ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP BFH

expiry = 2019-08-15...an Aggregate Purchase Price of Not More than $750,000,000 At a Cash Purchase Price Not Greater than $162.00 per Share Nor Less than $144.00 per Share CUSIP: 018581108 THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE (1) MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON AUGUST 15, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR TERMINATED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS THEY MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). Alliance Data Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “Alliance Data,” “we,” “us” or “our”), invites our...

listed = True...pproximate number of Shares that would be purchased under the Offer is 4,629,629. THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED. THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 7. The Shares are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the trading symbol “ADS.” On July 18, 2019, the last full trading day prior to the commencement of the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares was $158.00 per Share. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Shares before deciding whether and at what purchase price or purchase prices to tender t...

mechanism = DUTCH...-term goal of allocating capital to maximize value for our stockholders and other stakeholders. The Offer also provides a mechanism for completing our authorized share repurchase program more rapidly than would be possible through open market repurchases. The modified Dutch auction tender offer set forth in this Offer to Purchase provides our stockholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their Shares and thereby receive a return of some or all of their investment in the Company if they so elect. The Offer also provides our stockholders with an efficient way to sell their Shares without incurring b...

must_tender_all = True...been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, we will purchase Shares on the following basis: • first, we will purchase Odd Lots (as defined in Section 1) of fewer than 100 Shares at the Final Purchase Price from stockholders who properly tender all of their Shares at or below the Final Purchase 12 Table of Contents Price and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Date. Tenders of less than all of the Shares owned, beneficially or of record, by such Odd Lot Holder (as defined in Section 1) will not qualify for this preference; • second, after purchasing all Odd Lots that were prope...

price = USD 144.0-162.0...ommonly called a modified “Dutch auction.” This procedure allows you to select the price, within a price range specified by us, at which you are willing to tender your Shares. The price range for the Final Purchase Price is $144.00 to $162.00 per Share. The Final Purchase Price 8 Table of Contents will be a single per Share price, equal to the lowest single purchase price, not greater than $162.00 nor less than $144.00 per Share, that would allow us to purch...

priority = True...If the conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived and more than $750,000,000 in aggregate purchase price of Shares has been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, we will purchase Shares on the following basis: • first, we will purchase Odd Lots (as defined in Section 1) of fewer than 100 Shares at the Final Purchase Price from stockholders who properly tender all of their Shares at or below the Final Purchase 12 Table of Contents Price and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Date. Tenders of less than all of the Shares owned, beneficially or of record, by such Odd Lot Holder (as defined in Section 1) will no...

threshold = 100...Offer have been satisfied or waived and more than $750,000,000 in aggregate purchase price of Shares has been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, we will purchase Shares on the following basis: • first, we will purchase Odd Lots (as defined in Section 1) of fewer than 100 Shares at the Final Purchase Price from stockholders who properly tender all of their Shares at or below the Final Purchase 12 Table of Contents Price and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Date. Tenders of less than all of the Shares owned, beneficially or of record, by such Odd Lot Holder (as defined in Section 1) will no...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99.(A)(1)(A) 2 d777726dex99a1a.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(A) EX-99.(a)(1)(A) Table of Contents EXHIBIT (a)(1)(A) Offer to Purchase by Alliance Data Systems Corporation Shares of its Common Stock for an Aggregate Purchase Price of Not More than $750,000,000 At a Cash Purchase Price Not Greater than $162.00 per Share Nor Less than $144.00 per Share CUSIP: 018581108 THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE (1) MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON A...