FOUR — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of FOUR's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-06
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +40 | −92 | ~21 | 41 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | +9 | −4 | 0 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 2 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 2 |
| Risk factors | Restated in full this quarter | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
•“Continuing Equity Owners” refers collectively to Rook and Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and certain of its affiliated funds.
•“Simplification Transactions” refer to certain organizational transactions that we effected in connection with the collapse of our Up-C structure and conversion of our Founder’s and Rook’s share of Class B and Class C common stock to Class A common stock in February 2026.
On February 7, 2026, we entered into a Transaction Agreement with Shift4 Payments, LLC, our Founder, and Rook (the “Transaction Agreement”) to effect, among other things, the collapse of our former “Up-C” structure (the “Up-C Collapse”) via a taxable exchange, and the assignment and waiver of Rook’s…
Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the following transactions occurred: (i) Rook effected a redemption and exchange of all of its equity common units in Shift4 Payments, LLC on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A common stock and cancelled the corresponding shares of Class B common stock, …
Administrator terminates, negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement upon which Mr. Isaacman shall return to service (whether as director, consultant, or otherwise) with the Company.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
•“Continuing Equity Owners” refers collectively to Rook and Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and certain of its affiliated funds, who may redeem at each of their options, in whole or in part from time to time, their LLC Interests for, at our election, cash or newly…
In July 2025, in connection with the acquisition of Global Blue, we received aggregate proceeds of approximately $87.8 million from Huang River Investment Limited (an affiliate of Tencent Holdings Limited) and Ant International Technologies (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. (an affiliate of Ant Internat…
In November 2025, President Donald Trump renominated Jared Isaacman, our Founder and Executive Chairman, to be the next administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”), subject to the ratification and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Mr. Isaacman has announced his intenti…
Previously, in connection with his prior nomination for NASA administrator which was subsequently withdrawn, Mr. Isaacman submitted an Ethics Agreement to the Designated Agency Ethics Official at NASA. In the Ethics Agreement, Mr. Isaacman had committed to take certain steps to avoid any actual or a…
Additionally, in connection with the prior nomination, the Company and Mr. Isaacman had negotiated an agreement to simplify the Company’s organizational and capital structure, including rationalizing the Company’s current “Up-C” structure via a series of transactions to be treated as a taxable excha…
Market risk (Item 3)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are subject to risks relating to interest rates and foreign currencies.
As of March 31, 2026, we had $3,566 million of fixed rate principal debt outstanding pursuant to the Notes with a fair value of $3,432 million. Since these Notes bear interest at fixed rates, they do not result in any financial statement risk associated with changes in interest rates. However, the f…
We also have a Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility available to us. We are obligated to pay interest on loans under the Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility, as well as other customary fees, including an unused commitment fee. Borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear inte…
See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report and Note 5 - Debt to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more information.
As a global company, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. Our international sales are generally denominated in foreign currencies and this revenue could be materially affected by currency fluctuations. Approximately 27% and 14% of our revenue was denominated in c…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),…
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar exp…
Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties.
You should read this Quarterly Report and the documents that we reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required b…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),…
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar exp…
Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties.
You should read this Quarterly Report and the documents that we reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required b…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice