Robert Carr, the CEO of Heartland Payment Systems, reported thatthe processors' 2008 card data security breach has cost the firmalmost $13 million.

But Carr also told analysts and reporters on a conference callthat the breach, which took place largely in 2008 but the companymade public in January 2009, had not had too much impact on thecompany's ongoing operation and growth in some metrics.

"In the first quarter our first priority for our relationshipand account managers was [sic] to maintain our over 250,000merchant relationships and I am pleased to report that theirefforts were highly successful with both total and card merchantsat March 31 up compared to end of the year levels," Carr told theanalysts on the call.