---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-086294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIS"
cik: "0001136893"
company_name: "Fidelity National Information Services, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T10:00:46.606663+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FIS buys Global Payments' Issuer Solutions for $13.5B, sells Worldpay stake, gets ~$6.6B net

## Summary
- FIS will acquire Issuer Solutions Business from Global Payments for $13.5B enterprise value, paying via sale of its Worldpay equity and cash.
- FIS expects pre-tax proceeds of ~$6.6B from Worldpay sale (part of $24.25B Worldpay enterprise value, with GTCR).
- Transaction cross-conditioned with GTCR's acquisition of Worldpay; closing targeted by April 16, 2026, with two 6-month extensions possible.
- FIS obtained $8B bridge loan commitment from Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo; expects to replace with permanent financing before closing.
- Deal requires regulatory clearances in U.S. and other jurisdictions; no financing condition, but subject to customary closing conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-086294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIS
- cik: 0001136893
- company_name: Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136893/000119312525086294/0001193125-25-086294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136893/000119312525086294/d830085d8k.htm

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