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 21, 2010

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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

See attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K a News Release dated April 21, 2010 concerning the announcement of financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

The information in this Item 2.02, and Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of DST under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act made after the date hereof, the information contained in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of DST, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d). Exhibits.

Exhibit
    
Number
  
Description
     
99.1
  
News Release dated April 21, 2010

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 22nd day April, 2010.

 
DST SYSTEMS, INC.
  
       
 
By:
  /s/ Kenneth V. Hager
  
 
Name:
Kenneth V. Hager
  
 
Title:
Vice President, Chief Financial
   Officer and Treasurer