---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001123360-24-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:23:38.489657+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments shareholders re-elect all 12 director nominees, reject political spending disclosure

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; lowest vote getter was Joseph H. Osnoss with 152M for, 52.4M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay for 2023 executive compensation passed with 180M for (87.9% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY 2024 passed with 209.9M for (92.7% of votes cast).
- Shareholder proposal on political spending disclosure failed: 78.2M for vs 125.6M against.
- Meeting held April 25, 2024; results filed on Form 8-K on April 29, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001123360-24-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/0001123360-24-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/gpn-20240425.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation for the year ended December 31, 2023 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2. Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation for the year ended December 31, 2023. Votes in Favor Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 180,002,741 24,426,814 213,568 21,755,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/0001123360-24-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the reappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of the reappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2024. Votes in Favor Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 209,936,922 16,350,883 110,446 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/0001123360-24-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC shareholders rejected Advisory vote on disclosure of political spending at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 4. Advisory vote on disclosure of political spending. Votes in Favor Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 78,221,553 125,589,876 831,694 21,755,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/0001123360-24-000008-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1 . Election of directors. Nominee Votes in Favor Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes M. Troy Woods 201,225,649 3,309,181 108,293 21,755,128 Cameron M. Bready 204,263,300 243,748 136,075 21,755,128 F. Thaddeus Arroyo 202,943,061 1,562,436 137,626 21,755,128 Robert H.B. Baldwin, Jr. 201,360,260 3,140,450 142,413 21,755,128 John G. Bruno 199,245,449 5,245,544 152,130 21,755,128 Joia M. Johnson 201,983,458 2,520,259 139,406 21,755,128 Kirsten Kliphouse 204,230,656 275,327 137,140 21,755,128 Ruth Ann Marshall 200,147,847 4,358,451 136,825 21,755,128 Connie D. McDaniel 202,678,368 1,833,749 131,006 21,755,128 Joseph H. Osnoss 152,069,993 52,414,209 158,921 21,755,128 William B. Plummer 203,619,001 880,333 143,789 21,755,128 John T. Turner 202,802,480 1,717,747 122,896 21,755,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336024000008/0001123360-24-000008-index.htm

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