Transaction Overview and Rationale

• FT Partners served as strategic and financial advisor to Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) in its landmark $4.5 billion sale to Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) for a combination of cash and stock
• Global Payments will acquire Heartland for $100 per share, representing a total transaction value of approximately $4.5 billion
• Consideration for the transaction will consist of 0.6687 shares of Global Payments stock and $53.28 for each share of Heartland stock at closing
• This transaction creates the leading global provider of integrated payments technology solutions
• This deal represents the largest U.S. strategic merchant acquiring acquisition in over a decade
• Also represents the single largest U.S. strategic payment processing deal in the last 8 years
• This transaction underscores FT Partners' continued leadership position as "advisor of choice" to the highest-quality companies in the FinTech space