# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001123360
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-072002
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 7094
**Document Hash:** ca9de772e2fa09fd95374934a53af73f
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-072002.hdr.sgml**: 20230316

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-072002

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 7

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230316

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230316

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001123360
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 582567903
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** GA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16111
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23737194

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3550 LENOX ROAD
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7708298030

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3550 LENOX ROAD
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2023** 

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, DC 20549** 

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**SCHEDULE 14A** 

**(RULE 14a-101)** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT** 

**SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION** 

**PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

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## GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
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You invested in GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. and it's time to vote!

You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. **This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the shareholder meeting to be held on April 27, 2023.**

Get informed before you vote

View the Notice and Proxy Statement and the 2022 Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to April 13, 2023. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

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\* Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. At the meeting, you will need to request a ballot to vote these shares. 

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**Vote at www.ProxyVote.com** 

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**THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT** 

This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming shareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters.

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| **Voting Items** | **Voting Items** | **Board<br>Recommends** |
| **1.** | **Election of Eleven Nominees as Directors:**<br>**Nominees:**<br>|  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1a. | F. Thaddeus Arroyo | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1b. | Robert H.B. Baldwin, Jr. | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1c. | John G. Bruno | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1d. | Joia M. Johnson | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1e. | Ruth Ann Marshall | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1f. | Connie D. McDaniel | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1g. | Joseph H. Osnoss | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1h. | William B. Plummer | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1i. | Jeffrey S. Sloan | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1j. | John T. Turner | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1k. | M. Troy Woods | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| **2.** | **Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers for 2022.** | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| **3.** | **Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation.** | **![LOGO](g395225dsp23.jpg) Year** |
| **4.** | **Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.** | **![LOGO](g395225gra004.jpg) For** |
| **5.** | **Advisory shareholder proposal on shareholder ratification of termination pay.** | **![LOGO](g395225sp002.jpg) Against** |

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