---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-002705"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:46:43.516980+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments closes Worldpay acquisition & Issuer Solutions sale; creates pure-play commerce provider

## Summary
- Acquired Worldpay for ~$6.2B cash + 43.3M shares (enterprise value $24.25B); sold Issuer Solutions to FIS for ~$7.7B cash ($13.5B EV).
- GTCR holds ~15.45% of GPN common stock; lock-up releases 35% at 12mo, 15% at 15mo, remainder at 18mo.
- Combined company serves 6M+ merchants, processes $3.7T in payment volume and 94B transactions annually across 175+ countries.
- Go-to-market through three channels (Enterprise, SMB, Integrated & Platforms); plans to invest >$1B/year in innovation.
- Expects to maintain investment grade ratings and reduce adjusted net leverage to 3.0x within 18-24 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-002705
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/0001104659-26-002705-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/tm262856d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-002705.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7f2de28afce7b443f0d23301a9e6a583b8a3c8e7
  claim: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC completed an acquisition involving GTCR LLC and other Worldpay equityholders for 43,268,041 newly issued shares of Global Payments common stock and approximately $6.2 billion in cash (closed 2026-01-09).
  evidence_excerpt: set forth in the GTCR Transaction Agreement, Global Payments acquired all of the interests in Worldpay not held by FIS from GTCR and other Worldpay equityholders in exchange for 43,268,041 newly issued shares of Global Payments common stock, no par value (“Global Payments Common Stock,” and such newly issued shares, the “Stock Consideration”) and approximately $6.2
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/0001104659-26-002705-index.htm
- claim_id: b3edac4f8bc4dc276fc6e95b9b695f3ea05929d5
  claim: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC completed a disposition involving Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) for FIS’s interest in Worldpay and approximately $7.7 billion in cash (closed 2026-01-09).
  evidence_excerpt: Concurrently, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the FIS Transaction Agreement, Global Payments sold its Issuer Solutions Business to FIS in exchange for FIS’s interest in Worldpay and approximately $7.7 billion in cash
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/0001104659-26-002705-index.htm
- claim_id: 01a0f59bc4250ad4596993ec5db85735241ce2de
  claim: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC entered into Shareholders Agreement with GTCR.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholders Agreement As a result of the Transactions, GTCR now holds approximately 15.45% of the outstanding shares of Global Payments Common Stock based upon the outstanding shares of Global Payments Common Stock
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/0001104659-26-002705-index.htm
- claim_id: 330353f6117345dd103710aeceea73d9b2cc8bb1
  claim: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC entered into Registration Rights Agreement with GTCR.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholders Agreement As a result of the Transactions, GTCR now holds approximately 15.45% of the outstanding shares of Global Payments Common Stock based upon the outstanding shares of Global Payments Common Stock
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/0001104659-26-002705-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.