e424b5
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-68656
Prospectus Supplement to Prospectus dated September 24,
2001.
$500,000,000
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
$250,000,000 4.70% Senior Notes due 2010
$250,000,000 5.20% Senior Notes due 2015
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. will pay interest on the
notes on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The first
such payment will be made on December 1, 2005. The notes
will be issued only in denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000.
See Risk Factors beginning on page S-11 to
read about important factors you should consider before buying
the notes.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other
regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities
or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus
supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Per 4.70% Note | |
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Initial public offering price
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249,915,000 |
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1,500,000 |
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Proceeds, before expenses, to
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
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99.366 |
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248,415,000 |
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247,742,500 |
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The initial public offering price set forth above does not
include accrued interest, if any. Interest on the notes will
accrue from June 6, 2005 and must be paid by the purchasers
if the notes are delivered after June 6, 2005.
The underwriters expect to deliver the notes through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company against payment in
New York, New York on June 6, 2005.
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Citigroup |
Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
JPMorgan |
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc.
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BNY Capital Markets,
Inc. |
Morgan Stanley
SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Prospectus Supplement dated June 1, 2005.
You should rely only on the information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to
provide you with different information. We are not making any
offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not
permitted. You should not assume that the information contained
in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is
accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this
prospectus supplement.
Generally, whenever we use the terms we,
our, us, and ACS, we are
referring to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. and its
consolidated subsidiaries. However, for purposes of the
Description of Notes section of this prospectus
supplement, and the Description of Debt Securities,
the Description of Capital Stock, the
Description of Depositary Shares and the
Description of Warrants sections of the accompanying
prospectus, and when the context otherwise requires, the terms
we, our, us, and
ACS refer only to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
and not its consolidated subsidiaries. Except as otherwise
stated in this prospectus supplement, generally, when we refer
to the notes, we refer to the 2010 notes and the
2015 notes collectively.
A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
All statements in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying
prospectus, and incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus, that are not based
on historical fact are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (which Sections were
adopted as part of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995). Also, when we use the words believes,
expects, anticipates,
estimates, may, could,
potential or similar expressions, we are making
forward-looking statements. While we have based any
forward-looking statements contained herein on our current
expectations, the information on which such expectations were
based may change. These forward-looking statements rely on a
number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject
to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of
which are outside of our control, that could cause actual
results to materially differ from such statements. Such risks,
uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not
necessarily limited to, those set forth under the caption
Risk Factors. In addition, we operate in a highly
competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks may
arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on
forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This document consists of two parts. The first part is this
prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of
this offering and certain other matters relating to us. The
second part, the accompanying prospectus, gives more general
information about securities we may offer from time to time,
some of which does not apply to this offering. If the
information in this prospectus supplement differs from the
information in the accompanying prospectus, the information in
this prospectus supplement supersedes the information in the
accompanying prospectus.
S-1
SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere, or
incorporated by reference, in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. This summary may not contain all of the
information that is important to you. The Description of
Notes section of this prospectus supplement and the
Description of Debt Securities section in the
accompanying prospectus contain more detailed information
regarding the terms and conditions of the notes. To understand
the offering and our business fully, we strongly encourage you
to read carefully this entire prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and the other documents we incorporate
by reference as described under Information We Incorporate
by Reference.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
We are a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company with
approximately 50,000 employees providing business process
and information technology outsourcing solutions to commercial
and government clients. Our clients have time-critical,
transaction-intensive business and information processing needs,
and we typically service these needs through long-term
contracts. Our revenues for the nine months ended March 31,
2005 and the year ended June 30, 2004 totaled
$3.14 billion and $4.1 billion, respectively.
Our services enable businesses and government agencies to focus
on core operations, respond to rapidly changing technologies and
reduce expenses associated with business processes and
information processing. Our business strategy is to expand our
client base and enhance our service offerings through both
marketing and acquisitions. Our marketing efforts focus on
developing long-term relationships with clients that choose to
outsource mission critical business processes and information
technology requirements. Our business expansion has been
accomplished both from internal growth as well as through
acquisitions. Since inception, our acquisition program has
resulted in growth and diversification of our client base,
expansion of services and products offered, increased economies
of scale and geographic expansion.
We serve two primary markets, which include commercial and
government clients. We provide business process outsourcing,
information technology outsourcing, and systems integration
services to our commercial sector clients. Our Commercial
segment accounted for approximately $1.52 billion, or 48%
of our revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2005.
These services are provided to a variety of clients nationwide,
including manufacturers, healthcare providers and payors,
retailers, wholesale distributors, utilities, higher education
institutions, financial institutions, insurance companies and
transportation companies. Our business process outsourcing
services include administration, human resources, finance and
accounting, customer care and payment services. Our information
technology outsourcing services include mainframe, midrange,
desktop, network and web-hosting solutions. Our systems
integration services include application development and
implementation, applications outsourcing, technical support and
training, as well as network design and installation services.
We are a leading provider of business process outsourcing and
information technology outsourcing services to state and local
governments. During the nine months ended March 31, 2005,
revenues from our Government segment accounted for approximately
$1.62 billion, or 52% of our revenues. We provide
technology-based services with a focus on transaction processing
and program management services such as child support payment
processing, electronic toll collection, loan processing, welfare
and community services and traffic violations processing. We
also design, develop, implement and operate large-scale health
and human services programs and the information technology
solutions that support those programs.
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Market Overview
The demand for our services has grown substantially in recent
years, and we believe that this will continue to increase in the
future as a result of strategic, financial and technological
factors. These factors include:
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the desire of organizations to focus on their core competencies; |
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the increasing desire by organizations and governments to drive
process improvements and improve the speed of and reduce the
cost of execution; |
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the desire by organizations to have a workforce that is able to
expand and contract in relation to their business volumes; |
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the increasing acceptance by organizations to utilize offshore
resources for business process outsourcing; |
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the increasing complexity of information technology systems and
the need to connect electronically with citizens, clients,
suppliers and other external and internal systems; |
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the increasing requirements for rapid processing of information
and the instantaneous communication of large amounts of data to
multiple locations; and |
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the desire by organizations to take advantage of the latest
advances in technology without the cost and resource commitment
required to maintain in-house systems. |
Business Strategy
The key components of our business strategy include the
following:
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Expand Client Base. We seek to develop long-term
relationships with new clients by leveraging our subject matter
expertise, world-wide data manufacturing capabilities and
infrastructure of information technology products and services.
Our primary focus is to increase our revenues by obtaining new
clients with recurring requirements for business process and
information technology services. |
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Expand Existing Client Relationships. We seek to expand
existing client relationships by increasing the scope and
breadth of services we provide. |
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Build Recurring Revenues. We seek to enter into long-term
relationships with clients to provide services that meet their
ongoing business requirements while supporting their mission
critical business process or information technology needs. |
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Provide Flexible Solutions. We offer custom-tailored
business process and information technology solutions using a
variety of proprietary and third-party licensed software on
multiple hardware and systems software platforms and domestic
and international workforces that are able to expand and
contract in relation to clients business volumes. |
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Invest in Technology. We respond to technological
advances and the rapid changes in the requirements of our
clients by committing substantial amounts of our resources to
the operation of multiple hardware platforms, the customization
of products and services that incorporate new technology on a
timely basis and the continuous training of our personnel. |
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Maximize Economies of Scale. Our strategy is to develop
and maintain a significant client and account/transaction base
to create sufficient economies of scale that enable us to
achieve competitive costs. |
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Complete Strategic and Tactical Acquisitions. Our
acquisition strategy is to acquire companies to expand the
products and services we offer to existing clients, to obtain a
presence in new, complementary markets and to expand our
geographic presence. |
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Attract, Train and Retain Employees. We believe that
attracting, training and retaining high quality employees is
essential to our growth. We seek to hire motivated individuals
with strong character and leadership traits and provide them
with ongoing technological and leadership skills training. |
Commercial
Within the Commercial segment, we provide our clients with
business process outsourcing, information technology outsourcing
and systems integration services. Pricing for our services in
the commercial market varies by type of service. For business
process outsourcing services, we typically price these services
on the basis of the number of accounts or transactions
processed. Our information technology outsourcing services are
normally priced on a resource utilization basis. Resources
utilized include processing time, the number of desktops
managed, professional services, data storage and retrieval
utilization and output media utilized. Our systems integration
services are generally offered on a time and materials basis to
existing long-term clients under short-term contractual
arrangements.
Our Commercial services are comprised of:
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Business Process Outsourcing Our commercial
business process outsourcing practice is currently focused in
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Administration We provide healthcare claims
processing and total records management. |
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Human Resources We provide benefit claims
processing, employee services call centers, benefits
administration, employee relocation, training administration and
learning services, payroll services, vendor administration and
employee assistance programs. |
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Finance and Accounting We provide revenue/invoicing
accounting, disbursement processing, expense reporting,
procurement, payroll, cash management, fixed asset accounting,
tax processing, general ledger and other services associated
with finance and accounting that are process and technology
sensitive. |
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Customer Care Through our call centers, we provide
customer interaction support, including activation and dispatch,
problem resolution, retention, sales and technical support. |
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Payment Services We provide loan origination and
servicing, check processing and clearinghouse services. |
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Information Technology Outsourcing We offer
a complete range of information technology outsourcing solutions
to commercial businesses desiring to improve the performance of
their information technology organizations. Our information
technology outsourcing solutions include the delivery of
information processing services on a remote basis from host data
centers that provide processing capacity, network management and
desktop support. |
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Systems Integration Services Our systems
integration services include applications outsourcing, technical
support and training, as well as network design and installation
services. |
Government
We are a leading provider of business process outsourcing and
information technology outsourcing services to state and local
governments. Our Government segment includes our relationship
with the U.S. Department of Education, for which we service
Federal student loans, including the Departments Direct
Student Loan program. Our services help government agencies
reduce operating costs, increase revenue streams and increase
the quality of services to citizens. Government clients may
terminate most of these contracts at any time, without cause,
for convenience or lack of funding. Additionally, government
contracts are generally subject to audits and investigations by
government agencies. If the government finds that we improperly
charged any costs to a contract, the costs are not reimbursable
or, if already reimbursed, the cost must be refunded to the
government.
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Pricing for our services in the government market is generally
determined based on the number of transactions processed, human
services cases managed or, in instances where a systems
development project is required, for example, in state
healthcare, we generally price our services on a fixed fee basis
for the development work.
Our Government segment consists of:
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State Healthcare We design, develop,
implement and operate large-scale healthcare programs such as
Medicaid, child and pharmacy benefit management programs, and
the information technology solutions that support those programs. |
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Municipal Services We provide to cities and
local municipalities technology-based services and solutions
with a focus on program management and transaction processing,
including parking violation processing, records management,
emergency medical services billing and collections programs, red
light photo and speed enforcement systems and services, and
court and juror management. |
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Children and Family Services We are a major
provider of child support payment processing services, including
high volume remittance processing and disbursements, as well as
associated employer outreach and customer service activities. |
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Transportation Systems and Services We focus
on three areas within our transportation systems and services:
electronic toll collection (back office customer service
and lane installation and integration), motor vehicle services
(processing of fuel tax and registration revenues) and
commercial vehicle operations (offering a national network that
electronically checks safety credentials and weighs trucks at
highway speed). |
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U.S. Department of Education Our
contract with the Department of Education, the Common Services
for Borrowers contract, includes comprehensive loan servicing,
consolidation loan processing, debt collection and portfolio
management services. |
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Welfare and Community Solutions We provide
management, operations and systems service offerings to local
Workforce Development Boards and Coalitions, thereby creating a
government-mandated, integrated One-Stop system linking job
seekers and job providers in accordance with government mandated
requirements. |
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Finance and Revenue Solutions We are a
leading provider of unclaimed property collection services,
currently serving 49 states, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico. |
Recent Development
On May 26, 2005, we acquired the human resources consulting
and outsourcing businesses of Mellon Financial Corporation for
$405 million. We borrowed $356 million under our
unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility to fund a portion of
the purchase price. On or before September 30, 2005, we
expect to borrow an additional $49 million under this
facility to fund pension and deferred compensation obligations
we assumed in connection with the Mellon acquisition. We intend
to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay a portion of
the outstanding borrowings under this facility. See Use of
Proceeds. We believe this acquisition makes us a stronger
competitor in the end-to-end human resource marketplace and
strengthens our position as a leading global provider of
business process outsourcing services.
We were incorporated in Delaware on June 8, 1988. Our
principal executive office is located at 2828 North Haskell
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75204, and our telephone number is
(214) 841-6111.
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The Offering
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$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.70% Senior
Notes due 2010 |
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$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.20% Senior
Notes due 2015 |
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Maturity Date |
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2010 Notes: June 1, 2010 |
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2015 Notes: June 1, 2015 |
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Interest |
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Interest will accrue on the notes from June 6, 2005 and
will be payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year,
beginning on December 1, 2005. |
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Ranking |
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The notes will be our senior obligations and will rank equally
with all of our existing and future unsecured senior
indebtedness. The notes will not be guaranteed by any of our
subsidiaries and, accordingly, the notes will be structurally
subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our
subsidiaries. |
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Optional Redemption |
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We may redeem the notes at any time at our option, in whole or
in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: |
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100% of the principal amount of the notes being
redeemed; or |
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the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being
redeemed on that redemption date (not including any portion of
any payments of interest accrued to the redemption date)
discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points in the case of the 2010
notes and 20 basis points in the case of the 2015 notes. |
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We will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the notes
being redeemed to the redemption date. |
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Covenants |
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The indenture, as amended and supplemented, including by the
supplemental indentures governing the notes, will contain
certain restrictions, including, among others, limitations that
restrict our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to: |
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create or incur secured indebtedness; |
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enter into certain sale and leaseback
transactions; and |
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merge or consolidate with another person. |
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Form and Denominations |
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The notes will be issued in fully registered form in
denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000. |
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Further Issuances |
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We may from time to time, without the consent of the holders of
the notes, issue additional senior debt securities having the
same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other
terms as the notes of either series offered hereby except for
the issue price and issue date and, in some cases, the first
interest payment date. |
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Use of Proceeds |
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We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay a
portion of the outstanding borrowings under our unsecured
$1.5 billion credit facility, which includes
$356 million we recently borrowed to fund a portion of the
purchase price paid in connection with our acquisition of the
human resources consulting and outsourcing businesses of Mellon
Financial Corporation. On or before September 30, 2005, we
expect to borrow an additional $49 million under this
facility to fund pension and deferred compensation obligations
we assumed in connection with the Mellon acquisition. See
Use of Proceeds. |
S-7
Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data
The following summary historical consolidated financial data is
qualified by reference to and should be read in conjunction with
our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes
thereto and Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, all of which are
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See Where
You Can Find More Information in this prospectus
supplement. These financial results reflect the impact of
acquisitions completed in each of the periods presented, from
the effective date of the acquisition.
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As of and for the Nine | |
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Statement of Income Data:
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Revenues(3)
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3,136,767 |
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3,043,946 |
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4,106,393 |
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3,787,206 |
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3,062,918 |
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2,063,559 |
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1,962,542 |
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Expenses:
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Wages and benefits
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1,320,612 |
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1,345,541 |
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1,790,479 |
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1,716,946 |
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1,350,057 |
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904,684 |
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854,162 |
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Services and supplies
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777,893 |
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806,278 |
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1,090,207 |
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994,410 |
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888,497 |
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598,797 |
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608,401 |
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Rent, lease and maintenance
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364,164 |
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300,630 |
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416,394 |
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351,855 |
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278,621 |
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223,679 |
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206,330 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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167,706 |
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131,508 |
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183,796 |
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152,128 |
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110,486 |
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93,617 |
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84,752 |
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Gain on sale of business
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(284,839 |
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(285,273 |
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Impairment charges
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56,571 |
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Other operating expenses
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30,615 |
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44,098 |
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67,079 |
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52,586 |
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34,625 |
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19,056 |
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28,918 |
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Total operating expenses
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2,660,990 |
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2,343,216 |
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3,262,682 |
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3,267,925 |
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2,662,286 |
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1,839,833 |
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1,839,134 |
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Operating income
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475,777 |
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700,730 |
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843,711 |
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519,281 |
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400,632 |
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223,726 |
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123,408 |
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Interest expense (net)
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10,512 |
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14,259 |
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17,037 |
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25,194 |
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30,619 |
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23,742 |
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23,979 |
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Net gain on divestitures
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(85,846 |
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Other non-operating (income) expense, net(4)
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(1,808 |
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(1,591 |
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(2,509 |
) |
|
|
3,140 |
|
|
|
9,557 |
|
|
|
(21,076 |
) |
|
|
(9,995 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pretax profit
|
|
|
467,073 |
|
|
|
688,062 |
|
|
|
829,183 |
|
|
|
490,947 |
|
|
|
360,456 |
|
|
|
221,060 |
|
|
|
195,270 |
|
Income tax expense(5)
|
|
|
162,105 |
|
|
|
248,478 |
|
|
|
299,340 |
|
|
|
184,105 |
|
|
|
130,860 |
|
|
|
86,768 |
|
|
|
85,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income(6)
|
|
$ |
304,968 |
|
|
$ |
439,584 |
|
|
$ |
529,843 |
|
|
$ |
306,842 |
|
|
$ |
229,596 |
|
|
$ |
134,292 |
|
|
$ |
109,312 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share assuming dilution(7)
|
|
$ |
2.33 |
|
|
$ |
3.14 |
|
|
$ |
3.83 |
|
|
$ |
2.20 |
|
|
$ |
1.76 |
|
|
$ |
1.23 |
|
|
$ |
1.03 |
|
Weighted average shares outstanding- diluted(7)
|
|
|
131,081 |
|
|
|
141,717 |
|
|
|
139,646 |
|
|
|
143,430 |
|
|
|
137,464 |
|
|
|
116,456 |
|
|
|
111,613 |
|
Balance Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital(8)
|
|
$ |
437,520 |
|
|
$ |
384,814 |
|
|
$ |
406,854 |
|
|
$ |
422,022 |
|
|
$ |
388,576 |
|
|
$ |
528,563 |
|
|
$ |
413,632 |
|
Total assets
|
|
|
4,207,831 |
|
|
|
3,814,271 |
|
|
|
3,907,242 |
|
|
|
3,698,705 |
|
|
|
3,403,567 |
|
|
|
1,891,687 |
|
|
|
1,656,446 |
|
Total long-term debt (less current portion)
|
|
|
390,889 |
|
|
|
146,200 |
|
|
|
372,439 |
|
|
|
498,340 |
|
|
|
708,233 |
|
|
|
649,313 |
|
|
|
525,619 |
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
2,835,737 |
|
|
|
2,799,855 |
|
|
|
2,590,487 |
|
|
|
2,429,188 |
|
|
|
2,095,420 |
|
|
|
885,515 |
|
|
|
711,377 |
|
Other Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(9)
|
|
|
9.5 |
|
|
|
14.4 |
|
|
|
13.2 |
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
6.4 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
Net cash provided by (used in):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating activities(10)
|
|
$ |
471,973 |
|
|
$ |
269,494 |
|
|
$ |
476,209 |
|
|
$ |
545,305 |
|
|
$ |
372,014 |
|
|
$ |
141,914 |
|
|
$ |
157,823 |
|
|
Investing activities
|
|
|
(418,997 |
) |
|
|
156,575 |
|
|
|
70,399 |
|
|
|
(320,083 |
) |
|
|
(1,598,164 |
) |
|
|
(69,138 |
) |
|
|
(315,778 |
) |
|
Financing activities
|
|
|
(83,343 |
) |
|
|
(438,216 |
) |
|
|
(520,879 |
) |
|
|
(207,866 |
) |
|
|
1,017,506 |
|
|
|
125,161 |
|
|
|
173,896 |
|
Free cash flow(10)(11)
|
|
$ |
272,344 |
|
|
$ |
79,741 |
|
|
$ |
218,259 |
|
|
$ |
291,665 |
|
|
$ |
208,291 |
|
|
$ |
21,149 |
|
|
$ |
77,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
During our fiscal year 2004, we completed the sale of a majority
of our Federal business. We recognized a pretax gain of
$285.3 million ($182.3 million, net of income tax). We
incurred $9.8 million ($6.2 million, net of income
tax) for compensation costs associated with former |
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employees in our Federal business, which is reflected in wages
and benefits. We ceased depreciation and amortization related to
the assets held for sale in our Federal business, recognizing a
benefit of $6.2 million ($3.9 million, net of income
tax). Also during our fiscal year 2004, we recorded the
following adjustments related to a settlement with the Georgia
Department of Community Health: a $6.7 million
($4.1 million, net of income tax) reduction in revenue
resulting from the change in our percentage-of- completion
estimates; a charge of $2.6 million ($1.6 million, net
of income tax) associated with the cancellation of Phase II
of our contract with the State of Georgia, included in services
and supplies; and an accrual of $10 million
($6.3 million, net of income tax) that was paid to the
State of Georgia pursuant to the settlement in the first quarter
of our fiscal year 2005, included in other operating expenses.
Fiscal year 2004 also includes $5.4 million
($3.4 million, net of income tax) related to the gain on
sale of a small Federal contract included in other operating
expenses and a $10 million ($6.3 million, net of
income tax) accrual related to the settlement of an outstanding
lawsuit over stock options issued in 1988, which was paid in the
first quarter of our fiscal year 2005. |
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|
(2) |
Fiscal year 2000 includes an $85.8 million gain on the sale
of a business unit, $56.6 million of impairment charges,
$15.4 million of accelerated expenses associated with loss
contracts, severance, non-recurring litigation and a
non-recurring charge related to a contractual dispute with a
client, and $3.0 million of accelerated expenses in
connection with the consolidation of certain business process
outsourcing operations. |
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|
(3) |
Revenues from operations divested through June 30, 2004
were $0.6 million and $257.2 million for the nine
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and
$258 million, $709.5 million, $697.1 million,
$692.6 million and $847.5 million for our fiscal years
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. |
|
|
(4) |
During our fiscal year 2001, we recorded a $12.8 million
gain related to the sale of a non-strategic minority investment
in ACS Merchant Services, Inc. |
|
|
(5) |
During the third quarter of our fiscal year 2005, we recognized
$9.4 million of income tax benefits related to the
divestiture of a majority of our Federal business during our
fiscal year 2004. |
|
|
(6) |
During our fiscal years 2001 and 2000, we had after-tax goodwill
amortization expense of $20.7 million and
$18.8 million, respectively, which, beginning July 1,
2001, were no longer expensed under Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 142 Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets. |
|
|
(7) |
Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted reflects the effect
of shares repurchased under our previously announced open market
repurchase program commenced in September 2003. Share and per
share information is presented giving effect to the two-for-one
stock split of our Class A and Class B common shares
that occurred February 22, 2002. |
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|
(8) |
Working capital at June 30, 2000 includes
$180.3 million of receivables from the divestiture of
business units prior to June 30, 2000 and
$43.4 million of assets held-for-sale from business units
divested subsequent to June 30, 2000. |
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|
(9) |
For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges, earnings are defined as earnings before income taxes
and extraordinary items plus fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, amortization of debt issue costs
and a portion of rental expense representative of interest. |
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|
(10) |
Net cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow for
the nine months ended March 31, 2004 and fiscal year 2004
include the payment of $88.1 million of income taxes
related to the divestiture of the majority of our Federal
business. |
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(11) |
Free cash flow is not defined under generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States. Free cash flow is
measured as operating cash flows (net cash provided by operating
activities, as reported in our consolidated statements of cash
flows) less capital expenditures (purchases of property,
equipment and software, net of sales, as reported in our
consolidated statements of cash |
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|
|
flows) less additions to other intangible assets (as reported in
our consolidated statements of cash flows). We believe this free
cash flow metric provides an additional measure of available
cash flow after we have satisfied the capital expenditure
requirements of our operations, and should not be taken in
isolation to be a measure of cash flow available for us to
satisfy all our obligations and execute our business strategies.
We also rely on cash flows from investing and financing
activities, which together with free cash flow, are expected to
be sufficient for us to execute our business strategies. Our
measure of free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly
titled measures of other companies. |
The following table reconciles free cash flow to net cash
provided by operating activities for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of and for the Nine | |
|
|
|
|
Months Ended March 31, | |
|
As of and for the Year Ended June 30, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Free Cash Flow Reconciliation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$ |
471,973 |
|
|
$ |
269,494 |
|
|
$ |
476,209 |
|
|
$ |
545,305 |
|
|
$ |
372,014 |
|
|
$ |
141,914 |
|
|
$ |
157,823 |
|
|
Purchases of property, equipment and software, net
|
|
|
(170,185 |
) |
|
|
(166,171 |
) |
|
|
(224,621 |
) |
|
|
(205,673 |
) |
|
|
(144,406 |
) |
|
|
(99,070 |
) |
|
|
(71,548 |
) |
|
Additions to other intangible assets
|
|
|
(29,444 |
) |
|
|
(23,582 |
) |
|
|
(33,329 |
) |
|
|
(47,967 |
) |
|
|
(19,317 |
) |
|
|
(21,695 |
) |
|
|
(9,100 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free cash flow
|
|
$ |
272,344 |
|
|
$ |
79,741 |
|
|
$ |
218,259 |
|
|
$ |
291,665 |
|
|
$ |
208,291 |
|
|
$ |
21,149 |
|
|
$ |
77,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following risk factors, in
addition to the other information contained in this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus and contained in our
periodic reports which are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus supplement, before purchasing the notes in order to
evaluate your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
|
|
|
Loss of, or reduction of business from, significant
clients could materially reduce our revenues, profitability and
cash flow. |
Our revenues, profitability and cash flow could be materially
adversely affected by the loss of significant clients and/or the
reduction of volumes and services provided to our significant
clients as a result of, among other things, their merger or
acquisition, divestiture of assets or businesses, contract
expiration or non-renewal, or business failure or deterioration.
In addition, we incur fixed costs related to our information
technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing clients.
Therefore the loss of any one of our significant clients could
leave us with a significantly higher level of fixed costs than
is necessary to serve our remaining clients, thereby reducing
our profitability and cash flow.
|
|
|
Significant investments made by us to attract and retain
large outsourcing agreements could become impaired if the
financial condition of any of the clients for whom we have made
an investment deteriorates or if all or part of a client
contract is terminated. |
In order to attract and retain large outsourcing contracts we
sometimes make significant capital investments to perform the
agreement, such as purchases of information technology
equipment. The net book value of such assets recorded, including
a portion of our intangible assets, could be impaired, and our
earnings and cash flow could be materially adversely affected in
the event of the early termination of all or a part of such a
contract or the reduction in volumes and services thereunder for
reasons such as, among other things, the clients merger or
acquisition, divestiture of assets or businesses, or business
failure or deterioration.
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|
|
Competition in new markets and the entry of competitors in
existing markets could force us to lower prices or cause us to
lose business to our competitors. |
We expect to encounter additional competition as we address new
markets and new competitors enter our existing markets. If we
are forced to lower our pricing or if demand for our services
decreases, our business, financial condition, results of
operations, and cash flow may be materially and adversely
affected. Some of our competitors have substantially greater
resources, and they may be able to use their resources to adapt
more quickly to new or emerging technologies, to devote greater
resources to the promotion and sale of their products and
services, or to obtain client contracts where sizeable asset
purchases, investments or financing support are required. In
addition, we must frequently compete with a clients own
internal business process and information technology
capabilities, which may constitute a fixed cost for the client.
In the future, competition could continue to emerge from large
computer hardware or software providers as they shift their
business strategy to include services. Competition has also
emerged from European and Indian offshore service providers
seeking to expand into our markets and from large consulting
companies seeking operational outsourcing opportunities.
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|
|
We may have difficulties executing our acquisition
strategy, which could impact our future growth and financial
condition. |
We intend to continue to expand our business through the
acquisition of complementary companies. We cannot, however, make
any assurances that we will be able to identify any potential
acquisition
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candidates or consummate any additional acquisitions or that any
future acquisitions will be successfully integrated or will be
advantageous to us. Without additional acquisitions, we are
unlikely to maintain historical total growth rates.
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|
|
Failure to properly manage our operations and our growth
could impair our ability to service our existing clients and
impede our ability to attract new business. |
We have rapidly expanded our operations in recent years. We
intend to continue expansion in the foreseeable future to pursue
existing and potential market opportunities. This rapid growth
places a significant demand on our management and operational
resources. In order to manage growth effectively, we must
implement and improve our operational systems, procedures, and
controls on a timely basis. If we fail to implement these
systems, procedures and controls on a timely basis, we may not
be able to service our clients needs, hire and retain new
employees, pursue new business, complete future acquisitions or
operate our businesses effectively. We could also trigger
contractual credits to clients. Failure to properly transition
new customers to our systems, properly budget transition costs
or accurately estimate new contract operational costs could
result in delays in our contract performance, trigger service
level penalties or result in contracts whose profit margins did
not meet our expectations or our historical profit margins.
Failure to properly integrate acquired operations could result
in increased cost. As a result of any of these problems
associated with expansion, our business, financial condition,
results of operations and cash flow could be materially and
adversely affected.
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|
|
Our government contracts generally allow for termination
at any time without cause, contain extensive audit and
investigation rights and may be subject to future Congressional
appropriations, any of which could hurt our revenues, profits
and cash flow. |
Approximately half of our revenues are derived from contracts
with state and local governments and from a contract with the
Department of Education. Governments and their agencies may
terminate most of these contracts at any time, without cause.
Also, our Department of Education contract is subject to the
approval of appropriations being made by the United States
Congress to fund the expenditures to be made by the Federal
government under this contract. Additionally, government
contracts are generally subject to audits and investigations by
government agencies. If the government finds that we improperly
charged any costs to a contract, the costs are not reimbursable
or, if already reimbursed, the cost must be refunded to the
government. If the government discovers improper or illegal
activities in the course of audits or investigations, the
contractor may be subject to various civil and criminal
penalties and administrative sanctions, which may include
termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of
payments, fines and suspensions or debarment from doing business
with the government. Any resulting penalties or sanctions could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, results of operations and cash flow. Further, the
negative publicity that arises from findings in such audits,
investigations or the penalties or sanctions therefor could have
an adverse effect on our reputation in the industry and reduce
our ability to compete for new contracts and may also have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
results of operations and cash flow.
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|
|
Protests of government contract awards could cause us to
incur significant additional costs or lead to termination of the
contract. |
After an award of a government contract, a competing bidder may
protest the award. If we are awarded the contract and it is
protested, it will be necessary to incur costs to defend the
award of the contract, which costs may be significant and could
include hiring experts to defend the basis for the contract
award. Some contract protests may take years to resolve. In some
instances where we are awarded a contract, the contracting
government entity may request that we sign a contract and
commence services, even though the contract award has been
protested. If the protest is upheld, then our contract would be
terminated and the amounts due to us for services that have been
performed to date would be subject to payment pursuant to the
terms of the terminated contract. Such terms may not provide for
full recovery of our incurred costs. In addition, we may suffer
negative publicity as the result of any contract protest being
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upheld and our contract being terminated. Further, if there is a
re-bid of the contract, we would incur additional costs
associated with the re-bid process and be subject to a potential
protest if we are awarded a subsequent contract.
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|
|
Our clients may seek contract credits, contract
termination or damages if we fail to achieve specified service
levels. |
Most of our contracts with our clients permit termination in the
event our performance is not consistent with service levels
specified in those contracts, or provide for credits to our
clients for failure to meet service levels. In addition, if
clients are not satisfied with our level of performance, our
clients may seek damages as permitted under the contract and/or
our reputation in the industry may suffer, which could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition, results of operations, and cash flow.
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|
|
Our contracts contain pricing risks, including set fee
arrangements and re-pricing provisions, which may not permit us
to recover our costs. |
Many of our contracts contain provisions requiring that our
services be priced based on a pre-established standard or
benchmark regardless of the costs we incur in performing these
services. Many of our contracts contain pricing provisions that
require the client to pay a set fee for our services regardless
of whether our costs to perform these services exceed the amount
of the set fee. Some of our contracts contain re-pricing
provisions which can result in reductions of our fees for
performing our services. In such situations, we are exposed to
the risk that we may be unable to price our services to levels
that will permit recovery of our costs, and may adversely affect
our operating results and cash flow.
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|
|
The actuarial consulting services business we recently
acquired may give rise to claims against us. |
Recently, we acquired the human resources consulting business of
Mellon Financial Corporation, which includes actuarial
consulting services related to commercial, governmental and
Taft-Hartley pension plans. Providers of these types of
consulting services have experienced frequent claims, some of
which have resulted in litigation and significant settlements
and judgments, particularly when investment markets have
performed poorly and pension funding levels have been adversely
impacted. If any similar claim is made against us in the future,
our business, financial condition, results of operations and
cash flow could be materially adversely affected as a result of
the time and cost required to defend such a claim, the cost of
settling such a claim or paying any judgments resulting
therefrom, or the damage to our reputation in the industry that
could result from the negative publicity surrounding such a
claim.
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|
|
Loss of significant software vendor relationships could
result an inability to serve our clients. |
Our ability to service our clients depends to a large extent on
our use of various software programs that we license from a
small number of primary software vendors. If our significant
software vendors were to terminate, refuse to renew our
contracts with them or offer to renew our contracts with them on
less advantageous terms than previously contracted, we might not
be able to replace the related software programs and would be
unable to serve our clients or we would recognize reduced
margins from the contracts with our clients, either of which
could have a material adverse effect on our business, revenues,
profitability and cash flow.
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|
|
Intellectual property infringement claims could require us
to incur substantial costs to defend the claims, purchase new
licenses or redesign our products or services. |
We rely heavily on the use of intellectual property. We do not
own the majority of the software that we use to run our
business; instead we license this software from a small number
of primary vendors. If these vendors assert claims that we or
our clients are infringing on their software or related
intellectual property, we could incur substantial costs to
defend these claims, which could have a material effect on
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our profitability and cash flow. In addition, if any of our
vendors infringement claims are ultimately successful, our
vendors could require us to:
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|
|
|
|
cease selling or using products or services that incorporate the
challenged software or technology, |
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|
|
obtain a license or additional licenses from our vendors, or |
|
|
|
redesign our products and services which rely on the challenged
software or technology. |
If we are unsuccessful in the defense of an infringement claim
and our vendors require us to initiate any of the above actions,
then such actions could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flow.
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|
|
Rapid technological changes require us to commit
substantial resources to produce new products and services to
remain competitive in our marketplace. |
The markets for our business process and information technology
services are subject to rapid technological changes and rapid
changes in client requirements. We may be unable to timely and
successfully customize products and services that incorporate
new technology or to deliver the services and products demanded
by the marketplace.
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|
|
Failure to comply with Federal and State privacy laws
could result in monetary damages, fines and/or criminal
prosecution. |
We process and store information relating to identifiable
individuals, both in our role as a service provider and as an
employer. As a result, we are subject to numerous Federal and
State laws and regulations designed to protect individually
identifiable information, including financial and health
information. For example, in 1996, Congress passed the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and as required
therein, the Department of Health and Human Services established
regulations governing, among other things, the privacy, security
and electronic transmission of individually identifiable health
information. We have taken measures to comply with each of those
regulations on or before the required dates. Other Federal and
State laws apply to the processing of individually identifiable
information as well, and additional legislation may be enacted
at any time. Failure to comply with these types of laws may
subject us to liability for monetary damages, fines and/or
criminal prosecution and may have a material adverse effect on
our profitability and cash flow.
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Budget deficits at, or fluctuations in the number of
requests for proposals issued by, state and local governments
and their agencies could reduce our future business, revenues,
results of operations and cash flow. |
Approximately half of our revenues are derived from contracts
with state and local governments and their agencies. Currently,
many state and local governments that we have contracts with are
facing potential budget deficits. Also, the number of requests
for proposals issued by state and local government agencies is
subject to fluctuation. While this has not had a material
adverse impact on our results of operations through the third
quarter of fiscal year 2005, it is unclear what impact, if any,
these deficits may have on our future business, revenues,
results of operations and cash flow.
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Our global operations and international expansion expose
us to complex management, legal, foreign currency, tax and
economic risks. |
Recently we have expanded our international operations and have
also contemplated the acquisition of companies formed and
operating in foreign countries. We have approximately
15,000 employees in Mexico, Guatemala, India, Ghana,
Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Spain, Malaysia, Ireland, Germany
and China, as well as several other countries, that support our
commercial business process outsourcing services. Our
international operations and acquisitions are subject to a
number of risks. These risks include the possible impact on our
operations of the laws of foreign countries where we may do
business, data privacy laws, and laws regarding licensing and
labor counsel requirements. In addition, we may experience
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difficulty integrating the management and operations of
businesses we acquire internationally, and we may have
difficulty attracting, retaining and motivating highly skilled
and qualified personnel to staff key managerial positions in our
ongoing international operations. Further, our international
operations and acquisitions are subject to a number of risks
related to general economic and political conditions in foreign
countries where we operate, including, among others,
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, cultural
differences, political instability and additional expenses and
risks inherent in conducting operations in geographically
distant locations. Our international operations and acquisitions
may also be impacted by trade restrictions, such as tariffs and
duties or other trade controls imposed by the United States or
other jurisdictions, as well as other factors that may adversely
affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
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Armed hostilities and terrorist attacks may adversely
affect the markets in which we operate, our operations and our
profitability. |
Terrorist attacks and further acts of violence or war may cause
major instability in the U.S. and other financial markets in
which we operate. In addition, armed hostilities and acts of
terrorism may directly impact our physical facilities and
operations, which are located in North America, Central America,
South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Middle
East, or those of our clients. These developments subject our
worldwide operations to increased risks and, depending on their
magnitude, could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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Failure to attract and retain necessary technical
personnel, skilled management and qualified subcontractors could
adversely impact our ability to maintain and grow our
business. |
Our success depends to a significant extent upon our ability to
attract, retain and motivate highly skilled and qualified
personnel and to subcontract with qualified, competent
subcontractors. If we fail to attract, train, and retain,
sufficient numbers of these technically-skilled people or are
unable to contract with qualified, competent subcontractors, our
business, financial condition, and results of operations will be
materially and adversely affected. Experienced and capable
personnel in the technology industry remain in high demand, and
there is continual competition for their talents. Our success
also depends on the skills, experience, and performance of key
members of our management team and on qualified, competent
subcontractors. The loss of any key employee or the loss of a
key subcontract relationship could have an adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, cash flow, results of operations
and prospects.
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In certain circumstances, we may be required to purchase
loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program due
to our servicing errors, which could decrease our profitability
and cash flow. |
We service (for various lenders and under various service
agreements) a portfolio of approximately $20.6 billion of
loans, as of March 31, 2005, made under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program, which loans are guaranteed by a Federal
government agency. If a loan is in default, then a claim is made
upon the guarantor. If the guarantor denies the claim because of
a servicing error, then under certain of the servicing
agreements we may be required to purchase the loan from the
lender. Upon purchase of the loan, we attempt to cure the
servicing errors and either sell the loan back to the guarantor
(which must occur within a specified period of time) or sell the
loan on the open market to a third party. We are subject to the
risk that we may be unable to cure the servicing errors or sell
the loan on the open market. Our reserves, which are based on
historical information, may be inadequate if our servicing
performance results in the requirement that we repurchase a
substantial number of loans, which repurchase could have a
material adverse impact on our cash flow and profitability.
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Disruptions in utility or network services could interrupt
our ability to operate our business and service our
clients. |
Our services are dependent on the companies providing
electricity and other utilities to our operating facilities, as
well as network companies providing connectivity to our
facilities and clients. While there are
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backup systems in many of our operating facilities, an extended
outage of utility or network services may have a material
adverse effect on our operations, revenues, cash flow and
profitability.
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If we are required to satisfy certain indemnification
obligations our business, profits and cash flow may be
negatively impacted. |
Our contracts, including our agreements with respect to
divestitures, include various indemnification obligations. If we
are required to satisfy an indemnification obligation, that may
have a material adverse effect on our business, profitability
and cash flow.
Risks Relating to the Notes
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There is no established trading market for the notes,
which means there are uncertainties regarding the price and
terms on which a holder could dispose of the notes, if at
all. |
The notes will constitute a new issue of securities with no
established trading market. We have not applied to list the
notes on any national securities exchange or inter-dealer
quotation system. The underwriters have advised us that they
intend to make a market in the notes, but they are not obligated
to do so. The underwriters may discontinue any market making in
the notes at any time, in their sole discretion. As a result, we
are unable to assure you as to the presence or the liquidity of
any trading market for the notes.
We cannot assure you that you will be able to sell your notes at
a particular time or that the prices that you receive when you
sell will be favorable. We also cannot assure you as to the
level of liquidity of the trading market for the notes. Future
trading prices of the notes will depend on many factors,
including:
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the interest of securities dealers in making a market and the
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the market for similar securities. |
You should not purchase notes unless you understand and know you
can bear all of the investment risks involving the notes.
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The notes are obligations exclusively of Affiliated
Computer Services, Inc. and not of our subsidiaries and payments
to holders of the notes will be effectively subordinated to the
claims of our subsidiaries creditors. |
The notes are obligations exclusively of Affiliated Computer
Services, Inc. and not of our subsidiaries. We conduct a
substantial part of our operations through our subsidiaries, and
our subsidiaries generate a significant part of our operating
income and cash flow. As a result, distributions or advances
from our subsidiaries are important sources of funds to meet our
debt service obligations. Contractual provisions or laws, as
well as our subsidiaries financial condition and operating
requirements, may limit our ability to obtain from our
subsidiaries cash that we need to pay our debt service
obligations, including payments on the notes. In addition,
holders of the notes will have a junior position to the claims
of creditors of our subsidiaries on their assets and earnings.
Our right to receive any assets of any of our subsidiaries upon
their liquidation or reorganization, and, therefore, the right
of the holders of the notes to participate in those assets will
be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other
liabilities of our subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2005, our
subsidiaries had approximately $611.8 million of
indebtedness and other liabilities.
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Payments on the notes will be effectively subordinated to
claims of our future secured creditors. |
The notes represent unsecured obligations of Affiliated Computer
Services, Inc. Accordingly, our secured creditors will have
claims that are superior to your claims as holders of the notes
to the extent of
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the value of the assets securing that other indebtedness. In the
event of any distribution or payment of our assets in any
foreclosure, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, or other bankruptcy proceeding, our secured
creditors will have a superior claim to their collateral. If any
of the foregoing events occur, we cannot assure you that there
will be sufficient assets to pay amounts due on the notes.
Holders of the notes will participate ratably with all holders
of our unsecured senior indebtedness, and with all of our other
general senior creditors, based upon the respective amounts owed
to each holder or creditor, in our remaining assets. As a
result, holders of notes may receive less, ratably, than our
secured creditors. As of March 31, 2005, we had
$14.7 million of secured debt. The indenture governing the
notes restricts, subject to a number of exceptions, our ability
to incur indebtedness secured by our assets. See
Description of the Notes Limitation on Our
Ability to Incur Liens.
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We could enter into various transactions that could
increase the amount of our outstanding debt, or adversely affect
our capital structure or credit ratings, or otherwise adversely
affect holders of the notes. |
The terms of the notes do not prevent us from entering into a
variety of acquisition, change of control, refinancing,
recapitalization or other highly leveraged transactions. As a
result, we could enter into a variety of transactions even
though the transactions could increase the total amount of our
outstanding indebtedness, adversely affect our capital structure
or credit ratings or otherwise adversely affect the holders of
the notes.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We expect to receive net proceeds from this offering of
approximately $496 million after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and expenses. We intend to use the net
proceeds to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under
our unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility, which includes
$356 million we borrowed on May 26, 2005 to fund a
portion of the purchase price paid in connection with our
acquisition of the human resources consulting and outsourcing
businesses of Mellon Financial Corporation. On or before
September 30, 2005, we expect to borrow an additional
$49 million under this facility to fund pension and
deferred compensation obligations we assumed in connection with
the Mellon acquisition. See Summary Affiliated
Computer Services, Inc. Recent Development. We
use our unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility to fund our
business on an ongoing basis and we intend to continue to do so
in the future. Amounts being repaid under our unsecured
$1.5 billion credit facility will be available for future
borrowings.
At May 26, 2005, we had $764 million in outstanding
borrowings under our unsecured $1.5 billion credit
facility, including the amount borrowed in connection with the
Mellon acquisition. These outstanding borrowings, as of the date
of this prospectus supplement, bear interest at 3.78% for
substantially all of the amount outstanding. At May 26,
2005, we had $99 million of outstanding letters of credit
under the unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility, which
secure certain contractual performance and other obligations.
The lending commitments under our unsecured $1.5 billion
credit facility are scheduled to terminate in October 2009.
Since the inception of our unsecured $1.5 billion credit
facility in October 2004, draws made thereunder have been
utilized to refinance borrowings and letters of credit
outstanding under our predecessor credit facility, to fund all
or a portion of the purchase price payable in connection with
our acquisitions and to repurchase shares of our Class A
common stock, as well as for working capital and general
corporate purposes.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed
charges for the periods indicated:
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For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges, earnings are defined as earnings before income taxes
and extraordinary items plus fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, amortization of debt issue costs
and a portion of rental expense representative of interest.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table presents our capitalization as of
March 31, 2005 on an actual basis and as adjusted to give
effect to the issuance of the notes hereby and the application
of the estimated net proceeds therefrom as described under
Use of Proceeds. The table should be read in
conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and
related notes and other financial data included in or
incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
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7,206 |
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7,206 |
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Long-term debt:
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Long-term debt (less current portion)(1)
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Stockholders Equity
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Class A common stock
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Includes amounts outstanding under our unsecured
$1.5 billion credit facility. At May 26, 2005, we had
approximately $764 million outstanding under this facility,
including $356 million we borrowed to fund a portion of the
purchase price paid in connection with our acquisition of the
human resources consulting and outsourcing businesses of Mellon
Financial Corporation on that date. On or before
September 30, 2005, we expect to borrow an additional
$49 million under this facility to fund pension and
deferred compensation obligations we assumed in connection with
the Mellon acquisition. Of the amount outstanding under the
facility, we intend to repay approximately $496 million
with the net proceeds we will receive from this offering after
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses.
See Use of Proceeds. |
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Reflects the aggregate principal amount of the notes, less
issuance discount. |
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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
We have summarized provisions of the notes below. This summary
supplements and, to the extent inconsistent with, replaces the
description of the debt securities under the caption
Description of Debt Securities in the accompanying
prospectus. You should read the following information in
conjunction with the statements under Description of Debt
Securities in the accompanying prospectus.
General
We will issue the 2010 notes and 2015 notes under an indenture
to be dated as of June 6, 2005 between us and The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended and
supplemented by an indenture supplement with respect to each of
the 2010 notes and the 2015 notes, each to be dated as of
June 6, 2005, and as may be further supplemented from time
to time (collectively, the Indenture). The terms of
each supplemental indenture are substantially similar, but
differ with regard to a few items, including the maturity date
and interest rate provisions, as more fully described below. The
following is a summary of the material provisions of the
Indenture. It does not include all of the provisions of the
Indenture. Although for convenience the 2010 notes and the 2015
notes are referred to as the notes, each will be
issued as a separate series and will not together have any class
voting rights. Accordingly, for purposes of this Description of
Notes, references to the notes shall be deemed to
refer to each series of notes separately, and not to the 2010
notes and the 2015 notes on any combined basis.
The notes will be our senior unsecured obligations and will rank
equally with all of our existing and future senior unsecured
indebtedness from time to time outstanding. The notes are
obligations exclusively of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
and not of our subsidiaries. We conduct a substantial part of
our operations through our subsidiaries, and our subsidiaries
generate a significant part of our operating income and cash
flow. As a result, distributions or advances from our
subsidiaries are important sources of funds to meet our debt
service obligations. Contractual provisions or laws, as well as
our subsidiaries financial condition and operating
requirements, may limit our ability to obtain from our
subsidiaries cash that we need to pay our debt service
obligations, including payments on the notes. In addition,
holders of the notes will have a junior position to the claims
of creditors of our subsidiaries on their assets and earnings.
Our right to receive any assets of any of our subsidiaries upon
their liquidation or reorganization, and, therefore, the right
of the holders of the notes to participate in those assets, will
be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other
liabilities of our subsidiaries.
We are initially offering the 2010 notes with an aggregate
principal amount of $250 million, and the 2015 notes with
an aggregate principal amount of $250 million. In each
case, the notes will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and in
integral multiples of $1,000, in fully registered form. We may,
without the consent of the holders, issue additional notes and
thereby increase the principal amount of the 2010 notes or the
2015 notes in the future, on the same terms and conditions and
with the same CUSIP numbers as the notes we offer by this
prospectus supplement, except for the issue price and issue date
and, in some cases, the first interest payment date.
The 2010 notes will mature on June 1, 2010. Interest on the
2010 notes will accrue from June 6, 2005 at a rate of
4.70% per annum. The 2015 notes will mature on June 1,
2015. Interest on the 2015 notes will accrue from June 6,
2005 at a rate of 5.20% per annum. We:
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will compute interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months; |
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will pay interest on the notes semi-annually on June 1 and
December 1 in each year, commencing December 1, 2005,
and at maturity; |
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will make each interest payment to the persons in whose names
the notes are registered at the close of business on the
May 15 and November 15 before such interest payment
date; |
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will make payments on the notes at our office or agency
maintained for that purpose in the borough of Manhattan, City of
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will make payments in immediately available funds so long as the
notes are registered in the name of Cede & Co.;
otherwise payment of interest may be made by check or draft
mailed to such address as appears on the notes register. |
In the event that any interest payment date or maturity date is
not a business day, then the payment will be made on the next
business day without additional interest and with the same
effect as if it were made on the originally scheduled date. The
term business day means any day that is not a
legal holiday. The term legal holiday
means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the city of New York, New York or a place of
payment are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.
The notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
Optional Redemption
All or a portion of the 2010 notes or the 2015 notes, or both,
may be redeemed at our option at any time or from time to time
upon notice given by mail. We will mail notice of any redemption
at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before
the redemption date to each registered holder of the notes to be
redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed, the notes called
for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption
date and at the applicable redemption price, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the redemption date.
The redemption price for the notes to be redeemed on any
redemption date will be equal to the greater of the following
amounts:
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the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest on the notes being redeemed
on that redemption date (not including any portion of any
payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted
to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury
Rate (as defined below), as determined by the Reference Treasury
Dealer (as defined below), plus 15 basis points in the case
of the 2010 notes and 20 basis points in the case of the
2015 notes, |
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes
being redeemed to the redemption date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, installments of interest on notes that are due and
payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a
redemption date will be payable on the interest payment date to
the registered holders as of the close of business on the
relevant record date according to the notes and the Indenture.
The redemption price will be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue
on the notes or any portion of the notes called for redemption,
unless we default in the payment of the redemption price and
accrued interest. On or before the redemption date, we will
deposit with a paying agent (or the trustee) money sufficient to
pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the notes to
be redeemed on that date. If less than all the notes are to be
redeemed, the notes to be redeemed shall be selected, from the
outstanding notes not previously called for redemption, either
pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate.
For purposes of this section Optional
Redemption, the following terms have the following
meanings:
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States
Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as
having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any
redemption date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(B) if the trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference
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Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations,
or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is
received, such quotation.
Reference Treasury Dealer means (A) Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. or J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. or their respective affiliates which are Primary
Treasury Dealers, and its successors; provided, however, that if
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. or
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall cease to be a primary
U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
Primary Treasury Dealer), we will substitute
therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other
Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the trustee after
consultation with us.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with
respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption
date, the average, as determined by the trustee, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in
each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in
writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at
5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day
preceding such redemption date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption
date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent
yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
price for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount, equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date.
Limitation on Our Ability to Incur Liens
Other than as provided below under We May
Incur Permitted Liens and We May Enter into Permitted Sale/
Leaseback Transactions, so long as any of the notes are
outstanding, neither we nor any of our Subsidiaries may create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any (i) of
our property or assets or those of our Subsidiaries or
(ii) stock of any Subsidiary or (iii) Debt of our
Subsidiaries owed to us or to another of our Subsidiaries, in
each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any
Debt without equally and ratably securing all outstanding notes,
except for:
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Liens existing on the date of the supplemental indentures
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any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements) of any Lien existing on the date of
the supplemental indentures relating to the notes, so long as
any such extension, renewal or replacement does not extend to or
cover any of our property or assets or any of our
Subsidiaries property or assets other than the property or
assets that were the subject of the Lien existing on the date of
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Liens on property or assets existing at the time we or any of
our Subsidiaries acquires such property or assets, provided that
such Liens (1) are not incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of the acquisition of the property or assets
acquired and (2) do not extend to or cover any of our
property or assets or any of our Subsidiaries property or
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(x) claims and Liens for taxes; (y) claims and Liens
upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property,
including any attachment of personal or real property or other
legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute of the merits;
and (z) claims and Liens of mechanics, materialmen,
warehousemen, carriers, landlords, or other like Liens; so long
as, for the purposes of each of clauses (x), (y) and
(z), the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good
faith and by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently
conducted, reserve or other appropriate provisions (if any)
required by GAAP shall have been made, and levy and execution
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good-faith pledges, Liens, or deposits made to secure
performance of bids, tenders, insurance or other contracts
(other than for the repayment of borrowed money), or leases, or
to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, or
indemnity, performance, or other similar bonds as all such Liens
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encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, or
other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which
impairs in any material respect the use of such property in the
ordinary conduct of our business or the business of our
Subsidiaries and no defects of which have a material adverse
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pledges or deposits made to secure payment of workers
compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with
workers compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions, or
other social security programs, but expressly excluding any
Liens in favor of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or
any successor thereof, or otherwise under ERISA; |
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Liens of landlords or of mortgagees of landlords on fixtures and
movable tangible property located on premises leased in the
ordinary course of business; |
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Liens on accounts receivable so long as we or our Subsidiaries
do not sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, in one
or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the
assets (determined on a consolidated basis in respect of us and
our Subsidiaries), other than in a transaction between us and
one or more of our Subsidiaries or between our Subsidiaries; |
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Liens created on any property or assets leased to or purchased
by us or any of our Subsidiaries securing directly or indirectly
obligations issued in favor of any state or local government or
governmental agency in connection with certain tax-exempt
financings; |
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Liens on any property or assets of a corporation or other entity
existing at the time such corporation or entity becomes our
Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with us or a
Subsidiary of ours or at the time of a sale, lease or other
disposition of the properties of such corporation or entity as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety to us or a
Subsidiary of ours; provided that such Liens (1) are not
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
corporation or entity becoming a Subsidiary of ours or merging
or consolidating with us or a Subsidiary of ours or are not
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of the sale,
lease or other disposition of the properties of such corporation
or other entity and (2) do not extend to or cover any of
our property or assets or any of our Subsidiaries property
or assets other than the property or assets of such corporation
or other entity; and |
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purchase money Liens upon or in any real or personal property
(including fixtures and other equipment) we or any of our
Subsidiaries hold or have acquired to secure the purchase price
of such property or to secure indebtedness incurred solely to
finance or refinance the acquisition or improvement of such
property and incurred within 180 days after completion of
such acquisition or improvement, provided that no such Lien will
extend to or cover any property other than the property being
acquired or improved. |
For purposes of this section Limitation on Our
Ability to Incur Liens, the term Lien means:
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any lien, security interest, charge, mortgage, pledge or other
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and
any agreement to give any security interest other than an
agreement to secure Debt equally and ratably upon the incurrence
of other secured Debt). |
Limitation on Our Ability to Enter into Sale/ Leaseback
Transactions
Other than as provided below under We May
Incur Permitted Liens and We May Enter into Permitted Sale/
Leaseback Transactions, so long as any of the notes are
outstanding, neither we nor any of our Subsidiaries may enter
into any Sale/ Leaseback Transaction for a period of more than
24 months unless:
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we or such Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the
provisions described in the bullet points under
Limitation on Our Ability to Incur Liens
above, to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist a Lien on the
property or assets subject to such Sale/ Leaseback Transaction;
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the net proceeds of the sale or the fair market value of the
property or assets, whichever is greater (which may be
conclusively determined by our Board of Directors), are applied
within 120 days to the optional retirement of our
unsubordinated Debt or the Debt of our Subsidiaries then
outstanding maturing more than one year after the date of
receipt of such net proceeds by us or our Subsidiary. |
For purposes of this section Limitation on Our
Ability to Enter Into Sale/ Leaseback Transactions, the
term Sale/ Leaseback Transaction means:
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any arrangement with any Person (other than us or any of our
Subsidiaries) providing for a capitalized lease by us or any of
our Subsidiaries of any property which has been or is to be sold
or transferred by us or any of our Subsidiaries to such Person
or to any Person (other than us or any of our Subsidiaries) by
whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of
the leased property. |
We May Incur Permitted Liens and We May Enter into Permitted
Sale/ Leaseback Transactions
Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth above under
Limitation on Our Ability to Incur Liens
and Limitation on our Ability to Enter into
Sale/Leaseback Transactions, we or any of our Subsidiaries
may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens or enter
into any Sale/Leaseback Transactions not otherwise permitted as
described above, provided that at the time of such event, and
after giving effect to that event, the aggregate amount of all
Debt secured by Liens permitted by this paragraph (excluding the
Liens permitted pursuant to the bullet points under
Limitation on Our Ability to Incur Liens
above) and the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt in
respect of Sale/Leaseback Transactions permitted by this
paragraph (excluding the Sale/Leaseback Transactions permitted
under Limitation on Our Ability to Enter into
Sale/Leaseback Transactions above), measured, in each
case, at the time any such Lien is incurred or any such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction is entered into, by us or any of our
Subsidiaries does not exceed 15% of our consolidated
stockholders equity, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of this section We May Incur
Permitted Liens and We May Enter into Permitted Sale/Leaseback
Transactions, the term Attributable Debt with
respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction means:
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the present value of the minimum rental payments called for
during the term of the lease (including any period for which
such lease has been extended), determined in accordance with
GAAP, discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease,
the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the
funds necessary to purchase the leased assets. |
Additional Event of Default
In addition to the events of default described in the
accompanying prospectus under the heading Description of
Debt Securities Events of Default, an event of
default, with respect to the notes so long as any of the notes
are outstanding, will also mean:
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there is a failure to pay when due or a default in the payment
of our Debt or any Debt of our Subsidiaries, other than the
notes, aggregating more than $100 million in principal
amount after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or in
the performance of any other term or provision of any of our
Debt or any Debt of our Subsidiaries, other than the notes, in
excess of $100 million in principal amount that results in
such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable before the
date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and
such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled, or such Debt has
not been discharged, within a period of 15 days after there
has been given written notice specifying such default as
provided in the Indenture. |
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Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
The Indenture will generally permit us to consolidate or merge
with another entity. It will also permit us to sell all or
substantially all of our assets. However, we will only
consolidate or merge with or into another entity, or sell all or
substantially all of our assets, in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Indenture. With respect to the notes, the
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets provisions
below replace the Consolidation, Merger or Sale of
Assets provisions described in the accompanying
prospectus. So long as any of the notes are outstanding, we may,
in any transaction or series of related transactions,
consolidate with another entity to form a new entity, or merge
into any other entity, or transfer or dispose of our assets
substantially as an entirety to any other entity only if:
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the resulting or surviving entity assumes by a supplemental
indenture the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the notes and the performance
of our covenants and obligations under the Indenture and the
notes; |
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immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default
or event of default with respect to the notes would occur and be
continuing; |
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we or our successor shall take those steps that are necessary to
secure all outstanding notes equally and ratably with any Debt
secured by a Lien, which would not be permitted under
Limitation on Our Ability to Incur
Liens, that our property or assets would become subject to
as a result of any transaction; and |
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a specified officers certificate and an opinion of counsel
are delivered to the trustee, each stating that the transaction
and the supplemental indenture comply with the provisions of the
Indenture. |
The remaining or acquiring entity will be substituted for us in
the Indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original
party to the Indenture. Thereafter, the successor entity may
exercise our rights and powers under the Indenture, in our name
or in its own name. Any act or proceeding required or permitted
to be done by our Board of Directors or any of our officers may
be done by the board or officers of the successor entity.
Book-Entry Delivery and Settlement
We will issue the 2010 notes and the 2015 notes in the form of
one or more permanent global securities in definitive, fully
registered form. The global securities will be deposited with or
on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, or will remain in the custody of the trustee in accordance
with the FAST Balance Certificate Agreement between DTC and the
trustee.
DTC has advised us that:
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DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New
York Banking Law, a banking organization within the
meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal
Reserve System, a clearing corporation within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a
clearing agency registered under Section 17A of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; |
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DTC holds securities that its direct participants deposit with
DTC and facilitates the settlement among direct participants of
securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in
deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry
changes in direct participants accounts, thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates; |
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direct participants include securities brokers and dealers,
banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other
organizations; |
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DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants and by the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC
and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; |
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access to the DTC system is also available to indirect
participants such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a direct participant, either directly or
indirectly; and |
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the rules applicable to DTC and its direct and indirect
participants are on file with the SEC. |
We have provided the following descriptions of the operations
and procedures of DTC solely as a matter of convenience. These
operations and procedures are solely within the control of DTC
and are subject to change by them from time to time. Neither we,
the underwriters nor the trustee take any responsibility for
these operations or procedures, and you are urged to contact DTC
or its participants directly to discuss these matters.
We expect that under procedures established by DTC:
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upon deposit of the global securities with DTC or its custodian,
DTC will credit on its internal system the accounts of direct
participants designated by the underwriters with portions of the
principal amounts of the global securities; and |
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ownership of the notes will be shown on, and the transfer of
ownership of the notes will be effected only through, records
maintained by DTC or its nominee, with respect to interests of
direct participants, and the records of direct and indirect
participants, with respect to interests of persons other than
participants. |
The laws of some jurisdictions require that purchasers of
securities take physical delivery of those securities in the
form of a certificate. For that reason, it may not be possible
to transfer interests in a global security to those persons. In
addition, because DTC can act only on behalf of its
participants, who in turn act on behalf of persons who hold
interests through participants, the ability of a person having
an interest in a global security to pledge or transfer that
interest to persons or entities that do not participate in
DTCs system, or otherwise to take actions in respect of
that interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical
definitive security in respect of that interest.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a
global security, DTC or that nominee will be considered the sole
owner or holder of the notes represented by that global security
for all purposes under the Indenture and under the notes. Except
as described below, owners of beneficial interests in a global
security will not be entitled to have notes represented by that
global security registered in their names, will not receive or
be entitled to receive the notes in the form of a physical
certificate and will not be considered the owners or holders of
the notes under the Indenture or under the notes, and may not be
entitled to give the trustee directions, instructions or
approvals. For that reason, each holder owning a beneficial
interest in a global security must rely on DTCs procedures
and, if that holder is not a direct or indirect participant in
DTC, on the procedures of the DTC participant through which that
holder owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder of
notes under the Indenture or the global security.
Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of DTCs records relating to the
notes or relating to payments made by DTC on account of the
notes, or any responsibility to maintain, supervise or review
any of DTCs records relating to the notes.
We will make payments on the notes represented by the global
securities to DTC or its nominee, as the registered owner of the
notes. We expect that when DTC or its nominee receives any
payment on the notes represented by a global security, DTC will
credit participants accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their beneficial interests in the global
security as shown in DTCs records. We also expect that
payments by DTCs participants to owners of beneficial
interests in the global security held through those participants
will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice
as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers registered in the names of nominees for such
customers. DTCs participants will be responsible for those
payments.
Payments on the notes represented by the global securities will
be made in immediately available funds. Transfers between
participants in DTC will be made in accordance with DTC rules
and will be settled in immediately available funds.
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Certificated Notes
We will issue certificated notes to each person that DTC
identifies as the beneficial owner of notes represented by the
global securities upon surrender by DTC of the global securities
only if:
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DTC notifies us that it is no longer willing or able to act as a
depository for the global securities, and we have not appointed
a successor depository within 90 days of that notice; |
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an event of default has occurred with respect to the notes and
is continuing; or |
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we decide not to have such notes represented by a global
security. |
Neither we nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC,
its nominee or any direct or indirect participant in identifying
the beneficial owners of the related notes. We and the trustee
may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on,
instructions from DTC or its nominee, including instructions
about the registration and delivery, and the respective
principal amounts, of the notes to be issued.
Same-Day Settlement and Payment
Settlement for the notes will be made by the underwriters in
immediately available funds. So long as the notes are
represented by global securities registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee, all payments of principal and interest will be
made by us in immediately available funds. In addition, so long
as the notes are represented by such global securities, the
notes will trade in DTCs Same-Day Funds Settlement System,
and secondary market trading activity in the notes will
therefore be required by DTC to settle in immediately available
funds. No assurance can be given as to the effect, if any, of
settlement in immediately available funds on trading activity in
the notes.
The Trustee
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. will serve as the
trustee under the Indenture.
Certain Definitions With Respect to the Notes
Board of Directors means our Board of Directors or
any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any
particular matter, to act by or on behalf of our Board of
Directors.
Debt of any Person means, without duplication,
(i) all indebtedness of that Person for borrowed money
(whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of
the assets of that Person or only to a portion thereof),
(ii) all obligations of that Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all
obligations of that Person in respect of letters of credit or
other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with
respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit, bid or
performance bonds and other similar obligations issued by or for
the account of that Person in the ordinary course of business,
to the extent not drawn or, to the extent drawn, if that drawing
is reimbursed not later than 30 business days following demand
for reimbursement, (iv) all obligations of that Person to
pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or
services, except trade payables, advances on contracts and
accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business,
(v) all capitalized lease obligations of that Person,
(vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of
that Person, whether or not that Debt is assumed by that Person
(provided that if the obligations so secured have not been
assumed in full by that Person or are not otherwise that
Persons legal liability in full, then those obligations
shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the greater of
(a) the lesser of (1) the full amount of those
obligations and (2) the fair market value of those assets,
as determined in good faith by the board of directors or other
managing body of that Person and (b) the amount of
obligations as have been assumed by that Person or which are
otherwise that Persons legal liability), and
(vii) all guarantees by that Person of or with respect to
Debt of others (other than endorsements in the ordinary course
of business), in each case to the extent of the Debt guaranteed.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States as in effect from time to time set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board and the
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity
as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession of the United States, which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and rulings
thereunder.
Person means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency
or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
Subsidiary means any corporation or other entity of
which at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other
beneficial interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the full board of directors or
other governing body of such corporation or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other
beneficial interests of any other class or classes of such
corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of
the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by us, or
by one or more of our Subsidiaries, or by us and one or more of
our Subsidiaries.
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UNDERWRITING
The company and the underwriters for the offering named below
have entered into an underwriting agreement and a pricing
agreement with respect to the notes. Subject to certain
conditions, each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase
the principal amount of notes indicated in the following table.
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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62,520,000 |
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62,520,000 |
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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62,520,000 |
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62,520,000 |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
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62,520,000 |
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62,520,000 |
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Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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Lazard Capital Markets LLC
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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8,920,000 |
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8,920,000 |
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The underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the
notes being offered, if any are taken.
The 2010 notes and the 2015 notes sold by the underwriters to
the public will initially be offered at the initial public
offering prices set forth on the cover of this prospectus
supplement. Any notes sold by the underwriters to securities
dealers may be sold at a discount from the initial public
offering price of up to 0.35% of the principal amount of the
2010 notes and up to 0.40% principal amount of the 2015 notes.
Any such securities dealers may resell any notes purchased from
the underwriters to certain other brokers or dealers at a
discount from the initial public offering price of up to 0.25%
of the principal amount of the 2010 notes and up to 0.25%
principal amount of the 2015 notes. If all the notes are not
sold at their respective initial offering prices, the
underwriters may change the offering prices and the other
selling terms.
The 2010 notes and the 2015 notes are new issues of securities
with no established trading market. The company has been advised
by the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a
market in the notes but are not obligated to do so and may
discontinue market making at any time without notice. No
assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market
for the notes.
In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase
and sell notes in the open market. These transactions may
include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to
cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the
sale by the underwriters of a greater number of notes than they
are required to purchase in the offering. Stabilizing
transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the
purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price
of the notes while the offering is in progress.
The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when
a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of
the underwriting discount received by it because the
underwriters have repurchased notes sold by or for the account
of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering
transactions.
These activities by the underwriters may stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the market price of the notes. As a result, the
price of the notes may be higher than the price that otherwise
might exist in the open market. If these activities are
commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any
time. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter
market or otherwise.
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Each underwriter has represented, warranted and agreed that:
(i) it has not offered or sold and, prior to the expiry of
a period of six months from the Closing date, will not offer or
sell any notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to
persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring,
holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or
agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in
circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an
offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of
the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it
has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or
inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning
of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (FSMA)) received by it in connection with the
issue or sale of any notes in circumstances in which
section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer; and
(iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable
provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to the notes in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
Each underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not,
directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly
or indirectly, offer or sell in the Netherlands any notes with a
denomination of less than EUR50,000 (or its foreign currency
equivalent) other than to persons who trade or invest in
securities in the conduct of a profession or business (which
include banks, stockbrokers, insurance companies, pension funds,
other institutional investors and finance companies and treasury
departments of large enterprises) unless one of the other
exemptions from or exceptions to the prohibition contained in
article 3 of the Dutch Securities Transactions Supervision
Act 1995 (Wet toezicht effectenverkeer 1995) is applicable and
the conditions attached to such exemption or exception are
complied with.
The notes may not be offered or sold by means of any document
other than to persons whose ordinary business is to buy or sell
shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent, or in
circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public
within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of
Hong Kong, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating
to the notes may be issued, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere,
which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be
accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if
permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other
than with respect to notes which are or are intended to be
disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to
professional investors within the meaning of the
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong
and any rules made thereunder.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus have
not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority
of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and any other document or material in
connection with the offer or sale, or invitation or subscription
or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed,
nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of
an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or
indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than under
circumstances in which such offer, sale or invitation does not
constitute an offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or
purchase, of the notes to the public in Singapore.
The notes have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (the Securities and
Exchange Law) and each underwriter has agreed that it will not
offer or sell any securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan
or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term
as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any
corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan),
or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly,
in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise
in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any
other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of
Japan.
The company estimates that its total expenses of the offering,
excluding the underwriting discounts, will be approximately
$400,000.
The company has agreed to indemnify the several underwriters
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933.
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Certain of the underwriters may make the notes available for
distribution on the Internet through a proprietary Web site
and/or a third-party system operated by MarketAxess Corporation,
an Internet-based communications technology provider.
MarketAxess Corporation is providing the system as a conduit for
communications between these underwriters and their customers
and is not a party to any transactions. MarketAxess Corporation,
a registered broker-dealer, will receive compensation from these
underwriters based on transactions these underwriters conduct
through the system. These underwriters will make the notes
available to their customers through the Internet distributions,
whether made through a proprietary or third-party system, on the
same terms as distributions made through other channels.
Some of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have,
from time to time, engaged in, and may in the future engage in,
investment banking, financial advisory and other commercial
relationships with us in the ordinary course of their business.
They have received, or will receive, customary fees and
commissions for these transactions and services. Each of
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
and Goldman, Sachs & Co. or one of their affiliates has
entered into one or more forward interest rate agreements with
us. Additionally, affiliates of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are customers of ours.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., is administrative agent and a lender under our unsecured
$1.5 billion credit facility, and it and another affiliate
of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. provide cash management
services to us. Citibank, N.A., an affiliate of Citigroup Global
Markets, Inc., is a lender under our unsecured $1.5 billion
credit facility. We intend to use the net proceeds of this
offering to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness
under our existing unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility.
See Use of Proceeds. Additionally, Goldman,
Sachs & Co. was engaged as our financial advisor in
connection with our recent acquisition of the human resources
consulting and outsourcing businesses of Mellon Financial
Corporation and has provided and may continue to provide
brokerage services to us in connection with our share repurchase
program. Each of the underwriters and their respective
affiliates, as applicable, have received customary fees and
commissions and expense reimbursements in connection with the
above described transactions and engagements.
Because affiliates of certain of the underwriters are lenders
under our unsecured $1.5 billion credit facility, and may
receive more than 10% of the net proceeds of this offering when
we repay outstanding borrowings under our unsecured
$1.5 billion credit facility. Accordingly, this offering is
being conducted pursuant to Rule 2710(h) of the NASD
Conduct Rules.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be
passed on for us by Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, and for
the underwriters by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus by reference to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
2004 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts
in auditing and accounting.
The information incorporated by reference into this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus by reference to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
2004 regarding the valuation of the intangible assets acquired
in our fiscal year 2004 acquisitions, the CyberRep acquisition
in fiscal year 2003 and the IMS, Andersen, and AFSA acquisitions
in fiscal year 2002 have been so incorporated in reliance on the
reports of Value Incorporated, given on the authority of said
firm as experts in such matters.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file proxy statements and annual, quarterly and special
reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). You
may read and copy this information, for a copying fee, at the
SECs Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on its public reference
room. Our SEC filings are also available to the public for a fee
from commercial document retrieval services and free of charge
at the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. We
also provide access to these reports on our web site at
www.acs-inc.com. Information on our web site is not incorporated
by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying
prospectus.
Our Class A common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and, therefore, the information we file with the SEC
may also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, located at 20 Broad Street, New York, NY 10005.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is
part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC
relating to the securities we may offer. As permitted by SEC
rules, this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus do not contain all of the information we have
included in the registration statement and the accompanying
exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You should read the
registration statement and the exhibits and schedules for more
information about us and our securities. The registration
statement, exhibits and schedules are available at the
SECs public reference room or through its web site.
You may also obtain a copy of our filings with the SEC, at no
cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
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INFORMATION WE INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus the
information we file with them, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring to another document
filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by
reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus, except for information superseded
by this prospectus supplement or any report or other document
subsequently filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference
herein. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus incorporate by reference the documents set forth
below that we have previously filed with the Commission. These
documents contain important information about us and our
financial condition and results of operations.
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ended September 30, 2004, December 31, 2004 and
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August 16, 2004*, October 29, 2004*, December 20,
2004, March 17, 2005, May 31, 2005 and June 1,
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We also incorporate by reference additional documents that we
file with the SEC in the future under Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the
termination of this offering. The information filed by us with
the SEC in the future will update and supersede the information
referenced above. Nothing in this prospectus supplement or the
accompanying prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate
information furnished by us but not
filed with the SEC pursuant to the applicable rules
of the SEC.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by
reference or provided in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to
provide you with different information. We are not making an
offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is
not permitted. You should assume that the information in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is
accurate only as to the date on the front of such document and
that any information we have incorporated by reference is
accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by
reference.
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Indicates that the Current Report on Form 8-K submitted to
the SEC includes information furnished pursuant to
Items 7, 9, 12 or 7.01 of Form 8-K. Pursuant to
the rules of the SEC, such information is not deemed to be
filed for the purpose of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and is not incorporated into this prospectus supplement
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PROSPECTUS
$1,500,000,000
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Senior Debt Securities
Subordinated Debt Securities
Class A Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Depositary Shares
Warrants
We may offer from time to time:
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In addition, our chairman, Darwin Deason, may offer from time to
time up to 1,504,562 shares of our Class A Common
Stock.
We will provide the specific terms of the offered securities in
supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus
and the supplements carefully before you invest.
Our Class A Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the trading symbol ACS.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus is September 24, 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
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USE OF PROCEEDS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
Generally, whenever we use the terms we,
our, us, and ACS, we are
referring to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. However, for purposes of the Description of
Notes, the Description of Capital Stock, the
Description of Warrants and the Description of
Depositary Shares sections of this prospectus, and when
the context otherwise requires, the terms we,
our, us, and ACS refer only
to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission using a
shelf registration process. The registration
statement also includes a prospectus under which ACS
Trust I and ACS Trust II, two of our subsidiaries, may
offer from time to time trust preferred securities guaranteed by
us and we may offer our related subordinated debt securities.
Under the shelf registration process, we may offer from time to
time any combination of the securities described in these two
prospectuses in one or more offerings with a total initial
offering price of up to $1,500,000,000. This prospectus provides
you with a general description of the senior debt securities,
subordinated debt securities, Class A Common Stock,
preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants we may offer.
Each time we use this prospectus to offer these securities, we
will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific
information about the terms of that offering such as:
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the names and compensation of the underwriters or agents, if
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information about any securities exchanges or automated
quotation systems on which the securities will be listed or
traded; |
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any material United States federal income tax considerations
applicable to the securities; and |
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any other material information about the offering and the sale
of the securities. |
The prospectus supplement may also add, update, or change
information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. Please carefully read this prospectus and the
prospectus supplement, together with the additional information
described under the heading Where You Can Find More
Information.
A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements contained in this prospectus, incorporated by
reference in this prospectus and contained in any accompanying
prospectus supplement, that are not historical facts, are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
include information about possible or assumed future results of
our operations. Also, when we use the words
believes, expects,
anticipates, estimates, may,
could, potential or similar expressions,
we are making forward-looking statements. Many possible events
or factors could affect the future financial results and
performance of our company. This could cause our results or
performance to differ materially from those expressed in our
forward-looking statements. You should consider these risks when
you purchase securities.
The following list identifies some of the factors that could
cause our actual results to differ from those expressed or
implied by our forward-looking statements.
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outsourcing, business process outsourcing, and systems
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fluctuations in currency exchange rates in countries in which we
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alliances, |
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AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
We are a global, Fortune 1000 company delivering comprehensive
business process outsourcing and information technology
outsourcing solutions, as well as system integration services,
to both commercial and federal government clients. We are based
in Dallas, Texas and have offices primarily in North America, as
well as Central America, South America, Europe, Africa and the
Middle East. Our clients have time-critical,
transaction-intensive information processing needs and we
typically service these needs through long-term contracts.
We were formed in 1988 to participate in the trend to outsource
information processing requirements to third parties. This
outsourcing enables businesses to focus on core operations,
respond to rapidly changing technologies and reduce expenses
associated with business processes and data processing. Our
business strategy is to expand our client base and enhance our
service offerings through both internal marketing and the
acquisition of complementary companies. Our marketing efforts
focus on developing long-term relationships with clients that
choose to outsource mission critical business processes and
information technology requirements. Our focus over the last
several years has been to participate in the expanding business
process outsourcing market. Our business expansion has been
accomplished both from internal growth as well as through
acquisitions.
We serve two primary markets. Our largest market is the
commercial sector. Within the commercial sector, which includes
state and local governments, we provide business process
outsourcing, systems integration services and technology
outsourcing to a variety of clients nationwide, including
healthcare providers, retailers, local municipalities, state
agencies, wholesale distributors, manufacturers, utilities,
financial institutions and insurance companies.
We also serve the federal government market. Our services in
this market are comprised of business process outsourcing,
systems integration services and technology outsourcing. Within
our federal government business, approximately half of our
revenues are derived from civilian agencies, including the
Department of Education, with the remaining half from Department
of Defense agencies.
Additional information concerning our business and operations is
incorporated by reference herein from our other SEC filings and
may be included in applicable prospectus supplements.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2828 North
Haskell Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75204. Our telephone number at
that location is (214) 841-6111.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as otherwise provided in the applicable supplement to
this prospectus, we expect to use the net proceeds from the sale
of the securities we are offering in this prospectus for general
corporate purposes. These purposes may include:
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We will set forth specific information about the use of proceeds
from the sale of the securities in the applicable prospectus
supplement. Before any net proceeds are applied to the uses
described above, the proceeds may be invested in short-term or
marketable securities.
If our chairman, Darwin Deason, sells any of his Class A
Common Stock through this prospectus, we will not receive any
proceeds from his sale of shares of Class A Common Stock.
See Selling Securityholder.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed
charges for the periods indicated:
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charges, earnings are defined as earnings before income taxes
and extraordinary items plus fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, amortization of debt issue costs
and a portion of rental expense representative of interest.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities covered by this prospectus will be our
general unsecured obligations. The debt securities will be
either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities.
We will issue the debt securities under one or more separate
indentures between us and a trustee named in the indentures.
Senior debt securities will be issued under a senior indenture,
and subordinated debt securities will be issued under a
subordinated indenture. We sometimes call the senior indenture
and the subordinated indenture the indentures.
We have summarized selected provisions of the indentures and the
debt securities below. You should read the indentures for more
details regarding the provisions we describe below and for other
provisions that may be important to you. We have filed the forms
of the indentures with the SEC as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Please read
Where You Can Find More Information.
General
The senior debt securities will constitute senior debt and will
rank equally with all our unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The
subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to, and thus
have a junior position to, any senior debt securities and all
our other senior debt. In some cases, and as would be described
in a prospectus supplement, a series of our subordinated debt
may also be junior in some respects to a different series of
subordinated debt. The indentures will not limit the amount of
debt we
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otherwise in the prospectus supplement, they will not limit the
amount of other debt or securities we may incur or issue. We may
issue debt securities under either indenture from time to time
in one or more series, each in an amount we authorize prior to
issuance.
We conduct a substantial part of our operations through our
subsidiaries, and our subsidiaries generate a significant part
of our operating income and cash flow. As a result,
distributions or advances from our subsidiaries are important
sources of funds to meet our debt service obligations.
Contractual provisions or laws, as well as our
subsidiaries financial condition and operating
requirements, may limit our ability to obtain from our
subsidiaries cash that we need to pay our debt service
obligations, including payments on the debt securities. In
addition, holders of the debt securities will have a junior
position to the claims of creditors of our subsidiaries on their
assets and earnings.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the
indentures and the debt securities will not contain:
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require us to repurchase their securities in the event of a
decline in our credit rating resulting from a takeover,
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The prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt
securities being offered will include specific terms relating to
the offering. These terms will include some or all of the
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certificates to each holder or in the form of temporary or
permanent global securities held by a depository on behalf of
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additional conditions or limitations to defeasance of the debt
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We may sell the debt securities at a discount, which may be
substantial, below their stated principal amount. Those debt
securities may bear no interest or interest at a rate that at
the time of issuance is below market rates.
If we sell any of the debt securities for any foreign currency
or currency unit or if payments on the debt securities are
payable in any foreign currency or currency unit, we will
describe in the prospectus supplement the restrictions,
elections, material tax consequences, specific terms and other
information relating to those debt securities and the foreign
currency or currency unit.
Our Senior Debt Securities
Generally speaking, our senior debt securities will rank equally
with all of our other senior debt, except to the extent any such
debt is secured by our assets.
Senior debt is defined to include all debt, not
expressed to be subordinate or junior in right of payment to any
other indebtedness of ACS.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the
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Any senior debt securities offered pursuant to the senior
indenture will be senior in right of payment to our subordinated
debt securities.
Our Subordinated Debt Securities
Our subordinated debt securities will have a junior position to
all of our senior debt. Under the subordinated indenture,
payment of the principal, interest and any premium on the
subordinated debt securities will generally be subordinated and
junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
senior debt. Further, a series of subordinated debt may be
junior in some respects to another series of subordinated debt.
The subordinated indenture will provide that no payment of
principal, interest and any premium on the subordinated debt
securities may be made in the event:
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debt that we may incur.
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Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, a
covenant default will prevent us from making payments on the
subordinated debt securities only for up to 179 days after
holders of the senior debt give the trustee for the subordinated
debt securities notice of a covenant default.
Unless provided in a prospectus supplement, any subordinated
debt securities offered pursuant to the subordinated indenture
will rank equally in right of payment with each other and to our
$230,000,000 original principal amount of 4% convertible
subordinated notes due March 15, 2005 and our $316,990,000
original principal amount of 3.50% convertible subordinated
notes due February 15, 2006.
The subordinated indenture will prohibit us from making for a
specified time period any payment of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on, or sinking fund requirements for, the
subordinated debt securities during the continuance of any
default in respect of senior debt, unless and until the default
on the senior debt is cured or waived.
Upon any distribution of our assets in connection with any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, bankruptcy
or other similar proceeding relative to us, our creditors or our
property, the holders of our senior debt will first be entitled
to receive payment in full of the principal thereof and premium,
if any, and interest due on the senior debt securities before
the holders of the subordinated debt securities are entitled to
receive any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or
interest on the subordinated debt securities. Because of this
subordination, if we become insolvent, our creditors who are not
holders of our senior debt or of our subordinated debt
securities may recover less, ratably, than holders of our senior
debt securities but may recover more, ratably, than holders of
our subordinated debt securities.
The subordination does not affect our obligation, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay, when due, principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the subordinated debt
securities. In addition, the subordination does not prevent the
occurrence of any default under the indenture.
Global Certificates
The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more global certificates that will be
deposited with a depository identified in a prospectus
supplement. The specific terms of the depository arrangements
with respect to any debt securities of a series will be
described in a prospectus supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, debt
securities issued in the form of a global certificate to be
deposited with a depository will be represented by a global
certificate registered in the name of the depository or its
nominee. Upon the issuance of a global certificate in registered
form, the depository for the global certificate will credit, on
its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective
principal amounts of the debt securities represented by the
global certificate to the accounts of institutions that have
accounts with the depository or its nominee. The depository or
its nominee are referred to in this prospectus as participants.
The accounts to be credited shall be designated by the
underwriters or agents of the debt securities, or by us if the
debt securities are offered and sold directly by us.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a global certificate will
be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests
through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests by
participants in a global certificate will be shown on, and the
transfer of that ownership interest will be effected only
through, records maintained by the depository or its nominee for
the global certificate. Ownership of beneficial interests in a
global certificate by persons that hold through participants
will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership interest
within a participant will be effected only through, records
maintained by that participant. The laws of some jurisdictions
require that some purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of their securities in definitive form. These limits
and laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial
interests in a global certificate.
So long as the depository for a global certificate in registered
form, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the global
certificate, the depository or its nominee, as the case may be,
will be considered the
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sole owner or holder of the debt securities of the series
represented by the global certificate for all purposes under the
indentures. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial
interests in a global certificate will not be entitled to have
debt securities of the series represented by the global
certificate registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of debt securities in
definitive form, and will not be considered the owners or
holders of the global certificate under the applicable indenture.
Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on
debt securities of a series registered in the name of or held by
a depository or its nominee will be made to the depository or
its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner or the
holder of a global certificate representing the debt securities.
None of us, the trustee, any paying agent, or the applicable
debt security registrar for the debt securities will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in a global certificate for debt securities or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
beneficial ownership interests.
We expect that the depository for debt securities of a series,
upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest in
respect of a permanent global certificate, will credit
immediately participants accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the
principal amount of the global certificate as shown on the
records of the depository. We also expect that payments by
participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global
certificate held through those participants will be governed by
standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the
case with securities held for the accounts of customers in
bearer form or registered in street name, and those payments
will be the responsibility of the participants. However, we have
no control over the practices of the depository and/or the
participants and there can be no assurance that these practices
will not be changed.
Unless it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities
in definitive form, a global certificate may generally be
transferred only as a whole unless it is being transferred to
particular nominees of the depository.
Unless otherwise stated in any prospectus supplement, The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York will act as
depository. Beneficial interests in global certificates will be
shown on, and transfers of global certificates will be effected
only through, records maintained by The Depository Trust Company
and its participants.
Events of Default
Under the indentures an event of default, unless a prospectus
supplement provides otherwise, will mean any of the following:
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our failure to pay principal of or any premium on any debt
securities of that series when due, regardless of whether such
payment became due because of maturity, redemption, acceleration
or otherwise, or is required by any sinking fund established
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our failure to pay interest or any required additional amounts
on any debt securities of that series for 30 days; |
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our failure to comply with any of our covenants or agreements in
the debt securities of that series or the applicable indenture,
other than an agreement or covenant that we have included in
that indenture solely for the benefit of other series of debt
securities, for the period of days specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement after written notice by the trustee or by
the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all the
outstanding debt securities issued under that indenture that are
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certain defaults with respect to our debt (other than the debt
securities of that series) in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of that dollar amount specified in the related prospectus
supplement and supplemental indenture for the debt securities,
which consists of the failure to make any payment at maturity or
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specified events involving our bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization; or |
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any other event of default provided for that series of debt
securities. |
An event of default for a particular series of debt securities
does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any
other series of debt securities issued under an indenture. The
trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of
any default (except in the payment of principal or interest) if
it considers on good faith that the withholding of notice is in
the best interests of the holders.
If an event of default for any series of debt securities occurs
and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the
series affected by the default, or, in some cases, 25% in
principal amount of all senior debt securities or subordinated
debt securities affected, voting as one class, may declare the
principal of and all accrued and all unpaid interest on those
debt securities to be due and payable. If an event of default
relating to events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
occurs, the principal of and all accrued and unpaid interest on
all the debt securities will become immediately due and payable
without any action on the part of the applicable trustee or any
holder. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of the series affected by the
default, or of all senior debt securities or subordinated debt
securities affected, voting as one class, may in some cases
rescind this accelerated payment requirement. Depending on the
terms of our other indebtedness, an event of default under
either of the indentures may give rise to cross defaults on our
other indebtedness.
The indentures will limit the right to institute legal
proceedings. No holder of any debt securities will have the
right to bring a claim under an indenture unless:
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the holder has given written notice of a continuing default for
that series to the trustee; |
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the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of debt securities of the series shall have made a
written request to the trustee to bring the claim and furnished
the trustee reasonable indemnification as the trustee may
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the trustee has not commenced an action within 60 days of
receipt of the notice and indemnification; and |
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during the 60-day period following receipt of the notice and
indemnification, no direction inconsistent with the request has
been given to the trustee by the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the debt
securities of the series then outstanding. |
Subject to applicable law and any applicable subordination
provisions, the holders of debt securities may enforce payment
of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on their
debt securities.
Except as provided in the next sentence, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of any series of debt
securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or
exercising any power conferred on the trustee. The trustee may
decline to follow the holders direction if, being advised
by counsel, the trustee determines that the action is not
lawful, or if the trustee in good faith determines that the
action would unduly prejudice the holders of the debt securities
not taking part in the action or would impose personal liability
on the trustee.
Each indenture will provide that, in case an event of default in
respect of a particular series of debt securities has occurred,
the trustee must use the degree of care of a prudent man in the
conduct of his own affairs. Subject to these provisions, the
trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or
power under the indenture at the request of any of the holders
of the debt securities of any series unless they have furnished
to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity.
We will be required to furnish to the trustee an annual
statement as to our fulfillment of all of our obligations under
the relevant indenture.
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Defeasance
When we use the term defeasance, we mean discharge
from some or all of our obligations under an indenture. If we
deposit with the applicable trustee funds or government
securities sufficient to make payments on the debt securities of
a series on the dates those payments are due and payable, then,
at our option, either of the following will occur:
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we will be discharged from our obligations with respect to the
debt securities of that series (legal
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we will no longer have any obligation to comply with the
restrictive covenants under the applicable indenture, and the
related events of default will no longer apply to us, but some
of our other obligations under the indenture and the debt
securities of that series, including our obligation to make
payments on those debt securities, will survive (covenant
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If we effect a covenant defeasance of a series of debt
securities, the holders of the debt securities of the series
affected will not be entitled to the benefits of the applicable
indenture, except for our obligations to:
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register the transfer or exchange of debt securities; |
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replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities; and |
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maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust. |
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we
will be required to deliver to the applicable trustee an opinion
of counsel that the deposit and related defeasance would not
cause the holders of the debt securities to recognize income,
gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes. If
we elect legal defeasance, that opinion of counsel must be based
on a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a
change in law to that effect.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
Each indenture will generally permit us to consolidate or merge
with another entity. The indentures will also permit us to sell
all or substantially all of our property and assets. However, we
will only consolidate or merge with or into any other entity, or
sell all or substantially all of our assets, in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the indentures. The indentures
provide that we may consolidate with another entity to form a
new entity, or merge into any other entity, or transfer or
dispose of our assets substantially as an entirety to any other
entity only if:
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the resulting or surviving entity assumes the due and punctual
payments on the debt securities and the performance of our
covenants and obligations under the applicable indenture and the
debt securities; and |
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immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default
or event of default would occur and be continuing. |
The remaining or acquiring entity will be substituted for us in
the indentures with the same effect as if it had been an
original party to the indentures. Thereafter, the successor
entity may exercise our rights and powers under any indenture,
in our name or in its own name. Any act or proceeding required
or permitted to be done by our board of directors or any of our
officers may be done by the board or officers of the successor
entity.
Modification and Waiver
We may amend or supplement either indenture if the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities
of all series issued under the applicable indenture and affected
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amendment or supplement, acting as one class, consent to it.
Without the consent of the holder of each debt security
affected, however, no amendment or supplement may:
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reduce the amount of debt securities whose holders must consent
to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on
any debt security; |
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reduce the principal of, premium on or any mandatory sinking
fund payment for any debt security; |
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change the stated maturity of any debt security; |
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reduce any premium payable on the redemption of any debt
security or change the time at which any debt security may or
must be redeemed; |
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change any obligation to pay additional amounts on any debt
security; |
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make the payments on any debt security payable in any currency
or currency unit other than as the debt security originally
states; |
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impair the holders right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on any debt security; |
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make any change in the percentage of principal amount of debt
securities necessary to waive compliance with specified
provisions of the applicable indenture or to make any change in
the applicable indentures provisions for modification; |
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waive a continuing default or event of default regarding any
payment on any debt security; or |
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with respect to the subordinated indenture, modify the
provisions relating to the subordination of any subordinated
debt security in a manner adverse to the holder of that security. |
We and the applicable trustee may agree to amend or supplement
either indenture or waive any provision of either indenture
without the consent of any holders of debt securities in some
circumstances, including:
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to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; |
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to provide for the assumption of our obligations under the
indenture by a successor upon any merger, consolidation or asset
transfer; |
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to provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or
in place of certificated debt securities or to provide for
bearer debt securities; |
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to provide any security for or add guarantees of any series of
debt securities; |
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to comply with any requirement to effect or maintain the
qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939; |
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to add covenants that would benefit the holders of any debt
securities or to surrender any rights we have under the
indenture; |
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to add events of default with respect to any debt securities; |
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to make any change that does not adversely affect any
outstanding debt securities of any series in any material
respect; |
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to facilitate the defeasance or discharge of any series of debt
securities if that change does not adversely affect the holders
of debt securities of that series or any other series under the
indenture in any material respect; and |
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The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of any series, or of all senior debt securities
or subordinated debt securities affected, voting as one class,
may waive any existing or past default or event of default with
respect to those debt securities. Those holders may not,
however, waive any default or event of default in any payment on
any debt security or compliance with a provision that cannot be
amended or supplemented without the consent of each holder
affected.
Certificates and Opinions to be Furnished to the Trustee
Each indenture will provide that, in addition to other
certificates or opinions that may be specifically required by
other provisions of an indenture, every time we ask the trustee
to take action under the indenture, we must provide a
certificate of some of our officers and an opinion of counsel
(who may be our counsel) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent to the action have been
complied with.
Report to Holders of Debt Securities
We will provide audited financial statements annually to the
trustee. The trustee will be required to submit an annual report
to the holders of the debt securities discussing, among other
things, the trustees eligibility to serve as trustee, the
priority of the trustees claims regarding some advances
made by it, and any action taken by the trustee materially
affecting the debt securities.
The Trustee
U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A. will initially serve as
the trustee under both our senior and subordinated indentures.
Pursuant to applicable provisions of the indentures and the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 governing trustee conflicts of
interest, any uncured event of default with respect to any
series of debt securities will force the trustee to resign as
trustee under either the subordinated indentures or the senior
indentures. Any resignation requires the appointment of a
successor trustee under the applicable indenture in accordance
with its terms and conditions.
The trustee may resign or be removed by us under certain
circumstances specified in the indenture with respect to one or
more series of debt securities and a successor trustee may be
appointed to act with respect to any series. The holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of
any series may remove the trustee with respect to the debt
securities of that series.
Each indenture will contain limitations on the right of the
trustee thereunder, in the event that the trustee becomes our
creditor, to obtain payment of claims in particular cases or to
realize on some property received in respect of any claim as
security or otherwise.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
We may issue shares of our Class A Common Stock from time
to time hereunder.
Our authorized capital stock consists of:
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500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock,
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14,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock,
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3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $1.00 par value. |
The relative rights and limitations of the Class A Common
Stock and the Class B Common Stock, as well as our
preferred stock, are summarized below. We refer you to our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have
been filed as exhibits to our reports or registration statements
filed with the SEC, for the complete terms of our capital stock.
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
Each share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote
and each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten
votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
Except as otherwise provided by law, Class A Common Stock
and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on
all matters presented for a vote of the stockholders. Neither
class of our common stock has cumulative voting rights.
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Conversion of Class B Common Stock |
Class A Common Stock has no conversion rights. Each share
of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time, at the
option of and without cost to the stockholder, into one share of
Class A Common Stock upon surrender to our transfer agent
of the certificate or certificates evidencing the Class B
Common Stock to be converted, together with a written notice of
the election of a stockholder to convert shares into
Class A Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock
will also be automatically converted into shares of Class A
Common Stock on the occurrence of events described below. Once
shares of Class B Common Stock are converted into shares of
Class A Common Stock, the shares may not be converted back
into Class B Common Stock.
Upon the death or permanent incapacity of any Class B
holder, the holders Class B Common Stock shall
automatically be converted into Class A Common Stock. All
shares of Class B Common Stock will automatically convert
into shares of Class A Common Stock on the ninetieth day
after the death of our chairman, Darwin Deason, or upon the
conversion by Mr. Deason of all Class B Common Stock
beneficially owned by Mr. Deason into shares of
Class A Common Stock.
Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, shares of
Class B Common Stock are freely transferable among
permitted transferees, but any other transfer of Class B
Common Stock will result in its automatic conversion into
Class A Common Stock. The restriction on transfers of
shares of Class B Common Stock to other than a permitted
transferee may preclude or delay a change in control of our
capital stock.
No person or entity holding shares of Class B Common Stock
may transfer the shares, whether by sale, assignment, gift,
bequest, appointment or otherwise, except to certain permitted
transferees.
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Dividends and Liquidation Rights |
The holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally
available therefore at times and in amounts as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine. Subject to any rights
of preferred stock, upon liquidation and dissolution of ACS, the
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holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock are entitled to receive all assets available for
distribution to stockholders.
The holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock are not entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.
This means that holders of common stock do not have rights to
buy any portion of securities we may issue in the future. There
are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the
common stock.
Rights Agreement
On August 5, 1997, we entered into a rights agreement and
authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one right for
each share of Class A Common Stock and one right for each
share of Class B Common Stock, each as outstanding at the
close of business on August 25, 1997. Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock issued after August 25,
1997 have been and will be issued with an associated right. On
April 2, 1999, we amended and restated the rights agreement
in order to comply with changes in Delaware law. We have
summarized the material provisions of our amended and restated
stockholder rights plan below. The summary is not complete. The
terms of our stockholder rights plan are fully described in our
amended and restated rights agreement dated as of April 2,
1998, which is incorporated in this prospectus by reference. See
Where You Can Find More Information.
Under the amended and restated rights agreement, each share of
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock that we
issue is accompanied by the right, under specified
circumstances, to purchase one share of Class A Common
Stock at a price of $150.00, subject to adjustments. The rights
will expire on August 25, 2007, unless this date is
extended by us or unless we have already redeemed the rights.
Until the distribution date:
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the rights are not exercisable, |
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the rights can only be transferred with the Class A Common
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the stock certificates representing shares of our Class A
Common Stock and Class B Common Stock also represent the
rights attached to our Class A Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock. |
The distribution date is the date, after the date of the rights
agreement, that is the earliest of:
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ten business days following a public announcement that a person
or group of affiliated or associated persons has acquired, or
obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or
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us and certain related entities; |
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Darwin Deason and certain entities related to him; and |
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any person or group of affiliated or associated persons who
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inadvertently and subsequently divest the excess stock over
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through a reduction in the number of outstanding shares of
Class A Common Stock by our board of directors, including a
majority of those directors not associated with the person or
group of affiliated or associated persons, and the person or
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through a stock acquisition or tender or exchange offer pursuant
to a definitive agreement approved by our board of directors,
including a majority of those directors not associated with the
acquiring person or group of affiliated or associated persons,
prior to the execution of the agreement or the public
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ten business days following the commencement of, or announcement
of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer, the
consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership
by a person or group of 15% or more of such outstanding
Class A Common Stock. |
Pursuant to the terms of the rights agreement, the rights
separate from the shares of our common stock on the distribution
date. The rights of the person or group that triggered the
distribution date will be void. As soon as practical after the
distribution date, we will mail the holders of record
certificates representing the rights. The rights will become
exercisable to purchase either the number of shares of
Class A Common Stock or the common stock of the acquiring
company, as applicable, having a market value of two times the
applicable exercise price of the right. The exercise price at
the time of the plans creation was $150.00, however the
exercise price and the number of shares that are evidenced by
each right are subject to adjustment from time to time as set
forth in the rights agreement in order to prevent dilution.
After the distribution date but before any person or group of
affiliated or associated persons has acquired, or obtained the
right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the
Class A Common Stock, our board of directors may exchange
the rights, other than the rights of the person or group of
affiliated or associated persons that triggered the distribution
date, in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of
Class A Common Stock per right, subject to adjustment.
Unless the rights have expired or been redeemed or exchanged,
they may be exercised after the distribution date at the option
of the holders as provided in the rights agreement. Until a
right is exercised, the holder of the right will have no rights
as a stockholder of us, including, without limitation, the right
to vote, or to receive dividends.
Under certain conditions set forth in the rights agreement, our
board of directors may, at its option, direct us to redeem the
rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per
right. In addition, our board of directors may extend or reduce
the period during which the rights are redeemable, so long as
the rights are redeemable at the time of such extension or
reduction. Immediately upon any redemption of the rights, the
right to exercise the rights will terminate and the only right
of the holders of rights will be to receive the redemption price.
Our board of directors may amend or supplement the terms of the
rights without the consent of the holders, including an
amendment to extend the date on which the rights expire, except
that from and after the distribution date no such amendment may
adversely affect the basic economic interests of the holders of
the rights.
The rights agreement is intended to protect our stockholders in
the event of an unsolicited attempt to acquire us. Our rights
could prevent or delay a takeover of us by causing substantial
dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire us on
terms not approved by our board of directors. Our rights should
not interfere with any merger or other business combination
approved by our board of directors, since our stockholder rights
may be redeemed by us for a price of $0.01 per rights as
described above.
Preferred Stock
We have no preferred stock outstanding. This section describes
the general terms and provisions of the preferred stock that we
may offer by this prospectus. We may issue preferred stock in
one or more series. Each series of preferred stock will have its
own rights and preferences. We will describe in a prospectus
supplement:
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the specific terms of the series of any preferred stock offered
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any general terms outlined in this section that will not apply
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This summary of terms is not complete. For additional
information before you buy any preferred stock, you should read
our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that are in effect
on the date that we offer any preferred stock, as well as any
applicable amendment to our charter designating terms of a
series of preferred stock.
Under our certificate of incorporation, we have the authority to
issue up to 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Prior to
issuing shares of preferred stock of a particular series, our
board of directors will determine or fix the terms of that
series of preferred stock, including:
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When we issue shares of preferred stock, they will be fully paid
and nonassessable. This means the full purchase price for the
outstanding preferred stock will be paid at issuance and that
you and the purchaser of those shares of preferred stock will
not be required later to pay us any additional amount for that
preferred stock. The preferred stock will have no preemptive
rights to subscribe for any additional securities that we may
issue in the future. This means that purchasers will not receive
any rights to buy any portion of the securities that we may
issue in the future.
Because our board of directors has the power to establish the
preferences and rights of each class or series of preferred
stock, our board of directors may grant the holders of any
series or class of preferred stock preferences, powers and
rights senior to the rights of holders of shares of our common
stock. It is not possible to state the actual effect of the
authorization and issuance of additional series of preferred
stock upon the rights of holders of our common stock until our
board of directors determines the specific terms, rights and
preferences of a series of preferred stock. These effects might
include, among other things:
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granting the holders of preferred stock priority over the
holders of our common stock with respect to the payment of
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granting the holders of preferred stock preference with respect
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In addition, the issuance of preferred stock may, under some
circumstances, render more difficult or tend to discourage a
merger, tender offer or proxy contest, the assumption of control
by a holder of a large block of our securities or the removal of
incumbent management.
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain several
provisions that may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect
and may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover
attempt. Among other things, these provisions require:
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80% vote of stockholders to amend some provisions of our
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permit only our chairman, president or a majority of our board
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permit directors to be removed, with or without cause, only by
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Our certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative
voting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by our
stockholders may be taken at a duly called annual or special
meeting of stockholders. The bylaws provide that special
meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the chairman
of the board of directors, the president or a majority of the
members of the board of directors. These provisions could have
the effect of delaying until the next annual stockholders
meeting actions that are not favored by the holders of a
majority of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock.
Moreover, the bylaws authorize the stockholders to take action
by written consent signed by the holders of a majority of the
voting power of our outstanding capital stock, provided that
written notice is given to those stockholders who have not
consented in writing.
Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the approval of a
Delaware corporations board of directors, in addition to
stockholder approval, is required to adopt any amendment to the
companys certificate of incorporation, but the exclusive
power to adopt, amend and repeal the bylaws is conferred solely
upon the stockholders, unless the corporations certificate
of incorporation also confers the power on its board of
directors. Our certificate of incorporation grants the power to
amend the bylaws to the board of directors. Our certificate of
incorporation also contains provisions permitted under the
Delaware General Corporation Law that limit the liability of
directors.
In addition to these provisions of the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, we are subject to the provisions of
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which
restricts the consummation of some business combination
transactions, including mergers, stock and asset sales and other
transactions resulting in financial benefit to the stockholder,
between a Delaware public corporation and an interested
stockholder for a period of three years after the date the
interested stockholder acquired its stock. An interested
stockholder is defined as a person who, together with any
of the persons affiliates and/or associates, beneficially
owns 15% or more of any class or series of stock entitled to
vote in the election of directors. However, a person is not an
interested stockholder if:
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the transaction is approved by (1) the corporations
board of directors prior to the date the interested stockholder
acquired the shares or (2) a majority of the board of
directors and by the affirmative vote of the holders of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each class or series of
stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
not including the shares owned by the interested
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the interested stockholder acquired at least 85% of the voting
stock of the corporation in the transaction in which it became
an interested stockholder. |
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is
intended to discourage some takeover practices by impeding the
ability of a hostile acquirer to engage in some types of
transactions with the target company. Moreover, the bylaws
contain a provision that permits any contract or other
transaction between ACS and any of our directors, officers or
stockholders, or any corporation or firm in which any of them
are directly or indirectly interested, to be valid
notwithstanding the presence of the director, officer or
stockholder at the meeting authorizing the contract or
transaction, or his participation or vote in the
stockholders meeting or authorization, subject to
conditions, including disclosure.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
First City Transfer Company, our affiliate, serves as transfer
agent and registrar for the Class A Common Stock and
preferred stock.
New York Stock Exchange Listing
Our Class A Common Stock is listed for trading on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACS.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
We have no depositary shares outstanding. We may issue
depositary receipts for depositary shares, each of which will
represent a fractional interest of a share of a particular
series of preferred stock, as specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement. Shares of preferred stock of each series
represented by depositary shares will be deposited under a
separate deposit agreement among us, the depositary named in the
deposit agreement and the holders from time to time of the
depositary receipts. You are encouraged to read the deposit
agreement and depositary receipts.
Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a
depositary receipt will be entitled, in proportion to the
fractional interest of a share of a particular series of
preferred stock represented by the depositary shares evidenced
by the depositary receipt he owns, to all the rights and
preferences of the preferred stock represented by the depositary
shares, including:
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The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts
issued pursuant to the applicable deposit agreement. Immediately
following us issuing and delivering the preferred stock to the
preferred stock depositary, we will cause the preferred stock
depositary to issue, on our behalf, the depositary receipts. A
prospectus supplement will include the form of deposit agreement
and depositary receipt. These documents will include the
provisions described in this prospectus.
Dividends and Other Distributions
The preferred stock depositary will distribute all cash
dividends or other cash distributions received relating to the
preferred stock to the record holders of depositary receipts
evidencing the related depositary shares in proportion to the
number of depositary receipts owned by those holders, subject to
some obligations of holders to:
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file proofs, certificates and other information; and |
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pay some charges and expenses to the preferred stock depositary. |
In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the preferred
stock depositary will distribute property received by it to the
record holders of depositary receipts entitled to the
distribution, subject to some obligations of holders to:
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pay some charges and expenses to the preferred stock depositary,
unless the preferred stock depositary determines that it is not
feasible to make those distributions, in which case the
preferred stock depositary may, with our approval, sell the
property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to
holders of the relevant depositary receipts. No distribution
will be made relating to any depositary share to the extent that
it represents any preferred stock converted into other
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Withdrawal of Stock
Upon surrender of the depositary receipts at the corporate trust
office of the preferred stock depositary (unless the related
depositary shares have previously been called for redemption or
converted into other securities), the holders of those
depositary receipts will be entitled to delivery at the
corporate trust office, to or upon that holders order, the
number of whole or fractional shares of the preferred stock and
any money or other property represented by the depositary shares
evidenced by the depositary receipts owned
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by the holder. Holders of depositary receipts will be entitled
to receive whole or fractional shares of the related preferred
stock on the basis of the proportion of preferred stock
represented by the depositary share surrendered as specified in
the applicable prospectus supplement. However, holders of shares
of preferred stock will not thereafter be entitled to receive
depositary shares for such stock. If the depositary receipts
delivered by the holder evidence a number of depositary shares
in excess of the number of depositary shares representing the
number of shares of preferred stock to be withdrawn, the
preferred stock depositary will deliver to the holder
surrendering the depositary receipt at the same time a new
depositary receipt evidencing the excess number of depositary
shares.
Redemption of Depositary Shares
Whenever we redeem shares of preferred stock held by the
preferred stock depositary, the preferred stock depositary will
redeem as of the same redemption date the number of depositary
shares representing shares of the preferred stock so redeemed,
provided we shall have paid in full to the preferred stock
depositary the redemption price of the preferred stock to be
redeemed plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption. The
redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the
corresponding proportion of the redemption price and any other
amounts per share payable with respect to the preferred stock.
If fewer than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the
depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected pro rata (as
nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional
depositary shares) or by any other equitable method determined
by us.
From and after the date fixed for redemption, all dividends in
respect of the shares of preferred stock called for redemption
will cease to accrue, the depositary shares called for
redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding. At such
time, all rights of the holders of the depositary receipts
evidencing the depositary shares called for redemption will
cease, except the right to receive any moneys payable upon
redemption of the depositary receipts and any money or other
property to which the holders of the depositary receipts
redeemed were entitled upon redemption and surrender, which
moneys or other property will be paid to the preferred stock
depositary.
Voting of Preferred Stock
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of
the preferred stock are entitled to vote, the preferred stock
depositary will mail the information contained in such notice of
meeting to the record holders of the depositary receipts
evidencing the depositary shares which represent such preferred
stock. Each record holder of depositary receipts evidencing
depositary shares on the record date (which will be the same
date as the record date for the preferred stock) will be
entitled to instruct the preferred stock depositary as to the
exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of
preferred stock represented by each holders depositary
shares. The preferred stock depositary will vote the amount of
preferred stock represented by the depositary shares in
accordance with the instructions provided by the holder of the
depositary shares. We will agree to take all reasonable action
which may be deemed necessary by the preferred stock depositary
in order to enable the preferred stock depositary to vote in
accordance with the instructions provided by the holders.
The preferred stock depositary will abstain from voting the
amount of preferred stock represented by depositary shares to
the extent it does not receive specific instructions from the
holders of depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares.
The preferred stock depositary shall not be responsible for any
failure to carry out any instruction to vote, or for the manner
or effect of any such vote made, as long as such action or
non-action is in good faith and does not result from negligence
or willful misconduct of the preferred stock depositary.
Liquidation Preference
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of each depositary
receipt will be entitled to the fraction of the liquidation
preference accorded
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each share of preferred stock represented by the depositary
shares evidenced by the respective depositary receipt, as set
forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Conversion of Preferred Stock
The depositary shares will not be convertible into common stock
or any other of our securities or property. Nevertheless, if
available, the depositary receipts may be surrendered by holders
of the depositary receipts to the preferred stock depositary
with written instructions to the preferred stock depositary to
instruct us to cause conversion of the preferred stock
represented by the depositary shares evidenced by the depositary
receipts surrendered into whole shares of common stock, other
shares of our preferred stock or other shares of stock. We have
agreed that upon receipt of instructions to convert and any
amounts payable in respect of the conversion, we will cause the
conversion of depositary receipts utilizing the same procedures
as those provided for delivery of preferred stock to effect
conversion of the depositary receipts. If the depositary shares
evidenced by a depositary receipt are to be converted in part
only, a new depositary receipt or receipts will be issued for
any depositary shares not to be converted. No fractional shares
of common stock will be issued upon conversion, and if
conversion would result in a fractional share being issued, an
amount will be paid in cash by us equal to the value of the
fractional interest based upon the closing price of the common
stock on the last business day prior to the conversion.
Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement
The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares
that represent the preferred stock and any provision of the
deposit agreement may at any time be amended by agreement
between us and the preferred stock depositary. However, any
amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the
holders of depositary receipts or that would be materially and
adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the related preferred stock will not be effective unless the
amendment has been approved by the existing holders of at least
sixty-six and two-third percent
(662/3%)
of the depositary shares evidenced by the depositary receipts
then outstanding. No amendment will impair the right, subject to
some exceptions in the deposit agreement, of any holder of
depositary receipts to surrender any depositary receipt with
instructions to deliver to the holder the related preferred
stock and all money and other property, if any, represented
thereby, except in order to comply with law. Every holder of an
outstanding depositary receipt at the time any amendment becomes
effective will be deemed, by continuing to hold such receipt, to
consent and agree to the amendment and to be bound by the
deposit agreement as amended by such amendment.
The deposit agreement may be terminated by us upon not less than
30 days prior written notice to the preferred stock
depositary if the holders of a majority of each series of
preferred stock affected by the termination consents to the
termination. Upon a termination that has been consented to, the
preferred stock depositary will deliver or make available to
each holder of depositary receipts, upon surrender of the
depositary receipts held by the holder, the number of whole or
fractional shares of preferred stock as are represented by the
depositary shares evidenced by the depositary receipts
surrendered by the holder together with any other property held
by the preferred stock depositary with respect to the depositary
receipts surrendered by the holder. In addition, the deposit
agreement will automatically terminate if:
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there has been a final distribution in respect of the related
preferred stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of ACS and the distribution has been distributed
to the holders of depositary receipts evidencing the depositary
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Charges of Preferred Stock Depositary
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental
charges arising solely from the existence of the deposit
agreement. In addition, we will pay the fees and expenses of the
preferred stock depositary in connection with the performance of
its duties under the deposit agreement. However, holders of
depositary receipts will pay the fees and expenses of the
preferred stock depositary for any duties requested by those
holders to be performed which are outside of those expressly
provided for in the deposit agreement.
Resignation and Removal of Preferred Stock Depositary
The preferred stock depositary may resign at any time by
delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at
any time remove the preferred stock depositary. Any resignation
or removal of the preferred stock depositary will take effect
upon the appointment of a successor preferred stock depositary.
A successor preferred stock depositary must be appointed within
60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or
removal and must be a bank or trust company having its principal
office in the United States and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000.
Miscellaneous
The preferred stock depositary will forward to holders of
depositary receipts any reports, notices, proxy soliciting
materials or other communications from us that are received by
the preferred stock depositary with respect to the related
preferred stock. Neither the preferred stock depositary nor us
will be liable if it is prevented from or delayed in performing
its obligations under the deposit agreement, by law or any
circumstances beyond its control. Our obligations and the
obligations of the preferred stock depositary under the deposit
agreement will be limited to performing their duties under the
deposit agreement in good faith and without negligence (in the
case of any action or inaction in the voting of preferred stock
represented by the depositary shares), gross negligence or
willful misconduct, and we and the preferred stock depositary
will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding in respect of any depositary receipts, depositary
shares or shares of preferred stock represented thereby unless
satisfactory indemnity is furnished.
We and the preferred stock depositary may rely on written advice
of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons
presenting shares of preferred stock represented by the
depositary receipts for deposit, holders of depositary receipts
or other persons believed in good faith to be competent to give
information to us and the preferred stock depositary, and on
documents believed in good faith to be genuine and signed by a
proper party. In the event the preferred stock depositary
receives conflicting claims, requests or instructions from any
holders of depositary receipts, on the one hand, and us, on the
other hand, the preferred stock depositary will be entitled to
act on those claims, requests or instructions received from us.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We have no warrants outstanding. We may issue warrants for the
purchase of our preferred stock, Class A Common Stock or
debt securities by this prospectus. Warrants may be:
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We may issue warrants under a warrant agreement to be entered
into between us and a warrant agent. We will name any warrant
agent in the applicable prospectus supplement. The warrant agent
will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of
a particular series and will not assume any obligation or
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relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or
beneficial owners of warrants. You are encouraged to read the
warrant before purchasing the same.
Warrants for Preferred Stock or Class A Common Stock
In the applicable prospectus supplement, we will describe the
terms of the warrants for the purchase of our preferred stock or
Class A Common Stock, the warrant certificates and
applicable warrant agreement, including, where applicable, the
following:
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the price or prices at which we will issue them; |
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the designation, number and terms of the preferred stock or
Class A Common Stock that can be purchased upon exercise of
the warrants; |
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the designation and terms of the other securities, if any, with
which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants that
are issued with each of those securities; |
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any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of shares
of preferred stock or Class A Common Stock receivable upon
exercise of the warrants; |
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the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the
related preferred stock or Class A Common Stock, if any,
will be separately transferable; |
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the price at which each share of preferred stock or Class A
Common Stock that can be purchased upon exercise of the warrants
may be purchased; |
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the date on which the right to exercise them will commence and
the date on which that right will expire; |
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the minimum or maximum number of the warrants that may be
exercised at any one time; |
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information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; |
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a discussion of material federal income tax
considerations; and |
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any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and
limitations relating to the transferability, exchange and
exercise of the warrants. |
Warrants for Debt Securities
In the applicable prospectus supplement, we will describe the
terms of the warrants for the purchase of our debt securities,
the warrant certificates, and applicable warrant agreement,
including the following:
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the aggregate number of the warrants; |
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the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued; |
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the designation, aggregate principal amount and terms of the
debt securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants, the
exercise price and the procedures, terms, limitations and
conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; |
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the designation and terms of any related debt securities with
which the warrants are issued, and the number of the warrants
issued with each debt security; |
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the date, if any, on and after which warrants and the related
debt securities will be separately transferable; |
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the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will
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the maximum or minimum number of warrants which may be exercised
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a discussion of the material United States Federal income tax
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Prior to the exercise of the warrants, holders of warrants will
not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities
that may be purchased upon exercise and will not be entitled to
payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the debt securities that may be purchased upon such
exercise.
Exercise of Warrants
Each warrant will entitle the holder of warrants to purchase for
cash the principal amount of debt securities, shares of
preferred stock or shares of Class A Common Stock at the
exercise price as set forth in, or be determinable as set forth
in, the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the
warrants offered thereby. Warrants may be exercised at any time
up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in
the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of
business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will
become void.
Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant
certificate properly completed and duly executed at the
corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office
indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as
soon as practicable, forward the debt securities, or shares of
preferred stock or Class A Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of the warrant. If less than all of the warrants
represented by a warrant certificate are exercised, a new
warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER
Darwin Deason founded ACS in 1988 and until February 1999 served
as our chairman and chief executive officer. Since February
1999, he has continued to serve as the chairman of our board of
directors. As of August 31, 2001 he owned beneficially
1,504,562 shares of our Class A Common Stock and all
3,299,686 shares of our outstanding Class B Common
Stock.
The following table sets forth information with respect to
Mr. Deasons beneficial ownership of Class A
Common Stock, as adjusted to reflect the sale by Mr. Deason
of up to 1,504,562 shares of Class A Common Stock
registered for sale by the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part.
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These figures include 1,003,397 shares of Class A Common
Stock owned by The Deason International Trust. Mr. Deason
holds the sole voting power with respect to these shares through
an irrevocable proxy granted by the trust. The investment power
with respect to these shares is held by the trust. In addition,
these figures include 7,310 shares owned by
Mr. Deasons spouse and her daughter. Mr. Deason
disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. These figures do
not include the 3,299,686 shares of our Class B Common
Stock which Mr. Deason beneficially owns. Each share of
Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time, at
Mr. Deasons option, into one share of Class A
Common Stock. In addition to the voting rights of the
Class A Common Stock, each Class B Common Stock is
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities described in this prospectus in and
outside the United States (a) through underwriters or
dealers, (b) directly to purchasers, including our
affiliates, (c) through agents or (d) through a
combination of any of these methods. The prospectus supplement
will include the following information:
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Sale Through Underwriters Or Dealers
If we use underwriters in the sale, the underwriters will
acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters
may resell the securities from time to time in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined prior to
or at the time of sale, including at prevailing market prices or
at prices related to prevailing market prices. Underwriters may
offer securities to the public either through underwriting
syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or
directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. Unless we
inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will
be subject to certain conditions, and the underwriters will be
obligated to purchase all the offered securities if they
purchase any of them. The underwriters may change from time to
time any initial public offering price and any discounts or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the
underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open
market. These transactions may include overallotment and
stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short
positions created in connection with the offering. The
underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, which means that
selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other
broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account
may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are
repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering
transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities,
which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail
in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may
discontinue these activities at any time.
If we use dealers in the sale of securities, we will sell the
securities to them as principals. They may then resell those
securities to the public at varying prices determined by the
dealers at the time of resale. We will include in the prospectus
supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the
transaction.
Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents
We may sell the securities directly. In this case, no
underwriters or agents would be involved. We may also sell the
securities through agents we designate from time to time. In the
prospectus supplement, we will name any agent involved in the
offer or sale of the offered securities, and we will describe any
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commissions payable by us to the agent. Unless we inform you
otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to
use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the
period of its appointment.
We may sell the securities directly to institutional investors
or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to any sale
of those securities. We will describe the terms of any such
sales in the prospectus supplement.
Delayed Delivery Contracts
If we so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we may authorize
agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain
types of institutions to purchase securities from us at the
public offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These
contracts would provide for payment and delivery on a specified
date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to those
conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The
prospectus supplement will describe the commission payable for
solicitation of those contracts.
General Information
We may have agreements with the agents, dealers and underwriters
to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute
with respect to payments that the agents, dealers or
underwriters may be required to make. Agents, dealers and
underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with or
perform services for us in the ordinary course of their
businesses.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities will be passed upon for us by
Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas.
EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by
reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended June 30, 2001, have been so incorporated in reliance
on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements of Lockheed Martin IMS
Corporation (A subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation) at
December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2000, incorporated by
reference in this prospectus have been audited by Ernst &
Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report
thereon incorporated by reference herein from our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on August 29, 2001, and are included
in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm
as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements,
information statements and other information with the SEC. You
may read and copy this information, for a copying fee, at the
SECs public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the SECs Regional
Offices located at Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,
Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and Seven World Trade
Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048. We encourage
you to call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about
its public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available
to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at
the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Information about us is also available to the public from our
website at http://www.acs-inc.com.
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Our Class A Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and, therefore, the information we file with the
Commission may also be inspected at the offices of the New York
Stock Exchange, located at 20 Broad Street, New York, NY 10005.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have
filed with the SEC relating to the securities we may offer. As
permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of
the information we have included in the registration statement
and the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the
SEC. You should read the registration statement and the exhibits
and schedules for more information about us and our securities.
The registration statement, exhibits and schedules are available
at the SECs public reference room or through its web site.
You may also obtain a copy of our filings with the SEC, at no
cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
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INFORMATION WE INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into
this prospectus the information we file with them, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring
to another document filed separately with the SEC. The
information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of
this prospectus, except for information superseded by this
prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement. The
prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth
below that we have previously filed with the Commission. These
documents contain important information about us and our
financial condition and results of operations.
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$0.01 per share, contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, dated September 26, 1994, including any
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We also incorporate by reference additional documents that we
file with the SEC in the future under Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the
termination of this offering. The information filed by us with
the SEC in the future will update and supercede the information
referenced above.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by
reference or provided in this prospectus or the applicable
prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to
provide you with different information. We are not making an
offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is
not permitted. You should assume that the information in this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate only as to
the date on the front of the document and that any information
we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the
date of the document incorporated by reference.
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dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any
information or to represent anything not contained in this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. You must
not rely on any unauthorized information or representations.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is an
offer to sell only the Notes offered hereby, but only under
circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so.
The information contained in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus is current only as of its date.
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$500,000,000
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
$250,000,000 4.70% Senior Notes
due 2010
$250,000,000 5.20% Senior Notes
due 2015
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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