TSS Total System Services

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WOODS M TROY	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC [ TSS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) P. O. BOX 2506	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/5/2019
(Street) COLUMBUS, GA 31902-2506 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	9/5/2019		M		141236	A	$38.20	457485 (1)	D
Common Stock	9/5/2019		S		70618 (2)	D	$141.353 (2)	386867	D
Common Stock	9/5/2019		S		70618 (3)	D	$140.863 (3)	316249	D
Common Stock								39623	I	Family Trust
Common Stock								2180 (4)	I	Spouse
Common Stock								12820	I	Trust
Common Stock								60503 (1)	I	Grantor retained annuity trust 4 2018
Common Stock								100000	I	Grantor retained annuity trust 12 2018

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock options (right to buy)	$38.20	9/5/2019		A		141236		2/27/2016 (5)	2/26/2025	Common Stock	141236	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Since the reporting person's most recent Form 4 report, the form of ownershp of 39,497 shares changed when they were transferred for no consideration from the reporting person's grantor retained annuity trust to the reporting person. These shares are included in the total number of shares reported in this Form 4 as directly owned. The total number of directly owned shares also includes shares that have been acquired through dividend reinvestment since the reporting person's last Form 4.
(2)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $141.16 to $141.92, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes 2 and 3 to this Form 4.
(3)	The price reported in Column is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $140.66 to $141.58, inclusive.
(4)	The total number of shares held by the reporting person's spouse has been corrected. Previously, the reporting person's Form 4 reports have inadvertently overreported his spouse's share ownership by 99 shares.
(5)	These employee stock options were originally granted on February 27, 2015. The option grant provided for vesting in three equal annual installments on February 27, 2016, February 27, 2017 and February 27, 2018.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WOODS M TROY P. O. BOX 2506 COLUMBUS, GA 31902-2506	X		Chairman and CEO

Signatures
Garilou Page, Attorney-in-Fact		9/6/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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