Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

February 17, 2010

 

 

ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

DELAWARE   001-15749   31-1429215

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

17655 WATERVIEW PARKWAY

DALLAS, TEXAS 75252

(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

(972) 348-5100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 

 


ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

Alliance Data Systems Corporation is providing information regarding its adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 166 and 167 effective January 1, 2010. Such information is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  

DESCRIPTION

99.1    Information regarding Adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 166 and 167.

Note: The information contained in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Alliance Data Systems Corporation

Date: February 17, 2010

    By:   /S/    EDWARD J. HEFFERNAN        
        Edward J. Heffernan
        President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  

DESCRIPTION

99.1    Information regarding Adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 166 and 167.

 

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