GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC

Regulatory Filings • Jul 21, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 18, 2025

Commission file number 001-16111

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Global Payments Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

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Georgia	58-2567903
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(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)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, no par value	GPN	New York Stock Exchange
4.875% Senior Notes due 2031	GPN31A	New York Stock Exchange

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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. ¨

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on April 17, 2025, Global Payments Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Global Payments”), entered into transaction agreements pursuant to which Global Payments will acquire Worldpay Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, from Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“FIS”) and certain affiliates of GTCR LLC, and divest its Issuer Solutions business to FIS (collectively, the “Transactions”). Among other things, the completion of the Transactions is conditioned upon the expiration or termination of the waiting periods applicable to the Transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Waiting Periods”). The HSR Waiting Periods expired on July 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The closing of the Transactions remains subject to the receipt of the remaining required regulatory clearances and approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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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.

/s/ Dara Steele-Belkin
Dara Steele-Belkin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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