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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;3, 2008
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.</B></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1600 First Avenue <BR>
Columbus, Georgia</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM"><B>31901</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. 2008 OMNIBUS PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Kathleen Moates<BR>
Senior Deputy General Counsel<BR>
Total System Services, Inc.<BR>
1600 First Avenue<BR>
Columbus, Georgia 31901<BR>
(706)&nbsp;649-4818</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
$.10 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Maximum number of shares which may be issued by Total System Services, Inc. pursuant to the
Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan. This Registration Statement also covers any
additional shares of common stock issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or stock
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    <TD>Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and represents the average of the high and low prices of
the common stock of Total System Services, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on December
28, 2007.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information previously filed by Total System Services, Inc. (the
(&#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference in
this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
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    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
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Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the securities offered hereby has been rendered by Kathleen Moates, Senior
Deputy General Counsel of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a
corporation may indemnify or obligate itself to indemnify an individual made a party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if
such individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and such individual reasonably believed,
in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such conduct was in the best interests of the
corporation and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, such individual had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. Subsection (d)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable
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incurred if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct under Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code for which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section&nbsp;14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code, a court may order a corporation to indemnify a director or advance expenses if such court
determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under the Georgia Business Corporation
Code or that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification or advance of
expenses in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not such director met the standard
of conduct set forth in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code, failed to comply with Section&nbsp;14-2-853 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code
or was adjudged liable as described in paragraph (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;of subsection (d)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851
of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-852 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that to the extent that a
director has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which
he was a party, because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation shall
indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection
therewith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and if he or
she is not a director to such further extent as may be provided in its articles of incorporation,
bylaws, resolution of its board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of
conduct specified in Section&nbsp;14-2-857(a)(2) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code. Section
14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code also provides that an officer of the corporation
who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;14-2-852 and is
entitled to apply for court ordered indemnification or advances for expenses under Section
14-2-854, in each case to the same extent as a director. In addition, Section&nbsp;14-2-857 provides
that a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent who is not a
director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Article&nbsp;VIII of the Company&#146;s Bylaws, every person who is or was (and the
heirs and personal representatives of such person) a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted under
the Georgia Business Corporation Code from and against the obligation to pay a judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit
plan), and reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements) that may be imposed
upon or incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any threatened, pending, or
completed, action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative,
formal or informal, in which he or she is, or is threatened to be made, a named defendant or
respondent: (a)&nbsp;because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Company; (b)&nbsp;because he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise; or (c)&nbsp;because he or she is or was
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">serving as an employee of
the corporation who was employed to render professional services as a lawyer or accountant to the
corporation; regardless of whether such person is acting in such a capacity at the time such
obligation shall have been imposed or incurred, if (i)&nbsp;such person acted in a manner he or she
believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to the best interest of such corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful or (ii), with respect to an employee benefit plan, such person believed in
good faith that his or her conduct was in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of
the plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Article&nbsp;VIII of the Bylaws of the Company, reasonable expenses incurred in any
proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding if
authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case, or if authorized in accordance with
procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, upon receipt of a written undertaking executed
personally by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company, and
a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of
conduct required for indemnification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing rights of indemnification and advancement of expenses are not intended to be
exclusive of any other right to which those indemnified may be entitled, and the Company has
reserved the right to provide additional indemnity and rights to its directors, officers, employees
or agents to the extent they are consistent with law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company carries insurance for the purpose of providing indemnification to its directors
and officers. Such policy provides for indemnification of the Company for losses and expenses it
might incur to its directors and officers for successful defense of claims alleging negligent acts,
errors, omissions or breach of duty while acting in their capacity as directors or officers and
indemnification of its directors and officers for losses and expense upon the unsuccessful defense
of such claims. The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and certain of its officers providing contractual indemnification to the fullest extent possible
under Georgia law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated January&nbsp;2, 2008, as filed with the SEC on January
2, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Legal opinion of Kathleen Moates, Senior Deputy General Counsel of the Company, as to the
legality of the securities being offered.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The consent of Kathleen Moates, Senior Deputy General Counsel of the Company, is contained
in her opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933
to any purchaser:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Company is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B, (A)&nbsp;each prospectus
filed by the Company pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be a part of
the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part
of and included in the registration statement and (B)&nbsp;each prospectus required
to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering
described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes
of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date
shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating to the securities in the registration statement to which such
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. <I>Provided, however, </I>that
no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is a part of
the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was
part of the registration statement or made</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in any such document immediately
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Company is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an
offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A, shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. <I>Provided, however</I>, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to
a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede
or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.</TD>
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    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
the Company undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant
to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the Company will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Company
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the Company or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the Company; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(iv)</TD>
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    <TD>Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the Company to the purchaser.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Georgia, on the 3rd day of January,
2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Philip W. Tomlinson,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Principal Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Philip W. Tomlinson and M. Troy Woods and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s) full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), or their substitute(s), may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James H. Blanchard
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James H. Blanchard,
</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director and Chairman of the</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip W. Tomlinson,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Principal Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">and Chairman of the Board</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Troy Woods
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M. Troy Woods,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">President and Director</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James B. Lipham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James B. Lipham,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Senior Executive Vice President,<BR> Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dorenda K. Weaver
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dorenda K. Weaver</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Accounting Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard E. Anthony
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard E. Anthony,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Y. Bradley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard Y. Bradley,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kriss Cloninger III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kriss Cloninger III,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Wayne Clough,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter W. Driver, Jr., <BR>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sidney E. Harris,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alfred W. Jones III,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mason H. Lampton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mason H. Lampton,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. Lynn Page
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Lynn Page,
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
W. Walter Miller, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Walter Miller, Jr.,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John T. Turner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John T. Turner,
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard W. Ussery
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard W. Ussery,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James D. Yancey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James D. Yancey,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rebecca K. Yarbrough
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">Date: January&nbsp;3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rebecca K. Yarbrough,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2008
Registration File No: 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
58-1493818
(State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1600 First Avenue
Columbus, Georgia
31901
(Address of Principal
(Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. 2008 OMNIBUS PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Kathleen Moates
Senior Deputy General Counsel
Total System Services, Inc.
1600 First Avenue
Columbus, Georgia 31901
(706) 649-4818
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed
Proposed
Securities
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
to be
to be
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Registered
Registered
Price Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock,
$.10 par value
17,000,000(1)
$28.34(2)
$481,780,000(2)
$18,934
(1)
Maximum number of shares which may be issued by Total System Services, Inc. pursuant to the
Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan. This Registration Statement also covers any
additional shares of common stock issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or stock
dividend.
(2)
Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and represents the average of the high and low prices of
the common stock of Total System Services, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on December
28, 2007.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EX-4.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EX-5 LEGAL OPINION OF KATHLEEN MOATES
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents and information previously filed by Total System Services, Inc. (the
("Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference in
this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
a.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
b.
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report
referred to in paragraph (a) above.
c.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 1989.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The legality of the securities offered hereby has been rendered by Kathleen Moates, Senior
Deputy General Counsel of the Company.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Subsection (a) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a
corporation may indemnify or obligate itself to indemnify an individual made a party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if
such individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and such individual reasonably believed,
in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such conduct was in the best interests of the
corporation and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, such individual had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable
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expenses
incurred if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct under Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code for which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section 14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code, a court may order a corporation to indemnify a director or advance expenses if such court
determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under the Georgia Business Corporation
Code or that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification or advance of
expenses in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not such director met the standard
of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code, failed to comply with Section 14-2-853 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code
or was adjudged liable as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851
of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
Section 14-2-852 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that to the extent that a
director has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which
he was a party, because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation shall
indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection
therewith.
Section 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and if he or
she is not a director to such further extent as may be provided in its articles of incorporation,
bylaws, resolution of its board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of
conduct specified in Section 14-2-857(a)(2) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code. Section
14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code also provides that an officer of the corporation
who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 14-2-852 and is
entitled to apply for court ordered indemnification or advances for expenses under Section
14-2-854, in each case to the same extent as a director. In addition, Section 14-2-857 provides
that a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent who is not a
director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract.
In accordance with Article VIII of the Company's Bylaws, every person who is or was (and the
heirs and personal representatives of such person) a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted under
the Georgia Business Corporation Code from and against the obligation to pay a judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit
plan), and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements) that may be imposed
upon or incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any threatened, pending, or
completed, action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative,
formal or informal, in which he or she is, or is threatened to be made, a named defendant or
respondent: (a) because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Company; (b) because he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise; or (c) because he or she is or was
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serving as an employee of
the corporation who was employed to render professional services as a lawyer or accountant to the
corporation; regardless of whether such person is acting in such a capacity at the time such
obligation shall have been imposed or incurred, if (i) such person acted in a manner he or she
believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to the best interest of such corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful or (ii), with respect to an employee benefit plan, such person believed in
good faith that his or her conduct was in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of
the plan.
Pursuant to Article VIII of the Bylaws of the Company, reasonable expenses incurred in any
proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding if
authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case, or if authorized in accordance with
procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, upon receipt of a written undertaking executed
personally by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company, and
a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of
conduct required for indemnification.
The foregoing rights of indemnification and advancement of expenses are not intended to be
exclusive of any other right to which those indemnified may be entitled, and the Company has
reserved the right to provide additional indemnity and rights to its directors, officers, employees
or agents to the extent they are consistent with law.
The Company carries insurance for the purpose of providing indemnification to its directors
and officers. Such policy provides for indemnification of the Company for losses and expenses it
might incur to its directors and officers for successful defense of claims alleging negligent acts,
errors, omissions or breach of duty while acting in their capacity as directors or officers and
indemnification of its directors and officers for losses and expense upon the unsuccessful defense
of such claims. The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and certain of its officers providing contractual indemnification to the fullest extent possible
under Georgia law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
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Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2008, as filed with the SEC on January
2, 2008.
5
Legal opinion of Kathleen Moates, Senior Deputy General Counsel of the Company, as to the
legality of the securities being offered.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
The consent of Kathleen Moates, Senior Deputy General Counsel of the Company, is contained
in her opinion filed as Exhibit 5.
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Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
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(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933
to any purchaser:
(i)
If the Company is relying on Rule 430B, (A) each prospectus
filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be a part of
the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part
of and included in the registration statement and (B) each prospectus required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering
described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes
of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date
shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating to the securities in the registration statement to which such
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Provided, however,
that
no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is a part of
the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was
part of the registration statement or made
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in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or
(ii)
If the Company is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an
offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however
, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to
a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede
or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
the Company undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant
to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the Company will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Company
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the Company or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the Company to the purchaser.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Georgia, on the 3rd day of January,
2008.
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
Philip W. Tomlinson,
Principal Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Philip W. Tomlinson and M. Troy Woods and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s) full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), or their substitute(s), may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ James H. Blanchard
Date: January 3, 2008
James H. Blanchard,
Director and Chairman of the
Executive Committee
/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
Date: January 3, 2008
Philip W. Tomlinson,
Principal Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
/s/ M. Troy Woods
Date: January 3, 2008
M. Troy Woods,
President and Director
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/s/ James B. Lipham
Date: January 3, 2008
James B. Lipham,
Senior Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Dorenda K. Weaver
Date: January 3, 2008
Dorenda K. Weaver
Chief Accounting Officer
/s/ Richard E. Anthony
Date: January 3, 2008
Richard E. Anthony,
Director
/s/ Richard Y. Bradley
Date: January 3, 2008
Richard Y. Bradley,
Director
/s/ Kriss Cloninger III
Date: January 3, 2008
Kriss Cloninger III,
Director
Date:
, 2008
G. Wayne Clough,
Director
Date:
, 2008
Walter W. Driver, Jr.,
Director
/s/ Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.
Date: January 3, 2008
Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.,
Director
Date:
, 2008
Sidney E. Harris,
Director
Alfred W. Jones III,
Date:
, 2008
Director
/s/ Mason H. Lampton
Date: January 3, 2008
Mason H. Lampton,
Director
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/s/ H. Lynn Page
Date: January 3, 2008
H. Lynn Page,
Director
/s/
W. Walter Miller, Jr.
Date: January 3, 2008
W. Walter Miller, Jr.,
Director
/s/ John T. Turner
Date: January 3, 2008
John T. Turner,
Director
/s/ Richard W. Ussery
Date: January 3, 2008
Richard W. Ussery,
Director
/s/ James D. Yancey
Date: January 3, 2008
James D. Yancey,
Director
/s/ Rebecca K. Yarbrough
Date: January 3, 2008
Rebecca K. Yarbrough,
Director