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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):
July 10, 2013

ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



DELAWARE
 
001-15749
 
31-1429215
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)



7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700
PLANO, TEXAS 75024
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

(214) 494-3000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 10, 2013, Zale Corporation, an Irving, Texas-based leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, and Alliance Data's Retail Services Business, a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions issued a press release announcing that they have signed a long-term agreement for Alliance Data's Retail Services business to provide private label credit card services for Zale's U.S. brands and to acquire the existing card portfolio at a future date.  A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated July 10, 2013.

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:  July 10, 2013
By:
 
/s/ Charles L. Horn         
     
Charles L. Horn
     
Executive Vice President and
     
Chief Financial Officer


 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
     
99.1
 
Press release dated July 10, 2013.