Cameron M. Bready - Feb 22, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)

Role: President and COO
Signature: /s/ David L. Green, attorney-in-fact for Cameron M. Bready
Stock symbol: GPN
Transactions as of: Feb 22, 2021
Transactions value $: $4,589,853
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/28/2022, 06:10 PM
Next filing: Jun 15, 2021

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	GPN	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$184K	-1.36K	-0.69%	$135.47	195K	Feb 24, 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	GPN	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$918K	-6.67K	-3.42%	$137.59	188K	Feb 25, 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	GPN	Common Stock	Award	$1.74M	+12.7K	+6.74%	$137.59	201K	Feb 25, 2022	Direct	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	GPN	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Award	$3.95M	+20.1K		$196.06	20.1K	Feb 22, 2021	Common Stock	20.1K	$196.06	Direct	F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents the disposition of shares to the company to cover taxes on the vesting of awards.
F2	Represents shares of fully-vested stock issued as a result of the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units which were originally granted on February 25, 2019 and were earned based on the company's achievement of an adjusted earnings per share growth target over a three-year performance period.
F3	Represents unvested options to purchase shares of common stock, which were granted to the reporting person as compensation and were inadvertently omitted from reporting on the applicable Form 4.