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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form 10-K


xANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
or
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 001-16427


Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)37-1490331 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
601 Riverside Avenue Jacksonville, Florida (Address of principal executive offices)32204 (Zip Code)

(904) 438-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class:Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

(Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer xAccelerated filer oNon-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company oEmerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o No x

As of June 30, 2018, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by nonaffiliates was $34,947,896,958 based on the closing sale price of $106.03 on that date as reported by the New York Stock Exchange. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence only, all directors and executive officers of the registrant were assumed to be affiliates. The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, was 322,920,584 as of February 19, 2019.

The information in Part III hereof is incorporated herein by reference to the registrant’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, to be filed within 120 days after the close of the fiscal year that is the subject of this Report.

FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.

2018 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
PART I
Item 1.Business2
Item 1A.Risk Factors11
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments25
Item 2.Properties25
Item 3.Legal Proceedings26
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures26
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities26
Item 6.Selected Financial Data28
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations32
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risks47
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data50
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure93
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures93
Item 9B.Other Information93
PART III
Item 10.Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant93
Item 11.Executive Compensation93
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters93
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions93
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services93
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules93
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary101
Signatures102
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EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
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EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, all references to "FIS," "we," the "Company" or the "registrant" are to Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and its subsidiaries.

PART I

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