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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
Annual report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
Commission file number 1-10254
(TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC LOGO)
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  58-1493818
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
1600 First Avenue
Columbus, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)
  31901
(Zip Code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (706) 649-2262
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
     
Common Stock, $.10 Par Value   New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE
     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
     YES  þ                                                                                  NO  o
     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
     YES  þ                                                                                  NO  o
     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer  þ   Accelerated filer  o   Non-accelerated filer  o   Smaller reporting company  o
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
      YES  o                                                                                   NO  þ
     As of June 30, 2007, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $861,159,000 based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
     As of February 21, 2008, there were 198,849,665 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
     
Incorporated Documents   Form 10-K Reference Locations
Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2007 (“Annual Report”)
  Parts I, II, III and IV
 
   
Portions of the 2008 Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 30, 2008 (“Proxy Statement”)
  Part III
 
 

 


 

Table of Contents
             
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Safe Harbor Statement     1  
  Business     1  
  Risk Factors     4  
  Unresolved Staff Comments     9  
  Properties     9  
  Legal Proceedings     9  
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     9  
 
           
  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     12  
  Selected Financial Data     12  
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     12  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     12  
  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     15  
  Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure     15  
  Controls and Procedures     15  
  Other Information     15  
 
           
  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance     16  
  Executive Compensation     16  
  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters     17  
  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence     17  
  Principal Accountant Fees and Services     17  
 
           
  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules     18  
  EX-3.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
  EX-10.11 AMENDED AND RESTATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
  EX-10.17 CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
  EX-10.30 TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. 2008 OMNIBUS PLAN
  EX-10.37 SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BASE SALARY
  EX-13.1 2007 ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
  EX-21.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
  EX-23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
  EX-31.1 SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO
  EX-31.2 SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO
  EX-32 SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS OF THE CEO AND CFO

 


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PART I
Safe Harbor Statement
     We have included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and from time to time our management may make, statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent only our belief regarding future events, many of which by their nature are inherently uncertain and outside our control. These statements include statements other than historical information or statements of current condition and may relate to our future plans, objectives and results, among other things, and also include (without limitation) statements made in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report. It is possible that our actual results may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results indicated in these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include, among others, those discussed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report.
     Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the dates they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by applicable law. You should, however, consult further disclosures we may make in future filings of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments thereto.
Item 1. Business
      Business . We provide electronic payment processing and related services to financial and nonfinancial institutions. Services include processing consumer, retail, commercial, government services, stored value and debit cards. Based in Columbus, Georgia, and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TSS,” we provide services to financial and nonfinancial institutions throughout the United States and internationally. We currently offer merchant acquiring services to financial institutions and other organizations in the United States through our wholly owned subsidiary, TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C., and in Japan through our majority owned subsidiary, GP Network Corporation. We also offer optional value added products and services to support our core processing services. Value added products and services include: risk management tools and techniques, such as credit evaluation, fraud detection and prevention and behavior analysis tools; and revenue enhancement tools and customer retention programs, such as loyalty programs and bonus rewards.

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     The services we provide are divided into three operating segments, domestic-based support services, which accounted for 70.5% of our revenues in 2007, international-based support services, which accounted for 13.8% of our revenues in 2007, and merchant acquiring services, which accounted for 15.7% of our revenues in 2007. In addition, a new cost center, spin-related costs, was added for 2007 to include information regarding the spin-off by Synovus Financial Corp. (“Synovus”) to its shareholders of all of the shares of TSYS stock formerly owned by Synovus on December 31, 2007. See Note 23 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 80 and 81 of the Annual Report which is incorporated in this document by reference for additional information about the spin-off.
      Seasonality . Due to the somewhat seasonal nature of the credit card industry, our revenues and results of operations have generally increased in the fourth quarter of each year because of increased transaction and authorization volumes during the traditional holiday shopping season.
      Intellectual Property . Our intellectual property portfolio is a component of our ability to be a leading electronic payment services provider. We diligently protect and work to build our intellectual property rights through patent, servicemark and trade secret laws. We also use various licensed intellectual property to conduct our business. In addition to using our intellectual property in our own operations, we grant licenses to certain of our clients to use our intellectual property.
      Major Customers . A significant amount of our revenues is derived from long-term contracts with large clients, including our major customers during 2007, Bank of America Corporation and Capital One Financial Corporation. For the year ended December 31, 2007, Bank of America Corporation and Capital One Financial Corporation accounted for approximately 11.8% and 13.1%, respectively, of our total revenues. As a result, the loss of Bank of America Corporation or Capital One Financial Corporation, or other large clients, could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. See “Major Customers” under the “Financial Review” Section on pages 28 and 29 and Note 20 on pages 74 through 78 of the Annual Report which are incorporated in this document by reference.
      Competition . We encounter vigorous competition in providing electronic payment processing services from several different sources. Most of the national market in third party card processors is presently being provided by approximately three vendors. We believe that as of December 31, 2007 we are the second largest third party card processor in the United States. In addition, we compete with in house processors and software vendors which provide their products to institutions which process in house. We are presently encountering, and in the future anticipate continuing to encounter, substantial competition from data processing and bankcard computer service firms and other such third party vendors located throughout the United States and from certain international processors with respect to international-based support services. Based upon available market share data that includes cards processed in house, we believe that during 2007 we held a 42% share of the domestic consumer credit card processing market, an 87% share of the Visa and MasterCard domestic commercial card processing market and a 10% share of the domestic retail card processing market. With respect to merchant acquiring services,

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we believe that TSYS Acquiring Solutions is the second largest processor of merchant accounts and holds an approximately 20% market share of all bank card accepting merchant locations in the U.S. We expect a decrease in domestic consumer and commercial market share in 2008 as a result of a large customer migrating from an outsourcing to a licensing model in 2007.
     Our major competitor in the card processing industry is First Data Resources, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Data Corporation, which provides card processing services. The principal methods of competition between us and First Data Resources are price, system performance and reliability, breadth of features and functionality, disaster recovery capabilities, data security, scalability and flexibility of infrastructure and servicing capability. Certain other subsidiaries of First Data Corporation also compete with us with respect to the provision of merchant acquiring services.
      Backlog of Accounts. As of December 31, 2007, we had a pipeline of approximately six million accounts associated with new clients. We expect to convert our entire backlog of six million new accounts in 2008.
      Regulation and Examination . We are subject to being examined, and are indirectly regulated, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the National Credit Union Administration, and the various state financial regulatory agencies which supervise and regulate the financial institutions for which we provide electronic payment processing services. Matters reviewed and examined by these federal and state financial institution regulatory agencies have included our internal controls in connection with our present performance of electronic payment processing services, and the agreements pursuant to which we provide such services. In addition, we are registered with Visa, MasterCard, American Express and the Discover Network as a service provider and are subject to their respective rules.
      Employees . As of December 31, 2007, we had 6,921 full-time equivalent employees.
      Available Information . Our website address is www.tsys.com. You may obtain free electronic copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports in the Investors section of our website under the heading “Financials” and then under “SEC Filings.” These reports are available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for our directors, officers and employees and have also adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of our board committees are available in the Corporate Governance section of our website at www.tsys.com/ir/governance. Copies of these documents are also available in print upon written request to the Corporate Secretary, Total System Services, Inc., 1600 First Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901.
     For more information about our business see the “Financial Overview” Section on pages

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16 through 18, the “Financial Review” Section on pages 18 through 43 and Note 1, Note 6, Note 17, Note 20 and Note 22 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 48 through 55, pages 58 and 59, pages 70 and 71, pages 74 through 78, and pages 78 through 80 of the Annual Report which are incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
     This section highlights specific risks that could affect our business and us. Although this section attempts to highlight key factors, please be aware that other risks may prove to be important in the future. New risks may emerge at any time and we cannot predict such risks or estimate the extent to which they may affect our financial performance. In addition to the factors discussed elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this report, among the other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following:
If we do not successfully renew or renegotiate our agreements with our clients, our business will suffer.
     A significant amount of our revenues is derived from long-term contracts with large clients, including certain major customers. Consolidation among financial institutions has resulted in an increasingly concentrated client base. The financial position of these clients and their willingness to pay for our products and services are affected by general market positions, competitive pressures and operating margins within their industries. Renewal or renegotiation time presents our clients with the opportunity to consider other providers. The loss or renegotiation of our contracts with existing clients or a significant decline in the number of transactions we process for them could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operation.
Consolidation among financial institutions, including the merger of TSYS clients with entities that are not TSYS clients or the sale of portfolios by TSYS clients to entities that are not TSYS clients could materially impact our financial position and results of operation.
     Consolidation among financial institutions, particularly in the area of credit card operations, continues to be a major risk. Specifically, we face the risk that our clients may merge with entities that are not our clients or our clients may sell portfolios to entities that are not our clients, thereby impacting our existing agreements and projected revenues with these clients. In addition, consolidation among financial institutions has led to an increasingly concentrated client base at TSYS which increases the pressure on our profit margins. Consolidation among financial institutions and the loss of any significant client by us could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
Accounts on file may be lower than anticipated and internal growth rates for our existing clients may be lower than anticipated.
     Our electronic payment processing services revenues are generated from charges based on several factors, one of which is the number of accounts on file. There is no guarantee that accounts on file will be as we anticipate and this could have a material adverse effect on our

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financial position and results of operations. Furthermore, a significant amount of our revenues is derived from certain large clients and internal growth rates for these existing clients may be lower than anticipated, thereby negatively impacting our business.
We may incur expenses associated with the signing of a significant client to our processing system and in connection with our efforts to grow internationally or incur other costs that may hurt our financial results .
     We incur significant up-front expenses prior to converting a significant client to our processing systems. In the event we enter into a processing contract with a significant client, these expenses will directly affect our earnings results. In addition, we provide services to our clients worldwide and plan to continue to expand our service offerings internationally in the future. We are likely to incur costs in growing our business internationally, and there is no guarantee that such international expansion will be successful. We may also incur other expenses and costs, such as operating and marketing expenses. If we are unable to successfully manage these expenses as our business develops, changes and expands, our financial position and results of operations could be negatively impacted. In addition, changes in accounting policies can significantly affect how we calculate expenses and earnings.
There may be a decline in the use of credit cards as a payment mechanism for consumers or adverse developments with respect to the credit card industry in general.
     If consumers do not continue to use credit cards as a payment mechanism for their transactions or if there is a change in the mix of payments between cash, credit cards and debit cards, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. We believe future growth in the use of credit cards will be driven by the cost, ease-of-use, and quality of products and services offered to consumers and businesses. In order to consistently increase and maintain our profitability, consumers and businesses must continue to use credit cards. Moreover, if there is an adverse development in the credit card industry in general, such as new legislation or regulation that makes it more difficult for our clients to do business, our financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected.
We may not convert and deconvert clients’ portfolios as scheduled.
     The timing of the conversion of card portfolios of new clients to our processing systems and the deconversion of existing clients to other systems impacts our revenues and expenses. There is no guarantee that conversions and deconversions will occur as scheduled and this may have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
We have pursued various strategic acquisitions and these acquisitions may be more difficult to integrate than anticipated.
     We regularly explore opportunities for strategic acquisitions and expect to grow, in part, through such acquisitions. Difficulty in integrating an acquired company may cause us not to realize expected revenue increases, cost savings, increases in geographic or product presence, and/or other projected benefits of the acquisition. The integration could result in loss of key

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employees, disruption of our business or the business of the acquired company, or otherwise adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with clients or achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition. These factors could contribute to us not achieving the anticipated benefits of the acquisition within the desired time frames, if at all.
Our business may be adversely affected by risks associated with foreign operations.
     We provide services to our clients worldwide and plan to continue to expand our service offerings internationally in the future. As a result, our business and revenues derived from international operations are subject to risk of loss from currency fluctuations, social instability, changes in government policies, unfavorable political or diplomatic developments and changes in legislation related to non-U.S. ownership. Any adverse change in one of the foregoing factors could impact our plans to continue to expand our business internationally and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.
The costs and effects of litigation, investigations or similar matters, or adverse facts and developments related thereto, could materially affect our financial position and results of operations .
     We may be involved from time to time in a variety of litigation, investigations or similar matters arising out of our business. Our insurance may not cover all claims that may be asserted against it, and any claims asserted against us, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, may harm our reputation. Should the ultimate judgments or settlements in any litigation or investigation significantly exceed our insurance coverage, they could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. In addition, we may not be able to obtain appropriate types or levels of insurance in the future, nor may we be able to obtain adequate replacement policies with acceptable terms, if at all.
Changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or other authoritative bodies, could materially impact our financial statements.
     Our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to how we record and report our financial position and results of operations. From time to time, the regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and other authoritative bodies change the financial accounting and reporting standards that govern the preparation of our financial statements. These changes can be hard to predict and can materially impact how we record and report our financial position and results of operations.
If we do not anticipate and respond to technological change or changes in industry standards, particularly with respect to e-commerce, our services could become obsolete and we could lose our clients.
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substantial expenditures to modify or adopt our existing products and services, and we may not be successful in improving and implementing our processing systems or in achieving market acceptance of these new technologies. If competitors introduce new products and services embodying new technologies, or if new industry standards and practices emerge, particularly with respect to e-commerce, our existing product and service offerings, proprietary technology and systems may become obsolete. Further, if we fail to adopt or develop these new technologies or to adapt our products and services to emerging industry standards, we may lose current and future clients, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. Our industry is changing rapidly. To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the functionality and features of our processing systems, products, services and technologies.
Changes in the laws, regulations, credit card association rules or other industry standards affecting our business may require significant product redevelopment efforts or may reduce the market for or value of our products.
     There may be changes in the laws, regulations, credit card association rules or other industry standards that affect our operating environment in substantial and unpredictable ways. Changes to statutes, regulations or industry standards, including interpretation and implementation of statutes, regulations or standards, could increase or decrease the cost of doing business or affect the competitive balance. We cannot predict whether any of this potential legislation will be enacted or whether any credit card association rule or other industry standard will change, and if enacted or changed, the effect that it would have on our financial position or results of operations. These changes may require us to incur significant expenses to redevelop our products, but there is no guarantee that we would be successful or that there would be a market for or value of our products. Also, if we do not comply with laws, regulations, policies or standards, we could receive regulatory sanctions and damage to our reputation.
We may not be able to successfully manage our intellectual property and may be subject to infringement claims.
     In the rapidly developing legal framework, we rely on a combination of contractual rights and copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws to establish and protect our proprietary technology. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property, third parties may infringe or misappropriate our intellectual property or may develop software or technology competitive to us. Our competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our products or services or design around our intellectual property rights. We may have to litigate to enforce and protect our intellectual property rights, trade secrets and know-how or to determine their scope, validity or enforceability, which is expensive and could cause a diversion of resources and may not prove successful. The loss of intellectual property protection or the inability to secure or enforce intellectual property protection could harm our business and ability to compete.
     We may also be subject to costly litigation in the event our products and technology infringe upon another party’s proprietary rights. Third parties may have, or may eventually be issued, patents that would be infringed by our products or technology. Any of these third parties could make a claim of infringement against us with respect to our products or technology. We

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may also be subject to claims by third parties for breach of copyright, trademark or license usage rights. Any such claims and any resulting litigation could subject us to significant liability for damages. An adverse determination in any litigation of this type could require us to design around a third party’s patent or to license alternative technology from another party. In addition, litigation is time consuming and expensive to defend and could result in the diversion of the time and attention of our management and employees. Any claim from third parties may result in limitation on our ability to use the intellectual property subject to these claims.
Security and privacy breaches in our systems may damage client relations and inhibit our growth.
     The uninterrupted operation of our processing systems and the confidentiality of the client information that resides on our systems is critical to our business. We have security backups and recovery systems in place, as well as a business continuity plan to ensure our systems will not be inoperable. We also have what we believe to be sufficient security around our systems to prevent unauthorized access. Any failures in our security and privacy measures could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. We electronically store personal information about consumers who are customers of our clients. If we are unable to protect, or our clients perceive that we are unable to protect, the security and privacy of our electronic transactions, our growth could be materially adversely affected. A security or privacy breach may:
    cause our clients to lose confidence in our services;
 
    harm our reputation;
 
    expose us to liability; and
 
    increase our expenses from potential remediation costs.
     While we believe we use proven applications designed for data security and integrity to process electronic transactions, there can be no assurance that our use of these applications will be sufficient to address changing market positions or the security and privacy concerns of existing and potential clients.
If we lose key personnel or are unable to attract additional qualified personnel as we grow, our business could be adversely affected.
     We are dependent upon the ability and experience of a number of highly skilled technical, management and sales and marketing personnel who have substantial experience with our operations, the rapidly changing transaction processing industry and markets in which we offer our services. It is possible that the loss of the services of one or a combination of our key personnel would have an adverse effect on our operations. Our success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, manage and retain additional qualified management and technical personnel as we grow. Competition for the best people, particularly those individuals with technology experience, is intense. We cannot guarantee that we will continue to attract or retain such personnel.
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     Our financial condition and outlook is highly dependent upon perceptions of our business practices and reputation. Our ability to attract and retain clients and employees could be adversely affected to the extent our reputation is damaged. Negative public opinion could result from our actual or alleged conduct in any number of activities, including corporate governance, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, disclosure and security breaches. Damage to our reputation could give rise to legal risks, which, in turn, could increase the size and number of litigation claims and damages asserted or subject us to enforcement actions, fines and penalties and cause us to incur related costs and expenses.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
     None.
Item 2. Properties
     As of December 31, 2007, we and our subsidiaries owned 11 facilities encompassing approximately 1,442,168 square feet and leased from third parties 34 facilities encompassing approximately 659,977 square feet. These facilities are used for operational, sales and administrative purposes.
                                 
    Owned Facilities   Leased Facilities
    Number   Square Footage   Number   Square Footage
Domestic-based support services
    9       1,345,800       11       299,579  
International-based support services
    2       96,368       19       146,705  
Merchant acquiring services
    -0-       -0-       4       213,693  
     We believe that our facilities are suitable and adequate for our current business; however, we periodically review our space requirements and may acquire new space to meet the needs of our businesses or consolidate and dispose of or sublet facilities which are no longer required.
     See Note 1, Note 5, Note 17 and Note 20 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 48 through 55, page 58, pages 70 and 71, and pages 74 through 78 and “Operating Expenses” and “Property and Equipment” under the “Financial Review” Section on pages 33 through 36, and page 39, respectively, of the Annual Report which are incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
     See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 70 and 71 of the Annual Report which is incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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below.
Shareholder Vote on Proposals to Approve Amendments Contained in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of TSYS
             
Proposal 1a:   To enlarge TSYS’ business purpose
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,962,532
  173,326   34,194    
 
           
Proposal 1b:   To authorize 100 million shares of preferred stock
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
169,701,403
  8,758,365   51,331   8,658,953
 
           
Proposal 1c:   To provide that TSYS’ Board of Directors will fix the number of directors
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
170,106,993
  8,377,241   26,866   8,658,952
 
           
Proposal 1d:   To provide that directors may be removed only for cause, and to decrease to 66 2 / 3 % the required shareholder vote for removal of directors
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
170,164,498
  8,296,565   50,037   8,658,952
 
           
Proposal 1e:   To eliminate supermajority voting requirements for shareholder approval of mergers and similar transactions
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,895,184
  181,107   93,761    
 
           
Proposal 1f:   To eliminate supermajority voting requirements for shareholder approval for most amendments to TSYS’ Articles of Incorporation
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,892,945
  230,979   46,127    
 
           
Proposal 1g:   To eliminate supermajority voting requirements for shareholders to call a special meeting of shareholders
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,398,297
  657,735   114,019    

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Proposal 1h:   To eliminate the provision requiring unanimous shareholder action by written consent
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,123,589
  940,207   106,255    
 
           
Proposal 1i:   To update the provision allowing TSYS’ Board of Directors to consider non-economic impacts of tender offers to conform to current Georgia law so that the Board of Directors may consider the interests of constituencies in addition to shareholders when considering the best interests of the corporation
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
178,911,319
  8,213,332   45,400    
 
           
Proposal 1j:   To update the provision limiting the personal liability of directors to conform to current Georgia law
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,974,528
  116,537   78,987    
Shareholder Vote on Proposals to Approve Amendments Contained in the Amended and Restated Bylaws of TSYS
             
Proposal 2a:   To eliminate supermajority requirements for shareholders to call a special meeting of shareholders
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,518,681
  555,576   95,795    
 
           
Proposal 2b:   To eliminate the shareholders’ ability to fix the number of directors
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
170,014,576
  8,464,996   31,529   8,658,951
 
           
Proposal 2c:   To eliminate the supermajority requirement to declassify TSYS’ Board of Directors
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,779,477
  291,447   99,128    
 
           
Proposal 2d:   To provide that directors may be removed only for cause and to decrease to 66 2 / 3 % the required shareholder vote for removal of directors
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
170,303,656
  8,155,292   52,153   8,658,951
 
           
Proposal 2e:   To eliminate supermajority voting requirements for shareholder approval of mergers and similar transactions

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Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions    
186,898,571
  214,957   56,523    
Shareholder Vote on Proposal to Approve the TSYS 2008 Omnibus Plan
             
Proposal 3:   To approve the adoption of the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
176,555,117
  1,807,554   148,429   8,658,952
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
     The “Quarterly Financial Data, Stock Price, Dividend Information” Section under the “Financial Review” Section on page 85, Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 69 and “Stock Performance Graph” on page 86 of the Annual Report are incorporated in this document by reference. The “Stock Performance Graph” is incorporated herein by reference; however, this information shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
     The “Selected Financial Data” Section which is set forth on page 15 of the Annual Report is incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
     The “Financial Overview” and “Financial Review” Sections which are set forth on pages 16 through 43 of the Annual Report which includes the information encompassed within “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” are incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
      Foreign Exchange Risk . We are exposed to foreign exchange risk because we have assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies. These currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates, except for revenues, costs and expenses and net income, which are translated at the average exchange rate for each reporting period. Net exchange gains or losses resulting from the translation of assets and liabilities of our foreign operations, net of tax, are accumulated in a separate section of shareholders’ equity entitled “accumulated other comprehensive income.” The amount of other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $7.6 million. The amount of other comprehensive

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income related to foreign currency translation for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $15.9 million net of tax. The amount of other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $9.6 million. Currently, we do not use financial instruments to hedge our exposure to exchange rate changes.
     The following table presents the carrying value of the net assets of our foreign operations in U.S. dollars at December 31, 2007:
         
(in millions)   December 31, 2007
 
Europe
  $ 136.7  
China
    62.3  
Japan
    5.8  
Mexico
    8.1  
Canada
    0.3  
Other
    11.2  
     We record foreign currency translation adjustments associated with other balance sheet accounts. See “Nonoperating Income (Expense)” under the “Financial Review” Section on page 36 of the Annual Report which is incorporated in this document by reference. We maintain several cash accounts denominated in foreign currencies, primarily in Euros and BPS. As we translate the foreign-denominated cash balances into U.S. dollars, the translated cash balance is adjusted upward or downward depending upon the foreign currency exchange movements. The upward or downward adjustment is recorded as a gain or loss on foreign currency translation in our statements of income. As those cash accounts have increased, the upward or downward adjustments have increased. We recorded a net translation loss of approximately $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 relating to the translation of foreign denominated balance sheet accounts, most of which were cash. The balance of the foreign-denominated cash accounts subject to risk of translation gains or losses at December 31, 2007 was approximately $10.5 million, the majority of which is denominated in Euros.
     We provide financing to our international operations in Europe and Japan through intercompany loans that require each operation to repay the financing in U.S. dollars. The functional currency of each operation is the respective local currency. As we translate the foreign currency denominated financial statements into U.S. dollars, the translated balance of the financing (liability) is adjusted upward or downward to match the U.S. dollar obligation (receivable) on our financial statements. The upward or downward adjustment is recorded as a gain or loss on foreign currency translation. As a result of these financing arrangements, we recorded a foreign currency translation gain on our financing with foreign operations during the year ended December 31, 2007 of $2.6 million. The balance of the financing arrangements at December 31, 2006 was approximately $4.9 million.

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     To follow is a summary of account balances subject to foreign currency exchange rates between the local currencies and the U.S. dollar:
                 
            Balance at  
(in thousands)     December 31, 2007  
Asset  
Cash
  $ 10,496  
Liability  
Intercompany financing arrangements
    (4,865 )
       
 
     
       
Net account balances
  $ 5,631  
       
 
     
     The following table presents the potential effect on income before income taxes of hypothetical shifts in the foreign currency exchange rate between the local currencies and the U.S. dollar of plus or minus 100 basis points, 500 basis points and 1,000 basis points based on the net asset account balance of $5.6 million at December 31, 2007.
                                                 
    Effect of Basis Point Change
    Increase in basis point of   Decrease in basis point of
(in thousands)   100    500   1,000    100    500   1,000
                                                 
Effect on income before income taxes
  $ 56       282       563       (56 )     (282 )     (563 )
     The foreign currency risks associated with other currencies is not significant.
      Interest Rate Risk. We are also exposed to interest rate risk associated with the investing of available cash. We invest available cash in conservative short-term instruments and are primarily subject to changes in the short-term interest rates.
     The following table provides information about our debt obligations that are sensitive to changes interest rates. The table presents principal cash flows and related weighted average interest rates by expected maturity dates. The information is presented in U.S. dollar equivalents, which is our reporting currency. The debt obligation’s actual cash flows are denominated in U.S. dollars (US), British Pounds (GBP) and Japanese YEN (YEN), as indicated in parentheses.
                                                 
At December 31, 2007                   Expected maturity date          
Liabilities   2008     2009     2010     2011     2012     TOTAL  
(US$ Equivalent in millions)                                                
Long-term Debt:
                                               
Fixed Rate (US)
  $ 6.5       6.7       7.0       1.8           $ 22.0  
Average interest rate
    3.96 %     3.96 %     3.96 %     3.96 %             3.96 %
Variable Rate (US)
  $                         168.0     $ 168.0  
Average interest rate
                                    5.46 %     5.46 %
Variable Rate (GBP)
  $       65.3             3.9           $ 69.2  
Average interest rate
            6.55 %             7.99 %             6.80 %
Variable Rate (YEN)
  $ 2.2                             $ 2.2  
Average interest rate
    2.00 %                                     2.00 %

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
     The “Quarterly Financial Data, Stock Price, Dividend Information” Section, which is set forth on page 85, and the “Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Income, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on consolidated financial statements), Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting)” Sections, which are set forth on pages 44 through 84 of the Annual Report are incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
     None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
      Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Based on this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in our periodic SEC filings.
      Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. “Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting,” which is set forth on page 83 of the Annual Report, and “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting ),” which is set forth on page 84 of the Annual Report, are incorporated in this document by reference.
      Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter covered by this Annual Report that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
     None.

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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
     Information included under the following captions in our Proxy Statement is incorporated in this document by reference:
    “PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON” — “PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS”;
 
    “EXECUTIVE OFFICERS”;
 
    “SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE”; and
 
    “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS” — “Committees of the Board.”
     We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our chief accounting officer. You can find our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in the Corporate Governance section of our website at www.tsys.com/ir/governance. We will post any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the NYSE in the Corporate Governance section of our website.
     Because our common stock is listed on the NYSE, our chief executive officer is required to make, and he has made, an annual certification to the NYSE stating that he was not aware of any violation by us of the corporate governance listing standards of the NYSE. Our chief executive officer made his annual certification to that effect to the NYSE as of May 17, 2007. In addition, we have filed, as exhibits to this Annual Report, the certifications of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
     Information included under the following captions in our Proxy Statement is incorporated in this document by reference:
    “DIRECTOR COMPENSATION”;
 
    “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” — “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”; “Compensation Committee Report”; “Summary Compensation Table” and the compensation tables and related information which follow the Summary Compensation Table; and
 
    “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS” — “Committees of the Board” — “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.”
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Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference; however, this information shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
     Information pertaining to equity compensation plans is contained in Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 63 of the Annual Report and is incorporated in this document by reference.
     Information included under the following captions in our Proxy Statement is incorporated in this document by reference:
    “STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS”; and
 
    “PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS. ”
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
     Information included under the following captions in our Proxy Statement is incorporated in this document by reference:
    “CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS”;
 
    “RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TSYS, SYNOVUS, CB&T AND CERTAIN OF SYNOVUS’ SUBSIDIARIES” — “Spin-Off”; “Interlocking Directorates of TSYS, Synovus and CB&T”; and “Electronic Payment Processing Services Provided to CB&T and Certain of Synovus’ Subsidiaries; Other Agreements Between TSYS, Synovus, CB&T and Certain of Synovus’ Subsidiaries.”; and
 
    “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS” — “Independence. ”
     See also Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 55 through 57 of the Annual Report which is incorporated in this document by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
     Information included under the following captions in our Proxy Statement is incorporated in this document by reference:
    “AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT” — “KPMG LLP Fees and Services” (excluding the information under the main caption “AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT”); and “Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval.”

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
      (a) 1 . Financial Statements
          The following consolidated financial statements of TSYS are incorporated in this document by reference from pages 44 through 84 of the Annual Report.
Consolidated Balance Sheets — December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Consolidated Statements of Income — Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income — Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on consolidated financial statements).
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting).
      2. Financial Statement Schedules
     The following report of independent registered public accounting firm and consolidated financial statement schedule of TSYS are included:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts — Years Ended
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
          All other schedules are omitted because they are inapplicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

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           3. Exhibits
          The following exhibits are filed herewith or are incorporated to other documents previously filed with the SEC. Exhibits 10.9 through 10.38 pertain to executive compensation plans and arrangements. With the exception of those portions of the Annual Report and Proxy Statement that are expressly incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, such documents are not to be deemed filed as part of this Form 10-K.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
3.1
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of TSYS.
 
   
3.2
  Bylaws of TSYS, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2008.
 
   
10.1
  Credit Agreement of TSYS with Bank of America N.A., as Administrative Agent, the Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and the other lenders named therein, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2007.
 
   
10.2
  Agreement and Plan of Distribution, dated as of October 25, 2007, by and among Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus Bank and Trust Company and TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 25, 2007.
 
   
10.3
  Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Distribution by and among Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus Bank and Trust Company and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
   
10.4
  Transition Services Agreement by and among Synovus Financial Corp. and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
   
10.5
  Employee Matters Agreement by and among Synovus Financial Corp. and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
10.6
  Indemnification and Insurance Matters Agreement by and among Synovus Financial Corp. and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS’ Current

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
 
  Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
   
10.7
  Master Confidential Disclosure Agreement by and among Synovus Financial Corp. and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
   
10.8
  Tax Sharing Agreement by and among Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus Bank and Trust Company and TSYS, dated as of November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 30, 2007.
 
   
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS
 
   
10.9
  Director Stock Purchase Plan of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2000.
 
   
10.10
  Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2002.
 
   
10.11
  Amended and Restated Total System Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
   
10.12
  Total System Services, Inc. 1992 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was renamed the Total System Services, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, as filed with the SEC on March 18, 1993.
 
   
10.13
  Total System Services, Inc. Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2002.
 
   
10.14
  Wage Continuation Agreement of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, as filed with the SEC on March 18, 1993.

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
10.15
  Agreement in Connection With Personal Use of Company Aircraft, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2006.
 
10.16
  Split Dollar Insurance Agreement of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, as filed with the SEC on March 22, 1994.
 
   
10.17
  Change of Control Agreement for executive officers of TSYS.
 
   
10.18
  Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and related Executive Benefit Substitution Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2002.
 
   
10.19
  Form of Stock Option Agreement for the Total System Services, Inc. 1992 (renamed 2000) and 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plans, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on November 8, 2004.
 
   
10.20
  Summary of Board of Directors Compensation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of TSYS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2007.
 
   
10.21
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the TSYS 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 20, 2005, as filed with the SEC on January 25, 2005.
 
   
10.22
  Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the TSYS 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 20, 2005, as filed with the SEC on January 25, 2005.
 
   
10.23
  Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the TSYS 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 1, 2005, as filed with the SEC on February 3, 2005.

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
10.24
  Form of Stock Option Agreement for the Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants made subsequent to January 17, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 2006.
 
   
10.25
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants made subsequent to January 17, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 2006.
 
   
10.26
  Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2007, as filed with the SEC on April 25, 2007.
 
   
10.27
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2007, as filed with the SEC on April 25, 2007.
 
   
10.28
  Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement for performance-based restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2007.
 
   
10.29
  Form of Revised Stock Option Agreement for stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 2008.
 
   
10.30
  Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan.
 
   
10.31
  Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement for performance-based restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2008.
 
   
10.32
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for restricted stock unit awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2008.
 
   
10.33
  Form of Revised Stock Option Agreement for stock option awards
 
   

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
 
  under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 2008.
 
   
10.34
  Form of Retention Restricted Stock Award Agreement for retention restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 2008.
 
   
10.35
  Form of Performance-Based Retention Restricted Stock Award Agreement for performance-based restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 2008.
 
   
10.36
  Form of Revised Restricted Stock Award Agreement for restricted stock unit awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5, 2008.
 
   
10.37
  Summary of Annual Base Salaries of TSYS’ Named Executive Officers.
 
   
10.38
  Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and executive officers of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS’ Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 25, 2007.
 
   
13.1
  Certain specified pages of TSYS’ 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders which are incorporated herein by reference.
 
   
21.1
  Subsidiaries of Total System Services, Inc.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
32
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
99.1
  Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Total System Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 2007 (to be filed as an amendment hereto within 120 days of the end of the period covered by this report.)
 
   
99.2
  Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Total System Services, Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 2007 (to be filed as an amendment hereto within 120 days of the end of the period covered by this report.)
     We agree to furnish the SEC, upon request, a copy of each instrument with respect to issues of long-term debt. The principal amount of any individual instrument, which has not been previously filed, does not exceed ten percent of the total assets of TSYS and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:
Under date of February 28, 2008, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Total System Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, as contained in the 2007 annual report to shareholders. These consolidated financial statements and our report thereon are incorporated by reference in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement schedule as listed in the accompanying index. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits.
In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Notes 1 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes- an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 .
As discussed in Notes 1 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.
As discussed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, as of December 31, 2006.
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TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
Schedule II
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(in thousands)
                                 
            Additions              
            Changes in              
            allowances, charges to              
    Balance at     expenses and changes              
    beginning     to other accounts —     Deductions —     Balance at end  
    of period     describe     describe     of period  
Year ended December 31, 2005:
                               
 
                               
Provision for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
  $ 6,767       8,860 (1), (4)     (3,013 )(3)   $ 12,614  
 
                       
 
  $ 6,767       8,860       (3,013 )   $ 12,614  
 
                       
 
                               
Transaction processing accruals
  $ 9,284       7,397 (2)     (7,228 )(3)   $ 9,453  
 
                       
 
  $ 9,284       7,397       (7,228 )   $ 9,453  
 
                       
 
                               
Year ended December 31, 2006:
                               
 
                               
Provision for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
  $ 12,614       1,614 (1)     (3,255 )(3)   $ 10,973  
 
                       
 
  $ 12,614       1,614       (3,255 )   $ 10,973  
 
                       
 
                               
Transaction processing accruals
  $ 9,453       10,981 (2)     (7,789 )(3)   $ 12,645  
 
                       
 
  $ 9,453       10,981       (7,789 )   $ 12,645  
 
                       
 
                               
Year ended December 31, 2007:
                               
 
                               
Provision for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
  $ 10,973       (568 )(1)     (260 )(3)   $ 10,145  
 
                       
 
  $ 10,973       (568 )     (260 )   $ 10,145  
 
                       
 
                               
Transaction processing accruals
  $ 12,645       35 (2)     (4,155 )(3)   $ 8,525  
 
                       
 
  $ 12,645       35       (4,155 )   $ 8,525  
 
                       
 
(1)   Amount reflected includes charges to (recoveries of) bad debt expense which are classified in other operating expenses and the charges for billing adjustments which are recorded against revenues.
 
(2)   Amount reflected is the change in transaction processing accruals reflected in other operating expenses.
 
(3)   Accounts deemed to be uncollectible and written off during the year as it relates to bad debts. Amounts that relate to billing adjustments and transaction processing accruals reflect actual billing adjustments and processing errors charged against the allowances.
 
(4)   Includes $4.3 million of doubtful accounts and billing adjustments on March 1, 2005 related to consolidating the financial results of TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Total System Services, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
February 28, 2008  By:   /s/ Philip W. Tomlinson    
    Philip W. Tomlinson,   
    Principal Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Philip W. Tomlinson and M. Troy Woods and each of them, his true and lawful attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this report and to file the same, with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s) full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), or their substitute(s), may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
     
/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
 
Philip W. Tomlinson,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Principal Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
   
 
   
/s/ M. Troy Woods
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
M. Troy Woods,
   
President and Director
   
 
   
/s/ James B. Lipham
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 

 


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James B. Lipham,
Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer
and Principal Financial Officer
   
 
   
/s/ Dorenda K. Weaver
 
Dorenda K. Weaver,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Chief Accounting Officer
   
 
   
/s/ Richard E. Anthony
 
Richard E. Anthony,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
/s/ James H. Blanchard
 
James H. Blanchard,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee
   
 
   
/s/ Richard Y. Bradley
 
Richard Y. Bradley,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
 
Kriss Cloninger III,
  Date: _________ ___, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
/s/ G. Wayne Clough
 
G. Wayne Clough,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Walter W. Driver, Jr.
 
Walter W. Driver, Jr.,
Director
  Date: February 28, 2008 
 
   
/s/ Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.
 
Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Sidney E. Harris
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 

 


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Sidney E. Harris,
   
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Alfred W. Jones III
 
Alfred W. Jones III,
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Mason H. Lampton
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Mason H. Lampton,
   
Director
   
 
   
/s/ H. Lynn Page
 
H. Lynn Page,
Director
  Date: February 28, 2008 
 
   
/s/ W. Walter Miller, Jr.
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
W. Walter Miller, Jr.,
   
Director
   
 
   
/s/ John T. Turner
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
John T. Turner,
   
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Richard W. Ussery
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Richard W. Ussery,
   
Director
   
 
   
/s/ James D. Yancey
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
James D. Yancey,
Director
   
 
   
/s/ Rebecca K. Yarbrough
 
  Date: February 28, 2008 
Rebecca K. Yarbrough,
Director
   

 

 

Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
ARTICLE I
          The name of the corporation is Total System Services, Inc.
ARTICLE II
          The corporation shall have perpetual duration.
ARTICLE III
          The corporation is organized pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
ARTICLE IV
          The corporation is a corporation for profit and shall have the purpose of engaging in any lawful business.
ARTICLE V
          The maximum number of shares of capital stock that the corporation shall be authorized to have outstanding at any time shall be 700,000,000 shares, of which 600,000,000 shares shall be common stock of the par value of $.l0 per share and 100,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock, par value $.10 per share. The amount of capital with which the corporation shall begin business shall not be less than $500. The corporation may acquire its own shares and shares so acquired shall become treasury shares.
          Subject to all of the rights of any outstanding shares of preferred stock as expressly provided herein, by law or by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article V, the common stock of the corporation shall possess all such rights and privileges as are afforded to capital stock by applicable law in the absence of any express grant of rights or privileges provided for herein, including, but not limited to, the following rights and privileges:
     (a) Dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the common stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends;
     (b) The holders of common stock shall have the right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters requiring shareholder action, each share being entitled to one vote; and
     (c) Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the corporation, the net assets of the corporation available for distribution shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the common stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests.

 


 

     In accordance with the provisions of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, the Board of Directors of the corporation may determine the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of (1) any class of preferred stock before the issuance of any shares of that class or (2) one or more series within a class of preferred stock, and designate the number of shares within that series, before the issuance of any shares of that series.
ARTICLE VI
          No shareholder of the corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class of the corporation, or any series of any class, or any options, rights or warrants to purchase any shares of any class, or any series of any class, or any other of the securities of the corporation convertible into or carrying an option to purchase shares of any class, or any series of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, and the Board of Directors of the corporation may authorize the issuance of shares of stock of any class, and series of the same class, or options, rights or warrants to purchase shares of any class, or any series of any class, or any securities convertible into or carrying an option to purchase shares of any class, or any series of any class, without offering such issue of shares, options, rights, warrants or other securities, either in whole or in part, to the shareholders of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII
          The Board of Directors of the corporation may authorize the issuance of bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation and may fix all of the terms thereof, including, without limitation, the convertibility thereof into shares of stock of the corporation of any class, or any series of the same class.
ARTICLE VIII
           Section 1. The number of members of the Board of Directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time solely by the action of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be divided into three classes, with each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible. At the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation, all members of the Board of Directors shall be elected with the terms of office of directors comprising the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation after their election, the terms of office of directors comprising the second class to expire at the second annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation after their election and the terms of office of directors comprising the third class to expire at the third annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation after their election, and as their terms of office expire, the directors of each class will be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation after their election.
           Section 2. Directors of the corporation may be removed from office only for cause by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the corporation’s common stock, except that if a Director is elected by a different voting group of shareholders (i) only the shareholders of such voting group may participate in the vote to remove such Director and (ii) the requisite vote shall be as set forth in the articles of amendment setting

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forth the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the relevant class or series of preferred stock.
ARTICLE IX
          A special meeting of the shareholders of the corporation may be called only (i) by the Board of Directors or (ii) upon the action of a majority of the total number of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting.
ARTICLE X
           Section 1. Alternative Stakeholders . In discharging the duties of their respective positions and in determining what is believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, the Board of Directors, committees thereof and individual directors, in addition to considering the effects of any action on the corporation and its shareholders, may consider the interests of employees, customers, suppliers, and creditors of the corporation and its subsidiaries, the communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation and its subsidiaries are located, and all other factors such directors consider pertinent; provided, however, that this provision shall be deemed solely to grant discretionary authority to the directors and shall not be deemed to provide to any constituency any right to be considered.
           Section 2. Appropriate Actions . If the Board of Directors determines that any proposed business combination should be rejected, it may take any lawful action to accomplish its purpose including, but not limited to, any or all of the following: (i) advising shareholders not to accept the offer; (ii) litigation against the offeror; (iii) filing complaints with governmental and regulatory authorities; (iv) acquiring the corporation’s securities; (v) selling or otherwise issuing authorized but unissued securities of the corporation or treasury stock or granting options or rights with respect thereto; (vi) acquiring a company to create an antitrust or other regulatory problem for the offeror; and (vii) soliciting a more favorable offer from another individual or entity.
ARTICLE XI
          No director shall have personal liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability, to the extent provided by applicable law: (i) for any appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation; (ii) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) for the types of liability for which the director is found liable pursuant to Section 14-2-832 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director received an improper personal benefit. This provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to July 1, 1987. No amendment to or repeal of this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

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Exhibit 10.11
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
PLAN DOCUMENT

 


 

I.  INTRODUCTION
  A.   Purpose of Plan . The Employer has adopted the Plan set forth herein to provide benefits in excess of those that may be accrued under the Employer’s qualified retirement plans as a result of the limitations of Code section 401(a)(17) and 415 as a means by which certain designated employees may elect to defer designated portions of their Compensation, or in the discretion of the Employer, receive additional amounts of deferred compensation in the form of Discretionary Credits.
 
  B.   Status of Plan . To the extent the Plan provides benefits in excess of the limitations of Code section 415, the Plan is intended to be an “excess benefit plan” within the meaning of sections 3(36) and 4(6) of ERISA, and to the extent the Plan provides other benefits, the Plan is intended to be “a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1), and 4021(b)(6) of ERISA, and shall be interpreted and administered to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.
 
  C.   Establishment of Plan . The Plan is established as of the Effective Date upon the transfer of certain assets and liabilities of the Synovus Financial Corp./Total System Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (“Prior Plan”) in connection with the spin-off of the Company from Synovus Financial Corp. All elections under the provisions of the Prior Plan (including deferral, investment and distribution elections and beneficiary designations) shall be recognized as valid elections under this Plan with respect to Accounts transferred from the Prior Plan to this Plan. In addition, any Participant employed by the Employer on December 31, 2007, and any Eligible Employee who transfers from Synovus Financial Corp. or any Affiliate of Synovus Financial Corp. to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, shall receive credit for service under this Plan to the same extent such service was recognized under the provisions of the Prior Plan.
II. DEFINITIONS
Wherever used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:
  A.   “Account” means, for each Participant, the account established for his or her benefit under the Plan.
 
  B.   “Cause” means :
  1.   the Participant’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude;

 


 

  2.   the Participant’s dishonesty with respect to the Employer or any affiliate; or
 
  3.   the Participant’s willful failure to perform, or material negligence in the performance of, the Participant’s duties and responsibilities with respect to the Employer.
  C.   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to any section or subsection of the Code includes reference to any comparable or succeeding provisions of any legislation that amends, supplements or replaces such section or subsection.
 
  D.   “Compensation” means, with respect to a Participant, his or her base salary, including any bonuses, overtime, commissions and incentives.
 
  E.   “Disability” means the inability of a Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and the permanence and degree of which shall be supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the Plan Administrator.
 
  F.   “Discretionary Credit” means an amount credited to a Participant’s Account by the Employer in accordance with Section IV.B.
 
  G.   “Effective Date” means January 1, 2008.
 
  H.   “Elective Deferral” means the portion of Compensation which is deferred by a Participant under Section IV.A.
 
  I.   “Eligible Employee” means each individual selected by the Plan Administrator for eligibility from among the group of highly compensated or managerial employees of the Employer.
 
  J.   “Employer” means Total System Services, Inc. and any of its affiliates.
 
  K.   “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Reference to any section or subsection of ERISA includes reference to any comparable or succeeding provisions of any legislation that amends, supplements or replaces such section or subsection.
 
  L.   “Participant” means any individual who participates in the Plan in accordance with Article III.
 
  M.   “Plan” means the Total System Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and as set forth herein and all subsequent amendments hereto.

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  N.   “Plan Administrator” means the Employer, or the person, persons or entity otherwise designated by the Employer to administer the Plan.
 
  O.   “Plan Year” means the calendar year, except that the initial plan year may be a period of less than 12 months’ duration beginning on the Effective Date.
 
  P.   “Valuation Date” means the last business day of each quarter.
 
  Q.   “Vested” means the nonforfeitable right to a portion of the Participant’s Account attributable to Discretionary Credits, if any, determined in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Section V.D.
III. PARTICIPATION
  A.   Commencement of Participation . Any individual who is an Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date and who has elected to defer part of his or her Compensation in accordance with Section IV.A or who has been selected to receive Discretionary Credits under Section IV.B shall become a Participant on the date such Elective Deferral election or Discretionary Credit is made, as the case may be.
 
  B.   Continued Participation . Subject to Section III.C, an individual who has become a Participant in the Plan shall continue to be a Participant so long as any amount remains credited to his or her Account.
 
  C.   Termination of Participation . The Plan Administrator may terminate an employee’s participation in the Plan prospectively or retroactively for any reason, including but not limited to the Plan Administrator’s determination that such termination is necessary in order to maintain the Plan as a “plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1), and 4021(b)(6) of ERISA. Amounts credited to a Participant’s Account (regardless of the extent otherwise Vested) shall be paid out to such Participant in a single lump sum cash payment as soon as reasonably practical following termination of participation hereunder.
IV. DEFERRALS AND CREDITS
  A.   Elective Deferrals .
  1.   In general. An individual who is an Eligible Employee may elect to defer a designated portion of Compensation to be earned during a Plan Year, by filing a written election with the Plan Administrator prior to the first day of the Plan Year in which such Compensation is to be earned. An

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      individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee on or after the first day of any Plan Year may elect to defer a portion of Compensation to be earned during the remainder of the Plan Year and after the written election is filed with the Plan Administrator. The deferred amounts shall be credited to the Participant’s Account as of the date such Compensation would otherwise have been paid to the Participant.
  2.   Nature of Election. Each election under this Section IV for a Plan Year (or the balance of a Plan Year) shall be made on a form approved or prescribed by the Plan Administrator and shall apply only to Compensation earned for the calendar year after the date the election form is completed and filed with the Plan Administrator. The election form shall apply to bonuses and shall specify the whole percentage or flat dollar amount that is to be deferred. A Participant may revoke his or her deferral election as of the first day of any Plan Year which follows such revocation by giving written notice to the Plan Administrator before that day (or any such earlier date as the Plan Administrator may prescribe). Any deferral election made under this Section IV.A shall continue to be effective until revoked or changed pursuant to this paragraph.
  B.   Excess Benefit Credits . The Employer shall credit the Account of each Participant with the excess of any amount that would have been allocated to the Participant’s account under the TSYS Money Purchase Pension Plan (the “Money Purchase Plan”), the TSYS Profit Sharing Plan (the “Profit Sharing Plan”) or the TSYS 401(k) Savings Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) but for the limitation of Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415 over the amount actually credited to such account; such credits to be made as of the date or dates that the amounts would have been allocated to the Participant’s account under the Money Purchase Plan, the Profit Sharing Plan or the 401(k) Plan.
V. ACCOUNTS
  A.   Accounts . The Plan Administrator shall establish an Account for each Participant reflecting Elective Deferrals or Discretionary Credits made for the Participant’s benefit together with any adjustments hereunder. Subject to Sections V.E and IX.A, the Employer shall deposit the amount of deferrals and credits for a period as soon as practicable after the date as of which such amounts are credited to the Accounts. As of each Valuation Date, the Plan Administrator shall provide the Participant with a statement of his or her Account reflecting the income, gains and losses (realized and unrealized), amounts of deferrals and credits, and distributions of such Account since the prior Valuation Date.
 
  B.   Investments . Each Participant’s Account shall be invested in shares of any open-end registered investment company for which Fidelity Investments or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively “Fidelity”) serves as investment advisor or for which Fidelity is the principal underwriter, or any other investment option

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      selected by the Plan Administrator. If any Participant or beneficiary makes an investment selection, the Employer (or in the event of the establishment of a trust hereunder, the trustee of such trust as directed by the Employer) may follow such investment selection but shall not be legally bound to do so.
 
  C.   Payments . Each Participant’s Account shall be reduced by the amount of any payment made to or on behalf of the Participant under Article VI as of the date such payment is made.
 
  D.   Vesting . A Participant will at all times be 100% Vested in the portion of his or her Account attributable to Elective Deferrals. A Participant will be vested in the portion of his or her Account attributable to Excess Benefit Credits from the Profit Sharing Plan or the Money Purchase Pension Plan according to the following schedule, based on his or her years of service with the Employer. A Participant’s years of service for this purpose will be determined by the Administrator pursuant to uniform rules based on the time elapsed since the Participant’s commencement of employment with the Employer or its affiliates.
         
Years of Service   % Vested
less than 1
    0  
2
    25  
3
    50  
4
    75  
5 or more
    100  
  E.   Forfeiture of non-Vested Amounts . To the extent that any amounts credited to a Participant’s Account are not Vested at the time the Account becomes distributable under the Plan, such non-Vested amounts shall be forfeited and may be used by the Employer as future Discretionary Credits for other Participants.
 
  F.   Special Elections . From time to time, Employer may offer Participants the opportunity to exchange all or part of their Accounts to other non-qualified benefits. Any such election shall be evidenced by a separate written agreement between Employer and the Participant that sets forth the details of the election. The Account of each Participant who makes such an election will be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the separate written agreement.
 
  G.   Plan Mergers . From time to time, other non-qualified deferred compensation plans may be merged into the Plan. All Accounts resulting from such merged plans will be 100% vested as of the date of merger. A list of merged plans, together with any special terms and conditions adopted in connection with the merger, is attached to the Plan as Exhibit “A.”

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VI. PAYMENTS
  A.   Severe Financial Emergency . A Participant who believes he or she is suffering a severe financial emergency may apply to the Plan Administrator for a distribution under the Plan in order to alleviate such emergency. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion (but after taking into account, among other factors, the nature and foreseeability of the alleged emergency, the Participant’s other resources, and the effect of making a distribution on the intended tax status of the deferrals made under the Plan), may direct the Employer to pay to the Participant an amount which it determines is necessary or appropriate, not to exceed the Vested portion of the Participant’s Account balance, and the Employer shall pay such amount to the Participant in a single lump sum cash payment.
 
  B.   Timing of Distribution . If a Participant elects to have Elective Deferrals made on his or her behalf for any Plan Year (or, if Discretionary Credits will be made on his or her behalf for a Plan Year regardless of whether Elective Deferrals are being made for the Plan Year), the Participant may elect the timing of the payment of all vested amounts credited to his or her Account from one of the following two options:
  1.   the January 1 following a specified date, which must be at least two years after the Plan Year for which the Elective Deferrals or Discretionary Credits are made, or
 
  2.   as soon as reasonably practical following termination of employment for any reason including retirement or death.
      The foregoing election shall be made on a form approved or prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Each such election may be made or changed in the calendar year prior to the time when the corresponding amounts in the Participant’s Account are payable or otherwise made available to the Participant.
 
      If no new election is made hereunder with respect to any deferrals or credits, the existing election as to time of payment of such amounts shall remain effective for all amounts deferred and credited thereafter until a new election is made hereunder with respect to future deferrals. If no election is in effect with respect to a portion of a Participant’s Account, payment will be made as soon as reasonably practical following termination of employment for any reason including retirement or death.
  C.   Beneficiary Designation . A Participant shall designate a beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive any Vested amounts remaining in the Participant’s Account after his or death. Such designation shall be made in writing on a form approved or prescribed by the Plan Administrator, and may be changed by the Participant at any time. If there is no such designation or no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate.

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D. Form of Payment .
  1.   If a Participant elects to have Elective Deferrals made on his or her behalf for any Plan Year (or, if Discretionary Credits will be made on his or her behalf for a Plan Year regardless of whether Elective Deferrals are being made for the Plan Year), the Participant may also elect the form of payment of all Vested amounts credited to his or her Account under one of the following options:
  a)   a single lump sum payment; or
  b)   annual installments over a period elected by the Participant up to 10 years, the amount of each installment to equal the balance of his or her Account immediately prior to the installment divided by the number of installments remaining to be paid.
      The foregoing election shall be made on a form approved or prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Each such election may be made or changed in the calendar year prior to the time when the corresponding amounts in the Participant’s Account are payable or otherwise made available to the Participant.
 
      If no new election is made hereunder with respect to any deferrals or credits, the existing election as to form of payment of such amounts shall remain effective for all amounts deferred and credited thereafter until a new election is made hereunder with respect to future deferrals. If no election is in effect with respect to a portion of a Participant’s Account, payment will be made in the form of annual installments for a period of 10 years.
 
      Payments under this Section shall be made in cash. Any such election shall be made in such form and with such prior notice as the Administrator may require. Regardless of the Participant’s election, if the Participant’s vested Account balance is less than or equal to $100,000, the distribution will be made in a single lump sum payment.

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VII. ADMINISTRATION
  A.   Plan Administrator; Interpretation. The Plan Administrator shall oversee the administration of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretionary control and authority to administer all aspects of the Plan, including without limitation the power to appoint agents and counsel, and to determine the rights and benefits and all claims, demands and actions arising out of the provisions of the Plan of any Participant, beneficiary, deceased Participant, or other person having or claiming to have any interest under the Plan, in a manner consistent with Section VII.B. The Plan Administrator shall have the exclusive discretionary power to interpret the Plan and to decide all matters under the Plan. Such interpretation and decision shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Participants and any person claiming under or through any Participant, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that the Plan Administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously. Any individual serving as Plan Administrator, or on a committee acting as Plan Administrator, who is a Participant will not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Plan Administrator shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant, a beneficiary, or any other person or entity. The Plan Administrator shall be deemed to be the plan administrator with responsibility for complying with any reporting and disclosure requirements of ERISA.
 
  B.   Claims Procedure .
  1.   In General. If any person believes he or she is being denied any rights or benefits under the Plan, such person may file a claim in writing with the Plan Administrator. If any such claim is wholly or partially denied, the Plan Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will contain (i) specific reasons for the denial, (ii) specific reference to pertinent plan provisions, (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for such person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary and (iv) information as to the steps to be taken if the person wishes to submit a request for review. Such notification will be given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Plan Administrator (or within 180 days, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such person within the initial 90 day period). If such notification is not given within such period, the claim will be considered denied as of the last day of such period and such person may request a review of his or her claim.
 
  2.   Appeals. Within 60 days after the date on which a person receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if applicable, within 60 days after the date on which such denial is considered to have occurred) such person (or his or her duly authorized representative) may (i) file a written request

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      with the Plan Administrator for a review of his or her denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit written issues and comments to the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by such person and will contain specific reasons for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent plan provisions. The decision on review will be made within 60 days after the request for review is received by the Plan Administrator (or within 120 days, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request, such as an election by the Plan Administrator to hold a hearing, and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such person within the initial 60 day period). If the decision on review is not made within such period, the claim will be considered denied.
  C.   Indemnification of Plan Administrator . The Employer agrees to indemnify and to defend to the fullest extent permitted by law any director, officer or employee of the Employer or any affiliated company who serves as the Plan Administrator or as a member of a committee appointed to serve as Plan Administrator, or who assists the Plan Administrator in carrying out its duties as part of his or her employment (including any such individual who formerly served in any such capacity) against all liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and amounts paid in settlement of any claims approved by the Employer) occasioned by any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan, if such act or omission is in good faith.
VIII. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
  A.   Amendments . The Employer shall have the right to amend the Plan from time to time, subject to Section VIII.C, by an instrument in writing which has been executed on the Employer’s behalf by an officer thereof or by vote of its Board of Directors.
 
  B.   Termination of Plan . This Plan is strictly a voluntary undertaking on the part of the Employer and shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Employer and any Eligible Employee (or any other employee) or a consideration for, or an inducement or condition of employment for, the performance of the services by any Eligible Employee (or other employee). The Employer reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time, subject to Section VIII.C, by an instrument in writing which has been executed on said Employer’s behalf by an officer thereof or by vote of its Board of Directors.
 
  C.   Existing Rights . No amendment or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to amounts credited to his or her Account that are attributable to Elective Deferrals or Discretionary Credits credited prior to the date of such amendment or termination. Any termination of

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      the Plan will cause each Participant to be 100% Vested in his or her Account, notwithstanding Section V.D.
  D.   Assignment . The rights and obligations of the Employer shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon its successors and assigns.
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
  A.   No Funding . The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employer to make benefit payments to such Participants and beneficiaries in the future and Participants and beneficiaries shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employer. Any Accounts established pursuant to the Plan shall remain the property of the Employer until distributed, and nothing in the Plan will otherwise be construed to create a trust or to obligate the Employer or any other person to segregate a fund, purchase an insurance contract, or in any other way currently to fund the future payment of any benefits hereunder, nor will anything herein be construed to give any employee or any other person rights to any specific assets of the Employer or of any other person. The Employer may, in its sole discretion, create a grantor trust to pay its obligations hereunder, but shall have no obligation to do so. In all events, it is the intent of the Employer that the Plan be treated as unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
 
  B.   Nonassignability . None of the benefits, payments, proceeds or claims of any Participant or beneficiary shall be subject to any claim of any creditor of any Participant or beneficiary and, in particular, the same shall not be subject to attachment or garnishment or other legal process by any creditor of such Participant or beneficiary, nor shall any Participant or beneficiary have any right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, sell, transfer or assign any of the benefits or payments or proceeds which he may expect to receive, contingently or otherwise, under the Plan.
 
  C.   Limitation of Participants’ Rights . Participation in the Plan shall not give any Eligible Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Employer or any right or interest in the Plan other than as herein provided. The Employer reserves the right to dismiss any Eligible Employee without any liability for any claim against the Employer, except to the extent provided herein.
 
  D.   Receipt and Release . Any payment to any Participant or beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Employer and the Plan Administrator under the Plan, and the Plan Administrator may require such Participant or beneficiary, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release to such effect. If any Participant or beneficiary is determined by the Plan Administrator to be incompetent by reason of physical or mental disability (including minority) to give a valid receipt and release, the Plan Administrator may cause the payment or payments becoming due to such person to be made to another person for his or

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      her benefit without responsibility on the part of the Plan Administrator or the Employer to follow the application of such funds.
 
  E.   Government Regulations . It is intended that this Plan will comply with all applicable laws and government regulations, and the Employer shall not be obligated to perform an obligation hereunder in any case where, in the opinion of the Employer’s counsel, such performance would result in the violation of any law or regulation.
 
  F.   Governing Law . The Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the State of Georgia. If any provision shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully effective.
 
  G.   Headings and Subheadings . Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused the Plan to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 7th day of January, 2008 .
         
  Total System Services, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Ryland Harrelson    
    Title: Executive Vice President   
       

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Exhibit “A”
Merged Plans
         
Plan’s Name   Date of Merger   Terms and Conditions
 
       
Vital Processing Services,
LLC Deferred Retention
Compensation Plan
  July 8, 2005   New distribution elections permitted until 7/31/05 for participants who have not separated from service (separated participants Stephen Swope will be paid in a lump sum in August of 2005 and Glen Hunter will be paid in May of 2006). New distribution elections may be made for 1-15 years and on annual or monthly basis; other distribution provisions governed by TSYS Plan. Contribution elections grandfathered (including elections for percentages and specific dollar amounts) so long as compliant with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.
 
       
Vital Processing Services,
LLC Long-Term Incentive
Plan
  July 8, 2005   New distribution elections permitted until 7/31/05 for participants who have not separated from service. New distribution elections may be made for 1-15 years and on annual or monthly basis; other distribution provisions governed by TSYS Plan. Contribution elections grandfathered (including elections for percentages and specific dollar amounts) so long as compliant with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.

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Exhibit 10.17
CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
     THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), by and between TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. , a Georgia corporation (the “Company”) and                                                                (the “Employee”) is entered into as of the 1 st day of January, 2008 (the “Effective Date”);
     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Employee, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company;
     WHEREAS, the Board believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the Employee by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to encourage the Employee’s full attention and dedication to the Company currently and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Employee with appropriate compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which are competitive with those of other corporations; and
     WHEREAS, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement.
     NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
     1.  Certain Definitions . (a) The “Change of Control Date” shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by Employee that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Change of Control Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.
          (b) The “Change of Control Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the day after the date of Employee’s termination of employment from the Company or, if earlier, the date which is two years after the Change of Control Date.
          (c) “Cause” shall mean:
               (1) the willful and continued failure of the Employee to perform substantially the Employee’s duties with the Company or one of its affiliates after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Employee by the Executive Committee of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive Committee of the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Employee has not

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substantially performed the Employee’s duties, after which Employee shall have a reasonable amount of time to remedy such failure to substantially perform his or her duties; or
               (2) the willful engaging by the Employee in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company.
          For purposes of this provision, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Employee shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Employee’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board, or the Executive Committee of the Board, or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer, or an Executive Vice President (or higher ranking officer), of the Company, or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company, shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Employee shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Employee a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Executive Committee of the Board at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Employee and the Employee is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Executive Committee of the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Executive Committee of the Board, the Employee is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (1) or (2) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
          (d) “Good Reason” shall mean:
               (1) a material adverse reduction in the Employee’s position duties or responsibilities excluding for this purpose: (i) a change in the position or level of officer to whom the Employee reports, (ii) a change that is part of a policy, program or arrangement applicable to peer executives (including peer executives of any successor to the Company), or (iii) an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Employee;
               (2) the Company’s requiring the Employee to be based at any office or location more than 35 miles from the location where Employee was employed on the Change of Control Date or the date which is 120 days prior to the Change of Control Date (if such earlier date is selected by Employee);
               (3) a material reduction in Employee’s annual base salary, target annual bonus opportunity (including, without limitation, the use of bonus goals that are not reasonable and consistent with the bonus goals established for the preceding year), or participation in employee benefit plans, as such salary, bonus and plans were in effect on either the Change of Control Date or the date which is 120 days prior to the Change of Control Date (if such earlier date is selected by Employee) unless such reduction is part of a policy, program or arrangement applicable to peer executives (including peer executives to any successor to Company) ; or
               (4) any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 8(c) of this Agreement.

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          For purposes of this Section 1(d), any good faith determination of “Good Reason” made by the Employee shall be conclusive.
          (e) “Disability” shall be defined the same as such term is defined in either, at the selection of the Employee, (a) the group long-term disability insurance plan sponsored or maintained by Company on the Change of Control Date in which Employee participates or (b) any individual long-term disability insurance arrangement in effect on the Change of Control Date, the premiums of which are paid by Company for the benefit of Employee.
     2.  Change of Control . For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean:
          (a) the acquisition by any “person” (“Person”), as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than the Company or a subsidiary or any Company employee benefit plan (including its trustee), of “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the total number of shares of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
          (b) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or
          (c) consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the total number of shares of the Company’s outstanding securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than sixty percent (60%) of, respectively, the total number of shares of the then outstanding securities of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the total number of shares of the Company’s outstanding securities, (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination, or any employee benefit plan (including its trustee) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the total number of shares of the then outstanding securities of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of directors of the

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Corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination.
For purposes of this Section 2, a “Change of Control” shall not result from any transaction precipitated by the Company’s insolvency, appointment of a conservator, or determination by a regulatory agency that the Company is insolvent, nor from any transaction initiated by the Company in regard to converting from a publicly traded company to a privately held company.
     3.  Obligations of Company Upon Termination . In the event Employee’s employment by Company is terminated before the two-year anniversary date of the Change of Control Date either (i) by the Company for any reason other than Cause or Employee’s death or Disability, or (ii) by Employee for Good Reason, then
          (a) The Company shall pay to Employee in a lump sum in cash on the date which is six months and one day after the date Employee has a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) the aggregate of the following amounts:
               (1) three times the sum of: (a) Employee’s annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to Employee’s termination; plus (b) the product of (i) Employee’s annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to Employee’s termination of employment multiplied by (ii) a percentage equal to the average percentage of Employee’s annual bonus earned with respect to the three calendar years ended prior to Employee’s termination, measured as a percentage of Employee’s annual base salary for the year the bonus was earned; and
               (2) the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the greater of (i) six, or (ii) number of full months Employee worked in the calendar year of Employee’s termination ( e.g. , an October 1 termination date results in a numerator of 9) and the denominator of which is 12; multiplied by (b) the target annual bonus for which Employee was eligible immediately prior to Employee’s termination.
For purposes of this Agreement, “annual base salary” means Employee’s annual rate of pay excluding all other elements of compensation such as, without limitation, bonuses, perquisites, restricted stock awards, stock options, and retirement and welfare benefits.
          (b) For three years after Employee’s termination of employment, Employee shall continue to be eligible to receive medical and welfare benefits (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability (both individual and group arrangements), life (both individual and group arrangements), and accidental death and dismemberment plans and programs) for Employee and Employee’s dependents at the level of coverage elected by Employee during the open enrollment period immediately preceding Employee’s termination of employment date under benefit plans that are generally equivalent to those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer employees of the Company and its affiliated companies (excluding individual disability and individual life insurance arrangements, which must continue to be provided regardless of whether provided to peer employees) and the Company shall reimburse Employee for Employee’s costs or expenses for such benefits; provided, however, that if Employee becomes reemployed with

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another employer (specifically excluding self-employment) and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer provided plan, Company shall terminate all medical and other welfare benefits being provided hereunder; and provided further, however, that, if Employee is not eligible to participate under the terms of such medical and welfare benefit plans (including COBRA continuation coverage for which Executive is eligible), Company shall pay Employee in cash on the date which is six months and one day after the date Employee has a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) a lump sum amount equal to the lesser of: (1) thirty-six (36) times the average monthly cost per employee to the Company to provide the benefits described in this Section 3(b) to its employees, or (2) 25% of the lump sum amount payable to Employee pursuant to Section 3(a) of this Agreement.
          (c) The Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to provide outplacement assistance or any other benefits and perquisites not covered above, such as a Company-provided automobile, country club and dining club dues, health club dues, retirement benefits, etc.
     4.  Non-exclusivity of Rights . Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Employee’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and for which the Employee may qualify, nor, subject to Section 9(f), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Employee may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its affiliated companies. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Employee is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to the date of termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.
     5.  Full Settlement . The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Employee or others. In no event shall the Employee be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Employee under any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Employee obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Employee may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Employee or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Employee about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code.
     6.  Certain Additional Payments by the Company . (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Employee (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payments required under this Section (6) (a “Payment”))

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would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Employee with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Employee shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that after payment by the Employee of all taxes on the Gross-Up Payment including, without limitation, any income taxes, employment taxes, excise taxes, and interest and penalties imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Employee retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, if it shall be determined that the Employee is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed 110% of the greatest amount (the “Reduced Amount”) that could be paid to the Employee such that the receipt of Payments would not give rise to any Excise Tax, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Employee and the remaining provisions of this Section 6 shall not apply.
          (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 6(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 6, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by KPMG Peat Marwick or such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Employee within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Employee that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 6, shall be paid by the Company to the Employee within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Employee. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 6(c) and the Employee thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Employee.
          (c) The Employee shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than 10 business days after the Employee is informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Employee shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which it gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Employee in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Employee shall:
               (1) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim,

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               (2) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,
               (3) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and
               (4) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Employee harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Employee to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Employee agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Employee to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Employee, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the Employee harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Employee with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and the Employee shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.
          (d) If, after the receipt by the Employee of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 6(c), the Employee becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Employee shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 6(c)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Employee of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 6(c), a determination is made that the Employee shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Employee in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.

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     7.  Confidential Information . The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Employee during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Employee or representatives of the Employee in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company, the Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.
     8.  Successors . (a) This Agreement is personal to the Employee and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Employee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee’s legal representatives.
          (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.
          (c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
     9.  Miscellaneous . (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.
          (b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid
If to the Employee :
To the Employee’s most recent home address as filed with the Company

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If to the Company :
Total System Services, Inc.
P. O. Box 120
Columbus, GA 31902
Attention: General Counsel
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
          (c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
          (d) The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
          (e) The Employee’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Employee or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Employee to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.
          (f) The Employee and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Employee and the Company, the employment of the Employee by the Company is “at will” and, subject to Section 1(a) hereof, prior to the Change of Control Date, the Employee’s employment may be terminated by either the Employee or the Company at any time prior to the Change of Control Date, in which case the Employee and Company shall have no further rights under this Agreement. In addition, in the event Employee’s employment is terminated as a result of Employee’s death or Disability, Employee shall have no further rights under this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
          (g) This Agreement cancels and supercedes any and all previous change of control agreements between Employee and Company (including without limitation all Company affiliates and subsidiaries).
          (h) This Agreement is executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and together shall constitute one and the same agreement, with one counterpart being delivered to each party hereto.
          (i) To the extent this Agreement is subject to Section 409A of the Code, Employee and the Company intend for all payments under this Agreement to comply with such section, and this Agreement shall, to the extent practical, be operated and administered to effect such intent. To the extent necessary to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code, the timing of any payment under this Agreement shall be delayed six months and one day in a manner consistent with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employee has hereunto set the Employee’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all being done in duplicate originals, with one original being delivered to each party hereto, all as of the day and year first above written.
         
     
  [Employee]


TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
 
 
  By:      
       
  Title:      
 

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Exhibit 10.30
      Total System Services, Inc.
      2008 Omnibus Plan
Effective December 31, 2007

 


 

Contents
         
 
Effective December 31, 2007
    1  
Article 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration
    1  
Article 2. Definitions
    1  
Article 3. Administration
    6  
Article 4. Shares Subject to This Plan and Maximum Awards
    7  
Article 5. Eligibility and Participation
    9  
Article 6. Stock Options
    9  
Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights
    11  
Article 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
    12  
Article 9. Performance Units/Performance Shares
    13  
Article 10. Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
    14  
Article 11. Transferability of Awards
    15  
Article 12. Performance Measures
    15  
Article 13. Nonemployee Director Awards
    16  
Article 14. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents
    16  
Article 15. Change of Control
    17  
Article 16. Rights of Participants
    17  
Article 17. Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination
    17  
Article 18. Withholding
    18  
Article 19. Successors
    18  
Article 20. General Provisions
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Total System Services, Inc.
2008 Omnibus Plan
Effective December 31, 2007
Article 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration
      1.1 Establishment . Total System Services, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) hereby establishes an incentive compensation plan to be known as Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), as set forth in this document.
     The Plan permits the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Covered Employee annual incentive awards, Cash-Based Awards, and Other Stock-Based Awards.
     Subject to approval by the Company’s shareholders, the Plan shall become effective upon (and shall not become effective unless and until there occurs) the spin-off of Company stock to Synovus Financial Corp. shareholders. Following its effectiveness, the Plan shall remain in effect as provided in Section 1.3 hereof.
      1.2 Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders through Awards that give Employees and Directors a personal stake in the Company’s growth, development and financial success. Awards under the Plan will motivate Employees and Directors to devote their best efforts to the business of the Company. They will also help the Company attract and retain the services of Employees and Directors who are in a position to make significant contributions to the Company’s future success.
      1.3 Duration of the Plan . Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the date of the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders. After the Plan’s termination, no new Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions, including the terms and conditions of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten (10) years after the earlier of: (a) the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, or (b) the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders.
Article 2. Definitions
     Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be capitalized:
  2.1   “Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or other entity (including, but not limited to, a partnership or a limited liability company) that is affiliated with the Company through stock or equity ownership or otherwise, and is designated as an Affiliate for purposes of this Plan by the Committee.
 
  2.2   “Annual Award Limit” or “Annual Award Limits” have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

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  2.3   “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Covered Employee annual incentive awards, Cash-Based Awards, or Other Stock-Based Awards, in each case subject to the terms of this Plan.
 
  2.4   “Award Agreement” means either: (a) a written agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Plan, or (b) a written or electronic statement issued by the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such Award, including any amendment or modification thereof. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic, Internet, or other nonpaper Award Agreements, and the use of electronic, Internet, or other nonpaper means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.
 
  2.5   “Beneficial Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
 
  2.6   “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
  2.7   “Cash-Based Award” means an Award, denominated in cash, granted to a Participant as described in Article 10.
 
  2.8   “Change of Control” means any of the following events: (a) the acquisition by any “person,” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company or a subsidiary or any Company employee benefit plan (including its trustee)), of “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the total number of shares of the Company’s then outstanding securities; (b) individuals who, as of the date of the spin-off of Company stock to Synovus Financial Corp. shareholders, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; (c) consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the total number of shares of the Company’s outstanding securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than sixty percent (60%) of, respectively, the total number of shares of the then outstanding securities of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through

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      one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the total number of shares of the Company’s outstanding securities, (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination, or any employee benefit plan (including its trustee) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the total number of shares of the then outstanding securities of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination.
 
      A “Change of Control” shall not result from any transaction precipitated by the Company’s insolvency, appointment of a conservator, or determination by a regulatory agency that the Company is insolvent, nor from any transaction initiated by the Company in regard to converting from a publicly traded company to a privately held company.
 
      Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, a “Change of Control” of the Company shall not result from the spin-off of Company stock to Synovus Financial Corp. shareholders.
 
  2.9   “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. For purposes of this Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.
 
  2.10   “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof, or any other committee designated by the Board to administer this Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed from time to time and shall serve at the discretion of the Board. If the Committee does not exist or cannot function for any reason, the Board may take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee.
 
  2.11   “Company” means Total System Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Article 19 herein.
 
  2.12   “Covered Employee” means any key Employee who is or may become a “Covered Employee,” as defined in Code Section 162(m), and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or class of Employees, by the Committee within the shorter of: (a) ninety (90) days after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (b) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for such applicable Performance Period.
 
  2.13   “Director” means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
  2.14   “Employee” means any individual designated as an employee of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries on the payroll records thereof. An Employee shall not include any individual during any period he or she is classified or treated by the

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      Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary as an independent contractor, a consultant, or any employee of an employment, consulting, or temporary agency or any other entity other than the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, without regard to whether such individual is subsequently determined to have been, or is subsequently retroactively reclassified as, a common-law employee of the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary during such period.
 
  2.15   “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.
 
  2.16   “Fair Market Value” or “FMV” means a price that is based on the closing price of a Share reported on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or other established stock exchange (or exchanges) on the applicable date, or an average of trading days, as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the reported closing price of a Share on the most recent date on which Shares were publicly traded. In the event Shares are not publicly traded at the time a determination of their value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of their Fair Market Value shall be made by the Committee in such manner as it deems appropriate.
 
  2.17   “Freestanding SAR” means a SAR that is granted independently of any Options, as described in Article 7.
 
  2.18   “Full-Value Award” means an Award other than in the form of an ISO, NQSO, or SAR, and which is settled by the issuance of Shares.
 
  2.19   “Grant Price” means the price established at the time of grant of a SAR pursuant to Article 7, used to determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the SAR.
 
  2.20   “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an Option to purchase Shares granted under Article 6 to an Employee and that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422 or any successor provision.
 
  2.21   “Insider” shall mean an individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer or Director of the Company, or a more than ten percent (10%) Beneficial Owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
 
  2.22   “Nonemployee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.
 
  2.23   “Nonemployee Director Award” means any NQSO, SAR, or Full-Value Award granted, whether singly, in combination, or in tandem, to a Participant who is a Nonemployee Director pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Board or Committee may establish in accordance with this Plan.
 
  2.24   “Nonqualified Stock Option” or “NQSO” means an Option that is not intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422, or that otherwise does not meet such requirements.

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  2.25   “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option, as described in Article 6.
 
  2.26   “Option Price” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option.
 
  2.27   “Other Stock-Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan, granted pursuant to Article 10.
 
  2.28   “Participant” means any eligible individual as set forth in Article 5 to whom an Award is granted.
 
  2.29   “Performance-Based Compensation” with respect to Covered Employees, means compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award which does not satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) does not constitute performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Code Section 409A.
 
  2.30   “Performance Measures” means measures as described in Article 12 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.
 
  2.31   “Performance Period” means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.
 
  2.32   “Performance Share” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in Shares, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.
 
  2.33   “Performance Unit” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.
 
  2.34   “Period of Restriction” means the period when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion), as provided in Article 8.
 
  2.35   “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.
 
  2.36   “Plan” means the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan.

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  2.37   “Plan Year” means the calendar year.
 
  2.38   “Restricted Stock ” means an Award of Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8.
 
  2.39   “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8, except no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.
 
  2.40   “Share” means a share of common stock of the Company, par value $.10 per share.
 
  2.41   “Stock Appreciation Right” or “ SAR ” means an Award, designated as a SAR, pursuant to the terms of Article 7 herein.
 
  2.42   “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of more than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.
Article 3. Administration
      3.1 General . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, subject to this Article 3 and the other provisions of this Plan. The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents, and other individuals or entities, any of which may be an Employee, and the Committee, the Company, and its officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions, or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding on the Participants, the Company, and all other interested individuals.
      3.2 Authority of the Committee . The Committee is authorized and empowered to administer the Plan and, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have full power to (i) designate Employees and Directors to be recipients of Awards; (ii) determine the type and size of Awards; (iii) determine the terms and conditions of Awards; (iv) certify satisfaction of performance goals for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m); (v) construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement or other instrument entered into under the Plan; (vi) establish, amend, or waive rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; (vii) subject to the provisions of Section 4.4, authorize conversion or substitution under the Plan of any or all outstanding option or other awards held by service providers of an entity acquired by the Company on terms determined by the Committee (without regard to limitations set forth in Section 6.3 and 7.5); (viii) subject to the provisions of Articles 15 and 17, amend the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award; (ix) grant Awards as an alternative to, or as the form of payment for, grants or rights earned or due under compensation plans or similar arrangements of the Company; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
      3.3 Delegation . To the extent permitted by law and applicable rules of a stock exchange, the Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following on the same basis as can the Committee: (a) designate Employees to be recipients of Awards; and (b) determine the type and size of any such Awards; provided, however: (i) the authority to make Awards to any Nonemployee Director or to any Employee who is considered an Insider may not be delegated; (ii) the resolution providing such authorization shall set forth the total

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number of Shares and Awards such officer(s) may grant; and (iii) the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.
Article 4. Shares Subject to This Plan and Maximum Awards
      4.1 Number of Shares Available for Awards .
  (a)   Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.4 herein, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants under this Plan (the “Share Authorization”) shall be 17,000,000 Shares.
 
  (b)   The maximum number of Shares of the Share Authorization that may be issued pursuant to ISOs under this Plan shall be 17,000,000.
 
  (c)   Subject to adjustment in Section 4.4, the maximum number of Shares of the Share Authorization that may be issued to Nonemployee Directors shall be 2,000,000 Shares, and no Nonemployee Director may be granted an Award covering more than 10,000 Shares in any Plan Year, except that this annual limit on Nonemployee Director Awards shall be increased to 50,000 Shares for any Nonemployee Director serving as Chairman of the Board; provided, however, that in the Plan Year in which an individual is first appointed or elected to the Board as a Nonemployee Director, such individual may be granted an Award covering up to an additional 50,000 Shares (a “New Nonemployee Director Award”).
 
  (d)   Except with respect to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the Share Authorization, any Full Value Awards which vest on the basis of the Employee’s continued employment with or provision of service to the Company shall not provide for vesting which is any more rapid than annual pro rata vesting over a three- (3-) year period and any Full Value Awards which vest upon the attainment of performance goals shall provide for a Performance Period of at least twelve (12) months.
      4.2 Share Usage . Shares covered by an Award shall only be counted as used to the extent they are actually issued. Any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for grant under this Plan. However, the full number of Stock Appreciation Rights granted that are to be settled by the issuance of Shares shall be counted against the number of Shares available for award under the Plan, regardless of the number of Shares actually issued upon settlement of such Stock Appreciation Rights. Further, any Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations on Awards issued under the Plan, Shares tendered to pay the exercise price of Awards under the Plan, and Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise will no longer be eligible to be returned as available Shares under the Plan. Any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving Shares,

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shall be available again for grant under this Plan. The Shares available for issuance under this Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares.
      4.3 Annual Award Limits . Unless and until the Committee determines that an Award to a Covered Employee shall not be designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the following limits (each an “Annual Award Limit” and, collectively, “Annual Award Limits”) shall apply to grants of such Awards under this Plan:
  (a)   Options : The maximum aggregate number of Shares subject to Options granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 4,000,000.
 
  (b)   SARs : The maximum number of Shares subject to Stock Appreciation Rights granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 4,000,000.
 
  (c)   Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units : The maximum aggregate grant with respect to Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 2,000,000.
 
  (d)   Performance Units or Performance Shares : The maximum aggregate Award of Performance Units or Performance Shares that a Participant may receive in any one Plan Year shall be 2,000,000 Shares if such Award is payable in Shares, or equal to the value of 100,000 Shares if such Award is payable in cash or property other than Shares, determined as of the earlier of the vesting or the payout date, as applicable.
 
  (e)   Cash-Based Awards : The maximum aggregate amount awarded or credited with respect to Cash-Based Awards to any one Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed $2,000,000.00.
 
  (f)   Other Stock-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate grant with respect to Other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section 10.2 in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 2,000,000.
      4.4 Adjustments in Authorized Shares . In the event of any corporate event or transaction (including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of the Company or the capitalization of the Company) such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination of Shares, exchange of Shares, dividend in-kind, or other like change in capital structure, number of outstanding Shares or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to shareholders of the Company, or any similar corporate event or transaction, the Committee, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under this Plan, shall substitute or adjust the number and kind of Shares that may be issued under this Plan or under particular forms of Awards, the number and kind of Shares subject to outstanding Awards, the Option Price or Grant Price applicable to outstanding Awards, the Annual Award Limits, or other value determinations applicable to outstanding Awards, with the specific adjustments to be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

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     The Committee shall make appropriate adjustments to any other terms of any outstanding Awards under this Plan to reflect such changes or distributions, including modifications of performance goals and changes in the length of Performance Periods. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.
     Subject to the provisions of Article 17 and notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, without affecting the number of Shares reserved or available hereunder, the Committee may authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate (including, but not limited to, a conversion of equity awards into Awards under this Plan in a manner consistent with paragraph 53 of FASB Interpretation No. 44), subject to compliance with the rules under Code Sections 422 and 424, as and where applicable.
Article 5. Eligibility and Participation
      5.1 Eligibility . Individuals eligible to participate in this Plan include all Employees and Directors.
      5.2 Actual Participation . Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time in its sole discretion, select from the individuals eligible to participate, those to whom Awards shall be granted.
Article 6. Stock Options
      6.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, Options may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, provided that ISOs may be granted only to eligible Employees of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as permitted under Code Sections 422 and 424). However, an Employee who is employed by an Affiliate and/or Subsidiary and is subject to Code Section 409A may only be granted Options to the extent the Affiliate and/or Subsidiary is part of the Company’s consolidated group for United States federal tax purposes.
      6.2 Award Agreement . Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Option Price, the maximum duration of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, the conditions upon which an Option shall become vested and exercisable, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan. The Award Agreement also shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO or an NQSO.
      6.3 Option Price . The Option Price for each grant of an Option under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and shall be specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, the Option Price on the date of grant must be at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares as determined on the date of grant.
      6.4 Term of Options . Each Option granted to a Participant shall expire at such time as the Committee shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however, no Option shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10 th ) anniversary date of its grant.

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      6.5 Exercise of Options . Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall in each instance approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.
     Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercised by the delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company or an agent designated by the Company in a form specified or accepted by the Committee setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares, or by complying with any alternative exercise procedures the Committee may authorize.
      6.6 Payment . A condition of the issuance of the Shares as to which an Option shall be exercised shall be the payment of the Option Price. The Option Price of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: (a) in cash or its equivalent; (b) by tendering (either by actual delivery or attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Option Price (provided that except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Shares that are tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months (or such other period, if any, as the Committee may permit) prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price if acquired under this Plan or any other compensation plan maintained by the Company or have been purchased on the open market); (c) by a cashless (broker-assisted) exercise; (d) by a combination of (a), (b), and/or (c); or (e) any other method approved or accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion.
     Subject to any governing rules or regulations, as soon as practicable after receipt of written notification of exercise and full payment (including satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding), the Company shall deliver to the Participant evidence of book entry Shares, or upon the Participant’s request, Share certificates in an appropriate amount based upon the number of Shares purchased under the Option(s).
     Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all payments under all of the methods indicated above shall be paid in United States dollars.
      6.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability . The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option granted under this Article 6 as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are then listed and/or traded, or under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.
      6.8 Termination of Employment/Service . Each Participant’s Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Participant’s employment or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to this Article 6, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

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Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights
      7.1 Grant of SARs . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, Freestanding SARs may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. However, an Employee who is employed by an Affiliate and/or Subsidiary and is subject to Code Section 409A may only be granted SARs to the extent the Affiliate and/or Subsidiary is part of the Company’s consolidated group for United States federal tax purposes.
     Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of SARs granted to each Participant and, consistent with the provisions of this Plan, in determining the terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.
     The Grant Price for each grant of a Freestanding SAR shall be determined by the Committee and shall be specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, the Grant Price on the date of grant must be at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares as determined on the date of grant.
      7.2 SAR Agreement . Each SAR Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Grant Price, the term of the SAR, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.
      7.3 Term of SAR . The term of a SAR granted under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and except as determined otherwise by the Committee and specified in the SAR Award Agreement, no SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10 th ) anniversary date of its grant.
      7.4 Exercise of Freestanding SARs . Freestanding SARs may be exercised upon whatever terms and conditions the Committee, in its sole discretion, imposes.
      7.5 Settlement of SAR Amount . Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:
  (a)   The excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the Grant Price; by
 
  (b)   The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.
     At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, Shares, or any combination thereof, or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee’s determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the SAR.
      7.6 Termination of Employment/Service . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the SAR following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with Participants, need not be uniform among all SARs issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

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      7.7 Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares received upon exercise of a SAR granted pursuant to this Plan as it may deem advisable or desirable. These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement that the Participant hold the Shares received upon exercise of a SAR for a specified period of time.
Article 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
      8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such amounts as the Committee shall determine. Restricted Stock Units shall be similar to Restricted Stock except that no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.
      8.2 Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement . Each Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Unit grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period(s) of Restriction, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock or the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.
      8.3 Other Restrictions . The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation, a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock or each Restricted Stock Unit, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based restrictions on vesting following the attainment of the performance goals, time-based restrictions, and/or restrictions under applicable laws or under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are listed or traded, or holding requirements or sale restrictions placed on the Shares by the Company upon vesting of such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
     To the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, the Company may retain the certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock in the Company’s possession until such time as all conditions and/or restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse.
     Except as otherwise provided in this Article 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock Award shall become freely transferable by the Participant after all conditions and restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse (including satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding obligations), and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
      8.4 Certificate Legend . In addition to any legends placed on certificates pursuant to Section 8.3, each certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Plan may bear a legend such as the following or as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion:
“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan and a Restricted Stock Award Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Total System Services, Inc. Copies of such Plan and Agreement

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are on file in the offices of Total System Services, Inc., 1600 First Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31902.”
      8.5 Voting Rights . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement, to the extent permitted or required by law, as determined by the Committee, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may be granted the right to exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares during the Period of Restriction. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
      8.6 Termination of Employment/Service . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
      8.7 Section 83(b) Election . The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Award of Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Code Section 83(b). If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Code Section 83(b) concerning a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the Company.
Article 9. Performance Units/Performance Shares
      9.1 Grant of Performance Units/Performance Shares . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Units and/or Performance Shares to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.
      9.2 Value of Performance Units/Performance Shares . Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Committee at the time of grant. Each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. The Committee shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or number of Performance Units/Performance Shares that will be paid out to the Participant.
      9.3 Earning of Performance Units/Performance Shares . Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive payout on the value and number of Performance Units/Performance Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.
      9.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Performance Shares . Payment of earned Performance Units/Performance Shares shall be as determined by the Committee and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Performance Shares in the form of cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Performance Shares

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at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable after the end of the Performance Period. Any Shares may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.
      9.5 Termination of Employment/Service . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Performance Units and/or Performance Shares following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards of Performance Units or Performance Shares issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
Article 10. Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
      10.1 Grant of Cash-Based Awards . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee may determine.
      10.2 Other Stock-Based Awards . The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares, and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.
      10.3 Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards . Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Shares or units based on Shares, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish performance goals in its discretion. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish performance goals, the number and/or value of Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance goals are met.
      10.4 Payment of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards . Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash-Based Award or any Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash or Shares as the Committee determines.
      10.5 Termination of Employment/Service . The Committee shall determine the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to receive Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, such provisions may be included in an agreement entered into with each Participant, but need not be uniform among all Awards of Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

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Article 11. Transferability of Awards
      11.1 Transferability . Except as provided in Section 11.2 below, during a Participant’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the Participant. Awards shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; no Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind; and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable or Shares deliverable in the event of, or following, the Participant’s death may be provided.
      11.2 Committee Action . The Committee may, in its discretion, determine that notwithstanding Section 11.1, any or all Awards (other than ISOs) shall be transferable to and exercisable by such transferees, and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee may deem appropriate; provided, however, no Award may be transferred for value (as defined in the General Instructions to Form S-8).
Article 12. Performance Measures
      12.1 Performance Measures . The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to the following Performance Measures:
  (a)   Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);
 
  (b)   Earnings per share;
 
  (c)   Net sales or revenue growth;
 
  (d)   Net operating profit;
 
  (e)   Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue);
 
  (f)   Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash generation, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment);
 
  (g)   Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;
 
  (h)   Gross or operating margins;
 
  (i)   Productivity ratios;
 
  (j)   Share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return);
 
  (k)   Expense targets;
 
  (l)   Margins;
 
  (m)   Operating efficiency;
 
  (n)   Market share;
 
  (o)   Customer satisfaction;
 
  (p)   Unit volume;
 
  (q)   Working capital targets and change in working capital;
 
  (r)   Economic value added or EVA ® (net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital);
 
  (s)   Asset growth;
 
  (t)   Number of cardholder, merchant and/or other customer accounts processed or converted; and
 
  (u)   Successful negotiation or renewal of contracts with new or existing customers.

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     Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company, Subsidiary, and/or Affiliate as a whole or any business unit of the Company, Subsidiary, and/or Affiliate or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select Performance Measure (j) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Article 12.
      12.2 Evaluation of Performance . The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of achievement of Performance Measures may include or exclude any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year, (f) acquisitions or divestitures, and (g) foreign exchange gains and losses. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for deductibility.
      12.3 Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation . Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Committee shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward, either on a formula or discretionary basis, or any combination, as the Committee determines.
      12.4 Committee Discretion . In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and base vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 12.1.
Article 13. Nonemployee Director Awards
     From time to time, the Board shall set the amount(s) and type(s) of equity awards that shall be granted to all Nonemployee Directors on a periodic, nondiscriminatory basis pursuant to the Plan, as well as any additional amount(s), if any, to be awarded, also on a periodic, nondiscriminatory basis, based on each of the following: (i) the number of Board committees on which a Nonemployee Director serves; (ii) service of a Nonemployee Director as the chair of a Board committee; (iii) service of a Nonemployee Director as Chairman of the Board; or (iv) the initial selection or appointment of an individual to the Board as a Nonemployee Director. Subject to the foregoing, the Board shall grant such Awards to Nonemployee Directors, as it shall from time to time determine.
Article 14. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents
     Any Participant selected by the Committee may be granted dividends or dividend equivalents based on the dividends declared on Shares that are subject to any Award, to be credited as of

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dividend payment dates, during the period between the date the Award is granted and the date the Award is exercised, vests, or expires, as determined by the Committee. The dividends or dividend equivalents may be subject to any limitations and/or restrictions determined by the Committee. Such dividend equivalents shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee.
Article 15. Change of Control
     Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee specifies otherwise in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control: (i) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights which are outstanding immediately prior to the date such Change of Control is determined to have occurred, and which are not then exercisable and vested, shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant; (ii) the restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any Restricted Stock shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock shall become free of all restrictions and limitations and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant; and (iii) the restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any other Awards under the Plan shall lapse, and such other Awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.
Article 16. Rights of Participants
      16.1 Employment/Service . Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries to terminate any Participant’s employment or service on the Board or to the Company at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue his employment or service as a Director for any specified period of time.
     Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries and, accordingly, subject to Articles 3 and 17, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries.
      16.2 Participation . No individual shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.
      16.3 Rights as a Shareholder . Except as otherwise provided herein or in any Award Agreement, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.
Article 17. Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination
      17.1 Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination . Subject to Section 17.3, the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate this Plan and any Award Agreement in whole or in part; provided, however, that without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders and except as provided in Section 4.4, Options or SARs issued under this Plan will not be repriced, replaced, repurchased for cash when the Fair Market Value of a Share is lower than the Option Price of a previously granted Option or the Grant Price of a previously granted SAR, or regranted through cancellation, or by lowering the Option Price of a

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previously granted Option or the Grant Price of a previously granted SAR, and no material amendment of this Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval is required by law, regulation, or stock exchange rule.
      17.2 Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events . The Committee shall make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events, other than those described in Section 4.4 hereof, affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.
      17.3 Awards Previously Granted . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary (other than Section 17.4), no termination, amendment, suspension, or modification of this Plan or an Award Agreement shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under this Plan, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award.
      17.4 Amendment to Conform to Law . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Board of Directors may amend the Plan or an Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or an Award Agreement to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature (including, but not limited to, Code Section 409A), and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder.
Article 18. Withholding
      18.1 Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Plan.
      18.2 Share Withholding . With respect to withholding required upon the exercise of Options or SARs, upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, or upon the achievement of performance goals related to Performance Shares, or any other taxable event arising as a result of an Award granted hereunder, Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on the transaction. All such elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, and signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
Article 19. Successors
     All obligations of the Company under this Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

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Article 20. General Provisions
      20.1 Forfeiture Events .
  (a)   The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for cause, termination of the Participant’s provision of services to the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, violation of material Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries.
 
  (b)   If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, any Participant who is subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve (12) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever just occurred) of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.
 
      In addition, in the event of an accounting restatement, the Committee in its sole and exclusive discretion may require that any Participant reimburse the Company all or part of the amount of any payment in settlement of any Award granted hereunder.
      20.2 Legend . The certificates for Shares may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer of such Shares.
      20.3 Gender and Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.
      20.4 Severability . In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Plan, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
      20.5 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies, the NYSE or other national securities exchanges as may be required.
      20.6 Delivery of Title . The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under this Plan prior to:

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  (a)   Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and
 
  (b)   Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.
      20.7 Inability to Obtain Authority . The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
      20.8 Investment Representations . The Committee may require any individual receiving Shares pursuant to an Award under this Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the individual is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares.
      20.9 Employees Based Outside of the United States . Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries operate or have Employees or Directors, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:
  (a)   Determine which Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall be covered by this Plan.
 
  (b)   Determine which Employees or Directors outside the United States are eligible to participate in this Plan.
 
  (c)   Modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees or Directors outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws.
 
  (d)   Establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established under this Section 20.9 by the Committee shall be attached to this Plan document as appendices.
 
  (e)   Take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals.
     Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted that would violate applicable law.
      20.10 Uncertificated Shares . To the extent that this Plan provides for issuance of certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of such Shares may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange.

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      20.11 Unfunded Plan . Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other individual. To the extent that any individual acquires a right to receive payments from the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in this Plan.
      20.12 No Fractional Shares . No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
      20.13 Retirement and Welfare Plans . Neither Awards made under this Plan nor Shares or cash paid pursuant to such Awards, except pursuant to Covered Employee annual incentive awards, may be included as “compensation” for purposes of computing the benefits payable to any Participant under the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s retirement plans (both qualified and nonqualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participant’s benefit.
      20.14 Deferred Compensation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee may cause any Award to comply with or to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and may interpret this Plan in any manner necessary to ensure that Awards under the Plan comply with or are exempt from Section 409A of the Code. In the event that the Committee determines that an Award should comply with or be exempt from Section 409A and that a Plan provision or Award Agreement provision is necessary to ensure that such Award complies with or is exempt from Section 409A of the Code, such provision shall be deemed included in the Plan or such Award Agreement.
      20.15 Nonexclusivity of This Plan . The adoption of this Plan shall not be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or Committee to adopt such other compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable for any Participant.
      20.16 No Constraint on Corporate Action . Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (a) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or an Affiliate’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or, (b) limit the right or power of the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.
      20.17 Governing Law . The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Unless

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otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under this Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Georgia to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to this Plan or any related Award Agreement.
      20.18 Indemnification . Subject to requirements of Georgia law, each individual who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Article 3, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by the Participant in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which the Participant may be a party or in which the Participant may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under this Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by the Participant in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by the Participant in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against the Participant, provided the Participant shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before the Participant undertakes to handle and defend it on the Participant’s own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of the Participant’s own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.
     The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

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Exhibit 10.37
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
Annual Base Salaries for Named Executive Officers
Approved January 30, 2008
     Upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, on January 30, 2008 the Board of Directors of Total System Services, Inc. approved the following base salaries for its named executive officers, effective January 1, 2008.
             
Name   Position   Base Salary
 
           
Philip W. Tomlinson
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer   $ 791,000  
M. Troy Woods
  President and Chief Operating Officer   $ 610,000  
William A. Pruett
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Client Officer   $ 440,000  
Kenneth L. Tye
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer   $ 440,000  
James B. Lipham
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   $ 382,250  

 

 
Selected Financial Data
 
The following financial data should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto and Financial Review, included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The historical trends in TSYS’ results of operations and financial position over the last five years are presented below. Revenues before reimbursable items and net income have grown over the last five years at compounded annual growth rates of 14.6% and 13.6%, respectively. The balance sheet data also reflect the continued strong financial position of TSYS as evidenced by the current ratio of 2.1:1 at December 31, 2007.
 
                                         
   
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands, except per share data)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  
 
Income Statement Data:
                                       
Revenues:
                                       
Electronic payment processing services
  $ 955,926       989,062       869,788       758,313       681,630  
Merchant acquiring services
    254,069       260,275       237,418       26,169       24,966  
Other services
    218,128       185,096       182,584       172,137       121,705  
                                         
Revenues before reimbursable items
    1,428,123       1,434,433       1,289,790       956,619       828,301  
Reimbursable items
    377,713       352,738       313,141       230,389       225,165  
                                         
Total revenues
    1,805,836       1,787,171       1,602,931       1,187,008       1,053,466  
                                         
Expenses:
                                       
Salaries and other personnel expense
    576,655       522,244       461,871       361,532       326,568  
Net occupancy and equipment expense
    273,154       327,254       302,699       240,424       206,313  
Spin related expenses
    13,526                          
Other operating expenses
    211,277       227,853       238,091       152,449       104,841  
                                         
Expenses before reimbursable items
    1,074,612       1,077,351       1,002,661       754,405       637,722  
Reimbursable items
    377,713       352,738       313,141       230,389       225,165  
                                         
Total expenses
    1,452,325       1,430,089       1,315,802       984,794       862,887  
                                         
Operating income
    353,511       357,082       287,129       202,214       190,579  
Nonoperating income
    24,180       14,772       4,798       2,077       3,790  
                                         
Income before income taxes, minority interest and equity in income of equity investments
    377,691       371,854       291,927       204,291       194,369  
Income taxes
    143,668       126,182       103,286       77,210       70,868  
                                         
Income before minority interest and equity in income of equity investments
    234,023       245,672       188,641       127,081       123,501  
Minority interests in subsidiaries’ net income
    (1,976 )     (752 )     (256 )     (259 )     (338 )
Equity in income of equity investments
    5,396       4,243       6,135       23,736       17,810  
                                         
Net income
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520       150,558       140,973  
                                         
Basic earnings per share (EPS)
  $ 1.21       1.27       0.99       0.76       0.72  
                                         
Diluted EPS
  $ 1.20       1.26       0.99       0.76       0.71  
                                         
Cash dividends declared per share
  $ 3.31       0.27       0.22       0.14       0.08  
                                         
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    196,759       196,744       197,145       196,847       196,830  
                                         
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
    197,165       197,077       197,345       197,236       197,438  
                                         
 
                                         
       
    At December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  
 
Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Total assets
  $ 1,479,020       1,634,241       1,410,897       1,281,943       1,001,236  
Working capital
    312,783       448,929       235,277       176,291       126,267  
Obligations under long-term debt and capital leases, excluding current portion
    256,593       3,625       3,555       4,508       29,748  
Shareholders’ equity
    844,473       1,217,360       1,012,772       864,612       732,534  

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Financial Overview
 
Total System Services, Inc.’s (TSYS’ or the Company’s) revenues are derived from providing electronic payment processing and related services to financial and nonfinancial institutions, generally under long-term processing contracts. TSYS’ services are provided primarily through the Company’s cardholder systems, TS2 and TS1, to financial institutions and other organizations throughout the United States and internationally. The Company currently offers merchant acquiring services to financial institutions and other organizations mainly through its majority owned subsidiary, GP Network Corporation (GP Net), and its wholly owned subsidiary, TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C. (TSYS Acquiring).
 
Due to the somewhat seasonal nature of the credit card industry, TSYS’ revenues and results of operations have generally increased in the fourth quarter of each year because of increased transaction and authorization volumes during the traditional holiday shopping season. Furthermore, growth or declines in card portfolios of existing clients, the conversion of cardholder accounts of new clients to the Company’s processing platforms and the loss of cardholder accounts impact the results of operations from period to period. Another factor which may affect TSYS’ revenues and results of operations from time to time is consolidation in either the financial services or retail industries either through the sale by a client of its business, its card portfolio or a segment of its accounts to a party which processes cardholder accounts internally or uses another third-party processor. A change in the economic environment in the retail sector, or a change in the mix of payments between cash and cards could favorably or unfavorably impact TSYS’ financial position, results of operations and cash flows in the future.
 
A significant amount of the Company’s revenues is derived from long-term contracts with large clients, including certain major customers. Processing contracts with large clients, representing a significant portion of the Company’s total revenues, generally provide for discounts on certain services based on the size and activity of clients’ portfolios. Therefore, electronic payment processing revenues and the related margins are influenced by the client mix relative to the size of client card portfolios, as well as the number and activity of individual cardholder accounts processed for each client. Consolidation among financial institutions has resulted in an increasingly concentrated client base, which results in a change in client mix toward larger clients. With the deconversion of certain account portfolios in 2006 and 2007, TSYS expects its client mix to be less dependent upon large clients.
 
With the purchase of TSYS Card Tech, Ltd. (TSYS Card Tech) in July 2006, the Company began offering server-based software license arrangements, consulting and implementation services and maintenance agreements, as well as processing services, for comprehensive TSYS electronic payment processing and merchant acquiring capabilities worldwide. New software license revenue is generally recognized together with the associated services based on contract accounting using either the percentage-of completion or completed-contract method, provided that vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) exists with respect to any undelivered element, which is generally the maintenance agreement. Maintenance and processing revenues are recognized ratably over the terms of their respective contracts. Revenue from third party software and hardware sales is recognized when all revenue recognition criteria have been met.
 
Based upon available market data that includes cards processed in-house, the Company believes that in 2007 it held a 42% share of the domestic consumer credit card processing market; an 87% share of the Visa and MasterCard domestic commercial card processing market; and a 10% share of the domestic retail card processing market. The Company believes TSYS Acquiring remains the second-largest processor of merchant accounts and processes transactions for approximately 20% market share of all bankcard accepting merchant locations in the United States. The Company expects a decrease in domestic consumer market share in 2008. This will be the result of a large customer moving from an outsourcing to a licensing model in 2007.
 
The Company provides services to its clients including processing consumer, retail, commercial, government services, stored value and debit cards. Below is a general description of each type of account:
 
     
 
Account type
  Description
 
Consumer
  Visa and MasterCard credit cards; American Express cards
Retail
  Private label
Commercial
  Purchasing cards, corporate cards and fleet cards for employees; US General Services Administration purchasing and travel cards for government employees; American Express cards
Government services
  Student loan processing accounts
Stored value
  Prepaid cards, including loyalty incentive cards, health care cards, flexible spending cards and gift cards
Debit
  On-line (PIN-based) and off-line (signature-based) accounts

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The tables on page 29 summarize TSYS’ accounts on file (AOF) information as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
A summary of the financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, is provided below:
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,     Percent Change  
(in millions, except per share data and employees)   2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Revenues before reimbursables
  $ 1,428.1       1,434.4       1,289.8       (0.4 )%     11.2 %
Total revenues
    1,805.8       1,787.2       1,602.9       1.0       11.5  
Operating income
    353.5       357.1       287.1       (1.0 )     24.4  
Net income
    237.4       249.2       194.5       (4.7 )     28.1  
Basic EPS
    1.21       1.27       0.99       (4.7 )     28.3  
Diluted EPS
    1.20       1.26       0.99       (4.8 )     28.3  
Cash flows from operating activities
    334.9       385.8       240.6       (13.2 )     60.3  
Other:
                                       
AOF
    375.5       416.4       437.9       (9.8 )     (4.9 )
Average full-time equivalent employees (FTE)
    6,799       6,642       6,317       2.4       5.1  
 
Significant highlights for 2007 include:
 
Corporate
 
•  Agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders prior to the spin-off transaction from Synovus Financial Corp. (Synovus) in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution.
 
•  Successfully completed its spin-off from Synovus on December 31, 2007 and is now a fully independent, publicly-traded company.
 
•  Included in the S&P 500 Index upon being spun-off from Synovus effective January 1, 2008.
 
•  Standard & Poor’s Rating Service assigned a ‘BBB’ investment grade corporate credit rating to TSYS with a stable outlook.
 
•  Entered into a credit agreement with Bank of America N.A., Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and other lenders which provides for a $252 million five year unsecured revolving credit facility and a $168 million unsecured term loan.
 
Domestic
 
•  Signed an issuer processor agreement with Discover Financial Services (Discover). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will begin processing prepaid and credit card transactions on the Discover Network, a business unit of Discover. The agreement broadens TSYS’ access to each of the four payment processing platforms: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, and now Discover.
 
•  Selected by Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (Commerce) in New Jersey to manage its entire collections and recovery inventory using the TSYS Collections and Recovery System. This allows Commerce to more effectively work all of its delinquent and charged-off card and installment accounts, including automobile loans and mortgages.
 
•  Completed the pilot program for the Wal-Mart MoneyCard, issued by GE and reloaded through Green Dot’s national reloading network. The Visa-branded prepaid product was first piloted in November 2006 with the Company, and was available in 2,600 Wal-Mart stores at the end of July 2007.
 
•  Discontinued the processing agreement with JP Morgan Chase & Co. (Chase) at the end of July 2007 according to the original schedule and Chase began processing in-house using a modified version of the Company’s processing system.
 
•  Completed the Capital One Financial Corporation (Capital One) conversion during the first quarter of 2007. TSYS is providing processing services for Capital One’s North American portfolio of consumer and small business credit card accounts.
 
International
 
•  Signed a long-term agreement in the United Kingdom (UK) with Nationwide, the world’s largest Building Society, to process Nationwide’s credit card account portfolio and to build, operate and manage a new customer care center for member support services. Based on the scope of services, we believe that Nationwide will rank among the Company’s largest clients. Servicing of Nationwide’s more than 1 million credit card Visa accounts and operation of a customer care center for Nationwide is planned for the first quarter of 2008.
 
•  Signed an agreement with Tinkoff. Credit Systems (Tinkoff.), a Moscow-based consumer lending bank, to supply its card management and authorization system. Tinkoff. plans to become the first credit card monoliner in Russia and will focus exclusively on issuing credit cards.
 
•  Launched a new money transfer card with Lloyds TSB in the UK. The new Silver account from Lloyds TSB includes an innovative money transfer prepaid product, aimed particularly at the growing number of newly arrived immigrants living and working in the UK.

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•  Announced with The Gift Voucher Shop (GVS) the successful launch of GVS’ One4all retail gift card campaign in hundreds of post offices in Ireland and on the GVS web site.
 
•  Introduced Chip and PIN Secure Payments in Cyprus with the introduction of EMV cards through partnerships with three Cyprus-based banks, Marfin Popular Bank (formerly Laiki Bank, Cyprus), Hellenic Bank and Universal Bank. The Commercial Bank of Qatar also issued its first EMV card program utilizing the Company’s card-management solution, PRIME.
 
•  Launched the Rewards card pilot program in the UK with Norwich Union (NU).
 
•  Announced that China UnionPay Data Services Co., Ltd. (CUP Data), the Company’s joint venture with China UnionPay Co., Ltd., has recently begun providing processing services for Huaxia Bank Co., Ltd, one of China’s largest nationwide banks. CUP Data now provides processing services for three of the four largest issuing banks in China that use outsourced services to support their payment programs.
 
•  Announced that CUP Data successfully completed a bankcard conversion of over one million accounts for Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, one of the largest joint-stock commercial banks in China.
 
•  Signed a contract extension with Spira de México, S.A. de C.V. (Spira), to continue processing its consumer-credit portfolio. Under terms of the agreement, the Company will continue to provide risk management, portfolio management and reporting tools to Spira.
 
•  Announced that the Company’s PRIME card- and merchant-management system was chosen by Norway’s largest financial-services group, DnB NOR Bank ASA, to manage the fast-growing cards portfolio of its market-leading credit-card operator, DnB NOR Kort. DnB NOR Kort has plans to further expand its service solutions for DnB NOR Kort customers.
 
Merchant Acquiring
 
•  Renewed merchant-processing service agreements with Merchant Management Systems, Moneris Solutions and Sage Payment Solutions covering its U.S. portfolio.
 
•  Signed agreements to provide merchant-processing services for Veracity Payment Solutions, Clearent, National Processing Company (formerly Iron Triangle Payment Systems), mPay Gateway and The Bancorp Bank.
 
Industry
 
•  A number of companies in the electronic payment processing and merchant acquiring services industries announced transactions pursuant to which they were being acquired, being spun from their current owner to the public or filing initial public offering statements in anticipation of becoming a publicly traded entity.
 
Financial Review
 
This Financial Review provides a discussion of critical accounting policies and estimates, related party transactions and off-balance sheet arrangements. This Financial Review also discusses the results of operations, financial position, liquidity and capital resources of TSYS and outlines the factors that have affected its recent earnings, as well as those factors that may affect its future earnings. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes and Selected Financial Data are an integral part of this Financial Review and should be read in conjunction with it.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
TSYS’ financial position, results of operations and cash flows are impacted by the accounting policies the Company has adopted. In order to gain a full understanding of the Company’s financial statements, one must have a clear understanding of the accounting policies employed.
 
Refer to Note 1 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s basis of presentation and a summary of significant accounting policies.
 
Factors that could affect the Company’s future operating results and cause actual results to vary materially from expectations are listed in the Company’s forward-looking statements on pages 42 and 43. Negative developments in these or other risk factors could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
Management believes that the following accounting policies are the most critical to fully understand and evaluate the Company’s results. Within each critical policy, the Company makes estimates that require management’s subjective or complex judgments about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain.
 

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A summary of the Company’s critical accounting estimates applicable to all three reportable operating segments follows:
         
 
        Impact if Actual Results
Critical Estimates
  Assumptions and Judgment   Differ from Assumptions
 
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
The Company estimates the allowances for doubtful accounts.   When estimating the allowances for doubtful accounts, the Company takes into consideration such factors as its day-to-day knowledge of the financial position of specific clients, the industry and size of its clients, the overall composition of its accounts receivable aging, prior experience with specific customers of accounts receivable write-offs and prior history of allowances in proportion to the overall receivable balance. This analysis includes an ongoing and continuous communication with its largest clients and those clients with past due balances. A financial decline of any one of the Company’s large clients could have a material adverse effect on collectibility of receivables and thus the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts.  
If the actual collectibility of clients’ accounts is not consistent with the Company’s estimates, bad debt expense, which is recorded in other operating expenses, may be materially different than was initially recorded.

The Company’s experience and extensive data accumulated historically indicates that these estimates have proven reliable over time.
         
The Company estimates allowances for billing adjustments for potential billing discrepancies.   When estimating the allowance for billing adjustments, the Company considers its overall history of billing adjustments, as well as its history with specific clients and known disputes.  
If the actual adjustments to client’s billing is not consistent with the Company’s estimates, billing adjustments, which is recorded as a reduction of revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of income, may be materially different than was initially recorded.

The Company’s experience and extensive data accumulated historically has indicated that these estimates have proven reliable over time.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company estimates revenue for service billings not yet invoiced.   Since TSYS invoices clients for processing services monthly in arrears, the Company estimates revenues for one month of service billings not yet invoiced.  
If actual client revenue billing is not consistent with the Company’s estimates, processing revenues may be materially different than was initially recorded.

The Company’s experience and extensive data accumulated historically indicates that these estimates have proven reliable over time.

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        Impact if Actual Results
Critical Estimates
  Assumptions and Judgment   Differ from Assumptions
 
ASSET IMPAIRMENT
 
Analysis of potential asset impairment involves various estimates and assumptions:
Contract Acquisition Costs
In evaluating for recoverability, expected undiscounted net operating cash flows are estimated by management.  
The Company evaluates the carrying value of contract acquisition costs associated with each customer for impairment on the basis of whether these costs are fully recoverable from expected undiscounted net operating cash flows of the related contract. The determination of expected undiscounted net operating cash flows requires management to make estimates.

These costs may become impaired with the loss of a contract, the financial decline of a client, termination of conversion efforts after a contract is signed or diminished prospects for current clients.
 
If the actual cash flows are not consistent with the Company’s estimates, a material impairment charge may result and net income may be materially different than was initially recorded.

Note 7 in the consolidated financial statements contains a discussion of contract acquisition costs. The net carrying value of contract acquisition costs on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 was $151.6 million.
Software Development Costs
In evaluating for recoverability, expected undiscounted net operating cash flows are estimated by management.   The Company evaluates the unamortized capitalized costs of software development as compared to the net realizable value of the software product which is determined by expected undiscounted net operating cash flows. The amount by which the unamortized software development costs exceed the net realizable value is written off in the period that such determination is made.  
If the actual cash flows are not consistent with the Company’s estimates, a material write-off may result and net income may be materially different than was initially recorded.

Note 6 in the consolidated financial statements contains a discussion of internally developed software costs. The net carrying value of internally developed software on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 was $67.9 million.

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        Impact if Actual Results
Critical Estimates
  Assumptions and Judgment   Differ from Assumptions
 
Goodwill
In evaluating for impairment, discounted net cash flows for future periods are estimated by management.  
Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles Assets,” goodwill is required to be tested for impairment annually. The combination of the income approach utilizing the discounted cash flow (DCF) method and the market approach, utilizing readily available market valuation multiples, is used to estimate the fair value.

Under the DCF method, the fair value of the asset reflects the present value of the projected earnings that will be generated by each asset after taking into account the revenues and expenses associated with the asset, the relative risk that the cash flows will occur, the contribution of other assets, and an appropriate discount rate to reflect the value of invested capital. Cash flows are estimated for future periods based on historical data and projections provided by management.
 
If the actual cash flows are not consistent with the Company’s estimates, a material impairment charge may result and net income may be materially different than was initially recorded.

Note 8 in the consolidated financial statements contains a discussion of goodwill. The net carrying value of goodwill on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 was $142.5 million.
Long-lived Assets and Intangibles        
In evaluating for recoverability, expected undiscounted net operating cash flows are estimated by management.   The Company reviews long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization, including contract acquisition costs and certain computer software, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.   If the actual cash flows are not consistent with the Company’s estimates, a material impairment charge may result and net income may be materially different than was initially recorded.

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        Impact if Actual Results
Critical Estimates
  Assumptions and Judgment   Differ from Assumptions
 
TRANSACTION PROCESSING
PROVISIONS
The Company records estimates to accrue for contract contingencies (performance penalties) and processing errors.   A significant number of the Company’s contracts with large clients contain service level agreements which can result in TSYS incurring performance penalties if contractually required service levels are not met. When providing these accruals, the Company takes into consideration such factors as the prior history of performance penalties and processing errors incurred, actual contractual penalties inherent in the Company’s contracts, progress towards milestones and known processing errors not covered by insurance.  
If the actual performance penalties incurred are not consistent with the Company’s estimates, performance penalties and processing errors, which is recorded in other operating expenses, may be materially different than was initially recorded.

The Company’s experience and extensive data accumulated historically indicates that these estimates have proven reliable over time.
INCOME TAXES
In calculating its effective tax rate, the Company makes decisions regarding certain tax positions, including the timing and amount of deductions and allocations of income among various tax jurisdictions. The Company makes estimates as to the amount of deferred tax assets and liabilities and records valuation allowances to reduce its deferred tax assets to reflect the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.  
The Company has various tax filing positions, including the timing and amount of deductions and credits, the establishment of reserves for audit matters and the allocation of income among various tax jurisdictions.

The Company considers projected future taxable income and ongoing tax planning strategies in assessing the need for the valuation allowance.
  Actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates. If the Company realizes a deferred tax asset or the Company was unable to realize a net deferred tax asset, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would increase or decrease earnings, respectively, in the period the difference is recognized.
 
Related Party Transactions
 
On October 25, 2007, the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement and plan of distribution with Synovus, under which Synovus planned to distribute all of its shares of TSYS common stock in a spin-off to Synovus shareholders. On December 31, 2007, Synovus completed the spin-off to its shareholders of the shares of TSYS and TSYS became a fully independent company, allowing for broader diversification of the Company’s shareholder base, more liquidity of the Company’s shares and additional investment in strategic growth opportunities and potential acquisitions.
 
Refer to Notes 11, 14 and 23 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on spin-related items.
 
During 2007, the Company provided electronic payment processing and other services to Synovus and its affiliates, and to the Company’s equity investments, Total System Services de México, S.A. de C.V. (TSYS de México) and CUP Data. On March 1, 2005, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in TSYS Acquiring. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring. Prior to acquiring control, the Company had an equity investment in TSYS Acquiring with Visa U.S.A. (Visa) and used the equity method of accounting to record its 50% ownership in the equity investment. In the ordinary course of business, TSYS, which owns the merchant back-end processing software used by TSYS Acquiring, provides processing services to TSYS Acquiring.
 
The foregoing related party services are performed under contracts that are similar to its contracts with unrelated third party customers. The Company believes the terms and conditions of transactions between the Company and these related parties are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties. The Company’s margins with respect to related party transactions are comparable to margins recognized in transactions with unrelated third parties. The amounts related to these transactions are disclosed on the face of TSYS’ consolidated financial statements. No significant changes have been made to the method of establishing terms with the affiliated companies during the periods presented. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on transactions with affiliated companies.

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Line of Credit
 
On June 30, 2003, TSYS obtained a $45.0 million long-term line of credit from a banking affiliate of Synovus. The line was an automatic draw-down facility. The interest rate for the line of credit was the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 150 basis points. In addition, there was a charge of 15 basis points on any funds unused. The line of credit was unsecured debt and included covenants requiring the Company to maintain certain minimum financial ratios. The Company used the facility occasionally, borrowing and repaying approximately $48.1 million during 2005. The line of credit expired on June 30, 2006.
 
In addition, TSYS maintains an unsecured credit agreement with Columbus Bank and Trust Company (CB&T), a subsidiary of Synovus. The credit agreement has a maximum available principal balance of $5.0 million, with interest at prime. TSYS did not use the credit facility during 2007 or 2006.
 
Balance Sheets
 
CB&T and another company for years have jointly owned and operated corporate aircraft for their internal use. CB&T owned an 80% interest in the enterprise. The arrangement allowed each entity access to the aircraft and each entity would pay for its usage of the aircraft. Each quarter, the net operating results of the enterprise would be shared among CB&T and the other company based on its respective ownership percentage. As a majority owned subsidiary of CB&T, TSYS had full access to the aircraft and hangar.
 
Prior to the completion of the spin-off, TSYS acquired a 45% ownership interest in the business enterprise for approximately $12.1 million, of which $9.7 million was paid to CB&T. TSYS will use the equity method of accounting for the enterprise.
 
TSYS maintains deposit accounts with CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, the majority of which earn market rates of interest. Included in cash and cash equivalents are deposit balances with Synovus affiliates of $136.4 million and $241.0 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
The Company maintains restricted cash balances on deposit with CB&T and other Synovus affiliates. The restricted cash balances relate to cash collected on behalf of clients which are held in escrow. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had restricted cash balances of $8.2 million and $5.0 million, respectively, on deposit with Synovus affiliates.
 
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, TSYS had dividends payable of $11.2 million associated with related parties.
 
Through its related party transactions, TSYS generates accounts receivable and liability accounts with Synovus, CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, TSYS de México and CUP Data. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had accounts receivable balances of $331,000 and $34,000, respectively, associated with related parties. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had accounts payable balances of $281,000 and $95,000, respectively, associated with related parties. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had an accrued current liability to related parties of $59,000 and $47,000, respectively.
 
Statements of Income
 
The Company provides electronic payment processing services and other services for Synovus, CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, as well as the Company’s equity method investments, TSYS de México and CUP Data.
 
The table below summarizes revenues derived from affiliated companies for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on transactions with affiliated companies.
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Electronic payment processing services
  $ 5,558       5,088       4,998  
Merchant acquiring services
                2,378  
Other services
    9,016       7,765       7,024  
Reimbursable items
    2,455       1,839       3,005  
 
 
 
During 2007, the Company and Synovus and its affiliates were parties to various agreements to provide certain services between one another. The table below summarizes expenses associated with affiliated companies for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 by expense category. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on transactions with affiliated companies.
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Salaries and other personnel expense
  $ 1,138       1,070       588  
Net occupancy and equipment expense
    (1,085 )     (1,000 )     (882 )
Other operating expenses
    9,492       9,570       8,433  
 
 

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Nonoperating Income
 
The following table details the amount of interest the Company earned from related parties and the amount of interest expense the Company paid to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Interest income from Synovus affiliate banks
  $ 16,456       7,540       2,828  
Interest expense paid to Synovus affiliate banks
                37  
 
 
 
Cash Flow
 
TSYS paid cash dividends to CB&T in the amount of approximately $528.4 million, $41.5 million and $31.9 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. TSYS received cash dividends from its equity method equity investments of approximately $3.0 million, $2.4 million and $1.7 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Stock Options
 
Prior to the spin–off, certain officers of TSYS and other TSYS employees participated in the Synovus Incentive Plans. Nonqualified options to acquire Synovus common stock were granted in 2007, 2006 and 2005 as follows:
 
                         
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Number of shares under options
    103       305       697  
Weighted average exercise price
  $ 31.93       27.67       28.71  
 
 
 
These stock options were granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Synovus common stock at the date of grant. The options vest over two to three years and expire eight to ten years from date of grant.
 
Prior to the spin–off, Synovus had granted stock options to key TSYS employees through its various stock option plans under which the Compensation Committee of the Synovus Board of Directors had the authority to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards. As a result of the spin-off, outstanding Synovus stock options granted to TSYS employees were converted to TSYS options on December 31, 2007. Refer to Note 14 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on stock options.
 
Post Spin-off
 
The Company continues to provide electronic payment processing and other services to Synovus subsequent to the spin–off. Beginning January 1, 2008, the Company’s transactions with Synovus and its affiliates will no longer be considered related party transactions.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
OPERATING LEASES:   As a method of funding its operations, TSYS employs noncancelable operating leases for computer equipment, software and facilities. These leases allow the Company to provide the latest technology while avoiding the risk of ownership. Neither the assets nor obligations related to these leases are included on the balance sheet. Refer to Note 17 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on operating lease commitments.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160 (SFAS No. 160), “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.” SFAS No. 160 will require noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) to be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability or other item outside of permanent equity. SFAS No. 160 applies to the accounting for noncontrolling interests and transactions with noncontrolling interest holders in consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 will be applied prospectively to all noncontrolling interests, including any that arose before the effective date except that comparative information must be recast to classify noncontrolling interests in equity, attribute net income and other comprehensive income to noncontrolling interests, and to provide other disclosures. SFAS No. 160 is effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 160 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but has yet to complete its assessment.
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R (SFAS No. 141R), “Business Combinations.” SFAS No. 141R requires most identifiable assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests and goodwill acquired in a business combination to be recorded at “full fair value.” SFAS No. 141R applies to all business combinations, including combinations among mutual entities and combinations by contract alone. SFAS No. 141R is effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 141R on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but has yet to complete its assessment.
 
In June 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-11 (EITF 06-11), “Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-Based Payment Awards.” This guidance requires that the tax benefit received on dividends associated with share-based awards that are

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charged to retained earnings should be recorded in additional paid-in capital and included in the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb potential future tax deficiencies on share-based payment awards. EITF 06-11 is effective for the tax benefits of dividends declared in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-11 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In March 2007, the EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-10 (EITF 06-10), “Accounting for Collateral Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements.” This guidance requires that for an endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangement (in which a company owns and controls the insurance policy), an employer should recognize a liability for future benefits in accordance with either Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (SFAS No. 106), “ Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” or Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 12 (APB 12) , “Omnibus Opinion — 1967 ” if the employer has agreed to maintain a life insurance policy during the employee’s retirement or provide the employee with a death benefit based on the substantive arrangement with the employee. Entities should recognize the effects of applying the consensus in this guidance as a change in accounting principle through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings and other components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position. EITF 06-10 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-10 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (SFAS No. 159), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (SFAS No. 157), “ Fair Value Measurements .” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In September 2006, the EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-4 (EITF 06-4), Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements .” EITF 06-4 requires an employer to recognize a liability for future benefits based on the substantive agreement with the employee. EITF 06-4 requires a company to use the guidance prescribed in SFAS No. 106, and APB 12 when entering into an endorsement split-dollar life insurance agreement and recognizing the liability. EITF 06-4 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-4 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 

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The following table sets forth certain revenue and expense items as a percentage of total revenues and the percentage increase or decrease in those items from the table of Selected Financial Data presented on page 15:
 
                                         
 
    Percentage of
             
    Total Revenues              
    Years Ended
    Percentage Change in
 
    December 31,     Dollar Amounts  
    2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Electronic payment processing services
    52.9 %     55.3       54.3       (3.4 )%     13.7 %
Merchant acquiring services
    14.1       14.6       14.8       (2.4 )     9.6  
Other services
    12.1       10.4       11.4       17.8       1.4  
                                         
Revenues before reimbursable items
    79.1       80.3       80.5       (0.4 )     11.2  
Reimbursable items
    20.9       19.7       19.5       7.1       12.6  
                                         
Total revenues
    100.0       100.0       100.0       1.0       11.5  
                                         
Expenses:
                                       
Salaries and other personnel expense
    31.9       29.2       28.8       10.4       13.1  
Net occupancy and equipment expense
    15.1       18.3       18.9       (16.5 )     8.1  
Spin related expenses
    0.8                   nm        
Other operating expenses
    11.7       12.8       14.9       (7.3 )     (4.3 )
                                         
Expenses before reimbursable items
    59.5       60.3       62.6       (0.3 )     7.4  
Reimbursable items
    20.9       19.7       19.5       7.1       12.6  
                                         
Total expenses
    80.4       80.0       82.1       1.6       8.7  
                                         
Operating income
    19.6       20.0       17.9       (1.0 )     24.4  
Nonoperating income
    1.3       0.8       0.3       63.7       nm  
                                         
Income before income taxes, minority interest and equity in income of equity investments
    20.9       20.8       18.2       1.6       27.4  
Income taxes
    8.0       7.1       6.5       13.9       22.2  
                                         
Income before minority interest and equity in income of equity investments
    12.9       13.7       11.7       (4.7 )     30.2  
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries’ net income
    (0.1 )     (0.0 )     (0.0 )     nm       nm  
Equity in income of equity investments
    0.3       0.2       0.4       27.2       (30.8 )
                                         
Net income
    13.1 %     13.9       12.1       (4.7 )     28.1  
                                         
nm = not meaningful
                                       
 
Results of Operations
 
Revenues
 
Total revenues increased 1.0%, or $18.7 million, for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, which increased 11.5%, or $184.2 million, compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The increases in revenues for 2007 and 2006 include an increase of $17.8 million and an increase of $2.1 million, respectively, related to the effects of currency translation of the Company’s foreign-based subsidiaries and branches. Excluding reimbursable items, revenues decreased 0.4%, or $6.3 million, for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, which increased 11.2%, or $144.6 million, compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company expanded its product and service offerings through acquisitions in 2006 and 2005. The impact of those acquisitions on consolidated total revenues for each of the years presented was $329.0 million in 2007, $295.0 million in 2006 and $257.9 million in 2005.

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International Revenue
 
TSYS provides services to its clients worldwide and plans to continue to expand its service offerings internationally in the future. TSYS’ international revenues are generated by TSYS and its consolidated entities. With the acquisition of TSYS Card Tech in 2006, TSYS has extended its geographic reach into Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and as such, has increased its international revenues. Total revenues from clients domiciled outside the United States for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, are summarized below:
 
                                         
 
                     
Percent Change
 
(in millions)   2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Europe
  $ 211.8       158.8       132.6       33.4 %     19.9 %
Canada
    126.8       102.0       89.9       24.2       13.5  
Japan
    24.5       18.6       15.6       31.9       19.0  
Mexico
    14.0       12.3       7.6       14.3       60.8  
Other
    28.5       13.4       3.1       113.3       nm  
                                         
Totals
  $ 405.6       305.1       248.8       33.0       22.7  
                                         
nm = not meaningful
                                       
 
   The Company has two equity investments located in Mexico and China that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. TSYS does not include the revenues of its equity investments in consolidated revenues.
 
Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on the acquisition of TSYS Card Tech.
 
International revenues for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 include revenues of approximately $33.8 million and $13.1 million, respectively, associated with TSYS Card Tech for several countries and regions, including Europe, Japan and Other.
 
Total revenues from clients based in Europe was $211.8 million for 2007, a 33.4% increase over the $158.8 million in 2006, which was a 19.9% increase over the $132.6 million in 2005. The growth in revenues in 2007 and in 2006 from clients based in Europe was the result of the growth of existing clients, the conversion of new accounts, the effect of currency translation and the increased use of value added products and services by clients in Europe.
 
TSYS expects to continue to grow its international revenues in the future through acquisitions, business expansion, new client signings and internal growth. TSYS may also grow as European financial institutions phase-in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) requirements.
 
The purpose of SEPA is to treat all Euro payments in the Euro area as domestic payments and move the Euro area towards a more integrated payments market. The European Payments Council’s plan for implementation of SEPA is structured in three phases: a design phase, an implementation phase and a migration phase. SEPA went live on January 28, 2008. The migration phase, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2010, is a period in which the European national payment schemes will coexist with the new SEPA schemes in order to allow a gradual market-driven migration to SEPA. As the deadlines approach, more European financial institutions may look to outsource their payment processing functions to third-party providers, such as TSYS.
 
The Company has also seen some growth in international revenues as a result of providing products and services to implement the EMV standard for secure payments. EMV is a standard for interoperation of IC cards (chip cards) and IC capable POS terminals, for authenticating credit and debit card payments. The name EMV is derived from the initial letters of Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the three companies which originally cooperated to develop the standard. JCB (formerly Japan Credit Bureau) joined the organization in December 2004. IC card systems based on EMV are being phased in across the world, under names such as “IC Credit” and “Chip and PIN”.
 
The purpose and goal of the EMV standard is to specify interoperation between EMV compliant IC cards and EMV compliant credit card payment terminals throughout the world. There are two major benefits to moving to smart card based credit card payment systems: improved security (with associated fraud reduction), and the possibility for finer control of “offline” credit card transaction approvals. EMV financial transactions are more secure against fraud than traditional credit card payments which use the data encoded in a magnetic stripe on the back of the card. Although not the only possible method, the majority of implementations of EMV cards and terminals confirm the identity of the cardholder by requiring the entry of a PIN (Personal Identification Number) rather than signing a paper receipt.

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Value Added Products and Services
 
The Company’s revenues are impacted by the use of optional value added products and services of TSYS’ processing systems. Value added products and services are optional features to which each client can choose to subscribe in order to potentially increase the financial performance of its portfolio. Value added products and services include: risk management tools and techniques, such as credit evaluation, fraud detection and prevention, and behavior analysis tools; and revenue enhancement tools and customer retention programs, such as loyalty programs and bonus rewards. These revenues can increase or decrease from period to period as clients subscribe to or cancel these services. Value added products and services are included primarily in electronic payment processing services revenue.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, value added products and services represented 12.8%, 12.4% and 12.6%, respectively, of total revenues. Revenues from these products and services, which include some reimbursable items paid to third-party vendors, increased 4.5%, or $10.0 million, for 2007 compared to 2006, and increased 9.8%, or $19.7 million, for 2006 compared to 2005.
 
The majority of the $10.0 million increase in 2007 in value added products and services relates to the suite of tools the Company offers related to fraud detection. TSYS offers a suite of detection, prevention and management tools to more effectively manage portfolio risk and protect against fraud. These tools evaluate authorizations, payments, non-authorized transactions and account maintenance for fraud risk and help identify potential fraud patterns. For the year ended December 31, 2007, fraud detection represents approximately 42.3% of the total value added products and services offered by the Company, as compared to 39.2% for 2006.
 
Major Customers
 
A significant amount of the Company’s revenues is derived from long-term contracts with large clients, including its major customers. TSYS derives revenues from providing various processing and other services to these clients, including processing of consumer and commercial accounts, as well as revenues for reimbursable items. The loss of any one of the Company’s major customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In August 2005, TSYS finalized a five year definitive agreement with Capital One to provide processing services for its North American portfolio of consumer and small business credit card accounts. In October 2006, TSYS converted the vast majority of the Capital One portfolio onto its TS2 platform. TSYS completed the Capital One conversion in March 2007. TSYS expects to maintain the card processing functions of Capital One for at least five years. After a minimum of three years of processing with TSYS, the agreement provides Capital One the opportunity to license TS2 under a long-term payment structure.
 
On January 25, 2005, the Company announced that it had extended its agreement with Bank of America for an additional five years through 2014. Additionally, on October 6, 2005, TSYS Acquiring announced the renewal of its agreement to provide merchant acquiring services to Bank of America.
 
On June 30, 2005, Bank of America announced its planned acquisition of MBNA. In December 2005, TSYS received official notification from Bank of America of its intent, pending its acquisition of MBNA, to shift the processing of its consumer card portfolio in house in October 2006. On January 1, 2006, Bank of America’s acquisition of MBNA was completed and in October 2006 TSYS deconverted the Bank of America consumer card portfolio. TSYS continues to provide commercial and small business card processing for Bank of America and MBNA, as well as merchant processing for Bank of America, according to the terms of the existing agreements for those services.
 
TSYS’ processing agreement with Bank of America provided that Bank of America could terminate its agreement with TSYS for consumer credit card services upon the payment of a termination fee, the amount of which was dependent upon several factors. This fee of approximately $68.9 million was received in October 2006 in conjunction with the Bank of America consumer card portfolio deconversion. In anticipation of the deconversion, TSYS accelerated the amortization of approximately $6 million in contract acquisition costs (comprised of $4 million of amortization related to payments for processing rights, which was recorded as a reduction of revenues, and $2 million of amortization expense related to conversion costs).
 
On October 13, 2004, TSYS finalized a definitive agreement with Chase to service the combined card portfolios of Chase Card Services and to upgrade its card-processing technology. Pursuant to the agreement, TSYS converted the consumer accounts of Chase to a modified version of TS2 in July 2005. In July 2007, Chase had the option to either extend the processing agreement for up to five additional two-year periods or migrate the portfolio in-house, under a perpetual license of a modified version of TSYS’ processing system with a six-year payment term. Chase discontinued its processing agreement at the end of July 2007 according to the original schedule and began processing in-house.
 
Although the revenues associated with the Chase licensing arrangement are expected to be much lower than the revenues associated with the Chase consumer processing arrangement, management believes the impact should not have a material adverse effect on TSYS’ financial position, results of operations or cash flows, as TSYS has implemented a paring down of the resources dedicated to the consumer portfolio through employee

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attrition and/or redeployment, as well as through equipment lease expirations. TSYS expects to continue to support Chase in processing its commercial portfolio.
 
With the migration to a licensing arrangement and the resulting reduction in revenues, TSYS believes that the revenues from Chase for periods following the migration will represent less than 10% of TSYS’ total consolidated revenues.
 
Refer to Note 20 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on major customers.
 
The Company works to maintain a large and diverse customer base across various industries. However, in addition to its major customers, the Company has other large clients representing a significant portion of its total revenues. The loss of any one of the Company’s large clients could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
 
AOF Information (in millions)
 
                                         
                      Percent Change  
    2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
At December 31,
    375.5       416.4       437.9       (9.8 )%     (4.9 )%
YTD Average
    401.2       415.6       401.1       (3.5 )     3.6  
 
AOF by Portfolio Type (in millions)
 
                                                                 
                                        Percent Change  
At December 31,   2007     %     2006     %     2005     %     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Consumer
    201.5       53.7 %     262.7       63.0 %     267.5       61.1 %     (23.3 )%     (1.8 )%
Retail
    56.8       15.1       55.3       13.3       87.0       19.9       2.7       (36.4 )
Stored value
    49.2       13.1       40.7       9.8       26.9       6.1       20.8       51.5  
Commercial
    39.0       10.4       32.1       7.7       30.1       6.9       21.6       6.5  
Government services
    23.7       6.3       21.2       5.1       18.8       4.3       11.8       12.7  
Debit
    5.3       1.4       4.4       1.1       7.6       1.7       19.3       (41.8 )
                                                                 
Total
    375.5       100.0 %     416.4       100.0 %     437.9       100.0 %     (9.8 )     (4.9 )
                                                                 
 
AOF by Geographic Area (in millions)
 
                                                                 
                                        Percent Change  
At December 31,   2007     %     2006     %     2005     %     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Domestic
    301.3       80.2 %     348.5       83.7 %     381.8       87.2 %     (13.6 )%     (8.7 )%
International
    74.2       19.8       67.9       16.3       56.1       12.8       9.3       21.0  
                                                                 
Total
    375.5       100.0 %     416.4       100.0 %     437.9       100.0 %     (9.8 )     (4.9 )
                                                                 
 
Activity in AOF (in millions)
 
                         
    2006 to 2007     2005 to 2006     2004 to 2005  
 
Beginning balance
    416.4       437.9       357.6  
Internal growth of existing clients
    40.3       36.6       40.8  
New clients
    24.2       91.2       51.8  
Purges/Sales
    (11.8 )     (16.4 )     (9.6 )
Deconversions
    (93.6 )     (132.9 )     (2.7 )
                         
Ending balance
    375.5       416.4       437.9  
                         
 
 

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Electronic Payment Processing Services
 
Electronic payment processing services revenues are generated primarily from charges based on the number of accounts on file, transactions and authorizations processed, statements mailed, cards embossed and mailed, and other processing services for cardholder accounts on file. Cardholder accounts on file include active and inactive consumer credit, retail, debit, stored value, government services and commercial card accounts. Due to the strong organic growth of TSYS clients and the expanding use of cards, as well as increases in the scope of services offered to clients, revenues relating to electronic payment processing services have continued to grow for all years except 2007.
 
Electronic payment processing services revenues decreased 3.4%, or $33.1 million, for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, which increased 13.7%, or $119.3 million, compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The impact of acquisitions on consolidated electronic payment processing services revenues for each of the years presented was $33.2 million in 2007 and $12.4 million in 2006.
 
TSYS deconverted the consumer portfolio of Bank of America in October 2006, and the Sears consumer MasterCard and private-label accounts in June 2006. The results for the year ended December 31, 2006 include processing revenues of approximately $242.3 million associated with deconverted portfolios, including Bank of America and Sears. The Company was able to partially offset these losses in revenues in 2007 with the conversion of new accounts and strong internal growth of existing clients.
 
The Company believes it will continue to expand its electronic payment processing services through the internal growth of existing clients and the conversion of new accounts, primarily internationally. TSYS believes it will benefit from the opportunities that will result from regulation requirements in the processing industry, such as the introduction of SEPA and the EMV standard. TSYS and all third party processors, payment gateways and other service providers, are also required to adhere to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS.)
 
PCI DSS applies to all systems and networks that store, process and/or transmit cardholder data, and is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data therefore reducing the risk and impact of data compromise. A company processing card payments must be PCI compliant or risk losing the ability to process credit card payments. As the cost of compliance increases, TSYS could benefit as in-house providers look to outsource processing of their portfolios.
 
 
In July 2003, Sears and Citigroup announced an agreement for the sale by Sears to Citigroup of the Sears credit card and financial services businesses. The TSYS/Sears agreement granted to Sears the one-time right to market test TSYS’ pricing and functionality after May 1, 2004, which right was exercised by Citigroup. In June 2005, TSYS announced that Citigroup would move the Sears consumer MasterCard and private-label accounts from TSYS in a deconversion that occurred in June 2006. TSYS expects to continue supporting commercial card accounts for Citibank, as well as Citibank’s Banamex USA consumer accounts, according to the terms of the existing agreements for those portfolios.
 
In July 2006, TSYS acquired TSYS Card Tech, and related companies, increasing TSYS’ card issuing and merchant acquiring capabilities and extending its geographic reach to Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
 
Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on the acquisition of TSYS Card Tech.

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Merchant Acquiring Services
 
Merchant acquiring services revenues are derived from providing acquiring solutions, related systems and integrated support services to financial institutions and other merchant acquirers. Revenues from merchant acquiring services include processing all payment forms including credit, debit, prepaid, electronic benefit transfer and electronic check for merchants of all sizes across a wide array of retail market segments. Merchant acquiring services include authorization and capture of transactions; clearing and settlement of transactions; information reporting services related to transactions; merchant billing services; and point-of-sale equipment sales and service.
 
On March 1, 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 50% of TSYS Acquiring, formerly operating as Vital Processing Services, L.L.C., from Visa. As a result of the acquisition of control of TSYS Acquiring, TSYS changed from the equity method of accounting for the investment in TSYS Acquiring and began consolidating TSYS Acquiring’s balance sheet and results of operations. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring.
 
Revenues from merchant acquiring services are mainly generated by TSYS’ wholly owned subsidiary, TSYS Acquiring, and majority owned subsidiary, GP Net. Merchant acquiring services revenues decreased 2.4%, or $6.2 million, for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 which increased 9.6%, or $22.9 million, compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The decrease in revenues for 2007 as compared to 2006 is attributable to client deconversions in the terminal distribution businesses and price compression. The losses were partially offset by the internal transaction growth of existing clients. The increase in revenue for 2006 as compared to 2005 is completely attributable to the consolidation of TSYS Acquiring’s results effective March 1, 2005. Prior to the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring, TSYS’ revenues included fees TSYS charged to TSYS Acquiring for clearing and settlement processing support.
 
 
TSYS Acquiring’s results are driven by the authorization and capture transactions processed at the point-of-sale and clearing and settlement transactions. TSYS Acquiring’s authorization and capture transactions are primarily through dial-up or Internet connectivity.
 
During 2007, TSYS Acquiring renewed long-term agreements with two of its top 10 clients or five of its top 20 clients, as well as signed several new clients. TSYS Acquiring also began integrated clearing and settlement processing for Discover Network card acceptance to merchant acquirers and independent sales organizations.
 
TSYS Acquiring also expanded its solution set during the year to include enhanced Dynamic Currency Conversion and multi-currency processing services, Spanish language telephone processing, improved Internet-based research and portfolio reporting capabilities, new Merchant Boarding and Maintenance (MBM) capabilities, and a host of new point-of-sale terminals and software applications.
 
Other Services
 
Revenues from other services consist primarily of revenues generated by TSYS’ wholly owned subsidiaries not included in electronic payment processing services or merchant acquiring services, as well as TSYS’ business process management services. These services include mail and correspondence processing services, teleservicing, data documentation capabilities, offset printing, client service, collections and account solicitation services. TSYS provides clients, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Columbus Depot Equipment Company, with an option to lease certain equipment necessary for online communications and for the use of TSYS applications. Through its wholly owned subsidiary

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Columbus Productions, Inc., TSYS provides full-service commercial printing services to TSYS clients and others. TSYS Total Debt Management, Inc. (TDM) provides recovery collections work, bankruptcy process management, legal account management and skip tracing. TSYS Loyalty, Inc. (TSYS Loyalty) provides targeted loyalty consulting, as well as travel, gift card and merchandise reward programs to more than 40 national and regional financial institutions in the United States. TSYS Managed Services EMEA, Ltd. (TSYS Managed Services) provides specialized customer-servicing operations, including back-office, cross-selling and up-selling activities for financial institutions engaged in electronic payment processing and merchant acquiring activities.
 
Revenues from other services increased $33.0 million, or 17.8%, in 2007, compared to 2006. In 2006, revenues from other services increased $2.5 million, or 1.4%, compared to 2005. The increase in 2007 compared to 2006 is mainly attributable to the impact of acquisitions and increased debt collection services performed by TDM. Other services revenues increased in 2006 compared to 2005 primarily as a result of increased debt collection services performed by TDM, acquisitions and the revenues associated with
TSYS Loyalty. The impact of acquisitions on consolidated other services revenues for each of the years presented was $6.3 million in 2007 and $92,000 in 2006.
 
 
In November 2006, TSYS announced a joint venture with Merchants, a customer-contact company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data, to deliver a comprehensive range of managed services to financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new venture is called TSYS Managed Services.
 
Prior to the new agreement, TSYS contracted with Merchants to provide these services to TSYS’ international clients, and these services were characterized as reimbursable items. With the new agreement, these services will be characterized as other services revenues. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on TSYS Managed Services.
 
In May 2006, TSYS’ collection subsidiary renegotiated a contract with its largest client. One of the provisions that was changed related to the handling of attorney fees and court costs. Prior to the renegotiation, these fees and costs were included in other services revenues. After the renegotiation, these fees and costs are now included in reimbursables. TSYS recognized $11.3 million, $25.9 million and $32.1 million of attorney fees and court costs for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, as other services revenues.
 
Reimbursable Items
 
As a result of the FASB’s EITF No. 01-14 (EITF 01-14), “Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for ’Out-of-Pocket’ Expenses Incurred,” the Company has included reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses as revenues and expenses. The largest reimbursement expense for which TSYS is reimbursed by clients is postage. Reimbursable items increased $25.0 million, or 7.1%, in 2007, as compared to 2006. Reimbursable items increased $39.6 million, or 12.6%, in 2006, as compared to 2005.
 
The Company’s reimbursable items are impacted by acquisitions. The impact of acquisitions on consolidated reimbursable items revenues for each of the years presented was $61.6 million in 2007, $44.9 million in 2006 and $38.0 million in 2005.
 
In connection with the renegotiated collection subsidiary contract discussed in other services revenues, TSYS has recognized $103.6 million of attorney fees and court costs for the year ended December 31, 2007 as reimbursable items, as compared to $20.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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Operating Expenses
 
As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses increased in 2007 to 80.4%, compared to 80.0% and 82.1% for 2006 and 2005, respectively. As a percentage of revenues, the increase in expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the decrease for the year ended December 31, 2006, includes an increase of $14.4 million and $1.1 million for 2007 and 2006, respectively, related to the effects of currency translation of the Company’s foreign based subsidiaries, branches and divisions. The impact of acquisitions on consolidated total expenses for each of the years presented was $274.2 million in 2007, $234.8 million in 2006 and $210.5 million in 2005. Operating expenses were $1,452.3 million in 2007, compared to $1,430.1 million in 2006 and $1,315.8 million in 2005.
 
Salaries and Other Personnel Expense
 
Summarized below are the major components of salaries and other personnel expense for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                                         
 
   
Years Ended December 31,
    Percent Change  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Salaries
  $ 417,237       386,811       350,491       7.9 %     10.4 %
Employee benefits
    105,868       105,367       105,320       0.5       0.0  
Nonemployee wages
    50,271       43,913       36,222       14.5       21.2  
Share-based compensation
    13,162       9,157       1,137       43.7       nm  
Other
    14,527       12,237       8,696       18.7       40.7  
Less capitalized expenses
    (24,410 )     (35,241 )     (39,995 )     30.7       11.9  
                                         
Totals
  $ 576,655       522,244       461,871       10.4       13.1  
                                         
nm = not meaningful
                                       
 
 
 
The impact of acquisitions on consolidated salaries and other personnel expenses for each of the years presented was $98.7 million in 2007, $74.6 million in 2006 and $54.3 million in 2005. In addition, the change in salaries and other personnel expense is associated with the normal salary increases and related benefits, offset by the level of employment costs capitalized as software development and contract acquisition costs. Salaries and other personnel expense include the accrual for performance-based incentive benefits, which includes salary bonuses, profit sharing and employer 401(k) expenses. For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company accrued $38.7 million, $40.0 million and $48.4 million, respectively, of performance-based incentives.
 
The Company maintains share-based employee compensation plans for purposes of incenting and retaining employees. In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised) (SFAS No. 123R) “ Share-Based Payment ,” which the Company adopted on January 1, 2006. SFAS No. 123R requires the Company to recognize compensation expense for the nonvested portion of outstanding share-based compensation granted in the form of stock options based on the grant-date fair value of those awards. Refer to Note 14 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on share-based compensation.
 
Share-based compensation expenses include the impact of expensing the fair value of stock options, as well as expenses associated with nonvested shares. For the year ended December 31, 2007, share-based compensation was $13.2 million (excluding $5.4 million included in spin related expenses), compared to $9.2 million and $1.1 million for the same period in 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
The Company’s salaries and other personnel expense is greatly influenced by the number of employees. Below is a summary of the Company’s employee data:
 
                                         
 
Employee Data:
                   
Percent Change
 
(FTE)
  2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
At December 31,
    6,921       6,749       6,698       2.5 %     0.8 %
YTD Average
    6,799       6,642       6,317       2.4       5.1  
 
 
 
The majority of the increase in the number of employees in 2007 as compared to 2006 is a result of the expansion of TSYS’ international business. The majority of the increase in the number of employees in 2006 as compared to 2005 is a result of the acquisitions of TSYS Card Tech and TSYS Managed Services, which added 265 employees.

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Prior to the spin-off, Synovus provided certain administrative services, such as human resources, legal, security and tax preparation and compliance, to TSYS in exchange for a management fee, which is included in other operating expenses, to cover TSYS’ pro rata share of services. With the spin-off, TSYS will begin recruiting employees and assuming these functions during 2008. During this transition period, TSYS will continue to utilize Synovus’ administrative services until these functions are operational within TSYS in exchange for an adjusted management fee based on utilization. As it assumes these functions, the Company expects salaries and other personnel expenses to increase, while other operating expenses decrease. TSYS’ headcount will also increase approximately 60 people as these administrative services transition.
 
Net Occupancy and Equipment Expense
 
Summarized below are the major components of net occupancy and equipment expense for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                                         
 
   
Years Ended December 31,
    Percent Change  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 108,630       135,137       108,491       (19.6 )%     24.6 %
Equipment and software rentals
    80,161       109,427       96,489       (26.7 )     13.4  
Repairs and maintenance
    45,329       48,079       46,507       (5.7 )     3.4  
Asset impairments
    538             3,619       nm       (100.0 )
Other
    38,496       34,611       47,593       11.2       (27.3 )
                                         
Totals
  $ 273,154       327,254       302,699       (16.5 )     8.1  
                                         
nm = not meaningful
                                       
 
 
 
The impact of acquisitions on consolidated net occupancy and equipment expenses for each of the years presented was $40.2 million in 2007, $40.5 million in 2006 and $39.7 million in 2005.
 
Amortization expense of licensed computer software, developed software and acquisition technology intangibles decreased 29.6%, or $27.1 million, for the year ended December 31, 2007, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, which increased 32.4%, or $22.4 million, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company has certain license agreements requiring increased license fees based upon achieving certain thresholds of processing capacity commonly referred to as millions of instructions per second or MIPS. These licenses are amortized using a units-of-production basis. As a result of the deconversions during 2006 and 2007, TSYS’ total future MIPS are expected to decline, resulting in an increase in software amortization for the periods prior to the deconversion dates. As it converted the vast majority of the Capital One portfolio, TSYS was operating at its highest production capacity in the Company’s history. This capacity level was designed to maintain the service processing needs of all clients and was reduced as certain clients deconverted in October 2006. As a result of the deconversion of a consumer portfolio in October 2006, the Company accelerated the amortization of a mainframe software operating system dedicated solely to the processing of the deconverted portfolio. The acceleration resulted in an increase of approximately $11.0 million in software amortization and related prepaid maintenance in 2006. Refer to Note 6 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on computer software.
 
Through December 2004, the Company invested a total of $6.3 million in developing its Integrated Payments (IP) Platform supporting the on-line and off-line debit and stored value markets. This IP Platform would have given clients access to all national and regional networks, EBT programs, ATM driving and switching services for on-line debit processing.
 
Development relating specifically to the IP on-line debit platform primarily consisted of a third party software solution. During the first quarter of 2005, the Company evaluated its debit solution and decided to modify its approach in the debit processing market. With the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring and other debit alternatives available, TSYS determined that it would no longer market this third-party software product as its on-line debit solution. TSYS will continue to support this product for existing clients and will enhance and develop a new solution. As a result, TSYS recognized an impairment charge in net occupancy and equipment expense of approximately $3.1 million related to this asset during the first quarter of 2005. The impairment charge is reflected in the domestic-based support services segment. In September 2005, TSYS also recognized an impairment loss on developed software of $482,000.
 
TSYS’ equipment and software needs are fulfilled primarily through operating leases and software licensing arrangements. Equipment and software rental expense was $80.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, a decrease of $29.2 million, or 26.7%, compared to $109.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of $12.9 million, or 13.4%, compared to $96.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The

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Company’s equipment and software rentals decreased for 2007, as compared to 2006, as a result of reduced processing capacity for certain clients that deconverted during 2006. The Company’s equipment and software rentals increased for 2006, as compared to 2005, as a result of software licenses that are leased under processing capacity or MIPS agreements, as well as increased equipment expenses associated with providing additional capacity for the Capital One portfolio conversions.
 
Spin Related Expenses
 
In July 2007, Synovus’ Board of Directors appointed a special committee of independent directors to make a recommendation with respect to whether to distribute Synovus’ ownership interest in TSYS to Synovus’ shareholders. As a result, the TSYS Board of Directors formed a special committee of independent TSYS directors to consider the terms of any proposed spin-off by Synovus of its ownership interest in TSYS, including the size of the pre-spin cash dividend. TSYS incurred expenses associated with advisory and legal services in connection with the spin assessment. As the spin-off was finalized and completed, TSYS also incurred expenses for the incremental fair value associated with converting Synovus stock options held by TSYS employees to TSYS options. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company incurred approximately $13.5 million of spin related expenses. TSYS expects to incur additional spin related costs in 2008 associated with legal and advisory services, incremental fair value associated with the Synovus stock option conversion and other costs associated with unwinding the different commingled processes that Synovus and TSYS share. TSYS estimates that it will incur approximately $16.0 million of spin related costs in operating expenses in 2008. Refer to Note 23 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the spin-off.
 
Other Operating Expenses
 
Summarized below are the major components of other operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                                         
 
   
Years Ended December 31,
    Percent Change  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005     2007 vs. 2006     2006 vs. 2005  
 
Third-party data processing services
  $ 39,829       39,943       42,872       (0.3 )%     (6.8 )%
Professional advisory services
    32,539       23,394       25,981       39.1       (10.0 )
Travel and business development
    25,784       20,208       16,692       27.6       21.1  
Supplies and stationery
    20,022       27,220       32,475       (26.4 )     (16.2 )
Amortization of conversion costs
    15,887       17,840       15,920       (10.9 )     12.1  
Court costs associated with debt collection services
    11,310       25,935       32,117       (56.4 )     (19.2 )
Management fees
    9,031       9,040       8,272       (0.1 )     9.3  
Amortization of acquisition intangibles
    3,118       5,108       3,205       (39.0 )     59.4  
Bad debt (recoveries) expense
    900       (164 )     3,482       nm       nm  
Terminal deployment costs
    780       125       34       nm       nm  
Transaction processing provisions
    35       10,981       7,397       nm       48.4  
Other
    52,042       48,223       49,644       7.9       (2.9 )
                                         
Totals
  $ 211,277       227,853       238,091       (7.3 )     (4.3 )
                                         
nm = not meaningful
 
The impact of acquisitions on consolidated other operating expenses for each of the years presented was $73.8 million in 2007, $74.7 million in 2006 and $78.5 million in 2005. The decrease of the impact of acquisitions for other operating expenses between 2006 and 2005 is the result of the closing of TSYS Acquiring’s point of sale terminal direct distribution sales office at the beginning of 2006. Other operating expenses were also impacted by the court costs associated with a debt collection arrangement, amortization of contract acquisition costs and the provision for transaction processing accruals. Amortization of contract acquisition costs associated with conversions was $15.9 million, $17.8 million and $15.9 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Other operating expenses also include, among other things, costs associated with delivering merchant acquiring services, professional advisory fees, charges for processing errors, contractual commitments and bad debt expense. Management’s evaluation of the adequacy of its transaction processing reserves and allowance for doubtful accounts is based on a formal analysis which assesses the probability of losses related to contractual contingencies, processing errors and uncollectible accounts. Increases and decreases in transaction processing provisions and charges

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for bad debt expense are reflected in other operating expenses. For 2007, 2006 and 2005, transaction processing provisions were $35,000, $11.0 million and $7.4 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had provisions for bad debt expense of $900,000. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company had recoveries of bad debt expense of $164,000. For the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company had provisions for bad debt expense of $3.5 million.
 
TSYS expects management fees to decrease in the future as it begins transitioning away from administrative services supplied by Synovus, and begins recruiting employees and assuming these functions starting in 2008. The majority of these types of expenses will be in salaries and other personnel expense.
 
Operating Income
 
Operating income decreased 1.0% to $353.5 million in 2007, compared to $357.1 million in 2006, which was an increase of 24.4% over 2005 operating income of $287.1 million. The operating income margin decreased to 19.6% in 2007, compared to 20.0% and 17.9% in 2006 and 2005, respectively. The decrease in operating margin for 2007 was mainly attributable to the spin related costs. The increase in operating margin for 2006 was the result of the Bank of America deconversion fee, offset by the acceleration of the associated amortization of contract acquisition costs and software amortization.
 
Nonoperating Income (Expense)
 
Nonoperating income consists of interest income, interest expense and gains and losses on currency translations. Nonoperating income increased in 2007 and 2006, as compared to 2006 and 2005, respectively, primarily due to the increase in interest income. Interest income for 2007 was $26.9 million, a 90.8% increase compared to $14.1 million in 2006, which was a 134.8% increase compared to $6.0 million in 2005. The variation in interest income is primarily attributable to the fluctuations in the cash available for investment and higher short-term interest rates.
 
Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders, including Synovus. TSYS funded the dividend through a combination of cash on hand and the use of a revolving credit facility. Refer to Notes 11 and 23 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on the financing and the spin-off.
 
As a result of the one-time dividend and the revolving credit facility, TSYS expects interest income to decrease in 2008 and interest expense to increase.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded a translation gain of approximately $41,000 and $1.2 million, respectively, and a translation loss of approximately $840,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005 related to intercompany loans and foreign denominated balance sheet accounts.
 
Occasionally, the Company will provide financing to its subsidiaries in the form of an intercompany loan which is required to be repaid in U.S. dollars. For its subsidiaries whose functional currency is something other than the U.S. dollar, the translated balance of the financing (liability) is adjusted upward or downward to match the U.S.-dollar obligation (receivable) on the Company’s financial statements. The upward or downward adjustment is recorded as a gain or loss on foreign currency translation in the Company’s statements of income. As a result of these financing arrangements, the Company recorded a foreign currency translation gain on the Company’s financing for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 of $3.4 million and $3.7 million, respectively. The balance of this financing arrangement at December 31, 2007 was approximately $4.9 million.
 
In August 2007, the Company’s European operation obtained a loan of £33.0 million or approximately $67.7 million from a third party, primarily to repay the U.S. parent loan. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the long-term financing arrangement.
 
The Company records foreign currency translation adjustments on foreign-denominated balance sheet accounts. The Company maintains several cash accounts denominated in foreign currencies, primarily in Euros and British Pounds Sterling (BPS). As the Company translates the foreign-denominated cash balances into U.S. dollars, the translated cash balance is adjusted upward or downward depending upon the foreign currency exchange movements. The upward or downward adjustment is recorded as a gain or loss on foreign currency translation in the Company’s statements of income. As those cash accounts have increased, the upward or downward adjustments have increased. The Company recorded a net translation loss of approximately $3.3 million, $2.5 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to the translation of foreign denominated balance sheet accounts, most of which were cash.
 
The balance of the Company’s foreign-denominated cash accounts subject to risk of translation gains or losses at December 31, 2007 was approximately $10.5 million, the majority of which is denominated in Euros.
 
Income Taxes
 
Income tax expense was $143.7 million, $126.2 million and $103.3 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing effective income tax rates of 37.8%, 33.8% and 34.9%, respectively. The calculation of the effective tax rate includes minority

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interest in consolidated subsidiaries’ net income and equity in income of equity investments in pretax income.
 
In connection with the spin-off, TSYS is required to de-consolidate from the federal and state income tax filings of its parent group. As a result, the Company expects to incur $11.5 million in federal and state income taxes arising from the recapture of excess loss account benefits of $2.4 million and intercompany deferred gains being triggered of $9.1 million.
 
During the 2007, the Company generated state and foreign net operating losses benefits of $2.0 million in excess of its utilization capacity based on both the Company’s current operations and with consideration of future tax planning strategies. Accordingly, the Company increased its valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets by $2.0 million.
 
In the fourth quarter of 2006, the United States Congress passed legislation extending various tax credits including a credit for Research and Experimentation Credits for the tax year. As a result of this legislation, the Company reduced tax expense for 2006 by approximately $1.1 million.
 
In July 2006, TSYS changed the structure of its European operation from a branch structure to a statutory structure that will facilitate continued expansion in the European region. TSYS adopted the permanent reinvestment exception under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 23 (APB 23)  “Accounting for Income Taxes — Special Areas,” with respect to future earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. As a result, TSYS now considers foreign earnings related to these foreign operations to be permanently reinvested.
 
The new statutory structure provides TSYS with marketing and personnel hiring advantages when compared to the former branch office, as well as providing TSYS with certain U.S. and U.K. tax benefits. As a result of the new structure, TSYS reduced previously established tax reserves that would no longer be required under the new structure in the amount of $5.6 million in the third quarter of 2006. In the third quarter of 2006, TSYS also reassessed its contingencies for federal and state exposures, which resulted in an increase in tax contingency amounts by approximately $1.5 million.
 
During the first quarter of 2006, TSYS received notices of proposed adjustments relating to taxes due for the years 2000 through 2003. As a result, TSYS recorded a reduction in previously recorded income tax liabilities of $1.7 million.
 
Equity in Income of Equity Investments
 
TSYS’ share of income from its equity in equity investments was $5.4 million, $4.2 million and $6.1 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Refer to Note 9 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on equity investments.
 
Total System Services de México, S.A. de C.V.
 
The Company has an equity investment with a number of Mexican banks and records its 49% ownership in the equity investment using the equity method of accounting. The operation, TSYS de México, prints statements and provides card-issuing support services to the equity investment clients and others.
 
Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on related party transactions.
 
China UnionPay Data Co., Ltd.
 
Effective November 1, 2005, the Company purchased an initial 34.04% equity interest in CUP Data, the payments-processing subsidiary of China UnionPay Co., Ltd. (CUP). CUP is sanctioned by the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, and has become one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing payments networks. CUP Data currently provides transaction processing, disaster recovery and other services for banks and bankcard issuers in China.
 
Effective August 1, 2006, TSYS increased its ownership interest in CUP Data to 44.56% upon its receipt of regulatory approval in China. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on related party transactions. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the acquisition of CUP Data.
 
Aircraft Enterprise
 
During the fourth quarter of 2007, TSYS acquired a 45% ownership interest in certain corporate aircraft for approximately $12.1 million. TSYS is using the equity method of accounting for the enterprise. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on related party transactions.
 
Net Income
 
Net income decreased 4.7% to $237.4 million (basic EPS of $1.21 and diluted EPS of $1.20) in 2007, compared to 2006. In 2006, net income increased 28.1% to $249.2 million (basic EPS of $1.27 and diluted EPS of $1.26), compared to $194.5 million (basic and diluted EPS of $0.99) in 2005. The decrease in net income in 2007, as compared to 2006, is the result of spin-related expenses in 2007 and the inclusion of the Bank of America termination fee in 2006.
 
Net Profit Margin
 
The Company’s net profit margin for 2007 was 13.1%, compared to 13.9% and 12.1% for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. TSYS’ profit margin is impacted by the consolidation of majority-owned subsidiaries. The Company recognizes only its share of net profits from these entities, while

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consolidating all of their revenues, which has the impact of lowering overall net profit margins.
 
TSYS’ net profit margin decreased for the year ended December 31, 2007 as a result of the spin-related expenses. TSYS’ net profit margin increased for the year ended December 31, 2006 as the result of the Bank of America deconversion fee, management’s focus on expense controls, lower effective tax rate and increased interest income offset by increased expenses associated with share-based compensation and increased amortization.
 
Profit Margins and Reimbursable Items
 
Management believes that reimbursable items distort operating and net profit margins as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management evaluates the Company’s operating performance based upon operating and net profit margins excluding reimbursable items. Management believes that operating and net profit margins excluding reimbursable items are more useful because reimbursable items do not impact profitability as the Company receives reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of its clients.
 
Below is the reconciliation between reported margins and adjusted margins excluding reimbursable items for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                         

 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Operating income
  $ 353,511       357,082       287,129  
                         
Net income
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520  
                         
Total revenues
  $ 1,805,836       1,787,171       1,602,931  
                         
Operating margin (as reported)
    19.6 %     20.0 %     17.9 %
                         
Net profit margin (as reported)
    13.1 %     13.9 %     12.1 %
                         
Revenue before reimbursable items
  $ 1,428,123       1,434,433       1,289,790  
                         
Adjusted operating margin
    24.8 %     24.9 %     22.3 %
                         
Adjusted net profit margin
    16.6 %     17.4 %     15.1 %
                         
 
 
 
Pro forma Net Income
 
Management believes the spin-related costs, net of tax and the Bank of America termination fee, net of related amortization and taxes distort net income as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management evaluates the Company’s growth in net income excluding spin-related costs and the Bank of America termination fee. Management believes that net income growth excluding spin-related expenses and the Bank of America termination fee, net of amortization is more useful because it isolates expenses associated with one-time events.
 
Below is the reconciliation between reported net income and adjusted net income excluding spin-related items for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                                         
 
                      Percentage
 
                      change  
                      2007
    2006
 
                      vs.
    vs.
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005     2006     2005  
 
Net income (as reported)
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520       (4.7 %)     28.1 %
Spin-related costs, net of tax
    22,650                              
Bank of America termination fee, net of amortization and taxes
          (40,880 )                      
                     
                     
Net income (as adjusted)
  $ 260,093       208,283       194,520       24.9 %     7.1 %
                     
                     
 
 
 
Projected Outlook for 2008
 
TSYS expects its 2008 net income to increase between 7-9% as compared to 2007, based on the following assumptions: (1) expenses associated with the spin-off net of tax will be $10 million; (2) there will be no significant movements in LIBOR and TSYS will not make any significant draws on its $252 million revolving credit facility; (3) estimated total revenues will increase 7% to 9% in 2008; (4) anticipated growth levels in employment, equipment and other expenses, which are included in 2008 estimates, will be accomplished; (5) there will be no significant movement in foreign currency exchange rates related to TSYS’ business; and (6) TSYS will not incur significant expenses associated with the conversion of new large clients or acquisitions, or any significant impairment of goodwill or other intangibles.
 
Financial Position, Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows detail the Company’s cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities. TSYS’ primary methods for funding its operations and growth have been cash generated from current operations, the use of leases and the occasional use of borrowed funds to supplement financing of capital expenditures.

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
 
                         
 
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Net income
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520  
Depreciation and amortization
    152,468       184,894       150,077  
Other noncash items and charges, net
    9,226       (3,741 )     (23,561 )
Net change in current and long-term assets and current and long-term liabilities
    (64,275 )     (44,557 )     (80,447 )
                         
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 334,862       385,759       240,589  
                         
 
TSYS’ main source of funds is derived from operating activities, specifically net income. The decrease in 2007 compared to 2006 in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily the result of decreased earnings and the net change in current and long-term assets and current and long-term liabilities. The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily the result of increased earnings and the change in the use of cash related to the net change in current and long-term assets and current and long-term liabilities.
 
Net change in current and long-term assets and current and long-term liabilities include accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets, accounts payable, accrued salaries and employee benefits, billings in excess of costs and profits on uncompleted contracts and other liabilities. The change in accounts receivable between the years is the result of timing of collections compared to billings. The change in accounts payable and other liabilities between years is the result of the timing of payments, funding of performance-based incentives and payments of vendor invoices.
 
During 2007, the Company recognized impairment charges on property of $538,000 and contract acquisition costs of $620,000. During 2005, the Company recognized impairment charges on internally developed software of $3.6 million. Refer to Notes 5, 6 and 7 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the impairment of developed software, property and contract acquisition costs.
 
Dividends Received from Equity Investments
 
Total cash dividends received from equity investments was $3.0 million in 2007, compared to $2.4 million and $1.7 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
 
                         
 
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Purchases of property and equipment, net
  $ (55,274 )     (26,506 )     (40,904 )
Additions to licensed computer software from vendors
    (33,382 )     (11,858 )     (12,875 )
Additions to internally developed computer software
    (17,785 )     (13,972 )     (22,602 )
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired
    (12,552 )     (69,391 )     (95,970 )
Additions to contract acquisition costs
    (22,740 )     (42,452 )     (19,468 )
                         
Net cash used in investing activities
  $ (141,733 )     (164,179 )     (191,819 )
                         
 
The major uses of cash for investing activities have been the addition of property and equipment, primarily computer equipment, the purchase of licensed computer software and internal development of computer software, investments in contract acquisition costs associated with obtaining and servicing new or existing clients, and business acquisitions. The major use of cash for investing activities in 2007 was for the purchase of property and equipment and additions to licensed computer software from vendors. The major use of cash for investing activities in 2006 was for the purchase of TSYS Card Tech and TSYS Managed Services and an increase in the ownership equity of CUP Data. The major use of cash for investing activities in 2005 was for the purchase of TSYS Acquiring.
 
Property and Equipment
 
Capital expenditures for property and equipment were $55.3 million in 2007, compared to $26.5 million in 2006 and $40.9 million in 2005. The majority of capital expenditures in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to investments in new computer processing hardware.
 
Licensed Computer Software from Vendors
 
Expenditures for licensed computer software from vendors were $33.4 million in 2007, compared to $11.9 million in 2006 and $12.9 million in 2005. The increase in licensed computer software in 2007 related to the purchase of additional mainframe and distributed system licenses.
 
Internally Developed Computer Software Costs
 
Additions to capitalized software development costs, including enhancements to and development of TS2 processing systems, were $17.8 million in 2007, $14.0 million in 2006 and $22.6 million in 2005.

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The amount capitalized as software development costs in 2007 is mainly attributable to TSYS Acquiring’s development of MBM. The Company remains committed to developing and enhancing its processing solutions to expand its service offerings. In addition to developing solutions, the Company has expanded its service offerings through strategic acquisitions, such as TSYS Card Tech.
 
The Company has developed MBM, which provides a single point of entry system that enables acquirers to more easily load and maintain merchant profiles. The Company completed MBM in phases, and the first phase was introduced in the marketplace in July 2005 with the remaining phases introduced in 2006 and early 2007. This project reached technological feasibility prior to TSYS’ acquisition of control of TSYS Acquiring. The Company has capitalized approximately $30.4 million since the project began.
 
Cash Used in Acquisitions
 
During the fourth quarter of 2007, TSYS acquired a 45% ownership interest in jointly owned corporate aircraft for approximately $12.1 million. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the corporate aircraft.
 
On November 16, 2006, TSYS acquired majority ownership of TSYS Managed Services for an aggregate consideration of approximately $2.5 million, including direct acquisition costs. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on TSYS Managed Services.
 
On July 11, 2006, TSYS acquired Card Tech, Ltd. and related companies for an aggregate consideration of approximately $59.3 million, including direct acquisition costs, and has renamed the business as TSYS Card Tech. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on TSYS Card Tech.
 
In March 2005, the Company purchased the remaining 50% of TSYS Acquiring. The Company purchased TSYS Acquiring for approximately $95.8 million, including direct acquisition costs of $794,000. In October 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 49% of Merlin, a subsidiary of TSYS Acquiring for approximately $2.0 million. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on TSYS Acquiring.
 
In December 2005, TSYS paid approximately $37.0 million for the 34.04% equity interest in CUP Data. Effective August 1, 2006, TSYS increased its ownership interest to 44.56% of CUP Data for approximately $15.6 million. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on CUP Data.
 
Contract Acquisition Costs
 
TSYS makes cash payments for processing rights, third-party development costs and other direct salary-related costs in connection with converting new customers to the Company’s processing systems. The Company’s investments in contract acquisition costs were $22.8 million in 2007, $42.5 million in 2006 and $19.5 million in 2005. The Company made cash payments for processing rights of $13.5 million and $10.2 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Conversion cost additions were $9.3 million, $32.3 million and $19.5 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in the amount of conversion cost additions for 2006, as compared to 2005, is the result of capitalized costs related to conversions that occurred during the year.
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt
  $ 263,946             48,143  
Principal payments on long-term debt borrowings and capital lease obligations
    (4,816 )     (2,691 )     (50,437 )
Dividends paid on common stock
    (655,246 )     (51,269 )     (39,418 )
Repurchase of common stock
          (22,874 )      
Other
    19,412       7,237       2,957  
                         
Net cash used in financing activities
  $ (376,704 )     (69,597 )     (38,755 )
                         
 
The major uses of cash for financing activities have been the payment of dividends, principal payment on capital lease and software obligations and the purchase of stock under the stock repurchase plan as described below. The main source of cash from financing activities has been the occasional use of borrowed funds. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $376.7 million primarily as a result of payments of cash dividends. The Company used $69.6 million in cash for financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily for the purchase of common stock, payment of cash dividends and principal payments on capital lease obligations. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $38.8 million primarily as a result of payments of cash dividends.
 
On October 25, 2007, TSYS announced that it had entered into an agreement and plan of distribution with Synovus under which Synovus planned to distribute all of its shares of TSYS stock to Synovus’ shareholders in a spin-off transaction, which spin-off took place on December 31, 2007. Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders, including Synovus. TSYS funded the dividend with a combination of cash on hand and the use of a revolving credit facility. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the long-term debt financing. Refer to Note 23 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the spin-off.

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Stock Repurchase Plan
 
On April 20, 2006, TSYS announced that its board had approved a stock repurchase plan to purchase up to 2 million shares, which represented slightly more than five percent of the shares of TSYS stock held by shareholders other than Synovus. The shares may be purchased from time to time over a two year period and will depend on various factors including price, market conditions, acquisitions and the general financial position of TSYS. Repurchased shares will be used for general corporate purposes.
 
With the completion of the spin-off, the TSYS Board of Directors extended to April 2010 TSYS’ current share repurchase program that was set to expire in April 2008 and increased the number of shares that may be repurchased under the plan from 2 million to 10 million.
 
During 2006, TSYS purchased approximately 1.1 million shares of TSYS common stock through privately negotiated and open market transactions for an aggregate purchase price of $22.9 million, or an average per share price of $20.76. The Company has approximately 8,898,000 shares remaining that could be repurchased under the stock repurchase plan.
 
Financing
 
In December 2007, TSYS entered into a credit agreement with Bank of America N.A., Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and other lenders which provides for a $252.0 million five year unsecured revolving credit facility and a $168.0 million unsecured term loan. The proceeds from the credit facility will be used for working capital and other corporate purposes, including to finance the repurchase by TSYS of its capital stock. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the long-term debt financing.
 
In December 2007, the Company financed the purchase of $22.0 million of mainframe and distributed system software licenses with a note payable with the vendor. The term of the note is 39 months and the interest rate is 3.95%. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on long-term debt.
 
On August 3, 2007, the Company’s European operation obtained a loan of £33.0 million or approximately $67.7 million from a third party mainly to repay the U.S. parent loan. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the long-term financing arrangement.
 
In January 2007, the Company’s operation in Japan borrowed ¥250 million, or approximately $2.1 million, through a short-term note. The interest rate on the note is the Japan prime rate plus 375 basis points. The term of the note is one year. Refer to Note 11 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on the note.
 
In connection with the formation of TSYS Managed Services, TSYS and Merchants agreed to provide long-term financing to TSYS Managed Services. Refer to Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements for more information regarding the long-term financing arrangement between TSYS Managed Services and Merchants. At the end of December 2007, the balance of the financing arrangement was approximately £2.0 million, or approximately $3.9 million.
 
In connection with the purchase of the campus in 2003, TSYS obtained a $45.0 million long-term line of credit from a banking affiliate of Synovus. The Company used the facility, borrowing and repaying approximately $48.1 million during 2005. The line of credit expired on June 30, 2006. Refer to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on related party transactions.
 
Dividends
 
Dividends on common stock of $655.2 million were paid in 2007, compared to $51.3 million and $39.4 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively. On May 25, 2006, the Company announced an increase in its quarterly dividend of 16.7% from $0.06 to $0.07 per share. On April 21, 2005, the Company announced an increase in its quarterly dividend of 50% from $0.04 to $0.06 per share.
 
In connection with the spin-off, TSYS shareholders received a special cash dividend of approximately $3.03 per share.
 
Significant Noncash Transactions
 
During 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company issued 241,260, 425,925 and 226,902 shares of common stock to certain key employees and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested shares for services to be provided by such individuals in the future. The market value of the common stock at the date of issuance is amortized as compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards.
 
Refer to Notes 14 and 21 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on share-based compensation and significant noncash transactions.
 
Additional Cash Flow Information
 
Off-Balance Sheet Financing
 
TSYS uses various operating leases in its normal course of business. These “off-balance sheet” arrangements obligate TSYS under noncancelable operating leases for computer equipment, software and facilities. These computer and software lease commitments may be replaced with new lease commitments due to new technology. Management expects that, as these leases

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expire, they will be evaluated and renewed or replaced by similar leases based on need.
 
The following table summarizes future contractual cash obligations, including lease payments and software arrangements, as of December 31, 2007, for the next five years and thereafter:
 
                                         
   
    Contractual Cash Obligations
 
    Payments Due By Period  
          1 Year
    2 - 3
    4 - 5
    After
 
(in millions)   Total     or Less     Years     Years     5 Years  
 
Operating leases
  $ 323.0       98.0       171.4       32.7       20.9  
Debt obligations
    261.3       8.6       79.0       5.7       168.0  
Capital lease obligations
    7.0       3.1       3.7       0.1       0.1  
                                         
Total contractual cash obligations
  $ 591.3       109.7       254.1       38.5       189.0  
                                         
 
 
 
The total liability (with state amounts tax effected) for uncertain tax positions under FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” at December 31, 2007 is $6.1 million. Refer to Note 18 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on income taxes. The Company is not able to reasonably estimate the amount by which the liability will increase or decrease over time; however, at this time, the Company does not expect a significant payment related to these obligations within the next year.
 
Foreign Exchange
 
TSYS operates internationally and is subject to potentially adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. TSYS has not entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to reduce its exposure to foreign currency rate changes. The Company continues to analyze potential hedging instruments to safeguard it from significant currency translation risks.
 
Impact of Inflation
 
Although the impact of inflation on its operations cannot be precisely determined, the Company believes that by controlling its operating expenses and by taking advantage of more efficient computer hardware and software, it can minimize the impact of inflation.
 
Working Capital
 
TSYS may seek additional external sources of capital in the future. The form of any such financing will vary depending upon prevailing market and other conditions and may include short-term or long-term borrowings from financial institutions or the issuance of additional equity and/or debt securities such as industrial revenue bonds. However, there can be no assurance that funds will be available on terms acceptable to TSYS. Management expects that TSYS will continue to be able to fund a significant portion of its capital expenditure needs through internally generated cash in the future, as evidenced by TSYS’ current ratio of 2.1:1. At December 31, 2007, TSYS had working capital of $312.8 million, compared to $448.9 million in 2006 and $235.3 million in 2005.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims and is also subject to information requests, inquiries and investigations arising out of the ordinary conduct of its business. In the opinion of management, based in part upon the advice of legal counsel, all matters are believed to be adequately covered by insurance, or if not covered, are believed to be without merit or are of such kind or involve such amounts that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company if disposed of unfavorably. The Company establishes reserves for litigation and similar matters when these matters present loss contingencies that TSYS determines to be both probable and reasonably estimable.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
Certain statements contained in this filing which are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (the Act). These forward-looking statements include, among others: (i) TSYS’ belief with respect to its percentage of market share of specified markets and its expectation with respect to commercial card and domestic consumer card processing market share through 2008; (ii) TSYS’ expectation that Nationwide will rank among its largest clients; (iii) TSYS’ plans to continue to expand its service offerings internationally and expectation that international revenues will continue to grow; (iv) TSYS’ expectation that it will maintain the card processing functions of Capital One for at least five years; (v) management’s belief that Chase’s discontinuation of its processing agreement will not have a material adverse affect on TSYS; (vi) TSYS’ belief that it will continue to expand its electronic payment processing services through the internal growth of existing clients and the conversion of new accounts, primarily internationally; (vii) TSYS’ expectation that it will continue supporting commercial card accounts for Citibank as well as its Banamex USA consumer accounts; (viii) TSYS’ expectation with respect to spin-related costs; (ix) TSYS’ expectation that it will be able to fund a significant portion of its capital expenditure needs through internally generated cash in the future; (x) the Board’s intention to continue to pay cash dividends on TSYS stock; (xi) TSYS’ expected net income growth for 2008; (xii) TSYS’ belief with respect to lawsuits, claims and other complaints; (xiii) the expected financial impact of recent accounting pronouncements; (xiv) management’s expectations about the benefits of the spin-off; (xv) TSYS’ expectation with respect to certain tax matters; and the assumptions underlying such

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statements, including, with respect to TSYS’ expected increase in net income for 2008: (a) expenses associated with the spin-off will be approximately $10 million net of tax; (b) there will be no significant movements in LIBOR and TSYS will not make any significant draws on its revolving credit facility; (c) estimated total revenues will increase 7% to 9% in 2008; (d) there will be no significant movement in foreign currency exchange rates related to TSYS’ business; (e) anticipated growth levels in employment, equipment and other expenses, which are included in 2008 estimates, will be accomplished; and (f) TSYS will not incur significant expenses associated with the conversion of new large clients and/or acquisitions, or any significant impairment of goodwill or other intangibles. In addition, certain statements in future filings by TSYS with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in press releases, and in oral and written statements made by or with the approval of TSYS which are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) projections of revenue, income or loss, earnings or loss per share, the payment or nonpayment of dividends, capital structure and other financial items; (ii) statements of plans and objectives of TSYS or its management or Board of Directors, including those relating to products or services; (iii) statements of future economic performance; and (iv) statements of assumptions underlying such statements. Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “targeted,” “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements.
 
These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of TSYS’ management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by our forward looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond TSYS’ ability to control or predict. These factors include, but are not limited to: (i) revenues that are lower than anticipated; (ii) expenses associated with the spin-off are higher than expected; (iii) movements in LIBOR are greater than expected and draws on the revolving credit facility are greater than expected; (iv) TSYS incurs expenses associated with the signing of a significant client; (v) internal growth rates for TSYS’ existing clients are lower than anticipated; (vi) TSYS does not convert and deconvert clients’ portfolios as scheduled; (vii) adverse developments with respect to foreign currency exchange rates; (viii) adverse developments with respect to entering into contracts with new clients and retaining current clients; (ix) continued consolidation in the financial services industry, including the merger of TSYS clients with entities that are not TSYS clients or the sale of portfolios by TSYS clients to entities that are not TSYS clients; (x) TSYS is unable to control expenses and increase market share, both domestically and internationally; (xi) adverse developments with respect to the credit card industry in general, including a decline in the use of cards as a payment mechanism; (xii) TSYS is unable to successfully manage any impact from slowing economic conditions or consumer spending; (xiii) the impact of acquisitions, including their being more difficult to integrate than anticipated; (xiv) the costs and effects of litigation, investigations or similar matters or adverse facts and developments relating thereto; (xv) the impact of the application of and/or changes in accounting principles; (xvi) TSYS’ inability to timely, successfully and cost-effectively improve and implement processing systems to provide new products, increased functionality and increased efficiencies; (xvii) TSYS’ inability to anticipate and respond to technological changes, particularly with respect to e-commerce; (xviii) changes occur in laws, regulations, credit card associations rules or other industry standards affecting TSYS’ business which require significant product redevelopment efforts or reduce the market for or value of its products; (xix) successfully managing the potential both for patent protection and patent liability in the context of rapidly developing legal framework for expansive patent protection; (xx) no material breach of security of any of our systems; (xxi) overall market conditions; (xxii) the loss of a major supplier; (xxiii) the impact on TSYS’ business, as well as on the risks set forth above, of various domestic or international military or terrorist activities or conflicts; and (xxiv) TSYS’ ability to manage the foregoing and other risks.
 
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and TSYS does not intend to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
    December 31,  
(in thousands, except per share data)   2007     2006  
 
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents (includes $136.4 million and $241.0 million on deposit with a related party at 2007 and 2006, respectively) (Notes 2 and 3)
  $ 210,518       389,123  
Restricted cash (includes $8.2 million and $5.0 million on deposit with a related party at 2007 and 2006, respectively) (Note 2)
    29,688       31,568  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments of $10.1 million and $11.0 million at 2007 and 2006, respectively (includes $331 and $34 from related parties at 2007 and 2006, respectively) (Note 2)
    256,970       246,637  
Deferred income tax assets (Note 18)
    17,152       21,556  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 4)
    72,250       55,832  
                 
Total current assets
    586,578       744,716  
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (Notes 5 and 20)
    283,138       271,321  
Computer software, net of accumulated amortization (Note 6)
    205,830       216,450  
Contract acquisition costs, net (Note 7)
    151,599       167,449  
Goodwill, net (Note 8)
    142,545       133,337  
Equity investments (Note 9)
    80,905       62,064  
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization (Note 10)
    13,462       21,314  
Other assets
    14,963       17,590  
                 
Total assets
  $ 1,479,020       1,634,241  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accrued salaries and employee benefits
  $ 85,142       80,697  
Accounts payable (includes $281 and $95 payable to related parties at 2007 and 2006, respectively) (Note 2)
    41,817       31,589  
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 11)
    8,648        
Current portion of obligations under capital leases (Note 11)
    3,080       3,156  
Other current liabilities (includes $11.2 million payable to related parties at both 2007 and 2006) (Notes 2 and 12)
    135,108       180,345  
                 
Total current liabilities
    273,795       295,787  
Long-term debt, excluding current portion (Note 11)
    252,659        
Deferred income tax liabilities (Note 18)
    67,428       75,019  
Obligations under capital leases, excluding current portion (Note 11)
    3,934       3,625  
Other long-term liabilities
    28,151       36,221  
                 
Total liabilities
    625,967       410,652  
                 
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    8,580       6,229  
                 
Shareholders’ equity (Notes 13, 14, 15 and 16):
               
Common stock — $0.10 par value. Authorized 600,000 shares; 199,660 and 198,676 issued at 2007 and 2006, respectively; 197,965 and 196,912 outstanding at 2007 and 2006, respectively
    19,966       19,868  
Additional paid-in capital
    104,762       66,677  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
    28,322       20,641  
Treasury stock (shares of 1,695 and 1,764 at 2007 and 2006, respectively)
    (34,138 )     (35,233 )
Retained earnings
    725,561       1,145,407  
                 
Total shareholders’ equity
    844,473       1,217,360  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 17) 
               
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,479,020       1,634,241  
                 
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Income
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands, except per share data)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Revenues:
                       
Electronic payment processing services (includes $5.6 million, $5.1 million and $5.0 million from related parties for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively)
  $ 955,926       989,062       869,788  
Merchant acquiring services (includes $2.4 million from related parties for 2005)
    254,069       260,275       237,418  
Other services (includes $9.0 million, $7.8 million and $7.0 million from related parties for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively)
    218,128       185,096       182,584  
                         
Revenues before reimbursable items
    1,428,123       1,434,433       1,289,790  
Reimbursable items (includes $2.5 million, $1.8 million and $3.0 million from related parties for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively)
    377,713       352,738       313,141  
                         
Total revenues (Notes 2 and 20)
    1,805,836       1,787,171       1,602,931  
                         
Expenses:
                       
Salaries and other personnel expense (Notes 14 and 19)
    576,655       522,244       461,871  
Net occupancy and equipment expense
    273,154       327,254       302,699  
Spin related expenses (Note 23)
    13,526              
Other operating expenses (includes $9.5 million, $9.6 million and $8.4 million to related parties for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively)
    211,277       227,853       238,091  
                         
Expenses before reimbursable items
    1,074,612       1,077,351       1,002,661  
Reimbursable items
    377,713       352,738       313,141  
                         
Total expenses (Note 2)
    1,452,325       1,430,089       1,315,802  
                         
Operating income
    353,511       357,082       287,129  
                         
Nonoperating income (expense):
                       
Interest income (includes $16.5 million, $7.5 million and $2.8 million from related parties for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively) (Note 2)
    26,925       14,113       6,012  
Interest expense (Note 2)
    (3,133 )     (573 )     (374 )
Gain (loss) on foreign currency translation, net
    41       1,232       (840 )
Other income
    347              
                         
Total nonoperating income
    24,180       14,772       4,798  
                         
Income before income taxes, minority interests and equity in income of equity investments
    377,691       371,854       291,927  
Income taxes (Note 18)
    143,668       126,182       103,286  
                         
Income before minority interest and equity in income of equity investments
    234,023       245,672       188,641  
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries’ net income
    (1,976 )     (752 )     (256 )
Equity in income of equity investments (Note 9)
    5,396       4,243       6,135  
                         
Net income
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520  
                         
Basic earnings per share
  $ 1.21       1.27       0.99  
                         
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 1.20       1.26       0.99  
                         
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    196,759       196,744       197,145  
Increase due to assumed issuance of shares related to common equivalent shares
    406       333       200  
                         
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
    197,165       197,077       197,345  
                         
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
 
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
Net income
  $ 237,443       249,163       194,520  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries’ net income
    1,976       752       256  
(Gain) loss on foreign currency translation, net
    (41 )     (1,232 )     840  
Equity in income of equity investments
    (5,396 )     (4,243 )     (6,135 )
Dividends received from equity investments (Note 2)
    2,994       2,371       1,659  
Share-based compensation
    18,620       9,157       1,137  
Depreciation and amortization
    152,468       184,894       150,077  
Asset impairments
    1,158             3,619  
Provisions for (recoveries of) bad debt expenses and billing adjustments
    (568 )     1,614       4,589  
Charges for transaction processing provisions
    35       10,981       7,397  
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
    (10,052 )     (23,288 )     (39,458 )
Loss on disposal of equipment, net
    500       147       2,535  
(Increase) decrease in:
                       
Accounts receivable
    (8,997 )     (47,056 )     (13,164 )
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other long-term assets
    (14,870 )     12,342       11,496  
Increase (decrease) in:
                       
Accounts payable
    10,080       673       (51,138 )
Accrued salaries and employee benefits
    4,445       (5,416 )     21,420  
Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements
    (8,507 )     (2,984 )      
Other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities
    (46,426 )     (2,116 )     (49,061 )
                         
Net cash provided by operating activities
    334,862       385,759       240,589  
                         
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
Purchases of property and equipment, net
    (55,274 )     (26,506 )     (40,904 )
Additions to licensed computer software from vendors
    (33,382 )     (11,858 )     (12,875 )
Additions to internally developed computer software
    (17,785 )     (13,972 )     (22,602 )
Cash acquired in acquisitions
          8,150       38,798  
Cash used in acquisitions
    (12,552 )     (77,541 )     (134,768 )
Additions to contract acquisition costs
    (22,740 )     (42,452 )     (19,468 )
                         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (141,733 )     (164,179 )     (191,819 )
                         
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt
    263,946             48,143  
Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements
    8,507       2,984        
Principal payments on long-term debt borrowings and capital lease obligations
    (4,816 )     (2,691 )     (50,437 )
Dividends paid on common stock (includes $528.4 million, $41.5 million and $31.9 million to a related party for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively) (Note 2)
    (655,246 )     (51,269 )     (39,418 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    11,672       4,253       2,957  
Debt issuance costs
    (767 )            
Repurchases of common stock
          (22,874 )      
                         
Net cash used in financing activities
    (376,704 )     (69,597 )     (38,755 )
                         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    4,970       (429 )     (4,252 )
                         
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
  $ (178,605 )     151,554       5,763  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    389,123       237,569       231,806  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 210,518       389,123       237,569  
                         
Cash paid for interest
  $ 2,670       573       374  
                         
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds
  $ 176,141       144,880       135,630  
                         
Significant noncash transactions (Note 21)
                       
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and
Comprehensive Income
 
                                                         
                      Accumulated
                   
                Additional
    Other
                Total
 
    Common Stock     Paid-In
    Comprehensive
    Treasury
    Retained
    Shareholders’
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Shares     Dollars     Capital     Income (Loss)     Stock     Earnings     Equity  
 
Balance as of December 31, 2004
    197,587     $ 19,759     $ 44,732     $ 15,373     $ (13,573 )   $ 798,321     $ 864,612  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                                  194,520       194,520  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax (Note 16):
                                                       
Foreign currency translation
                      (9,688 )                 (9,688 )
                                                         
Other comprehensive income
                                        (9,688 )
                                                         
Comprehensive income
                                        184,832  
Common stock issued from treasury shares for exercise of stock options (Note 15)
                184             732             916  
Common stock issued for exercise of stock options (Note 14)
    155       15       2,026                         2,041  
Common stock issued for nonvested awards (Note 14)
    227       22       (22 )                        
Share-based compensation (Note 14)
                1,137                         1,137  
Cash dividends declared ($0.22 per share)
                                  (43,376 )     (43,376 )
Issuance of common stock under commitment to charitable foundation
    6       1       99                         100  
Tax benefits associated with stock options
                2,510                         2,510  
                                                         
Balance as of December 31, 2005
    197,975       19,797       50,666       5,685       (12,841 )     949,465       1,012,772  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                                  249,163       249,163  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax (Note 16):
                                                       
Foreign currency translation
                      15,885                   15,885  
Change in accumulated OCI related to postretirement healthcare plans
                      (929 )                 (929 )
                                                         
Other comprehensive income
                                        14,956  
                                                         
Comprehensive income
                                        264,119  
Common stock issued from treasury shares for exercise of stock options (Note 15)
                117             482             599  
Common stock issued for exercise of stock options (Note 14)
    275       28       3,595                         3,623  
Common stock issued for nonvested awards (Note 14)
    426       43       (43 )                        
Share-based compensation (Note 14)
                9,150                         9,150  
Cash dividends declared ($0.27 per share)
                                  (53,221 )     (53,221 )
Purchase of treasury shares (Note 15)
                            (22,874 )           (22,874 )
Tax benefits associated with stock options
                3,192                         3,192  
                                                         
Balance as of December 31, 2006
    198,676       19,868       66,677       20,641       (35,233 )     1,145,407       1,217,360  
Cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48 (Note 18)
                                  (1,969 )     (1,969 )
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                                  237,443       237,443  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax (Note 16):
                                                       
Foreign currency translation
                      7,632                   7,632  
Change in accumulated OCI related to postretirement healthcare plans
                      49                   49  
                                                         
Other comprehensive income
                                        7,681  
                                                         
Comprehensive income
                                        245,124  
Common stock issued from treasury shares for exercise of stock options (Note 15)
                314             1,095             1,409  
Common stock issued for exercise of stock options (Note 14)
    752       75       10,188                         10,263  
Common stock issued for nonvested awards (Note 14)
    225       22       (22 )                        
Common stock issued under commitment to charitable foundation
    7       1       99                         100  
Difference in carrying value of asset transferred from related party
                371                         371  
Share-based compensation (Note 14)
                18,430                         18,430  
Cash dividends declared ($3.31 per share)
                                  (655,320 )     (655,320 )
Tax benefits associated with stock options
                8,705                         8,705  
                                                         
Balance as of December 31, 2007
    199,660     $ 19,966     $ 104,762     $ 28,322     $ (34,138 )   $ 725,561     $ 844,473  
                                                         
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
NOTE 1   Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
BUSINESS:   Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS or the Company) provides electronic payment processing and related services to financial and nonfinancial institutions located in the United States and internationally. The Company offers merchant acquiring services to financial institutions and other organizations in the United States through its wholly owned subsidiary, TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C. (TSYS Acquiring, formerly Vital Processing Services, L.L.C.), and Japan through its majority owned subsidiary, GP Network Corporation (GP Net).
 
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:   The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Total System Services, Inc. include the accounts of TSYS and its majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In addition, the Company evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities as defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB’s) Interpretation No. 46(R) (FIN 46R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” and to assess whether it is the primary beneficiary of such entities. If the determination is made that the Company is the primary beneficiary, then that entity is included in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with FIN 46R.
 
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES AND USE OF ESTIMATES:   Factors that could affect the Company’s future operating results and cause actual results to vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, lower than anticipated growth from existing clients, an inability to attract new clients and grow internationally, loss of a major customer or other significant client, loss of a major supplier, an inability to grow through acquisitions or successfully integrate acquisitions, an inability to control expenses, technology changes, the impact of the application of and/ or changes in accounting principles, financial services consolidation, changes in regulatory requirements, a decline in the use of cards as a payment mechanism, disruption of the Company’s international operations, breach of the Company’s security systems, a decline in the financial stability of the Company’s clients and uncertain economic conditions. Negative developments in these or other risk factors could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
The Company has prepared the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. These estimates and assumptions are developed based upon all information available. Actual results could differ from estimated amounts.
 
CASH EQUIVALENTS:   For purposes of the statements of cash flows, investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased are considered to be cash equivalents.
 
RESTRICTED CASH:   Restricted cash balances relate to cash balances collected on behalf of customers and held in escrow. TSYS records a corresponding liability for the obligation to the customer which is reflected in other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
 
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:   Accounts receivable balances are stated net of allowances for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments of $10.1 million and $11.0 million at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
 
TSYS records an allowance for doubtful accounts when it is probable that the accounts receivable balance will not be collected. When estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts, the Company takes into consideration such factors as its day-to-day knowledge of the financial position of specific clients, the industry and size of its clients, the overall composition of its accounts receivable aging, prior history with specific customers of accounts receivable write-offs and prior experience of allowances in proportion to the overall receivable balance. This analysis includes an ongoing and continuous communication with its largest clients and those clients with past due balances. A financial decline of any one of the Company’s large clients could have a material adverse effect on collectibility of receivables and thus the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts.
 
Increases in the allowance for doubtful accounts are recorded as charges to bad debt expense and are reflected in other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Write-offs of uncollectible accounts are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts.
 
TSYS records an allowance for billing adjustments for actual and potential billing discrepancies. When estimating the allowance for billing adjustments, the Company considers its overall history of billing adjustments, as well as its history with specific clients and known disputes. Increases in the allowance for billing adjustments are recorded as a reduction of revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and actual adjustments to invoices are charged against the allowance for billing adjustments.

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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:   Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Buildings and improvements are depreciated over estimated useful lives of 5-40 years, computer and other equipment over estimated useful lives of 2-5 years, and furniture and other equipment over estimated useful lives of 3-15 years. The Company evaluates impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (SFAS No. 144 ), “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.”
 
All ordinary repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Maintenance costs that extend the asset life are capitalized and amortized over the remaining estimated life of the asset.
 
LICENSED COMPUTER SOFTWARE:   The Company licenses software that is used in providing electronic payment processing, merchant acquiring and other services to clients. Licensed software is obtained through perpetual licenses and site licenses and through agreements based on processing capacity (called “MIPS agreements”). Perpetual and site licenses are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives which range from three to five years. Software licensed under MIPS agreements is amortized using a units-of-production basis over the estimated useful life of the software, generally not to exceed ten years. At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144.
 
ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY INTANGIBLES:   These identifiable intangible assets are software technology assets resulting from acquisitions. These assets are amortized using the straight-line method over periods not exceeding their estimated useful lives, which range from five to nine years. SFAS No. 142 requires that intangible assets with estimated useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144. Acquisition technology intangibles net book values are included in computer software, net in the accompanying balance sheets. Amortization expenses are charged to net occupancy and equipment expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.
 
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS:   In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86, “Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed,” software development costs are capitalized once technological feasibility of the software product has been established. Costs incurred prior to establishing technological feasibility are expensed as incurred. Technological feasibility is established when the Company has completed a detailed program design and has determined that a product can be produced to meet its design specifications, including functions, features and technical performance requirements. Capitalization of costs ceases when the product is generally available to clients. At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates the unamortized capitalized costs of software development as compared to the net realizable value of the software product which is determined by future undiscounted net cash flows. The amount by which the unamortized software development costs exceed the net realizable value is written off in the period that such determination is made. Software development costs are amortized using the greater of (1) the straight-line method over its estimated useful life, which ranges from three to ten years or (2) the ratio of current revenues to total anticipated revenue over its useful life.
 
The Company also develops software that is used internally. These software development costs are capitalized based upon Statement of Position No. (SOP) 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use.” Internal-use software development costs are capitalized once (1) the preliminary project stage is completed, (2) management authorizes and commits to funding a computer software project, and (3) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. Costs incurred prior to meeting the qualifications are expensed as incurred. Capitalization of costs ceases when the project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Internal-use software development costs are amortized using an estimated useful life of three to five years. Software development costs may become impaired in situations where development efforts are abandoned due to the viability of the planned project becoming doubtful or due to technological obsolescence of the planned software product.
 
CONTRACT ACQUISITION COSTS:   The Company capitalizes contract acquisition costs related to signing or renewing long-term contracts. The Company capitalizes internal conversion costs in accordance with FASB Technical Bulletin No. 90-1, “Accounting for Separately Priced Extended Warranty and Product Maintenance Contracts.” The capitalization of costs related to cash payments for rights to provide processing services is capitalized in accordance with the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 01-9, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendors Products),” and Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 (SAB No. 104), “Revenue Recognition.” All costs incurred prior to a signed agreement are expensed as incurred.
 
Contract acquisition costs are amortized using the straight-line method over the contract term beginning when the client’s cardholder accounts are converted and producing revenues. The amortization of contract acquisition costs associated with cash payments is included as a reduction of revenues in the Company’s

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consolidated statements of income. The amortization of contract acquisition costs associated with conversion activity is recorded as other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.
 
The Company evaluates the carrying value of contract acquisition costs associated with each customer for impairment on the basis of whether these costs are fully recoverable from expected undiscounted net operating cash flows of the related contract. The determination of expected undiscounted net operating cash flows requires management to make estimates. These costs may become impaired with the loss of a contract, the financial decline of a client, termination of conversion efforts after a contract is signed, diminished prospects for current clients or if the Company’s actual results differ from its estimates of future cash flows. The amount of the impairment is written off in the period that such a determination is made.
 
EQUITY INVESTMENTS:   TSYS’ 49% investment in Total System Services de México, S.A. de C.V. (TSYS de México), an electronic payment processing support operation located in Mexico, is accounted for using the equity method of accounting, as is TSYS’ 44.56% investment in China UnionPay Data Co., Ltd. (CUP Data) headquartered in Shanghai, China. TSYS’ 45% ownership in a jointly owned and operated enterprise of corporate aircraft is also accounted for using the equity method of accounting. TSYS’ equity investments are recorded initially at cost and subsequently adjusted for equity in earnings, cash contributions and distributions, and foreign currency translation adjustments.
 
GOODWILL:   Goodwill results from the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets of businesses acquired. In July 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (SFAS No. 141), “Business Combinations,” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (SFAS No. 142), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 141 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a purchase method business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill, noting that any purchase price allocable to an assembled workforce may not be accounted for separately.
 
SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144.
 
The portion of the difference between the cost of an investment and the amount of underlying equity in net assets of an equity method investee that is recognized as goodwill in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 18 (APB 18), “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock,” shall not be amortized. However, equity method goodwill shall not be reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 142, but instead should continue to be reviewed for impairment in accordance with paragraph 19(h) of APB 18. Equity method goodwill, which is not reported as goodwill in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, but is reported as a component of the equity investment, was $43.6 million at December 31, 2007.
 
At December 31, 2007, the Company had unamortized goodwill in the amount of $142.5 million. The Company performed its annual impairment analyses of its unamortized goodwill balance, and this test did not indicate any impairment for the periods ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS:   Identifiable intangible assets relate primarily to customer relationships, covenants-not-to-compete and trade names resulting from acquisitions. These identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over periods not exceeding the estimated useful lives, which range from three to ten years. SFAS No. 142 requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144. Amortization expenses are charged to other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.
 
FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:   The Company uses financial instruments in the normal course of its business. The carrying values of cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued salaries and employee benefits, and other current liabilities approximate their fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt and obligations under capital leases is not significantly different from its carrying value.
 
Investments in equity investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting and pertain to privately held companies for which fair value is not readily available. The Company believes the fair values of its investments in equity investments exceed their respective carrying values.
 
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS:   In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the Company reviews long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization, including contract acquisition costs and certain computer software, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be

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generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and would no longer be depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a disposed group classified as held for sale would be presented separately in the appropriate asset and liability sections of the balance sheet.
 
TRANSACTION PROCESSING PROVISIONS:   The Company has recorded estimates to accrue for contract contingencies (performance penalties) and processing errors. A significant number of the Company’s contracts with large clients contain service level agreements which can result in TSYS incurring performance penalties if contractually required service levels are not met. When providing for these accruals, the Company takes into consideration such factors as the prior history of performance penalties and processing errors incurred, actual contractual penalties inherent in the Company’s contracts, progress towards milestones and known processing errors not covered by insurance.
 
These accruals are included in other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Increases and decreases in transaction processing provisions are charged to other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income, and payments or credits for performance penalties and processing errors are charged against the accrual.
 
MINORITY INTEREST:   Minority interest in earnings of subsidiaries represents the minority shareholders’ share of the net income or loss of GP Net and TSYS Managed Services EMEA, Ltd. (TSYS Managed Services). The minority interest in the consolidated balance sheet reflects the original investment by these shareholders in GP Net and TSYS Managed Services, their proportional share of the earnings or losses and their proportional share of net gains or losses resulting from the currency translation of assets and liabilities of GP Net and TSYS Managed Services.
 
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION:   The Company maintains several different foreign operations whose functional currency is their local currency. Foreign currency financial statements of the Company’s Mexican and Chinese equity investments, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries and the Company’s majority owned subsidiaries, as well as the Company’s division and branches in the United Kingdom and China, are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates, except for revenues, costs and expenses, and net income which are translated at the average exchange rates for each reporting period. Net gains or losses resulting from the currency translation of assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign operations, net of tax when applicable, are accumulated in a separate section of shareholders’ equity titled accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses on transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies are included in determining net income for the period in which exchange rates change.
 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 (SFAS No. 130), “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” requires companies to display, with the same prominence as other financial statements, the components of comprehensive income (loss). TSYS displays the items of other comprehensive income (loss) in its consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income.
 
TREASURY STOCK:   The Company uses the cost method when it purchases its own common stock as treasury shares or issues treasury stock upon option exercises and displays treasury stock as a reduction of shareholders’ equity.
 
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES:   In June 1998, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (SFAS No. 133), “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” In June 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138 (SFAS No. 138), “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of SFAS No. 133.” SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 138 require that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their respective fair values. The Company did not have any outstanding derivative instruments or hedging transactions at December 31, 2007.
 
REVENUE RECOGNITION:   The Company’s electronic payment processing services revenues are derived from long-term processing contracts with financial and nonfinancial institutions and are generally recognized as the services are performed. Electronic payment processing services revenues are generated primarily from charges based on the number of accounts on file, transactions and authorizations processed, statements mailed, cards embossed and mailed and other processing services for cardholder accounts on file. Most of these contracts have prescribed annual revenue minimums. Processing contracts generally range from three to ten years in length and provide for penalties for early termination.
 
The Company’s merchant acquiring services revenues are derived from long-term processing contracts with large financial institutions and other merchant acquirers which generally range from three to eight years and provide for penalties for early termination. Merchant acquiring services revenues are generated primarily from processing all payment forms including credit, debit, electronic benefits transfer and check truncation for merchants of all sizes across a wide array of retail market segments. The products and services offered include authorization and capture of electronic transactions, clearing and settlement of electronic transactions, information reporting services related to electronic transactions, merchant billing services, and point-of-sale terminal

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sales and services. Revenue is recognized as merchant acquiring services as those services are performed, primarily on a per unit basis. Revenues on point-of-sale terminal equipment are recognized upon the transfer of ownership and shipment of product.
 
The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with SAB No. 104. SAB No. 104 sets forth guidance as to when revenue is realized or realizable and earned when all of the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services have been performed; (3) the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectibility is reasonably assured.
 
The Company evaluates its contractual arrangements that provide services to clients through a bundled sales arrangement in accordance with the FASB’s EITF 00-21 (EITF 00-21), “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.” EITF 00-21 addresses the determination of whether an arrangement involving more than one deliverable contains more than one unit of accounting and how the arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting.
 
A deliverable in multiple element arrangements indicates any performance obligation on the part of the seller and includes any combination of obligations to perform different services, grant licenses or other rights. Revenue is allocated to the separate units of accounting in a multiple element arrangement based on relative fair values, provided the delivered element has standalone value to the customer, the fair value of any undelivered items can be readily determined, and delivery of any undelivered items is probable and substantially within the Company’s control. Evidence of fair value must be objective and reliable. An item has value to the customer on a standalone basis if it is sold separately by any vendor or the customer could resell the deliverable on a standalone basis.
 
The Company recognizes software license revenue in accordance with SOP 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” and SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition With Respect to Certain Transactions.” For software licenses for which any services rendered are not considered essential to the functionality of the software, revenue is recognized upon delivery of the software, provided (1) there is evidence of an arrangement, (2) collection of the fee is considered probable, (3) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (4) vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) exists to allocate revenue to the undelivered elements of the arrangement.
 
When services are considered essential to the functionality of the software licensed and VSOE exists for the undelivered elements of the arrangement, revenues are recognized over the period that such services will be performed using the percentage-of-completion method in accordance with SOP 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.” Progress during the period in which services are performed is measured by the percentage of costs incurred to date to estimated total costs for each arrangement as this is the best measure of progress. Provisions for estimated losses on incomplete contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. For license arrangements in which the fee is not considered fixed or determinable, the license revenue is recognized as payments become due.
 
Maintenance fees associated with license software are billed annually in advance, and the associated revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance agreement. VSOE for maintenance is measured by the renewal rate offered to the client, taking into consideration the normal pricing and discounting practices for the underlying software license. Maintenance includes license updates, product support and unspecified software product upgrades.
 
The Company’s other service revenues are derived from recovery collections work, bankruptcy process management, legal account management, skip tracing, commercial printing activities, targeted loyalty programs, and customer relationship management services, such as call center activities for card activation, balance transfer requests, customer service and collection. The contract terms for these services are generally shorter in nature as compared with the Company’s long-term processing contracts. Revenue is recognized on these other services as the services are performed, either on a per unit or a fixed price basis.
 
In regards to taxes assessed by a governmental authority imposed directly on a revenue producing transaction, the Company reports its revenues on a net basis.
 
REIMBURSABLE ITEMS:   Reimbursable items consist of out-of-pocket expenses which are reimbursed by the Company’s clients. These expenses consist primarily of postage, access fees and third party software. The Company accounts for reimbursable items in accordance with the FASB’s EITF No. 01-14, “Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for ’Out-of-Pocket’ Expenses Incurred.”
 
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION:   In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised) (SFAS No. 123R) “Share-Based Payment.” SFAS No. 123R establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. This Statement requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). That cost will be recognized over the period during

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which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award.
 
SFAS No. 123R is effective for all awards granted on or after January 1, 2006, and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after that date. SFAS No. 123R requires the Company to recognize compensation costs for the nonvested portion of outstanding share-based compensation granted in the form of stock options based on the grant-date fair value of those awards calculated under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (SFAS No. 123)  “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” for pro forma disclosures. Share-based compensation expenses include the impact of expensing the fair value of stock options (including both TSYS options and Synovus options to TSYS employees), as well as expenses associated with nonvested shares. In the future, the Company expects nonvested share awards to replace stock options as TSYS’ primary method of share-based compensation. TSYS adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R effective January 1, 2006 using the modified-prospective-transition method.
 
Prior to 2006, the Company applied the intrinsic-value based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25 (APB 25) and related interpretations, including FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25,” to account for its fixed-plan stock options. Under this method, compensation expense was recorded only if, on the date of grant, the market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. The Company elected to adopt only the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123.
 
Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, the Company elected to calculate compensation cost assuming all options would vest and reverse any recognized compensation costs for forfeited awards when the awards were actually forfeited. SFAS No. 123R eliminates this option and requires companies to estimate forfeitures when recognizing compensation cost. The estimate of forfeitures will be adjusted by a company as actual forfeitures differ from its estimates, resulting in compensation cost only for those awards that actually vest. The effect of the change in estimated forfeitures is recognized as compensation costs in the period of the change in estimate. In estimating its forfeiture rate, the Company stratified its data based upon historical experience to determine separate forfeiture rates for the different award grants. The Company currently estimates a forfeiture rate for existing stock option grants to TSYS non-executive employees, and a forfeiture rate for all other TSYS share-based awards (including Synovus options to TSYS employees). Currently, TSYS estimates a forfeiture rate in the range of 0% to 10.0%.
 
The Company has issued its common stock to directors and to certain employees under nonvested awards. The market value of the common stock at the date of issuance is recorded as a reduction of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and is amortized as compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards. For nonvested award grants that have pro rata vesting, the Company recognizes compensation expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period of the award.
 
LEASES:   The Company is obligated under noncancelable leases for computer equipment and facilities. As these leases expire, they will be evaluated and renewed or replaced by similar leases based on need. A lease is an agreement conveying the right to use property, plant, or equipment (land and/or depreciable assets) usually for a stated period of time. For purposes of applying the accounting and reporting standards, leases are classified from the standpoint of the lessee as capital or operating leases. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 (SFAS No. 13), “Accounting for Leases,” establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting for leases by lessees and lessors. If at inception a lease meets one or more of the following four criteria, the lease shall be classified as a capital lease by the lessee: (a) the lease transfers ownership of the property to the lessee by the end of the lease term; (b) the lease contains a bargain purchase option; (c) the lease term is equal to 75 percent or more of the estimated economic life of the leased property; and (d) the present value at the beginning of the lease term of the minimum lease payments equals or exceeds 90 percent of the fair value of the leased property. If the lease does not meet one or more of the criteria, it shall be classified as an operating lease.
 
Rental payments on operating leases are charged to expense over the lease term. If rental payments are not made on a straight-line basis, rental expense nevertheless shall be recognized on a straight-line basis unless another systematic and rational basis is more representative of the time pattern in which use benefit is derived from the leased property, in which case that basis shall be used.
 
Certain of the Company’s operating leases are for office space. The Company will make various alterations (leasehold improvements) to the office space and capitalize these costs as part of property and equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the improvement or the term of the lease, whichever is shorter.
 
ADVERTISING:   Advertising costs, consisting mainly of advertising in trade publications, are expensed as incurred or the first time the advertising takes place. Advertising expense for 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $1.1 million, $937,000 and $671,000, respectively.
 
INCOME TAXES:   Income taxes reflected in TSYS’ consolidated financial statements are computed based on the taxable income of TSYS as if TSYS were a standalone tax reporting entity. A consolidated U.S. federal income tax return is filed for Synovus

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Financial Corp. (Synovus) and its majority owned subsidiaries, including TSYS through the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Reserves against the carrying value of a deferred tax asset are established when necessary to reflect the decreased likelihood of realization of a deferred asset in the future. The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
 
Income tax provisions require the use of management judgments, which are subject to challenge by various taxing authorities. Contingency reserves are periodically established where the amount of the contingency can be reasonably determined and is likely to occur. Reductions in contingency reserves are recognized when tax disputes are settled or examination periods lapse.
 
Significant estimates used in accounting for income taxes relate to the determination of taxable income, the determination of temporary differences between book and tax bases, as well as estimates on the realizability of tax credits.
 
TSYS recognizes potential interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes as income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income.
 
TSYS adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Income Taxes — an Interpretation of FASB Statement 109” on January 1, 2007. This interpretation prescribed a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.
 
EARNINGS PER SHARE:   Basic earnings per share (EPS) is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is calculated to reflect the potential dilution that would occur if stock options or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised. Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing net income by weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding. Common equivalent shares are calculated using the treasury stock method.
 
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:   In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160 (SFAS No. 160), “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.” SFAS No. 160 will require noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) to be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability or other item outside of permanent equity. SFAS No. 160 applies to the accounting for noncontrolling interests and transactions with noncontrolling interest holders in consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 will be applied prospectively to all noncontrolling interests, including any that arose before the effective date except that comparative information must be recast to classify noncontrolling interests in equity, attribute net income and other comprehensive income to noncontrolling interests, and to provide other disclosures. SFAS No. 160 is effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 160 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but has yet to complete its assessment.
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R (SFAS No. 141R), “Business Combinations.” SFAS No. 141R requires most identifiable assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests and goodwill acquired in a business combination to be recorded at “full fair value.” SFAS No. 141R applies to all business combinations, including combinations among mutual entities and combinations by contract alone. SFAS No. 141R is effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 141R on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but has yet to complete its assessment.
 
In June 2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-11 (EITF 06-11), “Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-Based Payment Awards.” This guidance requires that the tax benefit received on dividends associated with share-based awards that are charged to retained earnings should be recorded in additional paid-in capital and included in the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb potential future tax deficiencies on share-based payment awards. EITF 06-11 is effective for the tax benefits of dividends declared in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-11 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In March 2007, the EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-10 (EITF 06-10), “Accounting for Collateral Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements.” This guidance requires that for an endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangement (in which a company owns and controls the insurance policy), an employer should recognize a liability for future benefits in accordance with either Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (SFAS No. 106), “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” or Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 12 (APB 12), “Omnibus Opinion — 1967” if the employer

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has agreed to maintain a life insurance policy during the employee’s retirement or provide the employee with a death benefit based on the substantive arrangement with the employee. Entities should recognize the effects of applying the consensus in this guidance as a change in accounting principle through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings and other components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position. EITF 06-10 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-10 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (SFAS No. 159), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (SFAS No. 157), “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
In September 2006, the EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-4 (EITF 06-4), “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements.” EITF 06-4 requires an employer to recognize a liability for future benefits based on the substantive agreement with the employee. EITF 06-4 requires a company to use the guidance prescribed in SFAS No. 106 and APB 12 when entering into an endorsement split-dollar life insurance agreement and recognizing the liability. EITF 06-4 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the impact of adopting EITF 06-4 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows to be material.
 
RECLASSIFICATIONS:   Certain insignificant reclassifications have been made to the 2006 and 2005 financial statements to conform to the presentation adopted in 2007.
 
NOTE 2   Relationships with Affiliated Companies
 
On October 25, 2007, the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement and plan of distribution with Synovus, under which Synovus planned to distribute all of its shares of TSYS common stock in a spin-off to Synovus shareholders. Under the terms and conditions of the agreement, on December 31, 2007 TSYS became a fully independent company, allowing for broader diversification of the Company’s shareholder base, more liquidity of the Company’s shares and additional investment in strategic growth opportunities and potential acquisitions.
 
Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders, including Synovus. TSYS funded the dividend through a combination of cash on hand and the use of a revolving credit facility. Refer to Note 23 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on the spin.
 
The Company continues to provide electronic payment processing and other services to Synovus subsequent to the spin-off. Beginning January 1, 2008, the Company’s transactions with Synovus and its affiliates will no longer be considered related party transactions.
 
The Company provides electronic payment processing and other services to the Company’s equity investments, TSYS de México and CUP Data. The Company had an equity investment with Visa and used the equity method of accounting to record its 50% ownership in the equity investment. In the ordinary course of business, TSYS, which owns the merchant acquiring back-end processing software used by TSYS Acquiring, provides processing services to TSYS Acquiring. On March 1, 2005, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in TSYS Acquiring. Refer to Note 22 for more information on the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring.
 
The foregoing related party services are performed under contracts that are similar to its contracts with unrelated third party customers. The Company believes the terms and conditions of transactions between the Company and these related parties are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties. The Company’s margins with respect to related party transactions are comparable to margins recognized in transactions with unrelated third parties. The amounts related to these transactions are disclosed on the face of TSYS’ consolidated financial statements.
 
Line of Credit
 
On June 30, 2003, TSYS obtained a $45.0 million long-term line of credit from a banking affiliate of Synovus. The line was an

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automatic drawdown facility. The interest rate for the line of credit was the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 150 basis points. In addition, there was a charge of 15 basis points on any funds unused. The line of credit was unsecured debt and included covenants requiring the Company to maintain certain minimum financial ratios. The Company used the facility occasionally during 2005, borrowing and repaying approximately $48.1 million. The line of credit expired on June 30, 2006.
 
In addition, TSYS maintains another unsecured credit agreement with Columbus Bank and Trust Company (CB&T), a subsidiary of Synovus. The credit agreement has a maximum available principal balance of $5.0 million, with interest at prime. TSYS did not use the credit facility during 2007 or 2006.
 
Balance Sheets
 
TSYS maintains deposit accounts with CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, the majority of which earn interest and on which TSYS receives market rates of interest. Included in cash and cash equivalents are deposit balances with Synovus affiliates of $136.4 million and $241.0 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
The Company maintains restricted cash balances on deposit with CB&T and other Synovus affiliates. The restricted cash balances relate to cash collected on behalf of clients which are held in escrow. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had restricted cash balances of $8.2 million and $5.0 million, respectively, on deposit with Synovus affiliates.
 
CB&T and another company for years have jointly owned and operated corporate aircraft for their internal use. CB&T owned an 80% interest in the enterprise. The arrangement allowed each entity access to the aircraft and each entity would pay for its usage of the aircraft. Each quarter, the net operating results of the enterprise would be shared among CB&T and the other company based on their ownership percentage. As a majority owned subsidiary of CB&T, TSYS had full access to the aircraft and hangar.
 
Prior to the completion of the spin-off, TSYS acquired a 45% ownership interest in the business enterprise for approximately $12.1 million, of which $9.7 million was paid to CB&T. TSYS will use the equity method of accounting for the enterprise.
 
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, TSYS had dividends payable of $11.2 million associated with related parties.
 
Through its related party transactions, TSYS generates accounts receivable and liability accounts with Synovus, CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, TSYS de México and CUP Data. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had accounts receivable balances of $331,000 and $34,000, respectively, associated with related parties. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had accounts payable balances of $281,000 and $95,000, respectively, associated with related parties. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had an accrued current liability to related parties of $59,000 and $47,000, respectively.
 
Statements of Income
 
The Company provides electronic payment processing services and other services for Synovus, CB&T and other Synovus affiliates, as well as the Company’s equity method investments, TSYS de México, CUP Data and TSYS Acquiring.
 
The table below details revenues derived from affiliated companies for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Electronic payment processing services:
                       
CB&T
  $ 5,431       4,998       4,848  
Synovus and affiliates
    124       87       148  
TSYS de México
    3       3       2  
                         
Total electronic payment processing services
  $ 5,558       5,088       4,998  
                         
Merchant acquiring services:
                       
TSYS Acquiring
  $             2,378  
                         
Total merchant acquiring services
  $             2,378  
                         
Other services:
                       
CB&T
  $ 7,604       6,499       6,403  
Synovus and affiliates
    1,412       1,266       613  
TSYS Acquiring
                8  
                         
Total other services
  $ 9,016       7,765       7,024  
                         
Reimbursable items:
                       
CB&T
  $ 2,067       1,718       1,512  
Synovus and affiliates
    298       106       52  
CUP Data
    88              
TSYS de México
    2       15       20  
TSYS Acquiring
                1,421  
                         
Total reimbursable items
  $ 2,455       1,839       3,005  
                         

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The Company and Synovus and its affiliates are parties to various agreements to provide certain services between one another. The table below details expenses associated with affiliated companies for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 by expense category:
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Salaries and other personnel expense:
                       
Trustee fees paid to Synovus
  $ 1,138       1,070       588  
                         
Total salaries and other personnel expense
  $ 1,138       1,070       588  
                         
Net occupancy and equipment expense:
                       
Rent paid to CB&T by TSYS
  $ 119       102       102  
Rent paid to TSYS by CB&T
    (39 )     (40 )     (39 )
Rent paid to TSYS by Synovus
    (1,165 )     (1,062 )     (945 )
                         
Total net occupancy and equipment expense
  $ (1,085 )     (1,000 )     (882 )
                         
Other operating expenses:
                       
Management fees paid to Synovus
  $ 8,890       8,893       8,131  
Processing support fees paid to TSYS de México
    141       147       141  
Misc. fees paid to Synovus
    163       354        
Misc. fees paid to CB&T
    285       94       7  
Banking service fees paid by TSYS to Synovus affiliate banks
    12       43       83  
Data processing service fees paid to TSYS de México
    1       39       50  
Data processing service fees paid to TSYS Acquiring
                21  
                         
Total other operating expenses
  $ 9,492       9,570       8,433  
                         
                         
 
Nonoperating Income
 
The following table details the amount of interest the Company earned from related parties and the amount of interest expense the Company paid to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:
 
                         
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Interest income from Synovus affiliate banks
  $ 16,456       7,540       2,828  
Interest expense paid to Synovus affiliate banks
                37  
 
Cash Flow
 
TSYS paid cash dividends to CB&T in the amount of approximately $528.4 million, $41.5 million and $31.9 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. TSYS received cash dividends from its equity method equity investments of approximately $3.0 million, $2.4 million and $1.7 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Stock Options
 
Prior to the spin-off, certain officers of TSYS and other TSYS employees participated in the Synovus Incentive Plans. Nonqualified options to acquire Synovus common stock were granted in 2007, 2006 and 2005 as follows:
 
                         
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Number of shares under options
    103       305       697  
Weighted average exercise price
  $ 31.93       27.67       28.71  
 
These stock options were granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Synovus common stock at the date of grant. The options vest over two to three years and expire eight to ten years from date of grant. Refer to Note 14 for more information on stock options.
 
Prior to the spin-off, Synovus had granted stock options to key TSYS employees through its various stock option plans under which the Compensation Committee of the Synovus Board of Directors had the authority to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards. As a result of the spin-off, these outstanding Synovus stock options granted to TSYS employees were converted to TSYS options on December 31, 2007. Refer to Note 14 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on stock options.
 
The Company believes the terms and conditions of the transactions described above between TSYS, CB&T, Synovus and other affiliated companies are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties. No significant changes have been made to the method of establishing terms with the affiliated companies during the periods presented.

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NOTE 3   Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalent balances at December 31 are summarized as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Cash and cash equivalents in domestic accounts
  $ 171,715       344,197  
Cash and cash equivalents in foreign accounts
    38,803       44,926  
                 
Total
  $ 210,518       389,123  
                 
 
The Company maintains accounts outside the United States denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. All amounts in domestic accounts are denominated in U.S. Dollars.
 
NOTE 4   Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
 
Significant components of prepaid expenses and other current assets at December 31 are summarized as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Prepaid expenses
  $ 12,766       14,837  
Income taxes receivable
    10,838        
Supplies inventory
    8,725       12,311  
Other
    39,921       28,684  
                 
Total
  $ 72,250       55,832  
                 
 
NOTE 5   Property and Equipment, net
 
Property and equipment balances at December 31 are as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Buildings and improvements
  $ 231,893       227,837  
Computer and other equipment
    201,430       164,117  
Furniture and other equipment
    96,952       86,677  
Land
    17,909       17,856  
Construction in progress
    1,391       1,257  
                 
Total property and equipment
    549,575       497,744  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    266,437       226,423  
                 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 283,138       271,321  
                 
 
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $44.0 million, $43.4 million and $39.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Depreciation expense includes amounts for equipment acquired under capital lease.
 
In September 2007, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $538,000 in net occupancy and equipment expense related to one of the Company’s facilities. The impairment charge of $538,000 is reflected in the domestic-based support services segment.
 
NOTE 6   Computer Software, net
 
Computer software at December 31 is summarized as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Licensed computer software
  $ 337,067       336,263  
Software development costs
    190,340       172,555  
Acquisition technology intangibles
    44,053       45,344  
                 
Total computer software
    571,460       554,162  
                 
Less accumulated amortization:
               
Licensed computer software
    226,366       226,242  
Software development costs
    122,439       100,645  
Acquisition technology intangibles
    16,825       10,825  
                 
Total accumulated amortization
    365,630       337,712  
                 
Computer software, net
  $ 205,830       216,450  
                 
 
TSYS acquired TSYS Card Tech in July 2006. The Company has allocated approximately $12.5 million to acquisition technology intangibles. Refer to Note 22 for more information on TSYS Card Tech.
 
Amortization expense related to licensed computer software costs was $38.6 million, $75.0 million and $53.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Amortization expense includes amounts for computer software acquired under capital lease. Amortization of software development costs was $20.0 million, $12.5 million and $12.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Amortization expense related to acquisition technology intangibles was $6.0 million for 2007, $5.2 million for 2006 and $3.9 million for 2005.
 
The Company was developing its Integrated Payments Platform supporting the on-line and off-line debit and stored value markets, which would have given clients access to all national and regional networks, EBT programs, ATM driving and switching services for online debit processing. Through 2004, the Company invested a total of $6.3 million. In March 2005, the Company evaluated its debit solution and decided to modify its approach in the debit processing market. With the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring and debit alternatives now available, TSYS determined that it would no longer market this third-party software product as its on-line debit solution. TSYS will continue to support this product for existing clients and will enhance and develop a new solution. As a result, TSYS recognized an impairment charge in net occupancy

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and equipment expense of approximately $3.1 million related to its on-line debit solution. In September 2005, TSYS recognized an impairment loss on developed software of $482,000. The $3.6 million of impairment charges for 2005 are reflected in the domestic-based support services segment.
 
The weighted average useful life for each component of computer software, and in total, at December 31, 2007, is as follows:
 
         
 
    Weighted
 
    Average
 
    Amortization
 
At December 31, 2007   Period (Yrs)  
 
Licensed computer software
    6.9  
Software development costs
    6.5  
Acquisition technology intangibles
    7.7  
         
Total
    6.8  
         
 
Estimated future amortization expense of licensed computer software and software development costs as of December 31, 2007 for the next five years is:
 
                 
 
    Licensed
    Software
 
    Computer
    Development
 
(in thousands)   Software     Costs  
 
2008
  $ 44,315       22,271  
2009
    34,848       17,539  
2010
    17,766       13,891  
2011
    6,866       8,868  
2012
    5,006       5,328  
 
Estimated future amortization expense on acquisition technology intangibles as of December 31, 2007 for the next five years is:
 
         
 
(in thousands)      
 
2008
  $ 5,299  
2009
    5,053  
2010
    5,053  
2011
    4,547  
2012
    3,839  
 
 
 
NOTE 7   Contract Acquisition Costs, net
 
Significant components of contract acquisition costs at December 31 are summarized as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Payments for processing rights, net
  $ 96,449       107,896  
Conversion costs, net
    55,150       59,553  
                 
Total
  $ 151,599       167,449  
                 
 
Amortization related to payments for processing rights, which is recorded as a reduction of revenues, was $24.7 million, $26.7 million and $21.9 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Amortization expense related to conversion costs was $15.9 million, $17.8 million and $15.9 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
In March 2007, the Company recognized an impairment loss related to conversion costs of $620,000, which is reflected in the domestic-based support services segment.
 
The weighted average useful life for each component of contract acquisition costs, and in total, at December 31, 2007 is as follows:
 
         
 
    Weighted
 
    Average
 
    Amortization
 
At December 31, 2007   Period (Yrs)  
 
Payments for processing rights
    9.5  
Conversion costs
    7.1  
         
Total
    8.8  
         
 
Estimated future amortization expense on payments for processing rights and conversion costs as of December 31, 2007 for the next five years is:
 
                 
 
    Payments for
    Conversion
 
(in thousands)   Processing Rights     Costs  
 
2008
  $ 25,130       10,948  
2009
    23,623       9,622  
2010
    15,757       8,894  
2011
    11,752       4,235  
2012
    8,626       2,007  
 
NOTE 8   Goodwill, net
 
In November 2006, TSYS acquired 55% of TSYS Managed Services for an aggregate consideration of approximately $2.5 million, including direct acquisition costs. The Company has allocated $625,000 to goodwill related to TSYS Managed Services. Refer to Note 22 for more information on TSYS Managed Services.
 
In July 2006, TSYS acquired Card Tech, Ltd., a privately owned London-based payments firm, and related companies and renamed it TSYS Card Tech. The Company has allocated approximately $32.7 million to goodwill. Refer to Note 22 for more information on TSYS Card Tech.
 
In March 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 50% of TSYS Acquiring for $95.8 million. Refer to Note 22 for more information on the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring. In accordance with authoritative accounting guidelines, TSYS recorded the acquisition of the incremental 50% interest as a business combination, requiring that

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TSYS allocate the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The Company has allocated approximately $30.2 million to goodwill. As a result of the acquisition of control of TSYS Acquiring, TSYS changed from the equity method of accounting for the investment in TSYS Acquiring and began consolidating TSYS Acquiring’s balance sheet and results of operations in the statement of income effective March 1, 2005. The Company recorded the remaining 50% interest in TSYS Acquiring’s assets and liabilities at historical carrying values, which resulted in an additional increase in goodwill in 2005 of approximately $6.9 million.
 
Effective January 1, 2006, Golden Retriever Systems L.L.C. (Golden Retriever) became a wholly owned subsidiary of Enhancement Services Corporation (ESC). Also effective January 1, 2006, Merlin Solutions, L.L.C. (Merlin) became a wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS. Both entities were previously wholly owned subsidiaries of TSYS Acquiring and were reported under the merchant acquiring services segment. Effective January 1, 2006, the financial results of the two entities are included in the domestic-based support services segment. As a result, the Company reallocated approximately $5.1 million of goodwill between the merchant acquiring services segment and the domestic-based support services segment.
 
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
 
                                 
 
    Domestic-Based
    International-Based
    Merchant
       
(in thousands)   Support Services     Support Services     Acquiring Services     Consolidated  
 
Balance as of December 31, 2005
  $ 67,642       1,591       43,632     $ 112,865  
Transfer goodwill between segments
    5,056             (5,056 )      
Acquisition of TSYS Card Tech
          27,430             27,430  
Acquisition of TSYS Managed Services
          323             323  
TSYS Acquiring purchase price allocation adjustment
                (6,476 )     (6,476 )
Currency translation adjustments
          (805 )           (805 )
                                 
Balance as of December 31, 2006
    72,698       28,539       32,100       133,337  
TSYS Card Tech purchase price allocation adjustment
          5,270             5,270  
TSYS Managed Services purchase price allocation adjustment
          302             302  
Currency translation adjustments
          3,636             3,636  
                                 
Balance as of December 31, 2007
  $ 72,698       37,747       32,100     $ 142,545  
                                 
 
Effective November 1, 2005, TSYS purchased an initial 34.04% equity interest in CUP Data. Effective August 1, 2006, TSYS increased its ownership interest to 44.56% of CUP Data for $15.6 million. The Company is using the equity method of accounting to account for its investment in CUP Data. The difference between the cost of an investment and the underlying equity in net assets of CUP Data is recognized as goodwill. The goodwill associated with CUP Data is not reported as goodwill in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, but is reported as a component of the equity investment. Refer to Note 22 for more information about CUP Data.
 
NOTE 9   Equity Investments
 
In December 2007, the Company acquired 45% of an aircraft enterprise for approximately $12.1 million. TSYS is using the equity method of accounting for this enterprise. Refer to Note 22 for more information on the aircraft enterprise.
 
TSYS held a 50% equity interest in TSYS Acquiring, an equity investment with Visa, which combines the front-end authorization and back-end accounting and settlement processing for merchants. On March 1, 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 50% interest.
 
TSYS accounts for its 49% investment in TSYS de México and its 44.56% investment in CUP Data using the equity method of accounting. TSYS’ equity investments are recorded initially at cost and subsequently adjusted for equity in earnings, cash contributions and distributions, and foreign currency translation adjustments.
 
A summary of TSYS’ equity in income of equity investments (net of tax) for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:
 
                         
 
(in millions)   2007     2006     2005  
 
TSYS Acquiring
  $             3.2  
Other
    5.4       4.2       2.9  
                         
Total equity in income of equity investments
  $ 5.4       4.2       6.1  
                         

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A summary of TSYS’ equity investments at December 31 is as follows:
 
                 
 
(in millions)   2007     2006  
 
CUP Data
  $ 60.5       55.2  
TSYS de México
    8.1       6.9  
Other
    12.3        
                 
Total
  $ 80.9       62.1  
                 
 
NOTE 10   Other Intangible Assets, net
 
In July 2006, TSYS acquired TSYS Card Tech. The Company has allocated approximately $19.1 million to other intangible assets as part of the purchase price allocation to customer relationships and trade names. Refer to Note 22 in the consolidated financial statements for more information on TSYS Card Tech.
 
As part of the final purchase price allocation for TSYS Card Tech in 2007, TSYS reallocated approximately $5.3 million of customer relationship intangibles as goodwill. See Note 8 in the consolidated financial statements for further information on goodwill.
 
In March 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 50% of TSYS Acquiring for $95.8 million. Refer to Note 22 for more information on the acquisition of TSYS Acquiring. TSYS has allocated approximately $12.0 million to other intangible assets as part of the purchase price allocation related to customer relationship intangibles.
 
Significant components of other intangible assets at December 31 are summarized as follows:
 
                         
 
    2007  
          Accumulated
       
(in thousands)   Gross     Amortization     Net  
 
Customer relationships
  $ 23,938       (10,727 )   $ 13,211  
Covenants-not-to-compete
    1,000       (1,000 )      
Trade name
    1,365       (1,114 )     251  
                         
Total
  $ 26,303       (12,841 )   $ 13,462  
                         
 
                         
 
    2006  
          Accumulated
       
(in thousands)   Gross     Amortization     Net  
 
Customer relationships
  $ 28,610       (8,003 )   $ 20,607  
Covenants-not-to-compete
    1,000       (850 )     150  
Trade name
    1,335       (778 )     557  
                         
Total
  $ 30,945       (9,631 )   $ 21,314  
                         
 
Amortization related to other intangible assets, which is recorded in other operating expenses, was $3.1 million, $4.2 million and $3.2 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
The weighted average useful life for each component of other intangible assets, and in total, at December 31, 2007 is as follows:
 
         
 
    Weighted
 
    Average
 
    Amortization
 
At December 31, 2007   Period (Yrs)  
 
Customer relationships
    7.5  
Covenant-not-to-compete
    3.4  
Trade name
    3.3  
         
Total
    7.1  
         
 
Estimated future amortization expense on other intangible assets as of December 31, 2007 for the next five years is:
 
         
 
(in thousands)      
 
2008
  $ 2,462  
2009
    2,179  
2010
    2,179  
2011
    2,179  
2012
    2,179  
 
NOTE 11   Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations
 
Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders, including Synovus. TSYS funded the dividend through a combination of cash on hand and the use of a revolving credit facility. On December 21, 2007, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with Bank of America N.A., as Administrative Agent, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and the other lenders. The Credit Agreement provides for a $168 million unsecured five year term loan to the Company and a $252 million five year unsecured revolving credit facility. The principal balance of loans outstanding under the credit facility bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 0.60%. The applicable margin could vary within a range from 0.27% to 0.725% depending on changes in the Company’s corporate credit rating which is currently at “BBB”. Interest is paid on the last date of each interest period; however, if the period exceeds three months, interest is paid every three months after the beginning of such interest period. In addition, the Company is to pay each lender a fee in respect of the amount of such lender’s commitment under the revolving credit facility (regardless of usage), ranging from 0.08% to 0.15% (currently 0.10%) depending on the Company’s corporate credit rating.
 
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credit facility and the term loan in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the lenders’ customary breakage and redeployment costs in the case of prepayment of LIBOR borrowings. The Credit Agreement includes covenants requiring the Company to maintain certain minimum financial ratios. The Company did not use the revolving credit facility in 2007.
 
The proceeds will be used for working capital and other corporate purposes, including financing the repurchase by TSYS of its capital stock.
 
In December 2007, the Company financed the purchase of $22.0 million of mainframe and distributed system software licenses with a note payable with the vendor. The term of the note is 39 months and the interest rate is 3.96%.
 
In August 2007, the Company’s European operation obtained a loan of £33.0 million or approximately $67.7 million from a third party.
 
In January 2007, the Company’s operation in Japan borrowed ¥250 million, or approximately $2.1 million, through a short-term note. The interest rate on the note is the Japan prime rate plus 375 basis points. The term of the note was one year.
 
In connection with the formation of TSYS Managed Services, TSYS and Merchants agreed to provide long-term financing to TSYS Managed Services. At the end of December 2007, the balance of the financing arrangement with Merchants was approximately £2.0 million, or approximately $3.9 million.
 
In addition, TSYS maintains another unsecured credit agreement with CB&T. The credit agreement has a maximum available principal balance of $5.0 million, with interest at prime. TSYS did not use the credit facility during 2007 or 2006.
 
Long-term debt at December 31 consists of:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
LIBOR + 0.60%, unsecured term loan, due December 21, 2012, with principal to be paid at maturity
  $ 168,000        
LIBOR + 0.45%, unsecured term loan, due January 31, 2009, with interest payments due monthly and principal to be paid at maturity
    65,254        
3.95% note payable, due March 1, 2011, with monthly interest and principal payments
    21,954        
LIBOR + 2.00%, unsecured term loan, due November 16, 2011, with quarterly interest payments and principal to be paid at maturity
    3,909        
Japan prime rate + 0.375%, unsecured term loan, due January 14, 2008, with interest payments due monthly and principal to be paid at maturity
    2,190        
                 
Total debt
    261,307        
Less current portion
    8,648        
                 
Noncurrent portion of long-term debt
  $ 252,659        
                 
 
Required annual principal payments on long-term debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2007 are summarized as follows:
         
 
(in thousands)      
 
2008
  $ 8,648  
2009
    71,972  
2010
    6,988  
2011
    5,699  
2012
    168,000  
 
Capital lease obligations at December 31 consists of:
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Capital lease obligations
  $ 7,014       6,781  
Less current portion
    3,080       3,156  
                 
Noncurrent portion of capital leases
  $ 3,934       3,625  
                 

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The present value of the future minimum lease payments under capital leases at December 31, 2007 are summarized as follows:
         
 
(in thousands)      
 
2008
  $ 3,469  
2009
    2,959  
2010
    970  
2011
    167  
2012
    112  
         
Total minimum lease payments
    7,677  
Less amount representing interest
    663  
         
    $ 7,014  
         
 
NOTE 12   Other Current Liabilities
 
Significant components of other current liabilities at December 31 are summarized as follows:
 
                 
 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Accrued expenses
  $ 32,520       44,578  
Client liabilities
    32,199       36,161  
Deferred revenues
    25,733       19,311  
Accrued income taxes
    2,657       25,384  
Dividends payable
    13,859       13,785  
Transaction processing provisions
    8,525       12,645  
Client postage deposits
    4,244       6,736  
Other
    15,371       21,745  
                 
Total
  $ 135,108       180,345  
                 
 
NOTE 13   Shareholders’ Equity
 
DIVIDENDS:   Dividends on common stock of $655.2 million were paid in 2007, compared to $51.3 million and $39.4 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively. Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS paid a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders. On May 25, 2006, the Company announced an increase in its quarterly dividend of 16.7% from $0.06 to $0.07 per share. On April 21, 2005, the Company announced an increase in its quarterly dividend of 50% from $0.04 to $0.06 per share.
 
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS:   The following table summarizes TSYS’ equity compensation plans by category:
 
                         
 
    (a)     (b)     (c)  
          Weighted-average
    Number of securities remaining
 
    Number of securities to be
    exercise price of
    available for future issuance
 
(in thousands, except
  issued upon exercise of
    outstanding
    under equity compensation plans
 
per share data)
  outstanding options, warrants
    options, warrants
    (excluding securities reflected
 
Plan Category   and rights     and rights     in column (a))  
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
    5,439 (1)   $ 28.20       8,401 (2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
                 
                         
Total
    5,439     $ 28.20       8,401  
                         
 
(1) Does not include an aggregate of 50,433 shares of nonvested awards which will vest over the remaining years through 2011.
 
(2) Includes 8,400,756 shares available for future grants under the Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 2007 Omnibus Plan.
 
EARNINGS PER SHARE:   The diluted earnings per share calculation excludes stock options and nonvested awards that are convertible into 5,213,298 common shares for the year ended December 31, 2007, and excludes 301,650 and 22,500 common shares for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

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NOTE 14   Share-Based Compensation
 
The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2005 if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, to share-based employee compensation granted in the form of TSYS and Synovus stock options.
 
         
 
    Year Ended
 
    December 31,  
(in thousands, except per share data)   2005  
 
Net Income
  $ 194,520  
Add: Share-based employee compensation expense, net of related income tax effects
    741  
Deduct: Share-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related income tax effects
    7,089  
         
Net income, as adjusted
  $ 188,172  
         
Earnings per share:
       
Basic — as reported
  $ 0.99  
         
Basic — as adjusted
  $ 0.95  
         
Diluted — as reported
  $ 0.99  
         
Diluted — as adjusted
  $ 0.95  
         
 
General Description of Share-Based Compensation Plans
 
TSYS has various long-term incentive plans under which the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has the authority to grant share-based compensation to TSYS employees.
 
Vesting for stock options granted during 2006 accelerates upon retirement for plan participants who have reached age 62 and who also have no less than fifteen years of service at the date of their election to retire. For stock options granted in 2006, share-based compensation expense is fully recognized for plan participants upon meeting the retirement eligibility requirements of age and service.
 
Stock options granted prior to 2006 generally become exercisable at the end of a two to three-year period and expire ten years from the date of grant. Vesting for stock options granted prior to 2006 accelerates upon retirement for plan participants who have reached age 50 and who also have no less than fifteen years of service at the date of their election to retire. Prior to adoption of SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006, share-based compensation expense was recognized in the pro forma disclosure over the nominal vesting period without consideration for retirement eligibility. Following adoption of SFAS No. 123R, share-based compensation expense is recognized in income over the remaining nominal vesting period with consideration for retirement eligibility.
 
The Company historically issues new shares or uses treasury shares to satisfy share option exercises. On April 20, 2006, TSYS announced that its board had approved a stock repurchase plan to purchase up to 2 million shares. With the completion of the spin-off, the TSYS Board of Directors extended to April 2010 TSYS’ current share repurchase program and increased the number of shares that may be repurchased under the plan to 10 million. The shares will be purchased from time to time and purchases will depend on various factors including price, market conditions, acquisitions and the general financial position of TSYS. Repurchased shares will be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, fulfilling stock option exercises and the granting of nonvested shares.
 
Long-Term Incentive Plans — Synovus
 
Prior to the spin-off, Synovus had various stock option plans under which the Compensation Committee of the Synovus Board of Directors had authority to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards to key Synovus employees, including key TSYS employees. The general terms of the existing stock option plans included vesting periods ranging from two to three years and exercise periods ranging from five to ten years. Such stock options are granted at exercise prices which equal the fair market value of a share of common stock on the grant date.
 
During 2007, Synovus granted 102,653 stock options to key TSYS officers and employees. The fair value of the option grant was $7.22 per option and was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.78%; expected volatility of 21.76%; expected term of 6.0 years; and dividend yield of 2.60%. The expected term of 6.0 years was determined using the “simplified” method, as prescribed by SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.
 
During 2006, Synovus granted stock options to key TSYS executive officers. The fair value of the option grant was $6.57 and was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.48%; expected volatility of 25.1%; expected term of 6.0 years; and dividend yield of 2.80%. The expected term of 6.0 years was determined using the “simplified” method, as prescribed by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.

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The per share weighted average fair value of Synovus stock options granted to TSYS employees during 2005 was $7.13. The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for 2005: risk-free interest rate of 4.2%; expected volatility of 22%; expected term of 8.6 years; and dividend yield of 2.5%.
 
As a result of the spin-off, all Synovus stock options outstanding granted to TSYS employees were converted to TSYS options on December 31, 2007.
 
A summary of the option activity related to option grants on Synovus common stock to TSYS employees as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, and changes during the years ended on those dates is presented below:
 
                                                 
 
    2007     2006     2005  
          Weighted
          Weighted
          Weighted
 
          Average
          Average
          Average
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Options     Exercise Price     Options     Exercise Price     Options     Exercise Price  
 
Options:
                                               
Outstanding at beginning of year
    6,045     $ 26.48       6,451     $ 25.79       6,330     $ 24.89  
Granted
    103       31.93       305       27.67       697       28.71  
Exercised
    (690 )     20.77       (645 )     20.34       (534 )     19.11  
Net Synovus/ TSYS employee transfers in and out
    15       23.57       (3 )     21.90       1       21.28  
Forfeited/canceled/converted to TSYS options
    (5,473 )     27.29       (63 )     24.45       (43 )     23.33  
                                                 
Outstanding at end of year
        $       6,045     $ 26.48       6,451     $ 25.79  
                                                 
Options exercisable at year-end
        $       2,594     $ 23.80       2,070     $ 22.02  
                                                 
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year
          $ 7.22             $ 6.57             $ 7.13  
                                                 
 
Long-Term Incentive Plans — TSYS
 
TSYS 2007 Omnibus Plan:   TSYS maintains a Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan (“2007 Plan”) to advance the interests of TSYS and its shareholders through awards that give employees and directors a personal stake in TSYS’ growth, development and financial success. Awards under the 2007 Plan are designed to motivate employees and directors to devote their best interests to the business of TSYS. Awards will also help TSYS attract and retain the services of employees and directors who are in a position to make significant contributions to TSYS’ future success. Compensation paid pursuant to the 2007 Plan is intended, to the extent reasonable, to qualify for tax deductibility under Section 162(m) and Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as may be amended from time to time.
 
The 2007 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and enables the Company to grant nonqualified and incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, performance units or performance shares, cash-based awards, and other stock-based awards.
 
All stock options must have a maximum life of no more than ten years from the date of grant. The exercise price will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of TSYS’ common stock at the time of grant. The aggregate number of shares of TSYS stock which may be granted to participants pursuant to awards granted under the 2007 Plan may not exceed 5,000,000 shares. Shares awarded under the 2007 Plan that are subsequently forfeited may also be awarded under the 2007 Plan.
 
TSYS 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan:   TSYS’ compensation program includes long-term performance awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (TSYS 2002 Plan), which is used to attract, retain, motivate and reward employees and non-employee directors who make a significant contribution to the Company’s long-term success. The TSYS 2002 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and enables the Company to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards; 9,355,299 shares of common stock are reserved for distribution under the TSYS 2002 Plan. Options granted under the TSYS 2002 Plan may be incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options as determined by the Committee at the time of grant.
 
Incentive stock options are granted at a price not less than 100% of the fair market value of the stock on the grant date, and nonqualified options are granted at a price to be determined by the Committee. Option vesting terms are established by the Committee at the time of grant and presently range from one to five years.

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The expiration date of options granted under the TSYS 2002 Plan is determined at the time of grant and may not exceed ten years from the date of the grant.
 
2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan :   TSYS maintains a 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTI Plan) to attract, retain, motivate and reward employees who make a significant contribution to the Company’s long-term success and to enable such employees to acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company. The LTI Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and enables the Company to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards; 3.2 million shares of common stock were reserved for distribution under the LTI Plan. Options granted under the LTI Plan may be incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options as determined by the Committee at the time of grant.
 
Incentive stock options are granted at a price not less than 100% of the fair market value of the stock on the grant date, and nonqualified options are granted at a price to be determined by the Committee. Option vesting terms are established by the Committee at the time of grant and presently range from one to five years. The expiration date of options granted under the LTI Plan is determined at the time of grant and may not exceed ten years from the date of the grant.
 
Share-Based Compensation
 
TSYS’ share-based compensation costs are included as expenses and classified as salaries and other personnel expenses. TSYS does not include amounts associated with share-based compensation as costs capitalized as software development and contract acquisition costs. For the year ended December 31, 2007, share-based compensation was $13.2 million (excluding $5.4 million included in spin related expenses) compared to $9.2 million and $1.1 million for the same periods in 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Prior to the spin-off, Synovus had granted stock options to key TSYS employees through its various stock option plans under which the Compensation Committee of the Synovus Board of Directors had the authority to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance awards. As a result of the spin-off, these Synovus stock options outstanding granted to TSYS employees were converted to TSYS options on December 31, 2007. In connection with the conversion, TSYS recorded $5.4 million of expense related to the revaluation of the vested converted options. TSYS will recognize additional expense related to the nonvested converted options through the remaining vesting period, with the vast majority of the expense to occur in 2008.
 
Nonvested Awards:   During 2007, the Company issued 241,260 shares of TSYS common stock with a market value of $7.6 million to certain key employees and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested stock bonus awards for services to be provided by such officers, directors and employees in the future. The market value of the common stock at the date of issuance is amortized as compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards.
 
During 2006, the Company issued 425,925 shares of TSYS common stock with a market value of $9.6 million to certain key executive officers, members of management and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested stock bonus awards for services to be provided by such officers and directors in the future. The market value of the common stock at the date of issuance is amortized as compensation expense over the vesting period of the awards.
 
During 2005, the Company issued 100,815 shares of TSYS common stock with a market value of $2.3 million to certain key executive officers and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested stock bonus awards for services to be provided by such officers and directors in the future.
 
A summary of the status of TSYS’ nonvested shares as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and the changes during the periods are presented below:
 
                                                 
 
    2007     2006     2005  
          Weighted
          Weighted
          Weighted
 
          Average
          Average
          Average
 
Nonvested shares
        Grant-Date
          Grant-Date
          Grant-Date
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Shares     Fair Value     Shares     Fair Value     Shares     Fair Value  
 
Outstanding at beginning of year
    514     $ 22.69       101     $ 23.11           $  
Issued
    241       31.37       426       22.60       101       23.11  
Vested
    (148 )     22.63       (13 )     23.08              
Forfeited/canceled
    (16 )     26.37                          
                                                 
Outstanding at end of year
    591     $ 26.15       514     $ 22.69       101     $ 23.11  
                                                 
 
As of December 31, 2007, there was approximately $11.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements. That cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 1.9 years.

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During 2005, TSYS authorized a total grant of 126,087 shares of nonvested stock to two key executives with a performance-vesting schedule (performance-vesting shares). These performance-vesting shares have seven one-year performance periods (2005-2011) during which the Compensation Committee establishes an earnings per share goal. Each year’s award is 20% of the total authorized shares. Compensation expense for each year’s award is measured on the grant date based on the quoted market price of TSYS common stock and is expensed on a straight-line basis for the year.
 
A summary of the status of TSYS’ performance-based nonvested shares as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and changes during those periods are presented below:
 
                                                 
 
    2007     2006     2005  
          Weighted
          Weighted
          Weighted
 
Performance-based
        Average
          Average
          Average
 
Nonvested shares
        Grant Date
          Grant-Date
          Grant-Date
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Shares     Fair Value     Shares     Fair Value     Shares     Fair Value  
 
Outstanding at beginning of year
    25     $ 20.00       25     $ 24.93           $  
Issued
    25       32.27       25       20.00       25       24.93  
Vested
    (25 )     20.00       (25 )     24.93              
Forfeited/canceled
                                   
                                                 
Outstanding at end of year
    25     $ 32.27       25     $ 20.00       25     $ 24.93  
                                                 
 
At December 31, 2007, there remained 50,433 performance-vesting shares to be granted between 2008 and 2011.
 
Synovus maintains various plans that are administered by its Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors designed to motivate employees and directors to devote their best interests to the business of Synovus. Through these plans, Synovus has granted nonvested awards to its employees. As a result of the spin-off and the distribution by Synovus of .483921 of a share of TSYS common stock on December 31, 2007 for each share of Synovus common stock outstanding on December 18, 2007, approximately 515,362 shares of TSYS stock were distributed to holders of Synovus nonvested awards. As a result, these shares are deemed nonvested TSYS shares and are not included in the calculation of basic EPS.
 
Stock Option Awards
 
As part of the spin-off, all Synovus stock options outstanding granted to TSYS employees were converted to TSYS options on December 31, 2007. The conversion resulted in 5.2 million TSYS options being granted to TSYS employees. The weighted average fair value of the option grant was $4.31 per option and it was estimated on the date of conversion using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 3.28%; expected volatility of 26.41%; expected term of 2.4 years; and dividend yield of 1.04%. The expected term of 2.4 years was determined under the “simplified” method, as prescribed by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.

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A summary of TSYS’ stock option activity as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, and changes during the years ended on those dates is presented below:
 
                                                 
 
    2007     2006     2005  
          Weighted
          Weighted
          Weighted
 
(in thousands,
        Average
          Average
          Average
 
except per share data)   Options     Exercise Price     Options     Exercise Price     Options     Exercise Price  
 
Options:
                                               
Outstanding at beginning of year
    1,066     $ 15.53       1,382     $ 15.19       1,586     $ 15.14  
Granted
    5,195       28.55                          
Exercised
    (822 )     13.99       (305 )     13.84       (201 )     14.70  
Forfeited/canceled
                (11 )     19.64       (3 )     20.10  
                                                 
Outstanding at end of year
    5,439     $ 28.20       1,066     $ 15.53       1,382     $ 15.19  
                                                 
Options exercisable at year-end
    2,015     $ 24.72       1,058     $ 15.46       1,359     $ 14.98  
                                                 
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year
          $ 4.31             $             $  
                                                 
 
The following table summarizes information about TSYS’ stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2007:
 
                             
 
(in thousands,
                   
except per share data)
                   
Outstanding     Exercisable  
 Number Outstanding
    Range of
    Number Exercisable
    Range of
 
at December 31, 2007     Exercise Prices     at December 31, 2007     Exercise Prices  
 
 
  390       $ 1.83 - 19.64       390       $ 1.83 - 19.64  
  428       20.10 - 25.81       428       20.10 - 25.81  
  1,084       26.85 - 27.69       1,084       26.85 - 27.69  
  502       28.02 - 29.18       113       28.02 - 29.18  
  3,035       30.29 - 33.36              
                             
  Total
5,439
      Weighted Average
$           28.20
      Total
2,015
      Weighted Average
$           24.72
 
 
                 
 
    Outstanding     Exercisable  
 
Average remaining contractual life (in years)
    4.5       4.4  
                 
Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
  $ (1,088 )   $ 6,608  
                 
 
During the year ended December 31, 2007, there were 821,525 TSYS stock options exercised that had an intrinsic value of approximately $13.3 million.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2006, there were 305,000 TSYS stock options exercised that had an intrinsic value of approximately $2.8 million. The stock options exercised during 2006 were fully vested before January 1, 2006. During the year ended December 31, 2005, there were 201,200 TSYS stock options exercised that had an intrinsic value of approximately $1.9 million.
 
For awards granted before January 1, 2006 that were not fully vested on January 1, 2006, the Company will record the tax benefits from the exercise of stock options as increases to the “Additional paid-in capital” line item of the Consolidated Balance Sheets. If the Company does recognize tax benefits, the Company will record these tax benefits from share-based compensation costs as cash inflows in the financing section in the Statement of Cash Flows. The Company has elected to use the short-cut method to calculate its historical pool of windfall tax benefits, and as a result, will not record any benefits received from previous stock option exercises in the operating section in the Statement of Cash Flows.
 
As of December 31, 2007, there was approximately $9.7 million of total unrecognized compensation expense cost related to TSYS stock options that is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 0.5 year.

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NOTE 15   Treasury Stock
 
The following table summarizes shares held as treasury stock and their related carrying value:
 
                 
 
    Number of
       
    Treasury
    Treasury
 
(in thousands)   Shares     Shares Cost  
 
December 31, 2007
    1,695     $ 34,138  
December 31, 2006
    1,764       35,233  
December 31, 2005
    692       12,841  
 
Stock Repurchase Plan
 
On April 20, 2006, TSYS announced that its board had approved a stock repurchase plan to purchase up to 2 million shares, which represented slightly more than five percent of the shares of TSYS stock held by shareholders other than Synovus. The shares may be purchased from time to time over a two year period and will depend on various factors including price, market conditions, acquisitions and the general financial position of TSYS. Repurchased shares will be used for general corporate purposes.
 
With the completion of the spin-off, the TSYS Board of Directors extended to April 2010 TSYS’ current share repurchase program that was set to expire in April 2008 and increased the number of shares that may be repurchased under the plan from 2 million to 10 million.
 
During 2006, TSYS purchased approximately 1.1 million shares of TSYS common stock through privately negotiated and open market transactions for an aggregate purchase price of $22.9 million, or an average per share price of $20.76. The Company has approximately 8,898,000 shares remaining that could be repurchased under the stock repurchase plan.
 
In April 2003, the Company announced a plan to purchase up to 2.0 million shares of its common stock from time to time and at various prices over the ensuing two years. Over the course of the plan, the Company repurchased 577,491 shares of its common stock at a cost of $11.0 million or an average cost of $19.07 per share. The plan expired on April 15, 2005.
 
The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s purchases of its common stock on a monthly basis during the three months ended December 31, 2007:
 
                                 
 
                      Maximum
 
                      Number of
 
                Total Number of
    Shares That
 
                Shares Purchased
    May Yet Be
 
    Total Number
          as Part of Publicly
    Purchased
 
    of Shares
    Average Price
    Announced Plans
    Under the Plans
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Purchased     Paid per Share     or Programs     or Programs  
 
October 2007
        $       1,102       898  
November 2007
                1,102       898  
December 2007
                1,102       8,898  
                                 
Total
        $                  
                                 
 
During 2007, 2006 and 2005, employees of the Company exercised options for 69,325, 30,000 and 46,200 shares of TSYS common stock, respectively, that were issued from treasury shares. During 2007, 2006 and 2005, employees of the Company exercised options for 752,200, 275,000 and 155,000 shares, respectively, of TSYS common stock that were newly issued shares.
 
NOTE 16   Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
In June 1997, the FASB released SFAS No. 130. SFAS No. 130 established certain standards for reporting and presenting comprehensive income in the general-purpose financial statements. The purpose of SFAS No. 130 was to report all items that met the definition of “comprehensive income” in a prominent financial statement for the same period in which they were recognized. In accordance with the definition provided by Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, comprehensive income includes all changes in owners’ equity that resulted from transactions of the business entity with nonowners.

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Comprehensive income is the sum of net income and other items that must bypass the income statement because they have not been realized, including items such as an unrealized holding gain or loss from available for sale securities and foreign currency translation gains or losses. These items are not part of net income, yet are important enough to be included in comprehensive income, giving the user a more comprehensive picture of the organization as a whole. Items included in comprehensive income, but not net income, are reported under the accumulated other comprehensive income section of shareholders’ equity.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 (SFAS No. 158), “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.” SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in the funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income. SFAS No. 158 was adopted by the Company as of December 31, 2006.
 
Comprehensive income (loss) for TSYS consists of net income, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments and the recognition of an overfunded or underfunded status of a deferred benefit postretirement plan recorded as a component of shareholders’ equity. The income tax effects allocated to and the cumulative balance of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:
 
                                         
 
    Beginning
    Pretax
          Net-of-Tax
    Ending
 
(in thousands)   Balance     amount     Tax effect     Amount     Balance  
 
December 31, 2004
  $ 8,314       10,967       3,908       7,059     $ 15,373  
                                         
                                         
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 15,373       (15,019 )     (5,331 )     (9,688 )   $ 5,685  
                                         
December 31, 2005
  $ 15,373       (15,019 )     (5,331 )     (9,688 )   $ 5,685  
                                         
                                         
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 5,685       20,586       4,701       15,885     $ 21,570  
Change in accumulated OCI related to postretirement healthcare plans
          (1,465 )     (536 )     (929 )     (929 )
                                         
December 31, 2006
  $ 5,685       19,121       4,165       14,956     $ 20,641  
                                         
                                         
                                         
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 21,570       9,456       1,824       7,632     $ 29,202  
Change in accumulated OCI related to postretirement healthcare plans
    (929 )     76       27       49       (880 )
                                         
December 31, 2007
  $ 20,641       9,532       1,851       7,681     $ 28,322  
                                         
 
In July 2006, TSYS restructured its European branch operation into a new statutory structure that facilitates continued expansion in the European region. As a result, TSYS’ UK branch structure was terminated with some of the former UK branch assets and workforce being contributed into the new European statutory structure. Consistent with its overall strategy of pursuing international investment opportunities, TSYS adopted the permanent reinvestment exception under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 23 (APB 23)  “Accounting for Income Taxes — Special Areas,” with respect to future earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. Its decision to permanently reinvest foreign earnings offshore means TSYS will no longer allocate taxes to foreign currency translation adjustments associated with these foreign subsidiaries accumulated in other comprehensive income.
 
NOTE 17   Commitments and Contingencies
 
LEASE COMMITMENTS:   TSYS is obligated under noncancelable operating leases for computer equipment and facilities.
 
The future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases with remaining terms greater than one year for the next five years and thereafter and in the aggregate as of December 31, 2007, are as follows:
 
         
 
(in thousands)      
 
2008
  $ 95,240  
2009
    90,875  
2010
    79,817  
2011
    25,756  
2012
    6,228  
Thereafter
    20,907  
         
Total future minimum lease payments
  $ 318,823  
         

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The majority of computer equipment lease commitments come with a renewal option or an option to terminate the lease. These lease commitments may be replaced with new leases which allows the Company to continually update its computer equipment. Total rental expense under all operating leases in 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $92.8 million, $121.9 million and $107.9 million, respectively. Total rental expense under sublease arrangements in 2007 was $171,000.
 
The total of minimum rentals under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented is $2.5 million.
 
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS:   In the normal course of its business, the Company maintains long-term processing contracts with its clients. These processing contracts contain commitments, including, but not limited to, minimum standards and time frames against which the Company’s performance is measured. In the event the Company does not meet its contractual commitments with its clients, the Company may incur penalties and certain clients may have the right to terminate their contracts with the Company. The Company does not believe that it will fail to meet its contractual commitments to an extent that will result in a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
CONTINGENCIES:   The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims and is also subject to information requests, inquiries and investigations arising out of the ordinary conduct of its business. In the opinion of management, based in part upon the advice of legal counsel, all matters are believed to be adequately covered by insurance, or if not covered, are believed to be without merit or are of such kind or involve such amounts that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company if disposed of unfavorably. The Company establishes reserves for litigation and similar matters when those matters present loss contingencies that TSYS determines to be both probable and reasonably estimable in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (SFAS No. 5), “Accounting for Contingencies”.
 
GUARANTEES AND INDEMNIFICATIONS:   The Company has entered into processing and licensing agreements with its clients that include intellectual property indemnification clauses. Under these clauses, the Company generally agrees to indemnify its clients, subject to certain exceptions, against legal claims that TSYS’ services or systems infringe on certain third party patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights. In the event of such a claim, the Company is generally obligated to hold the client harmless and pay for related losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. The Company has not made any indemnification payments pursuant to these indemnification clauses.
 
The Company has not recorded a liability for guarantees or indemnities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet since the maximum amount of potential future payments under such guarantees and indemnities is not determinable.
 
NOTE 18   Income Taxes
 
The provision for income taxes includes income taxes currently payable and those deferred because of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets and liabilities.
 
The components of income tax expense included in the consolidated statements of income were as follows:
 
                         
 
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Current income tax expense (benefit):
                       
Federal
  $ 153,352       137,103       139,116  
State
    (2,958 )     3,669       (860 )
Foreign
    3,326       3,682       4,687  
                         
Total current income tax expense
    153,720       144,454       142,943  
                         
Deferred income tax expense (benefit):
                       
Federal
    (11,929 )     (17,578 )     (35,738 )
State
    1,599       (418 )     (1,792 )
Foreign
    278       (276 )     (2,127 )
                         
Total deferred income tax benefit
    (10,052 )     (18,272 )     (39,657 )
                         
Total income tax expense
  $ 143,668       126,182       103,286  
                         
 
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income before income taxes, minority interest and equity in income of equity investments as a result of the following:
 
                         
 
    Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
 
Computed “expected” income tax expense
  $ 132,769       130,149       102,175  
Increase (decrease) in income tax expense resulting from:
                       
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries and equity in income of equity investments
    1,311       1,222       2,058  
State income tax expense (benefit), net of federal income tax effect
    (883 )     2,112       (1,724 )
Increase in valuation allowance
    2,003       1,840       388  
Tax credits
    (5,290 )     (5,335 )     (4,532 )
Federal income tax expense resulting from deconsolidation
    10,369              
Permanent differences and other, net
    3,389       (3,806 )     4,921  
                         
Total income tax expense
  $ 143,668       126,182       103,286  
                         
 
In connection with the spin-off, TSYS is required to de-consolidate from the federal and state income tax filings of its parent group. As a result, the Company expects to incur $11.5 million in federal and state income taxes arising from the recapture of excess loss account benefits of $2.4 million and intercompany deferred gains being triggered of $9.1 million.
 
Temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets and liabilities that give rise to significant portions of the net deferred tax liability at December 31, 2007 and 2006 relate to the following:
 
                 
 
    At December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
 
Deferred income tax assets:
               
Net operating loss and income tax credit carryforwards
  $ 9,807       9,167  
Allowances for doubtful accounts and billing adjustments
    3,015       7,644  
Deferred revenue
    11,532       9,259  
Other, net
    31,357       29,249  
                 
Total deferred income tax assets
    55,711       55,319  
Less valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets
    (14,023 )     (12,020 )
                 
Net deferred income tax assets
    41,688       43,299  
                 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
               
Excess tax over financial statement depreciation
    (26,731 )     (35,044 )
Computer software development costs
    (41,025 )     (46,686 )
Purchase accounting adjustments
    (2,395 )     (3,192 )
Foreign currency translation
    (11,111 )     (4,333 )
Other, net
    (10,702 )     (7,507 )
                 
Total deferred income tax liabilities
    (91,964 )     (96,762 )
                 
Net deferred income tax liabilities
  $ (50,276 )     (53,463 )
                 
Total net deferred tax assets (liabilities):
               
Current
  $ 17,152       21,556  
Noncurrent
    (67,428 )     (75,019 )
                 
Net deferred income tax liability
  $ (50,276 )     (53,463 )
                 
 
As of December 31, 2007, TSYS had recognized deferred tax assets from net operating loss and federal and state income tax credit forwards of $11.6 million and $4.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, TSYS had recognized deferred tax assets from net operating loss and federal and state income tax credit carryforwards of $15.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively. The credits will begin to expire in the year 2010. The net operating losses will expire in the years 2011 through 2019. In assessing the realizability of deferred income tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

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At December 31, 2007 and 2006, based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred income tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that TSYS will realize the benefits of these deductible differences, net of existing valuation allowances. The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets was $14.0 million and $12.0 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in the valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets was $2.0 million for 2007. The increase relates to state and foreign losses recognized in 2007, which more likely than not will not be realized in later years.
 
The Company realizes substantial credits against state income taxes. The Company is able to recognize benefits in excess of its state income tax obligations by transferring these credits to affiliated companies in exchange for cash payments.
 
No provision for U.S. federal and state incomes taxes has been made in our consolidated financial statements for those non-U.S. subsidiaries whose earnings are considered to be reinvested. A distribution of these non-U.S. earnings in the form of dividends, or otherwise, would subject the Company to both U.S. federal and state income taxes, as adjusted for non-U.S. tax credits, and withholding taxes payable to the various non-U.S. countries. Determination of the amount of any unrecognized deferred income tax liability on these undistributed earnings is not practicable.
 
TSYS is a member of an affiliated group that files a consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return and most state and foreign income tax returns on a separate entity basis. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examinations by these taxing authorities unless statutory examination periods lapse. TSYS is no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for years before 2004 and with few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations from state and local or foreign tax authorities for years before 2001. There are currently no Federal or foreign tax examinations in progress. However, a number of tax examinations are in progress by the relevant state tax authorities. Although TSYS is unable to determine the ultimate outcome of these examinations, TSYS believes that its liability for uncertain tax positions relating to these jurisdictions for such years is adequate.
 
TSYS adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. This interpretation prescribed a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.
 
As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized approximately a $2.0 million increase in the liability for unrecognized income tax benefits, which was accounted for as a reduction to the January 1, 2007, balance of retained earnings. This adjustment was the cumulative effect of applying a different measurement standard in accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. During the year ended December 31, 2007, TSYS decreased its liability for prior year uncertain income tax positions as a discrete item by a net amount of approximately $2.8 million (net of the federal tax effect), including $0.8 million in interest and penalties. This decrease resulted from resolving a state tax examination, expiring state audit period statutes and other new information impacting the potential resolution of material uncertain tax positions.
 
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (1) :
 
         
 
    Twelve Months Ended
 
    December 31,  
(in millions)   2007  
 
Beginning balance
  $ 7.4  
         
Current activity:
       
Additions based on tax positions related to current year
    1.7  
Additions for tax positions of prior years
    4.5  
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
    (7.5 )
Settlements
     
         
Net, current activity
    (1.3 )
         
Ending balance
  $ 6.1  
         
(1)  Unrecognized State tax benefits are not adjusted for the Federal tax impact.
 
TSYS recognizes potential interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes as income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income. Gross accrued interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits totaled $1.4 million and $1.2 million as of January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The total amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits as of January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007 that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rates are $6.2 million and $5.5 million (net of the Federal benefit on State tax issues), respectively, which includes interest and penalties of $0.9 million and $0.9 million.
 
NOTE 19   Employee Benefit Plans
 
The Company provides benefits to its employees by offering employees participation in certain defined contribution plans. On December 31, 2007, Synovus completed the spin-off to its shareholders of the shares of TSYS stock formerly owned by Synovus. As a result of the spin-off, TSYS created TSYS specific benefit plans. The employee benefit plans through which TSYS

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provided benefits to its employees during 2007 are described as follows:
 
MONEY PURCHASE PLAN:   During 2007, the Company’s employees were eligible to participate in the Synovus Financial Corp./Total System Services, Inc. (Synovus/TSYS) Money Purchase Pension Plan, a defined contribution pension plan. The terms of the plan provide for the Company to make annual contributions to the plan equal to 7% of participant compensation, as defined. The Company’s contributions to the plan charged to expense for the years ended December 31 are as follows:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
2007
  $ 18,699  
2006
    19,156  
2005
    17,322  
 
 
 
PROFIT SHARING PLAN:   During 2007, the Company’s employees were eligible to participate in the Synovus/TSYS Profit Sharing Plan. The Company’s contributions to the plan are contingent upon achievement of certain financial goals. The terms of the plan limit the Company’s contribution to 7% of participant compensation, as defined, not to exceed the maximum allowable deduction under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. The Company’s contributions to the plan charged to expense for the years ended December 31 are as follows:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
2007
  $ 17,995  
2006
    19,038  
2005
    17,804  
 
 
 
401(K) PLAN: During 2007, the Company’s employees were eligible to participate in the Synovus/TSYS 401(k) Plan. The terms of the plan allow employees to contribute eligible pretax compensation with a discretionary company contribution up to a maximum of 7% of participant compensation, as defined, based upon the Company’s attainment of certain financial goals. The Company’s contributions to the plan charged to expense for the years ended December 31 are as follows:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
2007
  $ 1,007  
2006
    5,373  
2005
    15,190  
 
 
 
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN:   The Company maintains stock purchase plans for employees and directors, whereby TSYS makes contributions equal to one-half of employee and director voluntary contributions. The funds are used to purchase presently issued and outstanding shares of TSYS common stock for the benefit of participants. The Company’s contributions to these plans charged to expense for the years ended December 31 are as follows:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
2007
  $ 5,547  
2006
    5,209  
2005
    4,836  
 
 
 
POSTRETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFITS PLAN:   TSYS provides certain medical benefits to qualified retirees through a postretirement medical benefits plan, which is immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The measurement of the benefit expense and accrual of benefit costs associated with the plan do not reflect the effects of the 2003 Medicare Act. Additionally, the benefit expense and accrued benefit cost associated with the plan, as well as any potential impact of the effects of the 2003 Medicare Act, are not significant to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
NOTE 20   Segment Reporting, including Geographic Area Data and Major Customers
 
In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (SFAS No. 131), “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” SFAS No. 131 establishes standards for the way public business enterprises are to report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires those enterprises to report selected financial information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic area data and major customers.
 
As a result of the spin-off and the associated spin-related costs, the Company revised its segment information to reflect the information that the chief operating decision maker (CODM) uses to make resource allocations and strategic decisions. The CODM at TSYS consists of the chairman of the board and chief executive officer, the president and the senior executive vice presidents. The revision included isolating spin related costs. Certain items have also been reclassified between segments. The results for previous periods have been reclassified to reflect the change.
 
In November 2006, TSYS acquired 55% of TSYS Managed Services to deliver a comprehensive range of managed services to financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Refer to Note 22 for more information on TSYS Managed Services. Since the acquisition, TSYS has included the financial results of TSYS Managed Services in the international-based support services segment.
 
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geographic reach to Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since the acquisition, TSYS has included the financial results of TSYS Card Tech in the international-based support services segment.
 
In April 2006, TSYS renamed Vital Processing Services, L.L.C. as TSYS Acquiring. Effective January 1, 2006, Golden Retriever became a wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS Loyalty. Also effective January 1, 2006, Merlin became a wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS. Both entities were previously wholly owned subsidiaries of TSYS Acquiring and were reported under the merchant acquiring services segment. Effective January 1, 2006, the financial results of the two entities are included in the domestic-based support services segment.
 
Through online accounting and electronic payment processing systems, TSYS provides electronic payment processing services and other related services to card-issuing institutions in the United States and internationally. The domestic-based support services include electronic payment processing services and other services provided from within the United States. The domestic-based support services segment includes the financial results of TSYS, excluding its foreign branch offices and divisions, and including the following subsidiaries: Columbus Depot Equipment Company, Columbus Productions, Inc., TSYS Canada Inc., TSYS Total Debt Management, Inc., ProCard, Inc., TSYS Technology Center, Inc., TSYS Prepaid, Inc., Merlin and TSYS Loyalty and its wholly owned subsidiary, Golden Retriever.
 
International-based support services include electronic payment processing services and other services from outside the United States. International-based support services include the financial results of GP Net, TSYS Japan Co., Ltd., TSYS Servicos de Transacoes Eletronicas Ltda., Total System Services Holding Europe LP and its subsidiaries and TSYS’ foreign branch offices and divisions. TSYS’ share of the equity earnings of its equity investments, TSYS de México and CUP Data, are included in international-based support services because TSYS de México’s and CUP Data’s operations and client bases are located outside the United States.
 
The Company believes the terms and conditions of transactions between the segments are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties.
                                         
   
                Merchant
             
(in thousands)
  Domestic-Based
    International-Based
    Acquiring
    Spin-Related
       
Operating Segments
  Support Services     Support Services     Services     Costs     Consolidated  
 
2007
                                       
Revenues before reimbursables
  $ 981,754       243,226       228,609           $ 1,453,589  
Intersegment revenues
    (23,479 )     (1,187 )     (800 )           (25,466 )
                                         
Revenues before reimbursables from external customers
  $ 958,275       242,039       227,809           $ 1,428,123  
                                         
Total revenues
  $ 1,297,434       253,498       288,780           $ 1,839,712  
Intersegment revenues
    (31,889 )     (1,187 )     (800 )           (33,876 )
                                         
Revenues from external customers
  $ 1,265,545       252,311       287,980           $ 1,805,836  
                                         
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 101,611       24,213       26,644           $ 152,468  
                                         
Intersegment expenses
  $ 12,965       (16,163 )     (30,673 )         $ (33,871 )
                                         
Segment operating income
  $ 258,842       44,083       64,112       (13,526 )   $ 353,511  
                                         
Income before income taxes, minority interest and equity income of equity investments
  $ 282,727       42,845       65,645       (13,526 )   $ 377,691  
                                         
Income tax expense
  $ 97,297       14,137       23,134       9,100     $ 143,668  
                                         
Equity in income of equity investments
  $ (120 )     5,516                 $ 5,396  
                                         
Net income
  $ 187,208       30,350       42,511       (22,626 )   $ 237,443  
                                         
Identifiable assets
  $ 1,278,403       319,279       189,956           $ 1,787,638  
Intersegment eliminations
    (305,847 )     (1,526 )     (1,245 )           (308,618 )
                                         
Total assets
  $ 972,556       317,753       188,711           $ 1,479,020  
                                         
 
 
 

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                Merchant
             
(in thousands)
  Domestic-Based
    International-Based
    Acquiring
    Spin-Related
       
Operating Segments
  Support Services     Support Services     Services     Costs     Consolidated  
 
2006
                                       
Revenues before reimbursables
  $ 1,057,257       158,608       237,786           $ 1,453,651  
Intersegment revenues
    (18,130 )     (956 )     (132 )           (19,218 )
                                         
Revenues before reimbursables from external customers
  $ 1,039,127       157,652       237,654           $ 1,434,433  
                                         
Total revenues
  $ 1,349,797       183,425       282,108           $ 1,815,330  
Intersegment revenues
    (27,071 )     (956 )     (132 )           (28,159 )
                                         
Revenues from external customers
  $ 1,322,726       182,469       281,976           $ 1,787,171  
                                         
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 137,093       20,489       27,312           $ 184,894  
                                         
Intersegment expenses
  $ 22,476       (18,784 )     (31,791 )         $ (28,099 )
                                         
Segment operating income
  $ 283,396       16,236       57,450           $ 357,082  
                                         
Income before income taxes, minority interest and equity income of equity investments
  $ 295,303       16,958       59,593           $ 371,854  
                                         
Income tax expense
  $ 97,497       5,818       22,867           $ 126,182  
                                         
Equity in income of equity investments
  $       4,243                 $ 4,243  
                                         
Net income
  $ 198,694       13,743       36,726           $ 249,163  
                                         
Identifiable assets
  $ 1,517,299       308,713       210,117           $ 2,036,129  
Intersegment eliminations
    (400,957 )     (894 )     (37 )           (401,888 )
                                         
Total assets
  $ 1,116,342       307,819       210,080           $ 1,634,241  
                                         
 
                                         
                Merchant
             
(in thousands)
  Domestic-Based
    International-Based
    Acquiring
    Spin-Related
       
Operating Segments
  Support Services     Support Services     Services     Costs     Consolidated  
 
2005
                                       
Revenues before reimbursables
  $ 959,846       123,865       220,038           $ 1,303,749  
Intersegment revenues
    (13,809 )           (150 )           (13,959 )
                                         
Revenues before reimbursables from external customers
  $ 946,037       123,865       219,888           $ 1,289,790  
                                         
Total revenues
  $ 1,220,199       146,982       258,082           $ 1,625,263  
Intersegment revenues
    (22,183 )           (149 )           (22,332 )
                                         
Revenues from external customers
  $ 1,198,016       146,982       257,933           $ 1,602,931  
                                         
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 114,134       16,569       19,371           $ 150,074  
                                         
Intersegment expenses
  $ 34,594       (31,245 )     (25,691 )         $ (22,342 )
                                         
Segment operating income
  $ 238,098       6,542       42,489           $ 287,129  
                                         
Income before income taxes, minority interest and equity income of equity investments
  $ 241,666       6,972       43,289           $ 291,927  
                                         
Income tax expense
  $ 80,876       4,925       17,485           $ 103,286  
                                         
Equity in income of equity investments
  $       2,893       3,242           $ 6,135  
                                         
Net income
  $ 160,853       4,567       29,100           $ 194,520  
                                         
Identifiable assets
  $ 1,320,552       178,135       230,712           $ 1,729,399  
Intersegment eliminations
    (318,475 )     (1 )     (26 )           (318,502 )
                                         
Total assets
  $ 1,002,077       178,134       230,686           $ 1,410,897  
                                         
 
Revenues for domestic-based support services and merchant acquiring services include electronic payment processing services and other services provided from the United States to clients domiciled in the United States or other countries. Revenues for international-based

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support services include electronic payment processing services and other services provided from facilities outside the United States to clients based predominantly outside the United States.
 
GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA:   The Company maintains property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, in the following geographic areas:
 
                 
   
    At
 
    December 31,  
(in millions)   2007     2006  
 
United States
  $ 208.3       204.7  
Europe
    70.3       63.1  
Japan
    1.9       1.9  
Other
    2.6       1.6  
                 
Totals
  $ 283.1       271.3  
                 
 
 
 
The following geographic area data represents revenues for the years ended December 31 based on the domicile of the Company’s customers:
 
                                                 
   
(in millions)   2007     %     2006     %     2005     %  
 
United States
  $ 1,400.2       77.5     $ 1,482.1       82.9     $ 1,354.1       84.5  
Europe
    211.8       11.7       158.8       8.9       132.6       8.2  
Canada
    126.8       7.0       102.0       5.7       89.9       5.6  
Japan
    24.5       1.4       18.6       1.0       15.6       1.0  
Mexico
    14.0       0.8       12.3       0.7       7.6       0.5  
Other
    28.5       1.6       13.4       0.8       3.1       0.2  
                                                 
Totals
  $ 1,805.8       100.0     $ 1,787.2       100.0     $ 1,602.9       100.0  
                                                 
 
 
 
GEOGRAPHIC AREA REVENUE BY OPERATING SEGMENT:   The following table reconciles segment revenue to revenues by geography for the years ended December 31:
 
                                                                         
   
    Domestic-Based
    International-Based
    Merchant
 
    Support Services     Support Services     Acquiring Services  
(in millions)   2007     2006     2005     2007     2006     2005     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
  $ 1,113.1       1,201.3       1,097.1     $ 0.5                 $ 286.6       280.8       257.0  
Europe
    1.7       1.5       1.2       210.1       157.3       131.4                    
Canada
    126.2       101.5       89.5                         0.6       0.5       0.4  
Japan
                      24.5       18.6       15.6                    
Mexico
    14.0       12.3       7.6                                      
Other
    10.5       6.1       2.6       17.2       6.6             0.8       0.7       0.5  
                                                                         
Totals
  $ 1,265.5       1,322.7       1,198.0     $ 252.3       182.5       147.0     $ 288.0       282.0       257.9  
                                                                         
 
 

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MAJOR CUSTOMERS:   For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company had three major customers which accounted for approximately 32.4%, 39.2% and 35.8%, respectively, of total revenues. Revenues from the major customers for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, are primarily attributable to the domestic-based support services segment and the merchant acquiring services segment.
 
                                                 
   
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2007     2006     2005  
Revenue
        % of Total
          % of Total
          % of Total
 
(in millions)   Dollars     Revenues     Dollars     Revenues     Dollars     Revenues  
 
Client 1
  $ 236.1       13.1     $ 84.9       4.8     $ 55.0       3.4  
Client 2
    213.3       11.8       434.2       24.3       357.3       22.3  
Client 3
    136.3       7.5       181.0       10.1       162.1       10.1  
                                                 
Totals
  $ 585.7       32.4     $ 700.1       39.2     $ 574.4       35.8  
                                                 
 
 
 
NOTE 21   Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
Restricted Stock Awards
 
During 2007, the Company issued 241,260 shares of TSYS common stock with a market value of $7.6 million to certain key employees and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested stock bonus awards for services to be provided by such officers, directors and employees in the future.
 
On October 23, 2006, the Company issued 275,150 shares of common stock with a market value of $6.7 million to certain key employees under nonvested shares for services to be provided by such employees in the future.
 
During the first quarter of 2006, the Company issued 150,775 shares of common stock with a market value of $3.0 million compared to 221,902 shares of common stock with a market value of $5.1 million in the first quarter of 2005. These shares are issued to certain key executive officers and non-management members of its board of directors under nonvested awards for services to be provided by such officers and directors in the future.
 
On July 19, 2005, the Company issued 5,000 shares of common stock with a market value of $120,000 to a certain key officer under a restricted stock bonus award for services to be provided by such officer in the future.
 
Equipment Acquired Under Capital Lease Obligations
 
The Company acquired equipment under capital lease in the amount of $4.8 million, $3.8 million and $1.5 million related to computer equipment and software in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
NOTE 22   Acquisitions
 
Aircraft Enterprise
 
CB&T and another company for years have jointly owned an enterprise that operated corporate aircraft for their internal use. CB&T owned an 80% interest in the enterprise. The arrangement allowed each entity access to the aircraft and each entity would pay for its usage of the aircraft. Each quarter, the net operating results of the enterprise would be shared among CB&T and the other company based on their respective ownership percentage. As a majority owned subsidiary of CB&T, TSYS had full access to the aircraft and hangar.
 
Prior to the completion of the spin-off, TSYS acquired a 45% ownership interest in the business enterprise for approximately $12.1 million, of which $9.7 million was paid to CB&T. TSYS will use the equity method of accounting for the enterprise.
 
TSYS Managed Services
 
On November 16, 2006, TSYS announced an agreement with Merchants, a customer-contact company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data, to deliver a comprehensive range of managed services to financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The agreement combines the call-center capabilities of Merchants with TSYS’ special business unit, both of which specialize in customer-servicing operations, including back-office, cross-selling and up-selling activities for financial institutions engaged in card issuing and merchant acquiring. The new venture is called TSYS Managed Services EMEA, Ltd. and includes existing Merchants centers that comprise more than 200 seats in Milton Keynes, England, near London, and Barneveld, The Netherlands, near Amsterdam. TSYS paid an aggregate consideration of approximately $2.5 million, including direct acquisition costs.
 
Prior to the new agreement, TSYS contracted with Merchants to provide these services to TSYS’ international clients. TSYS consolidated TSYS Managed Services’ balance sheet and results of

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operations, as of November 16, 2006. The Company recorded the acquisition of majority ownership as a business combination requiring the Company to allocate the purchase price for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their relative fair values. The Company has preliminarily allocated $625,000 to goodwill related to TSYS Managed Services.
 
The acquisition of TSYS Managed Services allows TSYS to deliver the same managed services to clients in Europe and the broader region as it does to its domestic clients. TSYS Managed Services operates as a separate, majority owned subsidiary of TSYS. Revenues associated with TSYS Managed Services are included in international — based support services for segment reporting purposes.
 
The pro forma impact of the TSYS Managed Services acquisition on revenues and net income for periods prior to the acquisition was not material.
 
TSYS Card Tech
 
On July 11, 2006, TSYS acquired Card Tech, Ltd., a privately owned London-based payments firm, and related companies, increasing TSYS’ electronic payment processing and merchant acquiring capabilities and extending its geographic reach to Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. TSYS paid an aggregate consideration of approximately $59.3 million, including direct acquisition costs.
 
Card Tech, Ltd. was established in 1989 and maintains service centers in London, England; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nicosia, Cyprus; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Noida, India.
 
Card Tech has implemented its payments software for six of the 25 largest global banks and three of the largest global card issuers. Worldwide, the company has approximately 190 clients from 70 countries — primarily banks. Its applications are certified by all of the major global payment networks. TSYS formed and/or acquired five companies in connection with the Card Tech, Ltd. acquisition, which the Company collectively refers to as TSYS Card Tech.
 
The acquisition of TSYS Card Tech allows TSYS to expand its service offerings and enter into new markets. TSYS Card Tech’s software applications are utilized globally. TSYS Card Tech offers a server-based system with an established global footprint for comprehensive issuing and acquiring services. TSYS Card Tech offers products and services for installment loans, credit, debit, merchant acquiring and prepaid payment platforms in addition to fraud, risk management, authorizations, chargebacks, e-commerce and m-commerce solutions designed for the bankcard market. TSYS Card Tech’s applications are browser-based, multilingual, multicurrency and multi-country (including double-byte-enabled).
 
TSYS consolidated TSYS Card Tech’s balance sheet and results of operations, as of July 11, 2006. The final purchase price allocation is presented below:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 4,265  
Intangible assets
    19,100  
Goodwill
    32,700  
Other assets
    12,095  
         
Total assets acquired
    68,160  
         
Other liabilities
    8,693  
         
Total liabilities assumed
    8,693  
         
Net assets acquired
  $ 59,467  
         
 
 
 
Revenues associated with TSYS Card Tech are included in electronic payment processing services and are included in international — based support services for segment reporting purposes.
 
The pro forma impact of the TSYS Card Tech acquisition on revenues and net income for periods prior to the acquisition was not material.
 
China UnionPay Data Co., Ltd.
 
Effective November 1, 2005, TSYS purchased an initial 34.04% equity interest in CUP Data, the payments-processing subsidiary of China UnionPay Co., Ltd. (CUP). Effective August 1, 2006, TSYS increased its ownership interest to 44.56%. CUP is sanctioned by the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, and has become one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing payments networks. CUP Data currently provides transaction processing, disaster recovery and other services for banks and bankcard issuers in China. CUP Data has signed numerous processing agreements for several of China’s largest financial institutions. The acquisition of an equity interest in CUP Data allows TSYS to entry into new markets internationally.
 
The Company is using the equity method of accounting to account for its investment in CUP Data. The difference between the cost of the investment and the amount of underlying equity in net assets of CUP Data is recognized as goodwill. The purchase price allocation related to the acquisition is presented below:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
Total assets acquired
  $ 12,921  
Goodwill
    39,773  
         
Net assets acquired
  $ 52,694  
         
 
 
 
The goodwill associated with CUP Data is not reported as goodwill in the Company’s balance sheet, but is reported as a component of the equity investment.

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TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C.
 
Vital Processing Services, L.L.C. (Vital), a limited liability company, was established in May 1996 as a 50/50 joint venture between TSYS and Visa U.S.A. (Visa). Vital was renamed as TSYS Acquiring in April 2006. TSYS Acquiring provides integrated end-to-end electronic transaction processing services primarily to large financial institutions and other merchant acquirers. TSYS Acquiring processes all payment forms including credit, debit, prepaid, electronic benefit transfer and electronic check for merchants of all sizes across a wide array of retail market segments.
 
On March 1, 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 50% of TSYS Acquiring from Visa for $95.8 million in cash, including direct acquisition costs of $794,000. TSYS Acquiring is now a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS. As a result of the acquisition of control of TSYS Acquiring, TSYS changed from the equity method of accounting for the investment in TSYS Acquiring and began consolidating TSYS Acquiring’s balance sheet and results of operations in TSYS’ consolidated financial statements. In accordance with authoritative accounting guidelines, TSYS recorded the acquisition of the incremental 50% interest as a business combination, requiring that TSYS allocate the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values. The Company finalized the purchase price allocation and has allocated $30.2 million to goodwill, $30.5 million to other identifiable intangible assets and the remaining amount to the assets and liabilities acquired. Of the $30.5 million other identifiable intangible assets, the Company has allocated $18.5 million to computer software and the remaining amount to other intangible assets. The acquisition of TSYS Acquiring allows TSYS to be a provider of value-based services at both ends of the payment chain and allows TSYS to expand the services offered to the Company’s largest customers. Revenues associated with TSYS Acquiring are included in merchant acquiring services and are classified in merchant acquiring services for segment reporting purposes.
 
Since TSYS acquired less than 100% of the outstanding shares of the acquired enterprise, the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition was based on a pro rata allocation of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the historical financial statement carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities of the acquired enterprise. As a result, TSYS recorded the fair value of the 50% interest of TSYS Acquiring’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of March 1, 2005. The Company recorded the remaining 50% interest of TSYS Acquiring’s assets and liabilities at historical carrying values. The purchase price allocation is presented below:
 
         
   
(in thousands)      
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 19,399  
Intangible assets
    30,500  
Goodwill
    30,211  
Other assets
    47,563  
         
Total assets acquired
    127,673  
         
Other liabilities
    31,830  
         
Total liabilities assumed
    31,830  
         
Minority interest
    49  
         
Net assets acquired
  $ 95,794  
         
 
 
 
Effective October 1, 2005, TSYS acquired the remaining 49% of Merlin, a subsidiary of TSYS Acquiring, for approximately $2.0 million. TSYS recorded the acquisition of the incremental 49% interest as a business combination requiring the Company to allocate the purchase price of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values. The Company has allocated $1.9 million to goodwill related to the acquisition of Merlin by TSYS Acquiring.
 
NOTE 23   Synovus Spin-off of TSYS
 
In July 2007, Synovus’ Board of Directors appointed a special committee of independent directors to make a recommendation with respect to whether to distribute Synovus’ ownership interest in TSYS to Synovus’ shareholders. As a result, the TSYS Board of Directors formed a special committee of independent TSYS directors to consider the terms of any proposed spin-off by Synovus of its ownership interest in TSYS, including the size of the pre-spin cash dividend.
 
On October 25, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of distribution with Synovus, under which Synovus planned to distribute all of its shares of TSYS common stock in a spin-off to Synovus shareholders. Under the terms and conditions of the agreement, TSYS would become a fully independent company, allowing for broader diversification of the Company’s shareholder base, more liquidity of the Company’s shares and additional investment in strategic growth opportunities and potential acquisitions.
 
In accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution by and among TSYS, Synovus and CB&T, on November 30, 2007, TSYS entered into a Transition Services Agreement, an Employee Matters Agreement, an Indemnification and Insurance Matters Agreement, a Master Confidential Disclosure Agreement and an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Synovus. On November 30, 2007, TSYS also entered into a Tax Sharing

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Agreement with CB&T and Synovus. On November 30, 2007, TSYS, Synovus and CB&T also entered into an amendment to the Distribution Agreement which clarified that the effective time of the spin-off transaction would be prior to the close of business on December 31, 2007.
 
Prior to the spin-off transaction and in accordance with the agreement and plan of distribution, TSYS agreed to pay a one-time aggregate cash dividend of $600 million to all TSYS shareholders, including Synovus. The per share amount of the $600 million special cash dividend was determined to be $3.0309 per share, based on the number of TSYS shares outstanding as of the close of business on December 17, 2007, the record date. TSYS funded the dividend with a combination of cash on hand and the use of a revolving credit facility. Refer to Note 11 for more information on the revolving credit facility.
 
Synovus distributed .483921 of a share of TSYS common stock on December 31, 2007 for each share of Synovus common stock outstanding on December 18, 2007, the record date.
 
The spin-off was completed on December 31, 2007. TSYS incurred expenses associated with advisory and legal services in connection with the spin-off assessment. TSYS also incurred expenses for the incremental fair value associated with converting Synovus stock options held by TSYS employees to TSYS options. Expenses associated with the spin-off for the year ended December 31, 2007 are as follows:
 
         

 
(in millions)   2007  
 
Incremental value of converting Synovus stock options to TSYS stock options
  $ 6  
Other operating expenses
    8  
         
Total operating expenses
    14  
Tax impact*
    (2 )
         
Total operating expenses, net of tax impact
    12  
Income taxes related to deconsolidation
    11  
         
Total
  $ 23  
         
 
 
 
* Certain expenses in a re-organization, such as the spin-off, are not deductible for tax purposes. A majority of the expenses in 2007 are not deductible.
 
With the completion of the spin-off, the TSYS Board of Directors extended to April 2010 TSYS’ current share repurchase program that was set to expire in April 2008 and increased the number of shares that may be repurchased under the plan from 2 million to 10 million.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Total System Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Total System Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
As discussed in Notes 1 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.
 
As discussed in Notes 1 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.
 
As discussed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, as of December 31, 2006.
 
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Total System Services, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 28, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
-S- KPMG
 
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28, 2008

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
 
The management of Total System Services, Inc. (the Company) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company maintains accounting and internal control systems which are intended to provide reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and accounting records are reliable for preparing financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
 
Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, risk.
 
The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework .
 
Based on our assessment management believes that, as of December 31, 2007, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
 
     
-S- PHILIP W. TOMLINSON
  -S- JAMES B. LIPHAM
     
Philip W. Tomlinson
  James B. Lipham
Chairman of the Board &
  Senior Executive Vice President &
Chief Executive Officer
  Chief Financial Officer
     

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:
 
We have audited Total System Services, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Total System Services, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
 
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
In our opinion, Total System Services, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
 
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Total System Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and our report dated February 28, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
 
-S- KPMG
 
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28, 2008

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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited), Stock Price, Dividend Information
 
TSYS’ common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “TSS.” Price and volume information appears under the abbreviation “TotlSysSvc” in NYSE daily stock quotation listings. As of February 21, 2008, there were 34,125 holders of record of TSYS common stock, some of whom are holders in nominee name for the benefit of different shareholders.
 
The fourth quarter dividend of $0.07 per share was declared on November 30, 2007, and was paid January 2, 2008, to shareholders of record on December 17, 2007. A fourth quarter one-time special dividend related to the spin-off of $3.03 per share was also declared on November 30, 2007, and was paid December 31, 2007, to shareholders of record on December 17, 2007. Total dividends declared in 2007 and in 2006 amounted to $655.3 million and $53.2 million, respectively. It is the present intention of the Board of Directors of TSYS to continue to pay cash dividends on its common stock.
 
Presented here is a summary of the unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
 
                                         
 
    First
    Second
    Third
    Fourth
 
(in thousands, except per share data)   Quarter     Quarter     Quarter     Quarter  
 
  2007     Revenues   $ 429,603       460,155       457,565       458,513  
        Operating income     85,679       95,916       91,219       80,697  
        Net income     57,273       65,688       68,802       45,680  
        Basic earnings per share     0.29       0.33       0.35       0.23  
        Diluted earnings per share     0.29       0.33       0.35       0.23  
        Cash dividends declared     0.07       0.07       0.07       3.10  
        Stock prices:                                
          High     33.09       35.05       30.01       30.99  
          Low     25.48       29.00       26.68       24.35  
          Close     31.85       29.51       27.78       28.00  
  2006     Revenues   $ 412,290       429,165       441,815       503,901  
        Operating income     71,857       84,731       72,257       128,237  
        Net income     50,393       57,406       54,306       87,058  
        Basic earnings per share     0.26       0.29       0.28       0.44  
        Diluted earnings per share     0.26       0.29       0.28       0.44  
        Cash dividends declared     0.06       0.07       0.07       0.07  
        Stock prices:                                
          High     20.79       20.76       24.02       26.61  
          Low     18.54       17.92       17.87       22.40  
          Close     19.92       19.25       22.83       26.39  
  2005     Revenues   $ 349,983       410,244       421,970       420,734  
        Operating income     66,306       76,346       72,332       72,145  
        Net income     46,123       50,643       48,056       49,698  
        Basic earnings per share     0.23       0.26       0.24       0.25  
        Diluted earnings per share     0.23       0.26       0.24       0.25  
        Cash dividends declared     0.04       0.06       0.06       0.06  
        Stock prices:                                
          High     25.50       25.88       25.20       23.65  
          Low     22.00       22.48       22.51       17.76  
          Close     24.99       24.10       23.31       19.79  

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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
 
The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in cumulative shareholder return on TSYS stock with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and the Standard & Poor’s Systems Software Index for the last five fiscal years (assuming a $100 investment on December 31, 2002 and reinvestment of all dividends).
 
COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG TSYS, THE S&P 500 INDEX
AND THE S&P SYSTEMS SOFTWARE INDEX
 
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
 
                                                             
      2002     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007
TSYS
    $ 100       $ 231       $ 182       $ 149       $ 202       $ 241  
S&P 500
    $ 100       $ 129       $ 143       $ 150       $ 173       $ 183  
S&P SS
    $ 100       $ 117       $ 126       $ 121       $ 143       $ 171  
                                                             

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Exhibit 21.1
SUBSIDIARIES OF TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
         
Ownership       Place of
Percentage   Name   Incorporation
100%
  Columbus Depot Equipment Company   Georgia
100%
  TSYS Canada, Inc.   Georgia
100%
  TSYS Total Debt Management, Inc.   Georgia
100%
  Columbus Productions, Inc.   Georgia
100%
  TSYS Loyalty, Inc.   Georgia
100%
  TSYS Japan Co., Ltd.   Japan
100%
  TSYS Technology Center, Inc.   Idaho
100%
  ProCard, Inc.   Delaware
100%
  TSYS Staffing Services, Inc.   Georgia
100%
  TSYS Servicos de Transacoes Eletronicas Ltda   Brazil
100%
  Total System Services Holding Europe LP   England
 
  100% Total System Services Sales Europe Limited   England
 
  100% Total System Services Processing Europe Limited   England
 
  100% TSYS Europe (Netherlands) B.V.   Netherlands
 
  100% TSYS Europe (Spain) S.L.   Spain
 
  100% TSYS Europe (Deutschland) GmBH   Germany
 
  100% TSYS Europe (Italia) S.r.l   Italy
 
  100% TSYS Bermuda Limited   Bermuda
 
  100% TSYS Card Tech Holding Limited   England
 
             100% TSYS Card Tech Research Limited   England
 
             100% TSYS Card Tech Limited   England
 
  100% TSYS Card Tech Services Limited   Cyprus
 
             100% TSYS Card Tech Services (Malaysia) Limited   Malaysia
 
             100% TSYS Card Tech Services India Private Limited   India
 
  55% TSYS Managed Services EMEA Limited   England
 
             100% TSYS Managed Services EMEA B.V.   Netherlands
 
             100% TSYS Managed Services EMEA (Netherlands) B.V.   Netherlands
100%
  TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C.   Delaware
 
  100% TSYS POS Systems and Services, L.L.C.   Delaware
100%
  Merlin Solutions L.L.C.   Maryland
51.46%
  GP Network Corporation   Japan
49%
  Total System Services de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.   Mexico
 
  100% TSYS Servicios Corporativos   Mexico
44.56%
  China Unionpay Data Services Company Limited   China

 

Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 2-92497, No. 33-17376, No. 333-25401, No. 333-41775, No. 333-104142, No. 333-142791, and No. 333-148449) on Form S-8 and the registration statement (No. 333-50351) on Form S-3 of Total System Services, Inc. of our reports dated February 28, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Total System Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in or are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Total System Services, Inc.
Our report dated February 28, 2008, on the consolidated financial statements, refers to a change in the method of accounting for income taxes in 2007 upon the Company’s adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes- an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 . Our report also refers to a change in the method of accounting for share based payments in 2006 upon the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment . Our report also refers to a change in the method of accounting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans in 2006 upon the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans .
-S- KPMG LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28, 2008

 

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
     I, Philip W. Tomlinson, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Total System Services, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 


 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: February 28, 2008  /s/ Philip W. Tomlinson    
  Philip W. Tomlinson   
  Chief Executive Officer   
 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
     I, James B. Lipham, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Total System Services, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a- 15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 


 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: February 28, 2008  /s/ James B. Lipham    
  James B. Lipham   
  Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

 

Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Philip W. Tomlinson, the Chief Executive Officer of Total System Services, Inc. (the “Company”), and James B. Lipham, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify that, to the best of his knowledge:
(1) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
February 28, 2008  /s/ Philip W. Tomlinson  
  Philip W. Tomlinson   
  Chief Executive Officer   
     
February 28, 2008  /s/ James B. Lipham  
  James B. Lipham   
  Chief Financial Officer   
 
This certification “accompanies” the Form 10-K to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-K, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.)