COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data
Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading provider of data-driven
marketing, loyalty and payment solutions, announced today that, due
to public health, travel, business and social gathering precautions
for our directors, stockholders, executives, advisors and
associates related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, its 2020
Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Annual Meeting") will be held in a
virtual-only format. You will not be able to attend the meeting at
a physical location. The 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
meeting date and time remains unchanged: June 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
CDT.
Stockholders may attend the virtual-only meeting online at:
www.meetingcenter.io/285384095.
Your vote is important! Whether or not you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the
meeting by one of the methods described in your proxy materials.
Please note that the previously distributed proxy card may continue
to be used to vote your shares.
You are entitled to vote and submit questions at the meeting if
you were a registered stockholder of record as of the close of
business on April 13, 2020, or hold a
legal proxy for the meeting provided by your bank, broker or
nominee.
Attending the Annual Meeting as a Stockholder of
Record
To attend the Annual Meeting as a stockholder of record, click
on the "I have a Control Number" button after entering the Meeting
Center at www.meetingcenter.io/285384095 and enter the 15-digit
control number found on your proxy card, notice of internet
availability of proxy materials or on the instructions that
accompanied your proxy materials. The password for the meeting is
ADS2020.
Registering to Attend the Annual Meeting as a Beneficial
Owner
If you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank
or broker, you must register in advance to attend the Annual
Meeting, unless you plan to attend as a guest. To register, you
must obtain a legal proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder
of record and submit proof of your legal proxy reflecting the
number of shares of ADS common stock you held as of the Record
Date, along with your name and email address, to Computershare.
Please forward the email from your broker, or attach an image of
your legal proxy to legalproxy@computershare.com. Requests for
registration must be labeled as "Legal Proxy" and be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on
June 4, 2020. You will then receive a
confirmation of your registration, with a 15-digit control number,
by email from Computershare. At the time of the meeting, click on
the "I have a Control Number" button after entering the Meeting
Center at www.meetingcenter.io/285384095 and enter your control
number and the meeting password, ADS2020.
Attending the Annual Meeting as a Guest
If you would like to enter the Annual Meeting as a guest in
listen-only mode, click on the "I am a Guest" button after entering
the Meeting Center at www.meetingcenter.io/285384095 and enter the
information requested on the following screen. Please note guests
will not have the ability to ask questions or vote during the
meeting.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® (NYSE: ADS) is a leading provider
of data-driven marketing, loyalty and payment solutions serving
large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys
customized solutions that measurably change consumer behavior while
driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most
recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its partners create and
increase customer loyalty across multiple touch points using
traditional, digital, mobile and emerging technologies. An S&P
500, FORTUNE 500 and FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For company
headquartered in Columbus, Ohio,
Alliance Data consists of businesses that together employ over
8,500 associates at more than 50 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's Card Services business is a provider of
market-leading private label, co-brand, and business credit card
programs. LoyaltyOne® owns and operates the AIR
MILES® Reward Program, Canada's most recognized loyalty program, and
Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty, a
global provider of tailor-made loyalty programs for
grocers. More information about Alliance Data can be found at
www.AllianceData.com.
Follow Alliance Data on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
and YouTube.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements give our expectations or forecasts of future events and
can generally be identified by the use of words such as "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "project," "plan,"
"likely," "may," "should" or other words or phrases of similar
import. Similarly, statements that describe our business strategy,
outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are
forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding, and
the guidance we give with respect to, our anticipated operating or
financial results, completion of strategic initiatives, future
dividend declarations, and future economic conditions, including,
but not limited to, fluctuation in currency exchange rates, market
conditions and COVID-19 impacts related to relief measures for
impacted borrowers and depositors, labor shortages due to
quarantine, reduction in demand from clients, supply chain
disruption for our reward suppliers and disruptions in the airline
or travel industries.
We believe that our expectations are based on reasonable
assumptions. Forward-looking statements, however, are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or
other expectations expressed in this release, and no assurances can
be given that our expectations will prove to have been correct.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, which may be
updated in Item 1A of, or elsewhere in, our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q filed for periods subsequent to such Form 10-K. Our
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we
undertake no obligation, other than as required by applicable law,
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, subsequent events, anticipated or
unanticipated circumstances or otherwise.
Contacts:
Alliance Data
Tiffany
Louder – Investor
Relations
214-494-3048
tiffany.louder@alliancedata.com
Shelley Whiddon –
Media
214-494-3811
shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com
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