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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2003

FIRST DATA CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  001-11073
(Commission File Number)
  47-0731996
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


6200 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

80111
(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (303) 488-8000

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




Item 5. Other Events.

        On October 23, 2003, First Data Corporation and Concord EFS, Inc. issued a press release regarding the complaint filed by the United States Department of Justice and eight states seeking to block the proposed merger of First Data Corporation and Concord EFS, Inc. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)—(b)        Not applicable.

(c)
Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number

  Description of Exhibit

99   Press release issued by the Company and Concord EFS, Inc. on October 23, 2003.


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 

 

FIRST DATA CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
STANLEY J. ANDERSEN      
    Stanley J. Andersen
Assistant Secretary

Date: October 23, 2003


Exhibit Index

        The following is a list of the Exhibits furnished herewith.

Exhibit
Number

  Description of Exhibit

99   Press Release issued by the Company and Concord EFS, Inc. on October 23, 2003.



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