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accession: "0001104659-25-069140"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T04:57:08.834925+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments clears HSR waiting period for Worldpay acquisition

## Summary
- HSR waiting period expired July 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
- Global Payments to acquire Worldpay Holdco from FIS and GTCR and divest Issuer Solutions to FIS.
- Closing remains subject to other regulatory clearances and customary conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-069140
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925069140/0001104659-25-069140-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925069140/tm2521296d1_8k.htm

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