GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today that portfolio company Paya Holdings Inc. , a leading integrated payments provider, has signed a definitive agreement with Nuvei Corporation to be acquired in an all-cash transaction through a tender offer with a total enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion. Following Paya's listing as a publicly-traded company, GTCR remained Paya's largest shareholder and the firm supports this transaction.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Paya is a leading pure-play integrated payments platform serving customers in attractive and growing end markets such as B2B, government, utilities, non-profit and healthcare end markets. In total, Paya processes over $45 billion of annual payment volume, making it a top 10 provider of card-not-present payment processing in the U.S., and serves over 100,000 end-customers through over 2,000 software vendors and other key distribution partners.

GTCR originally acquired Paya in 2017 and, alongside Paya's management team, helped transform the business through accelerated organic growth and several accretive acquisitions. In October 2020, Paya became a NASDAQ-listed public company.

"Nuvei's acquisition of Paya marks a significant milestone in the transformation of this business," said Aaron Cohen, Managing Director and Head of Financial Services & Technology at GTCR. "Since the initial corporate carveout from Sage, the Company has worked side-by-side with our team to implement a growth strategy centered on investing in technology and an enhanced product suite to reach new customers in attractive markets."

"Paya's evolution from a corporate subsidiary to a highly strategic business within the broader payments ecosystem is a great illustration of the GTCR Leaders Strategy™," said Collin Roche, Managing Director and Co-CEO of GTCR. "We'd like to thank Jeff Hack and the rest of the Paya management team for their hard work which led to this important achievement."