TransFirst Files Registration Statement For Initial Public Offering

TransFirst Inc. (the “Company”), a merchant acquirer and payments technology and services provider for small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States, announced recently that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by facsimile at (212) 902-9316 or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by telephone at (866)-803-9204; or Deutsche Bank Securities, Attn: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, or by telephone at (800) 503-4611 or by email at prospectus.CPDG@db.com.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.