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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Note 12 — Business Combinations</b>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><b><i>TSYS Merchant Solutions</i></b>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     On March 1, 2010, TSYS announced the signing of an Investment Agreement with First National
Bank of Omaha (FNBO) to form a new joint venture company, First National Merchant Solutions(FNMS).
Refer to Note 24 of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2010, which are included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC, for more information on the acquisition of TMS.
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     On January 4, 2011, TSYS announced it had acquired the remaining 49-percent interest in FNMS,
effective January 1, 2011, from FNBO. The entity was rebranded as TSYS Merchant Solutions (TMS).
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The amounts of TMS’ revenue and earnings included in TSYS’ consolidated income statement for
the three months ended March 31, 2011, and the pro forma revenue and 100-percent of the earnings of
the combined entity had the acquisition date been January 1, 2010 are:
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<td width="5%"> </td>
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<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Net Income</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Basic EPS</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Diluted EPS</td>
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<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Attributable to</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Attributable to</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Attributable to</td>
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<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">TSYS Common</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">TSYS Common</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">TSYS Common</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><i>(in thousands)</i></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Revenue</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Shareholders</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Shareholders</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3">Shareholders</td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Actual from 1/1/2011-3/31/2011
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">429,430</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">48,790</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">0.25</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">0.25</td>
<td> </td>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Actual from 1/1/2010-3/31/2010
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">413,464</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">51,327</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">0.26</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">0.26</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Supplemental pro forma for 1/1/2010-3/31/2010
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">442,504</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">56,008</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">0.29</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">0.28</td>
<td> </td>
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