Alliance Data Systems Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of $400M of Senior Notes

Alliance Data Systems Corporation ADS announced today that it proposes to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019 (the "Notes") to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Alliance Data expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund in part its previously announced pending acquisition and for general corporate purposes. The Notes will be general unsecured senior obligations of Alliance Data, will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries of Alliance Data and will pay interest semi-annually.  The interest rate and other terms of the Notes are to be determined by negotiations between Alliance Data and the initial purchasers. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.