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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-013445"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001819881"
company_name: "Paya Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T05:21:51.019374+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paya Holdings completes merger with Nuvei at $9.75/share; delisting from Nasdaq

## Summary
- Tender offer closed with 110,558,939 shares (83.49%) tendered; merger effective Feb 22, 2023.
- Each share not tendered converted to $9.75 cash; vested options and RSUs cashed out.
- All prior directors resigned; new board and officers from Nuvei (Philip Fayer CEO, David Schwartz CFO).
- Company to be delisted from Nasdaq and deregistered under Exchange Act.
- Credit agreement terminated and all advances repaid.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-013445
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001819881
- company_name: Paya Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390023013445/0001213900-23-013445-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390023013445/ea173989-8k_payahold.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-013445.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Paya Holdings Inc.: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation effective as of the Effective Time in connection with merger.
  - Change: charter amendment
  source text: the certificate of incorporation of the Company was amended and restated in its entirety, effective as of the Effective Time
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390023013445/0001213900-23-013445-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Paya Holdings Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws effective as of the Effective Time in connection with merger.
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  source text: the bylaws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety, effective as the Effective Time
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390023013445/0001213900-23-013445-index.htm

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