{"url_path":"/sec/gpn/10-q/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 —EXHIBITS","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/0001123360-26-000072-index.html","accession_number":"0001123360-26-000072","cik":"0001123360","ticker":"GPN","issuer_name":"GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/0001123360-26-000072-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001123360","primary_entity_name":"GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"},"word_count":714,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 6—EXHIBITS\n\nList of Exhibits\n\n2.1†\n[Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2025, by and among Global Payments Inc., Total System Services LLC, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and Worldpay Holdco, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2025.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925036553/tm2512754d1_ex2-1.htm)\n\n2.2†\n[Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2025, by and among Global Payments Inc., Genesis Merger Sub I, Inc., Genesis Merger Sub II, Inc., Genesis Merger Sub III, Inc., Genesis Merger Sub IV LLC, Genesis Washington Merger Sub LLC, GTCR W Aggregator LP, Worldpay Holdco, LLC, GTCR W Management Blocker Inc., GTCR W Management Blocker II Inc., GTCR W Blocker Corp. and the other parties thereto, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2025.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465925036553/tm2512754d1_ex2-2.htm)\n\n3.1\n[Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Global Payments Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 18, 2019.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312519247358/d728594dex41.htm)\n\n3.2\n[Articles of Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Global Payments Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2020.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336020000013/ex31articlesofamendmen.htm)\n\n3.3\n[Twelfth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Global Payments Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336023000012/ex31amendmenttobylaws.htm)\n\n4.1\n[Shareholders Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2026, by and among Global Payments Inc., GTCR LLC and GTCR W Aggregator LP, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 12, 2026.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/tm262856d1_ex4-1.htm)\n\n4.2\n[Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2026, by and between Global Payments Inc. and GTCR W Aggregator LP, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 12, 2026.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926002705/tm262856d1_ex4-2.htm)\n\n4.3\n[Supplement Indenture No. 8, dated as of March 12, 2026, between Global Payments Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2026.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000110465926027067/tm268658d1_ex4-2.htm)\n\n4.4Form of Global Note representing the Notes (included in Exhibit 4.3).\n\n10.1\n[Employment Agreement dated January 9, 2026 between Worldpay, LLC and Stella Nichole Viviani, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 20, 2026.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000008/ex1049stellanicholeviviani.htm)\n\n31.1*\n[Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](ex31103312026.htm)\n\n31.2*\n[Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](ex31203312026.htm)\n\n32.1*\n[Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](ex32103312026.htm)\n\n101*\nThe following information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and filed electronically herewith: (i) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (v) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity; (vi) the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements; and (vii) the information included in Part II, Item 5(c). The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.\n\n104*\nCover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).\n\n______________________\n\n*Filed herewith.\n\n†Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.\n\n42\n\n[Table of Contents](#i47548a5a0629401faf2e9ade45771db6_7)\n\nSIGNATURES\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\nGlobal Payments Inc.\n\n(Registrant)\n\nDate: May 8, 2026/s/ Joshua J. Whipple\n\nJoshua J. Whipple\n\nChief Financial Officer\n\n(Principal Financial Officer)\n\n43"}