The following description of the Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions.

General - The Plan is a defined contribution 401(k) plan covering employees of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (the "Company") who have attained the age of 18. To be eligible to receive the Company match and discretionary contribution, employees must complete six months of service. The Company is the Plan Administrator and has appointed a trustee to hold and invest Plan assets. Diversified Investment Advisors is the Plan Recordkeeper and State Street Bank and Trust is the Plan Trustee. The Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

Contributions - Participants may contribute up to the maximum contribution allowable under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The Company matches 100% of participant contributions up to a maximum of the lesser of 5% of the participant's annual compensation or $5,000. The total amount that a participant could elect to contribute to the Plan on a pre-tax basis in 2008 could not exceed $15,500. If a participant reached age 50 by December 31, 2008, they were able to contribute an additional $5,000 "catch up" contribution to the Plan on a pre-tax basis.

In addition, the Company may make a discretionary contribution. The amount of the discretionary contribution is determined by the Company. Participants must have 1,000 hours of service during the year to share in any discretionary contributions. There were no discretionary contributions in 2008 or 2007.

Participant Accounts - Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contribution, the Company's matching contribution, allocations of Company discretionary contributions and Plan earnings, and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's vested account.

Investments - Participants direct the investment of their contributions and employer contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. common stock, a money market fund, twenty-seven mutual funds, and a guaranteed separate account fund (Diversified Investment Advisors - Managed Stability - Stable 5 Fund) as investment options for participants.

Vesting - Participants are vested immediately in their voluntary contributions, the employer's matching contribution and the earnings on these contributions. Vesting in the employer's discretionary portion of their accounts is based on years of continuous service with an employee vesting 20% after two years of service and subsequently vesting 20% each year until becoming fully vested with six years of continuous service.

Participant Loans - Participants may borrow for qualifying reasons as defined in the Plan, from their fund accounts, a minimum amount of $1,000 up to the lesser of (1) $50,000 less the amount of highest outstanding loan balance in the previous 12 months or (2) 50% of their vested account balances. Loan terms range from one to five years unless the loan is to be used to purchase the participant's principal residence, in which case the term may extend beyond five years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account and bear interest at a rate as defined by the Plan (ranging from 3.25% to 11.04% as of December 31, 2008). Principal and interest are paid through payroll deductions. Participants may elect to maintain their loan subsequent to their termination of service.

Payment of Benefits - Upon termination of service due to death, disability, or retirement, a participant/beneficiary may elect to receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of his or her account as soon as administratively feasible following the date on which a distribution is requested or is otherwise payable. An employee may also elect to receive the value of his or her account in installment payments or have the balance rolled over into an Individual Retirement Account.

Forfeited Accounts - At December 31, 2008 and 2007, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $43,855 and $27,333, respectively. These accounts will be used first as restoration of participant's forfeitures, then as offset to Plan expenses, then as a reduction to future discretionary contributions. Forfeitures are restored when a participant is rehired and had previously forfeited any fund balance in the discretionary employer contribution source.

Basis of Accounting - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Administrative Expenses - Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by either the Plan or the Company, as provided in the Plan document.

Benefits Payable - Benefits are recorded when paid. As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, there were no distributions payable to Plan participants.

Risk and Uncertainties - The Plan utilizes various investment instruments, including common stock, mutual funds, and a stable value fund. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risk, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition - Investments are stated at fair value. Fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value is determined using quoted market prices, if available. Diversified Investment Advisors - Managed Stability - Stable 5 Fund ("Stable 5 Fund") is a pooled separate account that is considered to be a stable value fund with underlying investments in investment contracts. Stable 5 Fund is valued at fair value and adjusted by the issuer to contract value. Fair value of the Stable 5 Fund is the net asset value of its underlying investments and contract value is principle plus accrued interest. Individual participant accounts invested in common stock and the Stable 5 Fund are maintained on a unit value basis. Participants do not have beneficial ownership in specific underlying secur ities or other assets in the various funds, but have an interest therein represented by units valued as of the last business day of the period. The various mutual funds earn dividends and interest which are automatically reinvested in additional units. Generally, contributions to and withdrawal payments from each fund are converted to units by dividing the amounts of such transactions by the unit values as last determined, and the participants' accounts are charged or credited with the number of units properly attributable to each participant. Participant loans are reported at cost, which approximates fair value.

The Plan has a fully benefit-responsive investment contract (Diversified Investment Advisors - Managed Stability - Stable 5 Fund) with Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company ("Transamerica Financial Life"). Transamerica Financial Life maintains the contributions in a pooled separate account, which is credited with earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. The contract is included in the financial statements at fair value and then adjusted to contract value as reported to the Plan by Transamerica Financial Life. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus interest credits, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. Without an employer event, Transamerica Financial Life may not terminate the contract at any amount less than contract value.

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Staff Position AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the "FSP"), the stable value fund is included at fair value in participant-directed investments in the statements of net assets available for benefits and an additional line item is presented representing the adjustment from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefit is presented on a contract value basis and is not affected by the FSP.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in the mutual funds are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected. Consequently, management fees and operating expenses are reflected as a reduction of investment return for such investments.

Basis of Allocation - Investment income and gains or losses on investments are allocated to the participants based on the participant's account balance. Discretionary contributions, if any, are allocated based on the plan document. Unless directed otherwise by participants, employer matching and discretionary contributions are allocated in the same manner as employee contributions.

New Accounting Pronouncements - The financial statements reflect the prospective adoption of FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, ("FASB Statement No. 157"), as of the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2008 (see Note 3). FASB Statement No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The effect of the adoption of FASB Statement No. 157 had no impact on the statements of net assets available for benefits and statement of changes in net assets available for benefits

FASB Statement No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under FASB Statement No. 157 are described below:

Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset's or liability's fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2008 and 2007.

Mutual funds - Valued at the net asset value of shares held by the plan at year-end.

Participant loans - Valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Guaranteed pooled separate accounts - Valued at fair value based upon the market value of the underlying assets allocable to the Plan.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2008:

The Plan's deposits are maintained in money market accounts until the deposits are allocated to the participant-directed funds based on the participant's percentage allocation election. The participant can elect direction of investments upon entering the Plan and may change the direction of investment options on a daily basis.

The components of the Plan's individual investments which represent 5% or more of the Plan's net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2008 and 2007, were as follows:

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and an investment contract managed by Diversified Investment Advisors. Diversified Investment Advisors is the Plan's Recordkeeper and therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. In addition, the Plan invests in shares of Company common stock. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. is the Plan Sponsor, as defined by the Plan, and therefore these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

During 2008, the Plan received approximately $380,325 in dividends from the Company. In addition, the Company pays certain fees on behalf of the Plan for accounting services.

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits from the accompanying financial statements to Form 5500 as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2008:

Although it has not expressed an intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, employees become 100% vested in any non-vested portion of their accounts.

Effective July 1, 2002, the Plan adopted the Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. 401(k) profit sharing prototype plan document. Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.'s plan document received a favorable Internal Revenue Service opinion letter on July 29, 2004. The Plan was restated to comply with applicable law changes and updates effective December 1, 2008, and an application for an IRS Determination Letter was filed. Although the Internal Revenue Service has not yet provided the requested Determination Letter, the plan administrator reasonably believes that the Plan, as restated, is designed and is being operated in compliance with applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements.

Effective April 1, 2009, the Plan changed its recordkeeper from Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. to Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company.