X0306 4 2012-11-15 0 0001318568 Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. GCA 0001501482 Higgins Mary Elizabeth 3525 EAST POST ROAD #120 LAS VEGAS NV 89120 0 1 0 0 CFO Common Stock 2012-11-15 4 M 0 4750 3.99 A 4750 D Common Stock 2012-11-15 4 S 0 4750 7.16 D 0 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.99 2012-11-15 4 M 0 4750 0 D 2011-09-14 2020-09-14 Common Stock 4750 335500 D These transactions were effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person effective as of September 28, 2012. The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions. The reporting person undertakes to provide Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., any security holder of Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. 1/4th of the shares underlying the option grant vested on the one year anniversary date of the grant (September 14, 2011), and thereafter 1/36th of the remaining shares subject to the option grant shall vest on each monthly anniversary date of the option grant. sMary E. Higgins by David Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-11-19