SEC Form 4 · accession 0001193125-26-357355

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. · PAY

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Thomas Barnds

10% Owner

Period of report

Aug 17, 2026

Accepted (ET)

Aug 19, 2026 · 8:30 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

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Issuer CIK

0001841156

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F5	Aug 17, 2026	J	37,350	$0.00	D	0	I	Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners II, LP
Class A Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F5	Aug 17, 2026	J	3,168	$0.00	D	0	I	Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners II Strategic Fund, LP
Class A Common Stock^F3,F4,F5	holding	—	—		—	2,245,886	I	Accel-KKR Capital Partners CV III, LP
Class A Common Stock^F3,F4,F5	holding	—	—		—	94,546	I	Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners III, LP
Class A Common Stock^F3,F4,F5	holding	—	—		—	7,312	I	AKKR SC GPI HoldCo LP
Class A Common Stock^F8,F3,F4,F5	holding	—	—		—	950	I	AKKR Strategic Capital LP
Class A Common Stock^F9,F7	holding	—	—		—	66,248	I	See footnote.

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F1	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	7,909,574	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	7,909,574	9,882,743	I
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F1	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	395,930	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	395,930	607,124	I
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F1	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	332,973	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	332,973	416,038	I
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F1	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	25,100	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	25,100	0	I
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3,F4,F1	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	295,905	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	295,905	0	I
Class B Common Stock^{F2,F5,F3,F4,F1}	—	Aug 17, 2026	J	3,000,000	D	—	—	Class A Common Stock	3,000,000	1,206,671	I
Class B Common Stock^F3,F4,F1	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Class A Common Stock	880,489	880,489	I
Class B Common Stock^F6,F7,F1	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Class A Common Stock	8,775,343	8,775,343	I

Explanation of responses

F1Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time, at the holder's election and automatically in connection with certain transfers and upon certain other events, into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date.
F2In-kind pro rata distribution from the Reporting Person to its partners, without consideration.
F3Accel-KKR Holdings GP, LLC , or Topco GP (for which decision making is controlled by Mr. Palumbo and Mr. Barnds), has voting and investment power over the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned by (i) Accel-KKR Capital Partners CV III, LP, or CV III; (ii) Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners III, LP, or GC III; (iii) Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners II Strategic Fund, LP, or GC II Strategic; (iv) Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners II, LP, or GC II; (v) Accel-KKR Members Fund, LLC, or Members Fund; (vi) AKKR Strategic Capital LP, or SC; and (vii) AKKR SC GPI HoldCo LP, or SC GPI. AKKR Fund III Management Company CV, LP, or CV III GP, is the sole general partner of CV III. AKKR Growth Capital Management Company III, LP, or GC III GP, is the sole general partner of GC III.
F4(Continued from footnote 3) AKKR Growth Capital Management Company II, LP, or GC II GP, is the sole general partner of GC II Strategic and GC II. AKKR Strategic Capital GP, or SC GP, is the sole general partner of SC. AKKR Management Company, LLC, or UGP, is the sole managing member of Members Fund and the sole general partner of CV III GP, GC III GP, GC II GP, SC GP and SC GPI. Topco GP, is the sole managing member of UGP. AKKR Fund II Management Company, LP, or the Management Company, is the sole management company of each of the Accel-KKR Funds, and UGP is the general partner of the Management Company. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein. Each of the foregoing entities and Mr. Palumbo have separately filed Form 4s reporting their interests.
F5Includes 538,415 shares received from certain of the other reporting persons in the distribution described in footnote 2. Such shares were previously reported as indirectly owned through the entities effecting such distributions.
F6Includes 1,593,716 shares received from certain of the other reporting persons in the distribution described in footnote 2. Such shares were previously reported as indirectly owned through the entities effecting such distributions.
F7Shares held by the Barnds Living Trust dtd 6/23/2003.
F8Represents shares received in the distribution described in footnote 2.
F9Includes 1,940 shares received from certain of the other reporting persons in the distribution described in footnote 2. Such shares were previously reported as indirectly owned through the entities effecting such distributions.