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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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DATE OF REPORT: OCTOBER 29, 1997
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CHECKFREE CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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Delaware 0-26802 31-1013521
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(STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE NO.) (IRS EMPLOYER
JURISDICTION OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
INCORPORATION OR
ORGANIZATION)
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4411 East Jones Bridge Road
Norcross, Georgia 30092
(770) 441-3387
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
INCLUDING AREA CODE OF REGISTRANT'S
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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Not Applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On October 29, 1997, CheckFree Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("CheckFree"), announced that it had entered into 10-year processing partnership
(the "Strategic Alliance") with Integrion Financial Network, L.L.C.
("Integrion") to provide financial institutions with a fully integrated,
end-to-end, cost effective electronic billing and payment processing service
employing Integrion's Gold Message Standard for Electronic Commerce, its
Interactive Financial Services (IFS) platform and CheckFree's processing
infrastructure. In addition, CheckFree and Integrion will work with IBM,
Integrion's primary technology partner, to fully integrate Integrion's IFS
banking platform with electronic billing and payment, effectively establishing
the next generation banking, billing and payment infrastructure for the
financial services industry.
CheckFree's press release issued October 29, 1997 regarding the
Strategic Alliance is attached as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
99 Press release of CheckFree Corporation issued
October 29, 1997, regarding the Strategic Alliance.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CHECKFREE CORPORATION
Dated: November 11, 1997 By: /s/ James S. Douglass
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James S. Douglass, Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description Page
99 Press release of CheckFree Corporation issued
October 29, 1997, regarding the Strategic
Alliance.
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