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The Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) SEC filings page provides access to the company’s official regulatory disclosures filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Payments is incorporated in Georgia, and its common stock and certain senior notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Through its filings, the company reports material events, financial results, capital markets activity and significant transactions that shape its payment technology and software business.
Investors can review Current Reports on Form 8-K in which Global Payments describes key developments. For example, 8-K filings detail the completion of the company’s acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of its Issuer Solutions business to Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS), a set of transactions that Global Payments states transform it into a pure-play commerce solutions provider. Other 8-Ks cover topics such as senior notes offerings used to help fund the Worldpay acquisition, accelerated share repurchase programs, quarterly earnings press releases, director appointments and executive transitions.
Global Payments’ filings also include information on its registered debt securities, including 4.500%, 4.875%, 5.200% and 5.550% senior notes with various maturities, as well as its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2031 listed under the symbol GPN31A. Related indentures and supplemental indentures are filed as exhibits, providing details on terms, covenants and events of default.
On this page, Stock Titan surfaces these SEC documents alongside AI-powered summaries designed to explain the significance of each filing in clear language. Users can quickly understand what a particular 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q or other form means for Global Payments’ business, how large transactions like the Worldpay acquisition are structured, and how new financings or governance changes may affect the company. Real-time updates from EDGAR and streamlined access to items such as Form 4 insider transaction reports help investors and researchers follow GPN’s regulatory history more efficiently.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN) received an initial insider ownership report showing a large outside holder. GTCR W Aggregator LP reported beneficial ownership of 43,268,041 shares of Global Payments common stock as of 01/09/2026, held directly as a 10% owner. The filing is a joint Form 3 by GTCR W Aggregator LP, GTCR Partners W LLC, GTCR Investment XIII LLC, and GTCR Investment XIV LLC, which may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of these shares, subject to each entity’s pecuniary interest. The form reports existing holdings only and does not show any new stock transactions.
Global Payments Inc. completed a major portfolio reshaping, closing its acquisition of Worldpay Holdco, LLC and the divestiture of its Issuer Solutions business on January 9, 2026. Global Payments acquired Worldpay from GTCR and other holders using approximately $6.2 billion in cash and 43,268,041 newly issued Global Payments common shares, while selling its Issuer Solutions business to FIS for FIS’s interest in Worldpay and approximately $7.7 billion in cash. The transactions were based on enterprise valuations of $24.25 billion for Worldpay and $13.5 billion for Issuer Solutions, both subject to customary closing adjustments.
As a result, GTCR now owns about 15.45% of Global Payments’ outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2025 and is subject to a staged lock-up on the stock consideration, with portions released at 12, 15 and 18 months after closing. GTCR agreed to standstill and preemptive rights under a new shareholders agreement and received customary shelf, demand and piggyback registration rights for its shares.
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.
A holder of GPN common stock has filed a Rule 144 notice to sell 2,016 shares through Fidelity Brokerage Services on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $164,112.48. These shares were originally acquired on 08/03/2021 through restricted stock vesting as compensation from the issuer. The notice lists total common shares outstanding as 236,743,716, which is a baseline ownership figure. The seller represents that they are not aware of any undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer’s current or prospective operations.
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 Inc. insider plans to sell common stock under Rule 144. The notice covers a proposed sale of 11,600 shares of common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $927,992.96 based on the figures provided. The filing notes that 236,743,716 shares of common stock were outstanding, giving context for the size of the planned sale.
The shares being sold were acquired over several years through restricted stock vesting from the issuer, with vesting dates between 2018 and 2023, and identified as compensation rather than cash purchases. The person filing also represents that they are not aware of any material adverse information about Global Payments Inc. that has not been publicly disclosed.
Global Payments Inc. closed a public senior notes offering and issued multiple tranches to support its previously announced acquisition of Worldpay. The company stated it intends to use net proceeds to fund cash payments for the acquisition, repay certain Worldpay indebtedness, cover transaction costs, and for general corporate purposes.
The notes carry fixed coupons and staggered maturities: the 2028 Notes at 4.500%, the 2030 Notes at 4.875%, the 2032 Notes at 5.200%, and the 2035 Notes at 5.550%. Interest is payable semi‑annually on May 15 and November 15, beginning May 15, 2026. The notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations and include make‑whole call provisions before specified par call dates, par redemption thereafter, and a Change of Control repurchase right at 101% of principal plus accrued interest.
If the Worldpay acquisition is not completed by the specified outside date or is abandoned, the 2028, 2030, and 2032 Notes are subject to a special mandatory redemption at 101% plus accrued interest. Following the offering’s close, Global Payments terminated the remaining commitments under its previously arranged $7.7 billion, 364‑day bridge facility, reducing those commitments to zero.
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) filed a Form 144 notice for a proposed sale of 4,464 common shares through Fidelity Brokerage Services. The filing lists an aggregate market value of $347,332.68 for the proposed sale, to be executed on the NYSE with an approximate sale date of 11/12/2025.
The shares were acquired via options granted on 05/11/2016 and exercised for cash on 11/12/2025. The filing also reports 236,743,716 shares outstanding. This is a routine Rule 144 notice indicating an intent to sell restricted or control securities, subject to Rule 144 conditions.