FIS® (NYSE: FIS), (the “Company”) a global leader in financial technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments' (NYSE: GPN) Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of $13.5 billion, or a net purchase price of $12 billion including $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets.

Concurrently, FIS has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion in pre-tax value. This transaction accelerates the monetization of the Company’s minority stake in Worldpay.

Issuer Solutions Strengthens FIS’ Position as Globally Scaled Fintech Leader to Large Financial Institutions

Issuer Solutions is a global market leader in credit processing, with a client presence in over 75 countries. The business processes more than 40 billion transactions annually and maintains strong partnerships with over 170 financial institutions and corporates.

“The acquisition of Issuer Solutions is a strategic and accretive transaction that will expand FIS’ payment product suite and deepen our relationships with financial institutions and corporate clients,” said Stephanie Ferris, Chief Executive Officer and President of FIS. “Issuer Solutions’ globally scaled credit processing capabilities are highly complementary to FIS’ established debit processing capabilities, strengthening our broader banking and capital markets offering.”

Ferris continued, “We are pleased to fully monetize our Worldpay stake at an attractive valuation. The transaction enhances FIS’ financial profile and replaces our non-cash generating minority stake in Worldpay with a growing stream of recurring high-margin revenues and cash flows.”

Issuer Solutions Offers Compelling Strategic and Financial Rationale

• Highly Complementary to FIS’ Banking and Payments Business: The acquisition adds a strong product suite in credit processing, fraud, loyalty and other value-added services to FIS’ portfolio of debit processing, network services, payments processing, loyalty solutions and AR/AP banking services, creating a best-in-class end-to-end offering for financial institutions and corporates.
• Significantly Expands Market Opportunity for Banking Segment: Issuer Solutions enables FIS to tap into a global issuer market opportunity of $28 billion, including the highly attractive $15 billion U.S. issuer market opportunity.
• Strengthens Financial Profile: The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Adjusted EBITDA margins, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted Free Cash Flow. FIS expects to generate over $500 million in incremental Adjusted Free Cash Flow in the first 12 months after the closing of the transaction.
• Delivers Robust Revenue & Cost Synergies: The acquisition is expected to deliver $45 million in incremental revenue synergies within three years, with over $125 million of revenue synergies longer-term, and more than $150 million in net EBITDA synergies within three years.

FIS and Global Payments have established a long-term collaboration and commercial agreements.

Issuer Solutions Transaction Details

The acquisition of Issuer Solutions for a net purchase price of $12 billion (total value of $13.5 billion excluding $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets) represents a multiple of approximately 9x expected 2025 synergized EBITDA.

FIS will fund the acquisition through a combination of $8 billion of new debt and the value from the sale of its minority stake in Worldpay. Following the closing of the transactions, the Company expects pro forma gross leverage to be approximately 3.4x, deleveraging to its target gross leverage of 2.8x within 18 months.

This transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, the closing of the Worldpay transaction, and other customary closing conditions.

Worldpay Transaction Details

The sale of 45% of Worldpay for $6.6 billion represents a multiple of approximately 10.5x expected 2025 EBITDA, a premium to the 9.8x valuation of FIS’ February 2024 sale of its 55% stake in Worldpay.

This transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, the closing of the Issuer Solutions transaction, and other customary closing conditions.

Capital Allocation Updates

The Company will continue to execute against its existing capital allocation priorities in 2025, including an M&A spend of up to $1 billion and share repurchases of $1.2 billion. The Company expects to maintain its dividend policy of annual dividend per share growth consistent with Adjusted EPS growth. Post closing the transaction, the Company expects to temporarily pause share repurchases and tuck-in M&A to accelerate deleveraging. The Company will resume its existing capital allocation priorities once it has achieved its target gross leverage of 2.8x.

1Q 2025 Financial Update

FIS expects to report first quarter 2025 financial results on May 6, 2025. At this time, the Company is providing certain preliminary unaudited financial results and metrics for the three months ended March 31, 2025, based on currently available information.

• Total company revenue of $2.5 billion, with adjusted revenue growth and recurring revenue growth of approximately 4%
• Banking adjusted revenue growth of approximately 2%, which was above the high-end of the outlook; recurring revenue grew approximately 3%
• Capital Markets adjusted revenue growth of approximately 9%, which was also above the high-end of the outlook; recurring revenue growth was approximately 6%
• Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $958 million, toward the high-end of our outlook
• Adjusted EPS of approximately $1.21, which was also toward the high-end of our outlook

The Company is reaffirming its prior full year 2025 outlook for Adjusted Revenue Growth, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS.

Webcast

FIS will host a live webcast about this announcement with the investment community beginning at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, April 17, 2025. To access the webcast, go to the Investor Relations section of FIS’ homepage, www.fisglobal.com. A replay will be available after the conclusion of the live webcast.