...+ Global Payments Inc., a payments technology provider, is acquiring competitor Heartland Payment Systems for $4.3 billion funded through a combination of stock and debt. + The company's pro forma leverage amounts to about 4.7x post transaction. + We are assigning a '##+' corporate credit rating and stable outlook to Global Payments. + The stable outlook reflects our expectation for continued operating stability as the company integrates Heartland and prioritizes debt repayment over the coming year. NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's) March 10, 2016--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it assigned its '##+' corporate credit rating to Atlanta-based Global Payments Inc. The outlook is stable. We also assigned our '###-' issue-level rating and '2' recovery rating to the company's secured credit facilities, which consist of a $1.25 billion revolver (about $775 million drawn at the close of the transaction) expiring in 2020, a $2.485 billion term loan A maturing in 2020, and a $1.045 billion...
