UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1





Annual report
pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

Commission file number 1-10254





TOTAL SYSTEM
SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)







|                                                               |  |                                     
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------
|Georgia                                                        |  | 58-1493818                          
|(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)



|                                         |  |           
|---------------------------------------- |  | ----------
|One TSYS Way
Columbus, Georgia           |  | 31901     
|(Address of principal executive offices) |  | (Zip Code)

Registrants telephone number, including area code: (706) 649-2310

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



|                             |  |                                          
|---------------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------
|Title of each class          |  | Name of each exchange on which
registered
|Common Stock, $.10 Par Value |  | 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  x    NO   ̈

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
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, 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 Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit and post such files).    YES  x    NO   ̈

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K 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.   ̈

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



|                        |  |   |  |                           |  |  
|----------------------- |  | - |  | ------------------------- |  | -
|Large accelerated filer |  | x |  | Accelerated Filer         |  |  ̈
|                        |  |   | 
|Non-accelerated filer   |  |  ̈ |  | Smaller reporting company |  |  ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).    YES   ̈    NO  x

As of June 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of the registrants common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was
approximately $5,670,370,000 based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

As of February 18, 2015,
there were 185,053,781 shares of the registrants common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE



|                                                                                                                          |  |                              
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------------
|Incorporated Documents                                                                                                    |  | Form 10-K Reference Locations
|Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2014 (Annual Report)                      |  | Parts I, II, III and IV      
|                                                                                                                          | 
|Portions of the 2015 Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 28, 2015 (Proxy Statement) |  | Part III                     









---

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Total System Services, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the sole purpose of amending Item 15 of its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2015, to include Exhibit 99.1, the Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014 as set forth below and in the attached exhibits. This Amendment No. 1 does not otherwise update information in the originally filed Form 10-K to reflect facts or events occurring
subsequent to the original filing date.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules



| | (a) 1. | Financial Statements
| | ------ | --------------------

The following consolidated financial statements of TSYS
are incorporated in this document by reference from pages 38 through 88 of the Annual Report.

Consolidated Balance Sheets -
December 31, 2014 and 2013

Consolidated Statements of Income - Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting



| | 2. | Financial Statement Schedules
| | -- | -----------------------------

The following report of independent
registered public accounting firm and consolidated financial statement schedule of TSYS are included:

Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts - Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012



1



---

All other schedules are omitted because they are inapplicable or the required information is
included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.



| | 3. | Exhibits
| | -- | --------

The following exhibits are filed herewith or are incorporated
to other documents previously filed with the SEC. Exhibits 10.6 through 10.37 pertain to executive compensation plans and arrangements. With the exception of those portions of the Annual Report and Proxy Statement that are expressly incorporated by
reference in this Form 10-K, such documents are not to be deemed filed as part of this Form 10-K.



|              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|ExhibitNumber |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|              | 
|2.1           |  | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among TSYS, General Merger Sub, Inc. and NetSpend Holdings Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated
February 19, 2013                                                                                             
|              | 
|2.2           |  | First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 29, 2013, which amended the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among TSYS, General Merger Sub, Inc. and NetSpend Holdings, Inc.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 29, 2013
|              | 
|3.1           |  | Articles of Incorporation of TSYS, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 30, 2009                                                                                                                                                                                      
|              | 
|3.2           |  | Bylaws of TSYS, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 28, 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|              | 
|4.1           |  | Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2013, between TSYS and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 2013                                                                                                                             
|              | 
|4.2           |  | Form of 2.375% Senior Note due 2018, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                  



2



---

|     |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|---- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|4.3  |  | Form of 3.750% Senior Note due 2023, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|10.1 |  | Credit Agreement of TSYS, dated as of September 10, 2012, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Regions Capital Markets and U.S. Bank National
Association, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Regions Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, as Syndication Agents, and the other lenders named therein, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 2012                                              
|     | 
|10.2 |  | First Amendment, dated as of April 8, 2013, to the Credit Agreement of TSYS, dated as of September 10, 2012, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd., Regions Capital Markets and U.S. Bank National Association, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Regions Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, as Syndication Agents, and the other
lenders named therein, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 8, 2013
|     | 
|10.3 |  | Credit Agreement of TSYS, dated as of April 8, 2013, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Syndication Agent, Regions Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, as
Documentation Agents, and other lenders party thereto, with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Regional Capital Markets, and U.S. Bank National Association, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 8, 2013                                 
|     | 
|10.4 |  | Voting Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among TSYS and JLL Partners Fund IV, L.P., JLL Partners Fund V, L.P., Oak Investment Partners X, Limited Partnership and Oak X Affiliates Fund, L.P., incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|     | 
|10.5 |  | Commitment Letter, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among TSYS, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Current
Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   



3



---

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS



|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|----- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|10.6  |  | Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as filed with the SEC on March 19,
2002                                                  
|      | 
|10.7  |  | Amended and Restated Total System Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, as filed with the SEC on August
9, 2010                                     
|      | 
|10.8  |  | Amended and Restated Total System Services, Inc. Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, as filed with
the SEC on August 7, 2008                          
|      | 
|10.9  |  | Wage Continuation Agreement of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, as filed with the SEC on March 18, 1993                                                                        
|      | 
|10.10 |  | Split Dollar Insurance Agreement of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, as filed with the SEC on March 22, 1994                                                                  
|      | 
|10.11 |  | Change of Control Agreement for executive officers of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the SEC on February 29,
2008                                             
|      | 
|10.12 |  | Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and related Executive Benefit Substitution Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as filed with
the SEC on March 19, 2002                     
|      | 
|10.13 |  | Summary of Board of Directors Compensation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, as filed with the SEC on August 6, 2012                                                                      
|      | 
|10.14 |  | Form of Stock Option Agreement for stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan for grants made subsequent to January 17, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS
Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 2006



4



---

|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|----- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|      | 
|10.15 |  | Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2007                                                                                                                                                                        
|      | 
|10.16 |  | Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Plan (formerly named the 2008 Omnibus Plan), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4, 2012                                                                                                                                    
|      | 
|10.17 |  | Form of Revised Stock Option Agreement for stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 5,
2008                                                                                             
|      | 
|10.18 |  | Form of Retention Restricted Stock Award Agreement for retention restricted stock awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K
dated February 5, 2008                                                                   
|      | 
|10.19 |  | Form of Amended and Revised Stock Option Agreement for stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 28,
2008                                                                                   
|      | 
|10.20 |  | Form of Amended and Revised Stock Option Agreement for 2008 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated March
28, 2008                                                                              
|      | 
|10.21 |  | Form of Amended and Revised Stock Option Agreement for 2009 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 and 2008 Omnibus Plans, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009
|      | 
|10.22 |  | Form of Stock Option Agreement for 2010 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2010, as filed with the SEC on May 7, 2010                                         
|      | 
|10.23 |  | Form of Performance-Based Special Stock Option Agreement for performance-based stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of TSYS Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC on May 7, 2010  
|      | 
|10.24 |  | Form of Non-Employee Director Fully Vested Stock Option Agreement for the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2011                          



5



---

|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|----- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|      | 
|10.25 |  | Form of Non-Employee Director Fully Vested Share Award Agreement for the Total System Services, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 of TSYS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2011             
|      | 
|10.26 |  | Form of Stock Option Agreement for 2011 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2011                           
|      | 
|10.27 |  | Form of Performance Share Agreement for 2011 performance share awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2011                 
|      | 
|10.28 |  | Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and executive officers of TSYS, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 25, 2007                                                                                                                          
|      | 
|10.29 |  | Form of Senior Executive Stock Option Agreement for 2012 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on May 7, 2012          
|      | 
|10.30 |  | Form of Senior Executive Performance Share Agreement for 2012 performance share awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on May 7, 2012
|      | 
|10.31 |  | Form of Senior Executive Stock Option Agreement for 2013 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
Quarter ended March 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2013          



6



---

|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|----- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|      | 
|10.32 |  | Form of Senior Executive Performance Share Agreement for 2013 performance share awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the Quarter ended March 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2013
|      | 
|10.33 |  | Form of Senior Executive Stock Option Agreement for 2014 stock option awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
Quarter ended March 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2014          
|      | 
|10.34 |  | Form of Senior Executive Performance Share Agreement for 2014 performance share awards under the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the Quarter ended March 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2014
|      | 
|10.35 |  | Transition and Retirement Agreement, dated June 23, 2014, between Philip W. Tomlinson and Total System Services, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 2014.                                                                                  
|      | 
|10.36 |  | Restrictive Covenant Agreement, dated June 23, 2014, between Philip W. Tomlinson and Total System Services, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 2014.                                                                                       
|      | 
|10.37 |  | Consulting Agreement, dated June 23, 2014, between Philip W. Tomlinson and Total System Services, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of TSYS Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 2014.                                                                                                 
|      | 
|13.1  |  | Certain specified pages of TSYS 2014 Annual Report to Shareholders which are incorporated herein by reference                                                                                                                                                                                             
|      | 
|21.1  |  | Subsidiaries of Total System Services, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      | 
|23.1* |  | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|      | 
|24.1  |  | Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference                                                                                                                                                                           
|      | 
|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                                                                                                                                                                                                         



7



---

|      |  |                                                                                                                                      
|----- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|      | 
|32    |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002       
|      | 
|99.1* |  | Annual Report on Form 11-K for the Total System Services, Inc. 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014
|      | 
|101   |  | Interactive Data File                                                                                                                



|* | Filed herewith
|- | --------------

We agree to furnish the SEC, upon request, a copy of each instrument with respect to issues of
long-term debt. The principal amount of any individual instrument, which has not been previously filed, does not exceed ten percent of the total assets of TSYS and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.



8



---

SIGNATURES

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



|               |  |  |  |                             |  |                                      
|-------------- |  |  |  | --------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------
|               |  |  |  | TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
|               |  |  | 
|April 10, 2015 |  |  |  | By:                         |  | /s/ M. Troy Woods                    
|               |  |  |  |                             |  | M. Troy Woods,                       
|               |  |  |  |                             |  | President and Chief Executive Officer
|               |  |  |  |                             |  | (Principal Executive Officer)        



9