环汇美股招股说明书(2026-03-06版)

$500,000,000 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028$500,000,000 5.400% Senior Notes due 2033 Global Payments Inc. (“Global Payments” or the “Company”) is offering $500,000,000 principal amount of its 4.550%Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 notes”) and $500,000,000 principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033notes” and, together with the 2028 notes, the “notes”). The 2028 notes will mature on March15, 2028, and the 2033 notes willmature on March15, 2033, in each case, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by us. Global Payments will pay interest on the The Company may, at its option, redeem each series of the notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time atthe applicable redemption prices described in this prospectus supplement in “Description of the Notes — Optional redemption.”The Company must offer to repurchase the notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in The notes will be our unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and will rank equally in right of payment with all of ourfuture unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. Each series of the notes is a new issue of securities with no established trading market. The Company has no intention toapply to list the notes on any securities exchange or to seek their admission to trading on any automated quotation system. Investing in the notes involves risks. See section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on pageS-4of this prospectus supplementand the risk factors incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapprovedof these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Anyrepresentation to the contrary is a criminal offense. We expect to deliver the notes to investors in registered book-entry only form through the facilities of The Depository TrustCompany (“DTC”) on or about March12, 2026. Beneficial interests in the notes will be shown on, and transfers thereof will beeffected only through, records maintained by DTC and its direct and indirect participants, including Clearstream Banking, S.A. BarclaysCapitalOne SecuritiesTD Securities BMO Capital MarketsFifth Third SecuritiesMorgan Stanley TABLE OF CONTENTS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT This document has two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specificterms of this offering. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, which provides more generalinformation, some of which may not apply to this offering. You should read the entire prospectussupplement, as well as the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference that are We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any other person to provide you with differentor additional information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectussupplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for usein connection with this offering. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these Unless otherwise specified or unless the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectussupplement to “we,” “our,” “us,” “the Company” and “Global Payments” refer to Global Payments Inc., a WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Wehave also filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3, including exhibits, with respect to thenotes offered by this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus We are “incorporating by reference” specified documents that we file with the SEC, which means: ••incorporated documents are considered part of this prospectus supplement and the accompanyingprospectus;we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents; and SEC rules and regulations also permit us to “furnish” rather than “file” certain reports and informationwith the SEC. Any such reports or information which we “furnish” or have “furnished” shall not be deemedto be incorporated by reference into or otherwise become a part of this prospectus supplement, regardless ofwhen furnished to the SEC. We incorporate by reference the following documents listed below and anyfuture filings made with the SEC under Section13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of •our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December31, 2025; •our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed onJanuary12, 2026(other than with respect to Item7.01)January14, 2026,February18, 2026(other than with respect to Item7.01),February19, 2026andMarch5, 2026; the information in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule14A for o