Global Payments to Hold Annual Meeting on September 21, 2005 and Announce First Quarter Earnings on September 22, 2005

ATLANTA, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Payments Inc. , a leading provider of electronic transaction processing solutions, will release first quarter financial results for fiscal year 2005 after the market closes on Thursday, September 22, 2005.

Global Payments' management will host a conference call for investors to discuss these results at 10:30 a.m. ET on Friday, September 23, 2005. Callers may access the conference call via the company's Web site at http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/ by clicking the "Webcast" button; or callers in the U.S. may dial 1-888-791-2132 and callers outside the U.S. may dial 1-517-623-4000. The pass code is "GPN." A replay of the call may be accessed through the Global Payments' Web site through October 7, 2005.

Additionally, the Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. ET, on September 21, 2005. All shareholders are invited to attend this meeting, which will be held at the offices of Global Payments, 10 Glenlake Parkway NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30328.

Global Payments Inc. is a leading provider of electronic transaction processing services for consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), financial institutions, government agencies and multi- national corporations located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Global Payments offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions for credit and debit cards, business-to-business purchasing cards, gift cards, electronic check conversion and check guarantee, verification and recovery, as well as terminal management. The company also provides consumer money transfer services from the U.S. and Europe to destinations in Latin America, Morocco, and the Philippines. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/ .

This announcement and comments made by Global Payments' management during the conference call may contain forward-looking statements pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties such as product demand, market and customer acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, competition, pricing, development difficulties, foreign currency risks, costs of capital, continued certification by credit card associations, the ability to consummate and integrate acquisitions, and other risks detailed in the Company's SEC filings, including the most recently filed Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future circumstances or the occurrence of unanticipated events.