secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS)
CIK:        0001136893
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-182561
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FIS sells 55% stake in Worldpay to GTCR at $18.5B valuation; retains 45% ownership
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- FIS sells 55% equity interest in Merchant Solutions (Worldpay) to GTCR; valuation $18.5B including $1B contingent consideration.
- FIS receives upfront net proceeds ~$11.7B; plans to reduce debt to ~$10B and repurchase ~$2.5B in shares.
- FIS retains 45% non-controlling stake; Charles Drucker to become CEO of Worldpay upon close expected by Q1 2024.
- Valuation equates to 9.8x expected FY2023 adjusted EBITDA, premium to FIS's ~8x multiple.
- GTCR commits up to $1.25B additional growth capital for Worldpay.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136893/000119312523182561/0001193125-23-182561-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136893/000119312523182561/d443361d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-182561

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