TSYS Reports EPS Growth of 29% For The Fourth Quarter And 14% For The Full Year

Provides 2012 Guidance of 10% to 12% EPS Growth

COLUMBUS, Ga., January 24, 2012 — TSYS today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year with basic earnings per share from continuing operations at $0.31 for the quarter, an increase of 29.4%, and $1.15 for the full year, an increase of 14.4% over 2010. Total revenues for the quarter were $472.2 million, an increase of 7.3%, and $1,809.0 million for the year, an increase of 5.3%.  Revenues before reimbursable items were $407.7 million and $1,540.7 million, an increase of 9.1% and 6.8%, respectively, for the quarter and the year.

“We are pleased to report that we met or exceeded the high end of our guidance for 2011.  Our 2011 results reflect continued strong same client transaction growth of 11.2% in our card issuer processing.  The driving forces behind our results were consolidated organic revenue growth of 4.7% for the year, combined with acquisitions in the acquiring space, which added 2.9% to our growth in revenues before reimbursable items,” said Philip W. Tomlinson, chairman and chief executive officer of TSYS.

“During the fourth quarter, we purchased 2.4 million shares of our stock in the open market for $47.7 million, which brought our full year repurchase totals to 6.6 million shares for $120.6 million.  All shares were purchased at values that we believe were attractive. We continue to pursue acquisitions that meet our strategy of being the leading global payment solutions provider. During the year, we deployed approximately $335 million of capital for share repurchases and acquisitions as we continue to aggressively invest in our future and add shareholder value. We were also pleased to announce a 42.9% increase in our quarterly dividends and a total shareholder return of 29.2% for 2011. We continue to believe TSYS will have good growth in 2012, resulting in our guidance of double digit growth in earnings per share and a solid top line revenue increase,” said Tomlinson.

Conference Call

TSYS will host its quarterly conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 24. The conference call can be accessed via simultaneous Internet broadcast at tsys.com by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage. The replay will be archived for 12 months and will be available approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the call. A slide presentation to accompany the call will be available by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage of tsys.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

This press release and the financial highlights section of this release contain the non-GAAP financial measures of revenues and basic EPS excluding revenues from termination fees and revenues and operating results on a constant currency basis, respectively, to describe TSYS’ performance. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to better understand and assess TSYS’ operating results and financial performance. TSYS believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful additional information about TSYS to assist investors in understanding and evaluating its operating results.

Additional information about non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included on pages 10 and 11 of this release.

About TSYS

TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is reshaping a new era in digital commerce, connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses and governments. Through unmatched customer service and industry insight, TSYS creates a better experience for buyers and sellers, supporting cross-border payments in more than 85 countries. Offering merchant payment-acceptance solutions as well as services in credit, debit, prepaid, mobile, chip, healthcare, installments, money transfer and more, TSYS makes it possible for those in the global marketplace to conduct safe and secure electronic transactions with trust and convenience.

TSYS’ headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events.  Forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “should,” “plan,” “will,” “could,” and  similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding TSYS’ belief that it will continue to exhibit strong growth in 2012 and TSYS’ earnings guidance for 2012 total revenues, revenues before reimbursable items, income from continuing operations and EPS from continuing operations, and the assumptions underlying such statements. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of TSYS' management, are based on management’s assumptions and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements in this press release. Many of these factors are beyond TSYS' ability to control or predict. These factors include, but are not limited to: continued consolidation and turmoil in the financial services and other industries during 2012, including the merger of TSYS clients with entities that are not TSYS processing clients, the sale of portfolios by TSYS clients to entities that are not TSYS processing clients and the nationalization or seizure by banking regulators of TSYS clients; TSYS is unable to control expenses and increase market share both domestically and internationally; TSYS is unable to manage the impact of slowing economic conditions and consumer spending; the material breach of security of any of TSYS' systems; the impact of potential and completed acquisitions, including the costs associated therewith and their being more difficult to integrate than anticipated; adverse developments with respect to foreign currency exchange rates; expenses are incurred associated with the signing of a significant client; the deconversion of a significant client; the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on TSYS and on our clients; changes occur in laws, rules, regulations, credit card association rules or other industry standards affecting TSYS and our clients that may result in costly new compliance burdens on TSYS and our clients and lead to a decrease in the volume and/or number of transactions processed; the costs and effects of litigation, investigations or similar matters or adverse facts and developments relating thereto;  adverse developments with respect to the credit card industry in general, including a decline in the use of credit cards as a payment mechanism; and internal growth rates of TSYS’ existing clients are lower than anticipated whether as a result of unemployment rates, card delinquencies and charge-off rates or otherwise. Additional risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in this release can be found in TSYS' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. We believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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Contacts
Shawn Roberts
TSYS Investor Relations
+1.706.644.6081
shawnroberts@tsys.com