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Rule 424(b)(3)
Form S-4; Commission File No. 333-40351
AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
COMPUTER DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS, dated November 14, 1997
Referring to the Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("ACS"), and Computer Data Systems, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("CDSI"), Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated November 14, 1997, the following subsection
"Recent Developments" is hereby added on page 78 under the section entitled
"Information Concerning ACS" after the subsection entitled "Overview" and prior
to the subsection entitled "Legal Proceedings":
"RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On December 5, 1997, ACS entered into a definitive agreement for Technical
Directions, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACS, to acquire all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of a leading information technology professional
services company (the "Target Company") for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $62,000,000, approximately $10,000,000 of which will be used to
retire certain preferred stock and debt instruments. The Target Company is
engaged in the business of providing technical staff augmentation, project
management, year 2000 consulting, systems development services, and end-user
performance support, training and documentation solutions. The Target Company
has several Fortune 500 and 1000 clients. The definitive agreement is subject to
certain conditions, including regulatory approval, and is expected to close in
late December 1997 or January 1998. Confidentiality agreements prohibit the
disclosure of the identity of the Target Company prior to such regulatory
approval. ACS's management believes that the acquisition of the Target Company
will be accretive to earnings and will be funded from ACS's existing credit
facility."
The date of this Supplement to Prospectus is December 5, 1997
