Priority Technology to go private in $1.6 billion CEO-led deal

By Reuters News

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Payments and banking solutions provider Priority Technology Holdings PRTH.O said on Monday it had agreed to be taken private by a group led by Chairman and CEO Thomas Priore in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion.

  • The group will pay $8.05 per share in cash for those it does not already own, representing a 65% premium to the stock's unaffected price before the initial proposal was disclosed in November 2025.

  • The agreed price is more than 30% above Priore's initial offer of $6 to $6.15 per share.

  • Funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners have provided equity commitments for the acquisition.

  • The transaction was unanimously recommended by a special committee of independent directors following a review conducted with its legal and financial advisers.

  • The agreement includes a $15.75 million termination fee for Priority and a $35.25 million reverse-termination fee payable by the buyer.

  • The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027.

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