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RULE 424(b)(3)
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-4012
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 4, Dated August 5, 1996
TO PROSPECTUS DATED August 1, 1996
FIRST DATA CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
(FIXED RATE)
DUE FROM NINE MONTHS TO 30 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $50,000,000.00 CUSIP 32006Y AC 6
INTEREST PAYABLE EACH JANUARY 15 AND FORM:
JULY 15 AND AT MATURITY [X] BOOK ENTRY [_] CERTIFICATED
ISSUE PRICE: 100.036% REDEMPTION INFORMATION:
INTEREST RATE: 6.44%
AGENT'S COMMISSION: .35% REPAYMENT INFORMATION: Not
repayable prior to maturity
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: August 7, 1996
STATED MATURITY: August 9, 1999 EXTENSION INFORMATION:
REGULAR RECORD DATES: January 1 and DELAYED DELIVERY INFORMATION:
July 1
OVERDUE RATE: 6.44% NAME OF AGENT: Lehman Brothers
Salomon Brothers Inc
DEPOSITARY: Depository Trust Company
AMORTIZING NOTE: [_] YES [X] NO OTHER PROVISIONS:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE: [_] YES [X] NO
YIELD TO MATURITY: 6.43% ANNEX ATTACHED: [_] YES [X] NO
The aggregate principal amount of this offering is U.S. $50,000,000.00 and
relates only to Pricing Supplement No. 4. Medium-Term Notes, Series B, may be
issued by the Company having an aggregate initial offering price of up to U.S.
$250,000,000, subject to reduction under certain circumstances.
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Type of Sale: If Principal transaction, reoffering at:
[X] As Agent [_] Varying prices related to prevailing market
prices at the time of sale
[_] As Principal [_] Fixed public offering price of __% of
Principal Amount
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