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TRANSACTIONS
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During
1999, TSYS leased various properties in Columbus, Georgia from
W.C. Bradley Co. for office space and storage. The rent paid for
the space in 1999, which is approximately 71,915 square feet,
was approximately $227,418. The lease agreements were made on
substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for
comparable leases for similar facilities with an unrelated third
party in Columbus, Georgia.
TSYS
has entered into an agreement with CB&T with respect to the use
of aircraft owned or leased by CB&T and W.C.B. Air L.L.C. CB&T
and W.C.B. Air are parties to a Joint Ownership Agreement pursuant
to which they jointly own or lease aircraft. W.C. Bradley Co.
owns all of the limited liability company interests of W.C.B.
Air. CB&T and W.C.B. Air have each agreed to pay fixed fees for
each hour they fly the aircraft owned and/or leased pursuant to
the Joint Ownership Agreeement. TSYS paid CB&T $881,970 for its
use of the aircraft during 1999, which was used by CB&T to satisfy
its commitments under the Joint Ownership Agreement. The charges
payable by TSYS to CB&T in connection with its use of this aircraft
approximate charges available to unrelated third parties in the
State of Georgia for use of comparable aircraft for com-mercial
purposes. William B. Turner, a director of TSYS and Chairman of
the Executive Committee of CB&T and Synovus, is an advisory director
and shareholder of W.C. Bradley Co. James H. Blanchard, Chairman
of the Executive Committee of TSYS, Chairman of the Board of Synovus
and a director of CB&T, is a director of W.C. Bradley Co. W. Walter
Miller, Jr., a director of W.C. Bradley Co., is Senior Vice President
and a director of TSYS. Elizabeth C. Ogie, the niece of William
B. Turner and the sister-in-law of W. Walter Miller, Jr., is a
director of W.C Bradley Co. and a director of CB&T and Synovus.
Stephen T. Butler, the nephew of William B. Turner and an officer
and director of W.C. Bradley Co., is a director of CB&T. W. B.
Turner, Jr. and John T. Turner, the sons of William B. Turner,
are officers and directors of W.C. Bradley Co. and are also directors
of CB&T.
TSYS is the lessee under an operating lease agreement pertaining
to its new corporate Campus. Under the operating lease agreement,
the lessor purchased the land, paid for construction and development
costs and leased the property to TSYS. During 1999, the lessor
paid Cousins Properties Incorporated $662,923 for managing the
development of the Campus. Thomas G. Cousins, a director of TSYS,
is an officer, director and shareholder of Cousins Properties
Incorporated.
King & Spalding, a law firm located in Atlanta, Georgia, performed
legal services on behalf of TSYS during 1999. Samuel A. Nunn,
a director of TSYS, is a Senior Partner of King & Spalding. Bradley
& Hatcher, a law firm located in Columbus, Georgia, performed
legal services on behalf of TSYS during 1999. Richard Y. Bradley,
a director of TSYS, CB&T and Synovus, is a partner of Bradley
& Hatcher.
For a description of certain transactions between TSYS and its
affiliated companies, upon whose Boards of Directors certain of
TSYS’ directors also serve, see “Bankcard
Data Processing Services Provided to CB&T and Certain of Synovus’
Subsidiaries; Other Agreements Between TSYS, Synovus, CB&T and
Certain of Synovus’ Subsidiaries” on page 24.
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