Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the investor presentation used in connection with the investor conference call referred to in Item 8.01 below is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
This information is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously reported, on September 15, 2021, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, a Canadian corporation (the “Corporation”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation (“Kansas City Southern”), Cygnus Merger Sub 1 Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation (“Surviving Merger Sub”) and Cygnus Merger Sub 2 Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Surviving Merger Sub. On September 16, 2021, the Corporation and Kansas City Southern held a joint investor conference call to discuss the announcement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
This current report includes certain forward looking statements and forward looking information (collectively, FLI) to provide the Corporation’s and Kansas City Southern’s shareholders and potential investors with information about the Corporation, Kansas City Southern and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, including each company’s management’s respective assessment of the Corporation, Kansas City Southern and their respective subsidiaries’ future plans and operations, which FLI may not be appropriate for other purposes. FLI is typically identified by words such as “anticipate”, “expect”, “project”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “plan”, “intend”, “target”, “believe”, “likely” and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be FLI.
Although we believe that the FLI is reasonable based on the information available today and processes used to prepare it, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and you are cautioned against placing undue reliance on FLI. By its nature, FLI involves a variety of assumptions, which are based upon factors that may be difficult to predict and that may involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these FLI, including, but not limited to, the following: the timing and completion of the transaction, including receipt of regulatory and shareholder approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions precedent; interloper risk; the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction and the timing thereof; the success of integration plans; the focus of management time and attention on the transaction and other disruptions arising from the transaction; changes in business strategy and strategic opportunities; estimated future dividends; financial strength and flexibility; debt and equity market conditions, including the ability to access capital markets on favourable terms or at all; cost of debt and equity capital; potential changes in the Corporation’s share price which may negatively impact the value of consideration offered to Kansas City Southern shareholders; the ability of management of the Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates to execute key priorities, including those in connection with the transaction; general Canadian, U.S., Mexican and global social, economic, political, credit and business conditions; risks associated with agricultural production such as weather conditions and insect populations; the availability and price of energy commodities; the effects of competition and pricing pressures, including competition from other rail carriers, trucking companies and maritime shippers in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; North American and global economic growth; industry capacity; shifts in market demand; changes in commodity prices and commodity demand; uncertainty surrounding timing and volumes of commodities being shipped; inflation; geopolitical instability; changes in laws, regulations and government policies, including regulation of rates; changes in taxes and tax rates; potential increases in maintenance and operating costs; changes
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