Form 8-K

8-K — GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC

Accession: 0001104659-26-054479

Filed: 2026-05-04

Period: 2026-04-30

CIK: 0001123360

SIC: 7389 (SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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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):

April 30, 2026

Commission file number 001-16111

GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Georgia

58-2567903

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

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)

Securities registered

pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Title of each class

Trading symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common stock, no par value

GPN

New York Stock Exchange

4.875% Senior Notes due 2031

GPN31A

New York Stock Exchange

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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).

Emerging

growth company ¨

If an emerging

growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any

new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.07. Submission

of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 30, 2026, Global Payments Inc. (the "Company")

held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders

(1) elected each of the twelve nominees listed below to serve on the Board of Directors, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s

named executive officers’ compensation for the year ended December 31, 2025, (3) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche

LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, and (4) rejected

a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to act by written consent.

The voting results at the Annual Meeting were as

follows:

Proposal

1. Election of Directors

Board of Directors Nominee

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

M. Troy Woods

223,200,682

3,541,472

76,174

22,191,119

Cameron M. Bready

225,933,003

802,017

83,308

22,191,119

F. Thaddeus Arroyo

225,252,271

1,484,739

81,318

22,191,119

John G. Bruno

218,182,491

8,533,830

102,007

22,191,119

Archana Deskus

226,171,317

550,262

96,749

22,191,119

Joia M. Johnson

222,506,385

4,217,755

94,188

22,191,119

Kristen M. Kliphouse

225,807,817

916,025

94,486

22,191,119

Connie D. McDaniel

224,650,321

2,092,744

75,263

22,191,119

Joseph S. Osnoss

223,849,113

2,869,978

99,237

22,191,119

William B. Plummer

224,517,175

2,210,263

90,890

22,191,119

Vivek Sankaran

225,445,276

1,269,443

103,609

22,191,119

Patricia A. Watson

226,142,767

586,374

89,187

22,191,119

Proposal

2. Advisory vote to approve compensation of the named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

146,640,626

79,718,672

459,030

22,191,119

Proposal

3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting

firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

235,165,069

13,648,321

196,057

Proposal

4. Advisory vote on shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

58,311,193

167,913,794

593,341

22,191,119

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.

GLOBAL

PAYMENTS INC.

Date:

May 4, 2026

By:

/s/

Dara Steele-Belkin

Dara

Steele-Belkin

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

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