Sec Form 4 Filing - Hooley Stephen C @ DST SYSTEMS INC - 2016-03-15

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Hooley Stephen C 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DST SYSTEMS INC [ DST] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman, CEO & President (Last) (First) (Middle) 333 WEST 11TH STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 03/15/2016 (Street) KANSAS CITY, MO64105 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/15/2016 A 230 ( 1 ) A $ 0 88,016 D Common Stock 03/15/2016 F 106 ( 2 ) D $ 0 87,910 D Common Stock 03/16/2016 S 18,215 ( 3 ) D $ 106.861 69,695 D Common Stock 03/16/2016 S 6,302 ( 4 ) D $ 107.356 63,393 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Hooley Stephen C 333 WEST 11TH STREET KANSAS CITY, MO64105 X Chairman, CEO & President Signatures Randall D. Young for Stephen C. Hooley by power of attorney 03/17/2016 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )The acquisition is of vested and unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs) received automatically on March 15, 2016 as dividend equivalents pursuant to the terms and conditions of the award agreements (Dividend RSUs). The Dividend RSUs were granted in connection with RSUs granted February 21, 2013, February 25, 2014, February 23, 2015 and February 26, 2016, and the Dividend RSUs previously received in connection therewith; and the Dividend RSUs granted in connection with PSUs granted February 21, 2013 and dividend equivalents from the time of the PSU award until certification. ( 2 )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 Dividend Equivalents (DEs). The Committee pre-approves, at the time of grant, the Tax Withholding Transactions. The Reporting Person holds RSUs, PSUs and DEs reported in other Section 16 filings. This form reports the number of shares retained in the March 15, 2016 dividend payout for the Tax Withholding Transactions. ( 3 )IMPORTANT NOTE: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 13, 2015 and was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $106.12 to $107.11. The price reported above reflects the weighted average price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected. ( 4 )IMPORTANT NOTE: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 13, 2015 and was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $107.15 to $107.65. The price reported above reflects the weighted average price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.

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