Jeffrey Steven Sloan - Feb 22, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)

Role: CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ David L. Green, attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey S. Sloan
Stock symbol: GPN
Transactions as of: Feb 22, 2021
Transactions value $: $13,223,533
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/28/2022, 06:24 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	-$343K	-2.53K	-0.72%	$135.47	349K	Feb 24, 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	GPN	Common Stock	Award	$5.9M	+42.9K	+12.31%	$137.59	391K	Feb 25, 2022	Direct	F2
transaction	GPN	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$3.11M	-22.6K	-5.77%	$137.59	369K	Feb 25, 2022	Direct	F1
holding	GPN	Common Stock						12K	Feb 22, 2021	By the Jeffrey S. Sloan Family Trust	F3
holding	GPN	Common Stock						138K	Feb 22, 2021	By the Sloan Descendants' Trust	F4
holding	GPN	Common Stock						51.1K	Feb 22, 2021	The 2020 Mid-Year Jeffrey S Sloan Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
holding	GPN	Common Stock						38.4K	Feb 22, 2021	By the Jeffrey S. Sloan Grantor Retained Annuity Trust	F5

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	$10.8M	+54.9K		$196.06	54.9K	Feb 22, 2021	Common Stock	54.9K	$196.06	Direct	F6

* 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	These shares are held in a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's children. The reporting person's spouse is a trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
F4	These shares are held in a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's lineal descendants. The reporting person's spouse is a trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
F5	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
F6	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.