TSYS Announces 2008 Fourth-Quarter Dividend

Columbus, Ga., December 3, 2008 — TSYS today announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share on TSYS common stock, payable on January 2, 2009, to TSYS shareholders of record at the close of business on December 18, 2008.

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, debt management, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information, contact news@tsys.com or log on to www.tsys.com. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its website.

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TSYS Media Relations
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Shawn Roberts
TSYS Investor Relations
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