SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LAUNDER RICHARD N

(Last) (First) (Middle)
224 S. 108 AVENUE

(Street)
OMAHA NE 68154

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/09/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS INC [ TSAI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 2,976(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 05/13/2012 Common Stock 10,000 10.28 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) (3) 07/10/2010 Common Stock 20,000 17 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) (4) 10/17/2013 Common Stock 15,000 18 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) (5) 09/14/2015 Common Stock 15,000 27.94 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares were acquired under the Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. ("TSA") 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
2. This option is fully vested and exercisable. The option was granted under the TSA 1999 Stock Option Plan on May 13, 2002 and vested in equal annual installments over a three year period beginning with the first anniversary of the grant date. The option became 100% vested on May 13, 2005.
3. This option is fully vested and exercisable. The option was granted under the TSA 1999 Stock Option Plan on July 10, 2000 and vested in equal annual installments over a three year period beginning with the first anniversary of the grant date. The option became 100% vested on July 10, 2003.
4. This option vests 25% per year beginning with the first anniversary of the grant date and therefore, 7,499 shares are vested and exercisable with 3,750 shares to vest on October 17, 2006 and 3,751 shares to vest on October 17, 2007. This option was granted under three separate plans with 9,689 shares granted under the TSA 1999 Stock Option Plan, 3,219 shares granted under the TSA 1996 Stock Option Plan and 2,092 shares granted under the ACI Holding, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan.
5. This option vests 25% per year beginning with the first anniversary of the grant date with the first installment becoming exercisable on September 14, 2006. The option was granted under the TSA 1999 Stock Option Plan.
By: /s/ Victoria H Finley, Attorney in Fact For: Richard Launder 08/18/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Dennis Byrnes, Victoria Finley, and Glen Kampschneider, signing
individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of August 2006.

/s/ Richard N. Launder
Signature
Richard N. Launder
Printed Name