On October 26, 2023, the Board of Directors of Global Payments Inc. (the Company) appointed Kirsten Kliphouse to serve as an independent member on the Board, effective as of October 26, 2023. Ms. Kliphouse?s term as a member of the Board will expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, and until her successor is elected and qualified, or until her earlier death, resignation or removal. Concurrent with her appointment to the Board, Ms. Kliphouse was appointed to the Technology Committee of the Board.

Ms. Kliphouse served as President of Google Cloud Americas, where she was responsible for leading and growing the sales, go-to-market, customer engagement, channel and services organizations, from March 2022 until her retirement in July 2023. At Google Cloud, she also served as the Global Chair of the Aspiring Leadership Academy and Women@GoogleCloud. Previously, Ms. Kliphouse served as President of the North American division of Google Cloud from July 2019 until March 2022.

Prior to Google Cloud, Ms. Kliphouse served in senior leadership positions at Red Hat Inc., Yardarm Technologies, Scaling Ventures and Microsoft, where she spent more than 25 years and was part of the executive leadership team. Ms. Kliphouse has also served as a director of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings since October 2022 and a director of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. since July 2023.