secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)
CIK:        0001123360
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-017297
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Global Payments enters $550M accelerated share repurchase program to buy ~5.4M shares
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- Entered into accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement on Feb 18, 2026 to repurchase $550M of common stock.
- Approximately 5,414,718 shares will be received by the company on Feb 20, 2026.
- Final settlement expected no later than March 30, 2026; price based on VWAP less discount.
- ASR is part of previously announced board-approved share repurchase program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926017297/0001104659-26-017297-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926017297/tm266812d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-017297

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