SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 8, 2014

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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Explanatory Note:
On December 10, 2014, Alliance Data Systems Corporation ("Alliance Data") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Original Form 8-K") regarding the completion of the acquisition of Conversant, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Conversant"), pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Alliance Data, Conversant and Amber Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliance Data (the "Merger Sub"). At the effective time, as defined in the Merger Agreement, Conversant merged with and into the Merger Sub, with the Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliance Data (the "Merger").

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 9.01 of the Original Form 8-K to present certain unaudited pro forma financial information in connection with the Merger, which unaudited pro forma financial information is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2014 as if the Merger occurred on September 30, 2014, and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013 as if the Merger occurred on January 1, 2013, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A and are incorporated herein by reference.
 
Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
 
Financial statements of Conversant are not required to be provided with the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K/A.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
     
99.1
 
Unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2014 as if the Merger occurred on September 30, 2014, and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013 as if the Merger occurred on January 1, 2013.



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: January 20, 2015
By:
 
/s/ Charles L. Horn
 
     
Charles L. Horn
 
     
Executive Vice President and
 
     
Chief Financial Officer
 



EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
     
99.1
 
Unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2014 as if the Merger occurred on September 30, 2014, and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013 as if the Merger occurred on January 1, 2013.