KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES INC
SC 13D/A, 1998-09-14
RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     SCHEDULE 13D

                      Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                  (Amendment No. 1)*


                                  DST SYSTEMS, INC.
                                   (Name of Issuer)

                       COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
                            (Title of Class of Securities)


                                      0002333261
                                    (CUSIP Number)


                              RICHARD P. BRUENING, ESQ.
                                 114 West 11th Street
                             Kansas City, Missouri 64105
                                     816-983-1490
                               816-983-1459 (facsimile)
               (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                        to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                  SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
               (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

          If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
          13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this
          Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule
          13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box  [ ].

          ----------
          *   This amends Items 6 and 7 of the Schedule 13D, filed on March
          26, 1997, by the Reporting Person, Kansas City Southern
          Industries, Inc.  All other information remains unchanged in all
          material respects. 

          <PAGE>

          CUSIP NO.:  0002333261        Schedule 13D   September 14, 1998

          ITEM 6.   CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR
                    RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

                         The Issuer has entered into an Agreement and Plan
                    of Merger with USCS International, Inc., dated as of
                    September 2, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement").  In
                    connection with the Merger Agreement, the Reporting
                    Person has entered into a Stockholder Agreement with
                    the Issuer, dated as of September 2, 1998 (the
                    "Stockholder Agreement"), to vote all of the shares of
                    the Issuer owned by the Reporting Person in favor of
                    the Merger, the adoption of the Merger Agreement and
                    the approval of the terms thereof.  To avoid any
                    possible adverse effect upon the intended "pooling of
                    interest" accounting for the Merger resulting from the
                    timing of the Reporting Person's contemplated spin-off
                    of its financial asset management business (previously
                    announced), limited restrictions on the timing of the
                    spin-off were also agreed to, which, if invoked, could
                    delay the spin-off during a period of 30 days prior to,
                    and up to 60 days following, completion of the Merger,
                    all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
                    Stockholder Agreement as set forth in the attached
                    Exhibit 99.1.

          ITEM 7.   MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

                         Stockholder Agreement by and between Kansas City
                    Southern Industries, Inc. and DST Systems, Inc., dated
                    as of September 2, 1998, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
                    1.

          SIGNATURE

               After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
          belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
          statement is true, complete and correct.


          DATE:  September 14, 1998


          SIGNATURE:     /s/ Richard P. Bruening
                         --------------------------------
                         Vice President, General Counsel
                         and Corporate Secretary 




                                STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT


               STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT, dated September 2, 1998 (this
          "Agreement") by Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., a Delaware
          corporation ("KCSI"), and DST Systems, Inc., a Delaware
          corporation ("DST").

               WHEREAS, DST, DST Acquisitions, Inc., a Delaware corporation
          ("DST Acquisitions") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DST, and
          USCS International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("USCS") are
          entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
          September 2, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), whereby, upon the
          terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger
          Agreement, each issued and outstanding share of the Common Stock,
          par value $.05 per share, of USCS ("USCS Common Stock") not owned
          directly or indirectly by DST or USCS, will be converted into
          shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of DST ("DST
          Common Stock");

               WHEREAS, KCSI currently owns 20,263,426 shares of DST Common
          Stock (such shares of DST Common Stock, together with any other
          shares of capital stock of DST acquired by KCSI after the date
          hereof and during the term of this Agreement, being collectively
          referred to herein as the "Subject Shares"); and

               WHEREAS, as a condition to its willingness to enter into the
          Merger Agreement, USCS has required that DST obtain this
          Agreement from KCSI, and at the request of DST and in
          consideration of DST and USCS entering into the Merger Agreement,
          and in reliance on the facts that DST has conducted a due
          diligence investigation of USCS and that DST is satisfied with
          such investigation, KCSI has agreed to enter into this Agreement;
          and

               WHEREAS, KCSI intends to transfer the Subject Shares to its
          wholly owned subsidiary, FAM Holdings, Inc. ("FAM"), and KCSI
          contemplates spinning off FAM by distributing shares of FAM stock
          to KCSI shareholders (the "Spin-off") and DST and KCSI do not
          want the Spin-off to adversely affect the contemplated accounting
          treatment of the Merger.

               NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
          mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties
          agree as follows:

               1.   DEFINITIONS.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement
          and not otherwise defined herein shall have the following
          meanings: 

                    (a)  "Closing Date" shall mean the day on which the
          Merger takes place.

                    (b)  "Merger" shall mean the merger of DST Acquisitions
               into USCS pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger
               Agreement.

               2.   COVENANTS OF KCSI.  Until the termination of this
          Agreement in accordance with Section 6 hereof, KCSI agrees that:

                    (a)  at the stockholders meeting of DST (or at any
               adjournment thereof) or in any other circumstances upon
               which a stockholder vote, consent or other approval of the
               Merger or the Merger Agreement is sought, KCSI shall vote
               (or cause to be voted) all of the Subject Shares it then
               owns in favor of the Merger, the adoption of the Merger
               Agreement and the approval of the terms thereof;

                    (b)  If, at any time which is more than 30 days prior
               to the Closing Date, KCSI sells or otherwise transfers, in
               one or a series of transactions, more than 4.5 million
               shares of the Subject Shares to a single purchaser or
               transferee, KCSI shall, as a condition to such transfer or
               sale, require such purchaser or transferee to execute an
               "Affiliate's Agreement" in the same form as other affiliates
               of DST have signed as required by the Merger Agreement.

               3.   THE SUBJECT SHARES.  KCSI represents and warrants to
          DST that (i) KCSI is the record and beneficial owner of, and has
          good and marketable title to, the Subject Shares, (ii) KCSI does
          not own, of record or beneficially, any shares of capital stock
          of DST other than the Subject Shares and (iii) KCSI has the sole
          right to vote, and the sole power of disposition with respect to,
          the Subject Shares, and none of the Subject Shares is subject to
          any voting trust, proxy or other agreement, arrangement or
          restriction with respect to the voting or disposition of such
          Subject Shares, except as imposed by federal and state securities
          laws and except as contemplated by this Agreement.

               4.   DISPOSITION OF SUBJECT SHARES AND SPIN-OFF.

                    (a)  During the period beginning on the date that KCSI
               receives written notice from DST that the Closing Date is
               reasonably expected to occur 30 days from the date of such
               notice, KCSI will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
               of, or reduce any risk relative to (collectively "Restricted
               Actions"), the Subject Shares which it then owns until after
               the earlier of (i) such time as results covering at least 30
               days of post-Closing Date operations of DST (including the
               combined operations of USCS) have been published by DST in
               any public filing or announcement which includes such
               results of operations or (ii) 60 days from the Closing Date. 
               Restricted Actions shall include, but are not limited to,
               the setting of a record date for the Spin-off that is within 
               the period described in the preceding sentence or
               consummating the Spin-off.

                    (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a)
               above, KCSI may consummate the Spin-off prior to the Closing
               Date, and if KCSI does consummate the Spin-off prior to the
               Closing Date, DST agrees that the Closing Date shall not
               occur until at least 30 days following consummation of the
               Spin-off.  Section 4(a) shall continue to apply to any
               actions of KCSI described in Section 4(a) other than the
               Spin-off.  However, if the Closing Date has not occurred,
               and KCSI has not consummated the Spin-off, by November 20,
               1998, and if DST has notified KCSI in writing on or within
               two days prior to November 20, 1998 that DST reasonably
               expects the Closing to occur by December 31, 1998, KCSI will
               not consummate the Spin-off during the period of November
               20, 1998 through January 1, 1999, KCSI shall continue to be
               subject to the requirements of Section 4(a) above, and DST
               will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing
               Date to occur as soon after November 20, 1998 as reasonably
               possible.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
               sentence, if KCSI has set a record date prior to
               November 20, 1998, it may consummate the Spin-off during the
               period from November 20 to November 30, 1998 provided the
               Closing has not occurred during such period and prior to the
               Spin-off.  If neither the Closing Date nor the Spin-off
               occur during the period from November 20, 1998 through
               December 31, 1998, KCSI shall continue to be subject to the
               requirements of Section 4(a) after December 31, 1998 for the
               term of this Agreement.

                    (c)  For purposes of this Agreement, the Spin-off shall
               be deemed to "occur" or to have been "consummated" on the
               date which the shares of FAM are distributed to the KCSI
               shareholders.

               5.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
          to the contrary, KCSI may prior to the Spin-off at any time sell
          or transfer any part or all of the Subject Shares to FAM and/or
          any other direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of KCSI,
          subject to FAM's written agreement to assume and to be bound by
          this Agreement.

               6.   TERMINATION.  The obligations of KCSI and DST hereunder
          shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the termination of the
          Merger Agreement pursuant to its terms, or (b) 60 days following
          the Closing Date, or (c) March 15, 1999.

               7.   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS BOUND.  Any successor or
          assignee of KCSI shall be bound by the terms hereof, and KCSI
          shall take any and all actions necessary to obtain the written
          confirmation from such successor or assignee that it is bound by
          the terms hereof.

               8.   DST represents and warrants to KCSI as follows: 

                    (a)  The exchange ratio under the Merger Agreement is
               0.62 shares of DST Common Stock for each share of USCS
               Common Stock;

                    (b)  Not more than 15,518,000 shares of DST Common
               Stock will be issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement in
               exchange for USCS Common Stock (which number assumes that
               all outstanding options on USCS Stock were exercised prior
               to the Closing Date), and not more than 1,600,000 shares of
               DST Common Stock will be substituted for USCS Common Stock
               under USCS option agreements; and

                    (c)  The principal stockholder of USCS (owning
               approximate 33% of USCS Common Stock) will execute an
               agreement making (x) a commitment substantially the same as
               KCSI's commitments in Section 2 hereof and (y) agreeing to
               restrict transactions involving USCS Common Stock
               substantially similar to KCSI's commitments in Section 4(a)
               hereof.

               9.   If KCSI determines that it desires for its Board of
          Directors, within the period described in the first sentence of
          Section 4(a) hereof (the "Restricted Period") to declare the
          dividend to effectuate the Spin-off, it will notify DST at least
          10 days in advance of such declaration.  If, prior to such
          declaration DST provides KCSI, from counsel reasonably acceptable
          to KCSI, an opinion that states that there is a reasonable
          likelihood that such declaration within the Restricted Period
          would prevent accounting for the Merger as a pooling, KCSI agrees
          that it will not make such declaration within the Restricted
          Period.

               10.  SEVERABILITY.  The invalidity or unenforceability of
          any provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not
          affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of
          this Agreement in such jurisdiction, or the validity or
          enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
          jurisdiction.

               11.  AMENDMENT.  This Agreement may be amended only by means
          of a written instrument executed and delivered by both KCSI and
          DST.

               12.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by,
          and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
          Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern
          under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.

               13.  COUNTERPARTS.  For the convenience of the parties, this
          Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
          which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together
          shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement
          to be signed by their respective officers thereunder duly
          authorized all as of the date first written above.

                                    KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                     By  /s/ Landon H. Rowland
                                         -------------------------------
                                         Name:  
                                         Title                           
                

                                    DST SYSTEMS, INC.

                                      By  /s/ Kenneth V. Hager
                                          -------------------------------
                                          Name:  
                                          Title                           
           




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