Global Payments in its response to activism by Elliott

On September 29, 2025, Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) announced the appointment of two new independent directors to its Board in collaboration with Elliott Investment Management L.P., with an additional mutually agreed independent director to be appointed by or immediately following the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.  The Board will also establish an ad hoc Integration Committee to oversee the integration of its Worldpay acquisition.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal advisor to Global Payments.  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is also serving as legal advisor to Global Payments in its pending $24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay—the largest financial institutions deal of 2025—as well as its concurrent $13.5 billion divestiture of its Issuer Solutions business, and its $1.1 billion divestiture of its Payroll business.