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):

October 17, 2007

 


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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 17, 2007 Alliance Data Systems Corporation issued a press release regarding its results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 17, 2007 Alliance Data Systems Corporation issued a press release regarding its results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  

DESCRIPTION

99.1

   Press Release dated October 17, 2007 announcing the results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

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.

 

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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: October 17, 2007   By:  

/s/ Edward J. Heffernan

    Edward J. Heffernan
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER
 

DESCRIPTION

99.1   Press Release dated October 17, 2007 announcing the results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

 

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