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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K





(Mark One)

|x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
 to

Commission file number 001-7120





HARTE-HANKS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)







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|Delaware                        |  | 74-1677284         
|(State or other jurisdiction of |  | (I.R.S. Employer   
|incorporation or organization)  |  | Identification No.)

9601 McAllister Freeway, Suite 610, San Antonio, Texas 78216

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip
Code)

Registrants telephone number, including area code  210-829-9000





Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



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|Title of each class |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
|Common Stock        |  | New York Stock Exchange                  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None





Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
    Yes   ̈    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (229.405 of this chapter) is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and small reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act



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|Large accelerated filer   ̈                                             |  | Accelerated filer  x        
|Non-accelerated filer   ̈ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |  | Smaller reporting company   ̈

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act).    Yes   ̈    No  x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the closing price
($9.25) as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2009), was approximately $383,441,000.

The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrants classes of common stock as of January 31, 2010 was 63,578,193 shares of common stock, all of one class.

Documents incorporated by reference:

Portions of the Proxy Statement to be filed for the Companys 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF A SEPARATE ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO RULE 14a-3(b) OF THE
ACT AND SECTION 203.01 OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LISTED COMPANY MANUAL.









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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Table of Contents

Form 10-K Report

December 31, 2009



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PART I



|ITEM 1. | BUSINESS
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INTRODUCTION

Harte-Hanks, Inc. (Harte-Hanks) is a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company that provides direct marketing services and shopper
advertising opportunities to a wide range of local, regional, national and international consumer and business-to-business marketers. We manage our operations through two operating segments: Direct Marketing, which operates both nationally and
internationally, and Shoppers, which operates in local and regional markets in California and Florida.

Marketing is under intense focus in
many organizations. Many corporations have a chief-level executive charged with marketing who is under pressure to utilize a combination of data, technology, channels and resources to demonstrate a return on marketing investment. This has led many
to use direct and targeted marketing, as accountability and measurability are hallmarks of the discipline, allowing customer insight to be leveraged to create and accelerate value. Direct Marketing, which represented 68% of our total revenues in
2009, is a leader in the movement toward highly targeted marketing. Our Shoppers business applies geographic targeting principles.

Harte-Hanks® is the successor to a newspaper business began in Texas in the early 1920s by Houston
Harte and Bernard Hanks. In 1972, Harte-Hanks went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). We became private in a leveraged buyout initiated by management in 1984. In 1993, we again went public and listed our common stock on the
NYSE. In 1997, we sold all of our remaining traditional media operations (consisting of newspapers, television and radio companies) in order to focus all of our efforts on two business segmentsDirect Marketing and Shoppers. See segment
financial information in Note O Business Segments in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Harte-Hanks provides public
access to all reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act). These documents may be accessed free of charge on our website at the following address:
http://www.harte-hanks.com. These documents are provided as soon as practical after they are filed with the SEC and may also be found at the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. Additionally, we have adopted and posted on our
website a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Our website also includes our corporate governance guidelines and the charters for each of our audit,
compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. We will provide a printed copy of any of the aforementioned documents to any requesting stockholder.

DIRECT MARKETING

General

Direct Marketing services are targeted to specific industries or markets with services and software products tailored to each industry or market. Currently,
our Direct Marketing business services various vertical markets including retail, high-tech/telecom, financial services, pharmaceutical/healthcare, and a wide range of selected markets. We believe that we are generally able to provide services to
new industries and markets by modifying our services and applications as opportunities are presented. Depending on the needs of our clients, our Direct Marketing capabilities are provided in an integrated approach through more than 30 facilities
worldwide, more than 10 of which are located outside of the United States. Each of these centers possesses some specialization and is linked with others to support the needs of our clients.



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In 2009, 2008 and 2007, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing had revenues of $586.0 million, $732.7 million, and
$732.5 million, respectively, which accounted for approximately 68%, 68%, and 63% of our total revenues, respectively.

Harte-Hanks Direct
Marketing uses various capabilities and technologies as enablers to capture, analyze and disseminate customer and prospect data across all points of customer contact. With these data, we help our clients identify, reach, influence and nurture their
customers so they can better grow their relationships to achieve lifetime value of each and increase return on marketing investments. We focus both on business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments, developing data-driven strategies for
customer acquisition and retention, and execute on those strategies in an integrated fashion across media channels (direct mail, email, digital, and call center). Further, we help our clients measure their marketing and customer care campaigns,
providing them with knowledge that can be applied now to refine campaigns, and delivering continuous improvement and innovation.

Depending on
client needs, we do this through specific offerings or by combining a number of our offerings from across our portfolio of businesses.

We
offer a full complement of capabilities and resources to provide a broad range of marketing services and data management software, in media from direct mail to e-mail.



| |  |  | Agency & Creative Services. We have a full-service, multichannel relationship marketing agency specializing in direct and digital
communications. With strategy, creative and implementation services, we help marketers within targeted industries understand, identify, and engage prospects and customers in their channel of choice. Our agencys mission is to deploy
world-class, data-driven, multichannel relationship marketing programs that address each clients acquisition, cross-sell, retention and loyalty needs.
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| |  |  | Database Marketing Solutions.We have successfully delivered marketing database solutions for over 35 years across various industries. Our
solutions deliver on three pillars built around a centralized marketing database. The foundation consists of: insight and analytics; customer data integration; and marketing communications tools. Our solutions enable organizations to build and
manage customer communication strategies that drive new customer acquisition and retention and maximize the value of existing customer relationships. Through insight, we help clients identify models of their most profitable customer relationships
and then apply these models to increase the value of existing customers while also winning profitable new customers. Through customer data integration, data from multiple sources comes together to provide a single customer view of client prospects
and customers. Then, utilizing our Allink® suite of customer communication and sales optimization tools, we help
clients apply their data and insights to the entire customer lifecycle, to help clients sustain and grow their business, gain deeper customer insights, and continuously refine their customer resource management strategies and tactics.
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| |  |  | Data Quality Software and Services with Trillium Software®. Our proprietary software has helped global customers more effectively analyze, enrich, cleanse and report on their product, financial and customer data as part
of master data management, data governance, CRM, data warehousing and integration initiatives. With industry-leading Trillium Software System®, Global Locator geocoding product, and associated data governance services, business users can optimize data-based business processes and transactions, realize
efficiencies, and enhance the accuracy of their master set of data-improving program results.
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| |  |  | Digital Marketing. Our digital solutions integrate online services within the marketing mix and include: site development and design, social
media marketing, e-mail marketing through our Postfuture® e-mail marketing solutions, e-commerce and interactive
relationship management and a host of other services that support our core businesses.
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| |  |  | Direct Mail and Logistics. As a full-service direct marketing provider and one of the largest mailing partners of the United States Postal
Service (USPS®), our operational mandate is to ensure creativity and quality, provide an understanding of the
options available in technologies and segmentation strategies and capitalize on economies of scale with our variety of execution options. Our services include advanced mail optimization, logistics and transportation optimization, tracking,
commingling, shrink wrapping and specialized mailings. With facilities strategically placed nationwide, we are among the largest solo mailers in the country other than the U.S. government.
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| |  |  | Fulfillment and Contact Centers. We deliver teleservices and fulfillment operations in both consumer and business-to-business markets. We
maintain teleservice workstations around the globe equipped for both inbound and outbound calls and e-mail, and we are an experienced outsource partner for call and contact center operations. We also maintain fulfillment centers strategically
located throughout the United States allowing our customers to distribute literature and other marketing materials.
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| |  |  | Lead Generation. Our CI Technology Database tracks technology installations, business demographics and key decision makers at more than
650,000 locations in twenty five countries in North America, Latin America and Europe. Our clients use the data to gain insight into their prospects and clients technology buying cycles. Our Aberdeen Group is a provider of fact-based
research helping organizations and individuals make business decisions. Aberdeen research serves as a conduit to drive technology decisions and stimulate demand for technology vendors while at the same time educating readers on best-in-class
results. Companies use Aberdeens proprietary research content for use in their demand creation programs, online marketing campaigns and Web-based sales and marketing tools.
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Customers

Direct marketing services are
marketed to specific industries or markets with services and software products tailored to each industry or market. We believe that we are generally able to provide services to new industries and markets by modifying our existing services and
applications. We currently provide direct marketing services to the retail, high-tech/telecom, financial services and pharmaceutical/healthcare vertical markets, in addition to a range of selected markets. The largest Direct Marketing client,
measured in revenue, comprised 7% of total Direct Marketing revenues in 2009 and 5% of our total revenues in 2009. The largest 25 clients, measured in revenue, comprised 42% of total Direct Marketing revenues in 2009 and 28% of our total revenues in
2009.

Sales and Marketing

Our national direct marketing sales force is organized around the five verticals we service: retail, high-tech/telecom, financial services, pharmaceutical/healthcare, and a wide range of selected markets. We also maintain product specific
sales forces and sales groups in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia. Our sales forces, with industry-specific knowledge and experience, emphasize the cross-selling of a full range of direct marketing services and are supported by employees in
each sector. The overall sales focus is to position Harte-Hanks as a marketing partner offering various services and solutions (including end-to-end) as required to meet our clients targeted marketing needs.



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Direct Marketing Facilities

Direct marketing services are provided at the following facilities, all of which are leased except as otherwise noted:



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|National Offices                |  | Texarkana, Texas             
|Austin, Texas                   |  | Troy, Michigan               
|Baltimore, Maryland             |  | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania   
|Billerica, Massachusetts        |  | Yardley, Pennsylvania        
|Bloomfield, Connecticut         |  |                              
|Boston, Massachusetts           |  | National Markets Headquarters
|Cincinnati, Ohio                |  | Cincinnati, Ohio             
|Deerfield Beach, Florida        |  |                              
|East Bridgewater, Massachusetts |  | International Offices        
|Fort Worth, Texas               |  | Bristol, United Kingdom      
|Fullerton, California           |  | Frankfurt, Germany           
|Glen Burnie, Maryland           |  | Hasselt, Belgium  owned site
|Grand Prairie, Texas            |  | Iasi, Romania                
|Jacksonville, Florida           |  | Les Ulis, France             
|Lake Mary, Florida              |  | Madrid, Spain                
|Langhorne, Pennsylvania         |  | Manila, Philippines          
|New York, New York              |  | Melbourne, Australia         
|Ontario, California             |  | São Paulo, Brazil            
|Richardson, Texas               |  | Sydney, Australia            
|San Diego, California           |  | Theale, United Kingdom       
|Shawnee, Kansas                 |  | Uxbridge, United Kingdom     

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Competition

Our Direct Marketing business faces competition in all of its offerings and within each of its vertical markets. Direct marketing is a dynamic business, subject to technological advancements, high
turnover of client personnel who make buying decisions, client consolidations, changing client needs and preferences, continual development of competing products and services and an evolving competitive landscape. This competition comes from
numerous local, national and international direct marketing and advertising companies against whom we compete for individual projects, entire client relationships and marketing expenditures by clients and prospective clients. There are various
competitive factors in our industry, including the quality and scope of services, technical and strategic expertise, the value of the services provided as compared to the price of the services, reputation and brand recognition. We also compete
against print and electronic media and other forms of advertising for marketing and advertising dollars in general. Failure to continually improve our current processes, advance and upgrade our technology applications and to develop new products and
services in a timely and cost-effective manner could result in the loss of our clients or prospective clients to current or future competitors. In addition, failure to gain market acceptance of new products and services could adversely affect our
growth. Although we believe that our capabilities and breadth of services, combined with our national and worldwide production capability, industry focus and ability to offer a broad range of integrated services, enable us to compete effectively,
our business results may be adversely impacted by competition. Please refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors, for additional information regarding risks related to competition.

Seasonality

Our Direct Marketing business is somewhat seasonal as revenues in the fourth
quarter tend to be higher than revenues in other quarters during a given year. This increased revenue is a result of overall increased marketing activity prior to and during the holiday season, primarily related to our retail vertical.

SHOPPERS

General

Harte-Hanks Shoppers is North Americas largest owner, operator and distributor of shopper publications, based on weekly circulation
and revenues. Shoppers are weekly advertising publications distributed free by Standard Mail to households and businesses in a particular geographic area. Shoppers offer advertisers a targeted, cost-effective local advertising system, with virtually
100% penetration in their area of distribution. Shoppers are particularly effective in large markets with high media fragmentation in which major metropolitan newspapers generally have low penetration. Our Shoppers segment also provides advertising
and other services online through our websites, PennySaverUSA.com and TheFlyer.com. These sites are online advertising portals, bringing buyers and sellers together through our online products, including local classifieds,
business listings, coupons, special offers and Power Sites. Power Sites are templated web sites for our customers, optimized to help small and medium sized business owners establish a web presence and improve their lead generation.

As of December 31, 2009, Shoppers delivered approximately 11.5 million shopper packages in five major markets each week covering the greater
Los Angeles market, the greater San Diego market, Northern California, South Florida and the greater Tampa market. Two editions of the shopper publication are delivered to approximately 230,000 households and businesses in South Orange County where
both an early and late edition PennySaverUSA.com are published each week. Our California publications account for approximately 80% of Shoppers weekly circulation.

As of December 31, 2009, Harte-Hanks published more than 950 individual shopper editions each week, distributed to zones with circulation of
approximately 12,000 each. This allows single-location, local advertisers to saturate a single geographic zone, while enabling multiple-location advertisers to saturate multiple zones. This unique distribution system gives large and small
advertisers alike a cost-effective way to reach their target markets. We believe that our zoning capabilities and production technologies have enabled us to saturate and target areas in a number of ways, including geographic, demographic, lifestyle,
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In 2009, 2008, and 2007, Harte-Hanks Shoppers had revenues of $274.2 million, $350.1 million, and $430.4
million, respectively, accounting for approximately 32%, 32%, and 37% of our total revenues, respectively.

As a result of the difficult
economic environment in California and Florida, we curtailed more than 1.4 million of circulation from July 2008 to February 2009. This consisted of approximately 850,000 of circulation in California and approximately 550,000 of circulation in
Florida. We continue to evaluate all of our circulation performance and may make further circulation reductions in the future as part of our efforts to address the difficult economic conditions in California and Florida.

Publications

The following table sets
forth certain information with respect to Shoppers publications:



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|Market              |  | Publication Name  |  | WeeklyCirculation |  | Number ofZones
|Greater Los Angeles |  | PennySaverUSA.com |  | 5,123,100         |  | 458           
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|Northern California |  | PennySaverUSA.com |  | 2,266,300         |  | 189           
|                    |  |                   | 
|Greater San Diego   |  | PennySaverUSA.com |  | 1,874,500         |  | 156           
|                    |  |                   | 
|South Florida       |  | TheFlyer.com      |  | 1,179,400         |  | 93            
|                    |  |                   | 
|Greater Tampa       |  | TheFlyer.com      |  | 1,065,700         |  | 72            
|                    |  |                   |  |                   |  |               
|Total               |  |                   |  | 11,509,000        |  | 968           
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Our shopper publications contain classified and display advertising and
are delivered by Standard Mail saturation. The typical shopper publication contains approximately 38 pages and is 7 by 9-1/2 inches in size. Each edition, or zone, is targeted around a natural neighborhood marketing pattern. Shoppers also serve as a
distribution vehicle for multiple ads from national and regional advertisers, including print and deliver single-sheet inserts designed and printed by us, and coupon books, preprinted inserts, and four-color glossy flyers printed by
third party printers. During 2009, we distributed approximately 5.0 billion insert pieces. In addition, our shoppers also provide advertising and other services online through our websites  PennySaverUSA.com and TheFlyer.com.

We have acquired, developed and applied innovative technology and customized equipment in the publication of our shoppers, contributing to
efficiency and growth. A proprietary pagination system has made it possible for over a thousand weekly zoned editions to be designed, built and output direct-to-plate in a fully digital environment. Automating the production process saves on labor,
newsprint, and overweight postage. This software also allows for better ad tracking, immediate checks on individual zone and ad status, and more on-time press starts with less manpower.

Customers

Shoppers serves both business and individual advertisers in a wide range of
industries, including real estate, employment, automotive, retail, grocery, education, telecom, financial services, and a number of other industries. The largest client, measured in revenue, comprised 3% of Shoppers revenues in 2009 and 1% of our
total revenues in 2009. The top 25 clients in terms of revenue comprised 20% of Shoppers revenues in 2009 and 6% of our total revenues in 2009.



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Sales and Marketing

We employ more than 400 commissioned sales representatives who develop both targeted and saturation advertising programs, both in print and online, for clients. The sales organization provides service to
national, regional and local advertisers through its telemarketing departments and field sales representatives. Shoppers clients vary from individuals with a single item for sale to local neighborhood advertisers to large multi-location advertisers.
The weekly number of ads is primarily driven by residential customers, whereas revenues are primarily driven by small and midsize businesses. We also focus our marketing efforts on larger national accounts by emphasizing our ability to deliver
saturation advertising in defined zones, or even partial zones for inserts, in combination with advertising in the shopper publication.

Additional focus is placed on particular industries/categories through the use of sales specialists. These sales specialists are primarily used to target automotive, real estate and employment advertisers.

We utilize proprietary sales and marketing systems to enter client orders directly from the field, instantly checking space availability, ad costs and other
pertinent information. These systems efficiently facilitate the placement of advertising into multiple-zoned editions and include built-in error-reducing safeguards that aid in minimizing costly sales adjustments. In addition to allowing advertising
information to be entered for immediate publication, these systems feed a relational client database, enabling sales personnel to access client history by designated variables to facilitate the identification of similar potential clients and to
assist with timely follow-up on existing clients.

Shoppers Facilities

Our shoppers are produced at owned or leased facilities in the markets they serve. At December 31, 2009, we had five production facilities  three in Southern California, one in Northern
California, and one in Tampa, Florida  and approximately 20 sales offices.

For more information please refer to Item 2,
Properties.

Competition

Our Shoppers business competes for advertising, as well as for readers, with other print and electronic media. Competition comes from local and regional newspapers, magazines, radio, broadcast, satellite and cable television, other
shoppers, the internet, other communications media and other advertising printers that operate in our markets. The extent and nature of such competition are, in large part, determined by the location and demographics of the markets targeted by a
particular advertiser and the number of media alternatives in those markets. Failure to continually improve our current processes, advance and upgrade our technology applications and develop new products and services in a timely and cost-effective
manner could result in the loss of our clients to current or future competitors. In addition, failure to gain market acceptance of new products, services and geographic areas could adversely affect our growth. We believe that our production systems
and technology, which enable us to publish separate editions in narrowly targeted zones, our local ad content, and our integrated online offering allow us to compete effectively, particularly in large markets with high media fragmentation. However,
our business results may be adversely impacted by competition. Please refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors, for additional information regarding risks related to competition.

Seasonality

Our Shoppers business has been somewhat seasonal in that revenues from the
last two publication dates in December and first two to three publication dates in January each year have been affected by a slowdown in advertising by businesses and individuals after the holidays. Historically, the second and third quarters have
been the highest revenue quarters for our Shoppers business. As a result of the ongoing economic difficulties in California and Florida, our Shoppers revenues did not follow this general historical pattern in 2009, 2008 or 2007.



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U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS

As a company with business activities around the world, we are subject to a variety of domestic and international legal and regulatory requirements that
impact our business, including, for example, regulations governing consumer protection and unfair business practices, contracts, e-commerce, intellectual property, labor and employment, securities, tax, and other laws that are generally applicable
to commercial activities.

We are also subject to, or affected by, numerous domestic and foreign laws, regulations and industry standards that
regulate direct marketing activities, including those that address privacy, data security and unsolicited marketing communications. Examples of some of these laws and regulations that may be applied to, or affect, our business or the businesses of
our clients include the following:



| |  |  | The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, or Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), which, among other things, regulates the use for marketing purposes
of non-public personal financial information of consumers that is held by financial institutions. Although Harte-Hanks is not considered a financial institution, many of our clients are subject to the GLB. The GLB also includes rules relating to the
physical, administrative and technological protection of non-public personal financial information.
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| |  |  | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which regulates the use of personal health information for marketing purposes
and requires reasonable safeguards designed to prevent intentional or unintentional use or disclosure of protected health information.
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| |  |  | Federal and state laws governing the use of the Internet and regulating telemarketing, including the federal Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited
Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM), which regulates commercial email and requires that commercial emails give recipients an opt-out method. Telemarketing activities are regulated by, among other requirements, the Federal Trade
Commissions Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), the Federal Communications Commissions Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and various state do-not-call laws.
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| |  |  | A significant number of states in the U.S. have passed versions of security breach notification laws, which generally require timely notifications to
affected persons in the event of data security breaches or other unauthorized access to certain types of protected personal data.
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| |  |  | The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which governs, among other things, the sharing of consumer report information, access to credit scores, and
requirements for users of consumer report information.
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| |  |  | The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act), which amended the FCRA and requires, among other things, consumer credit report
notice requirements for creditors that use consumer credit report information in connection with risk-based credit pricing actions and also prohibits a business that receives consumer information from an affiliate from using that information for
marketing purposes unless the consumer is first provided a notice and an opportunity to direct the business not to use the information for such marketing purposes, subject to certain exceptions.
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| |  |  | The European Union (EU) data protection laws, including the comprehensive EU Directive on Data Protection (1995), which imposes a number of obligations
with respect to use of personal data, and includes a prohibition on the transfer of personal information from the EU to other countries that do not provide consumers with an adequate level of privacy or security. The EU standard for
adequacy is generally stricter and more comprehensive than that of the U.S. and most other countries.
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There are additional consumer protection, privacy and data security regulations domestically and in other
countries in which we or our clients do business. These laws regulate the collection, use, disclosure and retention of personal data and may require consent from consumers and grant consumers other rights, such as the ability to access their
personal data and to correct information in the possession of data controllers. We and many of our clients also belong to trade associations that impose guidelines that regulate direct marketing activities, such as the Direct Marketing
Associations Commitment to Consumer Choice.

As a result of increasing public awareness and interest in individual privacy rights, data
security and environmental and other concerns regarding unsolicited marketing communications, federal, state and foreign governmental and industry organizations continue to consider new legislative and regulatory proposals that would impose
additional restrictions on direct marketing services and products. Examples include data encryption standards, data breach notification requirements, consumer choice and consent restrictions and increased penalties against offending parties, among
others. We anticipate that additional proposals will continue to be introduced in the future, some of which may be adopted. In addition, our business may be affected by the impact of these restrictions on our clients and their marketing activities.
These additional regulations could increase compliance requirements and restrict or prevent the collection, management, aggregation, transfer, use or dissemination of information or data that is currently legally available. Additional regulations
may also restrict or prevent current practices regarding unsolicited marketing communications. For example, many states have considered implementing do-not-mail legislation that could impact our Direct Marketing and Shoppers businesses and the
businesses of our clients and customers. In addition, continued public interest in individual privacy rights and data security may result in the adoption of further voluntary industry guidelines that could impact our direct marketing activities and
business practices.

We cannot predict the scope of any new legislation, regulations or industry guidelines or how courts may interpret
existing and new laws. Additionally, enforcement priorities by governmental authorities may change and also impact our business. Compliance with regulations is costly and time-consuming, and we may encounter difficulties, delays or significant
expenses in connection with our compliance, and we may be exposed to significant penalties, liabilities, reputational harm and loss of business in the event that we fail to comply. There could be a material adverse impact on our business due to the
enactment or enforcement of legislation or industry regulations, the issuance of judicial or governmental interpretations, enforcement priorities of governmental agencies or a change in customs arising from public concern over consumer privacy and
data security issues.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Our intellectual property assets include, for example, trademarks and service marks that identify our company and our products and services, software and other technology that we develop, our proprietary
collections of data and intellectual property licensed from third parties, such as prospect list providers. We generally seek to protect our intellectual property through a combination of license agreements and trademark, service mark, copyright,
patent and trade secret laws, and domain name registrations and enforcement procedures. We also enter into confidentiality agreements with many of our employees, vendors and clients and seek to limit access to and distribution of intellectual
property and other proprietary information. We pursue the protection of our trademarks and other intellectual property in the United States and internationally.

Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information and technology. Monitoring unauthorized use of
our intellectual property is difficult, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property may occur. We cannot be certain that patents or trademark registrations will be issued, nor can we be certain that any issued patents or trademark
registrations will give us adequate protection from competing products. For example, issued patents may be circumvented or challenged and declared invalid or unenforceable. In addition, others may develop competing technologies or databases on their
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We may also be subject to infringement claims against us by third parties and may incur substantial costs
and devote significant management resources in responding to such claims. We are obligated under some agreements to indemnify our clients as a result of claims that we infringe on the proprietary rights of third parties. These costs and diversions
could cause our business to suffer. If any party asserts an infringement claim, we may need to obtain licenses to the disputed intellectual property. We cannot assure you, however, that we will be able to obtain these licenses on commercially
reasonable terms or that we will be able to obtain any licenses at all. The failure to obtain necessary licenses or other rights may have an adverse affect on our ability to provide our products and services.

EMPLOYEES

As of December 31,
2009, Harte-Hanks employed approximately 4,700 full-time employees and 300 part-time employees. Approximately 3,200 full-time and 100 part-time employees were in the Direct Marketing segment and 1,500 full-time and 200 part-time employees were in
the Shoppers segment. A portion of our workforce is provided to us through staffing companies. None of the workforce is represented by labor unions. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.



|ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS
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Cautionary Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report, including the Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (MD&A), contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All such statements are qualified by this cautionary note, which is provided pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1934 Act). Forward-looking statements may also be included in our other public filings, press releases, our website and oral
and written presentations by management. Statements other than historical facts are forward-looking and may be identified by words such as may, will, expects, believes, anticipates,
plans, estimates, seeks, could, intends, or words of similar meaning. Examples include statements regarding (1) our strategies and initiatives, (2) adjustments to our cost
structure and other actions designed to respond to market conditions and improve our performance, and the anticipated effectiveness and expenses associated with these actions, (3) our financial outlook for revenues, earnings per share,
operating income, expense related to equity-based compensation, capital resources and other financial items, (4) expectations for our businesses and for the industries in which we operate, including with regard to the negative performance
trends in our Shoppers business and the adverse impact of the ongoing economic downturn in the United States and other economies on the marketing expenditures and activities of our Direct Marketing clients and prospects, (5) competitive
factors, (6) acquisition and development plans, (7) our stock repurchase program, (8) expectations regarding legal proceedings and other contingent liabilities, and (9) other statements regarding future events, conditions or
outcomes.

These forward-looking statements are based on current information, expectations and estimates and involve risks, uncertainties,
assumptions and other factors that are difficult to predict and that could cause actual results to vary materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. In that event, our business, financial condition, results of
operations or liquidity could be materially adversely affected, and investors in our securities could lose part or all of their investments. Some of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors can be found in our filings with the SEC,
including the factors discussed below in this Item 1A, Risk Factors, and any updates thereto in our Forms 10-Q. The forward-looking statements included in this report and those included in our other public filings, press releases,
our website and oral and written presentations by management are made only as of the respective dates thereof, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement in this report or in other documents, our website or oral
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In addition to the information set forth elsewhere in this report, including in the MD&A section, the
factors described below should be considered carefully in making any investment decisions with respect to our securities. The risks described below are not the only ones we face or may face in the future. Additional risks and uncertainties that are
not presently anticipated or that we may currently believe are immaterial could also impair our business operations and financial performance.

We face significant competition for individual projects, entire client relationships and advertising dollars in general.

Our Direct Marketing business faces significant competition in all of its offerings and within each of its vertical markets. Direct marketing is a dynamic business, subject to technological advancements, high turnover of client personnel
who make buying decisions, client consolidations, changing client needs and preferences, continual development of competing products and services and an evolving competitive landscape. This competition comes from numerous local, national and
international direct marketing and advertising companies against whom we compete for individual projects, entire client relationships and marketing expenditures by clients and prospective clients. We also compete against print and electronic media
and other forms of advertising for marketing and advertising dollars in general. In addition, our ability to attract new clients and to retain existing clients may, in some cases, be limited by clients policies on or perceptions of conflicts
of interest. These policies can prevent us from performing similar services for competing products or companies. Our Shoppers business competes for advertising, as well as for readers, with other print and electronic media. Competition comes from
local and regional newspapers, magazines, radio, broadcast, satellite and cable television, other shoppers, the internet, other communications media and other advertising printers that operate in our markets. The extent and nature of such
competition are, in large part, determined by the location and demographics of the markets targeted by a particular advertiser and the number of media alternatives in those markets. Our failure to improve our current processes or to develop new
products and services could result in the loss of our clients to current or future competitors. In addition, failure to gain market acceptance of new products and services could adversely affect our growth.

Current and future competitors may have significantly greater financial and other resources than we do, and they may sell competing products and
services at lower prices or at lower profit margins, resulting in pressures on our prices and margins.

The sizes of our competitors
vary across market segments. Therefore, some of our competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources than we do in one or more of our market segments, or overall. As a result, our competitors may be in a
position to respond more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, or may devote greater resources than we can to the development, promotion, sale and support of products and services. Moreover, new
competitors or alliances among our competitors may emerge and potentially reduce our market share, revenue or margins. Some of our competitors also may choose to sell products or services competitive to ours at lower prices by accepting lower
margins and profitability, or may be able to sell products or services competitive to ours at lower prices given proprietary ownership of data, technical superiority or economies of scale. Price reductions or pricing pressure by our competitors
could negatively impact our margins and results of operations, and could also harm our ability to obtain new customers on favorable terms. Competitive pricing pressures tend to increase in difficult economic environments, such as the current
environments in the United States and other economies, due to reduced marketing expenditures of many of our clients and prospects and the resulting impact on the competitive business environment for marketing service providers such as our company.

We must maintain technological competitiveness, continually improve our processes and develop and introduce new products and services
in a timely and cost-effective manner.

We believe that our success depends on, among other things, maintaining technological
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Technology changes rapidly and there are continuous improvements in computer hardware, network operating systems, programming tools, programming languages, operating systems, database technology
and the use of the Internet. Advances in information technology may result in changing client preferences for products and product delivery formats in our industry. We must continually improve our current processes and develop and introduce new
products and services in order to match our competitors technological developments and other improvements in competing product and service offerings and the increasingly sophisticated requirements of our clients. We may be unable to
successfully identify, develop and bring new and enhanced services and products to market in a timely and cost-effective manner, such services and products may not be commercially successful, and services, products and technologies developed by
others may render our services and products noncompetitive or obsolete.

Our success depends on our ability to consistently and
effectively deliver our products and services to our clients.

Our success depends on our ability to effectively and consistently
staff and execute client engagements within the agreed upon timeframe and budget. Depending on the needs of our clients, our Direct Marketing engagements may require customization, integration and coordination of a number of complex product and
service offerings and execution across many of our facilities worldwide. Moreover, in some of our engagements, we rely on subcontractors and other third parties to provide a portion of our overall services, and we cannot guarantee that these third
parties will effectively deliver their services or that we will have adequate recourse against these third parties in the event they fail to effectively deliver their services. Other contingencies and events outside of our control may also impact
our ability to provide our products and services. Our failure to effectively and timely staff, coordinate and execute our client engagements may adversely impact existing client relationships, the amount or timing of payments from our clients, our
reputation in the marketplace and ability to secure additional business and our resulting financial performance. In addition, our contractual arrangements with our Direct Marketing clients and other customers may not provide us with sufficient
protections against claims for lost profits or other claims for damages.

If we lose key management or are unable to attract and retain
the talent required for our business, our operating results could suffer.

Our prospects depend in large part upon our ability to
attract, train and retain experienced technical, client services, sales, consulting, research and development, marketing, administrative and management personnel. While the demand for personnel is dependent on employment levels, competitive factors
and general economic conditions, qualified personnel historically have been in great demand. The loss or prolonged absence of the services of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating
results.

We have recently experienced, and may experience in the future, reduced demand for our products and services and increased bad
debt expense because of general economic conditions, the financial conditions and marketing budgets of our clients and other factors that may impact the industry verticals that we serve.

Economic downturns often severely affect the marketing services industry. Recently, and in other previous economic downturns, our customers have responded,
and may respond in the future, to weak economic conditions by reducing their marketing budgets, which are generally discretionary in nature and easier to reduce in the short-term than other expenses. In addition, revenues from our Shoppers business
are largely dependent on local advertising expenditures in the markets in which they operate. Such expenditures are substantially affected by the strength of the local economies in those markets. Direct Marketing revenues are dependent on national,
regional and international economies and business conditions. A lasting economic recession or downturn in the United States economy and the economies we operate in abroad, such as the current recession, could have material adverse effects on our
business, financial position or operating results. Similarly, there may be industry or company-specific factors that negatively impact our clients and prospective clients or their industries and result in reduced demand for our products and
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We may also experience reduced demand as a result of consolidation of clients and prospective clients in the industry verticals that we serve. See Managements Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Form 10-K for additional information about the adverse impact on our financial performance of the ongoing difficult economic environment in the United States and other economies.

Our Shoppers business is geographically concentrated and is subject to the California and Florida economies.

Our Shoppers business is concentrated geographically in California and Florida. An economic downturn in these states, such as the current downturn, or a
large disaster, such as a flood, hurricane, earthquake or other disaster or condition that disables our facilities, immobilizes the USPS or causes a significant negative change in the economies of these regions, could have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial position or operating results.

Our business plan requires us to effectively manage our costs. If we do not
achieve our cost management objectives, our financial results could be adversely affected.

Our business plan and expectations for the
future require that we effectively manage our cost structure, including our operating expenses and capital expenditures across our operations. To the extent that we do not effectively manage our costs, our financial results may be adversely affected
in any economic climate and even more so during a prolonged recession, such as the ongoing economic downturn in the United States and other economies.

Privacy, security and other direct marketing regulatory requirements may prevent or impair our ability to offer our products and services.

We are subject to, or affected by, numerous laws, regulations and industry standards that regulate direct marketing activities, including those that address privacy, data security and unsolicited
marketing communications. Please refer to the section above entitled U.S. and Foreign Government Regulations for additional information regarding some of these regulations.

As a result of increasing public awareness and interest in individual privacy rights, data security and environmental and other concerns regarding unsolicited marketing communications, federal, state and
foreign governmental and industry organizations continue to consider new legislative and regulatory proposals that would impose additional restrictions on direct marketing services and products. Examples include data encryption standards, data
breach notification requirements, consumer choice and consent restrictions and increased penalties against offending parties, among others. We anticipate that additional proposals will continue to be introduced in the future, some of which may be
adopted. In addition, our business may be affected by the impact of these restrictions on our clients and their marketing activities. These additional regulations could increase compliance requirements and restrict or prevent the collection,
management, aggregation, transfer, use or dissemination of information or data that is currently legally available. Additional regulations may also restrict or prevent current practices regarding unsolicited marketing communications. For example,
many states have considered implementing do-not-mail legislation that could impact our Direct Marketing and Shoppers businesses and the businesses of our clients and customers. In addition, continued public interest in individual privacy rights and
data security may result in the adoption of further voluntary industry guidelines that could impact our direct marketing activities and business practices.

We cannot predict the scope of any new legislation, regulations or industry guidelines or how courts may interpret existing and new laws. Additionally, enforcement priorities by governmental authorities
may change and also impact our business. Compliance with regulations is costly and time-consuming, and we may encounter difficulties, delays or significant expenses in connection with our compliance, and we may be exposed to significant penalties,
liabilities, reputational harm and loss of business in the event that we fail to comply. There could be a material adverse impact on our business due to the enactment or enforcement of legislation or industry regulations, the issuance of judicial or
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We could fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights and may face claims for
intellectual property infringement.

Our ability to compete effectively depends in part on the protection of our technology, products,
services and brands through intellectual property right protections, including patents, copyrights, database rights, trade secrets, trademarks and domain name registrations and enforcement procedures. The extent to which such rights can be protected
and enforced varies in different jurisdictions. There is also a risk of litigation relating to our use or future use of intellectual property rights of third parties. Third-party infringement claims and any related litigation against us could
subject us to liability for damages, restrict us from using and providing our technologies, products or services or operating our business generally, or require changes to be made to our technologies, products and services. Please refer to the
section above entitled Intellectual Property Rights for additional information regarding our intellectual property and associated risks.

Consumer perceptions regarding the privacy and security of their data may prevent or impair our ability to offer our products and services.

Pursuant to various federal, state, foreign and industry regulations, consumers have control as to how certain data regarding them is collected, used and shared for marketing purposes. If due to privacy
or security concerns, consumers exercise their ability to prevent such data collection, use or sharing, this may impair our ability to provide direct marketing to those consumers and limit our clients requirements for our services.
Additionally, privacy and security concerns may limit consumers willingness to voluntarily provide data to our customers or marketing companies. Some of our services depend on voluntarily provided data and may be impaired without such data.

Our reputation and business results may be adversely impacted if we, or subcontractors upon whom we rely, do not effectively protect
sensitive personal information of our clients and our clients customers.

Current privacy and data security laws and industry
standards impact the manner in which we capture, handle, analyze and disseminate customer and prospect data as part of our client engagements. In many instances, client contracts also mandate privacy and security practices. If we fail to effectively
protect and control sensitive personal information (such as personal health information, social security numbers or credit card numbers) of our clients and their customers or prospects in accordance with these requirements, we may incur significant
expenses, suffer reputational harm and loss of business, and, in certain cases, be subjected to regulatory or governmental sanctions or litigation. These risks may be increased due to our reliance on subcontractors and other third parties in
providing a portion of our overall services in certain engagements. We cannot guarantee that these third parties will effectively protect and handle sensitive personal information or other confidential information, or that we will have adequate
recourse against these third parties in that event.

We may not be able to adequately protect our information systems.

Our ability to protect our information systems against damage from a data loss, security breach, computer virus, fire, power loss,
telecommunications failure or other disaster is critical to our future success. Some of these systems may be outsourced to third-party providers from time to time. Any damage to our information systems that causes interruptions in our operations or
a loss of data could affect our ability to meet our clients requirements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results. While we take precautions to protect our information systems, such
measures may not be effective, and existing measures may become inadequate because of changes in future conditions.

Breaches of
security, or the perception that e-commerce is not secure, could harm our business and reputation.

Business-to-business and
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services are accessed through the Internet. Security breaches in connection with the delivery of our products and services, or well-publicized security breaches that may affect us or our
industry, such as database intrusion, could be detrimental to our business, operating results and financial condition. We cannot be certain that advances in criminal capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other developments
will not compromise or breach the technology protecting the information systems that access our products, services and proprietary database information.

Data suppliers could withdraw data that we rely on for our products and services.

We purchase or license much of the data we use.There could be a material adverse impact on our Direct Marketing business if owners of the data we use were to withdraw or cease to allow access to the data or materially restrict the
authorized uses of their data. Data providers could withdraw their data if there is a competitive reason to do so, if there is pressure from the consumer community or if additional legislation is passed restricting the use of the data. We also rely
upon data from other external sources to maintain our proprietary and non-proprietary databases, including data received from customers and various government and public record sources. If a substantial number of data providers or other key data
sources were to withdraw or restrict their data, if we were to lose access to data due to government regulation, or if the collection of data becomes uneconomical, our ability to provide products and services to our clients could be materially
adversely affected, which could result in decreased revenues, net income and earnings per share.

We must successfully evaluate
acquisition targets and integrate acquisitions.

We frequently evaluate acquisition opportunities to expand our product and service
offerings and geographic locations, including potential international acquisitions. Acquisition activities, even if not consummated, require substantial amounts of management time and can distract from normal operations. In addition, we may be
unable to achieve the profitability goals, synergies and other objectives initially sought in acquisitions, and any acquired assets, data or businesses may not be successfully integrated into our operations. Acquisitions may result in the impairment
of relationships with employees and customers. Moreover, although we review and analyze assets or companies we acquire, such reviews are subject to uncertainties and may not reveal all potential risks, and we may incur unanticipated liabilities and
expenses as a result of our acquisition activities. The failure to identify appropriate candidates, to negotiate favorable terms, or to successfully integrate future acquisitions into existing operations could result in not achieving planned revenue
growth and could negatively impact our net income and earnings per share.

We are vulnerable to increases in paper prices.

Newsprint prices have fluctuated in recent years. We maintain, on average, less than 45 days of paper inventory and do not purchase
our paper pursuant to long-term paper contracts. Because we have a limited ability to protect ourselves from fluctuations in the price of paper or to pass increased costs along to our clients, these fluctuations could materially affect the results
of our operations.

We are vulnerable to increases in postal rates and disruptions in postal services.

Our Shoppers and Direct Marketing services depend on the USPS to deliver products. Our shoppers are delivered by Standard Mail, and postage is the second
largest expense, behind labor, in our Shoppers business. Standard postage rates increased in 2008 and 2009. The USPS did not file for a rate increase in February, and as a result we do not expect standard postage rates to increase in 2010. Under the
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the USPS can file for a rate increase in February of each year, and any increase will take effect the following May. Any such rate increase is capped at the average of the consumer price index from
the previous December. Overall Shoppers postage costs will be affected by any future increases in postage rates. Postage rates also influence the demand for our Direct Marketing services even though the cost of mailings is typically borne by our
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Our financial results could be negatively impacted by impairments of goodwill or other intangible
assets with indefinite useful lives.

As of December 31, 2009, the net book value of our goodwill and other intangibles,
represented approximately $569.2 million out of our total assets of $908.2 million. We test goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for impairment as of November 30 of each year and on an interim date should factors or
indicators become apparent that would require an interim test. A downward revision in the fair value of either of our reporting units or any of the other intangible assets could result in impairments and non-cash charges. Any such impairment charges
could have a significant negative effect on our reported net income.

Our indebtedness may adversely impact our ability to react to
changes in our business or changes in general economic conditions.

The amount of our indebtedness and the terms under which we have
borrowed money under our credit facilities or other agreements could have important consequences for our business. Our debt covenants require that we maintain certain financial measures and ratios. As a result of these covenants and ratios, we may
be limited in the manner in which we can conduct our business, and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs. A failure to comply with these restrictions or to maintain the financial
measures and ratios contained in the debt agreements could lead to an event of default that could result in an acceleration of outstanding indebtedness. In addition, the amount and terms of our indebtedness could:



| |  |  | limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industries in which we operate, including limiting our ability
to invest in our strategic initiatives, and, consequently, place us at a competitive disadvantage;
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general corporate purposes; and
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| |  |  | result in higher interest expense in the event of increases in interest rates, as discussed below under Interest rate increases could affect our
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We may incur additional indebtedness in the future and, if
new debt is added to our current debt levels, the above risks could be increased.

Interest rate increases could affect our results of
operations, cash flows and financial position.

Interest rate movements in Europe and the United States can affect the amount of
interest we pay related to our debt and the amount we earn on cash equivalents. Our primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in Europe, specifically Eurodollar rates, due to their impact on interest related to our credit
facilities. As of December 31, 2009, we had $239.7 million of debt outstanding, all of which was at variable interest rates. Our results of operations, cash flows and financial position could be materially adversely affected by significant
increases in interest rates. We also have exposure to interest rate fluctuations in the United States, specifically money market, commercial paper and overnight time deposit rates, as these affect our earnings on excess cash. Even with the
offsetting increase in earnings on excess cash in the event of an interest rate increase, we cannot be assured that future interest rate increases will not have a material adverse impact on our business, financial position or operating results.

Our international operations subject us to risks associated with operations outside the U.S.

Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing conducts business outside of the United States. During 2009, approximately 15.0% of Harte-Hanks Direct Marketings
revenues and 10.2% of Harte-Hanks total revenues were derived from businesses outside the United States, primarily Europe, Asia and South America. We may expand our international operations in the future as part of our growth strategy. Accordingly,
our future operating results could be negatively affected by a variety of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:



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In addition, exchange rate movements may have an impact on our future costs or on future cash flows from foreign investments. We have not entered into any foreign currency forward exchange contracts or
other derivative instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The various risks that are inherent in doing business in the United States are also generally applicable to doing business outside of the
United States, and may be exaggerated by the difficulty of doing business in numerous sovereign jurisdictions due to differences in culture, laws and regulations.

We must maintain effective internal controls.

In designing and evaluating our
internal controls over financial reporting, we recognize that any internal control or procedure, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving desired control objectives and that no system of internal
controls can be designed to provide absolute assurance of effectiveness. If we fail to maintain a system of effective internal controls, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results. Additionally,
adverse publicity related to a failure in our internal controls over financial reporting could have a negative impact on our reputation and business.

Fluctuation in our revenue and operating results and other factors may impact the volatility of our stock price.

The
price at which our common stock has traded in recent years has fluctuated greatly and has declined significantly over that period of time. The price may continue to be volatile due to a number of factors including the following, some of which are
beyond our control:



| |  |  | the impact and duration of the ongoing economic downturn, overall strength of the United States and other economies and general market volatility;
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| |  |  | unanticipated developments with client engagements or client demand, such as variations in the size, budget, or progress toward the completion of
engagements, variability in the market demand for our services, client consolidations and the unanticipated termination of several major client engagements;
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As a result of these and other factors, investors in our common stock may not be able to resell their shares at or above their original purchase price.

War or terrorism could affect our business.

War and/or terrorism or the threat of war and/or terrorism involving the United States could have a significant impact on our business, financial position or operating results. War or the threat of war
could substantially affect the levels of advertising expenditures by clients in each of our businesses. In addition, each of our businesses could be affected by operation disruptions and a shortage of supplies and labor related to such a war or
threat of war.



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|ITEM 1B. | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
|-------- | -------------------------

None.



|ITEM 2. | PROPERTIES
|------- | ----------

Our headquarters are located
in San Antonio, Texas, and we occupy approximately 8,000 square feet of leased premises at that location. Our business is conducted in facilities worldwide containing aggregate space of approximately 3.4 million square feet. Approximately
3.2 million square feet are held under leases, which expire at dates through 2017. The balance of the properties, used in our Southern California Shoppers operations and Hasselt, Belgium Direct Marketing operations, are owned.



|ITEM 3. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|------- | -----------------

Information regarding
legal proceedings is set forth in Note K, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and is incorporated herein by reference.



|ITEM 4. | RESERVED
|------- | --------

PART II



|ITEM 5. | MARKET FOR REGISTRANTS COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
|------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock

Our common stock is
listed on the NYSE (symbol: HHS). The reported high and low quarterly sales price ranges for 2009 and 2008 were as follows:



|               |  |       |  |      |  |       |  |      
|-------------- |  | ----- |  | ---- |  | ----- |  | -----
|               |  | 2009  |  | 2008
|               |  | High  |  | Low  |  | High  |  | Low  
|First Quarter  |  | 7.98  |  | 4.50 |  | 17.96 |  | 13.06
|Second Quarter |  | 10.14 |  | 5.21 |  | 14.33 |  | 11.15
|Third Quarter  |  | 14.22 |  | 8.31 |  | 13.12 |  | 9.93 
|Fourth Quarter |  | 14.48 |  | 9.25 |  | 10.32 |  | 4.43 

In 2009 and 2008, quarterly dividends
were paid at the rate of 7.5 cents per share.

We currently plan to pay a quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per common share in each of the
quarters in 2010, although any actual dividend declaration can be made only upon approval of our Board of Directors, based on its business judgment.

As of January 31, 2010, there are approximately 2,500 holders of record.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the fourth quarter of 2009, we did not purchase any shares of our stock through our stock repurchase program that was publicly
announced in January 1997. Under this program, from which shares can be purchased in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 74,400,000 shares of our outstanding
common stock. As of December 31, 2009, we had repurchased a total of 63,924,509 shares at an average price of $18.83 per share under this program. The maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under this program was 10,475,491 at
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Comparison of Stockholder Returns

The material under this heading is not soliciting material, is not deemed filed with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the 1933 Act or
the 1934 Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.

The
following graph compares the cumulative total return of our common stock during the period December 31, 2004 to December 31, 2009 with the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index (S&P 500 Index) and with a peer group including
Acxiom Corporation, Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Consolidated Graphics, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Equifax, Inc., Fair Isaac and Company, Inc., ICT Group, Inc., Infogroup, Inc., Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., PC Mall,
Inc., Sykes Enterprises, Inc., Teletech Holdings, Inc., Valassis Communications, Inc., ValueClick, Inc., and Viad Corp.

The S&P Index
includes 500 United States companies in the industrial, transportation, utilities and financial sectors and is weighted by market capitalization. The peer groups are also weighted by market capitalization.



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The graph depicts the results of investing $100 in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the peer
groups at closing prices on December 31, 2004 and assumes the reinvestment of dividends.

LOGO



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|----------------- |  | ---------- |  | ------------ |  | ------ |  | ------ |  | ------ |  | ------
|                  |  | BasePeriod |  | Years Ending
|                  |  | Dec-04     |  | Dec-05       |  | Dec-06 |  | Dec-07 |  | Dec-08 |  | Dec-09
|Harte-Hanks, Inc. |  | 100        |  | 102.33       |  | 108.39 |  | 68.55  |  | 25.46  |  | 45.52 
|S&P 500 Index     |  | 100        |  | 104.91       |  | 121.48 |  | 128.16 |  | 80.74  |  | 102.11
|Peer Group        |  | 100        |  | 100.39       |  | 123.17 |  | 109.24 |  | 68.79  |  | 97.30 



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|ITEM 6. | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
|------- | -----------------------

The following
table sets forth our summary historical financial information for the periods ended and as of the dates indicated. You should read the following historical financial information along with Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations contained in this Form 10-K. The fiscal year financial information included in the table below for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007 is derived from audited financial statements
contained in this Form 10-K. Information for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 can be found in our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K.



|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ---- | ------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | - |  | ---- | --------- | - |  | - | --------- | -
|In thousands, except per share amounts                                   |  | 2009 |         |   | 2008 |   |           | 2007 |  |   | 2006      |   |  | 2005 |          
|Statement of Operations Data                                             |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Revenues                                                                 |  | $    | 860,143 |   |      | $ | 1,082,821 |      |  | $ | 1,162,886 |   |  | $    | 1,184,688 |   |  | $ | 1,134,993 |  
|Operating expenses                                                       |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Labor, production and distribution                                       |  |      | 678,307 |   |      |   | 847,470   |      |  |   | 871,468   |   |  |      | 874,088   |   |  |   | 825,568   |  
|Advertising, selling, general and administrative                         |  |      | 62,479  |   |      |   | 81,655    |      |  |   | 89,787    |   |  |      | 90,516    |   |  |   | 88,067    |  
|Shoppers legal settlement in principle                                   |  |      | 6,950   |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                            |  |      | 28,265  |   |      |   | 33,429    |      |  |   | 33,195    |   |  |      | 31,566    |   |  |   | 29,918    |  
|Intangible amortization                                                  |  |      | 1,712   |   |      |   | 2,950     |      |  |   | 3,509     |   |  |      | 2,466     |   |  |   | 1,427     |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Total operating expenses                                                 |  |      | 777,713 |   |      |   | 965,504   |      |  |   | 997,959   |   |  |      | 998,636   |   |  |   | 944,980   |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Operating income                                                         |  |      | 82,430  |   |      |   | 117,317   |      |  |   | 164,927   |   |  |      | 186,052   |   |  |   | 190,013   |  
|Interest expense, net                                                    |  |      | 7,968   |   |      |   | 13,823    |      |  |   | 12,453    |   |  |      | 6,102     |   |  |   | 1,760     |  
|Net Income                                                               |  | $    | 47,715  |   |      | $ | 62,741    |      |  | $ | 92,640    |   |  | $    | 111,792   |   |  | $ | 114,458   |  
|Earnings per common sharediluted                                        |  | $    | 0.75    |   |      | $ | 0.98      |      |  | $ | 1.26      |   |  | $    | 1.39      |   |  | $ | 1.34      |  
|Cash dividends per common share                                          |  | $    | 0.30    |   |      | $ | 0.30      |      |  | $ | 0.28      |   |  | $    | 0.24      |   |  | $ | 0.20      |  
|Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares outstandingdiluted |  |      | 63,885  |   |      |   | 64,104    |      |  |   | 73,703    |   |  |      | 80,646    |   |  |   | 85,406    |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |     
|Segment Data                                                             |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Revenues                                                                 |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing                                                         |  | $    | 585,988 |   |      | $ | 732,740   |      |  | $ | 732,461   |   |  | $    | 709,728   |   |  | $ | 694,558   |  
|Shoppers                                                                 |  |      | 274,155 |   |      |   | 350,081   |      |  |   | 430,425   |   |  |      | 474,960   |   |  |   | 440,435   |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Total revenues                                                           |  | $    | 860,143 |   |      | $ | 1,082,821 |      |  | $ | 1,162,886 |   |  | $    | 1,184,688 |   |  | $ | 1,134,993 |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Operating income (loss)                                                  |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing                                                         |  | $    | 95,812  |   |      | $ | 103,121   |      |  | $ | 108,796   |   |  | $    | 109,458   |   |  | $ | 108,095   |  
|Shoppers                                                                 |  |      | (1,354  | ) |      |   | 25,884    |      |  |   | 70,784    |   |  |      | 88,814    |   |  |   | 94,231    |  
|General corporate                                                        |  |      | (12,028 | ) |      |   | (11,688   | )    |  |   | (14,653   | ) |  |      | (12,220   | ) |  |   | (12,313   | )
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Total operating income                                                   |  | $    | 82,430  |   |      | $ | 117,317   |      |  | $ | 164,927   |   |  | $    | 186,052   |   |  | $ | 190,013   |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Capital expenditures                                                     |  | $    | 9,011   |   |      | $ | 19,947    |      |  | $ | 28,217    |   |  | $    | 33,708    |   |  | $ | 28,215    |  
|                                                                         |  |      |         |   |     
|Balance sheet data (at end of period)                                    |  |      |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |           |   |  |   |           |  
|Current assets                                                           |  | $    | 256,599 |   |      | $ | 241,203   |      |  | $ | 265,680   |   |  | $    | 279,975   |   |  | $ | 253,704   |  
|Property, plant and equipment, net                                       |  |      | 78,399  |   |      |   | 97,433    |      |  |   | 112,354   |   |  |      | 116,591   |   |  |   | 112,911   |  
|Goodwill and other intangibles, net                                      |  |      | 569,163 |   |      |   | 570,866   |      |  |   | 564,522   |   |  |      | 568,795   |   |  |   | 519,419   |  
|Total assets                                                             |  |      | 908,151 |   |      |   | 913,566   |      |  |   | 951,926   |   |  |      | 969,285   |   |  |   | 889,663   |  
|Total debt                                                               |  |      | 239,688 |   |      |   | 270,625   |      |  |   | 259,125   |   |  |      | 205,000   |   |  |   | 62,000    |  
|Total stockholders equity                                               |  | $    | 401,643 |   |      | $ | 356,372   |      |  | $ | 408,512   |   |  | $    | 493,476   |   |  | $ | 561,346   |  



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|ITEM 7. | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

This report, including this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A), contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. All such statements are qualified by the cautionary note included under Item 1A above, which is provided pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act.
Actual results may vary materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements.

Overview

The following MD&A section is intended to help the reader understand the results of operations and financial condition of
Harte-Hanks, Inc. (Harte-Hanks). This section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our financial statements and the accompanying notes to the financial statements.

Harte-Hanks is a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company that provides direct marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to a wide
range of local, regional, national and international consumer and business-to-business marketers. We manage our operations through two operating segments: Direct Marketing and Shoppers.

In 2009, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing had revenues of $586.0 million, which accounted for 68% of our total revenues. Direct Marketing services are targeted to specific industries or markets with services
and software products tailored to each industry or market. Currently, our Direct Marketing business services various vertical markets including retail, high-tech/telecom, financial services, pharmaceutical/healthcare, and a wide range of selected
markets. We believe that we are generally able to provide services to new industries and markets by modifying our services and applications as opportunities are presented. Depending on the needs of our clients, our Direct Marketing capabilities are
provided in an integrated approach through more than 30 facilities worldwide, more than 10 of which are located outside of the United States. Each of these centers possesses some specialization and is linked with others to support the needs of our
clients. We use various capabilities and technologies to enable our clients to capture, analyze and disseminate customer and prospect data across all points of customer contact.

We offer a full complement of capabilities and resources, including:



| |  |  | agency and creative services;
| | - |  | -----------------------------



| |  |  | database marketing solutions;
| | - |  | -----------------------------



| |  |  | data quality software and services with Trillium Software;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | digital marketing;
| | - |  | ------------------



| |  |  | direct mail and logistics;
| | - |  | --------------------------



| |  |  | fulfillment and contact centers; and
| | - |  | ------------------------------------



| |  |  | lead generation.
| | - |  | ----------------

Harte-Hanks Shoppers is North Americas largest owner, operator and distributor of shopper publications, based on weekly circulation and revenues. Shoppers are weekly advertising publications delivered free by Standard Mail to
households and businesses in a particular geographic area. Shoppers offer advertisers a targeted, cost-effective local advertising system, with virtually 100% penetration in their area of distribution. Shoppers are particularly effective in large
markets with high media fragmentation in which major metropolitan newspapers generally have low penetration. Our Shoppers segment also provides advertising and other services online through our websites, PennySaverUSA.com and
TheFlyer.com. These sites are online advertising portals, bringing buyers and sellers together through our online products, including local classifieds, business listings,



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coupons, special offers and Power Sites. Power Sites are templated web sites for our customers, optimized to help small and medium sized business owners establish a web presence and improve their
lead generation. In 2009, our Shoppers segment had revenues of $274.2 million, which represented 32% of our total revenues.

At
December 31, 2009, our Shoppers were zoned into more than 950 separate editions with total circulation of approximately 11.5 million in California and Florida each week. As a result of the difficult economic environment in California and
Florida, we curtailed more than 1.4 million of unprofitable or marginal circulation from July 2008 to February 2009. This consisted of approximately 850,000 of circulation in California and 550,000 of circulation in Florida. We continue to
evaluate all of our circulation performance and may make further circulation reductions in the future as part of our efforts to address the difficult economic conditions in California and Florida.

We derive revenues from the sale of direct marketing services and shopper advertising services. As a worldwide business, Direct Marketing is affected by
general national and international economic trends. Direct Marketing revenues are also affected by economic fundamentals of each industry that we serve, various market factors, including the demand for services by our clients, and the financial
condition of and budgets available to specific clients, among other factors. Our Shoppers operate in regional markets in California and Florida and are largely affected by the strength of the local economies.

Our businesses continued to face challenging economic environments in 2009, which negatively impacted our financial performance. Marketing budgets are often
more discretionary in nature and easier to reduce in the short-term than other expenses in response to weak economic conditions. Difficult economic conditions, in some cases including consolidation and bankruptcies of customers and prospective
customers in the industry verticals that we serve, have resulted in pricing pressures and in reduced demand for our products and services.

Direct Marketing revenues are dependent on, among other things, national, regional and international economic and business conditions. During 2009, the economic recession in the United States and other economies continued to adversely
impact the marketing expenditures and activities of our customers, resulting in pricing pressures, significant reductions and delays in spending by clients and prospective clients.

Revenues from our Shoppers business are largely dependent on local advertising expenditures in the California and Florida geographies in which we operate. Such expenditures are substantially affected by
the strength of the local economies in those markets. During 2009, the negative trends and economic conditions that we have seen since the second half of 2007 in California and Florida continued. These conditions were initially created by weakness
in the real estate and associated financing markets and have spread across virtually all categories.

As a result of the challenging
environments, we have taken actions designed to align our expense base and structure to the external economic environment facing our businesses. These actions have included headcount reductions, consolidating businesses and closing facilities,
reductions of marginal Shoppers circulation, wage freezes and reductions, tightened management of capital spending, non-client travel restrictions and enhanced controls around accounts receivable and collections. These actions helped to produce
improved margins in our Direct Marketing business while limiting the amount of margin lost in our Shoppers business, in spite of revenue declines of 20% or more in both businesses. Nevertheless, we cannot predict the impact of future economic
conditions or the ultimate effectiveness of and expenses associated with our efforts to address those economic conditions.

Although economic
uncertainty remains, and we believe that 2010 will continue to be challenging, we did see slight improvement in both businesses towards the end of the fourth quarter of 2009. Due to the structural changes we have made across our entire company, we
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Our principal operating expense items are labor, postage and transportation.

Results of Operations

Operating
results were as follows:



|                                      |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |           |  |       |  |   |          
|------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ------- | ------- | ----- | ---- | - | --------- |  | ----- |  | - | ---------
|In thousands except per share amounts |  | 2009 |         | %Change |       | 2008 |   | %Change   |  | 2007 
|Revenues                              |  | $    | 860,143 |         | -20.6 |      | $ | 1,082,821 |  | -6.9  |  | $ | 1,162,886
|Operating expenses                    |  |      | 777,713 |         | -19.5 |      |   | 965,504   |  | -3.3  |  |   | 997,959  
|                                      |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |           |  |       |  |   |          
|Operating income                      |  | $    | 82,430  |         | -29.7 |      | $ | 117,317   |  | -28.9 |  | $ | 164,927  
|                                      |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |           |  |       |  |   |          
|Net income                            |  | $    | 47,715  |         | -23.9 |      | $ | 62,741    |  | -32.3 |  | $ | 92,640   
|                                      |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |           |  |       |  |   |          
|Diluted earnings per share            |  | $    | 0.75    |         | -23.5 |      | $ | 0.98      |  | -22.2 |  | $ | 1.26     
|                                      |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |           |  |       |  |   |          

Year ended December 31, 2009 vs. Year ended December 31,
2008

Revenues

Consolidated revenues decreased 20.6%, to $860.1 million, and operating income decreased 29.7%, to $82.4 million, in 2009 compared to 2008. Our overall results reflect decreased revenues of $146.8 million, or 20.0%, from our Direct
Marketing segment and decreased revenues of $75.9 million, or 21.7%, from our Shoppers segment. Direct Marketing experienced year-over-year double-digit revenue declines from all vertical markets. These results reflect the effects of the economic
recession on our Direct Marketing business. Shoppers revenue performance reflects the continued impact that the difficult economic environments in California and Florida are having on our Shoppers business. The decrease in Shoppers revenues was the
result of decreased sales in established markets, including declines in virtually every revenue category, curtailment of circulation of approximately 1.5 million addresses from July 2008 to February 2009, and an additional publication week in
2008. Excluding revenues from discontinued circulation and the additional publication week, Shoppers revenues decreased approximately 17.1%.

Operating Expenses

Overall operating expenses decreased 19.5%, to $777.7 million, in 2009 compared to 2008. The overall
decrease in operating expenses was driven by decreased operating expenses in Direct Marketing of $139.4 million, or 22.1%, decreased operating expenses in Shoppers of $48.7 million, or 15.0%, and increased general corporate expense of $0.3 million,
or 2.9%. The Direct Marketing decrease was primarily a result of headcount reductions, lower outsourced costs, lower logistics-related transportation costs, lower commissions and less travel expense. The decrease at Shoppers was primarily due to
headcount reductions, decreases in postage and paper costs, lower bad debt expense, and lower promotion-related expense. This decrease at Shoppers was partially offset by a 2009 fourth quarter $7.0 million legal settlement in principle. The overall
decrease in operating expenses was partially offset by a $7.1 million increase in pension expense due to the 2008 decline in the market value of our pension plan assets.

Net Income/Earnings Per Share

Net income decreased 23.9%, to $47.7 million, and diluted
earnings per share decreased 23.5%, to $0.75 per share, in 2009 compared to 2008. The decreases in net income and diluted earnings per share were a result of decreased operating income from both Shoppers and Direct Marketing and increased general
corporate expense, partially offset by lower interest expense and a lower effective tax rate in 2009 compared to 2008.

Year ended
December 31, 2008 vs. Year ended December 31, 2007

Revenues

Consolidated revenues decreased 6.9%, to $1,082.8 million, in 2008 compared to 2007. Our overall results reflect decreased revenues of 18.7% from our Shoppers segment, partially offset by a slight
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California and Florida that we saw in 2007 continued and deteriorated throughout 2008. In Direct Marketing, the overall economic climate in the second half of 2008, and more specifically, the
financial market events that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2008, dramatically influenced business and consumer confidence and resulted in an immediate adverse impact on our Direct Marketing revenue.

Operating Expenses

Overall operating
expenses decreased 3.3%, to $965.5 million, in 2008 compared to 2007. This year-over-year change includes $10.4 million of expense recognized in 2008 and $9.0 million of expense recognized in 2007 related to cost management actions described above,
designed to align our expense base with reduced revenue levels. The overall decrease in operating expenses was driven by the $35.4 million, or 9.9%, decrease in Shoppers operating expenses. Shoppers results were impacted by cost cutting measures and
the decline in Shoppers revenues, and included declines in labor, production costs and general and administrative costs. Direct Marketing operating expenses increased $6.0 million, or 1.0%, and general corporate expense decreased $3.0 million or
20.2%.

Net Income/Earnings Per Share

Net income decreased 32.3%, to $62.7 million, while diluted earnings per share were down 22.2%, to $0.98 per share, in 2008 when compared to 2007. The decreases in net income and earnings per share were a result of decreased operating
income, primarily at Shoppers, and increased interest expense, partially offset by lower general corporate expense and a lower effective tax rate in 2008 when compared to 2007.

Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing operating results were as follows:



|                   |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |         |  |      |  |   |        
|------------------ |  | ---- | ------- | ------- | ----- | ---- | - | ------- |  | ---- |  | - | -------
|In thousands       |  | 2009 |         | %Change |       | 2008 |   | %Change |  | 2007
|Revenues           |  | $    | 585,988 |         | -20.0 |      | $ | 732,740 |  | 0.0  |  | $ | 732,461
|Operating expenses |  |      | 490,176 |         | -22.1 |      |   | 629,619 |  | 1.0  |  |   | 623,665
|                   |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |         |  |      |  |   |        
|Operating income   |  | $    | 95,812  |         | -7.1  |      | $ | 103,121 |  | -5.2 |  | $ | 108,796
|                   |  |      |         |         |       |      |   |         |  |      |  |   |        

Year ended December 31, 2009 vs. Year ended December 31,
2008

Revenues

Direct
Marketing revenues decreased $146.8 million, or 20.0%, in 2009 compared to 2008. Revenues from all of our vertical markets experienced double-digit revenue declines in 2009 compared to 2008. The financial services vertical continued to be the most
challenging, with revenues declining approximately 30% for the year. Revenues from our high tech/telecom and retail verticals declined approximately 20%, while our pharma/healthcare and select verticals had revenue declines in the high teens. These
results reflect the effects of the economic recession, including reduced volumes and price reductions, on our Direct Marketing business.

2010
revenues will depend on, among other factors, the impact and duration of the economic recession and overall strength of the national and international economies and how successful we are at maintaining and growing business with existing clients,
acquiring new clients and meeting client demands. We believe that in the long-term an increasing portion of overall marketing and advertising expenditures will be moved from other advertising media to the targeted media space, the results of which
can be more effectively tracked, enabling measurement of the return on marketing investment, and that our business will benefit as a result.

The cost of mailings is borne by our clients and is not directly reflected in our revenues or expenses.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased $139.4 million, or 22.1%, in 2009 compared to 2008. Labor costs decreased $62.2 million, or 19.1%, due to
headcount reductions, lower commissions as a result of revenue performance, lower healthcare costs due to reduced headcount and claims, decreased stock-based compensation and lower severance costs. This decrease was partially offset by an increase
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distribution costs decreased $60.2 million, or 26.8%, due to lower outsourced costs as a result of lower outsourced volumes, lower logistics-related transportation costs resulting from reduced
transportation volumes and decreased transportation costs. General and administrative expense decreased $11.0 million, or 21.4%, due primarily to less travel, less expense related to business and professional services, and a decrease in bad debt
expense. Depreciation and software amortization expense decreased $4.9 million, or 19.2%, due to decreased capital expenditures in the last several quarters and assets becoming fully depreciated. Intangible asset amortization decreased $1.2 million,
or 62.4%, due to certain intangible assets becoming fully amortized.

Direct Marketings largest cost components are labor, outsourced
costs and transportation costs. Each of these costs is somewhat variable and tends to fluctuate with revenues and the demand for our direct marketing services. Fuel costs have increased significantly in the last few years and were at historically
high levels throughout much of 2008 before decreasing significantly in the fourth quarter of 2008 and holding at those levels throughout 2009. Future changes in fuel costs will continue to impact Direct Marketings total production costs and
total operating expenses and may have an impact on future demand for our transportation services.

Year ended December 31, 2008 vs.
Year ended December 31, 2007

Revenues

Direct Marketing revenues increased $0.3 million, or less than 0.1%, in 2008 compared to 2007. Revenues increased 3.2% during the first nine months of 2008 and decreased 8.1% during the fourth quarter of
2008, compared to the same periods in 2007. The financial market events of the fourth quarter resulted in many of our clients reducing or canceling marketing projects.

In 2008, our high tech/telecom and select markets verticals both experienced double-digit revenue growth. High tech/telecom results were primarily driven by the acquisition of Mason Zimbler in January of
2008 and increases in various services to an existing high tech client. The select markets increase was due to increased revenues from the automotive segment. Our retail vertical decreased in the low-single digits as a result of general economic
conditions causing reduced consumer spending and the bankruptcy of several clients. The financial vertical was down in the high-single digits from decreases in retail banking and consumer finance businesses. Our pharma/healthcare vertical decreased
double-digits primarily as the result of the healthcare segment within the vertical.

The acquisition of Mason Zimbler positively affected our
revenues by approximately 1.0% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased $6.0 million, or 1.0%, in 2008 compared to 2007. The results were affected by approximately $5.8 million and $4.2 million of
costs, primarily severance and lease termination costs, recognized in 2008 and 2007, respectively, as part of the restructuring and cost-cutting initiatives discussed above. Labor costs decreased $3.6 million, or 1.1%, in 2008 compared to 2007 due
to headcount reductions and lower incentive compensation. This decrease was partially offset by a $2.1 million increase in severance. Production and distribution costs increased $11.1 million, or 5.2%, due to higher logistics-related transportation
costs resulting from increased volumes and higher fuel costs for much of 2008. General and administrative expense decreased $0.9 million, or 1.7%, due primarily to decreased travel, recruiting and training costs. This decrease was partially offset
by increased outside sales commissions and higher bad debt expense due to several customers experiencing financial difficulties. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.7 million, or 2.4%, due to certain intangible assets and software
becoming fully amortized.

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Shoppers

Shoppers operating results were as follows:



|                   |  |      |         |   |         |        |      |   |         |  |       |  |   |        
|------------------ |  | ---- | ------- | - | ------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------- |  | ----- |  | - | -------
|In thousands       |  | 2009 |         |   | %Change |        | 2008 |   | %Change |  | 2007 
|Revenues           |  | $    | 274,155 |   |         | -21.7  |      | $ | 350,081 |  | -18.7 |  | $ | 430,425
|Operating expenses |  |      | 275,509 |   |         | -15.0  |      |   | 324,197 |  | -9.9  |  |   | 359,641
|                   |  |      |         |   |         |        |      |   |         |  |       |  |   |        
|Operating income   |  | $    | (1,354  | ) |         | -105.2 |      | $ | 25,884  |  | -63.4 |  | $ | 70,784 
|                   |  |      |         |   |         |        |      |   |         |  |       |  |   |        

Year ended December 31, 2009 vs. Year ended December 31,
2008

Revenues

Shoppers revenues decreased $75.9 million, or 21.7%, in 2009 compared to 2008. These results reflect the continued impact that the difficult economic environments in California and Florida are having on our Shoppers business. The decrease
in revenues was the result of decreased sales in established markets, including declines in virtually every revenue category, and curtailment of circulation of approximately 250,000 in July 2008, 500,000 in December 2008 and 700,000 in February
2009. The net impact of these circulation curtailments was a reduction in Shoppers revenues of $15.5 million. The once every five to six year occurrence of one extra publication week in the fourth quarter of 2008 also contributed to the Shoppers
revenue decrease in 2009. The 53rdweek has historically
been marginally profitable. Excluding revenues from discontinued circulation and the 53rdweek in 2008, Shoppers revenues decreased approximately 17.1%. At December 31, 2009, our Shoppers circulation reached approximately 11.5 million addresses each week. We continue to evaluate all
of our circulation performance and may make further circulation reductions in the future as part of our efforts to address the difficult economic conditions in California and Florida.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased $48.7 million, or 15.0%, in 2009 compared
to 2008. This decrease was partially offset by a $7.0 million legal settlement in principle in the fourth quarter of 2009. Excluding this settlement in principle, total operating expenses would have decreased by $55.6 million, or 17.2%. Total labor
costs decreased $22.4 million, or 19.4%, as a result of reductions in our Shoppers workforce due to consolidations and circulation curtailments. Total production costs decreased $26.3 million, or 15.1%, due primarily to decreased postage costs
resulting from circulation curtailments and decreased distribution volumes, decreased outsourced printing costs due to lower distribution volumes and decreased paper costs due to circulation reductions and a decline in ad placements. This decrease
was partially offset by $1.6 million in lease write-offs in the first quarter of 2009 related to the consolidations and circulation curtailments. Total general and administrative costs increased $0.3 million, or 1.3%, due primarily to the $7.0
million legal settlement in principle. Excluding this settlement in principle, general and administrative costs decreased $6.6 million, or 25.5%, due primarily to lower bad debt expense and lower promotion-related expense due to revenue levels.
Depreciation and software amortization expense decreased $0.3 million, or 3.8%, due to decreased capital expenditures in the last several quarters and assets becoming fully depreciated. Intangible asset amortization decreased $0.1 million, or 4.9%.

Incremental expenses associated with the 53rdweek of publication in 2008 also slightly contributed to the overall decline in operating expenses in 2009.

Shoppers largest cost components are labor, postage and paper. Shoppers labor costs are partially variable and tend to fluctuate with the
number of zones, circulation, volumes and revenues. We realized a positive effect on our Shoppers labor costs in 2009 due to the circulation reductions described above. Standard postage rates have increased in recent years, and increased again in
May 2009. Shoppers postage rates increased by approximately 1.4% as a result of the May 2009 rate increase. We do not expect standard postage rates to change in 2010. Any future changes in postage rates will affect Shoppers production costs.
Newsprint prices increased over the first half of 2009 and then decreased in the second half of 2009. Any future changes in newsprint prices will affect Shoppers production costs. At the end of the first quarter of 2009, we completed the
consolidation of our two Florida production facilities into one facility. We incurred approximately $2.0 million in costs in the first quarter related to this action. The 2009 savings from this consolidation was offset by the 2009 first quarter
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Year ended December 31, 2008 vs. Year ended December 31, 2007

Revenues

Shoppers revenues decreased $80.3
million, or 18.7%, in 2008 compared to 2007. These results reflect the continued impact that the difficult economic environments in California and Florida are having on our Shoppers business. The decrease in revenues was the result of decreased
sales in established markets, including declines in virtually every revenue category, and curtailment of unprofitable circulation of approximately 600,000 that were initiated in June 2007 and 250,000 that were initiated in July 2008. The circulation
that was curtailed in June 2007 was in Northern and Southern California and represented approximately $3.0 million of revenue in 2007. The circulation that was curtailed in July 2008 was in Northern California and South Florida and represented
approximately $1.9 million of revenue in 2008 and $4.1 million of revenue in 2007. In response to the continued difficult economic environments in California and Florida we curtailed an additional 500,000 circulation in South and Central Florida
towards the end of December 2008. At December 31, 2008, our Shoppers circulation reached more than 12 million addresses in California and Florida each week.

Shoppers revenue decrease was slightly offset by the once every five to six year occurrence of one extra publication week in the fourth quarter of 2008. The 53rdweek has historically been marginally profitable, and in 2008 we
believe it generated a small loss.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased $35.4 million, or 9.9%, in 2008 compared to 2007. This decrease was partially offset by approximately $4.1
million and $2.4 million of costs recognized in 2008 and 2007 related to the restructuring, consolidation and circulation shut downs described below. Total labor costs decreased $14.2 million, or 11.0%, as a result of reductions in our Shoppers
workforce due to restructuring, consolidations and circulation curtailments. This decline was partially offset by increased severance costs of $1.9 million. Total production costs decreased $15.1 million, or 8.0%, due primarily to decreased paper
costs resulting from circulation curtailments, a decline in ad placements and lower newsprint rates, decreased postage due to circulation curtailments and decreased distribution volumes, and decreased offload printing costs due to decreased
print-and-deliver volumes. Total general and administrative costs decreased $6.5 million, or 20.0%, due primarily to lower promotion-related expense. Partially offsetting this decrease was a $1.8 million increase in bad debt expense due to several
customers experiencing financial difficulties. Depreciation and amortization expense increased $0.3 million, or 3.8%, due to the acceleration of depreciation of assets related to the circulation curtailments and plant consolidation. The overall
decline in operating expenses was slightly offset by incremental expenses associated with the 53rdweek of publication in 2008.

General Corporate Expense

Year ended December 31, 2009 vs. Year ended December 31, 2008

General corporate expense increased $0.3 million, or 2.9%, during 2009 compared to 2008. The increase was primarily due to an increase in pension expense resulting from the 2008 decline in the market
value of our pension plan assets. This increase was partially offset by lower payroll costs due to reduced headcount, and less expense related to professional services.

Year ended December 31, 2008 vs. Year ended December 31, 2007

General corporate
expense decreased $3.0 million, or 20.2%, during 2008 compared to 2007. The decrease was primarily due to a $2.4 million decrease in labor due to $2.5 million of compensation costs recognized during the third quarter of 2007 associated with the
retirement of former President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Hochhauser. The decrease in labor was partially offset by $0.5 million of severance costs recognized in 2008.



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Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased $6.1 million, or 42.6%, in 2009 compared to 2008, due to lower outstanding debt levels and lower interest rates in 2009 compared to 2008. Interest expense increased $1.2
million, or 9.3%, in 2008 compared to 2007 due to higher outstanding debt levels, primarily due to the repurchases of our common stock, in 2008 than in 2007. Our debt at December 31, 2009 and 2008 is described in Note D, Long-Term Debt,
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, included herein.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased $0.2 million, or 51.9%, in 2009 and $0.2 million, or 29.9%, in 2008 compared to 2008 and 2007, respectively. These decreases were
due to normal variances in cash levels and lower interest rates on investments than in the prior years.

Other Income and Expense

Other net expense for 2009 and 2008 primarily consists of currency transaction gains and losses and balance-based bank charges.

Income Taxes

Year
ended December 31, 2009 vs. Year ended December 31, 2008

Income taxes decreased $14.6 million in 2009 compared to 2008 due to
lower pretax income levels and a lower effective tax rate. The effective income tax rate for 2009 was 33.7% compared to 38.2% in 2008. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily due to a decrease in our state income tax resulting from a
reduction to our uncertain tax liabilities, as well as operations in states with higher tax rates having been more negatively impacted by the economic downturn.

Year ended December 31, 2008 vs. Year ended December 31, 2007

Income taxes
decreased $19.7 million in 2008 compared to 2007 due to lower pretax income levels. The effective income tax rate for 2008 was 38.2% compared to 38.7% in 2007. The decrease in the effective tax rate from 2007 to 2008 was primarily the result of the
recognition of certain tax benefits in the first quarter of 2008. The effective income tax rate calculated is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35% due to the addition of state taxes.

Economic Climate and Impact on our Financial Statements

The current economic climate has had a negative impact on our operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our financial position at December 31, 2009. We cannot predict
the timing, strength or duration of the current economic recession or any subsequent economic recovery. If the economic climate and markets we serve deteriorate, we may record charges related to restructuring costs and the impairment of goodwill,
other intangibles and long-lived assets, and our operations, cash flows and financial position may be materially and adversely affected.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources and Uses of Cash

As of December 31, 2009, cash and cash equivalents were $86.6 million, increasing $56.4 million from cash and cash equivalents at December 31,
2008. This net increase was a result of net cash provided by operating activities of $114.0 million, offset by net cash used in investing activities of $8.9 million and net cash used in financing activities of $49.5 million.



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Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities in 2009 was $114.0 million, compared to $116.7 million in 2008. The $2.7 million year-over-year decrease was attributable to lower net income, changes within
noncash expense items and changes within working capital assets and liabilities.

In 2009, our principal working capital changes, which
directly affected net cash provided by operating activities, were as follows:



| |  |  | A decrease in accounts receivable attributable to lower revenues in the fourth quarter of 2009 than in the fourth quarter of 2008. Days sales
outstanding were approximately 59 days at December 31, 2009 compared to 58 days at December 31, 2008;
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| |  |  | A decrease in inventory due to Shoppers circulation curtailment, lower Shoppers ad placements and lower paper prices towards the end of 2009;
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| |  |  | A decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets due to timing of payments;
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| |  |  | A decrease in accounts payable due to overall lower operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2009 than in the fourth quarter of 2008 and lower
workers compensation insurance reserves at December 31, 2009 than at December 31, 2008, partially offset by the $7.0 million accrual at December 31, 2009 for the legal settlement in principle;
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| |  |  | A decrease in accrued payroll and related expenses due to headcount reductions, timing of payroll payments and lower accrued commissions at
December 31, 2009 than at December 31, 2008;
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| |  |  | A decrease in customer deposits and unearned revenue due to timing of receipts and decrease in revenue levels; and
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| |  |  | A decrease in income taxes payable due to the timing of quarterly estimated federal and state taxes payments and lower pretax income levels in 2009
than 2008.
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Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $8.9 million in 2009, compared to $28.3 million in 2008. The $19.4 million decrease is the result of the January 2008 acquisition of Mason Zimbler and a $10.9
million decline in capital spending in 2009 compared to 2008.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $49.5 million in 2009 compared to $79.7 million in 2008. The $30.2 million decrease is attributable primarily to
$76.6 million spent to repurchase our common stock in 2008. We did not repurchase any of our common stock in 2009. This decrease was partially offset by $42.4 million more net debt repayments in 2009 than in 2008.

Credit Facilities

On August 12, 2005,
we entered into a five-year $125 million revolving credit facility (Revolving Credit Facility) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Revolving Credit Facility allows us to obtain revolving credit loans. For each borrowing
under the Revolving Credit Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated based on either JPMorgan Chase Banks publicly announced New York prime rate or on a Eurodollar (as defined in the Revolving
Credit Facility) rate plus a spread. The spread is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility) ratio then in effect, and ranges from .315% to .60% per annum. There is a facility fee that we are
also required to pay under the Revolving Credit Facility that is based on a rate applied to the total commitment amount under the Revolving Credit Facility, regardless of how much of that commitment we have actually drawn upon. The facility fee rate
ranges from .085% to .15% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on August 12, 2010. We did not have any debt outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility at
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On September 6, 2006, we entered into a five-year $200 million term loan facility (2006 Term Loan
Facility) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. On December 31, 2007, we began making the scheduled quarterly principal payments as follows:



|                       |  |                            
|---------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|Quarterly Installments |  | Percentage of Drawn Amounts
|1  8                  |  | 2.50% each                 
|9  12                 |  | 3.75% each                 
|13  15                |  | 5.00% each                 
|Maturity Date          |  | Remaining Principal Balance

The 2006 Term
Loan Facility matures on September 6, 2011. For each borrowing under the 2006 Term Loan Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated based on either (i) a Eurodollar (as defined in the 2006 Term
Loan Facility) rate, plus a spread which is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio (as defined in the 2006 Term Loan Facility) then in effect, and ranges from .315% to .60% per annum, or (ii) the higher of Wells Fargo
Banks prime rate in effect on such date or the Federal Funds rate in effect on such date plus .50%. There is a facility fee that we are also required to pay under the 2006 Term Loan Facility that is based on a facility fee rate applied to the
outstanding principal balance owed under the 2006 Term Loan Facility. The facility fee rate ranges from .085% to .15% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. We may elect to prepay the 2006 Term Loan Facility at
any time without incurring any prepayment penalties. At December 31, 2009, we had $148.7 million outstanding under the 2006 Term Loan Facility.

On March 7, 2008, we entered into a new four-year $100 million term loan facility (2008 Term Loan Facility) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. On March 31, 2009, we began making the scheduled quarterly principal
payments as follows:



|                       |  |                            
|---------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|Quarterly Installments |  | Percentage of Drawn Amount 
|1  4                  |  | 2.25% each                 
|5  8                  |  | 3.75% each                 
|9  12                 |  | 4.00% each                 
|Maturity Date          |  | Remaining Principal Balance

The 2008 Term
Loan Facility matures on March 7, 2012. For each borrowing under the 2008 Term Loan Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated based on either (i) a Eurodollar (as defined in the 2008 Term
Loan Facility) rate, plus a spread which is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio (as defined in the 2008 Term Loan Facility) then in effect, and ranges from .40% to .75% per annum, or (ii) the higher of Wells Fargo
Banks prime rate in effect on such date or the Federal Funds rate in effect on such date plus .50%. There is a facility fee that we are also required to pay under the 2008 Term Loan Facility that is based on a rate applied to the outstanding
principal balance owed under the 2008 Term Loan Facility. The facility fee rate ranges from .10% to .25% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. We may elect to prepay the 2008 Term Loan Facility at any time
without incurring any prepayment penalties. At December 31, 2009, we had $91.0 million outstanding under the 2007 Term Loan Facility.

Under all of our credit facilities, we are required to maintain an interest coverage ratio of not less than 2.75 to 1 and a total debt-to-EBITDA ratio of not more than 3.0 to 1. The credit facilities also contain covenants restricting our
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The credit facilities each also include customary covenants regarding reporting obligations, delivery of
notices regarding certain events, maintaining our corporate existence, payment of obligations, maintenance of our properties and insurance thereon at customary levels with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, maintaining books and
records and compliance with applicable laws. The credit facilities each also provide for customary events of default including nonpayment of principal or interest, breach of representations and warranties, violations of covenants, failure to pay
certain other indebtedness, bankruptcy and material judgments and liabilities, certain violations of environmental laws or ERISA or the occurrence of a change of control. As of December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all of the covenants
of our credit facilities.

Contractual Obligations

Contractual obligations at December 31, 2009 are as follows:



|                                       |  |       |         |      |   |        |  |      |         |      |   |        |  |            |        |  |   |       |  |   |       
|-------------------------------------- |  | ----- | ------- | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------- | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---------- | ------ |  | - | ----- |  | - | ------
|In thousands,                          |  | Total |         | 2010 |   | 2011   |  | 2012 |         | 2013 |   | 2014   |  | Thereafter
|Debt                                   |  | $     | 239,688 |      | $ | 46,688 |  | $    | 133,000 |      | $ | 60,000 |  | $          |       |  | $ |      |  | $ |      
|Operating leases                       |  |       | 64,300  |      |   | 21,068 |  |      | 14,402  |      |   | 11,131 |  |            | 8,285  |  |   | 5,244 |  |   | 4,170 
|Capital leases                         |  |       | 2,083   |      |   | 826    |  |      | 616     |      |   | 397    |  |            | 205    |  |   | 39    |  |   |      
|Deferred compensation liability        |  |       | 4,135   |      |   | 702    |  |      | 702     |      |   | 702    |  |            | 702    |  |   | 704   |  |   | 623   
|Unfunded pension plan benefit payments |  |       | 20,593  |      |   | 915    |  |      | 955     |      |   | 1,081  |  |            | 1,188  |  |   | 1,372 |  |   | 15,082
|Other long-term obligations            |  |       | 837     |      |   | 431    |  |      | 354     |      |   | 52     |  |            |       |  |   |      |  |   |      
|                                       |  |       |         |      |   |        |  |      |         |      |   |        |  |            |        |  |   |       |  |   |       
|Total contractual cash obligations     |  | $     | 331,636 |      | $ | 70,630 |  | $    | 150,029 |      | $ | 73,363 |  | $          | 10,380 |  | $ | 7,359 |  | $ | 19,875
|                                       |  |       |         |      |   |        |  |      |         |      |   |        |  |            |        |  |   |       |  |   |       

At December 31, 2009, we had letters of credit in the amount of
$13.9 million. No amounts were drawn against these letters of credit at December 31, 2009. These letters of credit renew annually and exist to support insurance programs relating to workers compensation, automobile and general liability.
We had no other off-balance sheet arrangements at December 31, 2009.

Dividends

We paid a quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per common share in each of the quarters in the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. We currently plan to
pay a quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per common share in each of the quarters in 2010, although any actual dividend declaration can be made only upon approval of our Board of Directors, based on its business judgment.

Share Repurchase

We did not repurchase any
shares of our common stock under our stock repurchase program in 2009. As of December 31, 2009, we have repurchased 63.9 million shares since the beginning of our January 1997 stock repurchase program. Under this program, we had
authorization to repurchase 10.5 million additional shares at December 31, 2009.

Outlook

We consider such factors as total cash and cash equivalents, current assets, current liabilities, total debt, revenues, operating income and cash flows from
operations, investing activities and financing activities when assessing our liquidity. Our primary sources of liquidity have been cash and cash equivalents on hand and cash generated from operating activities. Our management of cash is designed to
optimize returns on cash balances and to ensure that it is readily available to meet our operating, investing and financing requirements as they arise. Capital resources are also available from and provided through our Revolving Credit Facility,
subject to the terms and conditions of that facility.

The amount of cash on hand and borrowings available under our Revolving Credit Facility
are influenced by a number of factors, including fluctuations in our operating results, revenue growth, accounts receivable collections, working capital changes, capital expenditures, tax payments, share repurchases, pension plan contributions,
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Recent developments in the financial markets have increased our exposure to the possible liquidity and
credit risks of counterparties to our Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2009, we had $112.2 million of unused borrowing capacity under our Revolving Credit Facility, and we have not experienced any limitations to date on our ability
to access this source of liquidity. At December 31, 2009, we had a cash balance of $86.6 million. Based on our current operational plans, we believe that our Revolving Credit Facility, together with cash on hand and cash provided by operating
activities, will be sufficient to fund operations, anticipated capital expenditures, payments of principal and interest on our borrowings, and dividends on our common stock for at least the next twelve months. Nevertheless, we cannot predict the
impact on our business performance of the economic recession in the United States and other economies. A lasting economic recession in the United States and other economies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or
operating results.

Our Revolving Credit Facility matures in August 2010. If the ongoing disruptions in the credit markets continue for an
extended period of time, we may be unable to obtain a replacement facility on acceptable terms or at all. In that event, depending on our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations, our overall liquidity and ability to make payments on
our indebtedness under our 2006 Term Loan Facility (which matures in September 2011) and our 2008 Term Loan Facility (which matures in March 2012) may be adversely impacted, and we may be required to seek one or more alternatives, such as
refinancing or restructuring our indebtedness, selling material assets or operations, or seeking to raise debt or equity capital. We cannot assure you that any of these actions could be effected on a timely basis or on satisfactory terms, if at all.
In addition, our existing debt agreements contain restrictive covenants that may prohibit us from adopting one or more of these alternatives.

Critical Accounting Policies

Critical accounting policies are defined as those that, in our judgment, are most
important to the portrayal of our companys financial condition and results of operations and which require complex or subjective judgments or estimates. The areas that we believe involve the most significant management estimates and
assumptions are detailed below. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions. Historically, actual results have not differed significantly from our estimates.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue
when all of the following criteria are satisfied: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) the price is fixed or determinable; (iii) collectability is reasonably assured; and (iv) the service has been performed or
the product has been delivered.

Payments received in advance of the performance of services or delivery of the product are recorded as
deferred revenue until such time as the services are performed or the product is delivered.

Our accounting policy for revenue recognition has
an impact on our reported results and relies on certain estimates that require judgments on the part of management. The portion of our revenue that is most subject to estimates and judgments is revenue recognized using the proportional performance
method, as discussed below.

Direct Marketing revenue is derived from a variety of services and products, and may be billed at hourly rates,
monthly rates or a fixed price. For all sales, we require either a purchase order, a statement of work signed by the client, a written contract, or some other form of written authorization from the client.

Revenue from agency and creative services, analytical services and market research is typically billed based on time and materials or at a fixed price. If
billed at a fixed price, revenue is recognized on a proportional performance basis as the services specified in the arrangement are performed. In most cases, proportional performance is based on the ratio of direct costs incurred to total estimated
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performance. For fixed fee market research revenue streams, revenue is recognized in proportion to the value of service provided based on output criteria.Contracts accounted for under the
proportional performance method constituted less than 6.5% of total Direct Marketing revenue and less than 4.5% of our total revenue for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007.

Revenue from email marketing, social media marketing and other digital solutions is recognized as the work is performed. Revenue from these services is
typically based on a fixed price or rate given to the client.

Revenue associated with new marketing database builds is deferred until
complete or until client acceptance. Upon completion or acceptance, it is then recognized over the term of the related arrangement as the services are provided. Revenue from database and website hosting services is recognized ratably over the
contractual hosting period. Pricing for database builds are typically based on a fixed price and hosting fees are typically based on a fixed price per month or per contract.

Revenue from technology database subscriptions is based on a fixed price and is recognized ratably over the term of the subscription.

Revenue from services such as data processing, printing, personalization of communication pieces using laser and inkjet printing, targeted mail, and transportation logistics is recognized as the work is
performed. Revenue from these services is typically based on a fixed price or rate given to the client.

Revenue related to fulfillment and
contact centers, including inbound and outbound calling and email management, is also typically based on a fixed price per transaction or service provided. Revenue from these services is recognized as the service or activity is performed.

Revenue from software arrangements involving multiple elements is allocated to each element based on the vendor-specific objective evidence
of fair values of the respective elements. For software sales with multiple elements (for example, software licenses with undelivered post-contract customer support or PCS), we allocate revenue to each component of the arrangement using
the residual value method based on the fair value of the undelivered elements. This means we defer revenue from the software sale equal to the fair value of the undelivered elements. The fair value of PCS is based upon separate sales of renewals to
other clients. The fair value of services, such as training and consulting, is based upon separate sales of these services to other clients.

The revenue allocated to PCS is recognized ratably over the term of the support period. Revenue allocated to professional services is recognized as the services are performed. The revenue allocated to software products, including time-based
software licenses, is recognized, if collection is probable, upon execution of a licensing agreement and shipment of the software or ratably over the term of the license, depending on the structure and terms of the arrangement. If the licensing
agreement is for a term of one year or less and includes PCS, we recognize the software and the PCS revenue ratably over the term of the license.

For certain non-software arrangements, we enter into contracts that include delivery of a combination of two or more of our service offerings. Such arrangements are divided into separate units of accounting, provided that the delivered
element(s) has stand-alone value and objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered element(s) exit(s).

When we are
able to unbundle the arrangement into separate units of accounting, revenue from each service is recognized separately, and in accordance with our revenue recognition policy for each element. If we are unable to unbundle the arrangement into
separate units of accounting, we apply one of the revenue recognition policies to the entire arrangement. This might impact the timing of revenue recognition, but would not change the total revenue recognized from the arrangement.



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Shopper services are considered rendered, and the revenue recognized, when all printing, sorting, labeling
and ancillary services have been provided and the mailing material has been received by the USPS.

Taxes collected from customers and remitted
to governmental authorities are not reflected in our revenues or expenses.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain our allowance for doubtful accounts at a balance adequate to reduce accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be realized upon
collection. The methodology used to determine the allowance balance is based on our prior collection experience and is generally related to the accounts receivable balance in various aging categories. The balance is also influenced by specific
clients financial strength and circumstance. Accounts that are determined to be uncollectible are written off in the period in which they are determined to be uncollectible. Periodic changes to the allowance balance are recorded as increases
or decreases to bad debt expense, which is included in the Advertising, selling, general and administrative line of our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We recorded bad debt expense of $2.1 million, $5.8 million and $3.5 million
for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. At December 31, 2009 and 2008 our allowance for doubtful accounts was $2.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively. While we believe our reserve estimate to be appropriate,
we may find it necessary to adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts if future bad debt expense exceeds the estimated reserve. Current economic conditions increase the difficulty and level of management judgment in setting the reserve. Given the
significance of accounts receivable to the consolidated financial statements, the determination of net realizable values is considered to be a critical accounting estimate.

Reserve for Healthcare, Workers Compensation, Automobile and General Liability

We
are self-insured for our workers compensation, automobile, general liability and a portion of our healthcare insurance. We make various subjective judgments about a number of factors in determining our reserve for healthcare, workers
compensation, automobile and general liability insurance, and the related expense. Our deductible for individual healthcare claims is $0.2 million. Our deductible for workers compensation is $0.5 million per claim. We have a $0.3 million
deductible per claim automobile and general liability. Our insurance administrator provides us with estimated loss reserves, based upon its experience dealing with similar types of claims, as well as amounts paid to date against these claims. We
apply actuarial factors to both insurance estimated loss reserves and to paid claims and then determine reserve levels, taking into account these calculations. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, our reserve for healthcare, workers
compensation, automobile and general liability was $12.3 million and $13.1 million, respectively. If ultimate losses were 10% higher than our estimate at December 31, 2009, net income would be impacted by approximately $0.8 million, net of
taxes. The amount that earnings would be impacted is dependent on the claim year and our deductible levels for that plan year. Periodic changes to the reserve for workers compensation, automobile and general liability are recorded as increases
or decreases to insurance expense, which is included in the Advertising, selling, general and administrative line of our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Periodic changes to the reserve for healthcare are recorded as increases or
decreases to employee benefits expense, which is included in the Labor line of our Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Goodwill

Goodwill is recorded to the extent that the purchase price of an acquisition exceeds the fair value of the
identifiable net assets acquired. We assess the impairment of our goodwill by determining the fair value of each of our reporting units and comparing the fair value to the carrying value for each reporting unit. We have identified our reporting
units as Direct Marketing and Shoppers. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the net book value of our goodwill was $552.9 million and was allocated to our reporting units as follows:



|                 |  |              |         |      |   |        
|---------------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ---- | - | -------
|                 |  | December 31,
|In thousands     |  | 2009         |         | 2008
|Direct Marketing |  | $            | 385,399 |      | $ | 385,390
|Shoppers         |  |              | 167,487 |      |   | 167,487
|                 |  |              |         |      |   |        
|Total goodwill   |  | $            | 552,886 |      | $ | 552,877
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We performed our annual goodwill impairment testing for both the Direct Marketing and Shoppers segments as
of November 30, 2009. As quoted market prices are not available for our reporting units, estimated fair value was determined using a discounted cash flow (DCF) model and a cash flow multiple (CFM) model, with consideration of our overall market
capitalization. The DCF and CFM models utilize projected financial results based on historical performance and managements estimate of future performance, giving consideration to existing and anticipated competitive and economic conditions.
Determining fair value requires the exercise of significant judgments, including judgments about appropriate discount rates, the amount and timing of expected future cash flows, and perpetual growth rates. If a reporting units carrying amount
exceeds its fair value, we must calculate the implied fair value of the reporting units goodwill by allocating the reporting units fair value to all of its assets and liabilities (recognized and unrecognized) in a manner similar to a
purchase price allocation, and then compare this implied fair value to its carrying amount. To the extent that the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recorded.

A summary of the critical assumptions utilized for our annual impairment test in 2009 are outlined below. We believe this information, coupled with our
sensitivity analysis, provide relevant information to understand our goodwill impairment testing and evaluate our goodwill balances.

For the
annual goodwill impairment test performed on November 30, 2009, we did not significantly change the methodology from 2008 to determine the fair value of our reporting units. We made changes to certain assumptions utilized in the models for 2009
compared with the prior year due to the U.S. and global economic environments, which affect Direct Marketing, and the economic environments in California and Florida, which affect Shoppers. The following is a summary analysis of the significant
assumptions used in our models, as well as a sensitivity analysis on the impact of changes in certain assumptions to our overall conclusion concerning impairment of our goodwill balances.

Discount Rate

The discount rate
represents the expected return on capital. The discount rate was determined using a target structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. We used the interest rate of a 30-year government security to determine the risk-free rate in our weighted average cost
of capital calculation.

Growth Assumptions

Projected annual growth rates and terminal growth rates are primarily driven by managements best estimate of future performance, giving consideration to historical performance and existing and
anticipated economic and competitive conditions. These assumptions also take into account expense reductions and restructuring measures taken in 2008 and 2009 in both businesses. The assumed growth rates used in our 2009 calculations were lower than
historical growth rates for the respective businesses.

Sensitivity Analysis

The estimated fair value of our Direct Marketing reporting unit was significantly above its carrying value.

In order to analyze the sensitivity of our assumptions on the results of our Shoppers impairment assessment, we determined the impact that a hypothetical 15%
reduction in fair value would have on our conclusions. In the case of our Shoppers reporting unit, a 15% decline in fair value would not result in the reporting units carrying value to be in excess of its fair value.



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If changes in the fair value of our reporting units caused the carrying value of a reporting unit to exceed
its fair value, the second step of the goodwill impairment test would be required to be performed to determine the ultimate amount of impairment loss to record.

The determination of recoverability of goodwill requires significant judgment and estimates regarding future cash flows and fair values. These estimates are subject to change and could result in
impairment losses being recognized in the future. If different reporting units or different valuation methodologies had been used, the impairment test results could have differed.

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based
on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. Determining the fair value of share-based awards requires judgment, including in some cases estimating expected term, volatility and dividend yield. In
addition, judgment is required in estimating the amount of stock-based awards that are expected to be forfeited. If actual results differ significantly from some of these estimates, stock-based compensation expense and our results of operations
could be materially impacted. For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we recorded total stock-based compensation expense of $3.9 million, $5.8 million and $7.1 million, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

As
discussed in Note A of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, certain new financial accounting pronouncements have been issued which either have already been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, or will become
effective for our financial statements at various dates in the future. Our adoption of FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, in 2009 will affect the way we account for future acquisitions, including acquisition-related costs, contingencies and
contingent consideration, and may also impact the amount of information we disclose about acquisitions.

The adoption of the remaining new
accounting pronouncements discussed in Note A of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have not and are not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.



|ITEM 7A. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
|-------- | ----------------------------------------------------------

Market risk includes the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. We face market risks related to interest rate variations and to foreign exchange rate variations. From time
to time, we may utilize derivative financial instruments as described below to manage our exposure to such risks.

We are exposed to market
risk for changes in interest rates related to our credit facilities. Our earnings are affected by changes in short-term interest rates as a result of our credit facilities, which bear interest at variable rates based on Eurodollar rates (effective
30 day rate of 0.23% at December 31, 2009). The five-year $125 million Revolving Credit Facility has a maturity date of August 12, 2010. At December 31, 2009, we did not have any debt outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.
The five-year $200 million 2006 Term Loan Facility has a maturity date of September 6, 2011. At December 31, 2009, our debt balance related to the 2006 Term Loan Facility was $148.7 million. The four-year 2008 Term Loan Facility has a
maturity date of March 7, 2012. At December 31, 2009, our debt balance related to the 2008 Term Loan Facility was $91.0 million. In September 2007, we entered into a two-year interest rate swap with a notional amount of $150 million and a
fixed rate of 4.655% in order to limit a portion of our interest rate exposure by converting a portion of our variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt. This interest rate swap expired on September 30, 2009.

Assuming the actual level of borrowing throughout 2009, and assuming a one percentage point change in the years average interest rates, it is
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operations, and the various financial alternatives available to management should there be an adverse change in interest rates, we do not believe that we currently have significant exposure to
market risks associated with changing interest rates.

Our earnings are also affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates as a
result of our operations in foreign countries. Our primary exchange rate exposure is to the Euro, British pound sterling, Australian dollar, Philippine peso and Brazilian real. We monitor these risks throughout the normal course of business. The
majority of the transactions of our U.S. and foreign operations are denominated in the respective local currencies. Changes in exchange rates related to these types of transactions are reflected in the applicable line items making up operating
income in our Statement of Operations. Due to the current level of operations conducted in foreign currencies, we do not believe that the impact of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on these types of transactions is significant to our overall
annual earnings. A smaller portion of our transactions are denominated in currencies other than the respective local currencies. For example, inter-company transactions that are expected to be settled in the near-term are denominated in U.S.
dollars. Since the accounting records of our foreign operations are kept in the respective local currency, any transactions denominated in other currencies are accounted for in the respective local currency at the time of the transaction. Any
foreign currency gain or loss from these transactions results in an adjustment to income, which is recorded in Other, net in our Statement of Operations. Transactions such as these amounted to $1.2 million in pre-tax currency transaction
losses in 2009. At this time we have not entered into any foreign currency forward exchange contracts or other derivative instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

We do not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging. We do not speculate using derivative instruments.



|ITEM 8. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
|------- | -------------------------------------------

The Financial Statements required to be presented under Item 8 are presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto beginning at page F-1 of this Form 10-K (Financial Statements).



|ITEM 9. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
|------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

None.



|ITEM 9A. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
|-------- | -----------------------

As of the end of
the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, of the effectiveness of
the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act). It should be noted that, because of inherent limitations, our disclosure controls and procedures, however well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at the reasonable assurance level, to ensure information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the
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As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and
with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, of our internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the fourth
quarter of 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting or in other
factors that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting. We may make changes in our internal control processes from time to time in the future. It should also be noted that,
because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements, and controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or in the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures.

Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting are set forth in the Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.



|ITEM 9B. | OTHER INFORMATION
|-------- | -----------------

None.

PART III

Some of the information required by Items 10 through 14 of this Part III is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement to be filed for our 2010 annual meeting of stockholders (2010 Proxy Statement), as indicated below.
Our 2010 Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after December 31, 2009. Because the 2010 Proxy Statement has not yet been finalized and filed, there may be certain discrepancies between the currently anticipated
section headings specified below and the final section headings contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement.



|ITEM 10. | DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
|-------- | ------------------------------------------------------

Directors and Executive Officers

The information required by this item regarding our
directors and executive officers will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Directors and Executive Officers, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 16(a) Compliance

The
information to appear in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption General InformationSection 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance is incorporated herein by reference.

Code of Ethics and Other Governance Information

The information required by this item regarding the Supplemental Code of Ethics for our Senior Financial Officers (Code of Ethics), audit committee financial experts, audit committee members and procedures for stockholder recommendations of
nominees to our Board of Directors will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Corporate Governance, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Our Code of Ethics may be found on our website at www.harte-hanks.com by clicking on the link About Us and then the link Corporate
Governance, and a copy of our Code of Ethics is also available in print, without charge, upon written request to Harte-Hanks, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 9601 McAllister Freeway, Suite 610, San Antonio, Texas 78216. In accordance with the
rules of the NYSE and the SEC, we currently intend to disclose any future amendments to our Code of Ethics, or waivers from our Code of Ethics for our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, by posting such information on
our website (www.harte-hanks.com) within the time period required by applicable SEC and NYSE rules.



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Management Certifications

In accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and SEC rules thereunder, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have signed certifications under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302, which
have been filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K. In addition, our Chief Executive Officer submitted his most recent annual certification to the NYSE under Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE listing standards on May 18, 2009.



|ITEM 11. | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
|-------- | ----------------------

The information
required by this item regarding the compensation of our named executive officers and directors and other required information will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the captions Executive Compensation, and
Director Compensation, which information is incorporated herein by reference. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, information to be contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Compensation Committee Report is
not deemed to be filed with the SEC or subject to the liabilities of the 1934 Act.



|ITEM 12. | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
|-------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beneficial Ownership Tables

The information
required by this item regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners, management and directors will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Security Ownership of Management and Principal Stockholders, which
information is incorporated herein by reference.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The information required by this item regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy
Statement under the caption Executive CompensationEquity Compensation Plan Information at Year-End 2009, which information is incorporated herein by reference.



|ITEM 13. | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
|-------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Transactions with Related Persons

The information required by this item regarding
transactions with related persons, including our policies and procedures for the review, approval or ratification of related person transactions that are required to be disclosed under the SECs rules and regulations, will be set forth in our
2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Corporate GovernanceCertain Relationships and Related Transactions, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Director Independence

The information required by this item regarding director
independence will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption Corporate GovernanceIndependence of Directors, which information is incorporated herein by reference.



|ITEM 14. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
|-------- | --------------------------------------

The information required by this item regarding the audit committees pre-approval policies and procedures and the disclosures of fees billed by our principal independent auditor will be set forth in our 2010 Proxy Statement under the
caption Audit Committee and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, which information is incorporated herein by reference.



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PART IV



|ITEM 15. | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
|-------- | ------------------------------------------



|         |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|-------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|15(a)(1) |  | Financial Statements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|         | 
|         |  | The financial statements filed as part of this report and referenced in Item 8 are presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto beginning at page F-1 of
this Form 10- K (Financial Statements).                                                                                    
|         | 
|15(a)(2) |  | Financial Statement Schedules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|         | 
|         |  | All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC have been omitted as the schedules are not required under the related instructions, are
not applicable, or the information required thereby is set forth in the Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.
|         | 
|15(a)(3) |  | Exhibits                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|         | 
|         |  | The Exhibit Index following the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K lists the exhibits that are filed or furnished, as applicable, as part of this Form
10-K.                                                                                                                          



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Harte-Hanks, Inc. has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



|                  |  |                                      
|----------------- |  | -------------------------------------
|HARTE-HANKS, INC.
|                  | 
|By:               |  | /s/ Larry Franklin                   
|                  |  | Larry Franklin                       
|                  |  | President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 3,
2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



|                                                |  |  |  |                                                     
|----------------------------------------------- |  |  |  | ----------------------------------------------------
|/s/ Larry Franklin                              |  |  |  | /s/ Douglas Shepard                                 
|Larry Franklin                                  |  |  |  | Douglas Shepard                                     
|Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |  |  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|Date:         March 3, 2010                     |  |  |  | Date:         March 3, 2010                         



|                                                     |  |  |  |                            
|---------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  | ---------------------------
|/s/ Jessica Huff                                     |  |  |  | /s/ William K. Gayden      
|Jessica Huff                                         |  |  |  | William K. Gayden, Director
|Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer |  |  |  | Date:         March 3, 2010
|Date:         March 3, 2010                          |  |  |  |                            



|                                |  |  |  |                               
|------------------------------- |  |  |  | ------------------------------
|/s/ Houston H. Harte            |  |  |  | /s/ Christopher M. Harte      
|Houston H. Harte, Vice Chairman |  |  |  | Christopher M. Harte, Director
|Date:         March 3, 2010     |  |  |  | Date:         March 3, 2010   



|                            |  |  |  |                            
|--------------------------- |  |  |  | ---------------------------
|/s/ David L. Copeland       |  |  |  | /s/ Judy C. Odom           
|David L. Copeland, Director |  |  |  | Judy C. Odom, Director     
|Date:         March 3, 2010 |  |  |  | Date:         March 3, 2010



|                            |  |  |  |                            
|--------------------------- |  |  |  | ---------------------------
|/s/ William F. Farley       |  |  |  | /s/ Karen A. Puckett       
|William F. Farley, Director |  |  |  | Karen A. Puckett, Director 
|Date:         March 3, 2010 |  |  |  | Date:         March 3, 2010



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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements



|                                                                                                                                                |  |    
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---
|Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Consolidated Financial Statements and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting  |  | F-2
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting                                                                                |  | F-4
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008                                                                                    |  | F-5
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 
31, 2009                                   |  | F-6
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 
31, 2009                                   |  | F-7
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009 |  | F-8
|                                                                                                                                                | 
|Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                                                                      |  | F-9

All schedules for which
provision is made in the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC have been omitted as the schedules are not required under the related instructions, are not applicable, or the information required thereby is set forth in the consolidated
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Harte-Hanks, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Harte-Hanks, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company)
as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009. We also
have audited the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. The Companys management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting, included in the accompanying report, Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and an opinion on the
Companys internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective
internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such
other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A
companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.



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In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Harte-Hanks, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, Harte-Hanks, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria
established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

/s/ KPMG LLP

San Antonio, Texas

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Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting

We are responsible for the preparation and integrity of the consolidated financial statements appearing in our Annual Report. The
consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include amounts based on managements estimates and judgments. All other financial information in this report has been
presented on a basis consistent with the information included in the consolidated financial statements.

We are also responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. We maintain a system of internal control that is designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the fair and reliable preparation and presentation of the consolidated
financial statements, as well as to safeguard assets from unauthorized use or disposition.

Our control environment is the foundation for our
system of internal control over financial reporting. It sets the tone of our organization and includes factors such as integrity and ethical values. Our internal control over financial reporting is supported by formal policies and procedures that
are reviewed, modified and improved as changes occur in business conditions and operations.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors,
which is composed solely of outside directors, meets periodically with members of management, the internal auditors and the independent auditors to review and discuss internal controls over financial reporting and accounting and financial reporting
matters. Our independent registered public accounting firm and internal auditors report to the Audit Committee and accordingly have full and free access to the Audit Committee at any time.

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in Internal Control 
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. This evaluation included review of the documentation of controls, evaluation of the design effectiveness of controls, testing of the operating
effectiveness of controls and a conclusion on this evaluation. Based on our evaluation, we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2009.

KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued a report on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial
reporting, which is included on page F-2 of this Form 10-K.

March 3, 2010



/s/ Larry FranklinLarry FranklinPresident and Chief Executive Officer/s/ Douglas ShepardDouglas ShepardExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer/s/ Jessica HuffJessica HuffVice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer




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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Balance Sheets



|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ | ---------- | - | ---- | - | ---------- | -
|                                                                                                     |  | December 31, |           
|In thousands, except per share and share
amounts                                                     |  | 2009         |            |   | 2008 |  
|ASSETS                                                                                               |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Current assets                                                                                       |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                            |  | $            | 86,598     |   |      | $ | 30,161     |  
|Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,827 in 2009 and $4,191 in 2008)      |  |              | 140,062    |   |      |   | 169,418    |  
|Inventory                                                                                            |  |              | 4,846      |   |      |   | 7,481      |  
|Prepaid expenses                                                                                     |  |              | 12,790     |   |      |   | 14,169     |  
|Deferred income tax asset                                                                            |  |              | 9,905      |   |      |   | 13,000     |  
|Other current assets                                                                                 |  |              | 2,398      |   |      |   | 6,974      |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total current assets                                                                                 |  |              | 256,599    |   |      |   | 241,203    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Property, plant and equipment                                                                        |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Land                                                                                                 |  |              | 3,365      |   |      |   | 3,347      |  
|Buildings and improvements                                                                           |  |              | 38,615     |   |      |   | 38,972     |  
|Software                                                                                             |  |              | 93,553     |   |      |   | 90,938     |  
|Equipment and furniture                                                                              |  |              | 182,832    |   |      |   | 189,784    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              | 318,365    |   |      |   | 323,041    |  
|Less accumulated depreciation and amortization                                                       |  |              | (243,873   | ) |      |   | (231,197   | )
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              | 74,492     |   |      |   | 91,844     |  
|Software development and equipment installations in progress                                         |  |              | 3,907      |   |      |   | 5,589      |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Net property, plant and equipment                                                                    |  |              | 78,399     |   |      |   | 97,433     |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Intangible and other assets                                                                          |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Goodwill, net                                                                                        |  |              | 552,886    |   |      |   | 552,877    |  
|Other intangible assets (less accumulated amortization of $13,953 in 2009 and $12,241 in 2008)       |  |              | 16,277     |   |      |   | 17,989     |  
|Other assets                                                                                         |  |              | 3,990      |   |      |   | 4,064      |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total intangible and other assets                                                                    |  |              | 573,153    |   |      |   | 574,930    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total assets                                                                                         |  | $            | 908,151    |   |      | $ | 913,566    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|                                                                                                     |  |             
|LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY                                                                 |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Current liabilities                                                                                  |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Current maturities of long-term debt                                                                 |  | $            | 46,688     |   |      | $ | 30,938     |  
|Accounts payable                                                                                     |  |              | 42,386     |   |      |   | 48,182     |  
|Accrued payroll and related expenses                                                                 |  |              | 15,290     |   |      |   | 22,177     |  
|Customer deposits and deferred revenue                                                               |  |              | 54,055     |   |      |   | 58,227     |  
|Income taxes payable                                                                                 |  |              | 6,114      |   |      |   | 9,128      |  
|Other current liabilities                                                                            |  |              | 8,670      |   |      |   | 19,083     |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total current liabilities                                                                            |  |              | 173,203    |   |      |   | 187,735    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |             
|Long-term debt                                                                                       |  |              | 193,000    |   |      |   | 239,687    |  
|Other long-term liabilities (including deferred income taxes of $77,980 in 2009 and $65,723 in 2008) |  |              | 140,305    |   |      |   | 129,772    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total liabilities                                                                                    |  |              | 506,508    |   |      |   | 557,194    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|                                                                                                     |  |             
|Stockholders equity                                                                                 |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Common stock, $ 1 par value, authorized: 250,000,000 shares                                          |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Issued 2009: 118,242,582; Issued 2008: 118,085,480 shares                                            |  |              | 118,243    |   |      |   | 118,085    |  
|Additional paid-in capital                                                                           |  |              | 333,612    |   |      |   | 331,227    |  
|Retained earnings                                                                                    |  |              | 1,217,975  |   |      |   | 1,189,376  |  
|Less treasury stock, 2009: 54,668,032; 2008: 54,672,070 shares at cost                               |  |              | (1,236,217 | ) |      |   | (1,236,581 | )
|Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                                 |  |              | (31,970    | ) |      |   | (45,735    | )
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total stockholders equity                                                                           |  |              | 401,643    |   |      |   | 356,372    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  
|Total liabilities and stockholders equity                                                           |  | $            | 908,151    |   |      | $ | 913,566    |  
|                                                                                                     |  |              |            |   |      |   |            |  

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Operations



|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | -
|                                                                 |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|In thousands, except per share amounts                           |  | 2009                    |         |   | 2008 |   |           | 2007 | 
|Operating revenues                                               |  | $                       | 860,143 |   |      | $ | 1,082,821 |      |  | $ | 1,162,886 |  
|Operating expenses                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Labor                                                            |  |                         | 366,077 |   |      |   | 448,769   |      |  |   | 468,675   |  
|Production and distribution                                      |  |                         | 312,230 |   |      |   | 398,701   |      |  |   | 402,793   |  
|Advertising, selling, general and administrative                 |  |                         | 62,479  |   |      |   | 81,655    |      |  |   | 89,787    |  
|Shoppers legal settlement in principle                           |  |                         | 6,950   |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                    |  |                         | 28,265  |   |      |   | 33,429    |      |  |   | 33,195    |  
|Intangible asset amortization                                    |  |                         | 1,712   |   |      |   | 2,950     |      |  |   | 3,509     |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total operating expenses                                         |  |                         | 777,713 |   |      |   | 965,504   |      |  |   | 997,959   |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Operating income                                                 |  |                         | 82,430  |   |      |   | 117,317   |      |  |   | 164,927   |  
|Other expenses (income)                                          |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Interest expense                                                 |  |                         | 8,150   |   |      |   | 14,201    |      |  |   | 12,992    |  
|Interest income                                                  |  |                         | (182    | ) |      |   | (378      | )    |  |   | (539      | )
|Other, net                                                       |  |                         | 2,520   |   |      |   | 1,925     |      |  |   | 1,337     |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                                                                 |  |                         | 10,488  |   |      |   | 15,748    |      |  |   | 13,790    |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Income before income taxes                                       |  |                         | 71,942  |   |      |   | 101,569   |      |  |   | 151,137   |  
|Income tax expense                                               |  |                         | 24,227  |   |      |   | 38,828    |      |  |   | 58,497    |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Net income                                                       |  | $                       | 47,715  |   |      | $ | 62,741    |      |  | $ | 92,640    |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Basic earnings per common share                                  |  | $                       | 0.75    |   |      | $ | 0.98      |      |  | $ | 1.28      |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Weighted-average common shares outstanding                       |  |                         | 63,557  |   |      |   | 63,933    |      |  |   | 72,524    |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Diluted earnings per common share                                |  | $                       | 0.75    |   |      | $ | 0.98      |      |  | $ | 1.26      |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares outstanding |  |                         | 63,885  |   |      |   | 64,104    |      |  |   | 73,703    |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  

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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows



|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                               |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|In thousands                                                                   |  | 2009                    |         |   | 2008 |   |          | 2007 | 
|Cash Flows from Operating Activities                                           |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                                                     |  | $                       | 47,715  |   |      | $ | 62,741   |      |  | $ | 92,640   |  
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:        |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Depreciation                                                                   |  |                         | 28,265  |   |      |   | 33,429   |      |  |   | 33,195   |  
|Intangible asset amortization                                                  |  |                         | 1,712   |   |      |   | 2,950    |      |  |   | 3,509    |  
|Stock-based compensation                                                       |  |                         | 3,889   |   |      |   | 5,827    |      |  |   | 7,067    |  
|Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation                              |  |                         | (13     | ) |      |   | (342     | )    |  |   | (2,455   | )
|Pension expense                                                                |  |                         | 8,906   |   |      |   | 1,827    |      |  |   | 2,179    |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                          |  |                         | 6,092   |   |      |   | 13,529   |      |  |   | 8,631    |  
|Other, net                                                                     |  |                         | 163     |   |      |   | 192      |      |  |   | 556      |  
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions: |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable, net                                |  |                         | 29,356  |   |      |   | 31,477   |      |  |   | (10,251  | )
|Decrease (increase) in inventory                                               |  |                         | 2,635   |   |      |   | (1,474   | )    |  |   | 1,949    |  
|Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets                          |  |                         | 5,955   |   |      |   | 4,063    |      |  |   | 2,010    |  
|(Decrease) increase in accounts payable                                        |  |                         | (5,796  | ) |      |   | (21,548  | )    |  |   | 8,314    |  
|(Decrease) increase in other accrued expenses and other liabilities            |  |                         | (14,060 | ) |      |   | (16,034  | )    |  |   | 2,221    |  
|Other, net                                                                     |  |                         | (797    | ) |      |   | 64       |      |  |   | (6,350   | )
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                      |  |                         | 114,022 |   |      |   | 116,701  |      |  |   | 143,215  |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |        
|Cash Flows from Investing Activities                                           |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Acquisitions, net of cash acquired                                             |  |                         |        |   |      |   | (8,688   | )    |  |   |         |  
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment                                     |  |                         | (9,011  | ) |      |   | (19,947  | )    |  |   | (28,217  | )
|Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment                        |  |                         | 142     |   |      |   | 339      |      |  |   | 120      |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                                          |  |                         | (8,869  | ) |      |   | (28,296  | )    |  |   | (28,097  | )
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |        
|Cash Flows from Financing Activities                                           |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Borrowings                                                                     |  |                         |        |   |      |   | 197,000  |      |  |   | 123,000  |  
|Payments on borrowings                                                         |  |                         | (30,937 | ) |      |   | (185,500 | )    |  |   | (68,875  | )
|Issuance of common stock                                                       |  |                         | 555     |   |      |   | 4,203    |      |  |   | 16,747   |  
|Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation                              |  |                         | 13      |   |      |   | 342      |      |  |   | 2,455    |  
|Purchase of treasury stock                                                     |  |                         |        |   |      |   | (76,649  | )    |  |   | (183,867 | )
|Dividends paid                                                                 |  |                         | (19,116 | ) |      |   | (19,101  | )    |  |   | (20,299  | )
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash used in financing activities                                          |  |                         | (49,485 | ) |      |   | (79,705  | )    |  |   | (130,839 | )
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |        
|Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                   |  |                         | 769     |   |      |   | (1,386   | )    |  |   | 298      |  
|Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                           |  |                         | 56,437  |   |      |   | 7,314    |      |  |   | (15,423  | )
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                                 |  |                         | 30,161  |   |      |   | 22,847   |      |  |   | 38,270   |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents at end of year                                       |  | $                       | 86,598  |   |      | $ | 30,161   |      |  | $ | 22,847   |  
|                                                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  

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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of
Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income



|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------- | ------- | ------------------------ | - | ------- | ---------------- |  | - | ------------- | - |  | ------------------------------------------ | ---------- | - | ------------------------ | - | ------- | - |  | - | -------- | -
|In thousands, except per share amounts                                                                      |  | CommonStock |         | AdditionalPaid-inCapital |   |         | RetainedEarnings |  |   | TreasuryStock |   |  | AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome (Loss) |            |   | TotalStockholdersEquity |  
|Balance at December 31, 2006                                                                                |  | $           | 116,497 |                          | $ | 295,555 |                  |  | $ | 1,073,395     |   |  | $                                          | (974,625   | ) |                          | $ | (17,346 | ) |  | $ | 493,476  |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |        
|Common stock issued  employee stock purchase plan                                                          |  |             | 213     |                          |   | 3,851   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 4,064    |  
|Exercise of stock options                                                                                   |  |             | 983     |                          |   | 13,163  |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | (1,892     | ) |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 12,254   |  
|Net tax effect of stock options                                                                             |  |             |        |                          |   | 3,554   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 3,554    |  
|Stock-based compensation                                                                                    |  |             |        |                          |   | 7,057   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 7,057    |  
|Dividends paid ($0.28 per share)                                                                            |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | (20,299       | ) |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (20,299  | )
|Treasury stock issued                                                                                       |  |             |        |                          |   | 2       |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | 179        |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 181      |  
|Treasury stock repurchased                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | (183,867   | ) |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (183,867 | )
|Comprehensive income, net of tax:                                                                           |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | 92,640        |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 92,640   |  
|Adjustment to pension liability (net of tax benefit of $ 595)                                               |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | (484    | ) |  |   | (484     | )
|Change in value of derivative instrument accounted for as a cash flow hedge (net of tax benefit of $ 1,038) |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | (1,557  | ) |  |   | (1,557   | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                                     |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | 1,493   |   |  |   | 1,493    |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Total comprehensive income                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 92,092   |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Balance at December 31, 2007                                                                                |  | $           | 117,693 |                          | $ | 323,182 |                  |  | $ | 1,145,736     |   |  | $                                          | (1,160,205 | ) |                          | $ | (17,894 | ) |  | $ | 408,512  |  
|Common stock issued  employee stock purchase plan                                                          |  |             | 298     |                          |   | 2,639   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 2,937    |  
|Exercise of stock options and release of non-vested shares                                                  |  |             | 94      |                          |   | 1,267   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | (49        | ) |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 1,312    |  
|Net tax effect of stock options and non-vested shares                                                       |  |             |        |                          |   | (1,550  | )                |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (1,550   | )
|Stock-based compensation                                                                                    |  |             |        |                          |   | 5,827   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 5,827    |  
|Dividends paid ($0.30 per share)                                                                            |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | (19,101       | ) |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (19,101  | )
|Treasury stock issued                                                                                       |  |             |        |                          |   | (138    | )                |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | 322        |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 184      |  
|Treasury stock repurchased                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | (76,649    | ) |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (76,649  | )
|Comprehensive income, net of tax:                                                                           |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | 62,741        |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 62,741   |  
|Adjustment to pension liability (net of tax benefit of $ 15,259)                                            |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | (22,886 | ) |  |   | (22,886  | )
|Change in value of derivative instrument accounted for as a cash flow hedge (net of tax benefit of $ 762)   |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | (1,146  | ) |  |   | (1,146   | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                                     |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | (3,809  | ) |  |   | (3,809   | )
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Total comprehensive income                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 34,900   |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Balance at December 31, 2008                                                                                |  | $           | 118,085 |                          | $ | 331,227 |                  |  | $ | 1,189,376     |   |  | $                                          | (1,236,581 | ) |                          | $ | (45,735 | ) |  | $ | 356,372  |  
|Common stock issued  employee stock purchase plan                                                          |  |             | 85      |                          |   | 402     |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 487      |  
|Exercise of stock options and release of non-vested shares                                                  |  |             | 73      |                          |   | 44      |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | (129       | ) |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (12      | )
|Net tax effect of stock options and non-vested shares                                                       |  |             |        |                          |   | (1,621  | )                |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (1,621   | )
|Stock-based compensation                                                                                    |  |             |        |                          |   | 3,889   |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 3,889    |  
|Dividends paid ($0.30 per share)                                                                            |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | (19,116       | ) |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | (19,116  | )
|Treasury stock issued                                                                                       |  |             |        |                          |   | (329    | )                |  |   |              |   |  |                                            | 493        |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 164      |  
|Comprehensive income, net of tax:                                                                           |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   | 47,715        |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 47,715   |  
|Adjustment to pension liability (net of tax expense of $ 5,631)                                             |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | 8,446   |   |  |   | 8,446    |  
|Change in value of derivative instrument accounted for as a cash flow hedge (net of tax expense of $ 1,800) |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | 2,703   |   |  |   | 2,703    |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                                     |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   | 2,616   |   |  |   | 2,616    |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Total comprehensive income                                                                                  |  |             |        |                          |   |        |                  |  |   |              |   |  |                                            |           |   |                          |   |        |   |  |   | 61,480   |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Balance at December 31, 2009                                                                                |  | $           | 118,243 |                          | $ | 333,612 |                  |  | $ | 1,217,975     |   |  | $                                          | (1,236,217 | ) |                          | $ | (31,970 | ) |  | $ | 401,643  |  
|                                                                                                            |  |             |         |                          |   |         |                  |  |   |               |   |  |                                            |            |   |                          |   |         |   |  |   |          |  

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Harte-Hanks, Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note A  Significant Accounting Policies

Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements present the financial
position and the results of operations and cash flows of Harte-Hanks, Inc. and subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for comparative
purposes. In the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, pension expense has been reclassified from the line item Other, net in the Changes in operating assets and liabilities, to the line item Pension expense in the
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations.

As used in this report, the terms Harte-Hanks,
we, us, or our may refer to Harte-Hanks, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting periods. Actual results and outcomes could differ from those estimates and assumptions. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances could
result in revised estimates and assumptions.

Operating Expense Presentation in Consolidated Statement of Operations

The Labor line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations includes all employee payroll and benefits, including stock-based compensation, along
with temporary labor costs. The Production and distribution and Advertising, selling and general administrative lines do not include labor, depreciation or amortization.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue
when all of the following criteria are satisfied: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) the price is fixed or determinable; (iii) collectability is reasonably assured; and (iv) the service has been performed or
the product has been delivered.

Payments received in advance of the performance of services or delivery of the product are recorded as
deferred revenue until such time as the services are performed or the product is delivered.

Our accounting policy for revenue recognition has
an impact on our reported results and relies on certain estimates that require judgments on the part of management. The portion of our revenue that is most subject to estimates and judgments is revenue recognized using the proportional performance
method, as discussed below.

Direct Marketing revenue is derived from a variety of services and products, and may be billed at hourly rates,
monthly rates or a fixed price. For all sales, we require either a purchase order, a statement of work signed by the client, a written contract, or some other form of written authorization from the client.

Revenue from agency and creative services, analytical services and market research is typically billed based on time and materials or at a fixed price. If
billed at a fixed price, revenue is recognized on a proportional performance basis as the services specified in the arrangement are performed. In most cases, proportional performance is based on the ratio of direct costs incurred to total estimated
costs where the costs incurred, primarily labor hours and outsourced services, represent a reasonable surrogate for output measures or contract performance. For fixed fee market research revenue streams, revenue is recognized in proportion to the
value of service provided based on output criteria.Contracts accounted for under the proportional performance method constituted less than 6.5% of total Direct Marketing revenue and less than 4.5% of our total revenue for each of the years
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Revenue from email marketing, social media marketing and other digital solutions is recognized as the work
is performed. Revenue from these services is typically based on a fixed price or rate given to the client.

Revenue associated with new
marketing database builds is deferred until complete or until client acceptance. Upon completion or acceptance, it is then recognized over the term of the related arrangement as the services are provided. Revenue from database and website hosting
services is recognized ratably over the contractual hosting period. Pricing for database builds are typically based on a fixed price and hosting fees are typically based on a fixed price per month or per contract.

Revenue from technology database subscriptions is based on a fixed price and is recognized ratably over the term of the subscription.

Revenue from services such as data processing, printing, personalization of communication pieces using laser and inkjet printing, targeted mail, and
transportation logistics is recognized as the work is performed. Revenue from these services is typically based on a fixed price or rate given to the client.

Revenue related to fulfillment and contact centers, including inbound and outbound calling and email management, is also typically based on a fixed price per transaction or service provided. Revenue from
these services is recognized as the service or activity is performed.

Revenue from software arrangements involving multiple elements is
allocated to each element based on the vendor-specific objective evidence of fair values of the respective elements. For software sales with multiple elements (for example, software licenses with undelivered post-contract customer support or
PCS), we allocate revenue to each component of the arrangement using the residual value method based on the fair value of the undelivered elements. This means we defer revenue from the software sale equal to the fair value of the
undelivered elements. The fair value of PCS is based upon separate sales of renewals to other clients. The fair value of services, such as training and consulting, is based upon separate sales of these services to other clients.

The revenue allocated to PCS is recognized ratably over the term of the support period. Revenue allocated to professional services is recognized as the
services are performed. The revenue allocated to software products, including time-based software licenses, is recognized, if collection is probable, upon execution of a licensing agreement and shipment of the software or ratably over the term of
the license, depending on the structure and terms of the arrangement. If the licensing agreement is for a term of one year or less and includes PCS, we recognize the software and the PCS revenue ratably over the term of the license.

For certain non-software arrangements, we enter into contracts that include delivery of a combination of two or more of our service offerings. Such
arrangements are divided into separate units of accounting, provided that the delivered element(s) has stand-alone value and objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered element(s) exit(s).

When we are able to unbundle the arrangement into separate units of accounting, revenue from each service is recognized separately, and in accordance with
our revenue recognition policy for each element. If we are unable to unbundle the arrangement into separate units of accounting, we apply one of the revenue recognition policies to the entire arrangement. This might impact the timing of revenue
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Shopper services are considered rendered, and the revenue recognized, when all printing, sorting, labeling
and ancillary services have been provided and the mailing material has been received by the USPS.

Taxes collected from customers and remitted
to governmental authorities are not reflected in our revenues or expenses.

Cash Equivalents

All highly liquid investments with an original maturity of 90 days or less at the time of purchase are considered to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents
are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain our allowance for doubtful accounts at a balance adequate to reduce accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be realized upon
collection. The methodology used to determine the minimum allowance balance is based on our prior collection experience and is generally related to the accounts receivable balance in various aging categories. The balance is also influenced by
specific clients financial strength and circumstance. Accounts that are determined to be uncollectible are written off in the period in which they are determined to be uncollectible. Periodic changes to the allowance balance are recorded as
increases or decreases to bad debt expense, which is included in the Advertising, selling, general and administrative line of our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of the
following:



|                                                         |  |                         |       |      |   |       |  |   |      
|-------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ----- | ---- | - | ----- |  | - | -----
|                                                         |  | Year Ended December 31,
|In thousands                                             |  | 2009                    |       | 2008 |   | 2007 
|Balance at beginning of year                             |  | $                       | 4,191 |      | $ | 3,556 |  | $ | 3,928
|Additions charged to expense                             |  |                         | 2,083 |      |   | 5,793 |  |   | 3,483
|Amounts charged against the allowance, net of recoveries |  |                         | 3,447 |      |   | 5,158 |  |   | 3,855
|                                                         |  |                         |       |      |   |       |  |   |      
|Balance at end of year                                   |  | $                       | 2,827 |      | $ | 4,191 |  | $ | 3,556
|                                                         |  |                         |       |      |   |       |  |   |      

Inventory

Inventory, consisting primarily of newsprint, job paper and operating supplies, is stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated on the basis of cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method at rates calculated to amortize the cost of the assets over their useful lives. The general ranges of estimated useful
lives are:



|                           |  |               
|-------------------------- |  | --------------
|Buildings and improvements |  | 10 to 40 years
|Software                   |  | 3 to 10 years 
|Equipment and furniture    |  | 3 to 20 years 

Long-lived assets such as
property, plant, and equipment are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We did not record an impairment on long-lived assets in any of the years in
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Property, plant and equipment includes capital lease assets. Capital lease assets at December 31, 2009
and 2008 consisted of:



|                              |  |              |        |   |      |   |       |  
|----------------------------- |  | ------------ | ------ | - | ---- | - | ----- | -
|                              |  | December 31, |       
|In thousands                  |  | 2009         |        |   | 2008 |  
|Equipment and furniture       |  | $            | 3,378  |   |      | $ | 3,069 |  
|Less accumulated amortization |  |              | (1,431 | ) |      |   | (752  | )
|                              |  |              |        |   |      |   |       |  
|Net book value                |  | $            | 1,947  |   |      | $ | 2,317 |  
|                              |  |              |        |   |      |   |       |  

Amortization expense related to capital lease assets was $0.7 million, $0.5 million and $0.2 million for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization on the remaining property plant and equipment was $27.6
million, $32.9 million and $33.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Goodwill and Other
Intangibles

Goodwill is recorded to the extent that the purchase price of an acquisition exceeds the fair value of the identifiable net
assets acquired. Other intangibles with definite and indefinite useful lives are recorded at fair value at the date of the acquisition. Goodwill and other intangibles with indefinite useful lives were tested for impairment as of November 30,
2009. Fair values of our reporting units and other intangibles with indefinite useful lives have been determined using discounted cash flow and cash flow multiple methodology. Our overall market capitalization was also considered when evaluating the
fair values of our reporting units. Intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment if we believe that changes or triggering events have occurred that could have
caused the carrying value of the intangible assets to exceed its fair value. We have determined that no impairment of goodwill or other intangibles existed in any of the years during the three year period ended December 31, 2009.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are calculated
using the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences resulting from temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. These temporary differences are associated
with differences between the financial and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities. Any statutory change in tax rates will be recognized immediately in deferred taxes and income.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per
common share are based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share are based upon the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding
during the period. Dilutive common stock equivalents are calculated based on the assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of non-vested shares using the treasury stock method.

Stock-Based Compensation

All share-based awards are recognized as operating expense in the
Labor line of the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Calculated expense is based on the fair values of the awards on the date of grant and is recognized over the requisite service period.

Reserve for Healthcare, Workers Compensation, Automobile and General Liability

We are self-insured for our workers compensation, automobile, general liability and a portion of our healthcare insurance. We make various subjective judgments about a number of factors in
determining our reserve for healthcare, workers compensation, automobile and general liability insurance, and the related expense. Our deductible for individual healthcare claims is $0.2 million. Our deductible for workers compensation
is $0.5 million. We have a $0.3 million deductible for automobile and general liability claims. Our insurance administrator provides us with estimated loss reserves, based upon its experience dealing with similar types of claims, as well as amounts
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estimated loss reserves and to paid claims and then determine reserve levels, taking into account these calculations. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, our reserve for healthcare, workers
compensation, automobile and general liability was $12.3 million and $13.1 million, respectively. Periodic changes to the reserve for workers compensation, automobile and general liability are recorded as increases or decreases to insurance
expense, which is included in the Advertising, selling, general and administrative line of our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Periodic changes to the reserve for healthcare are recorded as increases or decreases to employee
benefits expense, which is included in the Labor line of our Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities

We have used derivative instruments to manage the risk of changes in prevailing interest rates
adversely affecting future cash flows associated with our credit facilities. The derivative instrument used to manage such risk was the interest rate swap. We designated our interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge. As such, we reported the fair
value of the swap as an asset or liability on our balance sheet. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the swap was recorded in other comprehensive loss and was recognized as a component of interest expense in the Statement of
Operations when the hedged item affected results of operations. Cash flows from derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges were reported as cash flow from operating activities, in the same category as the cash flows from the items being hedged.

Foreign Currencies

In most
instances the functional currencies of our foreign operations are the local currencies. Assets and liabilities recorded in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at
average rates of exchange prevailing during a given month. Adjustments resulting from this translation are charged or credited to other comprehensive loss.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (codified as ASC 105-10). ASC 105-10 identifies the sources of
accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP. ASC 105-10 establishes the Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) as the source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Following this statement, the FASB will issue new standards in the form of Accounting Standards Updates (ASU). ASC 105-10 is
effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 105-10 on July 1, 2009.

We adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, (ASC 820) relating to financial assets and liabilities on January 1, 2008. We adopted the provisions of ASC
820 relating to non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities on January 1, 2009. ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. The adoption of ASC 820 did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

On January 1,
2009 we adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations,as revised in December 2007 (ASC 805). ASC 805 establishes principles and requirements for how an acquiring company:



| |  |  | Recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree;
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| |  |  | Recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase; and
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| |  |  | Determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business
combination.
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ASC 805 requires an acquiring company to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at fair value as of the acquisition date. Prior to ASC 805, acquisition-related costs were included in the total costs of the acquisition and were allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed.
Under ASC 805, these acquisition-related costs will be expensed in the period in which they are incurred. Prior to ASC 805, contingent consideration usually was not recognized until the contingency was resolved, in which case an adjustment was made
to goodwill. ASC 805 requires an acquiring company to recognize contingent consideration at fair value as of the acquisition date. Our adoption of ASC 805 will affect the way we account for future acquisitions, including acquisition-related costs
and contingent consideration. Our adoption of ASC 805 may also impact the amount of information we disclose about future acquisitions.

We
adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging,(ASC 815) on January 1, 2009.ASC 815 establishes, among other things, the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. This
statement requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair values and amounts of any gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about contingent features
related to credit risk in derivative agreements. New disclosures required by ASC 815 are included in Note E, Interest Rate Risk. The adoption of ASC 815 did not affect our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2008, the FASB amended FASB ASC 715, Compensation-Retirement Benefits(ASC 715) to provide additional guidance on an employers
disclosures about plan assets of a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan. The objectives of the disclosures required by ASC 715 are to provide users of financial statements with an understanding of:



| |  |  | How investment allocation decisions are made, including the factors that are pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies;
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| |  |  | The major categories of plan assets;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------



| |  |  | The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets;
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| |  |  | The effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) on changes in plan assets for the period; and
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| |  |  | Significant concentrations of risk within plan assets.
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We adopted ASC 715 on December 31, 2009 and the additional disclosures are included in Note H, Employee Benefit Plans. The adoption of ASC 815 did not affect our consolidated financial
statements.

In April 2009, we adopted FASB ASC 825-10-50, Financial Instruments-Overall-Disclosures, (ASC 825-10-50). ASC 825-10-50
requires an entity to provide interim disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments that were previously only required to be disclosed annually. New disclosures required by ASC 825-10-50 were included in the footnotes to our Form
10-Qs filed for the second and third quarters of 2009. The adoption of ASC 825-10-50 did not affect our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, we adopted FASB ASC 855, Subsequent Events,(ASC 855). ASC 855 establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet but before financial statements are issued or
are available to be issued. ASC 855 sets forth:



| |  |  | The period after the balance sheet date during which management should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or
disclosure in the financial statements;
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| |  |  | The circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements; and
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| |  |  | The disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, as well as the date through which
management has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date.
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New disclosures required by ASC 855 are included in
Note P, Subsequent Events. The adoption of ASC 855 did not affect our consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB
issued ASC Subtopic 605-25, Revenue RecognitionMultiple-Element Arrangements, (ASC Subtopic 605-25). ASC Subtopic 605-25 provides principles for allocation of consideration among its multiple-elements, allowing more flexibility in
identifying and accounting for separate deliverables under an arrangement. ASC Subtopic 605-25 introduces an estimated selling price method for allocating revenue to the elements of a bundled arrangement if vendor-specific objective evidence or
third-party evidence of selling price is not available, and significantly expands related disclosure requirements. This standard is effective on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years
beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The adoption of ASC Subtopic 605-25 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, we adopted FASB ASU 2009-05. ASU 2009-05 amends FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures to allow companies determining the fair value of a liability to use the
perspective of an investor that holds the related obligation as an asset. ASU 2009-05 applies to all fair-value measurements of liabilities required by U.S. GAAP. The adoption of ASU 2009-05 did not affect our consolidated financial statements.

Note B  Acquisitions

In January 2008, we acquired Mason Zimbler Limited, a full-service integrated digital marketing agency specializing in the technology sector. With offices in Bristol, UK and Reading, UK, Mason Zimbler provides technology companies with a
full range of integrated digital marketing services, including direct marketing, advertising and branding, incorporating Web site development, e-mail lead generation, viral, channel incentive programs, media planning and buying, research and other
services. Goodwill of $9.8 million has been recognized in this transaction and assigned to the Direct Marketing segment. No other intangible assets were recognized in this transaction.

The total cost of the acquisition in 2008 was $8.7 million, all paid in cash. The operating results of this acquisition have been included in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements from the
date of the acquisition. We did not make any acquisitions in 2009 or 2007.

We have not disclosed proforma amounts including the operating
results of this acquisition as it is not considered material.

Note C  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, (ASC 820) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used in valuation methodologies into three levels:



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|Level 1 |  | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|        | 
|Level 2 |  | Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are
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|Level 3 |  | Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Because of their maturities and/or variable interest rates, certain financial instruments have fair values approximating their carrying values. These
instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and trade payables. The carrying value of the interest rate swap was adjusted to fair value at the end of each fiscal quarter and is disclosed in Note E, Interest Rate Risk.
The fair value of our outstanding debt is disclosed in Note D, Long-Term Debt. The fair value of the assets in our funded pension plan is disclosed in Note H, Employee Benefit Plans.

Note D  Long-Term Debt

Our
long-term debt obligations at year-end were as follows:



|                                                                                                                                          |  |              |         |      |   |        
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ---- | - | -------
|                                                                                                                                          |  | December 31,
|In thousands                                                                                                                              |  | 2009         |         | 2008
|2006 Term Loan Facility, various interest rates based on Eurodollar (effective rate of 0.73% at December 31, 2009), due
September 6, 2011 |  | $            | 148,688 |      | $ | 170,625
|2008 Term Loan Facility, various interest rates based on Eurodollar (effective rate of 0.73% at December 31, 2009), due
March 7, 2012     |  |              | 91,000  |      |   | 100,000
|                                                                                                                                          |  |              |         |      |   |        
|Total debt                                                                                                                                |  |              | 239,688 |      |   | 270,625
|Less current maturities                                                                                                                   |  |              | 46,688  |      |   | 30,938 
|                                                                                                                                          |  |              |         |      |   |        
|Total long-term debt                                                                                                                      |  | $            | 193,000 |      | $ | 239,687
|                                                                                                                                          |  |              |         |      |   |        

The carrying values and estimated fair values of our outstanding debt
at year-end were as follows:



|             |  |               |         |           |   |               |  |           |         |  |   |        
|------------ |  | ------------- | ------- | --------- | - | ------------- |  | --------- | ------- |  | - | -------
|             |  | December 31, 
|             |  | 2009          |         | 2008     
|In thousands |  | CarryingValue |         | FairValue |   | CarryingValue |  | FairValue
|Total debt   |  | $             | 239,688 |           | $ | 230,555       |  | $         | 270,625 |  | $ | 251,534

The fair value of our total debt is
estimated based on the current rates proposed to us for debt of the same remaining maturity and characteristics.

Credit Facilities

On August 12, 2005, we entered into a five-year $125 million revolving credit facility (Revolving Credit Facility) with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Revolving Credit Facility allows us to obtain revolving credit loans. For each borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated
based on either JPMorgan Chase Banks publicly announced New York prime rate or on a Eurodollar (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility) rate plus a spread. The spread is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA (as defined in the
Revolving Credit Facility) ratio then in effect, and ranges from .315% to .60% per annum. There is a facility fee that we are also required to pay under the Revolving Credit Facility that is based on a rate applied to the total commitment
amount under the Revolving Credit Facility, regardless of how much of that commitment we have actually drawn upon. The facility fee rate ranges from .085% to .15% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. The
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On September 6, 2006, we entered into a five-year $200 million term loan facility (2006 Term Loan
Facility) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. On December 31, 2007 we began making the scheduled quarterly principal payments as follows:



|                       |  |                            
|---------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|Quarterly Installments |  | Percentage of Drawn Amounts
|1  8                  |  | 2.50% each                 
|9  12                 |  | 3.75% each                 
|13  15                |  | 5.00% each                 
|Maturity Date          |  | Remaining Principal
Balance

The 2006 Term Loan Facility matures on
September 6, 2011. For each borrowing under the 2006 Term Loan Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated based on either (i) a Eurodollar (as defined in the 2006 Term Loan Facility) rate,
plus a spread which is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio (as defined in the 2006 Term Loan Facility) then in effect, and ranges from .315% to .60% per annum, or (ii) the higher of Wells Fargo Banks prime rate in
effect on such date or the Federal Funds rate in effect on such date plus .50%. There is a facility fee that we are also required to pay under the 2006 Term Loan Facility that is based on a facility fee rate applied to the outstanding principal
balance owed under the 2006 Term Loan Facility. The facility fee rate ranges from .085% to .15% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. We may elect to prepay the 2006 Term Loan Facility at any time without
incurring any prepayment penalties.

On March 7, 2008, we entered into a new four-year $100 million term loan facility (2008 Term Loan
Facility) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. On March 31, 2009, we began making the scheduled quarterly principal payments as follows:



|                       |  |                            
|---------------------- |  | ---------------------------
|Quarterly Installments |  | Percentage of Drawn Amount 
|1  4                  |  | 2.25% each                 
|5  8                  |  | 3.75% each                 
|9  12                 |  | 4.00% each                 
|Maturity Date          |  | Remaining Principal
Balance

The 2008 Term Loan Facility matures on
March 7, 2012. For each borrowing under the 2008 Term Loan Facility, we can generally choose to have the interest rate for that borrowing calculated based on either (i) a Eurodollar (as defined in the 2008 Term Loan Facility) rate, plus a
spread which is determined based on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio (as defined in the 2008 Term Loan Facility) then in effect, and ranges from .40% to .75% per annum, or (ii) the higher of Wells Fargo Banks prime rate in effect on
such date or the Federal Funds rate in effect on such date plus .50%. There is a facility fee that we are also required to pay under the 2008 Term Loan Facility that is based on a rate applied to the outstanding principal balance owed under the 2008
Term Loan Facility. The facility fee rate ranges from .10% to .25% per annum, depending on our total debt-to-EBITDA ratio then in effect. We may elect to prepay the 2008 Term Loan Facility at any time without incurring any prepayment penalties.

Under all of our credit facilities, we are required to maintain an interest coverage ratio of not less than 2.75 to 1 and a total
debt-to-EBITDA ratio of not more than 3.0 to 1. The credit facilities also contain covenants restricting our and our subsidiaries ability to grant liens and enter into certain transactions and limit the total amount of indebtedness of our
subsidiaries to $20 million.

The credit facilities each also include customary covenants regarding reporting obligations, delivery of notices
regarding certain events, maintaining our corporate existence, payment of obligations, maintenance of our properties and insurance thereon at customary levels with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, maintaining books and records
and compliance with applicable laws. The credit facilities each also provide for customary events of default including nonpayment of principal or interest, breach of representations and warranties, violations of covenants, failure to pay certain
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judgments and liabilities, certain violations of environmental laws or ERISA or the occurrence of a change of control. As of December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all of the
covenants of our credit facilities.

The future minimum principal payments related to our debt at December 31, 2009 are as follows:



|             |  |   |        
|------------ |  | - | -------
|In thousands |  |  
|2010         |  | $ | 46,688 
|2011         |  |   | 133,000
|2012         |  |   | 60,000 
|             |  |   |        
|             |  | $ | 239,688
|             |  |   |        

Cash payments for interest were $8.1 million, $14.4 million, and $13.2
million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Note E  Interest Rate Risk

We assess interest rate risk by regularly identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposure that may adversely impact expected future cash
flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities. Prior to September 30, 2009, we used a derivative instrument to manage the risk of changes in prevailing interest rates adversely affecting future cash flows associated with our credit facilities.
The derivative instrument used to manage such risk was the interest rate swap. Our only interest rate swap matured on September 30, 2009. We have not entered into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging. We do not
speculate using derivative instruments.

As with any financial instrument, derivative instruments have inherent risks, primarily market and
credit risk. Market risk associated with changes in interest rates is managed as part of our overall market risk monitoring process by establishing and monitoring limits as to the degree of risk that may be undertaken. Credit risk occurs when a
counterparty to a derivative contract in which we have an unrealized gain fails to perform according to the terms of the agreement. We seek to minimize our credit risk by entering into transactions with counterparties that maintain high credit
ratings.

We designated our interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge. For a derivative instrument designated as a cash flow hedge, the
effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument is recorded in other comprehensive loss and is recognized as a component of interest expense in the Statement of Operations when the hedged item affects results of
operations. On a quarterly basis, we assessed the ineffectiveness of the hedging relationship, and any gains or losses related to the ineffectiveness would have been recorded as interest expense in our Statement of Operations. There were no
components of the derivative instrument that were excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness.

In September 2007, we entered into a
two-year interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $150.0 million and a fixed rate of 4.655%. The two-year term began on September 28, 2007. This interest rate swap changed the variable rate cash flow exposure on the $150.0 million
notional amount to fixed rate cash flows by entering into receive-variable, pay-fixed interest rate swap transactions. Under this swap transaction, we received London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) based variable interest rate payments and made
fixed interest rate payments, thereby creating fixed rate debt. We designated this hedging relationship as hedging the risk of changes in cash flows (a cash flow hedge) attributable to changes in the LIBOR rate applicable to our 2005 Revolving
Credit Facility and 2006 Term Loan Facility. As such, we reported the fair value of the swap as an asset or liability on our balance sheet, any ineffectiveness as interest expense, and effective changes to the fair value of the swap in other
comprehensive income (loss). Fair value was determined using projected discounted future cash flows calculated using readily available market information (future LIBOR rates). This swap agreement ended on September 30, 2009 and is no longer
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reclassified into earnings losses of $4.9 million and $2.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which were related to the swap and previously reported in
other comprehensive loss.

The following table presents the location of our derivative instrument on the Consolidated Balance Sheets:



|                                              |  |                              |  |                                   |   |                      |               |           |   |                      |  |                         |  |                      |   |           |                         |  |   |      
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- |  | --------------------------------- | - | -------------------- | ------------- | --------- | - | -------------------- |  | ----------------------- |  | -------------------- | - | --------- | ----------------------- |  | - | -----
|                                              |  | Asset DerivativesDecember 31 |  | Liability DerivativesDecember 31,
|                                              |  | 2009                         |  | 2008                              |   | 2009                 |               | 2008     
|In thousands                                  |  | BalanceSheetLocation         |  | FairValue                         |   | BalanceSheetLocation |               | FairValue |   | BalanceSheetLocation |  | FairValue               |  | BalanceSheetLocation |   | FairValue
|Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  |                              |  |                                   |   |                      |               |           |   |                      |  |                         |  |                      |   |           |                         |  |   |      
|Interest rate swap                            |  | Notapplicable                |  | $                                 |  |                      | Notapplicable |           | $ |                     |  | Othercurrentliabilities |  | $                    |  |           | Othercurrentliabilities |  | $ | 4,502
|                                              |  |                              |  |                                   |   |                      |               |           |   |                      |  |                         |  |                      |   |           |                         |  |   |      
|Total Derivatives                             |  |                              |  | $                                 |  |                      |               |           | $ |                     |  |                         |  | $                    |  |           |                         |  | $ | 4,502
|                                              |  |                              |  |                                   |   |                      |               |           |   |                      |  |                         |  |                      |   |           |                         |  |   |      

Fair value at December 31, 2008 was determined using Level 2
inputs of the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy as described in Note C, Fair Value of Financial Instruments. The fair value was calculated using projected discounted future cash flows calculated using readily available market information (future
LIBOR rates).

The following table presents the impact of our derivative instrument on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years
ended December 31:



|                         |  |                                                                 |      |   |                                                                                |   |                                                                              |   |  |                  |  |   |        |   |  |   |        |  
|------------------------ |  | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - |  | ---------------- |  | - | ------ | - |  | - | ------ | -
|                         |  | Amount of LossRecognized in OCIon Derivative(Effective Portion) |      |   | Location of LossReclassified fromAccumulated OCIinto Income(Effective Portion) |   | Amount of LossReclassified fromAccumulated OCIinto Income(Effective Portion) |  
|In thousands             |  | 2009                                                            |      |   | 2008                                                                           |   |                                                                              |   |  | 2009             |  |   | 2008   |  
|Derivatives in Cash Flow |  |                                                                 |      |   |                                                                                |   |                                                                              |   |  |                  |  |   |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Hedging Relationships    |  |                                                                 |      |   |                                                                                |   |                                                                              |   |  |                  |  |   |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Interest rate swap       |  | $                                                               | (355 | ) |                                                                                | $ | (4,591                                                                       | ) |  | Interest expense |  | $ | (4,857 | ) |  | $ | (2,684 | )
|                         |  |                                                                 |      |   |                                                                                |   |                                                                              |   |  |                  |  |   |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Total                    |  | $                                                               | (355 | ) |                                                                                | $ | (4,591                                                                       | ) |  |                  |  | $ | (4,857 | ) |  | $ | (2,684 | )
|                         |  |                                                                 |      |   |                                                                                |   |                                                                              |   |  |                  |  |   |        |   |  |   |        |  

Note F  Income Taxes

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:



|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------ | -
|                         |  | Year Ended December 31, |       
|In thousands             |  | 2009                    |        |   | 2008 |   | 2007   | 
|Current                  |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Federal                  |  | $                       | 16,732 |   |      | $ | 19,502 |  | $ | 39,855 |  
|State and local          |  |                         | (1,018 | ) |      |   | 4,153  |  |   | 8,719  |  
|Foreign                  |  |                         | 2,421  |   |      |   | 1,644  |  |   | 1,292  |  
|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Total current            |  | $                       | 18,135 |   |      | $ | 25,299 |  | $ | 49,866 |  
|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|                         |  |                         |       
|Deferred                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Federal                  |  | $                       | 5,160  |   |      | $ | 11,703 |  | $ | 8,145  |  
|State and local          |  |                         | 475    |   |      |   | 1,555  |  |   | 609    |  
|Foreign                  |  |                         | 457    |   |      |   | 271    |  |   | (123   | )
|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Total deferred           |  | $                       | 6,092  |   |      | $ | 13,529 |  | $ | 8,631  |  
|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Total income tax expense |  | $                       | 24,227 |   |      | $ | 38,828 |  | $ | 58,497 |  
|                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |  |   |        |  



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The United States and foreign components of income before income taxes were as follows:



|                                 |  |                         |        |      |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                                 |  | Year Ended December 31,
|In thousands                     |  | 2009                    |        | 2008 |   | 2007   
|United States                    |  | $                       | 63,738 |      | $ | 95,826  |  | $ | 148,291
|Foreign                          |  |                         | 8,204  |      |   | 5,743   |  |   | 2,846  
|                                 |  |                         |        |      |   |         |  |   |        
|                                 |  |                         |       
|Total income before income taxes |  | $                       | 71,942 |      | $ | 101,569 |  | $ | 151,137
|                                 |  |                         |        |      |   |         |  |   |        

The differences between total income tax expense and the amount
computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before income taxes were as follows:



|                                                |  |                         |        |   |      |    |   |      |   |        |      |  |    |      |  |   |        |   |  |    |  
|----------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ | - | ---- | -- | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | -- | ---- |  | - | ------ | - |  | -- | -
|                                                |  | Year Ended December 31, |       
|In thousands                                    |  | 2009                    |        |   | Rate |    |   | 2008 |   |        | Rate |  |    | 2007 |  |   | Rate   |  
|Computed expected income tax expense            |  | $                       | 25,180 |   |      | 35 | % |      | $ | 35,550 |      |  | 35 | %    |  | $ | 52,898 |   |  | 35 | %
|Net effect of state income taxes                |  |                         | (935   | ) |      | -1 | % |      |   | 4,081  |      |  | 4  | %    |  |   | 6,063  |   |  | 4  | %
|Production activities deduction                 |  |                         | (75    | ) |      | 0  | % |      |   | (479   | )    |  | -1 | %    |  |   | (1,282 | ) |  | -1 | %
|Change in beginning of year valuation allowance |  |                         | 422    |   |      | 1  | % |      |   | 48     |      |  | 0  | %    |  |   | (92    | ) |  | 0  | %
|Other, net                                      |  |                         | (365   | ) |      | -1 | % |      |   | (372   | )    |  | 0  | %    |  |   | 910    |   |  | 1  | %
|                                                |  |                         |        |   |      |    |   |      |   |        |      |  |    |      |  |   |        |   |  |    |  
|Income tax expense for the period               |  | $                       | 24,227 |   |      | 34 | % |      | $ | 38,828 |      |  | 38 | %    |  | $ | 58,497 |   |  | 39 | %
|                                                |  |                         |        |   |      |    |   |      |   |        |      |  |    |      |  |   |        |   |  |    |  

Total income tax expense (benefit) was allocated as follows:



|                      |  |                         |        |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  
|--------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                      |  | Year Ended December 31, |       
|In thousands          |  | 2009                    |        | 2008 |   |         | 2007 | 
|Results of operations |  | $                       | 24,227 |      | $ | 38,828  |      |  | $ | 58,497 |  
|Stockholders equity  |  |                         | 9,052  |      |   | (14,471 | )    |  |   | (5,187 | )
|                      |  |                         |        |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  
|                      |  |                         |       
|Total                 |  | $                       | 33,279 |      | $ | 24,357  |      |  | $ | 53,310 |  
|                      |  |                         |        |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  

The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax
liabilities were as follows:



|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------ |  | ------------ | -------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | -
|                                           |  | December 31, |         
|In thousands                               |  | 2009         |          |   | 2008 |  
|Deferred tax assets                        |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Deferred compensation and retirement plan  |  | $            | 20,527   |   |      | $ | 25,864   |  
|Accrued expenses not deductible until paid |  |              | 10,022   |   |      |   | 9,351    |  
|Employee stock-based compensation          |  |              | 5,240    |   |      |   | 6,001    |  
|State income tax                           |  |              | 1,215    |   |      |   | 3,816    |  
|Accounts receivable, net                   |  |              | 986      |   |      |   | 1,584    |  
|Other, net                                 |  |              | 201      |   |      |   | 299      |  
|Federal net operating loss carryforwards   |  |              | 244      |   |      |   | 1,153    |  
|Foreign net operating loss carryforwards   |  |              | 1,127    |   |      |   | 1,051    |  
|State net operating loss carryforwards     |  |              | 798      |   |      |   | 678      |  
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Total gross deferred tax assets            |  |              | 40,360   |   |      |   | 49,797   |  
|Less valuation allowance                   |  |              | (1,708   | ) |      |   | (663     | )
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Net deferred tax assets                    |  | $            | 38,652   |   |      | $ | 49,134   |  
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|                                           |  |             
|Deferred tax liabilities                   |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment              |  | $            | (12,920  | ) |      | $ | (14,718  | )
|Goodwill and other intangibles             |  |              | (93,611  | ) |      |   | (87,100  | )
|Other, net                                 |  |              | (196     | ) |      |   | (39      | )
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Total gross deferred tax liabilities       |  |              | (106,727 | ) |      |   | (101,857 | )
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Net deferred tax liabilities               |  | $            | (68,075  | ) |      | $ | (52,723  | )
|                                           |  |              |          |   |      |   |          |  

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some
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income and that the deductible temporary differences will offset existing taxable temporary differences, management believes it is more likely than not that we will realize the benefits of these
deductible differences, net of the existing valuation allowances, at December 31, 2009 and 2008.

Net deferred taxes are recorded both as
a current deferred income tax asset and as other long-term liabilities based upon the classification of the related assets and liabilities that give rise to the temporary difference. There are approximately $28.7 million and $36.1 million of
deferred tax assets related to non-current items that are netted with long-term deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Harte-Hanks or one of our subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign jurisdictions. For U.S. state and foreign returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations
for years prior to 2005. For U.S. federal returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for the years prior to 2006.

A reconciliation
of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefit is as follows:



|                                         |  |   |        |  
|---------------------------------------- |  | - | ------ | -
|Balance at January 1, 2008               |  | $ | 9,802  |  
|Additions for current year tax positions |  |   |       |  
|Additions for prior year tax positions   |  |   | 307    |  
|Reductions for prior year tax positions  |  |   | (907   | )
|Lapse of statute                         |  |   | (2,121 | )
|Settlements                              |  |   |       |  
|                                         |  |   |        |  
|Balance at December 31, 2008             |  | $ | 7,081  |  
|                                         |  |   |        |  
|                                         | 
|Additions for current year tax positions |  | $ |       |  
|Additions for prior year tax positions   |  |   | 39     |  
|Reductions for prior year tax positions  |  |   | (2,286 | )
|Lapse of statute                         |  |   | (2,247 | )
|Settlements                              |  |   | (1,074 | )
|                                         |  |   |        |  
|Balance at December 31, 2009             |  | $ | 1,513  |  
|                                         |  |   |        |  

Included in the balance as of December 31, 2009 are $1.1 million of tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the
effective tax rate. During the year ended December 31, 2009, we recognized approximately $1.2 million in tax benefits related to interest and penalties associated with the reduction of the liability for unrecognized tax benefits. During the
years ended December 31, 2008, and 2007, we recognized approximately $1.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in tax expense related to interest and penalties. We had approximately $1.2 million and $2.5 million of interest and penalties
accrued at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

We anticipate that it is reasonably possible that we will have a reduction in the
liability related to filing positions in the range of $1.2 million to $1.4 million during 2010 as a result of lapsing statutes.

As of
December 31, 2009, we had net operating loss carryforwards that are available to reduce future taxable income and that will begin to expire in 2011.

The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of January 1, 2008, was $1.1 million. The valuation allowance at December 31, 2009 and 2008 relates to foreign and state net operating loss
carryforwards, which are not expected to be realized.

Deferred income taxes have not been provided on the undistributed earnings of our
foreign subsidiaries as these earnings have been, and under current plans will continue to be, permanently reinvested in these subsidiaries. If those earnings were not considered permanently reinvested, U.S. federal deferred income taxes would have
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Cash payments for income taxes were $17.4 million, $28.5 million and $44.1 million in 2009, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.

Note G  Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill is recorded to the extent that the purchase price of an acquisition exceeds the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill and other intangibles with indefinite useful lives are
tested for impairment as described below.

We assess the impairment of our goodwill by determining the fair value of each of our reporting
units and comparing the fair value to the carrying value for each reporting unit. We have identified our reporting units as Direct Marketing and Shoppers.

We performed our annual goodwill impairment testing for both the Direct Marketing and Shoppers segments as of November 30, 2009. As quoted market prices are not available for our reporting units,
estimated fair value was determined using a discounted cash flow (DCF) model, a cash flow multiple (CFM) model and with consideration of our overall market capitalization. The DCF and CFM models utilize projected financial results based on
historical performance and managements estimate of future performance, giving consideration to existing and anticipated competitive and economic conditions. Determining fair value requires the exercise of significant judgments, including
judgments about appropriate discount rates, the amount and timing of expected future cash flows, and perpetual growth rates. If a reporting units carrying amount exceeds its fair value, we must calculate the implied fair value of the reporting
units goodwill by allocating the reporting units fair value to all of its assets and liabilities (recognized and unrecognized) in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, and then compare this implied fair value to its carrying
amount. To the extent that the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recorded.

We assess the
impairment of other intangibles with indefinite lives by determining the fair value of each intangible asset and comparing the fair value to the carrying value for each intangible asset. Fair value is determined using the relief from royalty method,
a form of the income approach, based on historical performance and managements estimate of future performance, giving consideration to existing and anticipated competitive and economic conditions. If an intangibles carrying amount
exceeds its fair value, the intangible asset is written down to fair value and an impairment loss is recorded.

Both the Direct Marketing and
Shoppers reporting units and all other intangibles with indefinite lives were tested for impairment as of November 30, 2009. Based on the results of our impairment test, we have not recorded an impairment loss related to goodwill or other
intangibles with indefinite useful lives in any of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2009.

The changes in the
carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:



|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  
|------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------- | - | -------- | - | ------- |  | - | ------- | -
|In thousands                    |  | DirectMarketing |         |   | Shoppers |   | Total   | 
|Balance at December 31, 2007    |  | $               | 376,096 |   |          | $ | 167,487 |  | $ | 543,583 |  
|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  
|                                |  |                 |        
|Purchase consideration          |  |                 | 9,626   |   |          |   |        |  |   | 9,626   |  
|Purchase accounting adjustments |  |                 | (332    | ) |          |   |        |  |   | (332    | )
|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  
|Balance at December 31, 2008    |  | $               | 385,390 |   |          | $ | 167,487 |  | $ | 552,877 |  
|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  
|                                |  |                 |        
|Purchase accounting adjustments |  |                 | 9       |   |          |   |        |  |   | 9       |  
|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  
|Balance at December 31, 2009    |  | $               | 385,399 |   |          | $ | 167,487 |  | $ | 552,886 |  
|                                |  |                 |         |   |          |   |         |  |   |         |  



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Other intangibles with indefinite useful lives all relate to trademarks and trade names associated with the
Tampa Flyer acquisition in April 2005 and the Aberdeen acquisition in September 2006, and were recorded at fair value.

The carrying amount of
other intangibles with indefinite lives for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $5.0 million in Direct Marketing and $7.6 million in Shoppers.

Other intangibles with definite useful lives all relate to contact databases, client relationships and non-compete agreements. Other intangibles with definite useful lives are recorded at fair value at
the date of the acquisition. Other intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their respective estimated useful lives, typically a period of 5 to 10 years, and reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We have not recorded an impairment loss related to other intangibles with definite useful lives in any of the years during the three year period ended
December 31, 2009.

The changes in the carrying amount of other intangibles with definite lives are as follows:



|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  
|---------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------ | - | -------- | - | ------ | ----- |  | - | ------ | -
|In thousands                 |  | DirectMarketing |        |   | Shoppers |   |        | Total | 
|Balance at December 31, 2007 |  | $               | 3,142  |   |          | $ | 5,197  |       |  | $ | 8,339  |  
|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  
|                             |  |                 |       
|Amortization                 |  |                 | (1,903 | ) |          |   | (1,047 | )     |  |   | (2,950 | )
|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  
|Balance at December 31, 2008 |  | $               | 1,239  |   |          | $ | 4,150  |       |  | $ | 5,389  |  
|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  
|                             |  |                 |       
|Amortization                 |  |                 | (716   | ) |          |   | (996   | )     |  |   | (1,712 | )
|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  
|Balance at December 31, 2009 |  | $               | 523    |   |          | $ | 3,154  |       |  | $ | 3,677  |  
|                             |  |                 |        |   |          |   |        |       |  |   |        |  

Amortization expense related to other intangibles with definite useful lives was $1.7 million, $3.0 million and $3.5 million
for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Expected amortization expense for the next five years is as follows:



|             |  |   |    
|------------ |  | - | ---
|In thousands
|2010         |  | $ | 934
|2011         |  | $ | 674
|2012         |  | $ | 648
|2013         |  | $ | 625
|2014         |  | $ | 622

Note H  Employee Benefit
Plans

Prior to January 1, 1999, we maintained a defined benefit pension plan for which most of our employees were eligible. In
conjunction with significant enhancements to the 401(k) plan, we elected to freeze benefits under this defined benefit pension plan as of December 31, 1998.

In 1994, we adopted a non-qualified, supplemental pension plan covering certain employees, which provides for incremental pension payments so that total pension payments equal those amounts that would
have been payable from the principal pension plan were it not for limitations imposed by income tax regulation. The benefits under this supplemental pension plan, which is an unfunded plan, will continue to accrue as if the principal pension plan
had not been frozen.

The overfunded or underfunded status of our defined benefit postretirement plans is recorded as an asset or liability on
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assets and the projected benefit obligation. Periodic changes in the funded status are recognized through other comprehensive income. We currently measure the funded status of our defined benefit
plans as of December 31, the date of our year-end consolidated balance sheets.

The status of the defined benefit pension plans at
year-end was as follows:



|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|---------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                               |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|In thousands                                   |  | 2009                    |         |   | 2008 |  
|Change in benefit obligation                   |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Benefit obligation at beginning of year        |  | $                       | 130,535 |   |      | $ | 131,049 |  
|Service cost                                   |  |                         | 548     |   |      |   | 671     |  
|Interest cost                                  |  |                         | 8,153   |   |      |   | 7,967   |  
|Actuarial loss                                 |  |                         | 3,935   |   |      |   | 252     |  
|Curtailment                                    |  |                         |        |   |      |   | (1,975  | )
|Administrative expenses paid                   |  |                         | (904    | ) |      |   | (785    | )
|Benefits paid                                  |  |                         | (7,122  | ) |      |   | (6,644  | )
|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Benefit obligation at end of year              |  | $                       | 135,145 |   |      | $ | 130,535 |  
|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                               |  |                        
|Change in plan assets                          |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year |  | $                       | 75,298  |   |      | $ | 115,012 |  
|Actual return on plan assets                   |  |                         | 17,805  |   |      |   | (33,080 | )
|Contributions                                  |  |                         | 938     |   |      |   | 795     |  
|Administrative expenses paid                   |  |                         | (904    | ) |      |   | (785    | )
|Benefits paid                                  |  |                         | (7,122  | ) |      |   | (6,644  | )
|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Fair value of plan assets at end of year       |  | $                       | 86,015  |   |      | $ | 75,298  |  
|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                               |  |                        
|Funded status at end of year                   |  | $                       | (49,130 | ) |      | $ | (55,237 | )
|                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |  

The following amounts have been recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31:



|                       |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |  
|---------------------- |  | ---- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|In thousands           |  | 2009 |         |   | 2008 |  
|Current liabilities    |  | $    | (959    | ) |      | $ | (6,800  | )
|Noncurrent liabilities |  |      | (48,171 | ) |      |   | (48,437 | )
|                       |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                       |  | $    | (49,130 | ) |      | $ | (55,237 | )
|                       |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |  

The following amounts have been recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31:



|                      |  |      |        |      |   |       
|--------------------- |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------
|In thousands          |  | 2009 |        | 2008
|Net loss              |  | $    | 36,762 |      | $ | 45,168
|Transition obligation |  |      |       |      |   | 7     
|Prior service cost    |  |      | 64     |      |   | 97    
|                      |  |      |        |      |   |       
|                      |  | $    | 36,826 |      | $ | 45,272
|                      |  |      |        |      |   |       

We plan to make total contributions of $6.1 million to our frozen
pension plan in 2010 in order to obtain the Pension Protection Act of 2006 full funding limit exemption. We are not required to make and do not intend to make any contributions to our unfunded pension plan in 2010 other than to the extent needed to
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The following information is presented for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of
plan assets:



|                               |  |              |         |      |   |        
|------------------------------ |  | ------------ | ------- | ---- | - | -------
|                               |  | December 31,
|In thousands                   |  | 2009         |         | 2008
|Projected benefit obligation   |  | $            | 135,145 |      | $ | 130,535
|Accumulated benefit obligation |  | $            | 133,519 |      | $ | 128,992
|Fair value of plan assets      |  | $            | 86,015  |      | $ | 75,298 

The non-qualified, unfunded pension
plan had an accumulated benefit obligation of $19.0 million and $16.1 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Components
of Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss:



|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                                                 |  | Year Ended December 31, |       
|In thousands                                                                     |  | 2009                    |        |   | 2008 |   |        | 2007 | 
|Net Period Benefit Cost (Pre-tax)                                                |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Service cost                                                                     |  | $                       | 548    |   |      | $ | 671    |      |  | $ | 766    |  
|Interest cost                                                                    |  |                         | 8,153  |   |      |   | 7,967  |      |  |   | 7,778  |  
|Expected return on plan assets                                                   |  |                         | (5,603 | ) |      |   | (8,976 | )    |  |   | (8,964 | )
|Amortization of prior service cost                                               |  |                         | 54     |   |      |   | 61     |      |  |   | 61     |  
|Transition obligation                                                            |  |                         | 10     |   |      |   | 96     |      |  |   | 96     |  
|Recognized actuarial loss                                                        |  |                         | 5,744  |   |      |   | 2,008  |      |  |   | 2,442  |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Net periodic benefit cost                                                        |  | $                       | 8,906  |   |      | $ | 1,827  |      |  | $ | 2,179  |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |       
|Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss (Pre-tax)                         |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Net gain                                                                         |  | $                       | 14,013 |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Transition obligation                                                            |  |                         | 10     |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Prior service cost                                                               |  |                         | 54     |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Total benefit recognized in other comprehensive loss                             |  | $                       | 14,077 |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Net benefit recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive loss |  | $                       | 5,170  |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|                                                                                 |  |                         |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  

The estimated net loss and prior service cost for the defined benefit pension plans that will be amortized from
accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic benefit cost over the next year are $4.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

The
weighted-average assumptions used for measurement of the defined pension plans were as follows:



|                                                                         |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | - |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | -
|                                                                         |  | Year Ended December 31, |  
|                                                                         |  | 2009                    |   |  | 2008 |   |  | 2007 |  
|Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Discount rate                                                            |  | 6.25                    | % |  | 6.25 | % |  | 6.00 | %
|Expected return on plan assets                                           |  | 7.75                    | % |  | 8.00 | % |  | 8.25 | %
|Rate of compensation increase                                            |  | 4.00                    | % |  | 4.00 | % |  | 4.00 | %



|                                                                   |  |              |   |  |      |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------ | - |  | ---- | -
|                                                                   |  | December 31, |  
|                                                                   |  | 2009         |   |  | 2008 |  
|Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations |  |              |   |  |      |  
|Discount rate                                                      |  | 6.20         | % |  | 6.25 | %
|Rate of compensation increase                                      |  | 4.00         | % |  | 4.00 | %



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The discount rate assumptions are based on current yields of investment-grade corporate long-term bonds. The
expected long-term return on plan assets is based on the expected future average annual return for each major asset class within the plans portfolio (which is principally comprised of equity investments) over a long-term horizon. In
determining the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, we evaluated input from our investment consultants, actuaries, and investment management firms, including their review of asset class return expectations, as well as long-term
historical asset class returns. Projected returns by such consultants and economists are based on broad equity and bond indices. Additionally, we considered our historical 15-year compounded returns, which have been in excess of the forward-looking
return expectations.

The funded pension plan assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, by asset category, are as follows:



|                  |  |      |        |   |     |   |      |   |        |  |     |  
|----------------- |  | ---- | ------ | - | --- | - | ---- | - | ------ |  | --- | -
|In thousands      |  | 2009 |        | % |     |   | 2008 |   | %      | 
|Equity securities |  | $    | 59,866 |   | 70  | % |      | $ | 48,793 |  | 65  | %
|Debt securities   |  |      | 24,222 |   | 28  | % |      |   | 26,505 |  | 35  | %
|Other             |  |      | 1,927  |   | 2   | % |      |   |       |  | 0   | %
|                  |  |      |        |   |     |   |      |   |        |  |     |  
|Total plan assets |  | $    | 86,015 |   | 100 | % |      | $ | 75,298 |  | 100 | %
|                  |  |      |        |   |     |   |      |   |        |  |     |  

The current economic environment presents employee benefit plans with unprecedented circumstances and challenges, which, in
some cases over the last several years, have resulted in large declines in the fair value of investments. The fair values presented have been prepared using values and information available as of December 31, 2009.

The following tables present the fair value measurements of the assets in our funded pension plan:



|                  |  |                  |        |                                                            |   |                                           |  |                                        |     |  |   |  
|----------------- |  | ---------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | - | ----------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------- | --- |  | - | -
|In thousands      |  | December 31,2009 |        | Quoted Prices inActive Marketsfor IdenticalAssets(Level 1) |   | SignificantOtherObservableInputs(Level 2) |  | SignificantUnobservableInputs(Level 3)
|Equity Securities |  | $                | 59,866 |                                                            | $ | 59,866                                    |  | $                                      |    |  | $ | 
|Debt securities   |  |                  | 24,222 |                                                            |   | 24,222                                    |  |                                        |    |  |   | 
|Other             |  |                  | 1,927  |                                                            |   | 1,927                                     |  |                                        |    |  |   | 
|                  |  |                  |        |                                                            |   |                                           |  |                                        |     |  |   |  
|Total             |  | $                | 86,015 |                                                            | $ | 86,015                                    |  | $                                      |    |  | $ | 
|                  |  |                  |        |                                                            |   |                                           |  |                                        |     |  |   |  
|                  |  |                  |        |                                                           
|In thousands      |  | December 31,2008 |        | Quoted Prices inActive Marketsfor IdenticalAssets(Level 1) |   | SignificantOtherObservableInputs(Level 2) |  | SignificantUnobservableInputs(Level 3)
|Equity Securities |  | $                | 48,793 |                                                            | $ | 48,584                                    |  | $                                      | 209 |  | $ | 
|Debt securities   |  |                  | 26,505 |                                                            |   | 26,505                                    |  |                                        |    |  |   | 
|                  |  |                  |        |                                                            |   |                                           |  |                                        |     |  |   |  
|Total             |  | $                | 75,298 |                                                            | $ | 75,089                                    |  | $                                      | 209 |  | $ | 
|                  |  |                  |        |                                                            |   |                                           |  |                                        |     |  |   |  

The investment policy for the Harte-Hanks, Inc. Pension Plan focuses on
the preservation and enhancement of the corpus of the plans assets through prudent asset allocation, quarterly monitoring and evaluation of investment results, and periodic meetings with investment managers.



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The investment policys goals and objectives are to meet or exceed the representative indices over a
full market cycle (3-5 years). The policy establishes the following investment mix, which is intended to subject the principal to an acceptable level of volatility while still meeting the desired return objectives:



|                       |  |        |  |                  |  |                       
|---------------------- |  | ------ |  | ---------------- |  | ----------------------
|                       |  | Target |  | Acceptable Range |  | Benchmark Index       
|Domestic Equities      |  | 50.0%  |  | 35% - 75%        |  | S&P 500               
|Large Cap Growth       |  | 22.5%  |  | 15% - 30%        |  | Russell 1000 Growth   
|Large Cap Value        |  | 22.5%  |  | 15% - 30%        |  | Russell 1000 Value    
|Mid Cap Value          |  | 5.0%   |  | 5% - 15%         |  | Russell Mid Cap Value 
|Mid Cap Growth         |  | 0.0%   |  | 0% - 10%         |  | Russell Mid Cap Growth
|                       |  |        | 
|Domestic Fixed Income  |  | 35.0%  |  | 15% - 50%        |  | LB Aggregate          
|International Equities |  | 15.0%  |  | 10% - 25%        |  | MSC1 EAFE             

The funded pension plan provides
for investment in various investment types. Investments, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility risk. Due to the level of risk associated with investments, it is reasonably possible
that changes in the value of investments will occur in the near term and may impact the funded status of the plan. To address the issue of risk, the investment policy places high priority on the preservation of the value of capital (in real terms)
over a market cycle. Investments are made in companies with a minimum five-year operating history and sufficient trading volume to facilitate, under most market conditions, prompt sale without severe market effect. Investments are diversified;
reasonable concentration in any one issue, issuer, industry or geographic area is allowed if the potential reward is worth the risk.

The
following table presents the investments that represented 5% or more of the funded pension plans assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008:



|                                                               |  |      |        |   |    |   |      |   |        |  |    |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ------ | - | -- | - | ---- | - | ------ |  | -- | -
|In thousands                                                   |  | 2009 |        | % |    |   | 2008 |   | %      | 
|LM Institutional Fund Advisors I, Inc. Western Asset Core Plus |  | $    | 12,961 |   | 15 | % |      | $ | 23,433 |  | 31 | %
|PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class                    |  | $    | 11,261 |   | 13 | % |      | $ |       |  | 0  | %
|State Street Government STIF 15                                |  | $    | 3,286  |   | 4  | % |      | $ | 4,143  |  | 6  | %

Investment managers are
evaluated by the performance of the representative indices over a full market cycle for each class of assets. The Pension Plan Committee reviews, on a quarterly basis, the investment portfolio of each manager, which includes rates of return,
performance comparisons with the most appropriate indices, and comparisons of each managers performance with a universe of other portfolio managers that employ the same investment style.

The expected future pension benefit payments for the next ten years as of December 31, 2009 are as follows:



|             |  |   |        
|------------ |  | - | -------
|In thousands
|2010         |  | $ | 7,131  
|2011         |  |   | 7,288  
|2012         |  |   | 7,714  
|2013         |  |   | 8,121  
|2014         |  |   | 8,596  
|2015 - 2019  |  |   | 47,444 
|             |  |   |        
|             |  |   | $86,294
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We also sponsor a 401(k) retirement plan in which we match a portion of employees voluntary before-tax
contributions. Under this plan, both employee and matching contributions vest immediately. Total 401(k) expense recognized in 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $5.8 million, $6.7 million and $7.2 million, respectively.

Note I  Stockholders Equity

We paid a quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per common share in each of the quarters in the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. We currently plan to pay a quarterly dividend of 7.5 cents per common share in each of the quarters in
2010, although any actual dividend declaration can be made only upon approval of our Board of Directors, based on its business judgment.

We
did not repurchase any shares of our common stock under our stock repurchase program in 2009. As of December 31, 2009, we have repurchased 63.9 million shares since the beginning of our January 1997 stock repurchase program. Under this
program, we had authorization to repurchase 10.5 million additional shares at December 31, 2009.

During 2009, we received 17,781
shares of our common stock, with an estimated market value of $0.1 million, in connection with stock option exercises and the vesting of non-vested shares. Since January 1997, we have received 1.6 million shares in connection with stock option
exercises and the vesting of non-vested shares.

Note J  Stock-Based Compensation

Compensation expense for stock-based awards is based on the fair values of the awards on the date of grant and is recognized on a straight-line basis over
the vesting period of the entire award in the Labor line of the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we recorded total stock-based compensation expense of $3.9 million ($2.6
million, net of tax), $5.8 million ($3.6 million, net of tax) and $7.1 million ($4.3 million, net of tax), respectively.

In May 2005, we
adopted the 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (2005 Plan), a shareholder approved plan, pursuant to which we may issue equity securities to directors, officers and key employees. Under the 2005 Plan we have awarded stock options, non-vested shares and
performance stock units. The 2005 Plan replaced the 1991 Stock Option Plan (1991 Plan), a shareholder approved plan, pursuant to which we issued stock options to directors, officers and key employees. No additional options will be granted under the
1991 Plan. In May 2009 our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2005 Plan to increase the maximum number of authorized shares that may be issued thereunder by 4.6 million shares, from 4.6 million shares to 9.2 million shares. As
of December 31, 2009, there were 5.2 million shares available for grant under the 2005 Plan.

Stock Options

Under the 2005 Plan, all options have been granted at exercise prices equal to the market value of the common stock on the grant date (2005 Plan options).
All 2005 Plan options become exercisable in 25% increments on the second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of their date of grant and expire on the tenth anniversary of their date of grant. As of December 31, 2009, 2005 Plan options to
purchase 3.6 million shares were outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $6.04 to $28.85 per share.

Under the 1991 Plan, options
were granted at exercise prices equal to the market value of the common stock on the grant date (1991 Plan market price options) and at exercise prices below the market value of the common stock (1991 Plan performance options). 1991 Plan market
price options become exercisable in 25% increments on the second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of their date of grant and expire on the tenth anniversary of their date of grant. As of December 31, 2009, 1991 Plan market price options
to purchase 3.4 million shares were outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $13.38 to $26.55 per share.

The 1991 Plan performance
options became exercisable in whole or in part after three years, and the extent to which they became exercisable at that time depended upon the extent to which we achieved certain goals established at the time the options were granted. No 1991 Plan
performance options have been granted since January 1999, and all remaining 1991 Plan performance options were exercised in January 2009.



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The following summarizes all stock option activity during 2009, 2008 and 2007:



|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|---------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | - |  | --------------------------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---- | ---------------------------------- | - | -----
|                                         |  | Number ofShares |   |  | Weighted-AverageOptionPrice |       | Weighted-AverageRemainingContractualTerm(Years) |      | AggregateIntrinsicValue(Thousands)
|Options outstanding at December 31, 2006 |  | 7,151,971       |   |  | $                           | 19.44 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   | 
|Granted                                  |  | 1,028,125       |   |  |                             | 24.91 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Exercised                                |  | (979,545        | ) |  |                             | 14.16 |                                                 |      |                                    | $ | 9,009
|Cancelled                                |  | (416,907        | ) |  |                             | 24.67 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Options outstanding at December 31, 2007 |  | 6,783,644       |   |  | $                           | 20.71 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   | 
|Granted                                  |  | 1,083,550       |   |  |                             | 15.73 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Exercised                                |  | (89,707         | ) |  |                             | 12.57 |                                                 |      |                                    | $ | 327  
|Cancelled                                |  | (1,069,797      | ) |  |                             | 20.68 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Options outstanding at December 31, 2008 |  | 6,707,690       |   |  | $                           | 20.02 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   | 
|Granted                                  |  | 1,946,000       |   |  |                             | 6.09  |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Exercised                                |  | (7,312          | ) |  |                             | 3.43  |                                                 |      |                                    | $ | 34   
|Cancelled                                |  | (1,650,729      | ) |  |                             | 18.03 |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Options outstanding at December 31, 2009 |  | 6,995,649       |   |  | $                           | 16.63 |                                                 | 5.56 |                                    | $ | 8,497
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      
|Exercisable at December 31, 2009         |  | 3,642,398       |   |  | $                           | 20.10 |                                                 | 3.07 |                                    | $ |     
|                                         |  |                 |   |  |                             |       |                                                 |      |                                    |   |      

The aggregate intrinsic value at year end in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that
would have been received by the option holders if all of the in-the-money options were exercised on December 31, 2009. The pre-tax intrinsic value is the difference between the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2009 and the
exercise price for each in-the-money option. This value fluctuates with the changes in the price of our common stock.

Cancelled stock-based
compensation awards include:



| |  |  | unvested options and awards forfeited upon employee termination;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | vested options cancelled upon employee termination;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | vested options expired on the tenth anniversary of their date of grant; and
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | performance awards for which performance criteria were not met.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------



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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2009:



|                         |  |                   |  |                                      |  |                               |       |                   |           |                               |   |      
|------------------------ |  | ----------------- |  | ------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | - | -----
|                         |  |                   |  | Outstanding                          |  | Exercisable                  
|Range of Exercise Prices |  | NumberOutstanding |  | Weighted-AverageRemainingLife(Years) |  | Weighted-AverageExercisePrice |       | NumberExercisable |           | Weighted-AverageExercisePrice
|$ 6.04  6.99            |  | 1,792,000         |  | 9.10                                 |  | $                             | 6.04  |                   |          |                               | $ |     
|$ 7.00  14.99           |  | 722,052           |  | 1.00                                 |  | $                             | 14.11 |                   | 692,052   |                               | $ | 14.20
|$15.00  15.99           |  | 757,550           |  | 7.68                                 |  | $                             | 15.89 |                   | 42,000    |                               | $ | 15.75
|$16.00  18.99           |  | 987,876           |  | 2.20                                 |  | $                             | 17.79 |                   | 950,376   |                               | $ | 17.81
|$19.00  22.99           |  | 955,969           |  | 3.48                                 |  | $                             | 21.16 |                   | 955,969   |                               | $ | 21.16
|$23.00  25.70           |  | 914,662           |  | 5.39                                 |  | $                             | 25.06 |                   | 641,452   |                               | $ | 25.18
|$25.71  28.85           |  | 865,540           |  | 6.49                                 |  | $                             | 26.08 |                   | 360,549   |                               | $ | 26.11
|                         |  |                   |  |                                      |  |                               |       |                   |           |                               |   |      
|                         |  | 6,995,649         |  | 5.56                                 |  | $                             | 16.63 |                   | 3,642,398 |                               | $ | 20.10
|                         |  |                   |  |                                      |  |                               |       |                   |           |                               |   |      

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model
based on the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants during 2009, 2008 and 2007:



|                                |  |                          |   |  |       |   |  |       |  
|------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | - |  | ----- | - |  | ----- | -
|                                |  | Years Ended December 31, |  
|                                |  | 2009                     |   |  | 2008  |   |  | 2007  |  
|Expected term (in years)        |  | 6.75                     |   |  | 6.75  |   |  | 6.75  |  
|Expected stock price volatility |  | 31.28                    | % |  | 24.60 | % |  | 21.43 | %
|Risk-free interest rate         |  | 2.32                     | % |  | 3.13  | % |  | 4.59  | %
|Expected dividend yield         |  | 2.93                     | % |  | 1.66  | % |  | 1.11  | %

Expected term is estimated
using the simplified method, which takes into account vesting and contractual term. The simplified method is being used to calculate expected term instead of historical experience due to a lack of relevant historical data resulting from changes in
option vesting schedules and changes in the pool of employees receiving option grants. Expected stock price volatility is based on the historical volatility from traded shares of our stock over the expected term. The risk-free interest rate is based
on the rate of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury instrument with a remaining term approximately equal to the expected term. Expected dividend yield is based on historical stock price movement and anticipated future annual dividends over the expected term.
Future annual dividends over the expected term are estimated to range between $0.30 and $0.40 per share, with a weighted-average annual dividend of $0.34 per share.

The weighted-average fair value of options granted during 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $1.51, $4.05 and $7.32, respectively. As of December 31, 2009, there was $7.3 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.92 years.

Non-vested Shares

All non-vested shares have been granted under the 2005 Plan. In general,
non-vested shares vest 100% on the third anniversary of their date of grant.



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The following summarizes all non-vested share activity during 2009, 2008 and 2007:



|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | - |  | ------------------------------------ | -----
|                                                   |  | Numberof Shares |   |  | Weighted-AverageGrant-DateFair Value
|Non-vested shares outstanding at December 31, 2006 |  | 79,423          |   |  | $                                    | 25.82
|                                                   |  |                
|Granted                                            |  | 81,584          |   |  |                                      | 25.01
|Vested                                             |  |                |   |  |                                      |     
|Cancelled                                          |  | (7,048          | ) |  |                                      | 25.27
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Non-vested shares outstanding at                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|December 31, 2007                                  |  | 153,959         |   |  | $                                    | 25.41
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|                                                   |  |                
|Granted                                            |  | 57,730          |   |  |                                      | 15.90
|Vested                                             |  | (4,335          | ) |  |                                      | 17.30
|Cancelled                                          |  | (26,968         | ) |  |                                      | 23.30
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Non-vested shares outstanding at                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|December 31, 2008                                  |  | 180,386         |   |  | $                                    | 22.88
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|                                                   |  |                
|Granted                                            |  | 54,668          |   |  |                                      | 6.04 
|Vested                                             |  | (65,232         | ) |  |                                      | 25.82
|Cancelled                                          |  | (16,082         | ) |  |                                      | 21.50
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Non-vested shares outstanding at                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|December 31, 2009                                  |  | 153,740         |   |  | $                                    | 15.76
|                                                   |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      

The fair value of each non-vested share is estimated on the date of grant as the closing market price of our
common stock on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2009, there was $0.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested shares. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.30
years.

Performance Stock Units

All performance stock units have been granted under the 2005 Plan. Performance stock units are a form of share-based awards similar to non-vested shares, except that the number of shares ultimately issued is based on our performance against
specific performance goals over a three-year period. At the end of the performance period, the number of shares of stock issued will be determined by adjusting upward or downward from the target in a range between 0% and 125%.



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The following summarizes all performance stock unit activity during 2009, 2008 and 2007:



|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|-------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | - |  | ------------------------------------ | -----
|                                                         |  | Numberof Shares |   |  | Weighted-AverageGrant-DateFair Value
|Performance stock units outstanding at December 31, 2006 |  | 45,150          |   |  | $                                    | 25.03
|                                                         |  |                
|Granted                                                  |  | 48,900          |   |  |                                      | 25.29
|Issued                                                   |  |                |   |  |                                      |     
|Cancelled                                                |  | (5,600          | ) |  |                                      | 25.08
|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Performance stock units outstanding at December 31, 2007 |  | 88,450          |   |  | $                                    | 25.17
|                                                         |  |                
|Granted                                                  |  | 38,875          |   |  |                                      | 15.90
|Issued                                                   |  |                |   |  |                                      |     
|Cancelled                                                |  | (21,975         | ) |  |                                      | 21.84
|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Performance stock units outstanding at December 31, 2008 |  | 105,350         |   |  | $                                    | 22.44
|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|                                                         |  |                
|Granted                                                  |  |                |   |  |                                      |     
|Issued                                                   |  |                |   |  |                                      |     
|Cancelled                                                |  | (47,900         | ) |  |                                      | 24.01
|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      
|Performance stock units outstanding at December 31, 2009 |  | 57,450          |   |  | $                                    | 20.52
|                                                         |  |                 |   |  |                                      |      

The fair value of each performance stock unit is estimated on the date of grant as the closing market price of our
common stock on the date of grant, minus the present value of anticipated dividend payments. Periodic compensation expense is based on the current estimate of future performance against specific performance goals over a three-year period and is
adjusted up or down based on those estimates. As of December 31, 2009, none of the performance goals associated with outstanding performance stock units are expected to be achieved. As a result, no compensation expense related to performance
stock awards has been recorded since June 30, 2007, and we reversed $0.5 million of previously recorded stock-based compensation related to performance stock units in the third quarter of 2007.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In March of
2009, we terminated the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a shareholder approved plan that previously provided for a total of 6.0 million shares to be sold to participating employees at 85% of the fair market value at specified quarterly
investment dates. In January of 2009, we issued 0.1 million shares under this plan at an average price of $5.75 per share. No shares were issued under this employee stock purchase plan subsequent to January of 2009.

Note K  Commitments and Contingencies

At December 31, 2009, we had letters of credit in the amount of $13.9 million. No amounts were drawn against these letters of credit at December 31, 2009. These letters of credit exist to support insurance programs relating to
workers compensation, automobile and general liability.

On January 25, 2010, Harte-Hanks Shoppers, Inc. (Shoppers), a California
corporation and a subsidiary of Harte-Hanks, Inc. (Harte-Hanks), reached an agreement in principle with Shoppers employee Frank Gattuso and former employee Ernest Sigala, individually and on behalf of a certified class, to settle and resolve a
previously disclosed class action lawsuit filed in 2001. The lawsuit, including the class period, is described further below. Under the terms of the agreement in principle, Shoppers, without any admission of liability, agreed, subject to certain
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principle is subject to the entry of an order of the trial court granting preliminary approval and, following notice to class members, final approval of the settlement and providing for the
dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice against all class members. The parties have agreed in principle to promptly negotiate, sign and submit a formal, binding stipulation of settlement to the trial court to resolve this matter. Pursuant to the
agreement in principle, in return for the above consideration, each member of the class, including Gattuso and Sigala, will release all claims against Shoppers and its affiliates that in any way arose from or related to the matters which were the
subject of, or could have been the subject of, the claims alleged in the class action lawsuit.

As previously disclosed in Harte-Hanks filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 23, 2001, Shoppers employee Frank Gattuso and former employee Ernest Sigala filed a putative class action against Shoppers, claiming that Shoppers failed to comply with a California
statutory provision requiring an employer to indemnify employees for expenses incurred on behalf of the employer. The plaintiffs allege that Shoppers failed to reimburse them for expenses of using their automobiles as outside sales representatives
and failed to accurately itemize these expenses on plaintiffs wage statements. The suit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The class that plaintiffs seek to represent has been limited to all California Harte-Hanks outside sales
representatives who were not separately reimbursed apart from their base salary and commissions for the expenses they incurred in using their own automobiles after early 1998. The plaintiffs seek indemnification and compensatory damages, statutory
damages, exemplary damages, penalties, interest, costs of suit, and attorneys fees. Shoppers filed a cross-complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the plaintiffs have been indemnified for their automobile expenses by the higher salaries
and commissions paid to them as outside sales representatives. The cross-complaint also alleges conversion, unjust enrichment, constructive trust and rescission and restitution based on mutual mistake. On January 30, 2002, the trial court ruled
that California Labor Code Section 2802 requires employers to reimburse employees for mileage and other expenses incurred in the course of employment, but that an employer is permitted to pay increased wages or commissions instead of
indemnifying actual expenses. On May 28, 2003, the trial court denied the plaintiffs motion for class certification. On October 27, 2005, the California Court of Appeal issued a unanimous opinion affirming the trial courts
rulings, including the interpretation of Labor Code Section 2802 and denial of class certification. On November 23, 2005, the Court of Appeal denied the plaintiffs petition for rehearing. On November 5, 2007, the California
Supreme Court affirmed the trial courts ruling that Labor Code Section 2802 permits lump sum reimbursement and that an employer may satisfy its obligations to indemnify employees for reasonable and necessary business expenses under Labor
Code Section 2802 by paying enhanced taxable compensation. The Supreme Court remanded the matter back to the trial court for further proceedings related to the class certification issue and directed the trial court to consider whether the
following issues could properly be resolved on a class-wide basis: (1) did Shoppers adopt a practice or policy of reimbursing outside sales representatives for automobile expenses by paying them higher commission rates and base salaries than it
paid to inside sales representatives, (2) did Shoppers establish a method to apportion the enhanced compensation payments between compensation for labor performed and expense reimbursement and (3) was the amount paid for expense
reimbursement sufficient to fully reimburse the employees for the automobile expenses they reasonably and necessarily incurred. On July 29, 2008, the trial court stated its intention to issue a split class action certification ruling,
certifying a class action with respect to the first two questions listed immediately above (adoption of a policy or practice, and establishment of an apportionment method) and denying class certification on the third question listed immediately
above (sufficiency of reimbursement). On May 19, 2009, the trial court issued its written partial class certification order, as described in the immediately preceding sentence. This matter was set for a class trial in April 2010 on the first
two questions noted above (adoption of a policy or practice, and establishment of an apportionment method).

In the fourth quarter of 2009, we
accrued $7.0 million associated with this agreement in principle. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2009, we had made no accrual related to this lawsuit as we believed that the conditions for a loss accrual had not been met. We cannot predict the
impact of future developments in this lawsuit or agreement in principle, and any further developments within a particular fiscal quarter may adversely impact our results of operations for that quarter.



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We are also currently subject to various other legal proceedings in the course of conducting our businesses
and, from time to time, we may become involved in additional claims and lawsuits incidental to our businesses. In the opinion of management, after consultation with counsel, any ultimate liability arising out of these pending claims and lawsuits is
not currently expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Nevertheless, we cannot predict the impact of future developments affecting our pending or future claims and lawsuits and any
resolution of a claim or lawsuit within a particular fiscal quarter may adversely impact our results of operations for that quarter. We expense legal costs as incurred, and all recorded legal liabilities are adjusted as required as better
information becomes available to us. The factors we consider when recording an accrual for contingencies include, among others: (i) the opinions and views of our legal counsel; (ii) our previous experience; and (iii) the decision of
our management as to how we intend to respond to the complaints.

Note L  Leases

We lease certain real estate and equipment under various operating leases. Most of the leases contain renewal options for varying periods of time. The total
rent expense applicable to operating leases was $27.9 million, $30.5 million and $31.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Step rent provisions and escalation clauses, capital improvement funding, rent holidays and other lease concessions are taken into account in computing minimum lease payments. We recognize the minimum
lease payments on a straight-line basis over the minimum lease term.

The future minimum rental commitments for all non-cancelable operating
leases with terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2009 are as follows:



|             |  |   |       
|------------ |  | - | ------
|In thousands
|2010         |  | $ | 21,068
|2011         |  |   | 14,402
|2012         |  |   | 11,131
|2013         |  |   | 8,285 
|2014         |  |   | 5,244 
|After 2014   |  |   | 4,170 
|             |  |   |       
|             |  | $ | 64,300
|             |  |   |       

We also lease certain equipment and software under capital leases. Our
capital lease obligations at year-end were as follows:



|                                    |  |              |       |      |   |      
|----------------------------------- |  | ------------ | ----- | ---- | - | -----
|                                    |  | December 31,
|In thousands                        |  | 2009         |       | 2008
|Current portion of capital leases   |  | $            | 757   |      | $ | 678  
|Long-term portion of capital leases |  |              | 1,196 |      |   | 1,669
|                                    |  |              |       |      |   |      
|Total capital lease obligations     |  | $            | 1,953 |      | $ | 2,347
|                                    |  |              |       |      |   |      



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The future minimum lease payments for all capital leases operating as of December 31, 2009 are as
follows:



|             |  |   |      
|------------ |  | - | -----
|In thousands
|2010         |  | $ | 826  
|2011         |  |   | 616  
|2012         |  |   | 397  
|2013         |  |   | 205  
|2014         |  |   | 39   
|After 2014   |  |   |     
|             |  |   |      
|             |  | $ | 2,083
|             |  |   |      

Note M  Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited)



|                                       |             |                    |              |                    |         |         |          |   |             |  |              |         |         |   |          |  |   |         |  |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ------------ | ------------------ | ------- | ------- | -------- | - | ----------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ------- | - | -------- |  | - | ------- |  | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|In thousands, except per share amounts |             | 2009 Quarter Ended |              | 2008 Quarter Ended
|                                       | December 31 |                    | September 30 |                    | June 30 |         | March 31 |   | December 31 |  | September 30 |         | June 30 |   | March 31
|Revenues                               |             | $                  | 217,489      |                    | $       | 209,318 |          | $ | 215,662     |  | $            | 217,674 |         | $ | 269,643  |  | $ | 269,913 |  | $ | 274,756 |  | $ | 268,509
|Operating income                       |             |                    | 19,827       |                    |         | 23,913  |          |   | 24,932      |  |              | 13,758  |         |   | 25,520   |  |   | 31,246  |  |   | 34,740  |  |   | 25,811 
|Net income                             |             |                    | 13,492       |                    |         | 14,050  |          |   | 13,058      |  |              | 7,115   |         |   | 14,326   |  |   | 16,615  |  |   | 18,214  |  |   | 13,586 
|Basic earnings per share               |             | $                  | 0.21         |                    | $       | 0.22    |          | $ | 0.21        |  | $            | 0.11    |         | $ | 0.23     |  | $ | 0.26    |  | $ | 0.29    |  | $ | 0.21   
|Diluted earnings per share             |             | $                  | 0.21         |                    | $       | 0.22    |          | $ | 0.20        |  | $            | 0.11    |         | $ | 0.23     |  | $ | 0.26    |  | $ | 0.29    |  | $ | 0.21   

Earnings per common share amounts are
computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not equal the annual earnings per share.

Note N  Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed on the basis
of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares
outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding stock options and non-vested shares.



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A reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) is as follows:



|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                                                                           |  | Year Ended December 31,
|In thousands, except per share amounts                                                     |  | 2009                    |        | 2008 |   | 2007  
|Basic EPS                                                                                  |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Net income                                                                                 |  | $                       | 47,715 |      | $ | 62,741 |  | $ | 92,640
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Weighted-average common shares outstanding used in earnings per share computations         |  |                         | 63,557 |      |   | 63,933 |  |   | 72,524
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Earnings per share                                                                         |  | $                       | 0.75   |      | $ | 0.98   |  | $ | 1.28  
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                                                           |  |                         |       
|Diluted EPS                                                                                |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Net income                                                                                 |  | $                       | 47,715 |      | $ | 62,741 |  | $ | 92,640
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Shares used in diluted earnings per share computations                                     |  |                         | 63,885 |      |   | 64,104 |  |   | 73,703
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Earnings per share                                                                         |  | $                       | 0.75   |      | $ | 0.98   |  | $ | 1.26  
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                                                           |  |                         |       
|Computation of Shares Used in Earnings Per Share Computations                              |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Weighted-average common shares outstanding                                                 |  |                         | 63,557 |      |   | 63,933 |  |   | 72,524
|Weighted-average common equivalent sharesdilutive effect of options and non-vested shares |  |                         | 328    |      |   | 171    |  |   | 1,179 
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Shares used in diluted earnings per share computations                                     |  |                         | 63,885 |      |   | 64,104 |  |   | 73,703
|                                                                                           |  |                         |        |      |   |        |  |   |       

For the purpose of calculating the shares used in the diluted EPS
calculations, 5.3 million, 7.3 million and 2.5 million anti-dilutive options have been excluded from the EPS calculations for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Note O  Business Segments

We
are a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company with operations in two segments  Direct Marketing and Shoppers.

Harte-Hanks
Direct Marketing uses various capabilities and technologies to enable our clients to capture, analyze and disseminate customer and prospect data across all points of customer contact. Direct Marketing services are targeted to specific industries or
markets with services and software products tailored to each industry or market. Currently, our Direct Marketing business services various vertical markets including retail, high-tech/telecom, financial services, pharmaceutical/healthcare, and a
wide range of selected markets. We believe that we are generally able to provide services to new industries and markets by modifying our services and applications as opportunities are presented. Depending on the needs of our clients, our Direct
Marketing capabilities are provided in an integrated approach through more than 30 facilities worldwide, more than 10 of which are located outside of the United States. Each of these centers possesses some specialization and is linked with others to
support the needs of our clients.

Harte-Hanks Shoppers is North Americas largest owner, operator and distributor of shopper
publications, based on weekly circulation and revenues. Shoppers are weekly advertising publications delivered free by Standard Mail to households and businesses in a particular geographic area. Shoppers offer advertisers a targeted, cost-effective
local advertising system, with virtually 100% penetration in their area of distribution. Shoppers are particularly effective in large markets with high media fragmentation in which major metropolitan newspapers generally have low penetration. Our
Shoppers segment also provides advertising and other services online through our websites, PennySaverUSA.com and TheFlyer.com. Our Shoppers clients range from large national companies to local neighborhood businesses to individuals
with a single item for sale. The segments core clients are local service businesses and small retailers. Shoppers client base is entirely domestic. At December 31, 2009, our Shoppers publications were zoned into more than 950 separate
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Included in Corporate Activities are general corporate expenses. Assets of Corporate Activities primarily
include unallocated cash, investments and deferred income taxes.

Information about our operations in different business segments is set forth
below based on the nature of the products and services offered. We evaluate performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measures are segment revenues and operating income. The accounting policies of the business segments are
the same as those described in Note A, Significant Accounting Policies.



|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|----------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | -
|                              |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|In thousands                  |  | 2009                    |         |   | 2008 |   |           | 2007 | 
|Revenues                      |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing              |  | $                       | 585,988 |   |      | $ | 732,740   |      |  | $ | 732,461   |  
|Shoppers                      |  |                         | 274,155 |   |      |   | 350,081   |      |  |   | 430,425   |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total revenues                |  | $                       | 860,143 |   |      | $ | 1,082,821 |      |  | $ | 1,162,886 |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                              |  |                         |        
|Operating income              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing              |  | $                       | 95,812  |   |      | $ | 103,121   |      |  | $ | 108,796   |  
|Shoppers                      |  |                         | (1,354  | ) |      |   | 25,884    |      |  |   | 70,784    |  
|Corporate Activities          |  |                         | (12,028 | ) |      |   | (11,688   | )    |  |   | (14,653   | )
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total operating income        |  | $                       | 82,430  |   |      | $ | 117,317   |      |  | $ | 164,927   |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                              |  |                         |        
|Income before income taxes    |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Operating income              |  | $                       | 82,430  |   |      | $ | 117,317   |      |  | $ | 164,927   |  
|Interest expense              |  |                         | (8,150  | ) |      |   | (14,201   | )    |  |   | (12,992   | )
|Interest income               |  |                         | 182     |   |      |   | 378       |      |  |   | 539       |  
|Other, net                    |  |                         | (2,520  | ) |      |   | (1,925    | )    |  |   | (1,337    | )
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Income before income taxes    |  | $                       | 71,942  |   |      | $ | 101,569   |      |  | $ | 151,137   |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                              |  |                         |        
|Depreciation                  |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing              |  | $                       | 20,489  |   |      | $ | 25,350    |      |  | $ | 25,569    |  
|Shoppers                      |  |                         | 7,750   |   |      |   | 8,056     |      |  |   | 7,606     |  
|Corporate Activities          |  |                         | 26      |   |      |   | 23        |      |  |   | 20        |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total depreciation            |  | $                       | 28,265  |   |      | $ | 33,429    |      |  | $ | 33,195    |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                              |  |                         |        
|Other intangible amortization |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing              |  | $                       | 716     |   |      | $ | 1,903     |      |  | $ | 2,347     |  
|Shoppers                      |  |                         | 996     |   |      |   | 1,047     |      |  |   | 1,162     |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total intangible amortization |  | $                       | 1,712   |   |      | $ | 2,950     |      |  | $ | 3,509     |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|                              |  |                         |        
|Capital expenditures          |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Direct Marketing              |  | $                       | 7,475   |   |      | $ | 17,116    |      |  | $ | 21,270    |  
|Shoppers                      |  |                         | 1,536   |   |      |   | 2,814     |      |  |   | 6,947     |  
|Corporate Activities          |  |                         |        |   |      |   | 17        |      |  |   |          |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Total capital expenditures    |  | $                       | 9,011   |   |      | $ | 19,947    |      |  | $ | 28,217    |  
|                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |  



|                     |  |              |         |      |   |        
|-------------------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ---- | - | -------
|                     | 
|                     |  | December 31,
|In thousands         |  | 2009         |         | 2008
|Total assets         |  |              |         |      |   |        
|Direct Marketing     |  | $            | 579,821 |      | $ | 617,926
|Shoppers             |  |              | 237,159 |      |   | 252,766
|Corporate Activities |  |              | 91,171  |      |   | 42,874 
|                     |  |              |         |      |   |        
|Total assets         |  | $            | 908,151 |      | $ | 913,566
|                     |  |              |         |      |   |        



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Information about the operations in different geographic areas:



|                |  |                         |         |      |   |           |  |   |          
|--------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | ---- | - | --------- |  | - | ---------
|                |  | Year Ended December 31,
|In thousands    |  | 2009                    |         | 2008 |   | 2007     
|Revenuesa       |  |                         |         |      |   |           |  |   |          
|United States   |  | $                       | 772,314 |      | $ | 980,236   |  | $ | 1,078,795
|Other countries |  |                         | 87,829  |      |   | 102,585   |  |   | 84,091   
|                |  |                         |         |      |   |           |  |   |          
|Total revenues  |  | $                       | 860,143 |      | $ | 1,082,821 |  | $ | 1,162,886
|                |  |                         |         |      |   |           |  |   |          



|                        |  |              |        |      |   |       
|----------------------- |  | ------------ | ------ | ---- | - | ------
|                        | 
|                        |  | December 31,
|In thousands            |  | 2009         |        | 2008
|Long-lived net assetsb  |  |              |        |      |   |       
|United States           |  | $            | 69,864 |      | $ | 86,288
|Other countries         |  |              | 8,535  |      |   | 11,145
|                        |  |              |        |      |   |       
|Total long-lived assets |  | $            | 78,399 |      | $ | 97,433
|                        |  |              |        |      |   |       



|a | Geographic revenues are based on the location of the service being performed.
|- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|b | Long-lived assets are based on physical location.
|- | -------------------------------------------------

Note P  Subsequent Events

We have evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2009 through the filing of
this Form 10-K, the date the financial statements were issued. Other than the agreement in principle discussed on Note K, Commitments andContingencies, no material subsequent events have occurred during this time which would require
recognition in the financial statements or disclosure in the footnotes.



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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

We are incorporating certain exhibits listed below by reference to other Harte-Hanks filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we have identified in parentheses after each applicable
exhibit.



|                                                                         |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Exhibit No.                                                              |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Charter Documents                                                       
|                                                                         | 
|3(a)                                                                     |  | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended through May 5, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3(e) to the Companys Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30,
1998).                                                
|                                                                         | 
|3(b)                                                                     |  | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to the Companys Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2001).                                                                                        
|                                                                        
|Credit Agreements                                                       
|                                                                         | 
|10.1(a)                                                                  |  | Credit Agreement by and between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, dated August 12, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated
August 12, 2005).                         
|                                                                         | 
|10.1(b)                                                                  |  | Term Loan Agreement by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, dated September 6, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K
dated September 6, 2006).                     
|                                                                         | 
|10.1(c)                                                                  |  | First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative Agent, dated September 18, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Form 8-K dated September 18, 2006).
|                                                                         | 
|10.1(d)                                                                  |  | Term Loan Agreement by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, as administrative agent, dated March 7, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated
March 7, 2008).                              
|                                                                        
|Management and Director Compensatory Plans and Forms of Award Agreements
|                                                                         | 
|10.2(a)                                                                  |  | Harte-Hanks, Inc. Restoration Pension Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated June 27,
2008).                                                      
|                                                                         | 
|10.2(b)                                                                  |  | Harte-Hanks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Form 10-K dated June 27,
2008).                                                   
|                                                                         | 
|10.2(c)                                                                  |  | Harte-Hanks, Inc. 1998 Director Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(h) to the Companys Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 1998).                                                                                     



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|10.2(d) |  | Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. 1996 Incentive Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(p) to the Companys Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30,
1996).                                                                   
|        | 
|10.2(e) |  | Harte-Hanks, Inc. Amended and Restated 1991 Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(g) to the Companys Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 1998).                                                                       
|        | 
|10.2(f) |  | Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement for employees granted under the Amended and Restated 1991 Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(i) to the Companys Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005).              
|        | 
|10.2(g) |  | Form of Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement for directors granted Under the Amended and Restated 1991 Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(j) to the Companys Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005).              
|        | 
|10.2(h) |  | Form of Non-Qualified Performance Stock Option Agreement for grants dated January 6, 1997, September 24, 1997, January 7, 1998 and January 28, 1998
(filed as Exhibit 10.2.a to the Companys Form 8-K dated December 15, 2005).
|        | 
|10.2(i) |  | Form of Non-Qualified Performance Stock Option Agreement for grants dated January 12, 1999 and January 25, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 10.2.b to the Companys Form 8-K
dated December 15, 2005).                                    
|        | 
|10.2(j) |  | Form of Amendment to Harte-Hanks, Inc. Non-Qualified Performance Stock Option Agreement for certain officers (filed as Exhibit 10.1.a to the Companys Form 8-K dated
December 15, 2005).                                       
|        | 
|10.2(k) |  | Form of Amendment to Harte-Hanks, Inc. Non-Qualified Performance Stock Option Agreement for non-officers (filed as Exhibit 10.1.b to the Companys Form 8-K dated
December 15, 2005).                                           
|        | 
|10.2(l) |  | Harte-Hanks, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective February 13, 2009) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated
February 13, 2009).                                                  
|        | 
|10.2(m) |  | Amendment to Harte-Hanks, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan, dated as of May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Harte-Hanks Registration Statement on Form
S-8, filed on May 12, 2009).                       
|        | 
|10.2(n) |  | Form of 2005 Omnibus Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10(p) to the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).                                                                             
|        | 
|10.2(o) |  | Form of 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan Bonus Stock Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated January 25, 2006).                                                                                             



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|                                                       | 
|10.2(p)                                                |  | Form of 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Form 8-K dated January 25, 2006).                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                       | 
|10.2(q)                                                |  | Form of 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan Performance Unit Award Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Form 8-K dated January 25, 2006).                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                       | 
|10.2(r)                                                |  | Summary of Non-Employee Directors Compensation (filed as Exhibit 10.1(q) to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                      
|Executive Officer Employment and Separation Agreements
|                                                       | 
|10.3(a)                                                |  | Transition and Consulting Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2007, by and between the Company and Richard Hochhauser (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated
August 29, 2007).                                                                                                                
|                                                       | 
|10.3(b)                                                |  | Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement between the Company and its President and Chief Executive Officer and its Executive Vice Presidents (other than Peter E. Gorman) and
Senior Vice Presidents, dated as of June 27, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Form 8-K, dated June 27, 2008).
|                                                       | 
|10.3(c)                                                |  | Form of Severance Agreement between the Company and Peter E. Gorman, dated as of June 27, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Companys Form 8-K, dated June 27, 2008).                                                                                                                                      
|                                                       | 
|10.3(d)                                                |  | Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement between the Company and its Vice Presidents, dated as of June 27, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Companys Form 8-K,
dated June 27, 2008).                                                                                                                
|                                                       | 
|10.3(e)                                                |  | Form of Non-Compete Agreement signed by certain officers and certain employees of the Company (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Form 8-K dated January 25, 2006).                                                                                                                                     
|                                                       | 
|10.3(f)                                                |  | Transition Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2008, by and between the Company and Dean Blythe (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 8-K dated December 15,
2008).                                                                                                                                  



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|Other Exhibits
|               | 
|*21            |  | Subsidiaries of the Company.                                                                                                                               
|               | 
|*23            |  | Consent of KPMG LLP.                                                                                                                                       
|               | 
|*31.1          |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                                        
|               | 
|*31.2          |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                                        
|               | 
|*32.1          |  | Furnished Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|               | 
|*32.2          |  | Furnished Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.



|* | Filed or furnished herewith, as applicable
|- | ------------------------------------------



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