
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro forma Financial Information and Exhibits
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Signatures
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release

FORM 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Washington~~October 16, ~~D.C.~~2003 ~~20549~~ (Date of report)

~~CURRENT~~NATIONAL ~~REPORT~~ PROCESSING, INC (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

August 11, 2003

(Date of report)

NATIONAL PROCESSING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio	1-11905	61-1303983

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


1231 Durrett Lane, Louisville, Kentucky				40213

(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(502) 315-2000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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	Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
	Item 10. Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
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EX-14.1 Code of Ethics
EX-14.2 Senior Financial Officers Code of Ethics
EX-99.1 Corporate Governance Guidelines

Item 97. ~~REGULATION~~Financial FDStatements, ~~DISCLOSURE.~~Pro forma Financial Information and Exhibits

~~On November 14, 2002, National Processing, Inc.~~ (~~NYSE: NAP~~a) ~~established~~FINANCIAL ~~new Corporate~~STATEMENT ~~Governance~~OF ~~Guidelines~~BUSINESS inACQUIRED: ~~response~~None to(b) ~~the~~PRO ~~proposed~~FORMA ~~New~~FINANCIAL ~~York~~INFORMATION: ~~Stock Exchange~~None ~~Corporate~~(c) ~~Governance~~EXHIBITS: ~~Rules and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002~~99.1 ~~On August 7,~~News ~~2003~~Release, ~~the~~dated ~~Board~~October ~~of Directors of National Processing~~16, Inc. approved amendments to National Processing, Inc.’s Corporate Governance Guidelines to strengthen and improve National Processing’s already strong corporate governance practices. The amended Corporate Governance Guidelines include procedures by which an employee, officer or other interested party may communicate with non-management members of the Board of Directors. Additionally, the amended Corporate Governance Guidelines list additional requirements of an “independent director” and specify that the fees paid to the independent auditor for non-audit services should not exceed the sum of fees paid for both audit and non-audit related services. A copy of the amended Corporate Governance Guidelines is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. 2003

Item 1012. ~~AMENDMENTS~~Results TOof ~~THE REGISTRANT’S~~Operations ~~CODE~~and OFFinancial ~~ETHICS, OR WAIVER OF A PROVISION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS.~~Condition

On ~~November~~October 1416, ~~2002~~2003, ~~National~~the ~~Processing,~~Registrant ~~Inc.~~issued ~~established~~ a ~~new~~News ~~Code~~Release ~~of Ethics~~reporting ~~and a Code of Ethics~~ earnings for ~~Senior Financial Officers in response to~~ the ~~proposed~~ ~~New~~quarter ~~York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Rules~~ and ~~the Sarbanes-Oxley~~nine ~~Act~~months ofended ~~2002. On August~~September 730, 2003, the Board of Directors approved amendments to the Code of Ethics and the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers to strengthen and improve National Processing’s already strong corporate governance practices. ~~The amended Code of Ethics clarifies the~~ ~~restrictions pertaining to corporate opportunities and benefits for employees,~~ officers and directors. The amended Code of Ethics also includes procedures by which an employee, officer or other interested party may communicate with non-management members of the Board of Directors and also specified the presiding director for non-management sessions of the Board of Directors. The amended Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is now applicable to more positions than the previously approved Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers. Copies of the amended Code of Ethics and the amended Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers are attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibits 14.1 and 14.2 respectively.

Reference is made to the News Release, dated October 16, 2003, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K.

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.

Dated: October 16, 2003 NATIONAL PROCESSING, INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ Carlton E. Langer Name: Carlton E. Langer Title: Secretary

Dated: August 11, 2003

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