Kansas City Southern's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Kansas City Southern (KSU)

Q4 2011 Earnings Call

January 23, 2011 5:00 p.m. EST

Executives

Michael Haverty – Executive Chairman

Dave Starling – President and CEO

Dave Ebbrecht – EVP, Operations

Pat Ottensmeyer – EVP, Sales and Marketing

Mike Upchurch – EVP and CFO

Analysts

Bill Greene – Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney

Chris Ceraso – Credit Suisse

Chris Wetherby – Citigroup

Tom Wadewitz – JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Matt Troy – Susquehanna Financial

Ken Hoexter – Bank of America

Art Hatfield – Morgan Keegan

Scott Group – Wolfe Trahan & Co.

John Barnes – RBC Capital Markets

Keith Schoonmaker – Morningstar

Anthony Gallo – Wells Fargo

Sal Vitale – Sterne Agee

Brad Delco – Stephens Inc.

Neal Deaton – BB&T Capital Markets

Scott Nichols – Bishop Rosen

Presentation

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Kansas City Southern Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Earnings Call.

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At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

This presentation includes statements concerning potential future events involving the company which could materially differ from events that actually occur. The differences could be caused by a number of factors, including those factors identified in the Risk Factors section of the company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC. The company will not update any forward-looking statements in its presentations to reflect future events or developments. All reconciliations to GAAP can be found on the KCS website, www.kcsouthern.com.