Alliance Data Systems Corporation, a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, commemorated its 10th anniversary as a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange by ringing The Closing Bell® at 4:00 pm ET on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.
In recognition of this significant milestone in the organization's history, Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data, as well as members of the company's senior leadership team and board of directors, presided over the ringing of The Closing Bell.
"It is a great honor to be a part of The Closing Bell ceremony and we are pleased to be celebrating our 10th anniversary of becoming a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange," said Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data. "We have had a phenomenal decade of building our business and in delivering solutions that have measurably increased both our clients' sales and shareholder value. In fact, our share price has increased more than 600 percent from our initial public offering at $12 per share 10 years ago. It's a testament to our solid business model and management team, our unique loyalty and marketing solutions, and dedicated employees that have put us where we are today: in a very enviable position. We are pleased with our success as a company to date and are even more excited about our future."
In addition, to demonstrate its commitment to the Exchange and to the community, Alliance Data presented a $5,000 contribution to the trading floor's chosen non-profit, the Members Handicapped Children's Fund. The Fund directs its support to mentally and physically challenged children who have a relationship with a member of the NYSE Trading Floor community. Coincidentally, the Exchange kicked off its annual employee fund raiser benefiting the charity the following day, June 9th.
A webcast of The Closing Bell is available on the NYSE YouTube channel.
To learn more about this event, contact Shelley Whiddon at 214-494-3811 or shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® and its combined businesses is North America’s largest and most comprehensive provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today’s most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and other emerging technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data employs approximately 7,400 associates at 50 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data is a leading provider of marketing-driven credit solutions, and is the parent company of Epsilon®, a leading provider of multi-channel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and LoyaltyOne®, which owns and operates the AIR MILES® Reward Program, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. For more information about the company, visit our web site, www.AllianceData.com, or you can follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/AllianceData.
In recognition of this significant milestone in the organization's history, Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data, as well as members of the company's senior leadership team and board of directors, presided over the ringing of The Closing Bell.
"It is a great honor to be a part of The Closing Bell ceremony and we are pleased to be celebrating our 10th anniversary of becoming a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange," said Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data. "We have had a phenomenal decade of building our business and in delivering solutions that have measurably increased both our clients' sales and shareholder value. In fact, our share price has increased more than 600 percent from our initial public offering at $12 per share 10 years ago. It's a testament to our solid business model and management team, our unique loyalty and marketing solutions, and dedicated employees that have put us where we are today: in a very enviable position. We are pleased with our success as a company to date and are even more excited about our future."
In addition, to demonstrate its commitment to the Exchange and to the community, Alliance Data presented a $5,000 contribution to the trading floor's chosen non-profit, the Members Handicapped Children's Fund. The Fund directs its support to mentally and physically challenged children who have a relationship with a member of the NYSE Trading Floor community. Coincidentally, the Exchange kicked off its annual employee fund raiser benefiting the charity the following day, June 9th.
A webcast of The Closing Bell is available on the NYSE YouTube channel.
To learn more about this event, contact Shelley Whiddon at 214-494-3811 or shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® and its combined businesses is North America’s largest and most comprehensive provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today’s most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and other emerging technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data employs approximately 7,400 associates at 50 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data is a leading provider of marketing-driven credit solutions, and is the parent company of Epsilon®, a leading provider of multi-channel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and LoyaltyOne®, which owns and operates the AIR MILES® Reward Program, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. For more information about the company, visit our web site, www.AllianceData.com, or you can follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/AllianceData.