Every Form 4 that Global Payments, Inc. (GPN) has filed with the SEC in the last 12 months is listed below, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A Form 4 covers the transactions officers, directors and large holders report, so if you follow GPN and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full GPN filings page.
Global Payments Inc. executive Robert M. Cortopassi, President and COO, reported a disposition of 825 shares of common stock on 2026-08-08. The shares were delivered back to the company at $86.12 per share to cover taxes due on the vesting of equity awards. Following this tax-withholding transaction, Cortopassi directly holds 87,026 shares of Global Payments common stock.
Global Payments Inc. reported that President and COO Robert M. Cortopassi transferred 2,955.0000 shares of common stock to the company on August 4, 2026 to cover tax liabilities from the vesting of awards. After this tax-withholding disposition, he directly holds 87,851.0000 shares, including shares acquired through the employee stock purchase plan and dividend reinvestment.
Cameron M. Bready, Chief Executive Officer of Global Payments Inc, exercised 9,703 non-qualified stock options at an exercise price of $74.6600 per share. Using a net exercise, 8,871 common shares were withheld by the company at the $88.2700 closing price to pay the exercise price, resulting in the issuance of 832 net new shares to him and leaving the reported option grant with zero remaining options.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Executive Officer Cameron M. Bready reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On 2026-06-01, 2,297 shares of Common Stock were surrendered at $75.46 per share to the company to cover taxes on the vesting of equity awards. After this withholding, he directly holds 431,958 shares of Common Stock.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Legal Officer Dara L. Steele-Belkin reported a tax-related share disposition. She surrendered 2,254 shares of common stock at $75.46 per share to the company to cover taxes on the vesting of equity awards. After this non-market, tax-withholding transaction, she directly holds 46,527 shares of common stock.
Osnoss Joseph reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Joseph Osnoss reported a stock compensation grant. He received 3,179 fully vested shares of common stock as compensation for serving as a non-employee director, at a stated price of $0.00 per share. These shares are held for the benefit of Silver Lake entities, with sale proceeds expected to be remitted to Silver Lake and/or its limited partners. Following the transactions, Osnoss is shown with 10,902 shares held indirectly for Silver Lake and 73 shares held directly in his own name.
Sankaran Vivek reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Global Payments Inc. director Sankaran Vivek received a grant of 3,179 shares of common stock as compensation for serving as a non-employee director. The shares are fully vested and were awarded at no cash cost per share. Following this stock award, Vivek directly holds a total of 3,418 shares of Global Payments common stock. This is a compensation-related equity grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
Watson Patricia A reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Patricia A. Watson received a grant of 3,179 fully vested shares of common stock as compensation for her service as a non-employee director. Following this award, she directly holds a total of 5,830 shares of common stock.
Kliphouse Kirsten Marie reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director equity grant: Kirsten Marie Kliphouse received 3,179 fully-vested shares of common stock as compensation for her service as a non-employee director. Following this stock award, she directly holds a total of 9,076 shares of GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC common stock.
MCDANIEL CONNIE D reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Connie D. McDaniel received a stock grant as part of her board compensation. On May 1, 2026, she was awarded 3,179 shares of Common Stock as fully-vested compensation for service as a non-employee director. After this grant, she directly holds 33,193 shares of Global Payments common stock.
JOHNSON JOIA M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Joia M. Johnson reported an equity grant of common stock. Johnson received 3,179 fully-vested shares of common stock at $0.00 per share as compensation for service as a non-employee director. Following this award, Johnson directly holds 6,352 shares of common stock.
The filing also reports an indirect holding of 13,394 shares of common stock held by a 2016 Revocable Trust, which includes 1,213 shares that were previously reported as directly held. The transactions reflect compensation and ownership reporting rather than open-market buying or selling.
Arroyo F. Thaddeus reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Thaddeus Arroyo received an equity grant of common stock. He was awarded 3,179 fully-vested shares as compensation for his service as a non-employee director, at no cash cost per share. Following this grant, he directly holds 16,272 shares of Global Payments common stock.
PLUMMER WILLIAM B reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director William B. Plummer received a grant of 3,179 fully vested shares of common stock as compensation for his service as a non-employee director. The shares were awarded at no cash cost, bringing his direct holdings to 18,685 shares.
BRUNO JOHN G reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director John G. Bruno received a grant of 3,179 fully-vested shares of common stock as compensation for serving as a non-employee director. The shares were awarded at no cash cost to him and increased his direct holdings to 21,849 common shares.
Deskus Archana reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Archana Deskus received a grant of 3,179 shares of common stock as compensation for her service as a non-employee director. These fully-vested shares increased her direct holdings to 4,499 shares of common stock following the transaction.
WOODS M TROY reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director M Troy Woods received a grant of 3,939 fully-vested shares of common stock as compensation for service as a non-employee director. The shares were awarded at $0.00 per share, bringing Woods’ directly held common stock to 85,795 shares following the award.
The filing also lists indirect holdings of Global Payments common stock held through family-related entities and accounts, including the Woods Family GST Trust, the M Troy Woods 2025 GRAT, two 2016 family trusts, and shares held by Woods’ spouse. One footnote notes that 196,245 shares previously reported as directly held are now held through the 2025 GRAT.
Sankaran Vivek reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Vivek Sankaran received a stock grant of 239 common shares as compensation for serving as a non-employee director. The award was recorded at a price of $80.25 per share on February 19, 2026, leaving him with 239 shares held directly after the transaction.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Accounting Officer Jennifer Bozeman Whyte reported a routine tax-related share disposition. On the transaction date, 42 shares of common stock were transferred back to the company to cover taxes triggered by the vesting of equity awards. This was recorded as a tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. After the transaction, she directly held 8,873 shares of common stock, indicating the event was small relative to her overall reported holdings.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Executive Officer Cameron M. Bready reported equity compensation and related tax-share dispositions. On February 27, he received awards of 119,017 and 3,798 restricted common shares at a reference price of $76.46 per share. Footnotes state these restricted shares were granted as compensation and will vest over one to three years.
On February 28 and March 1, he disposed of 9,750 and 3,924 common shares, respectively, at $76.46 per share to cover taxes due upon vesting of awards, rather than through open-market sales. After these transactions, he directly held 447,929 common shares.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC President and COO Robert M. Cortopassi reported stock-based compensation and related tax transactions. On February 27, 2026, he acquired 40,218 restricted shares of common stock as compensation that vest in three equal annual installments, and 1,752 additional restricted shares that vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date. On February 28, 2026 and March 1, 2026, a total of 4,390 shares were disposed of back to the company to cover taxes due upon vesting of awards. After these transactions, he directly owned 90,475 shares of common stock.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC executive David M. Sheffield reported equity award activity involving company common stock. He acquired 1,188 shares at $76.46 per share through the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units that were earned based on an adjusted earnings per share growth target over a one-year period. To cover related tax obligations on the vesting, 755 shares were disposed back to the company at the same price as a tax-withholding transaction, rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, Sheffield directly owned 15,660 shares of GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC common stock.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Legal Officer Dara L. Steele-Belkin reported equity compensation grants and related tax-withholding share dispositions. On February 27, she acquired 19,619 and 1,063 restricted common shares as compensation awards. Footnotes state these restricted shares vest over one and three years, respectively.
On February 28 and March 1, she disposed of 2,093 and 204 common shares through tax-withholding dispositions to the company to cover taxes on vesting awards, rather than open-market sales. Following these transactions, she directly owned 48,781 common shares.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Financial Officer Joshua J. Whipple reported equity-compensation related stock activity. On February 27, 2026, he acquired 37,929 shares of common stock and 1,628 shares as restricted stock awards granted as compensation at a reference price of $76.46 per share. The footnotes state one grant vests in equal installments over three years and the other vests in full on the first anniversary of the grant date.
To cover taxes on vesting of awards, he disposed of 3,706 shares on February 28, 2026 and 1,313 shares on March 1, 2026 through tax-withholding dispositions to the company at $76.46 per share. After these transactions, he held 107,262 shares directly, and 160 shares were held indirectly by his spouse.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Accounting Officer Jennifer Bozeman Whyte reported a small tax-related share disposition. On the vesting of equity awards, she surrendered 133 shares of common stock to the company at $76.46 per share to cover taxes. After this tax-withholding transaction, she directly holds 8,915 common shares.
Viviani Stella Nichole reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief People Officer Stella Nichole Viviani received a grant of 19,619 shares of common stock valued at $76.46 per share as compensation. These are restricted shares that will vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the February 27, 2026 grant date.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Financial Officer Joshua J. Whipple reported equity award activity in company stock. He acquired 24,014 shares of common stock at $82.47 per share through the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units earned on an adjusted earnings per share growth target over a three-year performance period. He then disposed of 12,248 shares at $82.47 per share to cover taxes due on the vesting, leaving 72,724 shares held directly and 160 shares held indirectly by his spouse.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC Chief Legal Officer Dara L. Steele-Belkin reported a tax-related share disposition. On this Form 4, 317 shares of common stock were delivered back to the company at $82.47 per share to cover taxes triggered by the vesting of equity awards.
After this tax-withholding disposition, Steele-Belkin directly owns 30,396 shares of Global Payments common stock. The transaction is characterized as a payment of tax liability by delivering securities, rather than an open-market sale.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC executive David M. Sheffield reported stock compensation activity involving the company’s common stock. On February 21, 2026, he acquired 1,914 fully vested shares at $82.47 per share through the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units originally granted on February 21, 2023, earned based on an adjusted earnings per share growth target over a three-year performance period.
On the same date, 1,125 shares at $82.47 per share were surrendered to the company to cover taxes due on the vesting of these awards, a tax-withholding disposition. After these transactions, his directly held common stock position was 15,227 shares.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC President and COO Robert M. Cortopassi received 8,288 shares of common stock as a fully vested award, earned from performance-based restricted stock units granted on February 21, 2023 and tied to adjusted earnings per share growth over a three-year period. On the same date, 4,515 shares were surrendered to the company to cover taxes on the vesting, resulting in a net increase of 3,773 shares and bringing his directly owned common stock to 52,895 shares, including shares acquired through a dividend reinvestment plan.
Global Payments Inc. Chief Executive Officer Cameron M. Bready reported equity award activity in company common stock. On February 21, 2026, he acquired 35,942 shares at $82.47 per share upon vesting of performance-based restricted stock units granted in February 2023.
On the same date, he acquired an additional 36,534 shares at $82.47 per share from a pro-rated supplemental performance-based grant originally made upon his appointment as CEO in June 2023. A separate transaction disposed of 34,549 shares back to the company at $82.47 per share to cover tax obligations on the vesting awards.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC director Joia M. Johnson reported an open-market purchase of company stock. On February 20, 2026, she bought 1,213 shares of common stock at $81.90 per share, increasing her direct ownership to 4,386 shares. She also reports 12,181 shares held indirectly by a 2016 Revocable Trust.
Global Payments Inc. executive David Sheffield, EVP and Chief Accounting Officer, reported selling 2,016 shares of Global Payments common stock on 12/11/2025 at a price of $81.41 per share. After this transaction, he directly beneficially owns 14,438 shares of the company. The filing is a Form 4, which discloses changes in insider ownership for a single reporting person.
Global Payments Inc. director reports stock purchases and a share transfer. Director Robert H.B. Baldwin, Jr. bought 3,000 shares of Global Payments common stock on 12/10/2025 at $80.25 per share and 10,392 shares on 12/11/2025 at a weighted average price of $81.42 per share, through open-market broker transactions within a price range of $81.12 to $81.84. On 12/11/2025, he also transferred 13,392 shares without receiving any consideration. After these transactions, he directly beneficially owned 45,911 shares of Global Payments common stock.
Global Payments Inc. insider transaction: A company officer reported a sale of common stock in a regulatory filing. Chief Administrative Officer David L. Green sold 11,600 shares of Global Payments Inc. common stock on 12/03/2025, identified with transaction code "S" for a sale. The weighted average sale price was $79.99 per share, with individual trades executed in a price range from $79.99 to $80.07 through a broker-dealer in open market transactions.
Following this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owned 68,096 shares of Global Payments Inc. common stock, held directly. The filing notes that detailed information on the number of shares sold at each separate price within the reported range is available upon request from the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or any shareholder.
Global Payments (GPN) director Connie D. McDaniel reported insider transactions on 11/12/2025. She exercised 5,281 non‑qualified stock options at an exercise price of $65.75 per share (code M), then sold 4,464 shares at an average price of $77.81 (code S).
Following these transactions, her directly held common stock stood at 30,014 shares. The exercised option, originally fully exercisable as of 9/17/2019, expires on 05/10/2026 and now shows 0 derivative securities remaining.
Global Payments (GPN): A director reported an open‑market purchase of 1,331 shares on 11/07/2025 at a weighted average price of $75.06, with trades executed between $75.00 and $75.07. Following the transaction, the reporting person beneficially owned 2,651 shares, held directly.