Shift4 Payments, Inc. Class A Common Stock (FOUR)

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Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, today announced its inclusion on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Successful Mid-Cap Companies for 2026. The annual list, published by Forbes® magazine, is based on data from FactSet and honors the best performing mid-cap businesses based on earnings growth, sales growth, return on equity, and total stock return for the last five years.

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (“Shift4” or the “Company”) (NYSE: FOUR), announced today, in connection with the 10,000,000 shares of 6% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock issued on May 5, 2025, consistent with the terms laid out in the offering, the Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $1.50 per share to be paid in cash on February 2, 2026 to holders of record as of the close of business on January 15, 2026.

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Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), a global leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, has announced the launch of its stablecoin settlement platform. Hundreds of thousands of merchants globally will now have the option to receive money more quickly and move funds 24/7 via stablecoin settlement, without the constraints of typical banking hours or other limitations.

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Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), a global leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, is thrilled to announce the appointment of the company’s founder Jared Isaacman to serve as the 15th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrator (NASA).

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Shift4 Payments, Inc. (“Shift4” or “Our”) (NYSE: FOUR), a leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, today announced that its subsidiaries, Shift4 Payments, LLC and Shift4 Payments Finance Sub, Inc. (the “Issuers”), have priced an offering of €435 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2033 (the “New Notes”). The New Notes will be issued as additional securities under an Indenture, dated May 16, 2025 (as supplemented from time to time, the “2033 Notes Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuers issued €680 million in aggregate principal amount of their 5.500% senior notes due 2033 (the “Existing Notes”) in May 2025. The New Notes and the Existing Notes are intended to be treated as a single class of debt securities under the 2033 Notes Indenture, and the New Notes will have identical terms to the Existing Notes, other than with respect to the issue date and issue price. The New Notes were priced at an issue price of 102.50% and will bear an interest rate of 5.500% per annum. The New Notes are being offered in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The New Notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain of Shift4’s subsidiaries. Shift4 expects to close the offering of the New Notes on December 8, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Liberty Sports Group (LSG) and its food and beverage division, Front Row Hospitality (FRH), today announced a multi-year partnership with Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), a global leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, to become the exclusive technology partner for Liberty’s growing portfolio of sports, entertainment, and live experience properties throughout North America.

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (“Shift4” or “Our” ) (NYSE: FOUR), a leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, today announced that its subsidiaries, Shift4 Payments, LLC and Shift4 Payments Finance Sub, Inc. (the “Issuers”), are proposing to offer €435,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 5.500% senior notes due 2033 (the “New Notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The New Notes will be issued as additional securities under an Indenture, dated May 16, 2025 (as supplemented from time to time, the “2033 Notes Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuers issued €680,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of their 5.500% senior notes due 2033 (the “Existing Notes”) in May 2025. The New Notes and the Existing Notes are intended to be treated as a single class of debt securities under the 2033 Notes Indenture, and the New Notes will have identical terms to the Existing Notes, other than with respect to the issue date and issue price.

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Shares of payment processing company Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) jumped 5.6% in the afternoon session after investors grew more optimistic about a potential Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December. 

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