UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2026

Commission file number 001-16111

Global Payments Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 829-8000  

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 5, 2026, Global Payments Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.400% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”), in a public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering is expected to close on March 12, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The description of the Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified by reference to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-291270) (as the same may be amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”), that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2025. The material terms of the Notes are described in the Company’s final prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act, which relates to the offer and sale of the Notes and supplements the Company’s prospectus contained in the Registration Statement. The Company is also filing the Underwriting Agreement as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K for purposes of the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)        Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are as follows:

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.