.0) |
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(150.9) |
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(115.9) |
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Debt retirement costs |
— |
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— |
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(1.1) |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
(9.0) |
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(29.6) |
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|
17.1 |
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Other income, net |
2.6 |
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2.1 |
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1.0 |
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Income before income taxes |
738.1 |
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823.2 |
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788.4 |
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Income tax expense |
211.1 |
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|
204.1 |
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247.6 |
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Net income |
527.0 |
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|
619.1 |
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|
540.8 |
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Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling
interest |
1.8 |
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|
2.1 |
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1.9 |
|
Net income attributable to Kansas City Southern and
subsidiaries |
525.2 |
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|
617.0 |
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538.9 |
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Preferred stock dividends |
0.2 |
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|
0.2 |
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|
0.2 |
|
Net income available to common stockholder(s) |
$ |
525.0 |
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$ |
616.8 |
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$ |
538.7 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
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Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Years Ended December 31,
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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(In millions) |
Net income |
$ |
527.0 |
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$ |
619.1 |
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$ |
540.8 |
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Other comprehensive income (loss): |
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Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate derivative instruments, net
of tax of $4.6 million, $7.5 million and $(4.9)
million
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17.2 |
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28.1 |
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(18.9) |
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Reclassification adjustment from cash flow hedges included in net
income, net of tax of $0.5 million, $0.5 million and less than $0.1
million
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2.0 |
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1.9 |
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0.2 |
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Foreign currency translation adjustments |
(0.2) |
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(0.5) |
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0.5 |
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Other comprehensive income (loss) |
19.0 |
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29.5 |
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(18.2) |
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Comprehensive income |
546.0 |
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648.6 |
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522.6 |
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Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling
interest |
1.8 |
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2.1 |
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1.9 |
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Comprehensive income attributable to Kansas City Southern and
subsidiaries |
$ |
544.2 |
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$ |
646.5 |
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$ |
520.7 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
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Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
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2021 |
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2020 |
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(In millions, except share
and per share amounts) |
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
339.3 |
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$ |
188.2 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
271.0 |
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247.1 |
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Materials and supplies |
131.0 |
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127.2 |
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Other current assets |
142.1 |
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63.3 |
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Total current assets |
883.4 |
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625.8 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets |
69.6 |
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70.9 |
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Investments |
48.3 |
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42.6 |
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Property and equipment (including concession assets),
net |
9,209.3 |
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8,997.8 |
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Other assets |
217.5 |
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|
226.9 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
10,428.1 |
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$ |
9,964.0 |
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Long-term debt due within one year |
$ |
8.8 |
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$ |
6.4 |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
479.7 |
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|
470.0 |
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Total current liabilities |
488.5 |
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|
476.4 |
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Long-term operating lease liabilities |
46.4 |
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45.4 |
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Long-term debt |
3,768.8 |
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|
3,764.4 |
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Deferred income taxes |
1,213.7 |
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1,185.4 |
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Other noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits |
178.1 |
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108.8 |
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Total liabilities |
5,695.5 |
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5,580.4 |
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Stockholder(s)’ equity: |
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$25 par, 4% noncumulative, preferred stock, 0 and 840,000 shares
authorized, 0 and 649,736 shares issued; 0 and 215,199 shares
outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively
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— |
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5.4 |
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$0.01 par, common stock, 100 and 400,000,000 shares authorized, 100
and 123,352,185 shares issued; 100 and 91,047,107 shares
outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively
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— |
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0.9 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
860.6 |
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|
830.9 |
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Retained earnings |
3,524.4 |
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3,219.6 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
19.4 |
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0.4 |
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Total stockholder(s)’ equity |
4,404.4 |
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4,057.2 |
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Noncontrolling interest |
328.2 |
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|
326.4 |
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Total equity |
4,732.6 |
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|
4,383.6 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
10,428.1 |
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$ |
9,964.0 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
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Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31,
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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(In millions) |
Operating activities: |
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|
Net income |
$ |
527.0 |
|
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$ |
619.1 |
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$ |
540.8 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
365.8 |
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|
357.9 |
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|
350.7 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
23.2 |
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|
49.4 |
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53.1 |
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Equity in net (earnings) losses of affiliates |
(16.7) |
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1.4 |
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(1.0) |
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Share-based compensation |
24.5 |
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22.9 |
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23.1 |
|
(Gain) loss on foreign currency derivative instruments |
3.7 |
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|
22.5 |
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(14.1) |
|
Foreign exchange (gain) loss |
5.3 |
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|
7.1 |
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|
(3.0) |
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Merger costs, net |
264.0 |
|
|
— |
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|
— |
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Restructuring charges |
— |
|
|
17.0 |
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|
168.8 |
|
Write-off of software development costs |
— |
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13.6 |
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— |
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Distributions from affiliates |
12.0 |
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4.5 |
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7.0 |
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Settlement of foreign currency derivative instruments |
(1.9) |
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(20.0) |
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11.9 |
|
Cash payments for merger costs |
(2,287.2) |
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— |
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— |
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Reimbursement of merger termination fees |
2,100.0 |
|
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— |
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|
— |
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Refundable Mexican value added tax |
(53.6) |
|
|
(43.2) |
|
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(58.7) |
|
Settlement of treasury lock agreements |
— |
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— |
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(25.8) |
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Changes in working capital items: |
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Accounts receivable |
(30.6) |
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25.5 |
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38.2 |
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Materials and supplies |
1.9 |
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21.7 |
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0.5 |
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Other current assets |
(1.1) |
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(22.8) |
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5.0 |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
(9.9) |
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6.0 |
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3.1 |
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Other, net |
9.4 |
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(2.6) |
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4.4 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
935.8 |
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1,080.0 |
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1,104.0 |
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Investing activities: |
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Capital expenditures |
(496.8) |
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(411.9) |
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(587.2) |
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Purchase or replacement of assets under operating
leases |
— |
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(78.2) |
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(39.0) |
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Property investments in MSLLC |
(24.2) |
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(24.8) |
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(27.5) |
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Investments in and advances to affiliates |
(7.8) |
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(7.4) |
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(36.7) |
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Proceeds from disposal of property |
6.4 |
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12.9 |
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22.1 |
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Other, net |
(8.8) |
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(16.6) |
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(8.0) |
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Net cash used for investing activities |
(531.2) |
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(526.0) |
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(676.3) |
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Financing activities: |
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Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt |
— |
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545.6 |
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847.5 |
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Repayment of long-term debt |
(7.9) |
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(18.0) |
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(285.0) |
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Dividends paid |
(188.0) |
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(152.3) |
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(144.3) |
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Shares repurchased |
— |
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(888.9) |
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(792.5) |
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Debt issuance and retirement costs paid |
— |
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(6.6) |
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(11.6) |
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Cash settlement of stock options |
(75.2) |
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— |
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— |
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Proceeds from employee stock plans |
19.9 |
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9.9 |
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7.0 |
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Net cash used for financing activities |
(251.2) |
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(510.3) |
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(378.9) |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
(2.3) |
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(4.3) |
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(0.5) |
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Cash and cash equivalents: |
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Net increase during each year |
151.1 |
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39.4 |
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48.3 |
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At beginning of year |
188.2 |
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|
148.8 |
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100.5 |
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At end of year |
$ |
339.3 |
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$ |
188.2 |
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$ |
148.8 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
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Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31,
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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(In millions) |
Supplemental cash flow information |
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Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Capital expenditures accrued but not yet paid at end of
year |
$ |
14.1 |
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$ |
21.5 |
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$ |
23.2 |
|
Other investing activities accrued but not yet paid at the end of
the year |
35.6 |
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31.9 |
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31.2 |
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Finance lease obligations incurred |
11.5 |
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0.8 |
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— |
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Non-cash asset acquisitions |
4.2 |
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2.8 |
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0.5 |
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Dividends accrued but not yet paid at end of year |
— |
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40.6 |
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39.0 |
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Cash payments: |
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Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized |
$ |
152.7 |
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$ |
144.5 |
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$ |
110.5 |
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Income tax payments, net of refunds |
173.0 |
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182.3 |
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170.5 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
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Kansas City Southern and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(In millions, except per share amounts)
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$25 Par
Preferred
Stock |
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$.01 Par
Common
Stock |
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Additional Paid-in
Capital |
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Retained
Earnings |
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Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss) |
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Non-
controlling
Interest |
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Total |
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Balance at December 31, 2018 |
$ |
5.7 |
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$ |
1.0 |
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$ |
946.6 |
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$ |
3,870.6 |
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$ |
(10.9) |
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$ |
319.7 |
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$ |
5,132.7 |
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Net income |
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538.9 |
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1.9 |
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|
540.8 |
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Other comprehensive loss |
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(18.2) |
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(18.2) |
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Contributions from noncontrolling interest |
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1.8 |
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1.8 |
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Dividends on common stock ($1.48/share)
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— |
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(146.5) |
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(146.5) |
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Dividends on $25 par preferred stock ($1.00/share)
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(0.2) |
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(0.2) |
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Share repurchases |
(0.1) |
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— |
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(48.4) |
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(661.5) |
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(710.0) |
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Forward contract for accelerated share repurchases |
|
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(82.5) |
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(82.5) |
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Options exercised and stock subscribed, net of shares withheld for
employee taxes |
|
|
— |
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4.1 |
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4.1 |
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Share-based compensation |
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|
23.9 |
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23.9 |
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Balance at December 31, 2019 |
5.6 |
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1.0 |
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|
843.7 |
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3,601.3 |
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(29.1) |
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323.4 |
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|
4,745.9 |
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Net income |
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617.0 |
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2.1 |
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619.1 |
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Other comprehensive income |
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29.5 |
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29.5 |
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Contributions from noncontrolling interest |
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0.9 |
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0.9 |
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Dividends on common stock ($1.64/share)
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— |
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(153.7) |
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(153.7) |
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Dividends on $25 par preferred stock ($1.00/share)
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(0.2) |
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(0.2) |
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Share repurchases |
(0.2) |
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(0.1) |
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(51.3) |
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(844.8) |
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(896.4) |
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Forward contract for accelerated share repurchases |
|
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(75.0) |
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(75.0) |
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Settlement of forward contract for accelerated share
repurchases |
|
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|
82.5 |
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82.5 |
|
Options exercised and stock subscribed, net of shares withheld for
employee taxes |
|
|
— |
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6.2 |
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6.2 |
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Share-based compensation |
|
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24.8 |
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24.8 |
|
Balance at December 31, 2020 |
5.4 |
|
|
0.9 |
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|
830.9 |
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3,219.6 |
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0.4 |
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|
326.4 |
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4,383.6 |
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Net income |
|
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525.2 |
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1.8 |
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|
527.0 |
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Other comprehensive income |
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