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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): March 5, 2026

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)


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

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Item 8.01. Other Events

In January 2026, Global Payments Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Company,” “Global Payments,” “we” or “our”), acquired 100% of Worldpay Holdco, LLC (“Worldpay”) from Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and affiliates of GTCR LLC and divested our Issuer Solutions business to FIS. The acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business occurred simultaneously.

To update investors with the financial statements of Worldpay, as well as certain unaudited pro forma combined financial data previously filed by the Company in connection with the transactions described above, and for the purpose of incorporating by reference the exhibits filed herewith into its registration statements, Global Payments is filing: (a) as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, the audited combined and consolidated financial statements of Worldpay Holdco, LLC as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (Successor), and for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the eleven-month period ended December 31, 2024 (Successor periods) and the one-month period ended January 31, 2024 (Predecessor period); and (b) as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Global Payments as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.			Description
23.1			Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to the combined and consolidated financial statements of Worldpay Holdco, LLC as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (Successor), and for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the eleventh-month period ended December 31, 2024 (Successor periods) and the one-month period ended January 31, 2024 (Predecessor period).
99.1			Audited combined financial statements of Worldpay Holdco, LLC as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (Successor), and for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the eleventh-month period ended December 31, 2024 (Successor periods) and the one-month period ended January 31, 2024 (Predecessor period).
99.2			Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Global Payments Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements we use in this report contain forward-looking statements concerning our business operations, economic performance and financial condition, including, but not limited to, statements we make regarding our business strategy and means to implement the strategy; measures of future results of operations, such as revenues, expenses, operating margins, income tax rates and earnings per share; other operating metrics such as shares outstanding and capital expenditures, liquidity, deleveraging plans and capital available for allocation; statements we make regarding guidance and projected financial results for the year 2026; the effects of general economic conditions on our business; statements about the benefits of our acquisitions or dispositions such as our recently completed acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business, including future financial and operating results and the successful integration of acquisitions; statements about the completion of anticipated benefits or strategic or operational initiatives; statements regarding our success and timing in developing and introducing new services and expanding our business; and other statements regarding our future financial performance and our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. You can sometimes identify forward-looking statements by our use of the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plan,” “forecast,” “guidance” and similar expressions. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Although we believe that the plans and expectations reflected in or suggested by our forward-looking statements are reasonable, those statements are based on a number of assumptions, estimates, projections or plans that are inherently subject to significant risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, cannot be foreseen and reflect future business decisions. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that our plans and expectations will be achieved. Our actual revenues, revenue growth rates and margins, and other results of operations could differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements as a result of many known and unknown factors, many of which are beyond our ability to predict or control. Important factors that may otherwise cause actual events or results to differ materially from those anticipated by such forward-looking statements or historical performance include, among others, those discussed in “Item 1A - Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as well as in the other information appearing in this report and other filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including this Current Report on Form 8-K, which we advise you to review.

These cautionary statements qualify all of our forward-looking statements, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our plans and expectations as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update or revise forward-looking statements at some time in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to our forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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.

Date:	March 5, 2026	By: /s/ Joshua J. Whipple
		Joshua J. Whipple
		Chief Financial Officer

Global Payments Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits