Mastercard Files 8-K for Debt Maturities

TL;DR

Mastercard's 8-K shows debt due Nov 10, 2025 - likely refinancing.

AI Summary

Mastercard Incorporated filed an 8-K on November 10, 2025, reporting "Other Events" and "Financial Statements and Exhibits." The filing includes details on various debt issuances, specifically "Two Point One Percent Notes Due 2027," "A10 Notes Due 2029," and "Two Point Five Percent Notes Due 2030," all with a maturity date of November 10, 2025, indicating a refinancing or maturity event.

Why It Matters

This filing indicates Mastercard is addressing significant debt maturities, which could impact its capital structure and future financing strategies.

Risk Assessment

Risk Level: low — The filing primarily concerns routine debt maturity events and does not indicate any unexpected financial distress or significant operational changes.

Key Numbers

• 2025-11-10 — Maturity Date (Indicates the date when specific debt instruments are due.)

Key Players & Entities

• Mastercard Incorporated (company) — Registrant
• November 10, 2025 (date) — Earliest event reported
• Two Point One Percent Notes Due 2027 (dollar_amount) — Debt issuance
• A10 Notes Due 2029 (dollar_amount) — Debt issuance
• Two Point Five Percent Notes Due 2030 (dollar_amount) — Debt issuance

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01 Other Events

Item 8.01 Other Events. On November 10, 2025, Mastercard Incorporated (the "Company") announced that the Company and its operating subsidiary, Mastercard International Incorporated (collectively, "Mastercard"), have entered into an updated Class Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement") with court-appointed counsel for an injunctive rules relief class of merchants to settle their claims related to business practices, including network rules. Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A Inc. and Visa International Service Association ("Visa") are also parties to the Agreement. The Agreement was prepared by the parties, along with the close involvement of an independent mediator, to provide merchants clarity and certainty in several areas related to their acceptance of payment cards, including: Acceptance flexibility – The Agreement enables merchants to make decisions on independently accepting consumer credit and commercial credit cards. Within consumer credit, merchants would have additional flexibility in their decisions to accept "standard" and "premium" credit cards, but would not be able to discriminate between the same level of cards issued by different financial institutions. Simplified surcharging and discounting rules – As part of the Agreement, the networks agree to activate a simplified approach to credit card transaction surcharging, providing merchants more optionality. These rules are designed to maintain core consumer protections and transparency, replacing standards that had been updated in 2012. Interchange rate reduction – Both Mastercard and Visa agree to provide a 10 basis point reduction in the average systemwide effective interchange rate on U.S.-issued consumer credit and commercial credit transactions at U.S. merchant locations. Five-year rate cap – The interchange reduction is designed to effectively serve as a cap for a period of five years and will apply to defined U.S.-issued credit programs accepted under the Mastercard brand. The effort is also designed to

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-Looking Statements This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts may be forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words "believe," "expect," "could," "may," "would," "will," "trend" and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that relate to Mastercard's future prospects, developments and business strategies, as well as the impact of the Agreement on Mastercard's business. We caution you to not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they speak only as of the date they are made. Except for the Company's ongoing obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, the Company does not intend to update or otherwise revise the forward-looking information to reflect actual results of operations, changes in financial condition, changes in estimates, expectations or assumptions, changes in general economic or industry conditions or other circumstances arising and/or existing since the preparation of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of any unanticipated events. Many factors and uncertainties relating to our operations and our business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control, influence whether any forward-looking statements can or will be achieved. Any one of these factors could cause our actual results or the impact of the Agreement to differ materially from those expressed or implied in writing in any forward-looking statements made by Mastercard or on its behalf. Such factors related to the Agreement include, but are not limited to, whether court approval of the Agreement will be obtained. For additional information on other factors related to Mastercard's overall business that could cau

01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Exhibit Description 99. 1 Class Settlement Agreement, dated November 10 , 202 5 , by and among Mastercard Incorporated and Mastercard International Incorporated; Visa, Inc., Visa U.S.A. Inc. and Visa International Service Association; and counsel for the Rule 23(b)(2) Class Plaintiffs defined therein. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. 3

SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. MASTERCARD INCORPORATED Date: November 10, 2025 By: /s/ Gina Accordino Gina Accordino Corporate Secretary 4

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