SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eFunds Corporation(NYSE: EFD), the company that delivers innovative enterprise payments anddata & decisioning solutions, today announced that it had set August 9,2007 as the record date for determination of stockholders eligible to voteat the special meeting of stockholders on the proposed acquisition ofeFunds by Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. The date andlocation of the special meeting of stockholders have not yet beendetermined and will be announced separately. eFunds filed preliminary proxy materials in connection with theproposed transaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July24, 2007. The proxy statement, once final, will be mailed together with aproxy card and notice of the special meeting to eFunds stockholders ofrecord as of the record date. IMPORTANT NOTICE: eFunds has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securitiesand Exchange Commission (or the SEC) in connection with the proposedtransaction. This document is not yet final and will be amended.Stockholders are strongly advised to read the definitive version of theproxy statement when it becomes available because it will contain importantinformation about the proposed merger transaction. The definitive proxystatement will be mailed to eFunds stockholders. In addition, stockholderswill be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement as well as otherfilings containing information about the Company and the merger, if andwhen available, without charge, at the SEC's Internet site(http://www.sec.gov). In addition, copies of the proxy statement and otherfilings containing information about the Company and the merger may beobtained, if and when available, without charge, by directing a request toeFunds Corporation, Attention: Investor Relations, 4900 North ScottsdaleRoad, Suite 1000, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 or by phone at (480) 629-7700,or on the Company's Internet site at http://www.eFunds.com. Participants in Solicitation The Company and its executive officers and directors and other membersof management and employees are potential participants in the solicitationof proxies from the Company's stockholders in respect of the proposedmerger. Information regarding the Company's directors and executiveofficers is available in the Company's proxy statement for its 2007 annualmeeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on April 20, 2007, and thepreliminary proxy statement for the special meeting to consider theproposed merger filed with the SEC on July 24, 2007. Additional informationregarding the interests of such potential participants may be obtained byreading the definitive proxy statement when it becomes available. About EFD | eFunds Corporation EFD is the payments solutions company. With the unique ability to takean integrated view of enterprise payments and data & decisioning, EFDprovides financial services companies and other large enterprises withbusiness insight to make better new account decisions, improve frauddetection and management and streamline payment processing. EFD's flexibledelivery model means solutions can be run in-house, outsourced or anythingin between, helping customers achieve operational efficiency and low costof ownership while building long-term customer value. From the point ofaccount opening to the settlement of every transaction -- debit, credit, orprepaid -- EFD helps businesses win more of the right customers, serve themmore efficiently and keep them. Additional information is available athttp://www.eFunds.com. Statements made in this release concerning the Company's ormanagement's intentions, expectations, or predictions about future resultsor events are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of thePrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements arenecessarily subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actualresults to vary from stated expectations and such variations could bematerial and adverse. Factors that could result in such a variationinclude, but are not limited to, the inherent unreliability of earnings andrevenue growth predictions due to numerous factors, including many beyondthe Company's control, potential difficulties, delays and unanticipatedexpenses inherent in the development and marketing of new products andservices, competitive factors, the unpredictability of merger andacquisition activity, and the numerous risks and potential additionalcosts, disruptions and delays associated with the establishment of newbusiness initiatives. Additional information concerning these and otherfactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from theCompany's current expectations is contained in the Company's Annual Reporton Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2006 and subsequent filingson Form 10Q.
