GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC

Regulatory Filings • Aug 30, 2018

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 27, 2018

Commission file number 001-16111

GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Georgia	58-2567903
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3550 Lenox Road, Atlanta, Georgia	30326
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 829-8000

NONE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective August 27, 2018, David E. Mangum will no longer serve as President and Chief Operating Officer and will be leaving the Company.

On August 27, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to the employment agreements with Jeffrey S. Sloan, Chief Executive Officer, Cameron M. Bready, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Guido F. Sacchi, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer and David L. Green, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, which extended the term of each executive’s employment agreement through August 27, 2021. All other material terms of the employment agreements remain unchanged.

The amendments to the employment agreements described above are qualified in their entirety by reference to such amendments, copies of which the Company plans to file as exhibits to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2018.

Attached as an exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is a copy of the Company's August 30, 2018 press release with respect to the foregoing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued on August 30, 2018.

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.

GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. — By: /s/ David L. Green
David L. Green
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary