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M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.


40 Wall Street, 58th Floor

New York, NY 10005







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PROXY STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF
2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Wednesday, May [___]25, 2022
11:00 a.m. EDT





Priority Technology Holdings, Inc., 2018

a Delaware corporation, is a leading provider of merchant acquiring and commercial payment solutions, offering unique product capabilities to small and mid-sized businesses, enterprises and distribution partners (retail and wholesale independent sales organizations, financial institutions and independent software vendors) in the United States. Its common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market ("NASDAQ") under the symbol ''PRTH."










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April 1, 2022


Dear Stockholder:

On behalf


The board of the Boarddirectors and officers of Directors of M I Acquisitions,Priority Technology Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or “we”), I invitejoin me in extending to you a cordial invitation to attend our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  We hope you can join us.Stockholders. The Annual Meeting will be held:

At:[_______________]
On:June [15], 2018
Time:10 a.m. local time

The Noticeheld on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.


In light of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Proxy Statementcoronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic and the proxy card accompany this letter and are also available, together with our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, at http://www. [_______________]. We are first mailing these materials tosafety of all of our stockholders on or about May [____], 2018.

As discussed in the enclosed Proxy Statement,stakeholders, and taking into account recent federal, state and local guidance that has been issued, we have determined that the Annual Meeting will be devoted to (i)held in a virtual meeting format only, via the election of certain directors (ii) a proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “extension”) for an additional [90] days, from June 19, 2018 to [September 17], 2018 (the “Extended Termination Date”), (iii) a proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of September 13, 2016, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “trustee”) to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (“trust account”) established in connectionInternet, with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date, (iv) to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 (the “Auditor Proposal”) and (v) consideration of any other business matters properly brought before the Annual Meeting.

The purpose of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment is to allow the Company more time to complete its proposed business combination (the “Transaction”) pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2018 (as it may be amended, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Priority Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PIH”), Priority Incentive Equity Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (PIEH, and together with PIH, the “Sellers”). The Company’s IPO prospectus and charter provide that the Company initially had until March 19, 2018 to complete its initial business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company has extended the date by which it must complete its initial business combination to May 19, 2018 and anticipates further extending it to June 19, 2018 (the “Current Termination Date”). Following the completion of our IPO in September 2016, our representatives engaged in extensive discussions with investment bankers and business owners with respect to potential business combination opportunities. As a result, our board of directors has determined that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to extend the Current Termination Date to the Extended Termination Date and provide that the date for cessation of operations of the Company if the Company has not completed a business combination would similarly be extended to the Extended Termination Date (the “Extension”). While we have entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Sellers and have filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the Transaction, our board currently believes that thereno physical in-person meeting. Stockholders will not be sufficient time before the Current Termination Date to hold an annual meeting at which to conduct a vote for stockholder approval of the Transaction and consummate the closing of the Transaction. Accordingly, our board of directors believes that in order to be able to consummateattend, vote and submit questions (both before, and for a portion of, the Transaction, we will needmeeting) from any location via the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022. If you plan to obtainparticipate in the Extension.

virtual meeting, please see “Proxy Statement Q&A.”


We know that many of our

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be unable to attend the Annual Meeting.  We are soliciting proxies so that each stockholder has an opportunityasked to vote on all matters that are scheduled to come beforesix proposals set forth in the stockholders atNotice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the Annual Meeting.  Proxy Statement following this letter.

Whether or not you plan to attend please take the time now to read the Proxy Statement and vote by submitting by mail a paper copy of your proxy or vote instructions, sovirtual Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares of stock are represented atand voted regardless of the meeting.  You may also revokesize of your holdings. We urge you to vote promptly and submit your proxy via the Internet, by telephone or vote instructionsby signing, dating and change yourreturning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope. If you decide to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, you will be able to vote at any time prior to the Annual Meeting.  Regardless of the number of Company shares you own, your presence in person, or byeven if you have submitted your proxy is important for quorum purposes and your vote is important for proper corporate action.

Thank you for your continuing interest in M I Acquisitions, Inc.  We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.

previously.


If you have any questions aboutconcerning the Proxy Statement,Annual Meeting and you are the stockholder of record of your shares of stock, please contact usour Investor Relations representative at M I Acquisitions, Inc.ckettman@lincolnchurchilladvisors.com or (773) 494-7575. If your shares of stock are held by a broker or other nominee (that is, in ''street name''), c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005.

Sincerely,

/s/ Joshua Sason
Joshua Sason
Chief Executive Officer

please contact your broker or other nominee for questions concerning the annual meeting.


We look forward to speaking with you on May [___], 2018

25th.


M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.

Sincerely,

40 Wall Street, 58th Floor

New York, NY 10005

/s/ Thomas C. Priore

Thomas C. Priore
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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2001 Westside Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30004

NOTICE OF 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE [15], 2018

To



Notice is hereby given that the Stockholders of M I Acquisitions, Inc.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of M I Acquisitions,Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”"Company"), a Delaware corporation, will be held at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Our Annual Meeting can be accessed virtually via the officesInternet at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022.


At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

1.To elect the six directors nominated by our board of [_______________],[_______________], New York, New York [_______________]directors (the "Board of Directors") and named in this Proxy Statement.
2.To approve Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
3.To approve Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
4.To approve, on Friday, June [15], 2018, at 10 a.m. local time,a non-binding basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers (as defined in this Proxy Statement).
5.To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers; and
6.To ratify the reappointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the following purposes:

1.

To elect one Class I director to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and two Class II directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death.

2.

A proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “extension”) for an additional [90] days, from June 19, 2018 to [September 17], 2018 (the “Extended Termination Date”).

3.

A proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of September 13, 2016, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “trustee”) to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (“trust account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date.

4.

To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 (the “Auditor Proposal”).

5.To act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

year ending December 31, 2022.

The Board has fixedof Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the nominees for directors (Proposal Number One); “FOR” the approval of Amendment 1 to the Company’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Proposal Number Two); “FOR”the approval of Amendment 1 to the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (Proposal Number Three); “FOR”the approval of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers (Proposal Number Four); “ONE YEAR” for the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of Named Executive Officers (Proposal Number Five); and “FOR” ratification of the proposed Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Proposal Number Six).

The stockholders may also transact any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Record Date: Close of business on March 28, 2022.

The solicitation of the enclosed proxy is made on behalf of the Board of Directors for use at the Annual Meeting to be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. It is expected that this Proxy Statement and related materials will first be provided to stockholders on or about April [1], 2022. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on May [___], 2018 as the record date for the meeting and only holders of shares of record at that time will beMarch 28, 2022 are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the virtual Annual Meeting or any adjournment or adjournmentspostponement thereof.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

Joshua Sason

Chief Executive Officer

New York, New York

May [___] If you do not attend the virtual Annual Meeting, you may vote your shares of stock via the Internet or by mail or telephone, as instructed in the Proxy Statement. Your vote is important.

Submitting your proxy does not affect your right to vote in person if you attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Therefore, we urge you to submit your proxy as soon as possible, regardless of whether you expect to attend the Annual Meeting.
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In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we will monitor the need to change the time or date of our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as permitted by guidance issued from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and NASDAQ.
[Signature on Following Page]        

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Bradley Miller

                        Bradley Miller
General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary

                        Alpharetta, Georgia
                        April [1], 2018

2022


IMPORTANT

IF YOU CANNOT PERSONALLY ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU INDICATE YOUR VOTE ON THE ISSUES INCLUDED ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND DATE, SIGN AND MAIL IT IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.



IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE MEETING
The Proxy Statement and our Annual Report are available via the Internet at [http://materials.proxyvote.com/74275G].
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Proxy Statement

Table of Contents

Page
General Information about the Proxy Materials and the Annual Meeting
Executive Officers and Board of Directors
Corporate Governance
Report of the Audit Committee
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Compensation of Executive Officers
Compensation of Directors
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Year End
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners, Directors, and Executive Officers
Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters, and Certain Control Persons
Proposal Number One - Election of Directors
Proposal Number Two - Approval of the Amendment to the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Proposal Number Three - Approval of Amendment to 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
Proposal Number Four - Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation
Proposal Number Five - Approval of the Frequency of Future Stockholder Advisory Votes on Name Executive Officer Compensation
Proposal Number Six - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Other Matters
Proxy Card
Appendix 1: Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Stock Purchase Plan
Appendix 2: Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan









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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE [15], 2018. THIS PROXY STATEMENT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW. [_______________].

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Why am I ACQUISITIONS, INC.receiving this Proxy Statement?

40 Wall Street, 58th Floor

New York, NY 10005

PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD JUNE [15], 2018

 FIRST MAILED ON OR ABOUT MAY [___], 2018

Date, Time and Place of the Annual Meeting

The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (the “Board”"Board" or "Board of Directors") of M I Acquisitions,Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”("we," "us," "our," "Priority," "PRTH," or the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the is soliciting proxies for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the offices of [_______________],[_______________], New York, New York [_______________] on Friday, June [15], 2018, at 10 a.m. local time, and any adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting.

The principal executive office of the Company is 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005, and its telephone number, including area code, is (347) 491-4240.

Purpose of the Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon the following matters:

1.

To elect one Class I director to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and two Class II directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death.

2.

A proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “extension”) for an additional [90] days, from June 19, 2018 to [September 17], 2018 (the “Extended Termination Date”).

3.

A proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of September 13, 2016, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “trustee”) to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (“trust account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date.

4.

To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 (the “Auditor Proposal”).

5.To act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

The purpose of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment is to allow the Company more time to complete its proposed business combination (the “Transaction”) pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2018 (as it may be amended, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Priority Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PIH”), Priority Incentive Equity Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (PIEH, and together with PIH, the “Sellers”). The Company’s IPO prospectus and charter provide that the Company initially had until March 19, 2018 to complete its initial business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company has extended the date by which it must complete its initial business combination to May 19, 2018 and anticipates further extending it to June 19, 2018 (the “Current Termination Date”). Following the completion of our IPO in September 2016, our representatives engaged in extensive discussions with investment bankers and business owners with respect to potential business combination opportunities. As a result, our board of directors has determined that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to extend the Current Termination Date to the Extended Termination Date and provide that the date for cessation of operations of the Company if the Company has not completed a business combination would similarly be extended to the Extended Termination Date (the “Extension”). While we have entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Sellers and have filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the Transaction, our board currently believes that there will not be sufficient time before the Current Termination Date to hold a special meeting at which to conduct a vote for stockholder approval of the Transaction and consummate the closing of the Transaction. Accordingly, our board of directors believes that in order to be able to consummate the Transaction, we will need to obtain the Extension.

Voting Rights and Revocation of Proxies

The record date with respect to this solicitation is the close of business on May [___]25, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"). This Proxy Statement and accompanying proxy card are being mailed on or about April [], 2018 (the “Record Date”) and only2022 to stockholders of record at that time will beas of March 28, 2022, the record date (the "Record Date") for the Annual Meeting.


You are receiving this Proxy Statement because you owned shares of the Company's common stock on the Record Date and are, therefore, entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. By use of a proxy, you can vote regardless of whether you attend the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement provides information on the matters on which the Board would like you to vote so that you can make an informed decision.


What am I voting on?

The purpose of the Annual Meeting is for the Company's stockholders to vote on the following proposals:

1.To elect the six directors nominated by our Board of Directors and any adjournmentnamed in the Proxy Statement;
2.To approve Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
3.To approve Amendment 1 to Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan;
4.To approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers ("NEOs");
5.To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of our NEOs; and
6.To ratify the reappointment of Ernst and Young LLP ("EY") as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.
Who is asking for my vote and approximately how much will these solicitation activities cost?

The Company is soliciting your proxy on behalf of the Board. Solicitation of proxies is being made by the Company through the mail, in person and by telecommunications. The cost of this solicitation will be borne by the Company.


Who can attend the Annual Meeting?

All stockholders of record, or adjournments thereof.

Thetheir duly appointed proxies, may attend the Annual Meeting. Beneficial holders who hold shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) represented by all validly executed proxies received in time to be taken to"in street name" may also attend provided they obtain the meetingappropriate documents from their broker or other nominee and not previously revoked will be votedpresent them at the meeting. This proxy may be revoked by the stockholder at any time prior to its being voted by filing with the SecretaryAnnual Meeting. As of the Company either a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. We intend to release this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card to our stockholders on or about May [___], 2018.

Dissenters’ Right of Appraisal

Holders ofRecord Date, there were 77,589,180 shares of our Common Stock do not have appraisal rights under Delaware law or undercommon stock issued and 76,842,093 outstanding.



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How can I attend the governing documentsAnnual Meeting?

Stockholders as of the Company in connection with this solicitation.

Outstanding SharesRecord Date may attend and Quorum

The number of outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting is [_______________]. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote. The presence in person or by proxyvirtually at the Annual Meeting ofby logging in at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022. To log in, stockholders (or their authorized representatives) will need the holders of [_______________] shares,control number provided on their proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice. If you are not a majority ofstockholder or do not have a control number, you may still access the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, will constitutemeeting as a quorum. There is no cumulative voting. Shares that abstain or for which the authority to vote is withheld on certain matters (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be treated as present for quorum purposes on all matters. 

Broker Non-Votes

Holders of shares of our Common Stock that are held in street name must instruct their bank or brokerage firm that holds their shares how to vote their shares.  If a shareholder does not give instructions to his or her bank or brokerage firm, it will nevertheless be entitled to vote the shares with respect to “routine” items,guest, but ityou will not be permittedable to vote the shares with respect to “non-routine” items. In the case of a non-routine item, such shares will be considered “broker non-votes” on that proposal.

Proposal 1(election of directors) is a matter that we believe will be considered “non- routine.”

Proposal 2 (Charter Amendment) is a matter that we believe will be considered “non- routine.”

Proposal 3 (Trust Amendment) is a matter that we believe will be considered “non- routine.”

Proposal 4 (Auditor Proposal) is a matter that we believe will be considered “ routine.”

Banks or brokerages cannot use discretionary authority to vote shares on Proposal 1, 2 or 3 if they have not received instructions from their clients.  Please submit your vote instruction form so your vote is counted.

Required Votes for Each Proposal to Pass

Assuming the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting:

ProposalVote RequiredBroker
Discretionary Vote Allowed
Election of DirectorsPlurality of the votes cast (the nominee receiving the most “For” votes in Class I and the two nominees receiving the most “For” votes in Class II)No
Charter AmendmentMajority of outstanding sharesNo
Trust Amendment75% of the shares of common stock sold in the IPONo
Auditor ProposalMajority of shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to voteYes

Abstentions will have no effect on the vote for the election of directors, but will count as a vote against each of the other proposals.

Voting Procedures

participate.


What are my voting rights?

Each share of our common stock that you own in your name entitles youis entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to stockholders at the Annual Meeting.


Can I ask questions at the Virtual Annual Meeting?

Stockholders as of our record date who attend and participate in our virtual Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022 will have an opportunity to submit questions live via the Internet during a designated portion of the proposals formeeting. These stockholders may also submit a question in advance of the annual meeting. YourAnnual Meeting at www.proxyvote.com. In both cases, stockholders must have available their control number provided on their proxy card, showsvoting instruction form or Notice.


What is the number ofdifference between holding shares of our common stock that you own.

You can voteas a stockholder of record and as a beneficial owner "in street name"?

If your shares of common stock are registered directly in your shares in advance of the annual meeting by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you hold your shares in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee, you will need to follow the instructions provided to you by your broker, bank or other nominee to ensure that your shares are represented and voted at the annual meeting. If you vote by proxy card, your “proxy,” whose name is listed on the proxy card, will vote your shares as you instruct on the proxy card. If you sign and return the proxy card but do not give instructions on how to vote your shares, your shares of our common stock will be voted as recommended by our board of directors. Our board of directors recommends voting “FOR” each of the nominees named in this Proxy Statement, the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment and the Auditor Proposal.

You can attend the annual meeting and vote in person even if you have previously voted by submitting a proxy. You will be given a ballot when you arrive. However, if your shares of common stock are held in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you must get a proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee. That is the only way we can be sure that the broker, bank or nominee has not already voted your shares of common stock. 

Solicitation of Proxies

The solicitation of proxies is made by the Company. The expenses of solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Company. We may solicit proxies by mail, and the officers and employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally or by telephone and will receive no extra compensation from such activities. The Company will reimburse brokerage houses and other nominees for their expenses incurred in sending proxies and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by them.

Delivery of Proxy Materials to Households

Only one copy of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and this Proxy Statement will be delivered to an address where two or more stockholders reside with the same last name or whom otherwise reasonably appear to be members of the same family based on the stockholders’ prior express or implied consent.

We will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the 2017 Annual Report and this Proxy Statement.  If you share an address with at least one other stockholder, currently receive one copy of our Annual Report and Proxy Statement at your residence, and would like to receive a separate copy of our Annual Report and Proxy Statement for future stockholder meetings of the Company, please specify such request in writing and send such written request to M I Acquisitions, Inc., c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005; Attention: Secretary, or call the Company promptly at (347) 491-4240.

If you share an address with at least one other stockholder and currently receive multiple copies of Annual Report and Proxy Statement, and you would like to receive a single copy of Annual Report and Proxy Statement, please specify such request in writing and send such written request to M I Acquisitions, Inc., c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005; Attention: Secretary.

Conversion Rights

Pursuant to our currently existing charter, any holders of our public shares may demand that such shares be converted for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account, less taxes payable, calculated as of two business days prior to the annual meeting. If you affirmatively vote for or against the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment, your request is properly made and the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment are approved, these shares will cease to be outstanding and will represent only the right to receive a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account which holds the proceeds of our IPO (calculated as of two business days prior to the annual meeting). For illustrative purposes, based on funds in the trust account of approximately $[___] million on May [___], 2018, the estimated per share conversion price would have been approximately $10.[__].

In order to exercise your conversion rights, you must:

check the box on the proxy card to elect conversion;
affirmatively vote for or against both the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment;
submit a request in writing prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time on June [__], 2018 (two business days before the annual meeting) that we convert your public shares for cash to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, ourCompany's transfer agent, at the following address:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219
Attn: Relationship Management
E-mail: Admin42@astfinancial.com

and

deliver your public shares either physically or electronically through DTC to our transfer agent at least two business days before the annual meeting. Stockholders seeking to exercise their conversion rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. It is our understanding that stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, we do not have any control over this process and it may take longer than two weeks. Stockholders who hold their shares in street name will have to coordinate with their broker, bank or other nominee to have the shares certificated or delivered electronically. If you do not submit a written request and deliver your public shares as described above, your shares will not be redeemed.

Any demandyou are considered the stockholder of record for conversion, once made, may be withdrawn at any time untilthese shares of stock. As the deadline for exercising conversion requests (and submitting sharesstockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the transfer agent) and thereafter, with our consent, until thepersons listed on your proxy card or vote is taken with respect to the Charter Amendment or the Trust Amendment. If you delivered your shares for conversion to our transfer agent and decide within the required timeframe not to exercise your conversion rights, you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our transfer agentin person at the phone number or address listed above.

Prior to exercising conversion rights, stockholders should verify the market price of our common stock, as they may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their common stock in the public market than from exercising their conversion rights if the market price per share is higher than the conversion price. We cannot assure you that you will be able to sellAnnual Meeting.


If your shares of our common stock are held in a brokerage account or through another nominee, such as a trustee, you are considered the open market, even ifbeneficial owner of shares of stock held "in street name." These proxy materials are being forwarded to you together with a voting instruction card. As a beneficial owner, you have the market price per share is higher thanright to direct your broker or other nominee how to vote, and you are also invited to attend the conversion price stated above, as thereAnnual Meeting. Because you are a beneficial owner and not the stockholder of record, you may not be sufficient liquidity in our common stock when you wish to sell your shares.

If you exercise your conversion rights,vote your shares of our common stock will cease to be outstanding immediately prior toin person at the Annual Meeting (assuming the Charter Amendment and Trust Amendment are approved) and will only represent the right to receiveunless you obtain a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account. You will no longer own those shares and will have no right to participate in, or have any interest in, the future growth of the Company, if any. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly and timely request conversion.

If the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment are not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by June 19, 2018 (assuming we have extended the time we have to complete a business combination to such date under our current certificate of incorporation and subject to the requirements of law), we will be required to dissolve and liquidate our trust account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public stockholders and our warrants to purchase common stock will expire worthless.

Holders of outstanding units must separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising conversion rights with respect to the public shares.

If you hold units registered in your own name, you must deliver the certificate for such units to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company with written instructions to separate such units into public shares and public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit the mailing of the public share certificates back to you so that you may then exercise your conversion rights with respect to the public shares upon the separation of the public sharesproxy from the units.

If a broker dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that holds your units,shares of stock. Your broker or other nominee should have provided directions for you mustto instruct suchthe broker, trustee, or nominee on how to separatevote your units.shares of stock.



What is a broker non-vote?

If you are a beneficial owner whose shares of stock are held "in street name" and you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, your shares of stock will not be voted on any proposal as to which the broker does not have discretionary authority to vote. This is called a "broker non-vote." Your nominee must send written instructionsbroker has discretionary authority to vote only on Proposal Number Six (ratification of auditor appointment). Therefore, your broker will not have discretion to vote on any other proposal unless you specifically instruct your broker how to vote your shares of stock by facsimile to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Such written instructions must includereturning your completed and signed voting instruction card.


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What constitutes a quorum?

A quorum is the minimum number of unitsshares of stock required to be split and the nominee holding such units. Your nominee must also initiate electronically, using DTC’s deposit withdrawal at custodian (DWAC) system, a withdrawal of the relevant units and a deposit of an equal number of public shares and public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advancepresent to permit your nominee to exercise your conversion rights with respect to the public shares upon the separation of the public shares from the units. While this is typically done electronically the sametransact business day, you should allow at least one full business day to accomplish the separation. If you fail to cause your public shares to be separated in a timely manner, you will likely not be able to exercise your conversion rights.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our voting securities by (i) any person or group owning more than 5% of any class of voting securities, (ii) each director, (iii) our Chief Executive Officer and President and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group as of May [___], 2018.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Amount
and Nature
of
Beneficial
Ownership
of
Common
Stock(2)
  Approximate 
Percentage 
of 
Outstanding 
Shares of 
Common 
Stock
 
       
M SPAC LLC(3)  1,079,478(4)  16.2%
M SPAC Holdings I LLC(3)  227,596(4)  3.4%
M SPAC Holdings II LLC(3)  345,426   5.2%
Joshua Sason(5)  1,652,500(4)  24.8%
Marc Manuel      
Russell Rieger      
Donald S. Ienner      
David Schulhof      
Samuel S. Holdsworth      
All directors and executive officers as a group (6 individuals)  1,652,500   24.8%

(1)Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10005.

(2)Does not include beneficial ownership of any shares of common stock underlying outstanding warrants.

(3)Joshua Sason is the sole managing member of M SPAC LLC, M SPAC Holdings I LLC and M SPAC Holdings II LLC, and thus may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to the shares owned by such entities.

(4)Includes the 259,334 shares of common stock underlying the private units purchased by M SPAC LLC simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the 60,000 shares of common stock underlying the private units purchased by M SPAC Holdings I LLC simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, and the 83,166 shares of common stock underlying the private units purchased by M SPAC Holdings II LLC simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO.

(5)Securities beneficially owned consist of securities owned by M SPAC LLC, M SPAC Holdings I LLC and M SPAC Holdings II LLC, of which the individual is a managing member.

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Nominees for Director

Our Board of Directors currently consists of five members. We have a classified Board of Directors, which is divided into three classes, each with terms expiring at different times. Because we did not have an annual meeting in 2017, we are holding an election for both Class I and Class II Directors at the Annual Meeting. The three classes are currently comprised of the following directors:

Class I consists of directors who are serving until the Annual Meeting (comprising Joshua Sason);

Class II consists of directors who are serving until the Annual Meeting (comprising Marc Manuel and Samuel Holdsworth); and

Class III consists directors who are serving until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2019 (comprising David Schulhof and Donald S. Ienner).

At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to directors whose terms will then expire will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following election and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of an equal number of directors.

Information Regarding the Nominees

The term of the three Class I and Class II directors will expire on the date of the Annual Meeting. Mr. Sason, as a Class I Director, and Mr. Manuel and Mr. Holdsworth, as Class II Directors, are standing for re-electionPursuant to the Board of Directors.

We are not aware of any reason that any nominee will be unable or will decline to serve as a director. The term of office of each person elected as a Class I director atCompany's bylaws, the Meeting will continue until our annual meeting of stockholders held in 2020, and the term of office of each person elected as a Class II directorpresence at the Annual Meeting, will continue until our annual meeting of stockholders held in 2019, and until a successor has been elected and qualified. There are no arrangementsperson, by proxy, or understandings between any of our directors or executive officers and any other person pursuant to which he or she is or was to be selected as one of our directors or officers. There are no family relationships among directors or executive officersby remote communication, of the Company. Notwithstanding their election at the Annual Meeting, these directors are expected to be replaced if the Transaction closes, as specified in the preliminary proxy statement for the Transaction filed with the SEC on April 19, 2018.

Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them for the three (3) nominees named above, each of whom is currently one of our directors. Each nominee has consented to be named as a nominee in this Proxy Statement and to continue to serve as a director if elected. If any nominee becomes unable or declines to serve as a director or if additional persons are nominated at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders intend to vote all proxies received by them in such a manner as will assure the election of as many of the nominees listed above as possible (or, if new nominees have been designated by the Board of Directors, in such a manner as to elect such nominees), and the specific nominees to be voted for will be determined by the proxy holders.

Information Regarding the Nominees, Other Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the positions and offices presently held with the Company by each officer, director and nominee.

Name

Age

Position

Joshua Sason30Chief Executive Officer and Director
Marc Manuel49Chief Financial Officer and Director
Russell Rieger58Vice President of Strategy
Donald S. Ienner66Director
David Schulhof47Director
Samuel S. Holdsworth65Director

The following is a summary of the biographical information of our director-nominees:

Joshua Sason has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a Director since our inception. Mr. Sason is the founder & Chief Executive Officer of Magna Management LLC, a global investment firm which invests across the worldwide public and private equity markets and the entertainment industry. In the eight years since launching the firm, Mr. Sason has grown Magna Management LLC into a leading investor in its market segment, investing over $300M into lower middle market credit and equity opportunities and positioning the firm's brand amongst the most creative and forward thinking in the investment management industry. Mr. Sason co-founded and has served as Chairman of the New York construction company Sason Builders, LLC since June 2014 and was the Founder and Chairman of the boutique talent acquisition company, Mainz, since November 2013 until it was acquired in late 2017. In addition, Mr. Sason has been the Chief Executive Officer of Magna Entertainment, LLC since 2013. Magna Entertainment has invested in and produced a number of feature films and documentaries, including the 2016 feature, “Bleed for This”.

Marc Manuel has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Director since July 12, 2016. Marc served as a Managing Director for Magna Management, LLC from 2012 through 2017. At Magna, Mr. Manuel had been responsible for helping to build out Magna’s Equities strategy, making portfolio investments as both a lead investor in syndicated transactions and as a sole investor. Prior to joining Magna, from September 2009 until July 2012, Mr. Manuel worked as an Investment Banker at Scarsdale Equities LLC. Prior to working at Scarsdale Equities LLC, Mr. Manuel owned his own business and consulted for a wide array of companies ranging from early stage startups to members of the Fortune 10. He holds a B.A. from George Washington University, Cum Laude, and an MBA from Fordham University.

Donald S. Ienner has been our director since February 1, 2016. Mr. Ienner has been the managing member of DSI-1008, LLC, a consulting firm for the music industry, since October 2011. From 2007 to October 2011, he served as a consultant to the music industry. From 1989 to 2006, he served in various capacities with Columbia Records/Sony Music, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Label Group U.S. Mr. Ienner has worked in the music industry since 1969 and held various positions with Cam-USA, Millennium Records and Arista Records prior to joining Columbia Records/Sony Music in 1989. Mr. Ienner has previously been a nominating committee member for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a board member of the Recording Industry Association of America, and a board member of Gibson Guitars.

David Schulhof has been our director since December 16, 2015. Mr. Schulhof has served as the President of IM Global Music since December 2014. Previously, from March 2012 to November 2014, he was a Managing Director at G2 Investment Group, an offshoot of New York private equity firm Guggenheim Partners, focusing on the firm’s media investments. Prior to G2, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Evergreen Copyrights from January 2005 through December 2010, which pursued a global acquisition strategy. Schulhof and his partners built Evergreen into one of the leading independent music publishing companies worldwide and in 2010 sold Evergreen to KKR/BMG Rights Management. Before launching Evergreen, from 1997 to 2004, he was Vice President of Motion Picture Music at Miramax and Dimension films, overseeing music, music publishing, music supervision and soundtracks for the Studio. Prior to joining Miramax, he was a lawyer at the law offices of Pryor Cashman Sherman and Flynn, representing film, music and TV clients. He began his career at Interscope Records and graduated from the NYU School of Law and Georgetown University.

Samuel S. Holdsworth has been our director since December 16, 2015. Mr. Holdsworth is a Managing Director of Sword, Rowe & Co., a firm providing investment and advisory services for media and entertainment businesses. Prior thereto, from January 2012 until December 2013, Mr. Holdsworth provided consulting services to financial and content related businesses. From January 2008 until January 2012 he was the Executive Chairman of Solvi Brands, LLC, an early stage consumables company. Mr. Holdsworth was a founding partner at JPMorgan Entertainment Partners, a private equity fund, from Jan. 1999 until June 2006. He was also Chairman and CEO of Ryko Corp., a diversified music company from early 2001 until it was sold to Warner Music Group in June 2006. From 1991 through 1999 he ran an investment banking practice doing M&A, turn-around and fundraising for businesses in the media, entertainment and lodging space. He began his entrepreneurial career in publishing, founding Musician Magazine in 1976 and selling it to Billboard Publications in 1981. He was previously a principal and president of BPI Communications Entertainment division, publisher of Billboard Magazine and managed the Hollywood Reporter, Adweek and other media business properties. He also founded and was Executive Producer of the Billboard Awards Show on the Fox Network from 1990 through 1997.

Officer and Director Qualifications

Our officers and board of directors are composed of a diverse group of leaders. Most of the current officers or directors have senior leadership experience in the entertainment and media industry. In these positions, they have also gained experience in core management skills, such as strategic and financial planning, financial reporting, compliance, risk management, and leadership development. Most of our officers and directors also have experience serving on boards of directors and board committees of other companies, and have an understanding of corporate governance practices and trends, which provides an understanding of different business processes, challenges, and strategies. Further, our officers and directors also have other experience that makes them valuable, managing and investing assets or facilitating the consummation of business combinations.

We, along with our officers and directors, believe that the above-mentioned attributes, along with the leadership skills and other experiences of our board members described below, provide us with a diverse range of perspectives and judgment necessary to facilitate our goals of consummating an acquisition transaction.

Joshua Sason

Mr. Sason is well-qualified to serve as a member of the board of directors due to his business leadership, operational experience, and experience in direct investments across the worldwide public and private equity markets and the entertainment industry.

Marc Manuel

Mr.Manuelis well-qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his investment experience, merger and acquisition experience and operational experience. We believe Mr. Manuel’s strategic consulting experience and background in negotiating, structuring and consummating private equity transactions will further our purpose of consummating an acquisition transaction.

Donald S. Ienner

Mr. Ienner is well-qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his business leadership and public company experience. We believe Mr. Ienner’s strategic consulting experience will further our purpose of consummating an acquisition transaction.

David Schulhof 

Mr. Schulhof is well-qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his business leadership, operational experience, legal background and experience in mergers and acquisitions. We believe Mr. Schulhof’s broad operational experience and background in negotiating, structuring and consummating mergers and acquisitions will further our purpose of consummating an acquisition transaction.

Samuel S. Holdsworth

Mr. Holdsworth is well-qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his business leadership, operational experience, and experience in investment and advisory services. We believe Mr. Holdsworth’s broad consulting experience and background in negotiating, structuring and consummating mergers and acquisitions will further our purpose of consummating an acquisition transaction.

Legal Proceedings

There are no material proceedings to which any director and executive officers of the Company is a party adverse to the Company or has a material interest adverse to the Company.

Vote Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation

The nominee for Class I director receiving a plurality of the votes cast will be elected to the Board of Directors as a Class I Director and the two nominees for Class II directors receiving a plurality of the votes cast will be elected to the Board of Directors as Class II Directors. If your shares are held in street name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot vote your shares on this proposal, unless you direct the holder how to vote, by marking your proxy card. For purposes of the election of directors, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the election of all the above director-nominees.

PROPOSAL 2: THE CHARTER AMENDMENT

The proposed Charter Amendment would amend our existing charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) for an additional [90] days to September 17, 2018 (the “Extended Termination Date”). Initially, the Company had until March 19, 2018 to complete its initial business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company has extended the date by which it must complete its initial business combination to May 19, 2018 and anticipates further extending it to June 19, 2018 (the “Current Termination Date”). The complete text of the proposed amendment is attached to this proxy statement asAnnex A. All stockholders are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety for a more complete description of its terms. If more than [_____________] shares are elected to be redeemed at the Annual Meeting, we will not effect the Charter Amendment or the Trust Amendment and we will move to liquidate the trust account and dissolve the Company promptly after the Annual Meeting.

Reasons for the Proposed Charter Amendment

The Company is proposing to amend its charter to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination from the Current Termination Date to the Extended Termination Date.

The proposed Transaction with the Sellers qualifies as a “business combination” under the Company’s charter, but the Company will not be able to complete the Transaction by the Current Termination Date. The Charter Amendment is essential to allow the Company more time to obtain approval for the Transaction at a special meeting of its stockholders and consummate the closing of the Transaction prior the Extended Termination Date. Approval of the Charter Amendment is a condition to the implementation of the Extension. The Company believes that given the Company’s expenditure of time, effort and money on the proposed Transaction, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider the proposed Transaction.

If the Charter Amendment proposal is not approved and we have not consummated a business combination by the Current Termination Date, we will (a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest income, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants or rights which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.

Vote Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation

Approval of the amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock. If your shares are held in street name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot vote your shares on this proposal, unless you direct the holder howstock entitled to vote, by marking your proxy card.be voted will constitute a quorum. Broker non-votes and abstentions will be counted as shares of stock that are present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. If a quorum is not present, the meeting will be adjourned until a quorum is obtained.



What are my choices when casting a vote with respect to the election of the six nominated directors, and what vote is needed to elect the director nominees?

In voting on the election of the director nominees ("Proposal Number One"), stockholders may:

1.vote for any of the nominees;
2.vote against any of the nominees; or
3.abstain from voting on any of the nominees.

Pursuant to our bylaws, a nominee must receive a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that director's election by the shares present or represented by proxy at the failureAnnual Meeting and entitled to vote on the Charter Amendmentelection of directors. This means that the nominees who receive the most votes will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Charter Amendment.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the Charter Amendment.

PROPOSAL 3: THE TRUST AMENDMENT

The proposed Trust Amendment would amend our existing Trust Agreement to change the date by which the trustee must commence liquidating the trustbe elected to the Extended Termination Dateopen director positions.  Votes to abstain on Proposal Number One and make other conforming amendments. The complete text of the proposed amendment is attached to this proxy statement asAnnex B. All stockholders are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety for a more complete description of its terms. If more than [_____________] shares are elected to be redeemed at the Annual Meeting, webroker non-votes will not effect the Charter Amendment or the Trust Amendment and we will move to liquidate the trust account and dissolve the Company promptly after the Annual Meeting.

Reasons for the Proposed Trust Amendment

The Company is proposing to amend its Trust Agreement to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date.

The Trust Amendment is essential to allowing the Company more time to consummate the closingbe considered shares of the Transaction. Approval of the Trust Amendment is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.

If the Trust Amendment proposal is not approved and we have not consummated a business combination by June 19, 2018, we will (a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest income, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.

Vote Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation

The affirmative vote of holders of at least 75% of the outstanding public shares is required to approve the Trust Amendment. Broker non-votes, abstentions or the failurestock entitled to vote on the Trust Amendmentelection of directors and thus will havenot affect the same effect as a vote “AGAINST”outcome of this vote.


What are my choices when voting on the Trust Amendment.

The Board recommends a vote FORapproval of an amendment to the Trust Amendment.

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”)?


PROPOSAL 4:
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee has selected

In voting on the firmapproval of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”an amendment to the Purchase Plan ("Proposal Number Two"), an independent registered public accounting firm, as our auditorsstockholders may:

1.vote for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. amendment;
2.vote against the amendment; or
3.abstain from voting for the amendment.

The amendment to the Purchase Plan will increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company is requesting that itsauthorized for issuance under the Purchase Plan by 180,000.

What are my choices when voting on the approval of an amendment to the Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”)?

In voting on the approval of an amendment to the Equity Plan ("Proposal Number Three"), stockholders ratifymay:

1.vote for the appointment.

Inamendment;

2.vote against the event that ratificationamendment; or
3.abstain from voting for the amendment.

The amendment to the Equity Plan will allow the Company to increase the aggregate number of this appointmentshares of common stock of the Company authorized for issuance under the Plan by 2,500,000.

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What are my choices when voting on the approval of the compensation of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is not approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of votes castNEOs?

In voting on the proposal,approval of the appointmentcompensation of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm will be reconsidered byNEOs ("Proposal Number Four"), stockholders may:

1.vote for the compensation of the Company’s Audit Committee. Unless indicated toNEOs;
2.vote against the contrary, proxies received will be voted for ratificationcompensation of the appointmentCompany’s NEOs; or
3.abstain from voting for the compensation of Marcum as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm forNEOs.

The approval of Proposal Number Four requires the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

Representatives of Marcum LLP have been invited to but are not expected to be present at the Annual Meeting.

Vote Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not considered votes cast and thus will not affect the annual meeting is required for approvaloutcome of this proposal.

The Board recommends A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.


What are my choices when voting on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s NEOs?

In voting on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s NEOs ("Proposal Number Five"), stockholders may:

1.vote FORfor one year as the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the NEOs;
2.vote for two years as the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the NEOs;
3.vote for three years as the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the NEOs; or
4.abstain from voting on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the NEOs.

Because it is possible that no option will receive a majority of votes cast, the option of one year, two years or three years that receives the highest number of votes cast by stockholders will be the frequency for the advisory vote on executive compensation that has been selected by stockholders. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

What are my choices when voting on the ratification of the appointment of Marcum.

EY as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022, and what vote is needed to approve this proposal?


TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS, PROMOTERS AND CERTAIN CONTROL PERSONS

In April 2015,voting on the ratification of EY ("Proposal Number Six"), stockholders may:

1.vote to ratify EY's appointment;
2.vote against ratifying EY's appointment; or
3.abstain from voting on ratifying EY's appointment.

The approval of Proposal Number Six requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not considered votes cast and thus will not affect the outcome of this proposal. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we sold an aggregatedo not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

How does the Board recommend that I vote?

The Board recommends a vote:

1.FOR the election of 1,437,500the six nominated directors (Proposal Number One);
2.FOR the approval of Amendment 1 to Purchase Plan (Proposal Number Two);
3.FOR the approval of the Amendment 1 to 2018 Equity Incentive Plan(Proposal Number Three);
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4.FOR the approval of, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers (Proposal Number Four);
5.ONE YEAR for the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers (Proposal Number Five);
6.FOR the ratification of the appointment of EY(Proposal Number Six).

How do I vote?

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in one of four ways.

First, you may vote over the Internet by completing the voting instructions form found at www.proxyvote.com. You will need your proxy card when voting over the Internet.

Second, you may vote by touch-tone telephone by calling 1-800-690-6903.

Third, you may vote by mail by signing, dating, and mailing your proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

Fourth, you may vote in person at the virtual Annual Meeting.

If your shares of stock are held in a brokerage account or by another nominee, these proxy materials are being forwarded to you together with a voting instruction card from your broker or nominee. Follow the instructions on the voting instruction card in order to vote your shares of stock by proxy or in person.

Can I change my vote?

Yes. Even after you have submitted your proxy card, you may change or revoke your vote at any time before your proxy votes your shares of stock by submitting written notice of revocation to Bradley Miller, the Company's General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary, at the Company's address set forth in the 2022 Notice of Annual Meeting, or by submitting another proxy card bearing a later date. Alternatively, if you have voted over the Internet or by telephone, you may change your vote by calling 1-800-690-6903 and following the instructions. Attendance at the virtual Annual Meeting will not constitute a revocation of a previously provided proxy unless you affirmatively indicate at the virtual Annual Meeting that you intend to vote your shares of stock in person by completing and delivering a written ballot. If you hold your shares of stock through a broker or other custodian and would like to change your voting instructions, please review the directions provided to you by that broker or custodian.


May I vote confidentially?

Yes. Our policy is to keep your individual votes confidential, except as appropriate to meet legal requirements, to allow for the tabulation and certification of votes, or to facilitate proxy solicitation.

Who will count the votes?

Bradley Miller, our common stockGeneral Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary, will count the votes and act as the inspector of election for $25,000,the Annual Meeting.


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Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?

We intend to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and publish final results in our current report on Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting.


What is "householding" of the Annual Meeting materials?

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries, such as brokers, to satisfy delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or approximately $.02 per share,more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement to M SPAC LLC,those stockholders. This process, which is controlledcommonly referred to as "householding," potentially provides extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies. The Company and some brokers "household" proxy materials, delivering a single proxy statement and annual report to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement and annual report, or if you are receiving multiple copies of the proxy statement and annual report and wish to receive only one, please notify your broker if your shares of stock are held in a brokerage account, or the Company if you hold shares of stock registered directly in your name. You can notify the Company by Joshua Sason. On July 20, 2016, M SPAC LLC sold back 494,480 sharessending a written request to Mr. Miller at the Company's address set forth in the 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting or by calling us at (404) 952-2192.


How may I obtain a price equalcopy of the Company's Annual Report?

A copy of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") is available at www.prth.com. Stockholders may also obtain a free copy of our Annual Report by sending a request in writing to Bradley Miller at the Company's address set forth in the 2022 Notice of Annual Meeting or by calling us at (404) 952-2192.


Who can help answer my questions?

If you have any questions about the Annual Meeting or how to submit or revoke your proxy, or to request an invitation to the amount paid for such shares. We subsequently sold an aggregateAnnual Meeting, contact Bradley Miller at the Company's address set forth in the 2022 Notice of 494,480 sharesAnnual Meeting or by calling us at (404) 952-2192.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The following table presents information with respect to our common stock for $8,600, or approximately $0.02 per share, to M SPAC Holdings I LLCexecutive officers and M SPAC Holdings II LLC, each of which is controlled by Joshua Sason.

The underwriters exercised a portion of their over-allotment option. Our insiders forfeited an aggregate of 109,973 insider shares in proportion to the portiondirectors, as of the over-allotment option that was not exercised. We recorded the forfeited sharesdate of this Proxy Statement: 

NameAge Position
Thomas Priore53 President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Michael Vollkommer63 Chief Financial Officer
Sean Kiewiet50 Chief Strategy Officer
Bradley Miller51 General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Ranjana Ram39 EVP, M&A and Corporate Development
Marietta Davis62 Director
Christina Favilla55 Director
Stephen Hipp54 Director
Michael Passilla55 Director
John Priore58 Director

Executive Officers
Thomas Priore has served as treasury stock and simultaneously retired the shares. Such forfeited shares were immediately cancelled which resulted in the retirement of the treasury shares and a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital.

M SPAC LLC, M SPAC Holdings I LLC and M SPAC Holdings II LLC, entities controlled by Joshua Sason, ourPresident, Chief Executive Officer purchased, pursuantand Chairman since December 2018 and as Executive Chairman and founding member of Priority from August 2005 through November 2018. Under Mr. Priore's strategic direction, Priority has emerged from a start-up organization to written purchase agreementsbecome the 10th largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. and a leading provider of commercial payment solutions to major global institutions. Prior to dedicating his full time to Priority, he founded ICP Capital, a boutique investment banking enterprise that became a market leader in structured finance reaching over $20 billion in assets under management. From 1999 until 2003, Mr. Priore was with us, 402,500 private unitsGuggenheim Securities where he founded the Structured Finance Trading and Origination business and managed its Fixed Income Sales and Trading division. Previously, Mr. Priore spent eight years in PaineWebber's Fixed Income Sales and Trading department, rising to Vice President. Mr. Priore is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an MBA from Columbia University. Thomas Priore is the brother of John Priore, Priority's Vice-Chairman.

Michael Vollkommer has served as Chief Financial Officer of Priority since December 2018. Mr. Vollkommer is a CPA who has over 30 years of financial experience in a variety of industries, serving in executive-level positions within several global corporations. Prior to joining Priority, Mr. Vollkommer most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vesta Corporation, an international provider of comprehensive fraud and payment solutions for online commerce, from October 2013 to October 2015, and before that was the Chief Financial Officer of Mueller Water Products from May 2007 to July 2008. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Vollkommer was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Certegy Inc., a public payment services company that was spun off from Equifax in 2001 and merged with certain divisions of Fidelity National Financial in 2006 to create FIS.

Ranjana Ram currently leads corporate development and acquisition strategies at Priority. Ms. Ram is a CFA charterholder and has been focused on executing on strategic growth and investment opportunities for the business going back to inception. Prior to working with Priority, Ms. Ram most recently served as Director at Institutional Credit Partners, an investment bank, where she led over 7 billion in publicly rated structured credit securitizations. Prior to that Ms. Ram worked at Credit Suisse focusing on portfolio and investment strategies.
Sean Kiewiet co-founded Priority after serving as the Director of Technology for Cornerstone Payment Systems. Mr. Kiewiet served as Chief Technology Officer of Priority from August 2005 until December 2021. Mr. Kiewiet previously worked in software development and architecture for Hypercom and Syntellect. Mr. Kiewiet's technology development background drives
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his vision for Priority to develop high-performing teams that deliberately target technologies at areas where the industry has been complacent and customers have been under-served.
Bradley Miller has served as Priority’s General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer since February 2020.  Mr. Miller has over 25 years of legal and financial industry experience having served as EVP & General Counsel of United Community Banks, Inc. (UCBI), for over 12 years.  Mr. Miller also served as Chief Risk Officer of UCBI for over five years while continuing to serve as its General Counsel, responsible for the oversight of all legal, compliance, and enterprise risk functions.  Prior to UCBI, Mr. Miller began his career with the international firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (now Kilpatrick Townsend LLP) focusing his practice on consumer and commercial litigation, privacy, and regulatory matters.  Mr. Miller is responsible for all facets of Priority’s legal, risk and compliance functions.

Non-Employee Directors

Marietta Davis has served as a director of Priority since January 2021. Ms. Davis works for IBM where she is the worldwide Vice President and Managing Director for the Accenture relationship where she leads a global team focusing on growing IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive Application portfolio. Prior to joining IBM, Davis spent 16 years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of leadership roles. Davis also serves in an advisory board role for The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization that identifies, trains and mentors young, diverse leaders as they navigate college and enter the workforce.

Christina Favilla has served as a director of Priority since October 2019. Ms. Favilla served as Chief Operating Officer of Sterling National Bank from July 2017 until December 2018. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer of GE Capital's lending and leasing business from February 2012 until June 2017. Prior to 2012, she served as President of Discover Bank for six years. She also currently serves as a board member of a privately held fintech company. Ms. Favilla is a seasoned banking and financial services professional with a track record of growing business platforms in volatile regulatory environments. Her core skills include people leadership, risk management, P&L, and IT governance.  Ms. Favilla holds an MBA in Information Systems from the Fordham Gabelli School of Business.

Stephen Hipp has served as a director of Priority since December 2020. Mr. Hipp retired from Goldman Sachs where he spent the last 16 years as the Managing Director of Specialty Lending Group focusing on financing middle market companies. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Hipp was the Senior Vice President of underwriting and portfolio management for GE Capital. Mr. Hipp started his career as an Auditor for Ernst and Young in 1990 and maintained his Certified Public Account certificate from July 1992 through July 1999.

Michael Passilla has served as a director of Priority since June 2019. Mr. Passilla served as Vice Chairman for JP Morgan Chase & Company from July 2016 until his retirement in June 2018, after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Chase Merchant Services from May 2013 to June 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Elavon - US Bank, Inc. from August 2010 to April 2013, after serving as EVP of Global Business Development since August 2007. Mr. Passilla received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame in 1989 and an MBA from Northwestern University in 1995.

John Priore is the co-founder of Priority and has served as Vice-Chairman of Priority from December 2018 through March 2021. Prior to that, John Priore served as Chief Executive Officer of Priority since August 2005. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the payments industry. Prior to founding Priority, John Priore was the Executive Vice President of Financial Systems at Ingenico, and also served in a variety of positions at other firms, including NOVA, First Data and American Express. Mr. Priore is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), a legacy member of the Alpharetta Technology Commission and currently serves on the board of directors for the Electronic Transactions Association. John Priore's commitment to the industry has helped propel Priority to be a leader in payments technology. John Priore is the brother of Thomas Priore, Priority's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.

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Family Relationships
Thomas Priore, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and John Priore, a non-employee Director, are brothers.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

In 2015, approximately three years after reaching a civil settlement with regulators on the matter, and without admitting or denying the allegations against him, Thomas Priore consented to the entry of an order by the SEC against him (the "SEC Order") relating to his prior involvement as the majority owner, President and Chief Investment Officer of a registered investment adviser, ICP Asset Management, LLC. Under the SEC Order, Mr. Priore agreed to be barred from associating with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer or transfer agent, and from participating in any offering involving a penny stock, for a total purchase priceminimum of $4,025,000,five years from us. These purchases took place on a private placement basis simultaneouslythe date of the SEC Order with the consummation ofright to apply to the IPO. Simultaneouslyapplicable regulatory body for reentry thereafter. The SEC Order does not, nor has it ever, prohibited Thomas Priore's involvement with the purchase of units resulting fromCompany, or his service as President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman.

Other than the exercise ofabove, to our knowledge, during the over-allotment option by the underwriter, M SPAC LLC, M SPAC Holdings I LLC and M SPAC Holdings II LLC also purchased from us at a price of $10.00 per unit 18,607 private units.

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of the IPO, our insiders, officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummationpast ten years, none of our initialdirectors, executive officers, promoters, control persons, or nominees has been:


the subject of any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business combination, without interest,of which such person was a general partner or at the lender’s discretion, up to $200,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Our stockholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notesexecutive officer either at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, any outstanding loans from our insiders, officers and directorsbankruptcy or their affiliates, will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside our trust account, if any.

We extended the time to complete an initial business combination to April 19, 2018 by having deposited $132,753 into our trust accountwithin two years prior to such date,that time;


convicted in a criminal proceeding or is subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and further extendedother minor offenses);

subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or any Federal or State authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities;

found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the timeSEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to May 19, 2018 by having deposited an additional $132,753 into our trust account. The notes dohave violated a federal or state securities or commodities law;

the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not bear interest and are payable five business days after the date we complete a business combination.

A more detailed description of the promissory notes and the related transactions can be found in our Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 14, 2018 and April 12, 2018.

The holders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of the IPO, as well as the holders of the private units (and underlying securities) and any shares our insiders, officers, directorssubsequently reversed, suspended or their affiliates may be issued in payment of working capital loans made to us, will be entitled to registration rights pursuantvacated, relating to an agreementalleged violation of (a) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; (b) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, be signed prior toa temporary or on the effective datepermanent injunction, order of the IPO. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that we register such securities. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights atdisgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or (c) any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of common stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the private unitslaw or shares issued in payment of working capital loans made to us can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after we consummate a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurredregulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or


the filingsubject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any such registration statements.

Magna Management LLC, a company owned by our insiders, has agreed that, commencing on the date of the IPO through the earlier of our consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation, it will make available to us certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative support, as we may require from time to time. We have agreed to pay Magna Management LLC $10,000 per month for these services (the “Administration Fee”). However, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, we may delay payment of such monthly fee upon a determination by our audit committee that we lack sufficient funds held outside the trust to pay actual or anticipated expensesself-regulatory organization (as defined in connection with our initial business combination. Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and be due and payable no later than the date of the consummation of our initial business combination. We believe that the fee charged by Magna Management LLC is at least as favorable as we could have obtained from an unaffiliated person.

Other than the fees described above, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting fees or other similar compensation, will be paid to our insiders or any of the members of our management team, for services rendered to us prior to, or in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account and the interest income earned on the amounts held in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, board, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation. In this event, such compensation will be publicly disclosed at the time of its determination in a Current Report on Form 8-K, as required by the SEC.

All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested independent directors, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested independent directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

Procedures for Approval of Related Party Transactions

Our Code of Ethics requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the audit committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $100,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our shares of common stock, or (c) immediate family member, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.

We also require each of our directors and executive officers to annually complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.

To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate our initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our insiders, officers or directors unless we have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm and the approval of a majority of our disinterested and independent directors (if we have any at that time) that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, in no event will our insiders, or any of the members of our management team be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other similar compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).

SECTION 16( a ) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a)3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, requires our officers, directors andas amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons who own more than ten percentassociated with a member.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


Code of Ethics
We have adopted a registered classCode of Ethics that applies to all of our equity securitiesemployees, officers and directors. This includes our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The full text of the Code of Ethics is posted on our website at www.prth.com. We intend to file reportsdisclose on our website any future amendments of ownership and changesthe Code of Ethics or waivers that exempt any principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, persons performing similar functions, or our directors from provisions in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Officers, directors and ten percent shareholders are required by regulation to furnish us with copiesCode of all Section 16(a) forms they file. We believe that, during the year ended December 31, 2017, all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than ten percent beneficial owners were complied with.

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The Company currently has three independent directors: Samuel S. Holdsworth, Chair, David Schulhof and Donald S. Ienner. Each is independent under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

Ethics.



Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

The Board does not have a policy on whether or not


Currently, the rolespositions of the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman should be separate.  Instead, the Company’s By-Laws provide that the directors may designate a Chairman of the Board from among anyare held by one individual, Thomas Priore. Although no formal policy currently exists, the Board has determined that, at present, Mr. Priore is able to devote his time to both the daily execution of the directors.  Accordingly,Company's business strategies and to the Board reserves the right to vest the responsibilitieslong-term strategic direction of the Chief Executive OfficerCompany and Chairmanhaving him serve in the same person or in two different individuals depending on what it believesboth roles is in the best interestinterests of our stockholders.
Our Board oversees the risk management activities designed and implemented by our management. Our Board executes its oversight responsibility both directly and through its committees. Our Board also considers specific risk topics, including risks associated with our strategic initiatives, business plans and capital structure. Our management, including our executive officers, is primarily responsible for managing the risks associated with operation and business of the Company.   The Board has not designated a Chairman because it believes that the small size of the Board allows effective communication among all members.  The Board believes that there is no single Board leadership structure that would be most effective in all circumstancescompany and therefore retains the authoritywill provide appropriate updates to modify this structure to best address the Company’s and the Board’s then current circumstances as and when appropriate.

The Company’s management is responsible for identifying, assessing and managing the material risks facing the business. The Board and, in particular, the Audit Committee are responsible for overseeing the Company’s processes for assessing and managing risk.  Each of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with input as appropriate from other appropriate management members, report and provide relevant information directly to either the Board and/or the Audit Committee on various types of identified material financial, reputational, legal, operational, environmental and business risks to which the Company is or may be subject, as well as mitigation strategies for certain salient risks.  In accordance with NASDAQ Capital Market requirements and as set forth in its charter, the Audit Committee periodically reviews and discusses the Company’s business and financial risk management and risk assessment policies and procedures with senior management, the Company’s independent auditor.  The Audit Committee reports its risk assessment function to the Board.  The roles of the Board and the Audit Committee. Our Board delegates to the Audit Committee oversight of its risk management process, and our other committees also consider risk as they perform their respective committee responsibilities. All committees report to the Board as appropriate, including when a matter rises to the level of material or enterprise risk.


Per our securities trading policy, all covered persons, including all executive officers and directors, are prohibited from purchasing Company securities on margin or pledging Company securities as collateral.

Independence of Directors
As a result of our common stock being listed on the NASDAQ, Priority adheres to the rules of such exchange in determining whether a director is independent. A director is not independent unless the Board affirmatively determines that he or she does not have a relationship which, in the risk oversight process have not affected the Board leadership structure.  Although the board has not formally designated a lead independent director, Mr. Holdsworth has led the executive session of the independent directors.

The Board of Directors held seven meetings during the year ended December 31, 2017. During fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, no director attended fewer than 75% of the meetingsopinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of Directorsindependent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director in accordance with the NASDAQ corporate governance rules for listed companies. The Board has determined that a majority of our directors, specifically, Messrs, Davis, Favilla, Hipp and Board committees ofPassilla, are independent directors. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.



Guidelines for Selecting Director Nominees
The Nominating and Governance Committee considers persons identified by its members, management, stockholders, investment bankers and others. The guidelines for selecting nominees, which the Nominating and Governance Committee will take into consideration, include, but are not limited to, providing those persons to be nominated:

should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service;

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should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the Board and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations; and

should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interest of stockholders.

The Nominating and Governance Committee considers a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background, diversity of viewpoints, professional experience, education and skills, and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person's candidacy for membership on the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific Board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of Board members. Any shareholder wishing to recommend a candidate for consideration as a possible director nominee for election at an upcoming meeting of shareholders must provide timely, written notice to Bradley Miller, the Company's General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary, at the Company's address set forth in the 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting. The Nominating and Governance Committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by stockholders and other persons.


Stockholder and Interested Party Communications
Priority's Board does not provide a process for stockholders or other interested parties to send communications to the Board because management believed that it was premature to develop such processes given the limited liquidity of common stock at that time. However, management may establish a process for stockholder and interested party communications in the future.


Limitation on Directors' Liability
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws will indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). The DGCL permits a corporation to limit or eliminate a director's personal liability to the corporation or the holders of its capital stock for breach of duty. This limitation is generally unavailable for acts or omissions by a director which (i) were in bad faith, (ii) were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated or (iii) involved a financial profit or other advantage to which such director was not legally entitled. The DGCL also prohibits limitations on director liability for acts or omissions which resulted in a member.

violation of a statute prohibiting certain dividend declarations, certain payments to stockholders after dissolution and particular types of loans. The effect of these provisions is to eliminate the rights of our Company and our stockholders (through stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of our Company) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director (including breaches resulting from grossly negligent behavior), except in the situations described above. These provisions will not limit the liability of directors under the federal securities laws of the United States.


It is


Board Meetings
Our Board met eight times during 2021. Also during 2021, the policyAudit Committee met seven times, the Nominating and Governance Committee met three times, and the Compensation Committee met three times. All of our then directors attended all of the Board of Directors that all directors should attend the annual meeting of stockholders in person or by teleconference. Last year the Company did not hold an annual meeting.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee, which is established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, engages Company’s independent accountants, reviewing their independence and performance; reviews the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the integrity of its financial statements; the audits of the Company’s financial statements and the appointment, compensation, qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee held two meetings during 2017.

The2021 and all of our then members of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Compensation Committee attended all of the respective committee meetings during 2021.



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Policy Regarding Attendance at Annual Meetings of Stockholders

Each director of the Company is expected to be present at annual meetings of stockholders, absent exigent circumstances that prevents their attendance. Where a director is unable to attend an annual meeting in person but is able to do so by electronic conferencing, the Company will arrange for the director's participation by means where the director can hear, and be heard, by those present at the meeting.


Executive Sessions

Executive sessions of non-management directors are David Schulhof, Chair, Samuel S. Holdsworthheld regularly throughout the year.


Board Committees

Our Board has the following standing committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Donald S. Ienner. A copyNominating and Governance Committee. The charters for each committee are available in the investor relations section of our website at www.prth.com or in print by contacting Mr. Miller at the Company's address. The Board may also establish other committees to assist in the discharge of its responsibilities.

The table below identifies the committee members and committee chairperson (as indicated by a "C") as of the date of this Proxy Statement:
DirectorAuditCompensationNominating and Corporate Governance
Thomas Priore
Marietta Davis *XX
Christina Favilla *XXC
Stephen Hipp *XCX
Michael Passilla *CXX
John Priore

    * Independent director


Audit Committee
The Board has established an Audit Committee comprised of independent directors. The Audit Committee consists of Michael Passilla, Marietta Davis, Christina Favilla and Stephen Hipp with Mr. Passilla as the chairman of the Audit Committee. Each member of the Audit Committee is independent under NASDAQ listing standards. The Audit Committee has a written charter. The purpose of the Audit Committee is, among other things, to appoint, retain, set compensation of, and supervise our independent accountants, review the results and scope of the audit committee’s current charterand other accounting related services and review our accounting practices and systems of internal accounting and disclosure controls.
The Audit Committee is available at our corporate website at http:// www.miacquisitions.com.

Financial Experts on Audit Committee

The audit committee willand at all times will be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate”"independent directors," as defined for Audit Committee members under NASDAQ listing standards. NASDAQ listing standards define “financially literate” asand the rules and regulations of the SEC, who are "financially literate." "Financially literate" generally means being able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’scompany's balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

In addition, we mustPriority is required to certify to NASDAQthe exchange that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or

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accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’sindividual's financial sophistication. The board of directors has determined that Samuel S. Holdsworth qualifies
Mr. Passilla serves as an “audit committeethe financial expert on the Audit Committee.


Compensation Committee

The Board has established a Compensation Committee consisting of Stephen Hipp, Christina Favilla and Michael Passilla, with Mr. Hipp as defined under rules and regulationsthe chairman of the SEC.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee reviews annually the Company’s corporate goals and objectives relevant to the officers’ compensation, evaluates the officers’ performance in light of such goals and objectives, determines and approves the officers’ compensation level based on this evaluation; makes recommendations to the Board regarding approval, disapproval, modification, or termination of existing or proposed employee benefit plans, makes recommendations to the Board with respect to non-CEO and non-CFO compensation and administers the Company’s incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans.Committee. The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to subcommittees as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The chief executive officer of the Company may not be present during voting or deliberationsa written charter. Each member of the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation.is independent under NASDAQ listing standards. The Company’s executive officers do not play a role in suggesting their own salaries. Neither the Company nor the Compensation Committee has engaged any compensation consultant who has a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive or director compensation. The Compensation Committee held one meeting during 2017.

The memberspurpose of the Compensation Committee are David Schulhof, Chair, Samuel S. Holdsworthis to review and Donald S. Ienner. A copy of theapprove compensation committee’s current charter is available at our corporate website at http://www.miacquisitions.com.

Independent Directors Overseeing Director Nominations

The independent directors of the Company assist the Board in overseeing various Board composition, and to the extent they deem necessary, perform the following:

Make recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board, establish procedures for the nomination process and screen and recommend candidates for election to the Board.

Recommend for approval by the Board on an annual basis desired qualification and characteristics for Board membership and with corresponding attributes.

Establish and administer a periodic assessment procedure relating to the performance of the Board as a whole and its individual members.

The Company does not have a nominating committee and has no policy in place relating to the consideration of director candidates proposed by stockholders. The Company believes that not having such policies in place is appropriate due to the Company being a SPAC and only existing to acquire an operating business. For so long as the Company remains a SPAC, it does not expect to accept proposals for director candidates from its stockholders. The Company’s Board of Directors has not established specific minimum qualifications for service as a director of the Company.

STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Board or with specified members of the Board should do so by sending any communication to M I Acquisitions, Inc., c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005; Attention: Secretary.

Any such communication should state the number of shares beneficially owned by the shareholder making the communication. Our Secretary will forward such communication to the full Board or to any individual member or members of the Board to whom the communication is directed, unless the communication is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly inappropriate, in which case the Secretary has the authority to discard the communication or take appropriate legal action regarding the communication.

CODE OF ETHICS

We adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal securities laws. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business. The Code of Ethics is currently available at our corporate website at http://www.miacquisitions.com.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

None of our directors or executive officers has received any compensation from us for services rendered to us. With respectpaid to our executive officers:

we do not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, and have not had and do not have any obligation to contribute to, any benefit plans, including any qualified or nonqualified defined benefit plans, nonqualified defined contribution plans or other deferred compensation plans,
we have not entered into any employment, service, retention or other agreements or entered into any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment or other service with us, and
we have not granted any equity-based awards.

Other thanofficers and directors and to administer incentive compensation plans, including authority to make and modify awards under such plans. Although the Administration Fee payableCompensation Committee values and solicits our executive officers’ input regarding executive and director compensation, it retains and exercises sole authority to Magna Management LLC, no compensation or feesmake decisions regarding such compensation.



Nominating and Governance Committee

The Board has established a Nominating and Governance Committee comprised of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting feesChristina Favilla, Marietta Davis, Stephen Hipp and other similar fees, will be paid to our insiders or anyMichael Passilla, with Ms. Favilla as the chairwoman of the members of our current management team, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the consummationNominating and Governance Committee. Each member of the Transaction. However, such individuals will receive reimbursementNominating and Governance Committee is independent under NASDAQ listing standards. The Nominating and Governance Committee has a written charter. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activitiesoverseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our behalf. There is no limit on the amountBoard.



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The Audit Committee on behalfoperates pursuant to a charter that is reviewed annually by the Audit Committee. Additionally, a brief description of the Board, serves as an independent and objective party to monitor and provide general oversightprimary responsibilities of the integrity of our financial statements, our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and our standards of business conduct. The Audit Committee performs these oversight responsibilitiesis included in accordance with itsthis Proxy Statement under "Corporate Governance-Board Committees-Audit Committee." Under the Audit Committee Charter.

Ourcharter, management is responsible for preparingthe preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company's financial statements, the application of accounting and financial reporting principles and our internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. EY, our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, is responsible for auditing our financial statements and our financial reporting process. Our independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion on theas to their conformity of our audited financial statements towith accounting principles generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.


In the performance of its oversight function, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management and EY. The Audit Committee met with our independent registered public accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations and the overall quality of our financial reporting.

In this context, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 with management and with our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee hasalso discussed with our independent registered public accounting firmEY the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Communications with Audit Committees), which includes, among other items, matters related to the conductapplicable requirements of the audit of our annual financial statements.

ThePublic Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letterletters from the independent registered public accounting firmEY required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding such independent registered public accounting firm'sEY's communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with EY their independence.


Based upon the independent registered public accounting firm its independence from usreview and our management. In addition,discussions described in the Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by our independent registered public accounting firm in 2017 was compatible with maintaining our registered public accounting firm’s independence and has concluded that it was.

Based on its review of the audited financial statements and the various discussions noted above,preceding paragraph, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that ourthe audited financial statements of the Company be included in ourits Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Respectfully submitted2021, filed with the SEC.


Submitted by the Audit Committee

Samuel S. Holdsworth of the Company's Board of Directors:


David Schulhof
Michael Passilla
Marietta Davis
Christina Favilla
Stephen Hipp

Donald S. Ienner




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DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company's directors, executive officers and stockholders who own more than 10% of the Company's stock to file forms with the SEC to report their ownership of the Company's stock and any changes in ownership. The foregoing Audit Committee Report does not constitute soliciting materialCompany assists its directors and shall not be deemed filed or incorporatedexecutive officers by reference into any otheridentifying reportable transactions of which it is aware and preparing and filing their forms on their behalf. All persons required to file forms with the SEC must also send copies of our companythe forms to the Company. We have reviewed all forms provided to us. the following Form 3s were late: Rajiv Kumar (1) and the following Form 4s were late: John Priore (1). All Form 3s and Form 4s have since been filed.


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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS


Overview
Priority has opted to comply with the executive compensation disclosure rules applicable to "smaller reporting companies" as such terms are under the rules promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amendedamended. These rules require compensation disclosure for Priority's principal executive officer and its two most highly compensated executive officers other than its principal executive officer. These officers are referred to as the "Named Executive Officers" or "NEOs."

The NEOs for Priority's year ended December 31, 2021 were: 

Thomas Priore, its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman;
Michael Vollkommer, its Chief Financial Officer; and
Ranjana Ram, its Executive Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Development.


Summary Compensation Table
The following table presents summary information regarding the total compensation for Priority's years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the Named Executive Officers:
Name and Principal PositionYearSalary $
Bonus1 $
Stock Awards2 $
Option Awards $Non-Equity Incentive Compensation $
All Other 3 $
Total $
Thomas Priore
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman
2021900,000 2,000,000 — — — 20,885 2,920,885 
2020737,500 874,642 874,642 — 400,000 — 2,886,784 
Michael Vollkommer
Chief Financial Officer
2021425,000 212,500 750,000 — — 11,600 1,399,100 
2020425,000 287,500 750,000 — — 11,400 1,473,900 
Ranjana Ram,
Executive Vice President, Mergers and Acquisions
2021271,154 140,000 1,746,197 11,600 2,168,951 
2020230,000 190,000 — — — — 420,000 
(1)A special transaction-related cash bonus of $2,000,000 was awarded by the Company to Mr. Priore in connection with the sale of an investment in 2021
(2)Pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement and an equity award agreement executed in December 2018 between the Company and Mr. Vollkommer that provide for potential annual equity grants in December of each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, subject to annual approval by the Board. The Board granted restricted stock units of 114,320 shares and 140,713 shares of the Company's common stock in December 2021 and 2020 with a grant-date fair value of $750,000. At vesting of the awards, the Company has not guaranteed that the vested award will have any specific monetary value, nor may Mr. Vollkommer or the Company elect settlement in any deliverable other than shares of the Company's common stock.
(3)Reflects medical insurance premiums paid by the Company on behalf of Mr. Priore, and 401(k) matching contributions for Mr. Vollkommer and Ms. Ram.



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Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table


Mr. Thomas Priore

Mr. Thomas Priore is party to a director agreement among the Priority Payment Systems Holdings LLC and Pipeline Cynergy Holdings, LLC (together referred to as the "Employers") and Priority, dated May 21, 2014 (which we refer to as the "Thomas Priore Director Agreement"). In 2017 and through November 30, 2018, he served as Executive Chairman of Priority as an independent contractor. Effective December 1, 2018, he also became our President and Chief Executive Officer. As Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee set performance goals for Mr. Priore based upon revenue, adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure), and personal performance goals for determining his short-term and long-term incentive. The 2021 target bonus objectives were not achieved. The value created, however, by Mr. Priore's leadership in the successful gain from the sale of Payix LLC resulted in a discretionary bonus of $2,000,000.


Mr. Michael Vollkommer

Mr. Michael Vollkommer was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer, effective as of December 3, 2018. On December 21, 2018, Priority and Mr. Vollkommer entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the “Securities"Vollkommer Employment Agreement") dated as of December 20, 2018.
Pursuant to the Vollkommer Employment Agreement, Mr. Vollkommer's received an annual base salary ($425,000 in both 2020 and 2021) and is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus with a target ranging from 25%-50% of Mr. Vollkommer's annual base salary. If Mr. Vollkommer is terminated for any reason other than Cause or if Mr. Vollkommer terminates his employment for Good Reason, then subject to his execution of a release, he would be entitled to continued payment of his base salary for a period of six months following the date of his termination.
Based on Mr. Vollkommer’s performance in 2021, the Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Vollkommer a discretionary bonus of $212,500.

Ms. Ranjana Ram

The Compensation Committee has set a discretionary target bonus for Ms. Ram in the range of 25% - 50% of her base salary. Additionally, Ms. Ram may be awarded equity grants from time to time in the discretion of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Ram was awarded 250,000 restricted stock units, which vest over 3 years, as a long-term incentive and in recognition of her significant contributions in the Company’s acquisition of Finxera Holdings, LLC.


401(k) Plan
Priority maintains a tax-qualified 401(k) defined contribution plan available to substantially all of our employees. The 401(k) plan is available on the same terms to all of its U.S. employees, including Ms. Ram and Mr. Vollkommer. Mr. Priore does not participate in the plan. Each participant may elect to make a voluntary contribution of an amount between 0% to 100% of his or her eligible compensation to the 401(k) plan, subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. The deferred amount is invested in accordance with the election of the participant in a variety of investment choices. Subject to certain limitations, Priority will match a participant's contributions to the 401(k) plan at a rate of 100% for the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% for the next 2%. All contributions under the plan are fully vested.
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

The following table presents summary information regarding the total compensation for Priority's year ended December 31, 2021 for our non-employee directors:
Name of DirectorFees Earned or Paid in Cash $Stock Awards $Option Awards $
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(1) $
All Other Compensation(2) $
Total $
John Priore60,000 63,83712,5006,962143,299 
Marietta Davis60,000 100,000160,000 
Christina Favilla65,000 100,000165,000 
Stephen Hipp65,000 100,000165,000 
Michael Passilla70,000 100,000170,000 
(1)Represents Mr. Priore's first quarter bonus in his role as Vice Chairman through March 31, 2021.
(2)Reflects payments to Mr. Priore for reimbursement of health insurance premiums for him and his eligible dependents, pursuant to his former employment agreement as Vice Chairman through March 31, 2021.


Narrative Disclosure to Director Compensation Table


Independent Director Compensation

The independent directors have each entered an agreement to which each receives cash compensation of $60,000 per year, payable in monthly installments and a grant of restricted stock with a grant date fair value $100,000 which vests over four quarters. The chair of the Audit Committee received $10,000 in 2021 in addition to their director cash compensation. The chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee received $5,000 in 2021 in addition to their director cash compensation. Payment of each installment of the annual fee is subject to applicable restrictions under the debt and equity financing agreements of the Company and its subsidiaries. In the event any such restrictions prohibit payment of an installment of the annual fee such amount will accrue interest at a rate of 6% per annum until such amount is permitted to be paid. The independent directors are reimbursed for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of their duties.
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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT 2021 YEAR END


The following table provides information regarding unexercised stock options, stock that has not yet vested, and equity incentive plan awards for each NEO outstanding as of the end of 2021. Each outstanding award is represented by a separate row that indicates the number of securities underlying the award.
Option AwardsStock Awards
NameNumber of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (Exercisable) (#)Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (Unexercisable) (#)Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)Option Exercise Price ($)Option Expiration DateEquity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares of Stock, Units, or Other Rights That Have Not Yet Vested (#)Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares of Stock, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Yet Vested ($) (a)
Thomas Priore102,542 (b)725,997 
Michael Vollkommer362,184 (c)2,564,262 
Ranjana Ram252,992 (d)1,791,183 



(a) Based on the closing price per share of the Company's common stock of $7.08 as traded on the Nasdaq Global Market on December 3, 2021.

(b) The February 2021 grant to Mr. Priore vests equally over two years. The remaining shares are scheduled to vest on February 25, 2023.

(c) The December 2018 equity award agreement also allows Mr. Vollkommer the eligibility to receive additional annual equity grants with a fair value of up to $750,000 each in December of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, subject to Board approval. The Board approved the annual award for December 2021 by granting Mr. Vollkommer an additional 114,504 time-based restricted stock units of which 53,571 units vested on December 3, 2020 and 53,571 units are scheduled to vest on December 3, 2021. In December 2020, the Board approved the annual award for December 2020 by granting Mr. Vollkommer an additional 140,713 time-based restricted stock units which are scheduled to vest 50% in December 2021 and 50% in 2022. At vesting, the Company has not guaranteed that the vested award will have any specific monetary value, nor may Mr. Vollkommer or the Company elect settlement in any deliverable other than shares of the Company's common stock.

(d) The April 2021 equity award agreement granted Ms. Ram 250,000 time-based restricted stock units which vest equally over three years.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS


The following table sets forth information as of the Record Date regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by:

each person known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;
each director and each named executive officer; and
all current executive officers and directors as a group.
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)Amount and Nature of Beneficial OwnershipApproximate Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock (2)
5% or Greater Stockholders (Other than below):
None
Directors and Named Executive Officers:
Thomas Priore (3)46,718,87360.8%
John Priore (4)9,307,34212.1%
Sean Kiewiet1,816,2042.4%
Michael Vollkommer228,749*
Bradley Miller132,395*
Ranjana Ram577,434*
Dave Faupel58,704*
Marietta Davis (6)11,724*
Christina Favilla (5)(6)64,916*
Stephen Hipp (6)73,919*
Michael Passilla (5)(6)140,968*
All directors and executive officers as a group (11 individuals)59,131,22876.9 %
    ______________________________
    *Less than 1%

(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Priority Technology Holdings, Inc., 2001 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004.

(2) The percentage of beneficial ownership of Priority is calculated based on 76,842,093 shares of common stock outstanding. Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them as of the date indicated.

(3) Includes 2,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock held by Lori A. Priore, the spouse of Thomas C. Priore, and Bernard H. Smyers, in their capacity as trustees of the Thomas C. Priore Irrevocable Insurance Trust u/a/d 1/8/2010, for the benefit of Lori A. Priore and the children of Thomas C. Priore and Lori A. Priore.

(4) Includes 9,295,618 shares of the Company's common stock directly held by AESV Credit Card Consulting LLC, which is controlled by John Priore. John Priore may be deemed to beneficially own such shares of stock directly or indirectly controlled by him.

(5) On April 1, 2021, the four independent board members were each granted 11,724 restricted stock units which vest 25% on April 1, 2021, 25% on July 1, 2021, 25% on October 1, 2021, and 25% on January 1, 2022 subject to continued service as a director of Priority.
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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS

In May 2021, the Company completed the exchange of 1,428,358 shares of common stock and $0.8 million of cash for the remaining outstanding redeemable non-controlling preferred equity interests (the "redeemable NCIs") in PHOT, a subsidiary of the Company, that were initially issued in February 2019, in exchange for the contribution of substantially all of the operating assets of eTab and Cumulus under asset contribution agreements. Thomas Priore, the Company's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, initially owned 83.3% of the redeemable NCIs, which ownership interest was subsequently reduced to 35.3% through the CEO's disposition of interests to others. Thomas Priore received 605,623 shares of common stock of the Company in exchange for his 35.3% interest, and Ranjana Ram, the Company's Executive Vice President of M&A and Corporate Development received 413,081 shares of common stock of the Company in exchange for her 24.1% interest.
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PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS


General

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws currently provide that the number of directors constituting the Board shall be determined solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Board. There are six directors presently serving on our Board, and the number of directors to be elected at this Annual Meeting is six.

The Board proposes that the following six director nominees be elected to the Board to serve until the next annual meeting in 2023, or until his or her earlier resignation, death, or removal.

Nominees for Directors

Each nominee is listed below, along with their age as of the date of this Proxy Statement.
NameAge
Thomas Priore53
John Priore58
Marietta Davis62
Christina Favilla55
Stephen P. Hipp54
Michael Passilla55


Certain biographical information about the nominees as of the date of this Proxy Statement can be found above under "Executive Officers and Board of Directors."


Vote Required

Pursuant to our bylaws, a nominee must receive the vote of a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that director's election by the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. This means that the nominees who receive the most votes will be elected to the open director positions. Votes to abstain on Proposal Number One and broker non-votes will not be considered shares of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors and thus will not affect the outcome of this vote.

The Board recommends a vote "FOR" the election of each of the director nominees listed above.

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PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. 2021 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

General
The Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) permits eligible employees of the Company and its designated subsidiaries to purchase our common stock, subject to IRS and other limits set forth in the Purchase Plan, during pre-specified offering periods at a discount established by the Company not to exceed 5% of fair market value. The purpose of the Purchase Plan is to encourage a sense of proprietorship on the part of the Company’s eligible employees by assisting them in making regular purchases of shares of our common stock, thereby further aligning the interests of employees and shareholders in the future growth and financial success of the Company. The Purchase Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, so that the discount value is not subject to federal income tax at the time of purchase.

At this time, out of our current authorized Purchase Plan share pool of 20,000 shares, approximately 20,000 shares remain available for grants. At the current rate of participation, we anticipate that the Purchase Plan share pool will be depleted by September 1, 2022.

On March 17, 2022, the Board unanimously approved an amendment to the Purchase Plan, subject to approval by our shareholders at this Annual Meeting, to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by 180,000 shares of our common stock. We anticipate that based on current projections of growth in the business and workforce, this increase will meet the demand for Purchase Plan shares through 2025.

Proposed Amendment
The amendment would increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 180,000 shares to a total of 200,000 shares.

The Board has concluded that it is advisable that the Company continue to have the ability to offer its employees a stock ownership interest in the Company, which enhances employee interest in the continued success and progress of the Company. This objective is served by increasing the number of available shares under the Purchase Plan. Accordingly, the Board has voted, subject to shareholder approval, to amend the Purchase Plan to increase the total number of shares authorized to be sold to employees by 180,000 shares to a total of 200,000 shares of our common stock, subject to periodic adjustments for changes in the outstanding common stock occasioned by stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar changes. We are seeking your approval to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Purchase Plan by 180,000 shares, which will increase the current limit from 20,000 shares to 200,000 shares.

Vote Required
The approval of Proposal Number Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not considered votes cast and thus will not affect the outcome of this proposal. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

The Board recommends that you vote "FOR" approval of the amendment to the Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.



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PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. 2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


General

The Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “EquityPlan”) allows us to provide a variety of equity-based incentives and rewards to selected directors, consultants, officers and other key employees of the Company. We offer these incentives and rewards in order to assist in recruiting and retaining directors, consultants, advisors, officers and other employees. The Plan previously reserved for issuance pursuant to awards up to an aggregate of 6,685,696 shares of our common stock (which is equal to 10% of our common stock outstanding immediately following consummation of the business combination in July 2018). Additionally, if any award granted under the Equity Plan expires, terminates, or is canceled or forfeited without being settled or exercised, or if a stock appreciation rights is settled in cash or otherwise without the issuance of shares, shares of our common stock subject to such award will again be made available for future grants. In addition, if any shares are surrendered or tendered to pay the exercise price of an award or to satisfy withholding taxes owed, such shares will again be available for grants under the Equity Plan.

On March 17, 2022, the Board unanimously approved an amendment to the Equity Plan, subject to approval by our shareholders at this Annual Meeting, to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by 2,500,000 shares of our common stock.

Proposed Amendment
The amendment would increase the number of shares authorized for issuance or transfer under the Plan by 2,500,000 shares to a total of 4,364,050 shares. An increase in the aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance or transfer under the Plan will allow us to continue to grant a variety of equity and incentive awards as a valuable tool to help us attract and retain our directors, consultants, advisors, officers and other employees, more closely align their interests with those of our shareholders, and motivate award recipients to increase shareholder value by contributing to the long-term growth and success of the Company.

The Compensation Committee carefully manages the equity awards and share usage under our equity plans. The requested increase is intended to provide the Company with a moderate pool to fund equity and incentive awards, which we believe are in line with competitive practices and will further shareholder interests.

Vote Required

The approval of Proposal Number Three requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not considered votes cast and thus will not affect the outcome of this proposal. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the amendment to the Plan.


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PROPOSAL NUMBER FOUR
APPROVAL OF ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
General

Pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act”), we are required to provide our stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement in accordance with the SEC’s rules.

As described in detail in the Compensation of Executive Officers and Compensation of Directors sections above, our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, retain, and motivate executives of superior ability who are dedicated to the long-term interests of our stockholders. Under these programs, our NEOs are rewarded for the achievement of specific annual, long-term, and strategic goals, corporate goals, and the realization of increased stockholder value.

Highlights of our executive compensation program, as described in the Compensation of Executive Officers and Compensation of Directors section, include:

[compensation programs that are performance-based and align executive officer incentives with stockholder interests over multiple timeframes;
annual incentives that are earned based on performance measured against specific financial and strategic objectives for an executive’s area of responsibility, together with a qualitative assessment of performance;
at-risk pay and compensation design that reflect an executive officer’s impact on Corporation performance over time; and
appropriate risk management practices, including a clawback policy, anti-hedging policy, anti-pledging policy, stock ownership requirements, net share retention ratio, and net hold requirements with respect to equity grants.]

We are asking our shareholders to indicate their support for our NEO compensation as described in this Proxy Statement. This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our NEOs’ compensation. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and the philosophy, policies, and practices described in this Proxy Statement. Accordingly, we ask our stockholders to vote FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our NEOs, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement, including the Compensation of Executive Officers and Compensation of Directors section, [the 2021 Summary Compensation Table], and the other related tables and narrative discussion.

Though the say-on-pay vote is advisory, and therefore not binding, our Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders, and the Compensation Committee will consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding executive compensation as it deems appropriate. We expect to hold our next say-on-pay vote in 2023.

Vote Required

The approval of Proposal Number 4 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions are not considered votes cast and thus will not affect the outcome of this proposal. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal Number 4
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PROPOSAL NUMBER FIVE
APPROVAL OF THE ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY VOTES TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
General

Under Section 14A of the Exchange Act, exceptwe are required to provide our stockholders with the opportunity to indicate how frequently we should seek an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our NEOs, as disclosed pursuant to the extentSEC’s compensation disclosure rules, such as the proposal included on page 29 of this Proxy Statement. By voting on this proposal, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer an advisory vote on NEO compensation every one, two, or three years, or they may abstain from such advisory vote.

Our Board of Directors has determined that an advisory vote on executive compensation that occurs every year is the most appropriate alternative for Priority, and therefore our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for a one-year interval for the advisory vote on named executive compensation.

In formulating its recommendation, our Board of Directors considered that an annual advisory vote on executive compensation will allow our stockholders to provide us with their direct input on our compensation philosophy, policies and practices as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. Additionally, an annual advisory vote on executive compensation is consistent with our policy of seeking input from, and engaging in discussions with, our stockholders on corporate governance matters and our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices. We understand that our stockholders may have different views as to what is the best approach for Priority, and we specifically incorporatelook forward to hearing from our stockholders on this proposal.

Please mark on the proxy card your preference as to the frequency of holding stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation, every year, every two years, or every three years, or you may abstain from voting on this proposal.

This vote is advisory and not binding on the Board of Directors or Priority in any way. However, the Board of Directors will review the voting results and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding the frequency of future advisory vote to approved NEO compensation as it deems appropriate.

Vote Required

Because it is possible that no option will receive a majority of votes cast, the option of one year, two years or three years that receives the highest number of votes cast by stockholders will be the frequency for the advisory vote on executive compensation that has been selected by stockholders. A broker or other nominee will generally have discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

The Board recommends a vote of the option of “ONE year” as the frequency with which stockholders will be provided future advisory votes to approve Named Executive Officer compensation.

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PROPOSAL NUMBER SIX
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

General

The Audit Committee Report by reference therein.

ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The following chart sets forth public accounting fees in connection with services rendered by Marcum LLP,of the Company’sBoard has appointed EY to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the yearsyear ending December 31, 2022. The Board is submitting the appointment of EY as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for stockholder ratification and recommends that stockholders ratify this appointment. Stockholder ratification of the appointment of EY is not required by law or otherwise. The Board is submitting this matter to stockholders for ratification because the Board believes it to be a good corporate governance practice. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee may reconsider whether to retain EY. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee may appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if, in its discretion, it determines that such a change would be in the Company's best interest and that of the Company's stockholders. A representative of EY is expected to attend the Annual Meeting, and he or she will have the opportunity to make a statement and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. For additional information regarding the Company's relationship with EY, please refer to the Audit Committee Report above.


Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The following table shows the fees for professional services provided by EY, our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021 and 2020, in each of the last two years.
20212020
Audit fees$1,087,561 $1,038,000 
Audit-related fees419,500 — 
Tax fees688,953 681,209 
All other fees9,765 61,019 
Total$2,205,779 $1,780,228 

Amounts in the above table are based on fees billed, including out-of-pocket expenses, for services rendered for the year, even if the auditor did not bill the registrant for those services until after year end.

Fees for audit services for 2021 included the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 20172021 and 2016.

  2017  2016 
Audit Fees $43,540  $60,000 
Audit-Related Fees $  $ 
Tax Fees $2,288  $2,189 
All Other Fees $85,831  $ 

Audit fees were for professional services rendered by Marcum LLP for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in ourCompany's quarterly reports on FormsForm 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2021, the three months and six months ended June 30, 2021, and the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2021.Audit-related fees included services that are normally provided by Marcum LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for that fiscal year, including in connection with our initial public offering. Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance. All other fees consist of fees billed for all other services including permitted due diligence services related to a potential business combination.

Marcum LLP did not bill any other fees for services rendered to us during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 for assurance and related services in connection with the Company's acquisitions in 2021. Fees for audit orservices for 2020 include the audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and review of our financial statements.

the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020, the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, and the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2020.


Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services

of Independent Auditors


The audit committee is responsibleAudit Committee has also adopted policies and procedures for appointing, setting compensation pre-approving all non-audit work performed by EY. The Audit Committee has pre-approved the use, as needed, of EY for specific types of services that fall within categories of non-audit services, including various tax services. The Audit Committee receives regular updates as to the fees associated with the services that are subject to pre-approval. Services that do not fall within a pre-approved category require specific consideration
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and overseeingpre-approval by the workAudit Committee. All services rendered by EY in the table above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

Vote Required

The approval of Proposal Number Six requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the independent auditors. In recognitionvotes properly cast at our Annual Meeting. Abstentions will not affect the outcome of this responsibility, the audit committee shall review and, in its sole discretion, pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors as provided under the audit committee charter. All services subsequent to the formation of the audit committee in 2015proposal. A broker or other nominee will generally have been approved by the audit committee.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Stockholders who wish to present proposals for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders may do so by following the procedures prescribed in Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To be eligible, the shareholder proposals must be received by our Secretary at our principal executive office on or before [__________], 2019. Under SEC rules, you must have continuously held for at least one year prior to the submission of the proposal (and continue to hold through the date of the meeting) at least $2,000 in market value, or 1%, of our outstanding stock in order to submit a proposal which you seek to have included in the Company’s proxy materials. We may, subject to SEC review and guidelines, decline to include any proposal in our proxy materials.

Stockholders who wish to make a proposal at the next Annual Meeting, other than one that will be included in our proxy materials, must notify us no later than [_________], 2019. If a shareholder who wishes to present a proposal fails to notify us by [________], 2019, the proxies that management solicits for the meeting will confer discretionary authority to vote on this proposal because it is considered a routine matter, and, therefore, we do not expect broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.


The Board recommends a vote "FOR" the shareholder’s proposal if itratification of the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.
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OTHER MATTERS


As of the date of this proxy statement, we know of no business that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting, other than the items referred to above. If any other matter is properly brought before the meeting.

OTHER BUSINESS

WhileAnnual Meeting for action by stockholders, proxies in the accompanyingenclosed form returned to the Company will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in accordance with the judgment of the proxy holder.



Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations for the 2023 Annual Meeting

We expect that our 2023 Annual Meeting will be held in May 2023 consistent with our 2022 Annual Meeting. Stockholders of record who intend to nominate a candidate for director or submit a proposal at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 must provide written notice to the Company in accordance with our bylaws. Under our bylaws, such notice must be received at the Company's principal executive offices, addressed to the Secretary of the Company, not earlier than January 26, 2023 nor later than February 24, 2023, which are dates at least 90 days but not more than 120 days in advance of the first anniversary of the date of the 2022 Annual Meeting. Stockholders are also advised to review our bylaws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and director nominations.

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PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
VOTE BY INTERNET
Before the Annual Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 24, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

During the Annual Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022.
You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS
If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future Proxy Statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 24, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY
SUITE 155
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA 30004

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
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PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of the following six director nominees:The Board of Directors recommends you vote ONE YEAR on the following proposal:
Election of DirectorsForAgainstAbstain1 year2 years3 yearsAbstain
Nominees:5. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers.
1a. Thomas Priore
1b. John Priore
1c. Marietta Davis
1d. Christina Favilla
1e. Stephen Hipp
1f. Michael Passilla
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4.The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
ForAgainstAbstainForAgainstAbstain
2. Approval of the Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.6. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.
3. Vote to approve an amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements.
4. Vote to approve the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers.
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.
NOTE: To consider such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:
The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders provides for
May 25, 2022 11:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
This proxy is solicited by the transactionBoard of Directors

The undersigned hereby appoints Thomas C. Priore and Bradley Miller, and each of them, with power to act without the other and with power of substitution, as proxies and attorneys-in-fact and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as provided on the other side, all the shares of Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. common stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote and, in their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting the Company has no knowledge of any matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting other than those listed as Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the notice. However, the enclosed Proxy gives discretionary authority in the event that any other matters should be presented.

ANNUAL REPORT

Upon written request to Secretary, M I Acquisitions, Inc., c/o Magna Management LLC, 40 Wall Street, 58th Floor New York, NY 10005, we will provide without charge to each person requesting a copy of our 2017 Annual Report, including the financial statements filed therewith. We will furnish a requesting stockholder with any exhibit not contained therein upon specific request. In addition, this Proxy Statement, as well as our 2017 Annual Report, is available on our Internet website at http://www.miacquisitions.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors.
/s/ Joshua Sason
Joshua Sason
Chief Executive Officer

New York, New York

May [___], 2018

ANNEX A

AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.

JUNE [___], 2018

M I Acquisitions, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name of the Corporation is “M I Acquisitions, Inc.” The original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 23, 2015 (the “Original Certificate”). The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 13, 2016.

2. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Amended and Restated Certificate.

3. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The text of Paragraph E of Article SIXTH is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“E.      In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by [September 17], 2018 (the “Termination Date”), the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share as described below (which redemption will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporation’s then stockholders and subject to the requirements of the GCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 275(a) of the GCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required by said Section 275(a) of the GCL, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Corporation’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of the Corporation’s plan of dissolution and liquidation, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporation’s obligations under the GCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. In such event, the pershare redemption price shall be equal to a pro rata share of the Trust Account plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, M I Acquisitions, Inc. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set above.

M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

ANNEX B

AMENDMENT
TO THE
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of June [___], 2018, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as defined below) is made by and between M I Acquisitions, Inc. (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of September 13, 2016 (the “Trust Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein;

WHEREAS, at a special meeting of stockholdersStockholders of the Company held on June [15], 2018, the Company stockholders approved (i) a proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide that the date by which the Company shall be required to effect a Business Combination shall be on or before [September 17], 2018 (the “ Extended Date”) and (ii) a proposal to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the Trust Account in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date; and

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company is filing the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant Secretary and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by Chardan, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by [September 17], 2018 (the “Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of the Last Date.”

2. Section 1(l) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(l) [intentionally omitted]”

3. Section 1(m) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(m) Not disburse any amounts from the Trust Account in connection with a Business Combination in the event that the amount per share to be received by the redeeming Public Shareholders is less than [$10.30] per share.”

4. Section 2(c) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(c) The limited distributions referred to in Section 2(a) above shall be made only from income collected on the Property. Except as provided in Section 2(a), no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be permitted except in accordance with Section 1(i) and 2(e) hereof.”

5. Section 2(e) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(e) Upon the receipt of an Amendment Notification Letter (as defined below), the Trustee shall distribute to Public Shareholders who exercised their conversion rights in connection with an Amendment (as defined below), an amount equal to the pro rata share of the Property relating to the shares of Common Stock for which such Public Shareholders have exercised conversion rights in connection with such Amendment.”

6. Section 2(f) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(f) [intentionally omitted]”

7. Section 3(g) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(g) At the request of any Public Shareholder who has removed shares from street name and holds such shares either in certificated or book-entry form and, except if such shares are held in book-entry form, delivered such certificated shares to the Trustee for purposes of redemption in connection with a Business Combination, concurrently with the delivery of such shares, solely if such shares are certificated. to the Trustee, send an irrevocable written instruction letter in the form of Exhibit E to the Trustee directing the Trustee to disburse no less than [$10.30] per share to such Public Shareholder.”

8. A new Section 3(i) is hereby inserted in the Trust Agreement immediately following Section 3(h) as follows:

“(i) If the Company seeks to amend any provision of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity (including the time within which the Company has to complete a Business Combination) (in each case an “Amendment”), the Company will provide the Trustee with a letter (an “Amendment Notification Letter”) in the form of Exhibit D providing instructions for the distribution of funds to Public Shareholders who exercise their conversion option in connection with such Amendment.”

9. Section 7(c) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“(c) This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except for Sections 1(i), 1(m), 1(n), 1(o), 1(p), 3(g), 3(h) 7(c) and 7(h) (which may only be amended with the approval of the holders of at least 75% of the shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO, provided that all Public Shareholders must be given the right to receive a pro-rata portion of the trust account (no less than [$10.30] per share) in connection with any such amendment), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such change, amendment or modification may be made without the prior written consent of Chardan. As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating to this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury. The Trustee may require from Company counsel an opinion as to the propriety of any proposed amendment.”

10. Exhibit D is hereby amended and restated to read in full as Exhibit D attached hereto.

11. All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.

12. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.


13. This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 7(c) of the Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.

14. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, AS TRUSTEE

By:
Name:
Title:

M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

EXHIBIT D

[Letterhead of Company]

[Insert date]

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Attn: Relationship Management 

Re: Trust Account No. [  ] Stockholder Conversion Instruction

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section 2(e) of the Amended and Restated Investment Management Trust Agreement between M I Acquisitions, Inc. (the “ Company” ) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Trustee”), dated as of September 13, 2016, as amended (the “Trust Agreement”), the Company hereby requests that you deliver to the Public Shareholders who have properly elected to have their Common Stock converted into cash in connection with the stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination or liquidate the Trust Account $ ___________ of the principal and interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

You are hereby directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter to the accounts designated by such Public Shareholders:

Very truly yours,
M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

PROXY CARD
M I ACQUISITIONS, INC.
PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to be Held on June [15], 2018: The Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www. http://www. [_______________].

The undersigned hereby appoints Joshua Sason and Marc Manuel, individually, each with full power of substitution, as proxy of the undersigned to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of M I Acquisitions, Inc. (the “Company”), to be held virtually on June [15], 2018the Internet at 10 a.m. local timewww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRTH2022 or any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if present at the offices of [_______________],[_______________], New York, New York [_______________], and any postponement or adjournment thereof, and to vote as if the undersigned were then and there personally present on all matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting, dated May [___], 2018 (the “Notice”), a copy of which has been received by the undersigned, as follows:

1.THE ELECTION OF ONE CLASS I DIRECTORmeeting.

THIS PROXY CARD, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE BUT THE CARD IS SIGNED, THIS PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL SIX NOMINEES UNDER PROPOSAL 1, FOR PROPOSALS 2, 3 AND 4, ONE YEAR ON PROPOSAL 5, FOR PROPOSAL 6, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO SERVE UNTIL THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND TWO CLASS II DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL THE 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND UNTIL HIS OR HER RESPECTIVE SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED OR UNTIL HIS OR HER EARLIER RESIGNATION, REMOVAL OR DEATH. (Check one)

FOR all nominees listed below (except as indicated). ☐
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below. ☐

If you wish to withhold your vote for any individual nominee, strike a line through that nominee’s name set forth below:

Joshua Sason (Class I Director)
Marc Manuel (Class II Director)
Samuel S. Holdsworth (Class II Director)

2.APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EXTEND THE DATE BY WHICH THE COMPANY HAS TO CONSUMMATE A BUSINESS COMBINATION (THE “EXTENSION”) FOR AN ADDITIONAL [90] DAYS, TO September 17, 2018.

For ☐          Against ☐          Abstain ☐

3.APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S EXISTING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT TO MAKE CHANGES NECESSARY TO REFLECT THE EXTENSION.

For ☐          Against ☐          Abstain ☐

4.RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MARCUM LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2018.

For ☐          Against ☐          Abstain ☐

☐ Intention to Exercise Conversion Rights.If you intend to exercise your conversion rights, please check this box. Checking this box, however, is not sufficient to exercise your conversion rights. You must comply with the procedures set forth in the proxy statement under the heading “Conversion Rights.”

NOTE: IN HIS DISCRETION, THE PROXY HOLDER IS AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTER OR MATTERS THATBUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) THEREOF.

MEETING.


THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC INDICATION ABOVE. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH INDICATION, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL OF THE BOARD’S NOMINEES FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR THE OTHER PROPOSALS AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDER, ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY POSTPONEMENT OR ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.

Dated:  _______________________________
Signature of Stockholder
PLEASE PRINT NAME
Certificate Number(s)
Total Number of Shares Owned

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Continued and to be signed on your stock certificate(s). A corporation is requested to sign its name by its President or other authorized officer, with the office held designated. Executors, administrators, trustees, etc., are requested to so indicate when signing. If a stock certificate is registered in two names or held as joint tenants or as community property, both interested persons should sign.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

I plan to attend the Annual Meeting (Circle one): Yes No

Number of attendees: ____________

PLEASE NOTE:

STOCKHOLDER SHOULD SIGN THE PROXY PROMPTLY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING. PLEASE INDICATE ANY ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES IN THE SPACE BELOW.

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