--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001193125-23-078631" form_type: "8-K" ticker: null cik: "0001704596" company_name: "EVO Payments, Inc." filed_at: "2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-17T16:48:47.777381+00:00" event_type: "m_and_a" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 1.0 calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Global Payments completes acquisition of EVO Payments for $34.00 per share in cash; EVOP to be delisted ## Summary - EVO shareholders receive $34.00 per share in cash for each share of Class A common stock. - Effective March 24, 2023, EVO becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Payments Inc. - All EVO directors and officers resign; David L. Green appointed sole director of surviving corporation. - EVO's common stock to be delisted from NASDAQ and registration terminated under Exchange Act. - EVO's credit agreement with Truist Bank repaid and terminated in connection with the merger. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001193125-23-078631 - form_type: 8-K - cik: 0001704596 - company_name: EVO Payments, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: m_and_a - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 1.0 - calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 - confidence: high - sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.02, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/d400810d8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-078631 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-078631.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-078631.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Catherine E. Lafiandra departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer source text: Catherine E. Lafiandra ceased to be the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Josh Whipple was appointed as officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: became - Role: officer source text: David L. Green, Josh Whipple and Dara Steele-Belkin became officers of the Surviving Corporation evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change David L. Goldman departed as Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy source text: David L. Goldman ceased to be the Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Michael L. Reidenbach departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer source text: Michael L. Reidenbach ceased to be the Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Darren Wilson departed as President, International at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: President, International source text: Darren Wilson ceased to be the President, International of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Dara Steele-Belkin was appointed as officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: became - Role: officer source text: David L. Green, Josh Whipple and Dara Steele-Belkin became officers of the Surviving Corporation evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Thomas E. Panther departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer source text: Thomas E. Panther, ceased to be the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change James G. Kelly departed as Chief Executive Officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Chief Executive Officer source text: James G. Kelly, ceased to be the Chief Executive Officer of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Brendan F. Tansill departed as President, the Americas at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: President, the Americas source text: Brendan F. Tansill ceased to be the President, the Americas of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change David L. Green was appointed as director at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: became - Role: director source text: David L. Green, the sole director of Merger Subsidiary as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, became the sole director of the Surviving Corporation evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change Kelli E. Sterrett departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: ceased to be - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary source text: Kelli E. Sterrett ceased to be the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of EVO evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Executive change David L. Green was appointed as officer at EVO Payments, Inc.. - Action: became - Role: officer source text: David L. Green, Josh Whipple and Dara Steele-Belkin became officers of the Surviving Corporation evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Governance Changes EVO Payments, Inc.: 根据合并协议，公司的章程被整体修订和重述。. - Change: bylaw amendment source text: Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, EVO’s then-existing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws were each amended and restated in their entirety. Copies of the Surviving Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Governance Changes EVO Payments, Inc.: 根据合并协议，公司的公司章程被整体修订和重述。. - Change: charter amendment source text: Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, EVO’s then-existing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws were each amended and restated in their entirety. Copies of the Surviving Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - M&A Transactions EVO Payments, Inc. underwent a change of control involving Global Payments Inc. (closed 2023-03-24). - Action: change of control - Counterparty: Global Payments Inc. - Closing: 2023-03-24 source text: the completion on March 24, 2023 (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 1, 2022 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm - Material Agreements EVO Payments, Inc. terminated Common Unit Purchase Agreement with Global Payments, Blueapple, Inc.. - Action: termination - Agreement: equity purchase - Counterparty: Global Payments, Blueapple, Inc. source text: common units of EVO Investco, LLC held by Blueapple, Inc. pursuant to that certain Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, by and between Global Payments, EVO and Blueapple, Inc. Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704596/000119312523078631/0001193125-23-078631-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.