X0306 4 2014-03-14 false 0000714603 DST SYSTEMS INC DST 0001193825 TRITT ROBERT L 333 WEST 11TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64105 false true false false Executive Vice President Common Stock 29886 I ESOP Common Stock 2014-03-14 4 A false 15 0 A 4913 D Common Stock 2014-03-14 4 F false 618 0 D 4295 D Shares are allocated to the Reporting Persons account in The Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Issuer. The acquisition is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c). The acquisition is of unvested restricted stock units received automatically on March 14, 2014 as dividend equivalents pursuant to the terms and conditions of award agreements (Dividend RSUs). The Dividend RSUs were granted in connection with Reported RSUs, which include RSUs granted February 24, 2011 (2011 Time RSUs) and February 21, 2013 (2013 Time RSUs), and the Dividend RSUs previously received in connection therewith. The aggregate number of Dividend RSUs being reported as an acquisition on this form includes 4 RSUs granted with respect to the 2011 Time RSUs, and 11 RSUs granted with respect to the 2013 Time RSUs. The Compensation Committee of the Issuers Board of Directors allows the withholding of shares (Tax Withholding Transactions) to satisfy the Reporting Persons income tax obligation from a vesting of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Dividend Equivalents (DEs). The Committee pre-approves, at the time of grant, the Tax Withholding Transactions. The Reporting Person holds RSUs and DEs reported in other Section 16 filings and DEs included in this filing that vested on March 14, 2014. This form reports the number of shares retained in the March 14, 2014 Tax Withholding Transactions for the vesting. Randall D. Young for Robert L. Tritt by power of attorney 2014-03-18