Quarterly Consolidated Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2014

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

Summarized quarterly results for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):



	Quarter Ended
	August 31		November 30		February 28		May 31

2014:
Revenues	$	629,685	$	634,122	$	616,452	$	673,977
Operating income⁽¹⁾	107,384		111,907		97,291		88,917
Net income	71,708		79,857		60,121		58,266
Net income attributable to Global Payments	64,643		73,897		55,121		51,625
Basic earnings per share attributable to Global Payments	0.88		1.02		0.77		0.73
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Global Payments	0.87		1.02		0.76		0.72

	Quarter Ended
	August 31		November 30		February 28		May 31
2013:
Revenues	$	590,287	$	588,538	$	578,746	$	618,352
Operating income⁽¹⁾	80,488		116,582		90,774		69,369
Net income	54,162		75,371		62,814		46,366
Net income attributable to Global Payments	46,675		70,183		58,462		40,805
Basic earnings per share attributable to Global Payments	0.59		0.89		0.75		0.54
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Global Payments	0.59		0.89		0.75		0.53

⁽¹⁾ Includes a processing system intrusion credit of $7.0 million and a charge of $36.8 million for the years ended May 31, 2014 and May 31, 2013, respectively.