0001101215-15-000249.txt : 20151224 0001101215-15-000249.hdr.sgml : 20151224 20151224130158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001101215-15-000249 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151222 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151224 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151224 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001101215 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 311429215 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700 CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75024 BUSINESS PHONE: 2144943000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700 CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75024 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pearson Bryan A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001376988 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15749 FILM NUMBER: 151307744 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17655 WATERVIEW PARKWAY CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75252 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-12-22 0001101215 ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP ADS 0001376988 Pearson Bryan A 7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700 PLANO TX 75024 0 1 0 0 EVP & President, LoyaltyOne Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 M 0 4000 43.01 A 23226 D Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 S 0 3301 273.839 D 19925 D Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 S 0 699 274.595 D 19226 D Common Stock 80841 I By 2456779 Ontario Inc. Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 43.01 2015-12-22 4 M 0 4000 D 2016-02-13 Common Stock 4000 8352 D Cashless exercise of employee stock options due to expire on February 13, 2016, ten years after such options were granted. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $273.38 to $274.34, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Alliance Data Systems Corporation, any security holder of Alliance Data Systems Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (2) and (3) to this Form 4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $274.52 to $274.74, inclusive. The total number of securities beneficially owned includes: (a) 811 unvested units from an award of 2,384 time-based restricted stock units granted 2/21/13; (b) 4,525 unvested units from an award of 13,306 performance-based restricted stock units granted 2/21/13; (c) 1,022 unvested units from an award of 1,525 time-based restricted stock units granted 2/18/14; (d) 5,539 unvested units from an award of 8,267 performance-based restricted stock units granted 2/18/14; (e) 1,465 unvested time-based restricted stock units granted 2/17/15; and (f) 5,864 unvested performance-based restricted stock units granted 2/17/15. The shares are held by 2456779 Ontario Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation, of which the reporting person is the sole shareholder. This is an employee stock option grant that is fully vested. The total number of derivative securities beneficially owned includes: (a) an option for 3,724 out of an original 7,724 shares granted 2/13/06, which is fully vested and (b) an option for 4,628 shares granted 2/21/07, which is fully vested. Cynthia L. Hageman, Attorney in Fact 2015-12-24