{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-25-112631","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GPN","cik":"0001123360","company_name":"GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC","filed_at":"2025-11-14T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:38.838567+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T19:41:19.732402+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","2.03","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"debt","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"Global Payments closes $6.2B senior notes offering to fund Worldpay acquisition; bridge facility terminated","bullets":["Issued $1.75B 4.500% notes due 2028, $1.7B 4.875% notes due 2030, $1.0B 5.200% notes due 2032, $1.75B 5.550% notes due 2035.","Net proceeds used to fund Worldpay cash payment, repay Worldpay debt, pay transaction costs, and for general corporate purposes.","Bridge loan facility (up to $7.7B) fully terminated upon closing of the notes offering.","Special mandatory redemption at 101% if Worldpay acquisition not closed by April 16, 2027 (or later outside date).","Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated, rank equally with existing unsecured debt; interest payable semi-annually starting May 15, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-112631","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-112631.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-112631.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-112631.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925112631/0001104659-25-112631-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925112631/tm2531200d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T19:41:19.732402+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"a91527808c278851866a0f33382d1510edfc8c51","claim":"GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC incurred senior notes of $1,750 million, $1,700 million, $1,000 million and $1,750 million aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 4.500% per year, 4.875% per year, 5.200% per year and 5.550% per year maturing November 15, 2028, November 15, 2030, November 15, 2032 and November 15, 2035.","evidence_excerpt":"On November 14, 2025, Global Payments Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced public offering (the “Offering”) and issuance of: · $1,750 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), · $1,700 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), · $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.200% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and · $1,750 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.550% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “2035 Notes,”","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925112631/0001104659-25-112631-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Debt Financings","details":[{"label":"Instrument","value":"senior notes"},{"label":"Principal","value":"$1,750 million, $1,700 million, $1,000 million and $1,750 million aggregate principal amount"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association"},{"label":"Rate","value":"4.500% per year, 4.875% per year, 5.200% per year and 5.550% per year"},{"label":"Maturity","value":"November 15, 2028, November 15, 2030, November 15, 2032 and November 15, 2035"},{"label":"Event","value":"incurrence"}],"fact_type":"debt_financing"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}