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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the yearly percentage in cumulative total shareholders return on Common Stock of the Company since December 31, 2001 with the cumulative total return over the same period for (i) the S&P 500 Index, and (ii) a peer group selected by the Company. The peer group is composed of the following eleven computer services companies with market capitalizations over one billion dollars: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Ceridian Corporation; Certegy, Inc.; Computer Sciences Corporation; DST Systems, Inc.; Electronic Data Systems Corporation; Equifax, Inc.; Fiserv, Inc.; Paychex, Inc.; SunGard Data Systems, Inc.; and Total System Services, Inc.; (TSYS) (the “Peer Group”). In 2005, SunGard Data Systems, Inc. was eliminated from the Peer Group as it ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange effective August 11, 2005 and in 2006 Certegy, Inc. was eliminated from the Peer Group as it merged with Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. effective February 1, 2006.
Pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the comparison assumes $100 was invested on January 1, 2002 in the Company’s Common Stock and in each of the indices and assumes reinvestment of dividends, including reinvestment of the special dividend distributed on September 29, 2006 in connection with the Company’s spin-off of 100% of its Western Union money transfer business to Company shareholders.
Also pursuant to SEC rules, the returns of each of the companies in the Peer Group are weighted according to the respective company’s stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. Historic stock price is not indicative of future stock price performance.
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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
6200 South Quebec Street
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 967-8000
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Shareholders with questions concerning their stock holdings or dividends, or with address changes should contact:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
161 North Concord Exchange
South St. Paul, MN 55075
(651) 450-4064 or (800) 468-9716
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
370 17th Street, Suite 3300
Denver, CO 80202
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND REPORTS
The company routinely sends out annual shareholder reports and press releases. To receive this information please write the company at 6200 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, call (303) 967-6756 or visit the “Invest” section of our Web site at www.firstdata.com. A copy of the First Data 2006 Form 10-K report to the Securities and Exchange Commission will be furnished to shareholders without charge (except charges for providing exhibits) upon written request to the company. Analysts and investors seeking additional investment information about the company can contact the Investor Relations Department at (303) 967-6756. For more information about First Data Corportion, please visit the company on the Internet at www.firstdata.com.
STOCK PRICES
The principal market for the Company’s common stock is the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), ticker symbol FDC. The following table sets forth, for the indicated calendar periods, the reported intraday high and low sales prices of the common stock on the NYSE Composite Tape and the cash dividends per share of common stock.
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High |
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Low |
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Dividend |
| 2006 |
| First Quarter |
$ |
48.45 |
$ |
41.76 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Second Quarter |
$ |
48.88 |
$ |
43.91 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Third Quarter |
$ |
45.58 |
$ |
39.22 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Fourth Quarter (1) |
$ |
25.74 |
$ |
21.93 |
$ |
0.03 |
| 2005 |
| First Quarter |
$ |
42.44 |
$ |
38.50 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Second Quarter |
$ |
40.86 |
$ |
36.50 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Third Quarter |
$ |
43.22 |
$ |
39.30 |
$ |
0.06 |
| Fourth Quarter |
$ |
44.75 |
$ |
38.60 |
$ |
0.06 |
| (1) On September 29, 2006, the Company spun off its Western Union money transfer business as an independent publicly traded company in the form of special dividend distributed to company shareholders. Subsequent to the spin-off, in December 2006, the Company decreased its quarterly dividend for common stockholders to $0.03 per common share from $0.06 per common share.
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SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD
The number of shareholders of record was 4,566 and 4,083 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of First Data Corporation will be held at the JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, 150 Clayton Lane, Denver, CO 80206 on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES
The First Data name, logo and related trademarks and service marks, are owned by First Data Corporation, are registered and/or used in the U.S. and some foreign countries. All other trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names referenced in this material are the property of their respective owners.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
To review the company’s corporate governance guidelines, board committee charters and codes of business conduct and ethics, please visit the “Corporate Governance” section of the “Invest” portion of our Web site at www.firstdata.com.
CERTIFICATIONS
The Company filed certifications of the CEO and CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as Exhibits to the First Data 2006 Form 10-K report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and submitted to the New York Stock Exchange the CEO’s annual certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards.
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