TSS Total System Services

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * JOHNSON JOIA M	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC [ TSS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/17/2019
(Street) WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	9/17/2019		D		1251	D	(1)	0	D
Common Stock	9/17/2019		D		745	D	(1)	0	I	2016 Revocable Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$91.48	9/17/2019		D			2407	(2)	10/25/2028	Common Stock	2407	(2)	0	D
Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$102.08	9/17/2019		D			1450	(2)	5/2/2029	Common Stock	1450	(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	These shares were disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for shares of Global Payments Inc. ("Global Payments") common stock, at a rate of .8101 shares of Global Payments common stock for each share of the Company. The closing price of Global Payments common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the Effective Date was $163.74 per share.
(2)	These options, which were fully vested, were assumed by Global Payments pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Effective date, and replaced with Global Payments options with the same terms, provided that the number of shares of Global Payments common stock subject to each new option will be equal to the original number of shares of Company common stock subject to the option multiplied by .8101, rounded down to the nearest whole share, and the exercise price per share of each new option will be equal to the original exercise price divided by .8101, rounded up to the nearest cent.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JOHNSON JOIA M 1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105	X

Signatures
/s/ Garilou Page, Attorney-in-Fact		9/18/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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