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): August 27, 2018
Commission file number 001-16111
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Georgia | | 58-2567903 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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3550 Lenox Road, Atlanta, Georgia | | 30326 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 829-8000
NONE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective August 27, 2018, David E. Mangum will no longer serve as President and Chief Operating Officer and will be leaving the Company.
On August 27, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to the employment agreements with Jeffrey S. Sloan, Chief Executive Officer, Cameron M. Bready, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Guido F. Sacchi, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer and David L. Green, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, which extended the term of each executive’s employment agreement through August 27, 2021. All other material terms of the employment agreements remain unchanged.
The amendments to the employment agreements described above are qualified in their entirety by reference to such amendments, copies of which the Company plans to file as exhibits to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2018.
Attached as an exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is a copy of the Company's August 30, 2018 press release with respect to the foregoing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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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.
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| | GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. | |
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Date: | August 30, 2018 | By: /s/ David L. Green | |
| | David L. Green | |
| | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
