** Shares of payments solutions firm
** Alpharetta, Georgia-based co late Weds ~9.1 mln shares
sold by certain holders at $7.75, a 3.8% discount to last sale
** PRTH shares on Weds slid nearly 16% to close at $8.06,
lowest since Nov 22, after co ~9.2 mln share offering
** Private equity firms Ares Management ARES.N and Stone
Point Capital among selling holders, per the SEC
** PRTH has ~77.1 mln shares outstanding for ~$622 mln
market cap, and ~14 mln shares of public float, per LSEG
** KBW and
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))