Priority Technology Holdings Inc

9. Redeemable Senior Preferred Stock and Warrants

The redeemable senior preferred stock ranks senior to the Company's Common Stock, equal with any other class of the Company's stock designated as being ranked on a parity basis with the redeemable senior preferred stock and junior to any other class of the Company's stock, including preferred stock, that is designated as being ranked senior to the redeemable senior preferred stock, with respect to the payment and distribution of dividends, the purchase or redemption of the Company's stock and the liquidation, winding up of and distribution of assets of the Company.

The following table provides the redemption value of the redeemable senior preferred stock for the periods presented:

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amounts of the redeemable senior preferred stock for the periods presented:

The dividend rate as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, was 17.6% and 17.7% respectively.

The following table provides a summary of the dividends for the period presented:

(1)Dividend payable for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was paid on April 1, 2024.

Under the Amended Certificate of Designation, the dividend rate (capped at 22.50%) is equal to the three-month term SOFR (minimum of 1.00%), plus the three-month term SOFR spread adjustment of 0.26% plus the applicable margin of 12.00%. The dividend rate is subject to future increases if the Company doesn't comply with the minimum cash payment requirements outlined in the agreement, which includes required payments of dividends, required payments related to redemption or required prepayments. The dividend rate may also increase if the Company fails to obtain the required stockholder approval for a forced sale transaction triggered by investors or if an event of default as outlined in the agreement occurs.

In 2021, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 1,803,841 shares of the Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.001. As of March 31, 2024, none of the warrants have been exercised. The warrants are considered to be equity contracts indexed in the Company's own shares and therefore were recorded at their inception date relative fair value and are included in additional paid-in capital on the Company's Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.