TSYS Announces First Quarter 2010 Results

COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today reported results for the first quarter of 2010. Total revenues were $415.4 million for an increase of 1.6% over 2009.

“Our new FNMS joint venture is transformational for TSYS as it advances our goal to diversify our business from being just a transaction processor to being a full service payments company. FNMS is a “top-tier”

Income from continuing operations increased 3.1% to $51.8 million and net income was up 10.3% compared to 2009. Basic earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $0.26.

As previously reported, TSYS completed its acquisition of 51% of Omaha, Nebraska-based First National Merchant Solutions, LLC (FNMS) on April 1, 2010. TSYS will consolidate this new entity in its financial statements in its Merchant Services segment for the remaining nine months of 2010. TSYS’ guidance for 2010 has been updated to reflect this acquisition. For 2010, it is expected that FNMS will contribute $95 to $97 million to TSYS’ total revenues; $2 to $3 million to net income, net of acquisition costs of approximately $2.5 million; and approximately $0.01 to basic earnings per share. While TSYS will consolidate and report all of FNMS’ revenues and expenses, it will report only 51% of FNMS’ net income.

“Our new FNMS joint venture is transformational for TSYS as it advances our goal to diversify our business from being just a transaction processor to being a full service payments company. FNMS is a “top-tier” merchant acquirer with a deep and talented pool of experienced management and team members that mirrors our TSYS culture,” said Philip W. Tomlinson, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of TSYS.

“With the economy showing signs of improvement for the first time in two years, we remain optimistic about our ability to achieve our original guidance for 2010, and are pleased to be able to raise it as a result of the FNMS joint venture,” added Tomlinson.

TSYS also announced today a new stock repurchase plan to purchase up to 10 million shares of TSYS stock. This equates to approximately $162 million of TSYS stock based on current market prices. The shares may be purchased from time to time over the next two years at prices considered attractive to the company.

TSYS’ revised guidance for 2010 is set forth below and includes the impact of deconverted portfolios (whether as the result of bank failures, portfolio sales or otherwise), price compression, reduction in one-time termination fees and currency impact, and the current economic environment of the credit card market.

		2010 Revised Guidance
		Range
		(in millions, except per share amounts)										Percent Change
Total revenues		$1,711		to		$1,745						1	%		to		3	%
Reimbursable items		$279		to		$284						3	%		to		5	%
Revenues before reimbursable items		$1,432		to		$1,461						1	%		to		3	%
Income from continuing operations		$189		to		$194						(14	%)		to		(12	%)
EPS from continuing operations available to TSYS common shareholders		$0.96		to		$0.98						(14	%)		to		(12	%)
Average Shares Outstanding		197.3

Conference Call

TSYS will host its quarterly conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20. The conference call can be accessed via simultaneous Internet broadcast at tsys.com by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage. The replay will be archived for 12 months and will be available approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the call. A slide presentation to accompany the call will be available by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage of tsys.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

The financial highlights section of this release contains the non-GAAP financial measures of revenues and operating results on a constant currency basis to describe TSYS’ performance. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to better understand and assess TSYS’ operating results and financial performance. TSYS believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful additional information about TSYS to assist investors in understanding and evaluating its operating results.

Additional information about non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included on page 11 of this release.

About TSYS

TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is one of the world’s largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information contactnews@tsys.com or log on to www.tsys.com. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its Web site.