Watson Patricia A 4

What Happened Patricia A. Watson, a director of Global Payments Inc. (GPN), was granted 3,179 shares of common stock on 2026-05-01. The Form 4 reports the acquisition as an award/grant (code A) at a reported price of $0.00; footnote F1 states these were fully vested shares issued as compensation for her service as a non-employee director.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-01; Form 4 filed: 2026-05-04 (Accession 0001123360-26-000065).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A).
• Shares acquired: 3,179; reported acquisition price: $0.00 (per Form 4).
• Footnote: F1 — fully vested common shares granted as compensation for non-employee director service.
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing.
• Timeliness: filing date noted on Form 4; the filing does not indicate a late filing flag in the summary provided.

Context This was a compensation grant to a non-employee director, not an open-market purchase or sale. Such awards are routine for board service and do not necessarily signal the director buying or selling based on company prospects. The reported $0 price reflects that the shares were granted, not purchased; their market value would equal the market price of GPN shares on or after the grant date.