GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)

ITEM 2—MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report and the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements about our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and our actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated by our forward-looking statements.

Executive Overview

We are a leading payments technology company delivering innovative software and services to our customers globally. Our technologies, services and team member expertise allow us to provide a broad range of solutions that enable our customers to operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.

We have grown organically, as well as through acquisitions, and continue to invest in new technology solutions and infrastructure to support our growing business and the ongoing consolidation and enhancement of our operating platforms. These investments include new product development and innovation to further enhance and differentiate our suite of technology and software solutions available to customers, along with migration of certain underlying technology platforms to cloud environments to enhance performance, improve speed to market and drive cost efficiencies. We also continue to execute on integration and business transformation activities, such as combining business operations, streamlining technology infrastructure, eliminating duplicative corporate and operational support structures and realizing scale efficiencies.

On January 9, 2026, we acquired 100% of Worldpay Holdco, LLC ("Worldpay") from Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. ("FIS") and affiliates of GTCR LLC ("GTCR") and divested our Issuer Solutions business to FIS. Worldpay is an industry-leading payments technology and solutions company. Consideration paid to GTCR for its ownership interest in Worldpay consisted of (1) approximately $6.0 billion in cash and (2) 42.8 million shares of Global Payments common stock. Consideration received for the divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business consisted of (1) approximately $7.5 billion in cash and (2) FIS’ ownership interest in Worldpay.

As part of our Worldpay integration, in the second quarter of 2026, we realigned into three reportable segments: Enterprise, Platforms and Small and Medium-Sized Businesses ("SMB").

Through our Enterprise segment, we provide payment and related commerce solutions to large enterprises and multinational clients. Our offerings include card-present and card-not-present payment acceptance, solutions that help businesses accept payments across channels, emerging AI-driven commerce platforms, and other value-added software and service offerings designed to support complex payment environments.

Through our Platforms segment, we provide payment and embedded commerce solutions through software partners, integrated software vendors, payment facilitators, marketplaces and other technology-enabled platforms across numerous vertical markets. Our offerings include embedded payment acceptance, payment facilitation services, platform enablement technologies and other value-added commerce solutions.

Through our SMB segment, we provide payment, software and related commerce solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”). Our offerings include point-of-sale technologies, business management software and other value-added commerce solutions designed to help our SMB clients operate and grow their businesses.

Our Issuer Solutions business met the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation, and we have presented the historical operations of our former Issuer Solutions reportable segment as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

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See “Note 2—Acquisition,” “Note 3—Business Dispositions and Discontinued Operations” and “Note 15—Segment Information” in the notes to the accompanying financial statements for further information.

Highlights related to our results of continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 include the following:

•Consolidated revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2026 increased to $3,320.8 million compared to $1,969.3 million for the prior year, and for the six months ended June 30, 2026 increased to $6,290.5 million compared to $3,789.6 million for the prior year, primarily due to additional revenues from the acquisition of the Worldpay business. The Worldpay acquisition also contributed to revenue growth across all three reportable segments.

•Enterprise segment operating income increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily due to incremental operating income from the Worldpay acquisition.

•Platforms segment operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 increased compared to the prior year primarily due to incremental operating income from the Worldpay acquisition.

•SMB segment operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 decreased compared to the prior year primarily due to higher amortization expense related to acquired Worldpay intangible assets.

•Consolidated operating income and operating margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 decreased compared to the prior year primarily due to an increase in amortization expense related to acquired Worldpay intangible assets and higher acquisition and integration expenses. The higher amortization expense also resulted in lower operating margins across all three reportable segments.

Strategy and Business Transformation

In 2024, we launched a holistic review of our business to examine our strategy, operations and ability to deliver sustainable performance. We refreshed our strategy and focused our resources, efforts and investments on the areas of the business that will drive the best opportunities for growth.

The acquisition of Worldpay and sale of the Issuer Solutions business further catalyzes our transformation agenda. Accordingly, following the closing of those transactions, we have combined all transformation and integration activities into one program.

This program is expected to continue over the next few years. As we focus on executing and delivering integration, separation and transformation initiatives, we have incurred and anticipate incurring incremental expenses related to these activities through 2028. We also continue to assess our business portfolio to evaluate potential assets for disposition to further streamline our business and create value for shareholders.

We currently expect our transformation initiatives to generate more than $650 million of annual run-rate operating income benefit by the first half of 2027 and for our Worldpay integration activities to generate $600 million of annual run-rate expense synergies by year-end 2028.

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Macroeconomic Effects and Other Global Conditions

We are exposed to general economic conditions, including the effects of currency fluctuations, inflation, rising interest rates, tariff increases, global trade relations, international tensions, higher rates of unemployment, and other conditions that affect the overall level of consumer, business, and government spending, which could negatively affect our financial performance. When adverse macroeconomic conditions arise, we evaluate where we may be able to implement cost-saving measures, including those related to headcount and discretionary expenses. We may also experience the effects of heightened geopolitical and economic instability or increased difficulty of conducting business in a country or region due to actual or potential political or military conflict or action.

Certain of our operations are conducted in foreign currencies. Consequently, a portion of our revenues and expenses has been and may continue to be affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. A strengthening of the U.S. dollar or other significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could result in an adverse effect on our future financial results; however, we are unable to predict the extent of the potential effect on our financial results.

We have sought to reduce our interest rate risk through the issuance of fixed rate debt in place of variable rate debt and through interest rate swap hedging arrangements that convert a significant portion of the eligible variable rate borrowings under our revolving credit facility to a fixed rate. However, inflationary pressure or interest rate fluctuations could adversely affect our business and financial performance as a result of higher costs and/or lower consumer spending. In addition, continued inflation or a rise in interest rates could have an adverse effect on our future financial results and the recoverability of assets. However, as the future magnitude, duration and effects of these conditions are difficult to predict, we are unable to project the extent of the potential effect on our financial results.

We regularly maintain cash balances with financial institutions in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit or the equivalent outside the U.S. A disruption in financial markets could negatively affect our banking partners, which could affect our ability to access our cash or cash equivalents, our ability to provide settlement services, or our customers' ability to access their existing cash to fulfill their payment obligations to us. The occurrence of these events could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

For a further discussion of trends, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our future operating results, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and subsequent filings we make with the SEC, including this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Results of Operations

We operate our business in three segments: Enterprise, Platforms and SMB. We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on segment operating income, which includes externally generated revenues attributable to the segment less expenses directly related to those revenues. Centrally-managed corporate costs, technology and operations costs, share-based compensation expense, corporate bonus costs, impairment of goodwill, gains or losses on business dispositions and other reconciling items are not included in determining segment operating income. For further information about our reportable segments, see “Note 15—Segment Information” in the notes to the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Key Drivers of our Results of Operations

Our revenues are dependent upon the volume of payment transactions we process and other factors (referred to herein as "transaction volume"). As a majority of our services are priced as a percentage of transaction value or specified fee per unit or transaction, our revenues generally grow period-over-period in line with the rate of increase in transaction volume.

Our operating expenses consist primarily of amortization of intangible assets, the cost of the technology to provide services to our customers and our people costs to support the operations. Many of those costs do

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ITEM 7 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with "Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements about our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and our actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated by our forward-looking statements as a result of many known and unknown factors, including, but not limited to those discussed in “Item 1A – Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See "Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" located above in "Item 1 - Business" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

On January 9, 2026, we acquired 100% of Worldpay Holdco, LLC (“Worldpay”) from Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (“FIS”) and affiliates of GTCR LLC (“GTCR”) and divested our Issuer Solutions business to FIS. Worldpay is an industry-leading payments technology and solutions company. Consideration paid to GTCR for its ownership interest in Worldpay consisted of (1) approximately $6.2 billion in cash and (2) 43.3 million shares of Global Payments common stock. Consideration received for the divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business consisted of (1) approximately $7.7 billion in cash and (2) FIS’ ownership interest in Worldpay as described above. In April 2025, we obtained bridge financing that was terminated in November 2025 when we issued $6.2 billion in senior unsecured notes as described in "Note 9—Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit" in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Our Issuer Solutions business met the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation, and we present the historical operations of our former Issuer Solutions reportable segment as discontinued operations for all periods presented accordingly. Our continuing operations consists of our Merchant Solutions business and corporate functions. See "Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" and “Note 3—Business Dispositions and Discontinued Operations” in the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information.

Discussion of our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 that has been omitted under this item and can be found in "Part II, Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in "Exhibit 99.1" to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2025.

Executive Overview

We are a leading payments technology company delivering innovative software and services to our customers globally. Our technologies, services and team member expertise allow us to provide a broad range of solutions that enable our customers to operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.

We have grown organically, as well as through acquisitions, and continue to invest in new technology solutions and infrastructure to support our growing business and the ongoing consolidation and enhancement of our operating platforms. These investments include new product development and innovation to further enhance and differentiate our suite of technology and software solutions available to customers, along with migration of certain underlying technology platforms to cloud environments to enhance performance, improve speed to market and drive cost efficiencies. We also continue to execute on integration and business transformation activities, such as combining business operations, streamlining technology infrastructure, eliminating duplicative corporate and operational support structures and realizing scale efficiencies.

Highlights related to our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025 include the following:

•Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025 were essentially flat at $7,705.9 million, compared to $7,736.0 million for the prior year despite the effects of the dispositions of the Advanced MD and Payroll Solutions businesses.

•Merchant Solutions segment operating income and operating margin for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased compared to the prior year primarily due to the favorable effect of cost reduction activities associated with our transformation program.

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•Consolidated operating income for the year ended December 31, 2025 reflects an increase in transformation costs we incurred in preparation for the divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business and in positioning ourselves for the future integration of Worldpay.

Strategy and Business Transformation

In 2024, we launched a holistic review of our business to examine our strategy, operations and ability to deliver sustainable performance. We have refreshed our strategy and are focusing our resources, efforts and investments on the areas of the business that will drive the best opportunities for growth.

These strategic, organizational and operational transformation activities are expected to continue over the next few years. As we focus on executing and delivering transformation initiatives, we have incurred and anticipate incurring incremental expenses related to the transformation through the first half of 2027. We also continue to assess our business portfolio to evaluate potential assets for disposition to further streamline our business and create value for shareholders.

We currently expect our transformation initiatives to generate more than $650 million of annual run-rate operating income benefit by the first half of 2027. Refer to "Item 1 - Business" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further details regarding this business transformation initiative.

Continuing and Emerging Trends

The payments technology industry continues to evolve and grow worldwide and as a result, certain large payment technology companies, including us, have expanded operations globally by pursuing acquisitions and creating alliances and joint ventures. We expect to continue to expand into new markets and pursue additional acquisitions and joint ventures in existing markets to increase our scale and improve our competitiveness.

The industry continues to grow globally as a result of wider merchant acceptance and increased use of credit and debit cards, advances in payment processing technology and migration to ecommerce, omnichannel and contactless payment solutions. The proliferation of credit and debit cards, as well as other digital payment solutions, has made the acceptance of digital payments a virtual necessity for many businesses, regardless of size, in order to remain competitive. Furthermore, the expanding digitization of the economy and availability and access to financial services increases the demand for cards and digital payment solutions, which in turn drives growth in acceptance and transaction volumes. We believe the increased use of cards and the availability of more sophisticated technology services to all market segments will continue to result in an increasingly competitive and specialized industry.

The use of digital payment solutions, the need for development of technologies and digital-based solutions and expansion of ecommerce, omnichannel and contactless payment solutions has accelerated. We believe that the number of digital payment transactions will continue to grow and that an increasing percentage of these will be facilitated through emerging technologies. As a result, we expect an increasing portion of our future capital investment will be allocated to support the development of new and emerging technologies, including technology modernization, innovation and integration through strategic partnerships.

We also believe new markets will continue to develop and expand in areas that have been previously dominated by paper-based transactions. We expect industries such as education, government and healthcare, as well as recurring payments and business-to-business ("B2B") payments, to continue to see transactions migrate to digital-based solutions. We anticipate that the continued development of new services and technologies, the emergence of new vertical markets and continued expansion of technology-enabled ecommerce and omnichannel solutions, including expanded scale and market reach through new innovative cloud-based capabilities and strategic partnerships, will be a factor in the growth of our business and our revenues in the future. Furthermore, due to its benefits and growth potential, we anticipate the increased use of AI in the payments industry.

For a further discussion of trends, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our continuing operating results, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Macroeconomic Effects and Other Global Conditions

We are exposed to general economic conditions, including the effects of currency fluctuations, inflation, rising interest rates, tariff increases, global trade relations, international tensions, higher rates of unemployment, and other conditions that affect the overall level of consumer, business and government spending, which could negatively affect our financial performance. When adverse macroeconomic conditions arise, we evaluate where we may be able to implement cost-saving measures, including those related to headcount and discretionary expenses. We may also experience the effects of heightened geopolitical and economic instability or increased difficulty of conducting business in a country or region due to actual or potential political or military conflict or action.

Certain of our operations are conducted in foreign currencies. Consequently, a portion of our revenues and expenses has been and may continue to be affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. A strengthening of the U.S. dollar or other significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could result in an adverse effect on our future financial results; however, we are unable to predict the extent of the potential effect on our financial results.

We have sought to reduce our interest rate risk through the issuance of fixed rate debt in place of variable rate debt and through interest rate swap hedging arrangements that convert a significant portion of the eligible variable rate borrowings under our revolving credit facility to a fixed rate. However, inflationary pressure or interest rate fluctuations could adversely affect our business and financial performance as a result of higher costs and/or lower consumer spending. In addition, continued inflation or a rise in interest rates could have an adverse effect on our future financial results and the recoverability of assets. However, as the future magnitude, duration and effects of these conditions are difficult to predict, we are unable to project the extent of the potential effect on our financial results.

We regularly maintain cash balances with financial institutions in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit or the equivalent outside the U.S. A disruption in financial markets could negatively affect our banking partners, which could affect our ability to access our cash or cash equivalents, our ability to provide settlement services or our customers' ability to access their existing cash to fulfill their payment obligations to us. The occurrence of these events could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

For a further discussion of trends, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our future operating results, see the section entitled

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