dst-form8k_april22012.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 2, 2012

DST SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-14036
43-1581814
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

333 West 11th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
64105
       (Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(816) 435-1000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

M. Jeannine Strandjord notified DST Systems, Inc. on April 2, 2012 that she will retire from the DST Board.  Ms. Strandjord serves as a director of other companies, and she has elected to retire from the DST Board in order to comply with a policy at one of those companies that now limits her ability to continue to simultaneously serve as a director at DST.  Ms. Strandjord will continue to serve as a DST Director and as Chairperson of the DST Audit Committee until May 8, 2012, and her retirement will be effective immediately prior to the commencement of the Annual Meeting of the Company’s shareholders on that date.
 


 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
DST Systems, Inc.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Randall D. Young
   
Randall D. Young
   
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary



 
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