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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification Number)
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading
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Name of each exchange
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Title of each class
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Symbol(s)
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on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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FIS
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New York Stock Exchange
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0.400% Senior Notes due 2021
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FIS21A
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New York Stock Exchange
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1.700% Senior Notes due 2022
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FIS22B
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New York Stock Exchange
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1.100% Senior Notes due 2024
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FIS24A
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New York Stock Exchange
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Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021
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FIS21B
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New York Stock Exchange
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0.125% Senior Notes due 2021
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FIS21C
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New York Stock Exchange
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0.750% Senior Notes due 2023
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FIS23A
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New York Stock Exchange
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1.500% Senior Notes due 2027
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FIS27
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New York Stock Exchange
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2.000% Senior Notes due 2030
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FIS30
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New York Stock Exchange
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2.950% Senior Notes due 2039
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FIS39
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New York Stock Exchange
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2.602% Senior Notes due 2025
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FIS25A
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New York Stock Exchange
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3.360% Senior Notes due 2031
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FIS31
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New York Stock Exchange
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the risk that the transaction described herein will not be completed or will not provide the expected benefits, or that we will not be able to achieve the cost or revenue synergies anticipated;
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the risk that the integration of FIS and Worldpay will be more difficult, time-consuming or expensive than anticipated;
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the risk of customer loss or other business disruption in connection with the transaction, or of the loss of key employees;
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the possible occurrence of an event, change or other circumstance that would give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement;
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the fact that unforeseen liabilities of FIS or Worldpay may exist;
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the risk of doing business internationally;
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changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including the possibility of intensified international hostilities, acts of terrorism, changes in either or both the United States and international lending, capital and financial markets and currency fluctuations;
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the effect of legislative initiatives or proposals, statutory changes, governmental or other applicable regulations and/or changes in industry requirements, including privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations;
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the risks of reduction in revenue from the elimination of existing and potential customers due to consolidation in, or new laws or regulations affecting, the banking, retail and financial services industries or due to financial failures or other setbacks suffered by firms in those industries;
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changes in the growth rates of the markets for the solutions of FIS and Worldpay;
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failures to adapt such solutions to changes in technology or in the marketplace;
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internal or external security breaches of systems, including those relating to unauthorized access, theft, corruption or loss of personal information and computer viruses and other malware affecting our software or platforms, and the reactions of customers, card associations, government regulators and others to any such events;
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the risk that implementation of software (including software updates) for customers or at customer locations or employee error in monitoring software and platforms may result in the corruption or loss of data or customer information, interruption of business operations, outages, exposure to liability claims or loss of customers;
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the reaction of current and potential customers to communications from us or regulators regarding information security, risk management, internal audit or other matters;
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competitive pressures on pricing related to the decreasing number of community banks in the U.S., the development of new disruptive technologies competing with one or more of our solutions, increasing presence of international competitors in the U.S. market and the entry into the market by global banks and global companies with respect to certain competitive solutions, each of which may have the impact of unbundling individual solutions from a comprehensive suite of solutions we provide to many of our customers;
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the failure to innovate in order to keep up with new emerging technologies, which could impact the merged companies’ solutions and ability to attract new, or retain existing, customers;
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the failure to meet financial goals to grow business in Brazil after the unwinding of FIS’ Brazilian Venture;
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the risks of reduction in revenue from the loss of existing and/or potential customers in Brazil after the unwinding of FIS’ Brazilian Venture;
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an operational or natural disaster at one of our major operations centers; and
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other risks detailed elsewhere in the two companies’ annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and in our and their other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
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Date: July 5, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Marc M. Mayo
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Name:
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Marc M. Mayo
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Title:
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Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
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