UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE TO
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Alliance Data
Systems Corporation
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
018581108
(CUSIP Number
of Class of Securities)
Joseph L. Motes III
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Alliance Data Systems Corporation
7500 Dallas Parkway, Suite 700
Plano, Texas 75024
(214)
494-3000
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
communications on behalf of filing person)
With a Copy to:
Senet S. Bischoff
Luke
J. Bergstrom
Chad G. Rolston
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue
New
York, New York 10022
(212)
906-1200
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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Transaction valuation*
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Amount of filing fee*
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Pursuant to General Instruction D to Schedule TO, no filing fee is required for
pre-commencement
communications.
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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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Amount Previously Paid: N/A
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Filing Party: Not Applicable N/A
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Form or Registration No.: N/A
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Date Filed: Not Applicable N/A
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a
tender offer.
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Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule
14d-1.
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule
13e-4.
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going-private transaction subject to Rule
13e-3.
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amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule
13d-2.
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Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
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Rule
13e-4(i)
(Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
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Rule
14d-1(d)
(Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)
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