Prospectus Supplement No. 8	Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(to Prospectus dated November 17, 2020)	Registration No. 333-249949

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 8

This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the prospectus dated November 17, 2020 (the “Prospectus”), which forms a part of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-249949). This prospectus supplement is being filed to update and supplement the information in the Prospectus with the information contained in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2021 (the “Quarterly Report”). Accordingly, we have attached the Quarterly Report to this prospectus supplement.

This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus. This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the information in the Prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in the Prospectus and this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “PAYA.” On November 8, 2021, the closing sale price of our Common Stock was $8.55.

Investing in our Common Stock involves risks that are described in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 6 of the Prospectus and under similar headings in any further amendments or supplements to the Prospectus before you decide whether to invest in our securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the Prospectus or this prospectus supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus supplement is November 9, 2021.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☐ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __ to __

Commission file number 001-819881

Paya Holdings Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	85-2199433
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

303 Perimeter Center North, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30346

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(800) 261-0240

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share	PAYA	The Nasdaq Capital Market

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 ☐ No ☐

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 ☐ No ☐

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

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

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. ☐

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

There were 132,019,818 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding as of November 4, 2021.

Paya Holdings Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quarterly Report on FORM 10-Q

September 30, 2021

PART I
Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	25
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	37
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	37
PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	38
Item 1A. Risk Factors	38
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	38
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	38
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	38
Item 5. Other Information	38
Item 6. Exhibits	39
SIGNATURES	40

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements relate to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies or expectations for the Company. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to:

● operational, economic, political and regulatory risks;

● natural disasters and other business disruptions including outbreaks of epidemic or pandemic disease;

● changes in demand within a number of key industry end-markets and geographic regions;

● failure to retain key personnel;

● our inability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carry forwards;

● our future operating results fluctuating, failing to match performance or to meet expectations;

● unanticipated changes in our tax obligations;

● our obligations under various laws and regulations;

● the effect of litigation, judgments, orders or regulatory proceedings on our business;

● our ability to successfully acquire and integrate new operations;

● global or local economic and political movements;

● our ability to effectively manage our credit risk and collect on our accounts receivable;

● our ability to fulfill our public company obligations;

● any failure of our management information systems and data security;

● our ability to meet our debt service requirements and obligations;

● changes in the payment processing market in which Paya competes;

● changes in the vertical markets that Paya targets;

● Paya’s relationships within the payment ecosystem;

● Paya’s growth strategies;

● changes in accounting policies applicable to Paya;

● the development and maintenance of effective internal controls; and

● other risks and uncertainties discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors,” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31 2020, Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our management’s current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

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Part I

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Paya Holdings Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Other Comprehensive Income

(In thousands except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Revenue	$	63,058		$	51,819		$	182,297		$	152,045
Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization		(30,504	)		(25,919	)		(86,840	)		(75,328	)
Selling, general & administrative expenses		(18,718	)		(13,963	)		(56,478	)		(43,548	)
Depreciation and amortization		(7,891	)		(5,959	)		(22,442	)		(17,966	)
Income from operations		5,945			5,978			16,537			15,203
Other income (expense)
Interest expense		(3,137	)		(4,155	)		(11,002	)		(13,494	)
Other income (expense)		(67	)		(25	)		(8,042	)		(31	)
Total other expense		(3,204	)		(4,180	)		(19,044	)		(13,525	)
Income (loss) before income taxes		2,741			1,798			(2,507	)		1,678
Income tax (expense) benefit		(5,702	)		(196	)		(2,563	)		(127	)
Net income (loss)	$	(2,961	)	$	1,602		$	(5,070	)	$	1,551
Weighted average shares outstanding of common stock		128,429,090			54,534,022			124,523,217			54,534,022
Basic net income (loss) per share	$	(0.02	)	$	0.03		$	(0.04	)	$	0.03
Diluted net income (loss) per share	$	(0.02	)	$	0.03		$	(0.04	)	$	0.03

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Paya Holdings Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands except share data)

(Unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	133,144		$	23,617
Trade receivables, net		25,027			17,493
Prepaid expenses		2,227			2,218
Income taxes receivable		995			541
Other current assets		799			457
Total current assets before funds held for clients		162,192			44,326
Funds held for clients		82,526			78,505
Total current assets	$	244,718		$	122,831
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net		14,416			12,805
Goodwill		222,008			206,308
Intangible assets, net		141,978			132,616
Other non-current assets		1,213			781
Total Assets	$	624,333		$	475,341
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Trade payables		1,270			3,967
Accrued liabilities		13,532			10,435
Accrued revenue share		10,252			7,535
Other current liabilities		4,366			3,071
Total current liabilities before client funds obligations		29,420			25,008
Client funds obligations		80,923			78,658
Total current liabilities	$	110,343		$	103,666
Non-current liabilities:
Deferred tax liability, net		14,971			14,618
Long-term debt		242,298			220,152
Tax receivable agreement liability		18,930			19,627
Other non-current liabilities		1,250			1,246
Total liabilities	$	387,792		$	359,309
Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 132,009,818 and 116,697,441 issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively		132			12
Additional Paid-in-Capital		254,912			129,453
Accumulated deficit		(18,503	)		(13,433	)
Total stockholders’ equity		236,541			116,032
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	624,333		$	475,341

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Paya Holdings Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands except share data)

(Unaudited)

	Common stock				Additional			Retained			Total stockholders’
	Shares		Amount		paid-in-capital			earnings			equity
Balance at December 31, 2019		54,534,022	$	5	$	147,268		$	(12,909	)	$	134,364
Net loss		—		—		—			(675	)		(675	)
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		392			—			392
Balance at March 31, 2020		54,534,022	$	5	$	147,660		$	(13,584	)	$	134,081
Net loss		—		—		—			625			625
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		276			—			276
Balance at June 30, 2020		54,534,022	$	5	$	147,936		$	(12,959	)	$	134,982
Net income		—		—		—			1,601			1,601
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		447			—		$	447
Distribution to parent		—		—		(22,071	)		—			(22,071	)
Balance at September 30, 2020		54,534,022	$	5	$	126,312		$	(11,358	)	$	114,959
Balance at December 31, 2020		116,697,441	$	12	$	129,453		$	(13,433	)	$	116,032
Net income		—		—		—			1,045			1,045
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		259			—			259
Stock based compensation - Common stock		—		—		451			—			451
Equity offering		10,000,000		1		116,970			—			116,971
Warrant exercise		51		—		1			—			1
Balance at March 31, 2021		126,697,492	$	13	$	247,134		$	(12,388	)	$	234,759
Net loss		—		—		—			(3,154	)		(3,154	)
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		74			—			74
Stock based compensation - Common stock		—		—		790			—			790
Equity offering		—		—		(206	)		—			(206	)
Reclassification - see Note 1		—		113		(113	)		—			—
Shares issued for acquisition		682,892		1		7,499			—			7,500
Balance at June 30, 2021		127,380,384	$	127	$	255,178		$	(15,542	)	$	239,763

	Common stock				Additional			Retained			Total stockholders’
	Shares		Amount		paid-in-capital			earnings			equity
Net loss		—		—		—			(2,961	)		(2,961	)
Stock based compensation - Class C incentive units		—		—		247			—			247
Stock based compensation - Class A common stock		—		—		675			—			675
Warrant exchange		4,597,848		5		(1,732	)		—			(1,727	)
RSU vesting		29,136		—		(199	)		—			(199	)
Warrant exercise		2,450		—		—			—			—
Recapitalization transaction - see Note 1		—		—		743			—			743
Balance at September 30, 2021		132,009,818	$	132	$	254,912		$	(18,503	)	$	236,541

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Paya Holdings Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(5,070	)	$	1,551
Depreciation & amortization expense		22,442			17,966
Deferred taxes		(500	)		(371	)
Bad debt expense		899			1,276
Stock based compensation		2,496			1,115
Change in tax receivable agreement liability		(286	)		—
Gain on contingent consideration		(180	)		—
Amortization of debt issuance costs		687			813
Loss on debt extinguishment		6,187			—
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of impact of business acquisitions:
Trade receivables		(5,881	)		(4,797	)
Prepaid expenses		165			(447	)
Other current assets		29			(3,428	)
Other non-current assets		(76	)		10
Trade payables		(4,104	)		4,856
Accrued liabilities		720			(1,916	)
Accrued revenue share		2,638			601
Income tax payable/receivable, net		(455	)		(648	)
Other current liabilities		1,111			392
Movements in cash held on behalf of customers, net		(2,175	)		(554	)
Other non-current liabilities		28			(31	)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	18,675		$	16,388
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(4,955	)		(4,421	)
Purchases of customer lists		(15,951	)		(570	)
Acquisition of business, net of cash received		(18,309	)		—
Net cash (used in) investing activities	$	(39,215	)	$	(4,991	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on long-term debt		(228,677	)		(1,773	)
Borrowings under long-term debt		250,000			—
Payment of debt issuance costs		(6,390	)		(2,601	)
Distribution to Ultra		—			(662	)
Proceeds from equity offering		116,764			—
Repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations		(199	)		—
Warrant exchange		(1,431	)		—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	130,067		$	(5,036	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		109,527			6,361
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		23,617			25,957
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	133,144		$	32,318
Supplemental disclosures:
Cash interest paid	$	10,105		$	12,537
Cash taxes paid, including estimated payments	$	3,242		$	1,149
Non-cash investing activity:
Non-cash stock issuance related to Paragon acquisition	$	7,500,000			—

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In Thousands, unless otherwise noted)

1. Organization, basis of presentation and summary of accounting policies

Organization

Paya Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, conducts operations through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. These operating subsidiaries are comprised of Paya, Inc., Paya EFT, Inc., Stewardship Technology, Inc., First Mobile Trust, LLC, The Payment Group, LLC, and Blue Parasol Group, LLC (Paragon Payment Solutions).

On October 16, 2020, we consummated the business combination (the “Business Combination”) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 3, 2020 (“Merger Agreement”), by and among Paya Holdings Inc. (f/k/a FinTech Acquisition Corp. III Parent Corp.) (“we,” “us,” “Paya” or the “Company”), FinTech Acquisition Corp. III (“FinTech”), FinTech III Merger Sub Corp., GTCR-Ultra Holdings, LLC (“Ultra”), GTCR-Ultra Holdings II, LLC (n/k/a Paya Holdings II, LLC, “Holdings”), GTCR/Ultra Blocker, Inc. and GTCR Fund XI/C LP. See Note 3, Business combination for more information.

The Company is an independent integrated payments platform providing card, ACH, and check payment processing solutions via software to middle-market businesses in the United States. Paya’s solutions integrate with customers’ core business software to enable payments acceptance, reconcile invoice detail, and post payment information to their core accounting system.

The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and also has operations in Reston, VA, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Dayton, OH, Mount Vernon, OH, Miamisburg, OH, Dallas, TX and Tempe, AZ.

Basis of presentation

The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. As permitted under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), certain notes and other information have been omitted from the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Therefore, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC.

In management’s opinion, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that may be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 or any future period.

Emerging growth company

The Company currently qualifies as an emerging growth company (“EGC”) as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

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Based on the Company’s aggregate worldwide market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of June, 30, 2021, the Company expects that it will become a “large accelerated filer” and lose emerging growth company status beginning with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. At such time, the Company will be subject to the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and will no longer be eligible to take advantage of the extended transition period for adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under the JOBS Act. However, because the Company will continue to qualify as a smaller reporting company with respect to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company will continue to make use of reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in such Annual Report and in its proxy statement for the year 2022.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. These estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future. The more significant estimates made by management relate to income taxes, tax receivable agreement liability, contingent liability, and impairment of intangibles and long-lived assets. The Company periodically evaluates the methodologies employed in making its estimates.

Principles of Consolidation

These condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiary companies. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity of ninety days or less at the time of purchase. The fair value of our cash and cash equivalents approximates carrying value. At times, cash and cash equivalents exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. We maintain an immaterial balance of restricted cash for ACH and card processing as required by certain financial institutions.

Concentration of credit risk

Our cash, cash equivalents, trade receivables, funds receivable and customer accounts are potentially subject to concentration of credit risk. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally requires no collateral from its customers. No individual customers represented more than 10% of the Company’s revenue.

Trade receivables, net

Trade receivables are recorded at net realizable value, which includes allowances for doubtful accounts. The Company estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts related to balances that it estimates it cannot collect from merchants. These uncollectible amounts relate to chargebacks, uncollectible merchant fees, and ACH transactions that have been rejected subsequent to the payout date. The Company uses historical write-off data to estimate losses incurred relating to uncollectible accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $1.4 million and $1.2 million at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

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Prepaid expenses

Prepaid expenses primarily consist of prepaid insurance, rent and supplier invoices.

Other current assets

Other current assets primarily consist of current deferred debt issuance costs for the Revolver (as defined herein), other receivables, and equipment inventory.

Funds held for clients and client funds obligation

Funds held for clients and client funds obligations result from the Company’s processing services and associated settlement activities, including settlement of payment transactions. Funds held for clients represent assets that, based upon the Company's intent, are restricted for use solely for the purposes of satisfying the obligations to remit funds relating to the Company’s processing services, which are classified as client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.Funds held for clients are generated principally from merchant services transactions and are comprised of both settlements’ receivable and cash as of period end. Certain merchant settlement assets that relate to settlement obligations accrued by the Company are held by partner banks. The Company classified funds held for clients as a current asset since these funds are held solely for the purpose of satisfying the client funds obligations.

The Company records corresponding settlement obligations for amounts payable to merchants and for payment instruments not yet presented for settlement as client funds obligations. Client funds obligations represent the Company's contractual obligations to remit funds to satisfy clients' settlement obligations. The client funds obligations represent liabilities that will be repaid within one year of the balance sheet date. Differences in the funds held for clients and client funds obligation are due to timing differences between when transactions are settled and when payment instruments are presented for settlement and are considered to be immaterial. The changes in settlement assets and obligations are presented on a net basis within operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

The funds held for clients account included $36,800 and $45,726 of settlement accounts receivable and cash respectively as of September 30, 2021, and $42,427 and $36,078 of settlement accounts receivable and cash respectively as of December 31, 2020.

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. These lives are 3 years for computers and equipment, 5 years for furniture, fixtures, and office equipment, and the lesser of the asset useful life or remaining lease term for leasehold improvements. Also, the Company capitalizes software development costs and website development costs incurred in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal Use Software. The useful lives are 3 to 5 years for internal-use software. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred and included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income.

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment (“ASC 360”). ASC 360 requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets is measured by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. There was no impairment of long-lived assets recognized in any period presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in the Company’s business combinations. The Company evaluates goodwill and intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“ASC 350”). ASC 350 requires goodwill to be either qualitatively or quantitatively assessed for impairment annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for each reporting unit. The Company tests goodwill annually for impairment as of September 30 of each year, and at interim periods upon a potential indication of impairment, using a qualitative approach. If an indicator of impairment is identified, the Company tests goodwill for impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of the reporting units to the related carrying value. If the fair value of the reporting units is lower than its carrying amount, goodwill is written down for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds fair value. The loss recognized cannot exceed the carrying amount of the goodwill. As a result of the annual impairment test performed by the Company, it was determined that there were no indicators of potential impairment based on the qualitative factors described in ASC 350, and therefore goodwill is not impaired as of September 30, 2021.

Intangible assets with finite lives consist of developed technology and customer relationships and are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. From time to time, the Company acquires customer lists from sales agents in exchange for an upfront cash payment. The purchase of customer lists are treated as an asset acquisition, resulting in recording an intangible asset at cost on the date of acquisition. The acquired customer lists intangible assets have a useful life of 5 years. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business or significant negative industry or economic trends. If this evaluation indicates that the value of the intangible asset may be impaired, the Company makes an assessment of the recoverability of the net book value of the asset over its remaining useful life. If this assessment indicates that the intangible asset is not recoverable, based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset over the remaining amortization period, the Company reduces the net book value of the related intangible asset to fair value and may adjust the remaining amortization period.

The Company evaluates its intangible assets with finite lives for indications of impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value may not be recoverable. There were no indicators of impairment identified nor was impairment recognized in intangible assets in any period presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Long-term debt and issuance costs

Eligible debt issuance costs associated with the Company's credit facilities are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the term of the related debt using the effective interest method. Debt issuance costs associated with Company's term debt are presented on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as a direct reduction in the carrying value of the associated debt liability.

Revenue

The Company’s business model provides payment services, card processing, and ACH, to merchants through enterprise or vertically focused software partners, direct sales, reseller partners, other referral partners, and a limited number of financial institutions. The Company recognizes processing revenues on bankcard merchant accounts and ACH merchant accounts at the time merchant transactions are processed and periodic fees over the period the service is performed. See Note 2, Revenue recognition for more information on the Company's revenue recognition policy.

Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization

Cost of services includes card processing costs, ACH costs, and other fees paid to card networks, and equipment expenses directly attributable to payment processing and related services to merchants. These costs are recognized as incurred. Cost of services also includes revenue share amounts paid to reseller and referral partners and are calculated monthly based on monthly merchant activity. These expenses are recognized as transactions are processed. Accrued revenue share represent amounts earned during the period but not yet paid at the end of the period.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, stock based compensation expense, wages, commissions, marketing costs, professional services costs, technology costs, occupancy costs of leased space, and bad debt expense.

Depreciation & Amortization

Depreciation and amortization consist primarily of amortization of intangible assets, mainly including customer relationships, internal-use software, customer lists, trade names and to a lesser extent depreciation on our investments in property, equipment, and software. We depreciate and amortize our assets on a straight-line basis in accordance with our accounting policies. Customer lists are amortized over a period of 5-16 years depending on the intangible, developed technology 3-7 years, and trade names over 25 years.

Derivative financial instruments

The Company accounts for its derivative instruments in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. ASC 815 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments requiring the recognition of all derivative instruments as assets or liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value. The Company records its derivative instruments as assets or liabilities, depending on its rights or obligations under the applicable derivative contract. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings in the affected period.

The Company uses an interest rate cap contract to manage risk from fluctuations in interest rates on its Term Loan credit agreement. Interest rate caps involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts beyond a specified strike price over the life of the agreement without exchange of the underlying principal amount. The interest rate cap is not designated as a hedging instrument. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate cap are recorded through other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income, other current assets and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and in changes in other current assets in the combined statement of cash flows.

Income taxes

The Company utilizes the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized principally for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts, using currently enacted tax rates. The measurement of a deferred tax asset is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

The Company recognizes a tax benefit for uncertain tax positions if the Company believes it is more likely than not that the position will be upheld on audit based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The Company evaluates uncertain tax positions after the consideration of all available information. Such tax positions must initially and subsequently be estimated as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authorities, assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts. The Company's policy is to recognize any interest and penalties related to income taxes as income tax expense in the relevant period.

Fair-Value Measurements

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The determination of fair value is based on the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company could participate and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance. Also, determination of fair value assumes that market participants will consider the highest and best use of the asset.

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The Company uses the hierarchy prescribed in ASC 820 for fair value measurements, based on the available inputs to the valuation and the degree to which they are observable or not observable in the market.

The three levels of the hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 Inputs—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date;

Level 2 Inputs—Other than quoted prices included in Level 1 inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

Level 3 Inputs—Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability used to measure fair value allowing for inputs reflecting the Company’s assumptions about what other market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk.

Recently Issued Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this ASU are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. An entity may elect to apply the amendments for contract modifications by Topic or Industry Subtopic as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020, or prospectively from the date that the financial statements are available to be issued. Once elected for a Topic or an Industry Subtopic, the amendments must be applied prospectively for all eligible contract modifications for that Topic or Industry Subtopic. The Company may apply ASU 2020-04 as its contracts referenced in London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) are impacted by reference rate reform. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of ASU 2020-04 on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which is intended to enhance and simplify various aspects of the accounting for income taxes. The amendments in this update remove certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. ASU 2019-12 also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application of the accounting for franchise taxes, enacted changes in tax laws or rates and transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. ASU 2019-12 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. As the Company will cease to be an EGC as of December 31, 2021, the Company will adopt the standard on December 31, 2021, with effect from January 1, 2021 in the annual financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of ASU 2019-12 on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. The new guidance amends the hedge accounting model in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815 to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements and simplifies the application of hedge accounting in certain situations. The ASU eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

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In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The ASU simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test which measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount. As a result, an impairment charge will be recorded based on the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value. The amendments of this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption of this ASU is permitted for interim and annual impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. As the Company will cease to be an EGC as of December 31, 2021, the Company will adopt the standard on December 31, 2021, with effect from January 1, 2021 in the annual financial statements. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU presents a new methodology for calculating credit losses on financial instruments (e.g. trade receivables) based on expected credit losses and expands the types of information companies must use when calculating expected losses. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. As the Company will cease to be an EGC as of December 31, 2021, the Company will adopt the standard on December 31, 2021, presenting the initial application of ASC 326 with effect from January 1, 2021 in the annual financial statements. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The ASU requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets. The guidance also modifies the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases for lessors and provides new presentation and disclosure requirements for both lessees and lessors. In June 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-05 which delayed the effective date of ASC 842. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. As the Company will cease to be an EGC as of December 31, 2021, the Company will adopt the standard on December 31, 2021, presenting the initial application of ASC 842 with effect from January 1, 2021 in the annual financial statements. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Reclassification

During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company identified an immaterial error in the par value of its Common stock impacting the balance of Common stock and Additional Paid-in-Capital in the Company’s interim and annual financial statements beginning as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company corrected the error, which resulted in an increase of $113 to Common stock and a corresponding decrease to Additional Paid-in-Capital as of June 30, 2021.

Recapitalization transaction

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company identified an immaterial error related to the capitalization of a deferred tax asset impacting the balances of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability, Deferred Tax Liability, Net, and Additional Paid-in-Capital in the Company’s interim and annual financial statements beginning as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company corrected the error which resulted in an increase of $743 to Additional Paid-in-Capital and a corresponding decrease to the Tax Receivable Agreement liability of $410 and Deferred Tax Liability, Net of $333 as of September 30, 2021.

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2. Revenue recognition

The Company follows ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”) and performs a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized, based upon the core principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

At contract inception, the Company assesses the goods and services promised in its contracts with customers and identifies performance obligations for each promise to transfer to the customer a good or service that is distinct. The Company’s performance obligation relating to its payment processing services revenue is to provide continuous access to the Company’s system to process as much as its customers require. Since the number or volume of transactions to be processed is not determinable at contract inception, the Company’s payment processing services consist of variable consideration under a stand-ready service of distinct days of service that are substantially the same with the same pattern of transfer to the customer. As such, the stand-ready obligation is accounted for as a single-series performance obligation whereby the variability of the transaction value is satisfied daily as the performance obligation is performed. In addition, the Company applies the right to invoice practical expedient to payment processing services as each performance obligation is recognized over time and the amounts invoiced are reflective of the value transferred to the customer.

The Company uses each day as a time-based measure of progress toward satisfaction of the single performance obligation of each contract. This method most accurately depicts the pattern by which services are transferred to the merchant, as performance depends on the extent of transactions processed for that merchant on a given day. Likewise, consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled is determined according to our efforts to provide service each day.

ASC 606 requires disclosure of the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations; however, as permitted by the standard, the Company has elected to exclude from this disclosure any contracts with an original duration of one year or less and any variable consideration that meets specified criteria. As discussed above, the Company’s core performance obligation is a stand-ready obligation comprised of a series of distinct days of service, and revenue related to this performance obligation is generally billed and recognized as the services are performed. The variable consideration allocated to this performance obligation meets the specified criteria for disclosure exclusion. The aggregate fixed consideration portion of customer contracts with an initial contract duration greater than one year is not material.

The Company’s customers are all domestic, small to medium size businesses who are underwritten to the credit standards of the Company and who each have merchant processing agreements. The Company, through its risk informed bad debt and allowance accounting, appropriately reserves for any potential risk to its revenue and cash flows. Since the cash is collected for the majority of transactions within a month, there is not a significant time lag or risk of uncollectibility in the recognition of revenue.

We do not have any material contract assets or liabilities for any period presented and we did not recognize any impairments of any contract assets or liabilities for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company generates its revenue from three revenue sources which include Transaction based revenue, Service based fee revenue and Equipment revenue and are defined below:

Transaction based revenue

Transaction based revenue represents revenue generated from transaction fees based on volume, including interchange fees and convenience based fees. The Company generates transaction based revenue from fees charged to merchants for card-based processing volume and ACH transactions. Transaction based revenues are recognized on a net basis equal to the full amount billed to the bankcard merchant, net of interchange fees and assessments. Interchange fees are fees paid to card-issuing banks and assessments paid to payment card networks. Interchange fees are set, and collected, by credit card networks based on various factors, including the type of bank card, card brand, merchant transaction processing volume, the merchant’s industry and the merchant’s risk profile and are recognized at the time merchant transactions are processed. Transaction based revenue was recorded net of interchange fees and assessments of $124,157 and $351,920 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Transaction based revenue was recorded net of interchange fees and assessments of $108,909 and $308,583 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

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Service based fee revenue

Service based fee revenue represents revenue generated from recurring and periodic service fees. The Company generates service based fee revenue from charging a service fee, a fee charged to the client for facilitating bankcard processing, which are recognized on a gross basis. The Company also generates service based fees related to ACH inclusive of monthly support fees and monthly statement fees.

Equipment revenue

Equipment revenue comprises sales of equipment which primarily consists of payment terminals.

The Company generates its revenue from two segments which are Integrated Solutions and Payment Services and are defined below:

Integrated Solutions

Our Integrated Solutions segment represents the delivery of our credit and debit card payment solutions, and to a lesser extent, ACH processing solutions to customers via integrations with software partners across our strategic vertical markets. Our Integrated Solutions partners include vertical focused front-end Customer Relationship Management software providers as well as back-end Enterprise Resource Planning and accounting solutions.

Payment Services

Our Payment Services segment represents the delivery of card payment processing solutions to our customers through resellers, as well as ACH, check, and gift card processing. Card payment processing solutions in this segment do not originate via a software integration but still utilize Paya’s core technology infrastructure. ACH, check, and gift card processing may or may not be integrated with third-party software.

The following table presents the Company's revenue disaggregated by segment and by source as follows:

	Integrated Solutions
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Revenue from contracts with customers
Transaction based revenue	$	36,955	$	27,782	$	104,180	$	81,714
Service based fee revenue		2,568		2,535		7,684		8,023
Equipment revenue		117		38		232		134
Total revenue	$	39,640	$	30,355	$	112,096	$	89,871

	Payment Services
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Revenue from contracts with customers
Transaction based revenue	$	19,061	$	17,654	$	57,270	$	50,532
Service based fee revenue		4,306		3,794		12,830		11,581
Equipment revenue		51		16		101		61
Total revenue	$	23,418	$	21,464	$	70,201	$	62,174

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3. Business combination & acquisitions

Business combination transaction overview

On October 16, 2020, FinTech consummated the Business Combination pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Paya. As of September 30, 2021, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business related to the Business Combination from the amounts reported within our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Payment Group transaction overview

Paya purchased The Payment Group, LLC ("TPG" or "The Payment Group") on October 1, 2020 for total cash consideration of $22,270, which was accounted for as a business combination as defined by ASC 805. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values as of the date of the acquisition with the excess of the purchase price over those fair values recorded as goodwill. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities required significant judgment, including estimates impacting the determination of estimated lives of tangible and intangible assets, and their related fair values. The fair values were determined considering the income, market and cost approaches. The fair value measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and, therefore represents a Level 3 measurement.

As of September 30, 2021, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business related to the TPG acquisition from the amounts reported within our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company made measurement period adjustments totaling $29 to increase goodwill to reflect facts and circumstances in existence as of the effective date of the acquisition. There were no measurement period adjustments in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the measurement period is now closed.

Paragon Payment Solutions transaction overview

On April 23, 2021, the Company closed the acquisition of Paragon Payment Solutions (“Paragon”), which was accounted for as a business combination as defined by ASC 805. The aggregate purchase price paid at closing was $26,624, consisting of $19,124 in cash and $7,500 of common stock. In addition, up to $5,000 may become payable, subject to the achievement of certain future performance metrics. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values as of the date of the acquisition with the excess of the purchase price over those fair values recorded as goodwill. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities required significant judgment, including estimates impacting the determination of estimated lives of tangible and intangible assets, and their related fair values. The fair values were determined considering the income, market and cost approaches. The fair value measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and, therefore represents a Level 3 measurement.

Goodwill of $15,671 resulted from the acquisition and is partially deductible for tax purposes. Qualitative factors that contribute to the recognition of goodwill include certain intangible assets that are not recognized as separate identifiable intangible assets apart from goodwill. Intangible assets not recognized apart from goodwill consist primarily of the expected revenue synergies. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded various measurement period adjustments, including a decrease of intangible assets of $3,380 and an increase of Goodwill of $5,562 to reflect additional information received related to facts and circumstances in existence as of the effective date of the acquisition impacting the valuation of Paragon. The measurement period remains open as of September 30, 2021.

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The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the Company and resulting goodwill as of September 30, 2021:

Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	835
Trade receivables, net		2,553
Prepaid expenses		174
Other current assets		199
Funds held for clients		3,846
Total current assets	$	7,607
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	52
Goodwill		15,671
Intangible assets		12,510
Other non-current assets		60
Total assets	$	35,900
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Trade payables	$	1,407
Accrued liabilities		2,113
Accrued revenue share		80
Other current liabilities		58
Client funds obligations		4,266
Total current liabilities		7,924
Non-current liabilities:
Deferred tax liability, net		1,186
Other non-current liabilities		147
Total liabilities	$	9,257
Net assets	$	26,643

4. Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

	September 30, 2021			December 31, 2020
Computers and equipment	$	8,374		$	7,134
Internal-use software		14,334			10,708
Office equipment		142			130
Furniture and fixtures		1,357			1,320
Leasehold improvements		1,396			1,353
Other equipment		26			26
Total property and equipment		25,629			20,671
Less: accumulated depreciation		(11,213	)		(7,866	)
Total property and equipment, net	$	14,416		$	12,805

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Depreciation and amortization expense, including internal-use software, totaled $1,282 and $3,395 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense, including depreciation and amortization of internal-use software, totaled $930 and $2,900 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

5. Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

Goodwill recorded in the condensed consolidated financial statements was $222,008 and $206,308 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. There were no indicators of impairment noted in the periods presented.

The following table presents changes to goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

	Integrated Solutions		Payments Services		Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	152,408	$	53,900	$	206,308
Measurement period adjustment (Note 3)		29		—		29
Acquisitions - Paragon purchase accounting (Note 3)		10,898		4,773		15,671
Balance at September 30, 2021	$	163,335	$	58,673	$	222,008

Intangible assets other than goodwill at September 30, 2021 included the following:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)		Useful Lives		Gross Carrying Amount at September 30, 2021		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value as of September 30, 2021
Customer Relationships		10.4		5-16 years	$	183,397	$	(64,951	)	$	118,446
Developed Technology		5.3		3-7 years		36,620		(17,793	)		18,827
Trade name		25		25 years		5,260		(555	)		4,705
		8.4			$	225,277	$	(83,299	)	$	141,978

Intangible assets other than goodwill at December 31, 2020 included the following:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)		Useful Lives		Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2020		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value as of December 31, 2020
Customer Relationships		10.4		5-15 years	$	167,158	$	(50,477	)	$	116,681
Developed Technology		4.2		3-5 years		25,520		(13,435	)		12,085
Trade name		25		25 years		4,190		(340	)		3,850
		8.6			$	196,868	$	(64,252	)	$	132,616

Amortization expense totaled $6,609 and $19,047 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Amortization expense totaled $5,029 and $15,066 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

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The following table shows the expected future amortization expense for intangible assets at September 30, 2021:

	Expected Future Amortization Expense
2021 - remaining	$	6,211
2022		24,839
2023		24,637
2024		23,017
2025		22,057
Thereafter		41,217
Total expected future amortization expense	$	141,978

6. Long-term debt

On June 25, 2021, Paya Holdings III, LLC, as Parent borrower, Paya, Inc., as borrower (together, the “Borrowers”), and Holdings, each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a new senior secured credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent, collateral agent and L/C issuer (the “Agent”), and the other lenders and L/C issuers party thereto. The Credit Agreement governs new senior secured credit facilities (the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”), consisting of a $250.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan”) and a $45.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”). The Revolver includes borrowing capacity available for letters of credit. Any issuance of letters of credit will reduce the amount available under the Revolver.

The proceeds from the Term Loan were used (1) to repay, in full, the outstanding loans under the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, among Holdings, the Borrowers, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and Antares Capital LP, as administrative agent (as amended from time to time, the “Prior Credit Agreement”), permanently terminate all commitments thereunder, release and terminate all liens securing such Prior Credit Agreement, and discharge all guarantees thereunder, (2) to pay certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Credit Agreement and the repayment of the Prior Credit Agreement, and (3) for working capital and general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures and acquisitions permitted thereunder). At closing of the Credit Agreement, the Revolver was undrawn.

The Term Loan has a seven-year maturity and the Revolver has a five-year maturity. The Credit Agreement provides that the Company may make one or more offers to the lenders, and consummate transactions with individual lenders that accept the terms contained in such offers, to extend the maturity date of the lender’s term loans and/or revolving commitments, subject to certain conditions, and any extended term loans or revolving commitments will constitute a separate class of term loans or revolving commitments.

All of the Borrowers’ obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors named therein. In addition, the obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are secured by a pledge of 100% of the capital stock of certain domestic subsidiaries owned by the Holdings and a security interest in substantially all of the Borrowers’ and the guarantors’ tangible and intangible assets.

At the Borrowers’ option, the Borrowers may request an increase of the commitments under the Revolver or the Term Loan or may add one or more new term loan facilities or revolving credit facilities in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the greater of 61 million and 100% of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus (y) unused amounts under the Credit Agreement’s general indebtedness basket, so long as certain conditions, including a consolidated first lien net leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of not more than 4.25 to 1.00 (on a pari passu basis) or 5.00 to 1.00 (on a junior basis), in each case on a pro forma basis, is satisfied.

Borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities bear interest, equal to (i) an ABR rate equal to the greater of (a) the prime rate announced by the Agent or the highest interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board as the “bank prime loan” rate, (b) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rate plus 0.5% per annum, and (c) the Eurodollar rate for an interest period of one-month beginning on such day plus 100 basis points, plus 2.25% (provided that the Eurodollar rate applicable to the Term Loan shall not be less than 0.75% per annum); or (ii) the Eurodollar rate (provided that the Eurodollar rate applicable to the Term Loan shall not be less than 0.75% per annum), plus 3.25% . The Borrowers are also required to pay an unused commitment fee to the lenders under the Revolver equal to 0.50% with step-downs to 0.375% and 0.250% when the Borrowers’ consolidated first lien net leverage ratio is less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00 and 3.25 to 1.00, respectively. The Borrowers must also pay customary letter of credit fees, including a fronting fee as well as administration fees.

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Commencing December 31, 2021, the Borrowers are required to repay the Term Loan portion of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities in quarterly principal installments equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding thereunder, with the balance payable at maturity.

The Credit Agreement contains a financial covenant that requires Holdings to maintain at the end of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2021, a consolidated first lien net leverage ratio of not more than 6.50 to 1.00 but solely to the extent that the aggregate amount under letters of credit and loans outstanding under the Revolver exceeds 35% of the aggregate amount of all revolving commitments.

The Credit Agreement also contains a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of Holdings and its subsidiaries to: (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) create liens on assets; (iii) engage in mergers or consolidations; (iv) sell assets; (v) pay dividends and distributions or repurchase the Company’s capital stock; and (vi) change their fiscal year. The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and events of default.

Net proceeds from the issuance of the Term Loan totaled $243.6 million, which includes a debt discount of $1.3 million and related debt issuance costs of $5.1 million. The debt discount and related debt issuance costs are capitalized and amortized over the life of the agreement. Proceeds used to repay the Prior Credit Agreement totaled $233.8 million, which includes principal payment of $228.1 million, interest payment of $3.4 million and a prepayment penalty of $2.3 million. The prepayment penalty and a write-off of debt issuance costs of $6.2 million are included in other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income.

The Company’s long-term debt consisted of the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and year ended December 31, 2020:

	September 30, 2021			December 31, 2020
Term loan credit agreement(1)	$	250,000		$	228,677
Debt issuance costs, net		(5,211	)		(6,161	)
Total debt		244,789			222,516
Less: current portion of debt		(2,491	)		(2,364	)
Total long-term debt	$	242,298		$	220,152

(1) Outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2020 were under the Prior Credit Agreement. Outstanding borrowings as of September 30, 2021 are under the new Credit Agreement.

There were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolver as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The current portion of debt was included within other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The Company had $5,211 and $6,161 of unamortized Term Loan debt issuance costs that were netted against the outstanding loan balance and $923 and $457 of unamortized costs associated with the Revolver as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Revolver debt issuance costs are recorded in other current and other long term assets and are amortized over the life of the Revolver. Amortization of the debt issuance costs are included in interest expense in the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income.

Total interest expense was $3,137 and $11,002 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. This included the long-term debt interest expense of $2,611 and $9,590 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively and amortization of debt issuance costs of $242 and $687 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Total interest expense was $4,155 and $13,494 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. This included the long-term debt interest expense of $3,671 and $12,009 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, and amortization of debt issuance costs of $265 and $813 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

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Annual principal payments on the Term Loan for the remainder of 2021 and the following years is as follows:

	Future Principal Payments
2021 - remaining	$	625
2022		2,484
2023		2,460
2024		2,435
2025		2,411
Thereafter		239,585
Total future principal payments	$	250,000

7. Derivatives

The Company has historically utilized derivative instruments to manage risk from fluctuations in interest rates on its term loan and intends to continue to do so in connection with the new Term Loan. On February 3, 2021, the Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement with a notional amount of $171,525. The effective date is March 31, 2021 and terminates on March 31, 2023. The Company paid a premium of $67 for the right to receive payments if LIBOR rises above the cap rate of 1.00%. The premium is recorded in other long-term assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The interest rate cap agreement was a derivative not designated as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes. There were no changes to the interest rate cap in connection with the entry into the new Credit Agreement. The fair value of the interest rate cap agreement was $45 at September 30, 2021. The Company recognized $22 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company recognized $48 and $1 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

8. Equity

Common Stock

The holders of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share, are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held. Of the 132,009,818 shares of common stock outstanding at September 30, 2021, a total of 5,681,812 are considered contingently issuable as they require the trading price of our stock to exceed $15.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first five years following the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, should our share price exceed $17.50 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first five years following the closing of the Business Combination, the Company is required to issue up to an additional 14,018,188 shares of common stock. Total contingently issuable shares are 19,700,000.

On March 17, 2021, the Company priced an offering of 20,000,000 shares of its common stock. The Company and the selling stockholder each agreed to sell 10,000,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters at a price of $12.25 per share. The offering closed and the shares were delivered on March 22, 2021. As a result of the offering, the Company received cash proceeds of $122,500, net of transaction costs of $5,736.

Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan

On December 22, 2020, the Company adopted the Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, which allows for issuance of up to 8,800,000 shares of its common stock. Under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, the Company may grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, performance awards, and other stock-based and cash-based awards to eligible employees, consultants or non-employee directors of the Company. The Company recognized $675 and $1,916 of share-based compensation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Share-based compensation is recorded in selling, general & administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had two stock-based compensation award types granted and outstanding: restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock options.

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A summary of RSUs activity under the Omnibus Incentive Plan is as follows for three and nine months ended September 30, 2021:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Number of RSUs			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value		Weighted-Average Remaining Term
Balance at beginning of period balance		377,994		$	13.53		2.6
Granted		89,500		$	11.45		3.1
Vested		(46,469	)	$	13.87		0.0
Balance at end of period balance		421,025		$	13.05		2.6

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Number of RSUs			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value		Weighted-Average Remaining Term
Balance at beginning of period balance		230,000		$	13.73		3.4
Granted		237,494		$	12.55		3.1
Vested		(46,469	)	$	13.87		0.0
Balance at end of period balance		421,025		$	13.05		2.6

On December 22, 2020, the Company granted 185,000 stock options under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. These options generally vest in five annual installments, starting on the first anniversary of the grant date and have ten-year contractual terms. The grant date fair value of the stock options was $0.8 million based on the use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: expected term of 6.5 years; risk-free interest rate of 0.57%; expected volatility of 29.9%; dividend yield of 0%; and fair value at the grant date and weighted-average strike price of $13.73.

On April 13, 2021 and July 29, 2021, the Company granted 22,500 and 66,500 additional stock options, respectively, under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. Similar to other stock options granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, these stock options generally vest in five annual installments, starting on the anniversary of the grant date and have ten-year contractual terms. The grant date fair value of the stock options was $137.4 and $395.3, respectively, based on the use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: expected term of 6.5 years; risk-free interest rate of 1.2% and 1.0%, respectively; expected volatility of 53.4% and 52.2% respectively; dividend yield of 0%; and fair value at the grant date and weighted-average strike price of $11.68 and $11.65, respectively.

The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of a zero coupon United States Treasury Security with a maturity equal to the expected life of the stock option from the date of the grant. The assumption for expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of a peer group of market participants as the Company has limited historical volatility. It is the Company's intent to retain all profits for the operations of the business for the foreseeable future, as such the dividend yield assumption is zero. The Company applied the simplified method (as described in Staff Accounting Bulletin 110), which is the mid-point between the vesting date and the end of the contract term in determining the expected term of the stock options as the Company has limited historical basis upon which to determine historical exercise periods. All stock options exercised will be settled in common stock.

Class C Incentive Units

Ultra, our principal stockholder, provides Class C Incentive Units as part of their incentive plan. As certain employees of the Company were recipients of the Class C Incentive Units, the related share-based compensation was recorded by the Company.

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The total number of units associated with share-based compensation granted and forfeited during the period from December 31, 2019 to September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020 to September 30, 2021 is as follows:

	Total Units
December 31, 2019 balance		43,451,157
Granted		1,022,954
Forfeited		(818,225	)
September 30, 2020 balance		43,655,886
December 31, 2020 balance		42,881,437
Granted		—
Forfeited		(3,274,532	)
September 30, 2021 balance		39,606,905

As of September 30, 2021, 20,889,215 of the units had vested. The units vest on a straight-line basis over the terms of the agreement as described below.

There were 39,606,905 and 42,881,437 Class C Incentive Units issued as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Of these units outstanding as of September 30, 2021, 39,308,610 units were time vesting units with a five-year vesting period (vesting date varies by employee contract) and 298,296 units were time vesting units within a one-year vesting period. Of these units issued as of December 31, 2020, 42,583,437 units were time vesting units with a five-year vesting period (vesting date varies by employee contract) and 298,000 units were time vesting units with a one-year vesting period.

The Company recognized $247 and $580 of share-based compensation related to the Class C Incentive Units, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The Company recognized $392 and $490 of share-based compensation related to the Class C Incentive Units, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Share-based compensation is recorded in selling, general & administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income. The Company used the fair value of the awards on the grant date to determine the share-based compensation expense. To determine the fair value of units issued in 2020, Ultra estimated its enterprise value (“EV”) and evaluated the value of units based on the distribution waterfall.

Warrants

On September 15, 2021, the Company completed a registered exchange offer relating to the Company's 17,714,945 outstanding warrants. In connection therewith, the Company exchanged an aggregate 17,428,489 warrants tendered for shares of the Company’s common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.26 shares for each warrant. As a result, at closing, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,531,407 shares of common stock and separate from the exchange, 2,450 warrants were exercised.

Additionally, on the same date, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Warrant Amendment”) to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2018, by and between FinTech Acquisition Corp. III and the warrant agent, governing the warrants. The Warrant Amendment provided the Company with the right to mandatorily exchange the Company’s remaining outstanding warrants for shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exchange ratio of 0.234 shares for each warrant. Simultaneously with the closing of the warrant exchange offer, the Company notified holders of the remaining warrants that it would exercise its right to exchange the warrants for shares of common stock and, consequently, the 284,006 outstanding warrants that were not tendered in the exchange were converted into an aggregate 66,457 shares of common stock. As a result of these transactions, there were no warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2021.

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Earnings per Share

Earnings per share has been computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the respective period. Diluted earnings per share has been computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the respective period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the assumed exercise, settlement, and vesting of all dilutive securities, except when the effect is anti-dilutive. Diluted earnings per share is calculated as the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, including the dilutive impact of the Company’s stock option grants and RSU’s as determined per the treasury stock method. Potentially dilutive securities consist of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, issuance of earnout shares, and vesting of RSU awards.

The following table provides the summary of anti-dilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted EPS:
RSUs - granted		6,279		—		9,406		—
Stock options - granted		—		—		—		—
Earnout shares		19,700,000		—		19,700,000		—
Total anti-dilutive shares		19,706,279		—		19,709,406		—

9. Income taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 was (102.2)% and 7.6%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 was 208.03% and 10.90%, respectively. The Company recorded income tax expense of $2,563 and $127 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The Company recorded income tax expense of $5,702 and $196 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The increase in income tax expense was primarily attributable to an increase in the valuation allowance and an increase in deferred financing costs and transaction costs anticipated to be non-deductible for tax purposes. The difference in the Company’s effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and its federal statutory tax rate of 21% is primarily driven by an increase in the valuation allowance and the relatively small amount of pre-tax book income relative to the size of the permanent book-tax differences.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $2,834 and $498 of current tax payable related to the income tax expense.

ASC 740, Income Tax requires deferred tax assets to be reduced by a valuation allowance, if, based on the weight of available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In accordance with this requirement, the Company regularly reviews the recoverability of its deferred tax assets and establishes a valuation allowance if appropriate. In determining the amount of any required valuation allowance, the Company considers the history of profitability, projections of future profitability, the reversal of future taxable temporary differences, the overall amount of deferred tax assets, and the timeframe necessary to utilize the deferred tax assets prior to their expiration. Based on the weight of all positive and negative quantitative and qualitative evidence available as outlined above, management has concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not be able to realize a portion of its federal and state deferred tax assets in the foreseeable future and has recorded a valuation allowance of $13,540 and $9,459 against these assets as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, respectively. The change in the valuation allowance is predominantly a result of limitations on the utilization of certain deferred tax assets brought over as part of the Paragon acquisition and the timing difference between the book and tax amortization of intangible assets acquired during the year.

There are no material uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2021.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was computed using an actual year-to-date method, which is permitted under ASC 740-270. The actual year-to-date method treats the year-to-date interim period as if it was the annual period and determines the income tax expense on that basis. The Company changed the methodology during the three months ended September 30, 2021 due to the relatively small amount of pre-tax book income relative to the size of permanent book-tax differences and a varying net income/(loss) pattern for the year.

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10. Fair Value

The Company makes recurring fair value measurements for derivative instruments. Refer to Note 7. Derivatives for additional information.

There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 or the year ended December 31, 2020.

Other financial instruments not measured at fair value on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 include cash, trade receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other current liabilities as their estimated carrying values reasonably approximate their fair value as reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s debt obligations are carried at amortized cost less debt issuance costs. Amortized cost approximates fair value.

11. Commitments and contingencies

Operating leases

The Company leases certain property and equipment for various periods under noncancellable operating leases. The Company’s future minimum lease payments under such agreements at September 30, 2021 were approximately:

Year ending December 31,	(In thousands)
2021 – remaining	$	423
2022		1,665
2023		1,651
2024		1,335
2025		899
Thereafter		609
Total	$	6,582

Rental expense was $487 and $1,370 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Rental expense was $453 and $1,296 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

Liabilities under Tax Receivable Agreement

The Company is party to a Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA”) under which we are contractually committed to pay Ultra 85% of the amount of any tax benefits that we actually realize, or in some cases are deemed to realize, as a result of certain transactions. The Company is not obligated to make any payments under the TRA until the tax benefits associated with the transaction that gave rise to the payment are realized. Amounts payable under the TRA are contingent upon, among other things, generation of future taxable income over the term of the TRA. If the Company does not generate sufficient taxable income in the aggregate over the term of the TRA to utilize the tax benefits, then the Company would not be required to make the related TRA payments. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company recognized $18,930 and $19,627 of liabilities, respectively, relating to our obligations under the TRA, based on our estimate of the probable amount of future benefit. The total potential payments to be made under the TRA, assuming sufficient future taxable income to realize 100% of the tax benefits is $31,970. Any changes in the value of the TRA liability are recorded in other income (expense) on the condensed consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income.

Legal and regulatory matters

From time to time the Company is a party to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company records a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed regularly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case.

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12. Related party transactions

Related party transactions – Antares

Antares Capital LP is an investor in GTCR, LLC and was the administrative agent and a lender under the Prior Credit Agreement. As such, Antares is considered a related party. The Company recorded interest expense of $0 and $6,841 in expense on the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, related to the Prior Credit Agreement. The Company recorded interest expense of $3,671 and $12,009 in expense on the condensed consolidated statement of income and other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, related to the Prior Credit Agreement. On June 25, 2021, the Company repaid the remaining principal and interest on the Prior Credit agreement and as such, Antares is no longer the administrative agent or a lender under the Company's current Credit Agreement. See note 6 for further details.

13. Defined contribution plan

The Company maintains a 401(k) Plan as a defined contribution retirement plan for all eligible employees. The 401(k) Plan provides for tax-deferred contributions of employees’ salaries, limited to a maximum annual amount as established by the IRS. The plan enrolls employees immediately with no age or service requirement. The Company matches 50% of employees’ contributions up to the first 7% contributed. Matching contributions made to an employee’s account are 100% vested as of the date of contribution. The 401(k) Plan employer match was $178 and $625 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The 401(k) Plan employer match was $143 and $565 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

14. Segments

The Company determines its operating segments based on ASC 280, Segment Reporting. The Company reorganized its segments in 2020. Based on the manner in which the chief operating decision making group (“CODM”) manages and monitors the performance of the business, the Company currently has two operating and reportable segments: Integrated Solutions and Payment Services. All prior periods, are presented based on the current segment structure.

More information about our two reportable segments:

● Integrated Solutions - Our Integrated Solutions segment represents the delivery of our credit and debit card payment solutions, and to a lesser extent, ACH processing solutions to customers via integrations with software partners across our strategic vertical markets. Our Integrated Solutions partners include vertical focused front-end Customer Relationship Management software providers as well as back-end Enterprise Resource Planning and accounting solutions.

● Payment Services - Our Payment Services segment represents the delivery of card payment processing solutions to our customers through resellers, as well as ACH, check, and gift card processing. Card payment processing solutions in this segment do not originate via a software integration but still utilize Paya’s core technology infrastructure. ACH, check, and gift card processing may or may not be integrated with third-party software.

All segment revenue is from external customers.

The following table presents total revenues and segment gross profit, excluding depreciation and amortization, for each reportable segment and includes a reconciliation of segment gross profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit, excluding depreciation and amortization, by including certain corporate-level expenses.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020
Integrated Solutions	$	39,640		$	30,355		$	112,096		$	89,871
Payment Services		23,418			21,464			70,201			62,174
Total Revenue		63,058			51,819			182,297			152,045
Integrated Solutions gross profit		20,133			16,231			59,485			48,019
Payment Services gross profit		12,421			9,669			35,972			28,698
Total segment gross profit		32,554			25,900			95,457			76,717
Selling, general & administrative expenses		(18,718	)		(13,963	)		(56,478	)		(43,548	)
Depreciation and amortization		(7,891	)		(5,959	)		(22,442	)		(17,966	)
Interest expense		(3,137	)		(4,155	)		(11,002	)		(13,494	)
Other income (expense)		(67	)		(25	)		(8,042	)		(31	)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	2,741		$	1,798		$	(2,507	)	$	1,678

Segment assets are not included in the CODM reporting package as they are not considered as part of the CODM’s allocation of resources. The Company does not have any revenue or material assets outside the United States. There were no single customers from either operating segment that represented 10% or more of the Company’s condensed consolidated revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) summarizes the significant factors affecting the consolidated operating results, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources of Paya Holdings Inc. and is intended to help the reader understand Paya Holdings Inc., our operations and our present business environment. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. References to “we,” “us,” “our”, “Paya”, “Paya Holdings”, or “the Company” refer to Paya Holdings Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a leading independent integrated payments platform providing card, ACH, and check payment processing solutions via software to middle-market businesses in the United States. Our solutions integrate with customers’ core business software to enable payments acceptance, reconcile invoice detail, and post payment information to their core accounting system. In this manner, we enable our customers to collect revenue from their B2C and B2B customers with a seamless experience and high-level of security across payment types.

Recent Developments

Warrant Exchange Offer and Mandatory Conversion

On September 15, 2021, the Company completed a registered exchange offer relating to the Company's 17,714,945 outstanding warrants. In connection therewith, the Company exchanged an aggregate 17,428,489 warrants tendered for shares of the Company’s common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.26 shares for each warrant. As a result, at closing, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,531,407 shares of common stock.

Additionally, on the same date, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Warrant Amendment”) to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2018, by and between FinTech Acquisition Corp. III and the warrant agent, governing the warrants. The Warrant Amendment provided the Company with the right to mandatorily exchange the Company’s remaining outstanding warrants for shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exchange ratio of 0.234 shares for each warrant. Simultaneously with the closing of the warrant exchange offer, the Company notified holders of the remaining warrants that it would exercise its right to exchange the warrants for shares of common stock and, the outstanding warrants that were not tendered in the exchange were converted into an aggregate 66,457 shares of common stock. As a result of these transactions, there were no warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2021.

The completion of the warrant exchange offer and mandatory conversion simplified our capital structure and reduced any dilutive impact of the warrants on the Company’s common stock.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shelter-in-place and social distancing policies, as well as the broader economic decline, had a material impact on our business in 2020 and continued to have an adverse effect in the first nine months of 2021. Many of our customers continue to experience a decline in transaction volumes from pre COVID-19 levels. However, given many of our customers leverage our payment technology to accept transactions in a card-not-present environment, their business operations were not impacted dramatically. Further, most of our recurring or contractual transactions are B2B and not tied to consumer discretionary spend and, as such, were not significantly impacted. This was evident by stable or growing volumes in our B2B Goods & Services, Government & Utilities, and Non-Profit verticals. Lastly, we benefited from our lack of concentration in end markets which saw steep declines, such as restaurants, travel, hospitality, and brick-and-mortar retail.

In response to COVID-19, we took precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our employees, support our customers, and mitigate the impact on our financial position and operations. We seamlessly implemented remote working capabilities for our entire organization with minimal disruption to our operations or key operating performance indicators. We also identified opportunistic expense reductions which increased operating efficiencies and provided additional profitability in the period.

While our business has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have demonstrated resilience due to our portfolio of attractive, less-cyclical end markets. The impact that COVID-19 will have on our consolidated results of operations for the remainder of 2021 continue to remain uncertain. While we have not seen a meaningful degradation in new customer enrollment or an increase in existing customer attrition as a result of COVID-19, it is possible that those business trends change if economic hardship across the country forces new or additional business closures or other detrimental actions. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of these potential impacts to our business, consolidated results of operations, and liquidity.

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Factors Affecting Results of Operations

A number of factors impact our business, results of operations, financial condition, and forecasts, including, but not limited to, the following:

● Increased adoption of integrated payments solutions. We generate revenue through volume-based rates and per item fees attributable to payment transactions between our customers and their customers. We expect to grow our customer base by bringing on new software partners, continuing to sell payment capabilities to customers of our existing software partners not yet leveraging our payment integrations, and by adding integrations within existing multi-platform software partners to access additional customer bases. Further, we expect to benefit from the natural growth of our partners who are typically growing franchises within their respective verticals.

● Acquisition, retention, and growth of software partnerships. Paya leverages a partner-first distribution network to grow our client base and payment volume. Continuing to innovate and deliver new commerce products and wraparound services is critical to our ability to attract, retain, and grow relationships with software partners in our Paya verticals and adjacent markets.

● Growth in customer life-time value. We benefit from, and aid-in, the growth of online electronic payment transactions to our customers. This is dependent on the sales growth of the customers’ businesses, the overall adoption of online payment methods by their customer bases, and the adoption of our additional integrated payment modules such as our proprietary ACH capabilities. Leveraging these solutions helps drive increased customer retention, as well as higher volume and revenue per customer.

● Pursuit and integration of strategic acquisitions. We look to opportunistically make strategic acquisitions to enhance our scale, expand into new verticals, add product capabilities, and embed payments in vertical software. These acquisitions are intended to increase the long-term growth of the business, while helping us achieve greater scale, but may increase operating expenses in the short-term until full synergies are realized. During October 2020, we completed the acquisition of The Payment Group (“TPG”). We continue to integrate TPG’s online billing and software applications into Paya Connect. This acquisition has enhanced our suite of integration tools, as well as the commerce solutions Paya Connect is able to provide to Paya’s partners and their clients. In April 2021, we completed the acquisition of Paragon Payment Solutions, which further expands our position within the non-profit and healthcare verticals.

● Economic conditions. Changes in macro-level consumer spending trends, including those related to COVID-19, could affect the amount of volumes processed on our platform, thus resulting in fluctuations to our revenue streams.

Basis of Presentation

We have presented results of operations, including the related discussion and analysis, for the following periods:

● the three months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020; and

● the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

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Key Components of Revenue and Expenses

The period to period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our condensed consolidated financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this document.

Revenue

The Company’s business model provides payment services, credit and debit card processing, and ACH processing to customers through enterprise or vertically focused software partners, direct sales, reseller partners, other referral partners, and a limited number of financial institutions. The Company recognizes processing revenues at the time customer transactions are processed and periodic fees over the period the service is performed. Transaction based revenue represents revenue generated from transaction fees based on volume and are recognized on a net basis. Service based fee revenue is generated from charging a service fee, a fee charged to the client for facilitating bankcard processing, which are recognized on a gross basis.

Cost of services

Cost of services includes card processing costs, ACH costs, other fees paid to card networks, and equipment expenses directly attributable to payment processing and related services to customers. These costs are recognized as incurred. Cost of services also includes revenue share amounts paid to reseller and referral partners and are calculated monthly based on monthly customer activity. These expenses are recognized as transactions are processed. Accrued revenue share represents amounts earned during the month but not yet paid at the end of the period.

Selling general & administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, stock based compensation expense, wages, commissions, marketing costs, professional services costs, technology costs, occupancy costs of leased space, and bad debt expense.

Depreciation & Amortization

Depreciation and amortization consist primarily of amortization of intangible assets, including customer relationships, internal-use software, acquired customer lists, trade names, and to a lesser extent, depreciation on our investments in property, equipment, and software. We depreciate and amortize our assets on a straight-line basis. These lives are 3 years for computers and equipment and acquired internal-use software, 5 years for furniture, fixtures, and office equipment, and the lesser of the asset useful life or remaining lease term for leasehold improvements. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred and included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income. Customer lists are amortized over a period of 5-16 years depending on the intangible, developed technology 3-7 years, and trade names over 25 years.

Results of Operations

The period to period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our audited consolidated financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

(in millions)	Three Months Ended September 30,						Change
	2021			2020			Amount			%
Revenue	$	63.1		$	51.8		$	11.3			21.8	%
Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization		(30.5	)		(25.9	)		(4.6	)		(17.8	)%
Selling, general & administrative expenses		(18.8	)		(14.0	)		(4.8	)		(34.3	)%
Depreciation and amortization		(7.9	)		(6.0	)		(1.9	)		(31.7	)%
Income from operations		5.9			5.9			—			—	%
Other income (expense)
Interest expense		(3.2	)		(4.1	)		0.9			22.0	%
Other income (expense)		—			—			—			NM
Total other expense		(3.2	)		(4.1	)		0.9			22.0	%
Income (loss) before income taxes		2.7			1.8			0.9			50.0	%
Income tax benefit (expense)		(5.7	)		(0.2	)		(5.5	)		NM
Net income (loss)	$	(3.0	)	$	1.6		$	(4.6	)		NM

NM - not meaningful

Revenue

Total revenue was $63.1 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to total revenue of $51.8 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $11.3, or 21.8%, was driven by a $9.3 or 30.6% increase in Integrated Solutions and $2.0 or 9.1% increase in Payment Services for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization

Cost of services increased by $4.6, or 17.8%, to $30.5 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 from $25.9 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase was driven by higher revenue share and higher processing costs in Integrated Solutions partially offset by lower revenue share in Payment Services.

Selling, general & administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $4.8, or 34.3%, to $18.8 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 from $14.0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to a $1.7 increase in compensation and benefits, $0.6 in professional services including accounting and consulting fees, $0.7 in insurance, $0.5 in technology related costs, and $0.4 in transaction related costs.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased by $1.9, or 31.7%, to $7.9 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $6.0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to $1.3 in customer list amortization from additional customer list acquisitions in the three months ended September 30, 2021, and $0.5 in internal-use software amortization. This was offset by a decrease in depreciation expense of $0.1 in the three months ended September 30, 2021.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased by $0.9, or 22.0%, to $3.2 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 from $4.2 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to lower LIBOR based interest rates on the Revolver and Term Loan credit facilities.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

(in millions)	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change
	2021			2020			Amount			%
Revenue	$	182.3		$	152.0		$	30.3			19.9	%
Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization		(86.8	)		(75.3	)		(11.5	)		(15.3	)%
Selling, general & administrative expenses		(56.6	)		(43.5	)		(13.1	)		(30.1	)%
Depreciation and amortization		(22.4	)		(18.0	)		(4.4	)		(24.4	)%
Income from operations		16.5			15.2			1.3			8.6	%
Other income (expense)
Interest expense		(11.0	)		(13.5	)		2.5			18.5	%
Other income (expense)		(8.0	)		—			(8.0	)		NM
Total other expense		(19.0	)		(13.5	)		(5.5	)		(40.7	)%
Income (loss) before income taxes		(2.5	)		1.7			(4.2	)		NM
Income tax benefit (expense)		(2.6	)		(0.1	)		(2.5	)		NM
Net income (loss)	$	(5.1	)	$	1.6		$	(6.7	)		NM

NM - not meaningful

Revenue

Total revenue was $182.3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to total revenue of $152.0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $30.3, or 19.9%, was driven by a $22.2 or 24.7% increase in Integrated Solutions and $8.0 or 12.9% increase in Payment Services for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Cost of services exclusive of depreciation and amortization

Cost of services increased by $11.5, or 15.3%, to $86.8 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $75.3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase was driven by higher revenue share and processing costs in Integrated Solutions.

Selling, general & administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $13.1, or 30.1%, to $56.6 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $43.5 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to a $4.3 increase in compensation and benefits, $1.9 in professional services including accounting and consulting fees, $2.0 in insurance, $1.4 in technology related costs, $0.8 from contingent tax liability, and $1.4 in transaction related costs.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased by $4.4, or 24.4%, to $22.4 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $18.0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to $2.7 in customer list amortization from additional customer list acquisitions in the three months ended September 30, 2021, $1.0 in technology amortization from the TPG and Paragon acquisitions, and $1.1 in internal-use software amortization. This was offset by a decrease in depreciation expense of $0.6 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased by $2.5, or 18.5%, to $11.0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $13.5 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to lower LIBOR based interest rates on the Revolver and Term Loan credit facilities.

Other expense

Other expense of $8.0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is primarily due to a prepayment penalty of $2.3 and write off of debt issuance costs of $6.2 related to our Prior Credit Agreement offset by $0.7 gain on the change in value of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability.

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Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our management uses a variety of financial and operating metrics to evaluate our business, analyze our performance, and make strategic decisions. We believe these metrics and non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as management. However, some of these measures are not financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as substitutes for financial measures that have been calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We primarily review the following key performance indicators and non-GAAP measures when assessing our performance:

Revenue (U.S. GAAP)

We analyze our revenues by comparing actual revenues to our internal projections for a given period and to prior periods to assess our performance. We believe that revenues are a meaningful indicator of the demand and pricing for our services. Key drivers to change in revenues are primarily dollar volume, basis point spread earned, and number of transactions processed in a given period.

Payment Volume

Payment volume is defined as the total dollar amount of all payments processed by our customers through our services. Volumes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 are shown in the table below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Change
(in millions)	2021		2020		Amount		%
Payment volume	$	11,054.2	$	8,657.8	$	2,396.4		27.7	%

The increase in volume for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily driven by continued strong growth in Payment Services, specifically ACH, as well as from growth in Integrated Solutions.

	Nine Months Ended September 30,				Change
(in millions)	2021		2020		Amount		%
Payment volume	$	31,201.3	$	24,092.0	$	7,109.3		29.5	%

The increase in volume for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily driven by continued strong growth in Payment Services, specifically ACH, as well as from growth in Integrated Solutions.

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Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents earnings before interest and other expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”), and further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and other non-recurring items that we believe are not indicative of ongoing operations to come to Adjusted EBITDA.

We disclose EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income (as defined below) in this report because these non-GAAP measures are key measures used by us to evaluate our business, measure our operating performance and make strategic decisions. We believe EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income are useful for investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results of operations in the same manner as we do. However, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income are not financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for net income, income before income taxes, or any other operating performance measure calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Using these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze our business would have material limitations because the calculations are based on the subjective determination of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that investors may find significant. In addition, although other companies in our industry may report measures titled EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income or similar measures, such non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently from how we calculate non-GAAP financial measures, which reduces their overall usefulness as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, you should consider EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income alongside other financial performance measures, including net income and our other financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated:

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2021			2020		2021			2020
Net income (loss)	$	(3.0	)	$	1.6	$	(5.1	)	$	1.6
Depreciation & amortization		7.9			6.0		22.4			18.0
Tax expense (benefit)		5.7			0.2		2.6			0.1
Interest and other expense		3.2			4.1		19.0			13.4
EBITDA		13.8			11.9		38.9			33.1
Transaction-related expenses(a)		0.9			0.5		2.4			0.9
Stock based compensation(b)		0.9			0.4		2.5			1.1
Restructuring costs(c)		0.2			0.1		1.2			1.3
Discontinued service costs(d)		—			—		0.2			—
Management fees and expenses(e)		—			0.3		—			0.9
Business combination costs(f)		0.2			—		0.8			—
Contingent non-income tax liability(g)		—			—		0.8			—
Other costs(h)		0.3			0.3		1.1			1.0
Total adjustments		2.5			1.6		9.0			5.2
Adjusted EBITDA	$	16.3		$	13.5	$	47.9		$	38.3

(a) Represents professional service fees related to mergers and acquisitions such as legal fees, consulting fees, accounting advisory fees, and other costs.

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(b) Represents non-cash charges associated with stock-based compensation expense, which has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in our business and an important part of our compensation strategy.

(c) Represents costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs including costs associated with the relocation of headquarters from Reston, VA to Atlanta, GA, certain staff restructuring charges, including severance, and acquisition related restructuring charges in connection with the Paragon transaction.

(d) Represents costs incurred to retire certain tools, applications and services that are no longer in use.

(e) Represents advisory fees that we will not be required to pay going forward.

(f) Represents non-recurring public company start-up costs.

(g) Represents non recurring contingent non-income tax liability.

(h) Represents non-operational gains or losses, non-standard project expense, non-operational legal expense and legal debt refinancing expense.

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents net income prior to amortization and further adjustments to exclude certain non-cash items and other non-recurring items that management believes are not indicative of ongoing operations to come to Adjusted Net Income.

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2021			2020		2021			2020
Net income (loss)	$	(3.0	)	$	1.6	$	(5.1	)	$	1.6
Amortization add back		6.6			5.0		19.0			15.1
Debt refinancing interest expense(a)		—			—		8.5			—
Transaction-related expenses(b)		0.9			0.5		2.4			0.9
Stock based compensation(c)		0.9			0.4		2.5			1.1
Restructuring costs(d)		0.2			0.1		1.2			1.3
Discontinued service costs(e)		—			—		0.2			—
Management fees and expenses(f)		—			0.3		—			0.9
Business combination costs(g)		0.2			—		0.8			—
Contingent non-income tax liability(h)		—			—		0.8			—
Other costs(i)		0.3			0.3		1.1			1.0
Total adjustments		9.1			6.6		36.5			20.3
Tax effect of adjustments(j)		(0.6	)		—		(3.0	)		—
Adjusted Net Income	$	5.5		$	8.2	$	28.4		$	21.9

(a) Represents one-time debt refinancing expenses for the prepayment penalty and write-off of debt issuance costs.

(b) Represents professional service fees related to mergers and acquisitions such as legal fees, consulting fees, accounting advisory fees, and other costs.

(c) Represents non-cash charges associated with stock-based compensation expense, which has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in our business and an important part of our compensation strategy.

(d) Represents costs associated with restructuring plans designed to streamline operations and reduce costs including costs associated with the relocation of headquarters from Reston, VA to Atlanta, GA, certain staff restructuring charges, including severance, and acquisition related restructuring charges in connection with the Paragon transaction.

(e) Represents costs incurred to retire certain tools, applications and services that are no longer in use.

(f) Represents advisory fees that we will not be required to pay going forward.

(g) Represents non-recurring public company start-up costs.

(h) Represents non recurring contingent non-income tax liability.

(i) Represents non-operational gains or losses, non-standard project expense, non-operational legal expense and legal debt refinancing expense.

(j) Represents pro forma income tax adjustment effect, at the anticipated blended rate, for all items expected to have a cash tax impact (i.e. items that were not originally recorded through goodwill). Any impact to the valuation allowance assessment for these adjustments has not been considered. The Company has not applied a pro forma tax adjustment in 2020 due to the different ownership structure.

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Segments

We provide our services through two reportable segments 1) Integrated Solutions and 2) Payment Services. The Company’s reportable segments are the same as the operating segments.

More information about our two reportable segments:

● Integrated Solutions — Our Integrated Solutions segment represents the delivery of our credit and debit card payment solutions, and to a lesser extent, ACH processing solutions to customers via integrations with software partners across our strategic vertical markets. Our Integrated Solutions partners include vertical focused front-end Customer Relationship Management software providers as well as back-end Enterprise Resource Planning and accounting solutions.

● Payment Services — Our Payment Services segment represents the delivery of card payment processing solutions to our customers through resellers, as well as ACH, check, and gift card processing. Card payment processing solutions in this segment do not originate via a software integration but still utilize Paya’s core technology infrastructure. ACH, check, and gift card processing may or may not be integrated with third-party software.

All segment revenue is from external customers.

The following table shows our segment income statement data and selected performance measures for the periods indicated:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Change
(in millions)	2021			2020			Amount		%
Integrated Solutions
Segment revenue	$	39.7		$	30.4		$	9.3		30.6	%
Segment gross profit(1)	$	20.1		$	16.2		$	3.9		24.0	%
Segment gross profit margin		50.8	%		53.5	%
Payment Services
Segment revenue	$	23.4		$	21.4		$	2.0		9.1	%
Segment gross profit(1)	$	12.4		$	9.7		$	2.7		28.5	%
Segment gross profit margin		53.0	%		45.0	%

(1) Segment gross profit is revenue less cost of services excluding depreciation and amortization.

Integrated Solutions

Revenue for the Integrated Solutions segment was $39.7 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $30.4 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $9.3 was primarily driven by Integrated Card growth.

Gross profit for the Integrated Solutions segment was $20.1 resulting in a gross profit margin of 50.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $16.2 with a gross profit margin of 53.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $3.9 in segment gross profit was primarily driven by revenue growth partially offset by higher revenue share related to revenue growth, partner mix, and higher processing costs.

Payment Services

Revenue for the Payment Services segment was $23.4 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $21.4 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $2.0 was driven by ACH growth.

Gross profit for the Payment Services segment was $12.4 resulting in a gross profit margin of 53.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $9.7 with a gross profit margin of 45.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $2.7 in segment gross profit was primarily driven by ACH growth.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Change
(in millions)	2021			2020			Amount		%
Integrated Solutions
Segment revenue	$	112.1		$	89.9		$	22.2		24.7	%
Segment gross profit(1)	$	59.5		$	48.0		$	11.5		23.9	%
Segment gross profit margin		53.1	%		53.4	%
Payment Services
Segment revenue	$	70.2		$	62.2		$	8.0		12.9	%
Segment gross profit(1)	$	36.0		$	28.7		$	7.3		25.3	%
Segment gross profit margin		51.2	%		46.2	%

(1) Segment gross profit is revenue less cost of services excluding depreciation and amortization.

Integrated Solutions

Revenue for the Integrated Solutions segment was $112.1 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $89.9 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $22.2 was primarily driven by Integrated Card and government growth.

Gross profit for the Integrated Solutions segment was $59.5 resulting in a gross profit margin of 53.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $48.0 with a gross profit margin of 53.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $11.5 in segment gross profit was primarily driven by revenue growth partially offset by higher revenue share and processing costs.

Payment Services

Revenue for the Payment Services segment was $70.2 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $62.2 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $8.0 was primarily driven by ACH growth.

Gross profit for the Payment Services segment was $36.0 resulting in a gross profit margin of 51.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to $28.7 with a gross profit margin of 46.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase of $7.3 in segment gross profit was primarily driven by ACH growth.

For a reconciliation of segment gross profit to total U.S. GAAP operating profit, excluding depreciation and amortization, and including certain corporate-level expenses, see notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We have historically sourced our liquidity requirements primarily with cash flow from operations and, when needed, with borrowings under our credit facilities and more recently with an equity issuance. We have historically sourced our acquisitions with cash flow from operations, and when needed, with capital infusions from Ultra and borrowings under our credit facilities and more recently an equity issuance. As of September 30, 2021, we had $133.1 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand and borrowing capacity of $45.0 million from our Revolver. We believe that our cash on hand and additional availability under the Revolver, combined with cash flows from operations, will enable us to fund our operations and our debt service for at least the next 12 months. However, our anticipated results are subject to significant uncertainty and may be affected by events beyond our control, including the prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions, including the continued impact of COVID-19.

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On March 17, 2021, the Company priced an offering of 20 million shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share. The Company and the selling stockholder each agreed to sell 10 million shares of common stock to the underwriters at a price of $12.25 per share. The offering closed and the shares were delivered on March 22, 2021. As a result of the offering, the Company received cash proceeds of $122.5 million, net of transaction costs of $5.7 million.

The following tables present a summary of cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the following comparative periods.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020
	(in millions)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	$	18.7		$	16.4
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities		(39.3	)		(5.0	)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities		130.1			(5.0	)
Change in cash	$	109.5		$	6.4

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased $2.3 to $18.7 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to $16.4 used by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to higher payment volume in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased $34.3 to $39.3 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $5.0 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in cash used by investing activities was primarily driven by the purchase of Paragon Payment Solutions for $19.1 less cash received of $0.8 and an increase in purchases of customers lists of $15.4 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition, we used $5.0 for capital expenditures and capitalization of internal use software in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to $4.4 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities increased $135.1 to $130.1 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from a use of $5.0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in cash used in financing activities was primarily due to proceeds from the Equity Offering of $116.8 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition the Company repaid its long-term debt of $228.1 under its Prior Credit Agreement and borrowed $250.0 under a new Credit Agreement along with payment of debt issuance costs of $6.4 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Indebtedness

On June 25, 2021, Paya entered into a credit agreement which governs new senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a $250.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan”), and a $45.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”). Beginning on December 31, 2021, the Company will make quarterly amortization payments on the Term Loan. As of September 30, 2021, $250.0 million remains outstanding under the Term Loan and there were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolver.

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Contractual Obligations

In the ordinary course of business, we entered into various contractual obligations for varying terms and amounts. The following table sets forth the material increases to our contractual obligations and commitments during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to the amounts disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. The long-term debt disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K was repaid during the three months ended June 30, 2021, and replaced with the new Term Loan (see Note 6 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).

	Payments due by period
(in millions)	Total		1 year		2 - 3 years		4 - 5 years		More than 5 years
Long-term debt(i)	$	250.0		0.6		4.9		4.9		239.6
Interest on long-term debt(ii)	$	65.3		2.5		19.8		19.4		23.6
Rent payments(iii)	$	1.0		0.1		0.6		0.3		0.0

i. Reflects contractual principal payments. See note 6 for discussion of the new Term Loan.

ii. Reflects minimum interest payable under the Term Loan. We have assumed a Eurodollar rate of 0.75% plus a spread of 3.25% for purposes of calculating interest payable on the Term Loan. Payments herein are subject to change as payments for variable rate debt have been estimated.

iii. Reflects rent payments due on new operating leases acquired through the acquisition of Paragon.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

During the periods presented, we did not engage in any off-balance sheet financing activities other than those reflected in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2020. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies disclosed in our 2020 Form 10-K.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Refer to Note 1 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part 1, Item 1 within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our assessment of recently issued and adopted accounting standards.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our principal market risks are our exposure to effects of inflation and interest rates.

Effects of Inflation

While inflation may impact our revenues and cost of services, we believe the effects of inflation, if any, on our results of operations and financial condition have not been significant. However, there can be no assurance that our results of operations and financial condition will not be materially impacted by inflation in the future, including inflation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interest Rates

Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are subject to risks relating to interest rates. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our Term Loan and Revolver, which have variable interest rates. The interest rates on these facilities are based on a fixed margin plus a market interest rate, which can fluctuate accordingly but is subject to a minimum rate. Interest rate changes do not affect the market value of such debt, but could impact the amount of our interest payments, and accordingly, our future earnings and cash flows, assuming other factors are held constant.

The Company utilizes derivative instruments to manage risk from fluctuations in interest rates on its Term Loan. In February 2021, the Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement with a notional amount of $171.5 million, with an effective date of March 31, 2021, expiring on March 31, 2023. There were no changes to the interest rate cap in connection with the entry into the new Credit Agreement. Refer to Note 7 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information.

We may incur additional borrowings, under our Revolver or otherwise, from time to time for general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital expenditures.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2021. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective as of September 30, 2021.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II - Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are currently not a party to any legal proceedings that would be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. From time to time, we are subject to litigation incidental to our business, as well as other litigation of a non-material nature in the ordinary course of business.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" included in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K, except that the risk factor entitled “As a public reporting company, we are subject to rules and regulations established from time to time by the SEC and Nasdaq regarding our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, or report them in a timely manner” is hereby updated and replaced as follows:

As a public reporting company, we are subject to rules and regulations established from time to time by the SEC and Nasdaq regarding our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, or report them in a timely manner.

We are a public reporting company subject to the rules and regulations established from time to time by the SEC and Nasdaq. As a public company we are required to document and test our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act so that our management can certify as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Likewise, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting when we cease to be an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. Based on the Company’s aggregate worldwide market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of September 30, 2021, the Company expects that it will become a “large accelerated filer” and lose emerging growth company status beginning with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Therefore, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in such Annual Report. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or expresses an adverse opinion, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, we may face restricted access to the capital markets and our stock price may be adversely affected.

In addition, we expect to continue to incur costs related to our internal control over financial reporting in the upcoming years to further improve our internal control environment. If we identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting or if we are unable to comply with the requirements applicable to us as a public company, including the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in a timely manner, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results, or report them within the timeframes required by the SEC. If this occurs, we also could become subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Amendment No. 1 to Warrant Agreement, dated September 15, 2021, by and between Paya Holdings Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Paya Holdings Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2021).
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
31.3	Certification of the Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.
32.1*	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2*	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.3*	Certification of the Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
1010.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted as inline XBRL).

* The certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1, 32.2 and 32.3 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 8, 2021	PAYA HOLDINGS INC.
	/s/ Glenn Renzulli
	Glenn Renzulli
	Chief Financial Officer

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