First Data Corporation

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The following data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included elsewhere in this annual report. The notes to the consolidated financial statements contain additional information about various acquisitions (accounted for as purchases) and dispositions which affect the comparability of information presented. Amounts in 1992 exclude First Financial Management Corporation's financial services business segment that was sold in 1992. Certain prior years' amounts have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation.

(a) Includes merger, integration and impairment charge of $32.5 million and $46.0 million gain on the MoneyGram disposition together totaling $13.5 million ($8.3 million after tax, or $0.02 per share after tax) for 1996, and charges of $645.7 million ($539.9 million loss after tax benefits, or $1.21 after tax loss per share) for 1995.
(b) Includes loss in FFMC business unit sold of $79.6 million ($64.7 million after tax benefits, or $0.16 after tax loss per share).
(c) Per share data have been restated for the November 15, 1996 stock split effected as a 100% stock dividend.
(d) Excludes cash dividends paid to FDC's former parent company of $0.075 per share in 1992.
(e) Settlement asset and obligation totals differ due to the accounting for unrealized net investment gains and losses under SFAS 115 (adopted in 1994).
(f) Excludes certain bankcard accounts for which the Company does not provide full processing.
(g) Includes only those merchant transactions for which FDC performed authorization, settlement and back office processing.

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