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Title:

Acquisition Agreement

Entities:

Grupo TMM, S.A.; Kansas City Southern; Bank of New York; Haynes and Boone; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Date:

2003

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Price:

$79

ID:

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                              ACQUISITION AGREEMENT


by and among

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN,
a Delaware corporation,

KARA Sub, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation,

GRUPO TMM, S.A.,
a sociedad anonima organized under
the laws of the United Mexican States,

TMM HOLDINGS, S.A. de C.V.,
a sociedad anonima de capital variable
organized under the laws of the United Mexican States,

and

TMM MULTIMODAL, S.A. de C.V.,
a sociedad anonima de capital variable
organized under the laws of the United Mexican States


DATED AS OF APRIL 20, 2003


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Table of Contents

ARTICLE 1 STOCK PURCHASE.....................................................1
Section 1.1 Stock Purchase.................................................1
Section 1.2 Stock Purchase Price...........................................1
ARTICLE 2 SUBSIDIARY INVESTMENT..............................................2
Section 2.1 Subsidiary Investment..........................................2
ARTICLE 3 THE MERGER.........................................................2
Section 3.1 The Merger.....................................................2
Section 3.2 Name Change, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws...........2
Section 3.3 Board and Officers.............................................2
Section 3.4 Merger Integration Committee...................................3
ARTICLE 4 CLOSING............................................................3
Section 4.1 Closing........................................................3
Section 4.2 Actions at Closing.............................................3
Section 4.3 Conversion of Securities.......................................4
ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS..........................5
Section 5.1 Organization and Related Matters...............................5
Section 5.2 Authorized Capitalization......................................6
Section 5.3 GTFM and GTFM Subsidiaries.....................................7
Section 5.4 Authority; No Violation........................................7
Section 5.5 Consents and Approvals.........................................8
Section 5.6 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities..................9
Section 5.7 Contracts......................................................9
Section 5.8 Intellectual Property Rights..................................10
Section 5.9 Employee Benefit Matters......................................10
Section 5.10 Labor and Other Employment Matters...........................11
Section 5.11 Tax Matters..................................................13
Section 5.12 Legal Proceedings............................................14
Section 5.13 Permits and Compliance.......................................14
Section 5.14 Environmental Matters........................................15
Section 5.15 Properties...................................................15
Section 5.16 Insurance....................................................16
Section 5.17 No Other Broker..............................................16
Section 5.18 No GTFM Material Adverse Effect..............................16
Section 5.19 Sufficiency of and Title to Assets...........................16
Section 5.20 Information in Filed Documents...............................16
Section 5.21 Transactions with Affiliates.................................17
Section 5.22 No Loss of Significant Customers.............................17
Section 5.23 Trading in and Ownership of KCS Common Stock.................17
Section 5.24 Solvency.....................................................17
Section 5.25 Termination of Option Agreement..............................17
ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF KCS.............................18
Section 6.1 Organization and Related Matters..............................18
Section 6.2 Authority; No Violation.......................................18
Section 6.3 Consents and Approvals........................................20

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Section 6.4 Authorized Capitalization.....................................20
Section 6.5 SEC Filings...................................................21
Section 6.6 Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.................21
Section 6.7 No Other Broker...............................................21
Section 6.8 Information in Filed Documents................................22
Section 6.9 No KCS Material Adverse Effect................................22
Section 6.10 KARA Sub.....................................................22
Section 6.11 Legal Proceedings............................................22
Section 6.12 KCS Capital Resources........................................22
Section 6.13 Employee Benefit Matters.....................................23
Section 6.14 Labor and Other Employment Matters...........................23
Section 6.15 Tax..........................................................23
Section 6.16 Permits and Compliance.......................................23
Section 6.17 Environmental Matters........................................24
Section 6.18 Properties...................................................24
ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS AND ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS...............................25
Section 7.1 Conduct of Business by the GTFM Group.........................25
Section 7.2 Conduct of Business by KCS and its Subsidiaries...............27
Section 7.3 Access to Information; Confidentiality........................28
Section 7.4 Regulatory Matters; Governing Documents; Third-Party Consents.28
Section 7.5 Stockholder and Debtholder Approvals..........................29
Section 7.6 Tax Matters...................................................30
Section 7.7 Insurance.....................................................30
Section 7.8 Notification of Certain Matters...............................30
Section 7.9 Further Assurances............................................31
Section 7.10 Third-Party Matters..........................................31
Section 7.11 Efforts of Parties to Close..................................32
Section 7.12 Expenses.....................................................33
Section 7.13 VAT Contingency Payment......................................33
Section 7.14 Financing for the Acquisition................................33
Section 7.15 Release......................................................33
ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS........................................................34
Section 8.1 Mutual Conditions.............................................34
Section 8.2 Conditions to the Obligations of KCS..........................34
Section 8.3 Conditions to the Obligations of Sellers......................35
ARTICLE 9 TERMINATION.......................................................37

 

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