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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="id33ecfbef171402fb05e62dddd3c3e2e_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Registration No. 333- </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.860%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.860%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">47-4257046</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2001 Westside Parkway Suite 155, Alpharetta, GA 30004</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Full title of the plan) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Bradley Miller</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2001 Westside Parkway</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Suite 155</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Alpharetta, GA 30004</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(800) 935-5961</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Name and address of agent for service) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Copy to&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">James Stevens</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">600 Peachtree Street, NE </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Suite 3000 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Atlanta, Georgia 30308 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(404) 885-3000</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.025%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.680%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.421%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.680%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.069%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.680%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:37.456%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.506%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:2pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller reporting company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="18" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#91; &#93;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">On April 1, 2022, Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-264064) (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statement&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) to register 20,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) reserved for future grants of awards under the Registrant&#8217;s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#8221;). This Registration Statement registers 180,000 additional shares of Common Stock in connection with the amendment of the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which was approved by the Registrant&#8217;s shareholders on May 25, 2022. Accordingly, and pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein, including the periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PART II</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated herein by reference, to the extent that such documents are considered filed with the Commission&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a) The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">March 17, 2022 (File No. 001-37872)&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b) The Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30,2022, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2022, August 9, 2022, and November 10, 2022&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c) The Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 27, 2022&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d) The description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37872) filed with the Commission on September 12, 2016, as updated by Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, to the extent such documents are considered filed with the Commission.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">You may request copies of these documents, at no cost to you, by writing or telephoning us at the below address. Exhibits to the filings, however, will not be sent, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this document&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2001 Westside Parkway</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Suite 155</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Alpharetta, GA 30004</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(800) 935-5961</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 8. Exhibits. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:95.032%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.811%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.018%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.474%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:77.483%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.480%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:2pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652362/000110465918021312/a18-9134_1ex3d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652362/000110465918021312/a18-9134_1ex3d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 31, 2018).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355821000060/annex1certificateofamendme.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4.2</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355821000060/annex1certificateofamendme.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653558/000165355821000065/exhibit31-priorityxcertifi.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4.3</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653558/000165355821000065/exhibit31-priorityxcertifi.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Certificate of Designations of Senior Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653558/000161577416006436/s103712_s1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4.4</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653558/000161577416006436/s103712_s1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed July 26, 2016).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652362/000110465918021312/a18-9134_1ex3d2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">4.5</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652362/000110465918021312/a18-9134_1ex3d2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 31, 2018).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex51tphs202.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">5.1</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex51tphs202.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355822000028/prioritytechnology-ex1031x.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">10.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355822000028/prioritytechnology-ex1031x.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prioritytechnologyconsent-.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">23.1</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prioritytechnologyconsent-.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Consent of Ernst &#38; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex232rsm2021.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">23.2</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex232rsm2021.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Consent of RSM US LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1</font></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex107filingfe.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">107</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="18" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><a href="prth-formsx8xex107filingfe.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none">Filing Fee Table</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">* Filed herewith.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:20pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on December 20, 2022.</font></div><div style="padding-left:203.4pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:56.891%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.926%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.829%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.926%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.926%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:79.463%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.930%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:2pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="18" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Timothy M. O&#8217;Leary</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58;</font></td><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.72pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Timothy M. O&#8217;Leary</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58;</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.72pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">POWERS OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy M. 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Priore</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">December 20, 2022</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Thomas C. Priore</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Timothy M. 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O&#8217;Leary</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Rajiv Kumar</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President and</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">December 20, 2022</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rajiv Kumar</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; John Priore</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Director</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">December 20, 2022</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">John Priore</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:21pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Michael Passilla</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Director</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">December 20, 2022</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Michael Passilla</font></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:21pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Marietta C. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
47-4257046
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2001 Westside Parkway Suite 155, Alpharetta, GA 30004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Bradley Miller
General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.
2001 Westside Parkway
Suite 155
Alpharetta, GA 30004
(800) 935-5961
(Name and address of agent for service)
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
James Stevens
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 3000
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 885-3000
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.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [ ]
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On April 1, 2022, Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-264064) (the "Prior Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 20,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock") reserved for future grants of awards under the Registrant's 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan"). This Registration Statement registers 180,000 additional shares of Common Stock in connection with the amendment of the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which was approved by the Registrant's shareholders on May 25, 2022. Accordingly, and pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein, including the periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant
.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference, to the extent that such documents are considered filed with the Commission:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on
March 17, 2022 (File No. 001-37872);
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30,2022, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2022, August 9, 2022, and November 10, 2022;
(c) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 27, 2022; and
(d) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37872) filed with the Commission on September 12, 2016, as updated by Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, to the extent such documents are considered filed with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
You may request copies of these documents, at no cost to you, by writing or telephoning us at the below address. Exhibits to the filings, however, will not be sent, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this document:
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.
2001 Westside Parkway
Suite 155
Alpharetta, GA 30004
(800) 935-5961
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 31, 2018).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).
4.3
Certificate of Designations of Senior Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).
4.4
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed July 26, 2016).
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 31, 2018).
5.1
*
Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
10.1
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 17, 2022).
23.1
*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company
23.2
*
Consent of RSM US LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto)
107
*
Filing Fee Table
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on December 20, 2022.
PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Timothy M. O'Leary
Name:
Timothy M. O'Leary
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy M. O'Leary and Bradley Miller or any of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, and any related registration statements necessary to register additional securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas C. Priore
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 20, 2022
Thomas C. Priore
/s/ Timothy M. O'Leary
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
December 20, 2022
Timothy M. O'Leary
/s/ Rajiv Kumar
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
December 20, 2022
Rajiv Kumar
/s/ John Priore
Director
December 20, 2022
John Priore
/s/ Michael Passilla
Director
December 20, 2022
Michael Passilla
/s/ Marietta C. Davis
Director
December 20, 2022
Marietta C. Davis
/s/ Christina M. Favilla
Director
December 20, 2022
Christina M. Favilla
/s/ Stephen W. Hipp
Director
December 20, 2022
Stephen W. Hipp
/s/ Marc Crisafulli
Director
December 20, 2022
Marc Crisafulli