KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN (a Delaware corporation) 5,016,722 Shares of Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • April 30th, 2010 • Kansas City Southern • Railroads, line-haul operating • New York
Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“J.P. Morgan”) are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 752,508 additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotme
