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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2012

Registration No. 333-177875

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 8
to

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Vantiv, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

8500 Governor's Hill Drive
Symmes Township, Ohio 45249
(513) 900-5250
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

Nelson F. Greene, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
8500 Governor's Hill Drive
Symmes Township, Ohio 45249
(513) 900-5250
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

         If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.    o

         If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

         If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

         If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

         The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. Neither we nor the selling stockholders may sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
Subject to Completion, dated March 16, 2012

29,412,000 Shares

Class A Common Stock

        This is an initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock of Vantiv, Inc. Vantiv, Inc. is selling 29,412,000 shares of its Class A common stock. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Class A common stock. It is currently estimated that the initial public offering price per share of our Class A common stock will be between $16.00 and $18.00. After pricing the offering, we expect the Class A common stock will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "VNTV".

        Investing in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 21.

        We and the selling stockholders named in this prospectus have granted the underwriters an option, for a period of 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to 4,411,800 additional shares of our Class A common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock to be offered by the selling stockholders.

        Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed on the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

        The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of Class A common stock to investors on or about                        , 2012.

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        Neither we, the selling stockholders, nor the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) have authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. Neither we, the selling stockholders nor the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not, the selling stockholders are not and the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is only accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

        "VANTIV", "NPC", "NATIONAL PROCESSING COMPANY" and "JEANIE" and their respective logos are our trademarks. Solely for convenience, we refer to our trademarks in this prospectus without the ™ and ® symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights to our trademarks. Other service marks, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners. As indicated in this prospectus, we have included market data and industry forecasts that were obtained from industry publications and other sources.

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SUMMARY

        The items in the following summary are described in more detail later in this prospectus. This summary provides an overview of selected information and does not contain all of the information you should consider. Therefore, you should also read the more detailed information set out in this prospectus, including the risk factors, the financial statements and related notes thereto, and the other documents to which this prospectus refers before making an investment decision. Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus, or as the context otherwise requires, references to "Vantiv," "we," "us" or "our company" refer to Vantiv, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

        Vantiv is a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform. According to the Nilson Report, we are the third largest merchant acquirer and the largest PIN debit acquirer by transaction volume in the United States. We efficiently provide a suite of comprehensive services to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes. Our technology platform offers our clients a single point of service that is easy to connect to and use in order to access a broad range of payment services and solutions. Our integrated business and single platform also enable us to innovate, develop and deploy new services and provide us with significant economies of scale. Our varied and broad distribution provides us with a large and diverse client base and channel partner relationships. We believe this combination of attributes provides us with competitive advantages and has enabled us to generate strong growth and profitability.

        We believe our single, proprietary technology platform is differentiated from our competitors' multiple platform architectures. Because of our single point of service and ability to collect, manage and analyze data across the payment processing value chain, we can identify and develop new services more efficiently. Once developed, we can more cost-effectively deploy new solutions to our clients through our single platform. Our single scalable platform also enables us to efficiently manage, update and maintain our technology, increase capacity and speed and realize significant operating leverage.

        We offer a broad suite of payment processing services that enable our clients to meet their payment processing needs through a single provider. We enable merchants of all sizes to accept and process credit, debit and prepaid payments and provide them supporting services, such as information solutions, interchange management and fraud management, as well as vertical-specific solutions in sectors such as grocery, pharmacy, retail, petroleum and restaurants, including, quick service restaurants, or QSRs. We also provide mission critical payment services to financial institutions, such as card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, ATM driving and network gateway and switching services that utilize our proprietary Jeanie PIN debit payment network.

        We provide small and mid-sized clients with the comprehensive solutions that we have developed to meet the extensive requirements of our large merchant and financial institution clients. We then tailor these solutions to the unique needs of our small and mid-sized clients. In addition, we take a consultative approach to providing services that help our clients enhance their payments-related services. We are also well positioned to provide payment solutions for high growth markets, such as prepaid, ecommerce and mobile payment offerings, because we process payment transactions across the entire payment processing value chain on a single platform.

        We distribute our services through direct and indirect distribution channels using a unified sales approach that enables us to efficiently and effectively target merchants and financial institutions of all sizes. Our direct channel includes a national sales force that targets financial institutions and national merchants, regional and mid-market sales teams that sell solutions to merchants and third-party reseller clients and a telesales operation that targets small and mid-sized merchants. Our indirect channel to merchants includes relationships with a broad range of independent sales organizations, or ISOs, merchant banks, value-added resellers and trade associations that target merchants, including difficult

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to reach small and mid-sized merchants. Our indirect channel to financial institutions includes relationships with third-party resellers and core processors.

        We have a broad and diversified merchant and financial institution client base. Our merchant client base has low client concentration and is heavily weighted in non-discretionary everyday spend categories, such as grocery and pharmacy, and includes large national retailers, including nine of the top 25 national retailers by revenue in 2010, and over 200,000 small and mid-sized merchant locations. Our financial institution client base is also well diversified and includes over 1,300 financial institutions.

        We generate revenues based primarily on transaction fees paid by merchants or financial institutions. Our revenue increased from $884.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $1.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2011. Our revenue, less network fees and other costs, which we refer to as net revenue, increased from $451.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $865.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Our net income decreased from $152.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $84.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Our pro forma adjusted EBITDA increased from $278.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $438.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. See our reconciliation of pro forma adjusted EBITDA to net income on page 19 of this prospectus.

Our History and Separation from Fifth Third Bank

        We have a 40 year history of providing payment processing services. We operated as a business unit of Fifth Third Bank until June 2009 when certain funds managed by Advent International Corporation acquired a majority interest in Fifth Third Bank's payment processing business unit with the goal of creating a separate stand-alone company. Since the separation, we established our own organization, headquarters, brand and growth strategy. As a stand-alone company, we have made substantial investments to enhance our single, proprietary technology platform, recruit additional executives with significant payment processing and operating experience, expand our sales force, reorganize our business to better align it with our market opportunities and broaden our geographic footprint beyond the markets traditionally served by Fifth Third Bank and its affiliates. In addition, we made three strategic acquisitions in 2010. We acquired NPC Group, Inc., or NPC, to substantially enhance our access to small to mid-sized merchants, certain assets of Town North Bank, N.A., or TNB, to broaden our market position with credit unions, and certain assets of Springbok Services Inc., or Springbok, to expand our prepaid processing capabilities.

Industry Background

        Electronic payments is a large and growing market, and according to The Nilson Report, personal consumption expenditures in the United States using cards and other electronic payments reached $4.48 trillion in 2009 and are projected to reach $7.23 trillion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate of approximately 8% during that period. This growth will be driven by favorable secular trends, such as the shift from cash and checks towards card-based and other electronic payments due to their greater convenience, security, enhanced services and rewards and loyalty features.

        Payment processors help merchants and financial institutions develop and offer electronic payment solutions to their customers, facilitate the routing and processing of electronic payment transactions and manage a range of supporting security, value-added and back office services. In addition, many large

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banks manage and process their card accounts in-house. This is collectively referred to as the payment processing value chain and is illustrated below:

        Many payment processors specialize in providing services in discrete areas of the payment processing value chain, such as merchant acquiring, payment network or issuer processing services. A limited number of payment processors have capabilities or offer services in multiple parts of the payment processing value chain. Many processors that provide solutions targeting more than one part of the payment processing value chain utilize multiple, disparate technology platforms requiring their clients to access payment processing services through multiple points of contact.

        The payment processing industry will continue to adopt new technologies, develop new products and services, evolve new business models and experience new market entrants and changes in the regulatory environment. In the near-term, we believe merchants and financial institutions will seek services that help them enhance their own offerings to consumers, provide additional information solution services to help them run their businesses more efficiently and develop new products and services that provide tangible, incremental revenue streams. Over the medium- to long-term, we believe that emerging, alternative payment technologies, such as mobile payments, electronic wallets, mobile marketing offers and incentives and rewards services, will be adopted by merchants and other businesses and represent an attractive growth opportunity for the industry.

Our Competitive Strengths

Single, Proprietary Technology Platform

        We have a single, proprietary technology platform that provides our clients with differentiated payment processing solutions and provides us with significant strategic and operational benefits. Our clients access our processing solutions through a single point of access and service, which is easy to use and enables our clients to acquire additional services as their business needs evolve. Our platform also allows us to collect, manage and analyze data that we can then package into information solutions for our clients. It also provides insight into market trends and opportunities as they emerge, which enhances our ability to innovate and develop new value-added services. Our single platform allows us to more easily deploy new solutions that span the payment processing value chain, such as prepaid, ecommerce and mobile, which are high growth market opportunities. Since we operate one scalable technology platform, we are able to efficiently manage, update and maintain our technology and increase capacity and speed, which provide significant operating leverage.

Integrated Business

        We operate as a single integrated business using a unified sales and product development approach. Our integrated business and established client relationships across the payment processing

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value chain enhance our ability to cross-sell our services, develop new payment processing services and deliver substantial value to our clients. By operating as a single business, we believe we can manage our business more efficiently resulting in increased profitability. Our integrated business differentiates us from payment processors that are focused on discrete areas of the payment processing value chain or that operate multiple payment processing businesses.

Comprehensive Suite of Services

        We offer a broad suite of payment processing services that enable our merchant and financial institution clients to address their payment processing needs through a single provider. Our solutions include traditional processing services as well as a range of innovative value-added services. We provide small and mid-sized clients with the comprehensive solutions originally developed for our large clients that we have adapted to meet the specific needs of our small and mid-sized clients. We have developed industry specific solutions with features and functionality to meet the specific requirements of various industry verticals, market segments and client types.

Diverse Distribution Channels

        We sell our services to merchants, financial institutions and third-party reseller clients of all types and sizes through diverse distribution channels, which has resulted in low client concentration. Our direct channel includes a national sales force that targets financial institutions and national retailers, regional and mid-market sales teams that sell solutions to merchants and third-party reseller clients and a telesales operation that targets small and mid-sized merchants. Our indirect channel includes relationships with a broad range of ISOs, merchant banks, value-added resellers and trade associations that target merchants, including difficult to reach small and mid-sized merchants, as well as arrangements with core processors that sell our solutions to small and mid-sized financial institutions.

Strong Execution Capabilities

        Our management team has significant experience in the payment processing industry and has demonstrated strong execution capabilities. Since we created a stand-alone company in 2009, we have invested substantial resources to enhance our technology platform, deepened our management organization, expanded our sales force, completed three acquisitions, introduced several new services, launched the Vantiv brand and built out and moved into our new corporate headquarters. We executed all of these projects while delivering substantial revenue growth and strong profitability.

Our Strategy

        We plan to grow our business over the course of the next few years, depending on market conditions, by continuing to execute on the following key strategies:

Increase Small to Mid-Sized Client Base

        We are focused on increasing our small to mid-sized client base to capitalize on the growth and margin opportunities provided by smaller merchants and financial institutions, which outsource all or a significant portion of their payment processing requirements and are generally more profitable on a per transaction basis. We plan to continue to identify and reach these small to mid-sized merchants and financial institutions through our direct sales force, ISOs, partnership and referral arrangements and third-party resellers and core processors.

Develop New Services

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knowledge and client relationships across the payment processing value chain. For example, we intend to expand our prepaid card services and customized fraud management services and introduce data-rich information solutions to provide our merchant and financial institution clients with new opportunities to generate incremental revenue or lower their costs.

Expand Into High Growth Segments and Verticals

        We believe there is a substantial opportunity for us to expand further into high growth payment segments, such as prepaid, ecommerce, mobile and information solutions, and attractive industry verticals, such as business-to-business, healthcare, government and education. We intend to further develop our technology capabilities to handle specific processing requirements for these segments and verticals, add new services that address their needs and broaden our distribution channels to reach these potential clients.

Broaden and Deepen Our Distribution Channels

        We intend to broaden and deepen our direct and indirect distribution channels to reach potential clients and sell new services to our existing clients. We plan to grow our direct sales force, including telesales, add new referral partners, such as merchant banks, and grow our indirect channels through new ISOs, partnership and referral arrangements, third-party resellers and core processors. We will also continue to develop additional support services for our distribution channels, provide sales and product incentives and increase our business development resources dedicated to growing and promoting our distribution channels.

Enter New Geographic Markets

        When we operated as a business unit of Fifth Third Bank we had a strong market position with large national merchants, and we focused on serving small to mid-sized merchants in Fifth Third Bank's core market in the Midwestern United States. We are expanding our direct and indirect distribution channels and leveraging our technology platform to target additional regions. In the future, we will also look to augment our U.S. business by selectively expanding into international markets through strategic partnerships or acquisitions that enhance our distribution channels, client base and service capabilities.

Pursue Acquisitions

        We have recently completed three acquisitions, and we intend to continue to seek acquisitions that provide attractive opportunities to increase our small to mid-sized client base, enhance our service offerings, target high growth payment segments and verticals, enter into new geographic markets and enhance and deepen our distribution channels. We also will consider acquisitions of discrete merchant portfolios that we believe would enhance our scale and client base and strengthen our market position in the payment processing industry.

Risks Affecting Our Business

        Investing in our Class A common stock involves substantial risk. Before participating in this offering, you should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus, including risks discussed in "Risk Factors" beginning on page 21. Some of our most significant risks are:

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If we cannot keep pace with rapid developments and change in our industry and provide new services to our clients, the use of our services could decline, reducing our revenues.



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The payment processing industry is highly competitive, and we compete with certain firms that are larger and that have greater financial resources. Such competition could adversely affect the transaction and other fees we receive from merchants and financial institutions.

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Unauthorized disclosure of data, whether through cybersecurity breaches, computer viruses or otherwise, could expose us to liability, protracted and costly litigation and damage our reputation.



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Our systems and our third party providers' systems may fail due to factors beyond our control, which could interrupt our service, cause us to lose business and increase our costs.



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Any acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures that we make could disrupt our business and harm our financial condition.



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If we fail to comply with the applicable requirements of the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks, those payment networks could seek to fine us, suspend us or terminate our registrations through our financial institution sponsors.



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We rely on financial institution sponsors to access Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks, which have substantial discretion with respect to certain elements of our business practices, and financial institution clearing service providers, in order to process electronic payment transactions. If these sponsorships or clearing services are terminated and we are unable to secure new bank sponsors or financial institutions, we will not be able to conduct our business.



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If Fifth Third Bank fails or is acquired by a third party, it could place certain of our material contracts at risk, decrease our revenue, and would transfer the ultimate voting power of a significant amount of our common stock to a third party.



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We are subject to extensive government regulation, and any new laws and regulations, industry standards or revisions made to existing laws, regulations, or industry standards affecting the electronic payments industry and other industries in which we operate may have an unfavorable impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.



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Because we are deemed to be controlled by Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp for purposes of federal and state banking laws, we are subject to supervision and examination by federal and state banking regulators, and our activities are limited to those permissible for Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp. We may therefore be restricted from engaging in new activities or businesses, whether organically or by acquisition. We are also subject to supervision and examination by the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.



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We may not be able to successfully manage our intellectual property and may be subject to infringement claims.



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We have a limited operating history as a stand-alone company upon which you can evaluate our performance, and accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any newly stand-alone company encounters. Furthermore, we maintain many relationships with our former parent entity, Fifth Third Bank.

Organizational Structure

        Prior to the completion of this offering, we will effect the reorganization transactions described in "Organizational Structure." These transactions include, among other things, amending and restating Vantiv, Inc.'s certificate of incorporation to provide for Class A and Class B common stock, a reclassification of our existing common stock into Class A common stock and a 1.7576 for 1 stock split of the Class A common stock; amending and restating the Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, or the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, to effect a 1.7576 for 1 split of the Class A units and Class B units of Vantiv Holding; entering an exchange agreement, or the Exchange Agreement, among Vantiv, Inc. and the Fifth Third investors (as defined herein) to provide for a 1 to 1 ratio between the units of Vantiv Holding and the common

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stock of Vantiv, Inc., and the exchange of Class B units and Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding for Class A common stock of Vantiv, Inc.; entering into four tax receivable agreements with Vantiv Holding's existing investors; entering into an advancement agreement with Vantiv Holding, or the Advancement Agreement, which allows us to make payments under our tax receivable agreement related to net operating losses and certain other tax attributes of NPC, or the NPC NOLs, make payments under our other tax receivable agreements to the extent not covered by payments made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, make payments required under the Exchange Agreement, pay our franchise taxes and cover our reasonable administrative and corporate expenses; and entering into a recapitalization agreement with Vantiv Holding's existing investors, pursuant to which, among other things, we will pay Fifth Third Bank a $15.0 million fee related to the modification of its consent rights (specifically with respect to (i) increasing the threshold on when certain actions require Fifth Third Bank's approval, (ii) the termination of transferability and (iii) all of the consent rights terminating upon the transfer of more than 50% of the shares of Class A and Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bank and its affiliates immediately following the consummation of this offering) under the existing Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement.

        In connection with this offering and the reorganization transactions and assuming an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), we will issue 8,289,120 shares of our Class A common stock under a new equity incentive plan, 6,742,992 of which will be restricted to holders of phantom units under the Vantiv Holding Management Phantom Equity Plan, which will terminate in connection with this offering. Of those shares, our named executive officers, Charles D. Drucker, Mark L. Heimbouch, Royal Cole, Adam Coyle and Donald Boeding, will receive an aggregate of 1,949,793, 626,598, 304,343, 221,133 and 380,323 shares of our Class A common stock, respectively, some of which will be restricted stock. Additionally, Jeffrey Stiefler, a director nominee, and Pamela H. Patsley, a selling stockholder and a director nominee, will receive 422,500 and 90,515 shares of our Class A common stock, respectively, some of which will be restricted. A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $17.00 per share would increase (decrease) the aggregate amount of shares of Class A common stock to be issued to holders of phantom units under the Vantiv Holding Management Phantom Equity Plan by approximately 300,000 shares.

        Should the underwriters exercise their option in full to purchase additional shares, funds managed by Advent International Corporation, which we refer to as Advent, will receive approximately $33.3 million in net proceeds, after deducting underwriter discounts and commissions but before expenses, from this offering assuming it sells 2,086,064 shares of Class A common stock at the assumed initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus). Should the underwriters exercise their option in full to purchase additional shares, JPDN Enterprises, LLC, or JPDN, an affiliate of Charles D. Drucker, our chief executive officer, will receive approximately $3.8 million in net proceeds, after deducting underwriter discounts and commissions but before expenses, from this offering assuming it sells 239,672 shares of Class A common stock at the assumed initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus). Should the underwriters exercise their option in full to purchase additional shares, the Fifth Third investors (as defined herein) will receive $33.3 million from the purchase of certain of their Class B units of Vantiv Holding by us with the net proceeds we receive from the portion of the underwriters' option, being 2,086,064 shares of Class A common stock, to be provided by us. See "Organizational Structure—Reorganization Transactions," "Use of Proceeds" and "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions."

        We are a holding company, and our principal assets have been equity interests in Vantiv Holding, LLC, or Vantiv Holding, and Transactive Ecommerce Solutions Inc., or Transactive. As the majority unitholder of Vantiv Holding, we will operate and control the business and affairs of Vantiv

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Holding. Prior to the consummation of this offering, we will restructure the ownership and/or operations of Transactive for bank regulatory purposes. See "Business—Regulation—Banking Regulation." Our control and the control of Vantiv Holding will be subject to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, each of which includes consent rights for Fifth Third Bank with respect to specified matters. See "Description of Capital Stock—Consent Rights" and "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding." Through Vantiv Holding and its operating subsidiaries, we will continue to conduct the business conducted by the operating entities included in our historical financial statements. We will conduct all of our operations through Vantiv Holding and its subsidiaries. The units of Vantiv Holding held by Fifth Third Bank or its affiliates and, until the restructuring of Transactive described above, the shares of Transactive held by Fifth Third Financial Corporation, or Fifth Third Financial, are treated as a non-controlling interest in our financial statements. Vantiv, Inc.'s Class B common stock will give voting rights, but no economic interests, to Fifth Third Bancorp. The total value and voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock that Fifth Third Bancorp holds (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any ownership interest in units of Vantiv Holding) will be limited to 18.5% at any time other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control. The diagram below depicts our organizational structure immediately following this offering, the reorganization transactions, the use of net proceeds therefrom and the debt refinancing described below:

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Includes 86,005,200 shares of Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bancorp (through Fifth Third Bank, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, and FTPS Partners, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank)

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in connection with the reorganization transactions and 86,005,200 Class B units of Vantiv Holding, LLC held by Fifth Third Bancorp.

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Includes 89,515,617 shares of Class A common stock held by certain funds managed by Advent, including 535,894 shares of Class A common stock held by Pamela H. Patsley, a director nominee, for which Advent has voting and dispositive power, received in connection with the reorganization transactions.

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Includes 239,672 shares of Class A common stock held by JPDN received in connection with the reorganization transactions.

See "Principal and Selling Stockholders" for further information.

Debt Refinancing

        Following this offering and the repayment of a portion of the outstanding debt under our senior secured credit facilities using a portion of the net proceeds received by us therefrom, we intend to refinance the remaining indebtedness under such facilities with new senior secured credit facilities. Assuming we sell the number of shares of Class A common stock set forth on the cover of this prospectus at an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus) and we apply the net proceeds to be received by us as described in "Use of Proceeds," the new senior secured credit facilities will consist of $1.0 billion term A loans maturing in 2017 and amortizing on a basis of 1.25% during each of the first eight quarters, 1.875% during each of the second eight quarters and 2.5% during each of the final three quarters with a balloon payment due at maturity, $250.0 million in term B loans maturing in 2019 and amortizing on a basis of 1.0% per year and a $250.0 million revolving credit facility maturing in 2017. Depending on the timing and the composition of lenders participating in our new senior secured credit facilities, we expect to incur a charge of up to $59.0 million related to the termination of our existing senior secured credit facilities. Such charge will be included in non-operating expenses in the same quarter as this offering. We refer to this throughout this prospectus as the "debt refinancing." See "Summary Historical Financial and Other Data," "Description of Certain Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Our Segments, Revenue and Expenses—Expenses." We expect to incur a cash charge of approximately $31 million related to the modification or early termination of our interest rate swaps in the same quarter as this offering. The actual charge will depend on prevailing interest rates at the time of the termination or modification, and if interest rates decrease, the amount of this charge would increase.

Principal Stockholders

        Our principal equity holders are (i) funds managed by Advent which after the reorganization transactions will hold shares of our Class A common stock and (ii) Fifth Third Bank and its subsidiary, FTPS Partners, LLC, which we refer to, together with their affiliates, as the Fifth Third investors, which after the reorganization transactions will hold our Class B common stock as well as Class B units of, and a warrant issued on June 30, 2009 by, Vantiv Holding. In June 2009, Advent acquired a majority interest in Fifth Third Bank's payment processing business which became Vantiv Holding. At the same time, JPDN acquired a 0.14% equity interest in Vantiv Holding. References in this prospectus to our "existing investors" are to the current unitholders of Vantiv Holding, Advent (through Vantiv, Inc.), the Fifth Third investors and JPDN. Certain of our principal equity holders may acquire or hold interests in businesses that compete directly with us, or may pursue acquisition opportunities which are complementary to our business, making such an acquisition unavailable to us. Advent, through one of its equity investments, owns an equity interest in WorldPay US, Inc., one of our direct competitors. For further information, see "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Company and Our Organizational Structure—Certain of our existing investors have interests and positions that could present potential conflicts with our and our stockholders' interests" and "Business—Competition."

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Advent

        Since 1984, Advent has raised $26 billion in private equity capital and completed over 270 transactions in 35 countries. Advent's current portfolio is comprised of investments in 54 companies across five sectors—Retail, Consumer & Leisure; Financial and Business Services; Industrial; Technology, Media & Telecoms; and Healthcare. The Advent team includes more than 170 investment professionals in 17 offices around the world.

Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank

        Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fifth Third Bank is an Ohio banking corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp. As of December 31, 2011, Fifth Third Bancorp had $117 billion in assets and operated 15 affiliates with 1,316 full-service Banking Centers, including 104 Bank Mart locations open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,425 ATMs in 12 states throughout the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States. Fifth Third Bancorp operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Investment Advisors. Fifth Third Bancorp's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "FITB."

Additional Information

        We are a Delaware corporation. We were incorporated as Advent-Kong Blocker Corp. on March 25, 2009 and changed our name to Vantiv, Inc. on November 8, 2011. Our principal executive offices are located at 8500 Governor's Hill Drive, Symmes Township, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249. Our telephone number at our principal executive offices is (513) 900-5250. Our corporate website is www.vantiv.com. The information that appears on our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus.

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The Offering

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        Unless otherwise indicated, the number of shares of our Class A common stock to be outstanding after this offering:

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includes 1,546,128 shares of unrestricted Class A common stock and 6,742,992 shares of restricted Class A common stock issued under our 2012 Vantiv, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2012 Equity Plan, to holders of phantom equity units outstanding under the Vantiv Holding Management Phantom Equity Plan, with the number of shares of unrestricted Class A common stock to be issued to such holders giving effect to the net settlement of such shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations of the holders;



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excludes 74,110 shares of Class A common stock issuable to our directors upon settlement of restricted stock units to be granted to each director, other than Mr. Drucker, in connection with this offering;



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excludes an aggregate of 27,136,770 additional shares of Class A common stock that will initially be available for future awards pursuant to the 2012 Equity Plan;



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excludes 20,378,027 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding that are issuable upon exercise of a warrant issued to Fifth Third Bank on June 30, 2009, or the Warrant;



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excludes 86,005,200 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exchange of Class B units of Vantiv Holding for Class A common stock of Vantiv, Inc.;



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gives effect to a reclassification of our existing common stock into Class A common stock and a 1.7576 for 1 stock split of the Class A common stock prior to the consummation of this offering;



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gives effect to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which will be in effect prior to the consummation of this offering; and



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assumes no exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase up to 4,411,800 additional shares of our Class A common stock from us and the selling stockholders.

        Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus does not give effect to the debt refinancing following this offering.

        Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus assumes an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share, the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus.

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SUMMARY HISTORICAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

        The periods prior to and including June 30, 2009, the date of the separation transaction, are referred to in the following table as "Predecessor," and all periods after such date are referred to in the following table as "Successor." Prior to the separation transaction, we operated as a business unit of Fifth Third Bank. As a result, the financial data for the predecessor period included in this prospectus does not necessarily reflect what our financial position or results of operations would have been had we operated as a separate, stand-alone entity during such period. The financial statements for all successor periods are not comparable to those of the predecessor period.

        The following table sets forth our summary historical financial and other data for the periods and as of the dates indicated. We derived the statement of income data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the six months ended December 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2011 from our audited financial statements for such periods included elsewhere in this prospectus. The statement of income data for the year ended December 31, 2008 is derived from our audited financial statements that are not included in this prospectus.

        The summary unaudited pro forma as adjusted balance sheet data as of December 31, 2011 has been prepared to give pro forma effect to (i) the reorganization transactions described in "Organizational Structure" and (ii) the sale of our Class A common stock in this offering and the application of the net proceeds from this offering as described in "Use of Proceeds."

        Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. You should read the information set forth below in conjunction with "Selected Historical Financial Data," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

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(1)

We intend to complete the debt refinancing contemporaneously with this offering, however the new indebtedness being incurred pursuant to the debt refinancing will not be funded until after this offering. Assuming (i) the sale of our Class A common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), (ii) the application of the net proceeds to be received by us from this offering as described in "Use of Proceeds" and (iii) the refinancing of our remaining indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities on the expected terms of the debt refinancing described in "Description of Certain Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities," had each occurred on

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January 1, 2011, our interest expense—net for the year ended December 31, 2011 would have been $43.9 million. This would have represented a 61% decrease from our actual historical interest expense—net for the year ended December 31, 2011. A 25 basis point increase (decrease) in each of the interest rate spreads of the new term A and term B facilities expected to be entered in connection with the debt refinancing would increase (decrease) this assumed interest expense—net for the year ended December 31, 2011 by $3.1 million, assuming the other terms of the debt refinancing remain the same. Depending on the timing and the composition of lenders participating in our new senior secured credit facilities, we expect to incur a charge of up to $59.0 million related to the termination of our existing senior secured credit facilities. Such charge will be included in non-operating expenses in the same quarter as this offering. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Our Segments, Revenue and Expenses—Expenses" for more information. We expect to incur a cash charge of approximately $31 million related to the modification or early termination of our interest rate swaps in the same quarter as this offering. The actual charge will depend on prevailing interest rates at the time of the termination or modification, and if interest rates decrease, the amount of this charge would increase.

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Pro forma information gives effect to (i) the reorganization transactions, including the 1.7576 for 1 stock split of our Class A common stock, as more fully described in "Organizational Structure" and (ii) the application of net proceeds from this offering, including the repayment of indebtedness, as more fully described in "Use of Proceeds," as if each had occurred as of January 1, 2011. Pro forma information is presented on a fully diluted basis, which eliminates the impact of the non-controlling interest. The numerator of the basic and diluted net income per share calculation, being consolidated pro forma net income, is calculated as our consolidated income before applicable income taxes, plus the reduction in interest expense as a result of the repayment of our existing senior secured credit facilities with the proceeds from this offering, less income tax expense at our effective tax rate, on a fully distributed basis. The denominator for basic net income per share includes the Class A common stock outstanding after this offering, the Class B units in Vantiv Holding based on the if-converted method and the unrestricted Class A common stock issued under the 2012 Equity Plan pursuant to this offering. The denominator for the calculation of diluted earnings per share includes the shares included in the denominator in the basic earnings per share calculation, in addition to Class A common stock issued upon exercise of the Warrant under the treasury method and exchange of the resulting Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holdings. Restricted Class A common stock issued under the 2012 Equity Plan pursuant to this offering is anti-dilutive and has therefore been excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share. The table below provides a summary of the basic and diluted net income per share calculations:

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(3)

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income before interest expense—net, income tax expense (benefit) and depreciation and amortization adjusted for:

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transition costs related to our separation transaction from Fifth Third Bank;



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debt refinancing costs;



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share-based compensation expense;



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acquisition and integration costs incurred in connection with our acquisitions;



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changes in the fair value of the put rights Vantiv, Inc. received in connection with the separation transaction; and



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transaction costs incurred in connection with the separation transaction.

Pro forma adjusted EBITDA is calculated as adjusted EBITDA adjusted for:

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NPC's EBITDA for the period January 1, 2010 through the acquisition date of November 3, 2010.

Adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA eliminate the effects of items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA are supplemental measures of operating performance that do not represent and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, as determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and our calculation of adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to that reported by other companies.

Management believes the inclusion of the adjustments to adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future. By providing these non-GAAP financial measures, together with a reconciliation to GAAP results, we believe we are enhancing investors' understanding of our business and our results of operations, as well as assisting investors in evaluating how well we are executing strategic initiatives. We believe adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA are used by investors as a supplemental measure to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in our industry.

Management uses adjusted EBITDA, pro forma adjusted EBITDA or comparable metrics:

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to assess compliance with various metrics associated with our debt agreements.

Adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations are:

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adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;



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although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements for such replacements;

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adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our tax expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes; and



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adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the non-cash component of employee compensation.

To address these limitations, we reconcile adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income. Further, we also review GAAP measures and evaluate individual measures that are not included in adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA.

In calculating adjusted EBITDA, we exclude costs associated with our transition to a stand-alone company and our debt refinancing as these are non-recurring in nature. We believe it is useful to exclude share-based compensation expense from adjusted EBITDA because non-cash equity grants made at a certain price and point in time do not necessarily reflect how our business is performing at any particular time and share-based compensation expense is not a key measure of our core operating performance. We exclude acquisition and integration costs as they are non-recurring in nature and not indicative of our core operations. Adjustments related to our put rights reflect non-operational expenses associated with the change in the fair value of a financial instrument. We then adjust for NPC's EBITDA so that pro forma adjusted EBITDA for 2010 is comparable to future periods in which NPC's results are consolidated with our results.

The following table reconciles net income to adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA:

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(4)

Gives effect to the reorganization transactions described in "Organizational Structure" and the sale of our Class A common stock in this offering and the application of the net proceeds from this offering as described in "Use of Proceeds."

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Pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents and non-controlling interests gives effect to the $15.0 million payment to Fifth Third Bank related to the modification of its consent rights (specifically with respect to (i) increasing the threshold on when certain actions require Fifth Third Bank's approval, (ii) the termination of transferability and (iii) all of the consent rights terminating upon the transfer of more than 50% of the shares of Class A and Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bank and its affiliates immediately following the consummation of this offering) under the existing Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement.

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Pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents also gives effect to a cash distribution of $32.5 million made prior to this offering and the reorganization transactions to certain funds managed by Advent as well as to Pamela H. Patsley, a director nominee, as described in "Dividend Policy", but does not give effect to $7.6 million of tax distributions we received as a member of Vantiv Holding after December 31, 2011.

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RISK FACTORS

        An investment in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks, as well as the other information contained in this prospectus, before making an investment in our Class A common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected. In such an event, the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business

         If we cannot keep pace with rapid developments and change in our industry and provide new services to our clients, the use of our services could decline, reducing our revenues.

        The electronic payments market in which we compete is subject to rapid and significant changes. This market is characterized by rapid technological change, new product and service introductions, evolving industry standards, changing customer needs and the entrance of non-traditional competitors. In order to remain competitive, we are continually involved in a number of projects to develop new services or compete with these new market entrants, including the development of mobile phone payment applications, prepaid card offerings, ecommerce services and other new offerings emerging in the electronic payments industry. These projects carry risks, such as cost overruns, delays in delivery, performance problems and lack of customer acceptance. In the electronic payments industry these risks are acute. Any delay in the delivery of new services or the failure to differentiate our services or to accurately predict and address market demand could render our services less desirable, or even obsolete, to our clients. Furthermore, even though the market for alternative payment processing services is evolving, it may not continue to develop rapidly enough for us to recover the costs we have incurred in developing new services targeted at this market.

        In addition, the services we deliver are designed to process very complex transactions and provide reports and other information on those transactions, all at very high volumes and processing speeds. Any failure to deliver an effective and secure service or any performance issue that arises with a new service could result in significant processing or reporting errors or other losses. As a result of these factors, our development efforts could result in increased costs and/or we could also experience a loss in business that could reduce our earnings or could cause a loss of revenue if promised new services are not timely delivered to our clients or do not perform as anticipated. We also rely in part on third parties, including some of our competitors and potential competitors, for the development of, and access to new technologies. Our future success will depend in part on our ability to develop or adapt to technological changes and evolving industry standards. If we are unable to develop, adapt to or access technological changes or evolving industry standards on a timely and cost effective basis, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected.

        Furthermore, our competitors may have the ability to devote more financial and operational resources than we can to the development of new technologies and services, including ecommerce and mobile payment processing services, that provide improved operating functionality and features to their existing service offerings. If successful, their development efforts could render our services less desirable to clients, resulting in the loss of clients or a reduction in the fees we could generate from our offerings.

         The payment processing industry is highly competitive, and we compete with certain firms that are larger and that have greater financial resources. Such competition could adversely affect the transaction and other fees we receive from merchants and financial institutions, and as a result, our margins, business, financial condition and results of operations.

        The market for payment processing services is highly competitive. Other providers of payment processing services have established a sizable market share in the small and mid-sized merchant and financial institution processing and servicing sector, as well as servicing large merchants and financial institutions, which are the markets in which we are principally focused. We also face competition from

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non-traditional payment processors that have significant financial resources. Our growth will depend on a combination of the continued growth of electronic payments and our ability to increase our market share. The weakness of the current economic recovery could cause future growth of electronic payments to slow compared to historical rates of growth.

        Our competitors include financial institutions, subsidiaries of financial institutions and well-established payment processing companies, including Bank of America Merchant Services, Chase Paymentech Solutions, Elavon Inc. (a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp), First Data Corporation, Global Payments, Inc., Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and WorldPay US, Inc. in our Merchant Services segment, and Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., First Data Corporation, Fiserv, Inc., Total System Services, Inc. and Visa Debit Processing Service in our Financial Institution Services segment. With respect to our Financial Institutions Services segment, in addition to competition with direct competitors, we also compete with the capabilities of many larger potential clients that have either historically developed their key payment processing applications in-house, or have recently moved such application in-house, and therefore weigh whether they should develop these capabilities in-house or acquire them from a third party.

        Our competitors that are financial institutions or are affiliated with financial institutions may not incur the sponsorship costs we incur for registration with the payment networks. Many of our competitors also have substantially greater financial, technological and marketing resources than we have. Accordingly, these competitors may be able to offer more attractive fees to our current and prospective clients, or especially with respect to our financial institution clients, other services that we do not offer. Competition may influence the fees we receive. If competition causes us to reduce the fees we charge, we will have to aggressively control our costs in order to maintain our profit margins. Competition could also result in a loss of existing clients, and greater difficulty attracting new clients, which we may not be able to do. One or more of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Furthermore, we are facing new competition emerging from non-traditional competitors offering alternative payment methods, such as PayPal and Google. These non-traditional competitors have significant financial resources and robust networks and are highly regarded by consumers. If these non-traditional competitors gain a greater share of total electronic payments transactions, it could also have material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Unauthorized disclosure of data, whether through cybersecurity breaches, computer viruses or otherwise, could expose us to liability, protracted and costly litigation and damage our reputation.

        We are responsible for certain third parties under Visa, MasterCard and other payment network rules and regulations, including merchants, ISOs, third party service providers and other agents, which we refer to collectively as associated participants. We and certain of our associated participants process, store and/or transmit sensitive data, such as names, addresses, social security numbers, credit or debit card numbers, driver's license numbers and bank account numbers, and we have ultimate liability to the payment networks and member financial institutions that register us with Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks for our failure or the failure of our associated participants to protect this data in accordance with payment network requirements. The loss of merchant or cardholder data by us or our associated participants could result in significant fines and sanctions by the payment networks or governmental bodies, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        These concerns about security are increased when we transmit information over the Internet. Computer viruses can be distributed and spread rapidly over the Internet and could infiltrate our systems, which might disrupt our delivery of services and make them unavailable. In addition, a significant cybersecurity breach could result in payment networks prohibiting us from processing transactions on their networks or the loss of our financial institution sponsorship that facilitates our participation in the payment networks.

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        We and our associated participants have been in the past and could be in the future, subject to breaches of security by hackers. In such circumstances, our encryption of data and other protective measures have not prevented and may not prevent unauthorized access. Although we have not incurred material losses or liabilities as a result of those breaches, a future breach of our system or that of one of our associated participants may subject us to material losses or liability, including payment network fines and assessments and claims for unauthorized purchases with misappropriated credit, debit or card information, impersonation or other similar fraud claims. A misuse of such data or a cybersecurity breach could harm our reputation and deter clients from using electronic payments generally and our services specifically, increase our operating expenses in order to correct the breaches or failures, expose us to uninsured liability, increase our risk of regulatory scrutiny, subject us to lawsuits, result in the imposition of material penalties and fines under state and federal laws or by the payment networks, and adversely affect our continued payment network registration and financial institution sponsorship.

        We cannot assure you that there are written agreements in place with every associated participant or that such written agreements will prevent the unauthorized use or disclosure of data or allow us to seek reimbursement from associated participants. Any such unauthorized use or disclosure of data could result in protracted and costly litigation, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Our systems and our third party providers' systems may fail due to factors beyond our control, which could interrupt our service, cause us to lose business and increase our costs.

        We depend on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of numerous systems, including our computer systems, software, data centers and telecommunications networks, as well as the systems of third parties. Our systems and operations or those of our third party providers, could be exposed to damage or interruption from, among other things, fire, natural disaster, power loss, telecommunications failure, unauthorized entry and computer viruses. Our property and business interruption insurance may not be adequate to compensate us for all losses or failures that may occur. Defects in our systems or those of third parties, errors or delays in the processing of payment transactions, telecommunications failures or other difficulties could result in:

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         We may not be able to continue to expand our share of the existing payment processing markets or expand into new markets which would inhibit our ability to grow and increase our profitability.

        Our future growth and profitability depend, in part, upon our continued expansion within the markets in which we currently operate, the further expansion of these markets, the emergence of other markets for payment processing, and our ability to penetrate these markets. Future growth and profitability of our business will depend upon our ability to penetrate other markets for payment processing. We may not be able to successfully identify suitable acquisition, investment and partnership or joint venture candidates in the future, and if we do, they may not provide us with the benefits we anticipated. Once completed, investments, partnerships and joint ventures may not realize the value that we expect.

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        Our expansion into new markets is also dependent upon our ability to apply our existing technology or to develop new applications to meet the particular service needs of each new market. We may not have adequate financial or technological resources to develop effective and secure services or distribution channels that will satisfy the demands of these new markets. If we fail to expand into new and existing payment processing markets, we may not be able to continue to grow our revenues and earnings.

        Furthermore, in response to market developments, we may expand into new geographical markets and foreign countries in which we do not currently have any operating experience. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully expand in such markets or internationally due to our lack of experience and the multitude of risks associated with global operations.

         Any acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures that we make could disrupt our business and harm our financial condition.

        Acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures effected through our subsidiaries are part of our growth strategy. We evaluate, and expect in the future to evaluate potential strategic acquisitions of and partnerships or joint ventures with complementary businesses, services or technologies. We may not be successful in identifying acquisition, partnership and joint venture candidates. In addition, we may not be able to successfully finance or integrate any businesses, services or technologies that we acquire or with which we form a partnership or joint venture. For instance, we may not be able to successfully integrate the recently acquired NPC platforms into our existing platforms. Furthermore, the integration of any acquisition may divert management's time and resources from our core business and disrupt our operations. Certain partnerships and joint ventures we make with merchants may prevent us from competing for certain clients or in certain lines of business. We may spend time and money on projects that do not increase our revenue. As a subsidiary of a bank holding company, Fifth Third Bancorp, for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or the BHC Act, we may conduct only activities authorized under the BHC Act for a bank holding company or a financial holding company, and as a subsidiary of a bank, Fifth Third Bank, for purposes of relevant federal and state banking laws, we may conduct only activities authorized under such laws. These activities and restrictions may limit our ability to acquire other businesses or enter into other strategic transactions. In addition, in connection with any acquisitions, we must comply with state and federal antitrust requirements. It is possible that perceived or actual violations of these requirements could give rise to regulatory enforcement action or result in us not receiving all necessary approvals in order to complete a desired acquisition. To the extent we pay the purchase price of any acquisition in cash, it would reduce our cash reserves, and to the extent the purchase price is paid with our stock, it could be dilutive to our stockholders. To the extent we pay the purchase price with proceeds from the incurrence of debt, it would increase our already high level of indebtedness and could negatively affect our liquidity and restrict our operations. Our competitors may be willing or able to pay more than us for acquisitions, which may cause us to lose certain acquisitions that we would otherwise desire to complete. In addition, pursuant to the Fifth Third Bank consent rights in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, Fifth Third Bank's approval is required for acquisitions and incurrences of indebtedness by us based on certain thresholds. We cannot ensure that any acquisition, partnership or joint venture we make will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         If we fail to comply with the applicable requirements of the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks, those payment networks could seek to fine us, suspend us or terminate our registrations through our financial institution sponsors. Fines could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations, and if these registrations are terminated, we may not be able to conduct our business.

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requirements. Changes in the requirements may impact our ongoing cost of doing business and we may not, in every circumstance, be able to pass through such costs to our clients or associated participants. Furthermore, if we do not comply with the payment network requirements, the payment networks could seek to fine us, suspend us or terminate our registrations which allow us to process transactions on their networks. On occasion, we have received notices of non-compliance and fines, which have typically related to excessive chargebacks by a merchant or data security failures on the part of a merchant. If we are unable to recover fines from or pass through costs to our merchants or other associated participants, we would experience a financial loss. The termination of our registration, or any changes in the payment network rules that would impair our registration, could require us to stop providing payment network services to the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Changes in payment network rules or standards could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        In order to provide our transaction processing services, we are registered through our bank partnerships with the Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks as service providers for member institutions. As such, we and many of our clients are subject to card association and payment network rules that could subject us or our clients to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or payment networks for certain acts or omissions by us or our associated participants. On occasion, we have received notices of non-compliance and fines, which have typically related to excessive chargebacks by a merchant or data security failures on the part of a merchant. If we are unable to recover fines from our merchants, we would experience a financial loss. Payment network rules are established and changed from time to time by each payment network as they may determine in their sole discretion and with or without advance notice to their participants. Payment networks generally establish their rules to allocate responsibilities among the payment networks' participants and generally structure and change such rules for any number of reasons, including as a result of changes in the regulatory environment, to maintain or attract new participants or to serve their own strategic initiatives. In some cases, payment networks compete with us and their ability to modify and enhance their rules in their sole discretion may provide them an advantage in selling or developing their own services that may compete directly or indirectly with our services. The termination of our member registration or our status as a certified service provider, or any changes in card association or other payment network rules or standards, including interpretation and implementation of the rules or standards, that increase our cost of doing business or limit our ability to provide transaction processing services to or through our clients, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         If we cannot pass increases from payment networks including interchange, assessment, transaction and other fees along to our merchants, our operating margins will be reduced.

        We pay interchange and other fees set by the payment networks to the card issuing financial institution and the payment networks for each transaction we process. From time to time, the payment networks increase the interchange fees and other fees that they charge payment processors and the financial institution sponsors. At their sole discretion, our financial institution sponsors have the right to pass any increases in interchange and other fees on to us and they have consistently done so in the past. We are generally permitted under the contracts into which we enter, and in the past we have been able to, pass these fee increases along to our merchants through corresponding increases in our processing fees. However, if we are unable to pass through these and other fees in the future, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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         We rely on financial institution sponsors, which have substantial discretion with respect to certain elements of our business practices, and financial institution clearing service providers, in order to process electronic payment transactions. If these sponsorships or clearing services are terminated and we are unable to secure new bank sponsors or financial institutions, we will not be able to conduct our business.

        Because we are not a bank, we are not eligible for membership in the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks and are, therefore, unable to directly access the payment networks, which are required to process transactions. The Visa, MasterCard and other payment network operating regulations require us to be sponsored by a member bank in order to process electronic payment transactions. We are currently registered with the Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks through Fifth Third Bank, which has maintained that registration since we were established as a separate entity in 2009. Our wholly-owned subsidiary NPC Group, Inc. is currently registered with the Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks through First National Bank of Omaha which will expire in December 2012, when we plan to consolidate our registration sponsorship with Fifth Third Bank. Our current agreement with Fifth Third Bank expires in June 2019. Furthermore, our agreements with our financial institution sponsors give them substantial discretion in approving certain aspects of our business practices, including our solicitation, application and qualification procedures for merchants and the terms of our agreements with merchants. Our financial institution sponsors' discretionary actions under these agreements could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We also rely on various financial institutions to provide clearing services in connection with our settlement activities. If our sponsorships or clearing services agreements are terminated and we are unable to secure another bank sponsor or clearing service provider, we will not be able to process Visa, MasterCard and other payment network transactions or settle transactions which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Increased merchant, ISO or referral partner attrition could cause our revenues to decline.

        We experience attrition in merchant credit, debit or prepaid card processing volume resulting from several factors, including business closures, transfers of merchants' accounts to our competitors and account closures that we initiate due to heightened credit risks relating to contract breaches by merchants or a reduction in same store sales. Our ISO and referral partner channels, which purchase and resell our electronic payments services to their own portfolios of merchant customers, are strong contributors to our revenue growth in our Merchant Services segment. If an ISO or referral partner switches to another transaction processor, shuts down or becomes insolvent, we will no longer receive new merchant referrals from the ISO or referral partner, and we risk losing existing merchants that were originally enrolled by the ISO or referral partner. NPC, which was acquired in 2010, has higher rates of attrition due to the makeup of its customer base, which primarily consists of small and mid-sized merchants. We cannot predict the level of attrition in the future and our revenues could decline as a result of higher than expected attrition, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         If we do not successfully renew or renegotiate our agreements with our clients or ISOs, our business will suffer.

        A significant amount of our revenue is derived under contracts with clients and ISOs. Consolidation among financial institutions and merchants has resulted in an increasingly concentrated client base. The financial position of our clients and ISOs and their willingness to pay for our services are affected by general market conditions, competitive pressures and operating margins within their respective industries. Contract renewal or renegotiation time presents our clients and ISOs with the opportunity to consider other providers. The loss or renegotiation of our contracts with existing clients or ISOs or a significant decline in the number of transactions we process for them could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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         We are subject to economic and political risk, the business cycles and credit risk of our clients and the overall level of consumer, business and government spending, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        The electronic payments industry depends heavily on the overall level of consumer, business and government spending. We are exposed to general economic conditions that affect consumer confidence, consumer spending, consumer discretionary income or changes in consumer purchasing habits. A sustained deterioration in general economic conditions, particularly in the United States, or increases in interest rates may adversely affect our financial performance by reducing the number or average purchase amount of transactions made using electronic payments. A reduction in the amount of consumer spending could result in a decrease in our revenue and profits. If cardholders of our financial institution clients make fewer transactions with their cards, our merchants make fewer sales of their products and services using electronic payments or people spend less money per transaction, we will have fewer transactions to process at lower dollar amounts, resulting in lower revenue.

        A further weakening in the economy could have a negative impact on our clients, as well as their customers who purchase products and services using our payment processing systems, which could, in turn, negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations, particularly if the recessionary environment disproportionately affects some of the discretionary market segments that represent a larger portion of our payment processing volume. In addition, a further weakening in the economy could force retailers to close, resulting in exposure to potential credit losses and future transaction declines. Furthermore, credit card issuers have been reducing credit limits, closing accounts, and more selective with respect to whom they issue credit cards. We also have a certain amount of fixed and semi-fixed costs, including rent, debt service, processing contractual minimums and salaries, which could limit our ability to quickly adjust costs and respond to changes in our business and the economy. Changes in economic conditions could also adversely impact our future revenues and profits and cause a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        In addition, a recessionary economic environment could affect our merchants through a higher rate of bankruptcy filings, resulting in lower revenues and earnings for us. Our merchants are liable for any charges properly reversed by the card issuer on behalf of the cardholder. Our associated participants are also liable for any fines, or penalties, that may be assessed by any payment networks. In the event that we are not able to collect such amounts from the associated participants, due to fraud, breach of contract, insolvency, bankruptcy or any other reason, we may be liable for any such charges. Furthermore, in the event of a closure of a merchant, we are unlikely to receive our fees for any transactions processed by that merchant in its final months of operation, all of which would negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         We incur liability when our merchants refuse or cannot reimburse us for chargebacks resolved in favor of their customers, fees, fines or other assessments we incur from the payment networks. We cannot accurately anticipate these liabilities, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        In the event a dispute between a cardholder and a merchant is not resolved in favor of the merchant, the transaction is normally charged back to the merchant and the purchase price is credited or otherwise refunded to the cardholder. Furthermore, such disputes are more likely to arise during economic downturns, such as the one we are currently experiencing. If we are unable to collect such amounts from the merchant's account or reserve account (if applicable), or if the merchant refuses or is unable, due to closure, bankruptcy or other reasons, to reimburse us for a chargeback, we may bear the loss for the amount of the refund paid to the cardholder. The risk of chargebacks is typically greater with those merchants that promise future delivery of goods and services rather than delivering goods or rendering services at the time of payment. We may experience significant losses from chargebacks in the future. Any increase in chargebacks not paid by our merchants could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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         Fraud by merchants or others could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        We face potential liability for fraudulent electronic payment transactions or credits initiated by merchants or others. Examples of merchant fraud include when a merchant or other party knowingly uses a stolen or counterfeit credit, debit or prepaid card, card number or other credentials to record a false sales transaction, processes an invalid card, or intentionally fails to deliver the merchandise or services sold in an otherwise valid transaction. Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to engage in illegal activities such as counterfeiting and fraud. It is possible that incidents of fraud could increase in the future. Failure to effectively manage risk and prevent fraud would increase our chargeback liability or other liability. Increases in chargebacks or other liability could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         A decline in the use of credit, debit or prepaid cards as a payment mechanism for consumers or adverse developments with respect to the payment processing industry in general could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        If consumers do not continue to use credit, debit or prepaid cards as a payment mechanism for their transactions or if there is a change in the mix of payments between cash, credit, debit and prepaid cards which is adverse to us, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In response to rules implementing the Durbin Amendment, financial institutions may charge their customers additional fees for the use of debit cards. If such fees result in decreased use of debit cards by cardholders, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected. We believe future growth in the use of credit, debit and prepaid cards and other electronic payments will be driven by the cost, ease-of-use, and quality of services offered to consumers and businesses. In order to consistently increase and maintain our profitability, consumers and businesses must continue to use electronic payment methods including, credit, debit and prepaid cards. Moreover, if there is an adverse development in the payments industry in general, such as new legislation or regulation that makes it more difficult for our clients to do business, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

         Continued consolidation in the banking and retail industries could adversely affect our growth.

        Historically, the banking industry has been the subject of consolidation, regardless of overall economic conditions, while the retail industry has been the subject of consolidation due to cyclical economic events. As banks and retail merchants consolidate, our ability to successfully offer our services will depend in part on whether the institutions that survive are willing to outsource their electronic payment processing to third party vendors and whether those institutions have pre-existing relationships with us or any of our competitors. Larger banks and merchants with greater transaction volumes may demand lower fees, which could result in lower revenues and earnings for us. In addition, in times of depressed economic conditions, similar to those experienced in the last few years, a higher number of financial institutions are taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC. The government seizure of a potential or current financial institution customer could have a negative effect on our business, by eliminating the institution's need for our services or by voiding any contracts we may have had in place with such institution.

         If Fifth Third Bank fails or is acquired by a third party, it could place certain of our material contracts at risk, decrease our revenue, and would transfer the ultimate voting power of a significant amount of our securities to a third party.

        If Fifth Third Bank, as one of our largest clients and provider of the services under our Clearing, Settlement and Sponsorship Agreement, Referral Agreement and Master Services Agreement, were to be placed into receivership or conservatorship, it could jeopardize our ability to generate revenue and conduct our business. Fifth Third Bank accounted for approximately 4% of our revenue in the year ended December 31, 2011 and provides crucial services to us. See "Certain Relationships and Related

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Person Transactions—Business Agreements with Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp." The loss of both a major client and material service provider due to a receivership or conservatorship, could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        If Fifth Third Bank were to be acquired by a third party, it could affect certain of our contractual arrangements with them. For instance, in the event of a change of control or merger of Fifth Third Bank, our Clearing Settlement and Sponsorship Agreement and our Referral Agreement provide that Fifth Third Bank may assign the contract to an affiliate or successor, in which case we would not have the right to terminate the contract regardless of such assignee's ability to perform such services. Our Master Services Agreement provides that Fifth Third Bank would be in default under the agreement upon a change of control, in which case we would have the right to terminate the agreement effective upon 60 days notice to Fifth Third Bank unless the surviving entity assumes Fifth Third Bank's obligation and the level of fees paid to us pursuant to the Master Services Agreement remains equal or greater than fees paid to us prior to the change of control. In addition, the acquiring company may choose to terminate the terms of such contracts, requiring us to litigate if we believe such termination is not pursuant to contract terms, and find alternative clients, counterparties or sponsorships. The added expense of litigation and the inability to find suitable substitute clients or counterparties in a timely manner would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Furthermore, such an acquisition would place in the hands of the acquiring third party the voting power of Fifth Third Bank's stock ownership in Vantiv, Inc. (including any shares of Class A common stock that may be issued in exchange for the Fifth Third investors' Class B units in Vantiv Holding) and, in some circumstances, certain of Fifth Third Bank's consent rights in Vantiv, Inc. and Vantiv Holding. We may not have a historical relationship with the acquiring party, and the acquiring party may be a competitor of ours or provide many of the same services that we provide. The acquiring party may vote its shares of our common stock or units or exercise its consent rights in a manner adverse to us and our other stockholders.

         Our risk management policies and procedures may not be fully effective in mitigating our risk exposure in all market environments or against all types of risks.

        We operate in a rapidly changing industry, and we have experienced significant change in the past three years including the separation transaction, certain acquisitions and this offering. Accordingly, our risk management policies and procedures may not be fully effective to identify, monitor and manage our risks. Some of our risk evaluation methods depend upon information provided by others and public information regarding markets, clients or other matters that are otherwise inaccessible by us. In some cases, however, that information may not be accurate, complete or up-to-date. If our policies and procedures are not fully effective or we are not always successful in capturing all risks to which we are or may be exposed, we may suffer harm to our reputation or be subject to litigation or regulatory actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         We are subject to extensive government regulation, and any new laws and regulations, industry standards or revisions made to existing laws, regulations, or industry standards affecting the electronic payments industry and other industries in which we operate may have an unfavorable impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our business is impacted by laws and regulations that affect our industry. The number of new and proposed regulations has increased significantly, particularly pertaining to interchange fees on credit and debit card transactions, which are paid to the card issuing financial institution. In July 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, which significantly changed financial regulation. Changes affecting the payment processing industry include restricting amounts of debit card fees that certain issuing financial

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institutions can charge merchants and allowing merchants to set minimum dollar amounts for the acceptance of credit cards and offer discounts for different payment methods. These restrictions could negatively affect the number of debit transactions, and prices changed per transaction, which would negatively affect our business. The Dodd-Frank Act also created a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the CFPB, that became operational on July 21, 2011 and will assume responsibility for most federal consumer protection laws in the area of financial services, including consumer credit. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act created a Financial Stability Oversight Council that has the authority to determine whether non-bank financial companies, such as us, should be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or the Federal Reserve, because they are systemically important to the U.S. financial system. Any such designation would result in increased regulatory burdens on our business.

        Rules released by the Federal Reserve in July 2011 to implement the so-called Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act mandate a cap on debit transaction interchange fees for card issuers with assets greater than $10 billion. The rules also contain prohibitions on network exclusivity and routing restrictions. Beginning in October 2011, (i) a card payment network may not prohibit a card issuer from contracting with any other card payment network for the processing of electronic debit transactions involving the issuer's debit cards and (ii) card issuing financial institutions and card payment networks may not inhibit the ability of merchants to direct the routing of debit card transactions over any card payment networks that can process the transactions. By April 2012, most debit card issuers will be required to enable at least two unaffiliated card payment networks on each debit card. The interchange fee cap has the potential to alter the type or volume of card based transactions that we process on behalf of our clients. These new regulations could result in the need for us to make capital investments to modify our services to facilitate our existing clients' and potential clients' compliance and reduce the fees we are able to charge our clients. These new regulations also could result in greater pricing transparency and increased price-based competition leading to lower margins and higher rates of client attrition. Furthermore, the requirements of the new regulations and the timing of their effective dates could result in changes in our clients' business practices that may alter their delivery of their products and services to consumers and the timing of their investment decisions, which could change the demand for our services as well as alter the type or volume of transactions that we process on behalf of our clients. See "Business—Regulation—Dodd-Frank Act."

        In addition, the Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009, or CARD Act, created new requirements applicable to credit card issuers. The CARD Act, along with the Federal Reserve's amended Regulation E, created new requirements applicable to certain prepaid cards. In the future, we may have to obtain state licenses to expand our distribution network for prepaid cards, which licenses we may not be able to obtain. If we fail or are unable to comply with these requirements, our clients (or in certain instances, we) could be subject to the imposition of fines, civil liability (and/or in the case of willful and deliberate non-compliance, criminal liability) which may impact our ability to offer our credit issuer processing services, prepaid or other related services which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Furthermore, on July 26, 2011, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or FinCEN, issued a final rule regarding the applicability of the Bank Secrecy Act's regulations to "prepaid access" products and services. This rulemaking clarifies the anti-money laundering obligations for entities engaged in the provision and sale of prepaid services such as prepaid cards, including a requirement that will cause us to register with FinCEN as a "money services business—provider of prepaid access." Notwithstanding previously implemented anti-money laundering procedures pursuant to various contractual obligations, the rule increases our regulatory risks and, as with other regulatory requirements, violations of the rule could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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each calendar year by merchant acquiring entities and third-party settlement organizations with respect to payments made in settlement of payment card transactions and third-party payment network transactions occurring in that calendar year. This requirement to make information returns applies to returns for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2010. Reportable transactions are also subject to backup withholding requirements. We could be liable for penalties if our information return is not in compliance with the new regulations. In addition, these new regulations will require us to incur additional costs to modify our systems so that we may provide compliant services. This law will result in significant additional Form 1099 reporting requirements for us in the first half of 2012.

        The overall impact of these regulations on us is difficult to estimate, in part because certain regulations need to be adopted by the CFPB with respect to consumer financial products and services and regulations have only recently been adopted by the Federal Reserve with respect to certain interchange fees and in part because such regulations have only recently taken effect. These and other laws and regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, even an inadvertent failure to comply with laws and regulations, as well as rapidly evolving social expectations of corporate fairness, could damage our business or our reputation.

         Governmental regulations designed to protect or limit access to consumer information could adversely affect our ability to effectively provide our services to merchants.

        Governmental bodies in the United States and abroad have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, laws and regulations restricting the transfer of, and requiring safeguarding of, non-public personal information. For example, in the United States, all financial institutions must undertake certain steps to ensure the privacy and security of consumer financial information. While our operations are subject to certain provisions of these privacy laws, we have limited our use of consumer information solely to providing services to other businesses and financial institutions. In connection with providing services to our clients, we are required by regulations and contracts with our merchants and financial institution clients to provide assurances regarding the confidentiality and security of non-public consumer information. These contracts require periodic audits by independent companies regarding our compliance with industry standards and also allow for similar audits regarding best practices established by regulatory guidelines. The compliance standards relate to our infrastructure, components and operational procedures designed to safeguard the confidentiality and security of non-public consumer personal information shared by our clients with us. Our ability to maintain compliance with these standards and satisfy these audits will affect our ability to attract and maintain business in the future. If we fail to comply with these regulations, we could be exposed to suits for breach of contract or to governmental proceedings. In addition, our client relationships and reputation could be harmed, and we could be inhibited in our ability to obtain new clients. If more restrictive privacy laws or rules are adopted by authorities in the future on the federal or state level, our compliance costs may increase, our opportunities for growth may be curtailed by our compliance capabilities or reputational harm and our potential liability for security breaches may increase, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Changes in tax laws or their interpretations, or becoming subject to additional U.S., state or local taxes that cannot be passed through to our clients, could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        We are subject to tax laws in each jurisdiction where we do business. Changes in tax laws or their interpretations could decrease the amount of revenues we receive, the value of tax loss carryforwards and tax credits recorded on our balance sheet and the amount of our cash flow, and have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, companies in the payment processing industry, including us, may become subject to taxation in various tax jurisdictions. Taxing jurisdictions have not yet adopted uniform positions on this topic. If we are required to pay additional taxes and are unable to pass the tax expense through to our clients, our costs

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would increase and our net income would be reduced, and it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         For purposes of federal and state banking laws, we are deemed to be controlled by Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp, and as such we are subject to supervision and examination by federal and state banking regulators, and our activities are limited to those permissible for Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp. We may therefore be restricted from engaging in new activities or businesses, whether organically or by acquisition. We are also subject to supervision and examination by the new Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

        Fifth Third Bank currently owns an equity interest representing approximately 49% of the voting and economic equity interest of Vantiv Holding, and, after the consummation of this offering, will continue to own approximately 40.3% of the voting and economic interest in Vantiv Holding and approximately 18.5% of the voting interest in Vantiv, Inc.

        Because of the size of Fifth Third Bank's beneficial voting and economic interest, we and Vantiv Holding are deemed to be controlled by Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank and are therefore considered to be a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp for purposes of the BHC Act and of Fifth Third Bank for purposes of relevant federal and state banking laws. We are therefore subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve and the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions, or the ODFI. We will remain subject to regulation and examination until Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank are no longer deemed to control us for bank regulatory purposes, which we do not have the ability to control and which will not occur until Fifth Third Bank has significantly reduced its equity interest in us, as well as certain other factors. The BHC Act and relevant federal and state banking laws and regulations include different thresholds for regulatory purposes to define control as compared to GAAP requirements, and as a result, Fifth Third Bancorp does not consolidate Vantiv Holding for financial reporting purposes. For financial reporting purposes, we have consolidated the results of Vantiv Holding due to our ownership of a majority voting ownership interest in Vantiv Holding and control of the Vantiv Holding board of directors.

        For as long as we are deemed to be controlled by Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank for bank regulatory purposes, we are subject to regulation, supervision, examination and potential enforcement action by the Federal Reserve and the ODFI and to most banking laws, regulations and orders that apply to Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank. Any restrictions placed on Fifth Third Bancorp or Fifth Third Bank as a result of any supervisory actions may also restrict us or our activities in certain circumstances, even if these actions are unrelated to our conduct or business. Further, as long as we are deemed to be controlled by Fifth Third Bancorp for bank regulatory purposes, we may conduct only activities that are authorized under the BHC Act for a bank holding company, or a BHC, which include activities so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto, or for a financial holding company, or FHC, which include activities that are financial in nature or incidental to financial activities. In addition, as long as Fifth Third Bank holds an equity interest in us or Vantiv Holding, directly or indirectly, our activities are further limited to those that are permissible for Fifth Third Bank to engage in directly, which include activities that are part of, or incidental to, the business of banking. Accordingly, we have agreed to a covenant in the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement that is intended to facilitate compliance by Fifth Third Bank with relevant federal and state banking laws. For more information about these provisions, see "Business—Regulation—Banking Regulation" and "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding."

        In addition, new activities that we may wish to commence in the future may not be permissible for us under the BHC Act or other relevant federal or state banking laws, or may require prior regulatory approvals. More generally, the Federal Reserve has broad powers to approve, deny or refuse to act upon applications or notices for us to conduct new activities, acquire or divest businesses or assets, or reconfigure existing operations. Because of the foregoing limitations, and in particular, Fifth Third

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Bank's interest in us, it may be difficult for us to invest in a non-U.S. company and doing so may require prior regulatory approval, including from the Federal Reserve.

        For example, in certain circumstances, we and Fifth Third Bank may decide to establish a "financial subsidiary" (which is a special type of bank subsidiary permitted by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and implemented in this case by Federal Reserve Regulation H) in order to acquire a foreign entity. Among other things, a financial subsidiary may engage, either directly or through a foreign subsidiary, in a wide range of international financial activities, including the types of data processing activities we provide. Such financial subsidiary would be deemed to be a financial subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank. As such, the banking agencies will have substantial discretion as to whether a financial subsidiary may be formed and under what conditions it may operate. If permitted by the Federal Reserve and the ODFI, Vantiv Holding could establish a direct or indirect financial subsidiary that is a foreign entity or that may directly or indirectly acquire the stock of a foreign entity. In addition to the initial filing and application requirements, because the financial subsidiary must be considered a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank for banking law purposes at all times, establishing and maintaining a financial subsidiary will subject Fifth Third Bank, and to a lesser extent us, to several banking law requirements and limitations. More specifically, at all times (i) if the financial subsidiary or any subsidiary engages in any activities as principal rather than as agent, Fifth Third Bank must have at least one issue of eligible debt outstanding currently given one of the highest three investment grade ratings by a national ratings agency; (ii) the financial subsidiary would be deemed an "affiliate" of Fifth Third Bank and us for purposes of Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation W promulgated thereunder (which would place limits on, among other things, the amount of capital and credit arrangements that could be provided to the financial subsidiary and any subsidiary thereof by Fifth Third Bank and its subsidiaries and by us and our other subsidiaries), and all contractual arrangements between Fifth Third Bank and its subsidiaries and us and our other subsidiaries, on the one hand, with the financial subsidiary, and any subsidiary thereof, on the other hand, must be on not better than arm's-length terms from the perspective of such financial subsidiary; (iii) Fifth Third Bank must be "well capitalized" and "well managed" under applicable banking regulations; (iv) the financial subsidiary may not exceed a threshold for maximum assets; (v) Fifth Third Bank must comply with capital deduction requirements regarding investments and retained earnings in the financial subsidiary; (vi) safeguards for monitoring the risk at Fifth Third Bank and the financial subsidiary must be established; and (vii) the financial subsidiary is deemed a subsidiary of the bank holding company and not the member bank for purposes of anti-tying prohibitions under the BHC Act.

        We may not receive regulatory authority to create such a financial subsidiary, or, if created, we may be unable to comply with all requirements. We will need Fifth Third's cooperation to form and operate the financial subsidiary, and the regulatory burdens imposed upon Fifth Third Bank may be too extensive to justify its establishment or continuation. If after the financial subsidiary is formed we or Fifth Third Bank are at any time unable to comply with the regulatory requirements set forth above, the Federal Reserve or ODFI may impose additional limitations or restrictions on Fifth Third Bank's or our operations, which could potentially force us to limit the activities or dispose of the financial subsidiary. Moreover, if the financial subsidiary is at some point deemed to not be a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank for bank purposes, as a result of future reductions in ownership in Vantiv, Inc. by Fifth Third Bank but Fifth Third Bank nonetheless retains the ownership interest in us, we would need to seek another basis for permitting Fifth Third Bank's indirect ownership interest in foreign companies, and we cannot be certain that such efforts would be commercially viable or successful.

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        In light of the foregoing, there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully engage in activities abroad or invest in a non-U.S. company. Any activities or other regulatory restrictions or approval requirements applicable to us as a result of our affiliation for bank regulatory purposes with Fifth Third Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank may inhibit our expansion into new markets or new business lines and may limit our ability to acquire other businesses or enter into other strategic transactions, which may in turn have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        We are subject to direct supervision and examination by the CFPB because we are an affiliate of Fifth Third Bank (which is an insured depository institution with greater than $10 billion in assets) for bank regulatory purposes and because we are a service provider to insured depository institutions with assets of $10 billion or more in connection with their consumer financial products and to entities that are larger participants in markets for consumer financial products and services such as prepaid cards. The CFPB was created by the Dodd-Frank Act and will assume rulemaking authority over several enumerated federal consumer financial protection laws. It is also authorized to issue rules prohibiting unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices by persons offering consumer financial products or services and those, such as us, who are service providers to such persons. The CFPB has authority to enforce these consumer financial protection laws and rules. CFPB rules and examinations may require us to adjust our activities and may increase our compliance costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        For a further discussion of the applicability of banking regulation to our business and the risks presented by such regulation, see "Business—Regulation—Banking Regulation."

         The costs and effects of pending and future litigation, investigations or similar matters, or adverse facts and developments related thereto, could materially affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

        We are involved in various litigation matters and from time to time may be involved in governmental or regulatory investigations or similar matters arising out of our current or future business. Our insurance or indemnities may not cover all claims that may be asserted against us, and any claims asserted against us, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, may harm our reputation. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that we will be successful in defending ourselves in pending or future litigation or similar matters under various laws. Should the ultimate judgments or settlements in any pending litigation or future litigation or investigation significantly exceed our insurance coverage, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         We may not be able to successfully manage our intellectual property and may be subject to infringement claims.

        We rely on a combination of contractual rights and copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws to establish and protect our proprietary technology. Third parties may challenge, invalidate, circumvent, infringe or misappropriate our intellectual property, or such intellectual property may not be sufficient to permit us to take advantage of current market trends or otherwise to provide competitive advantages, which could result in costly redesign efforts, discontinuance of certain service offerings or other competitive harm. Others, including our competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our services or design around our intellectual property, and in such cases we could not assert our intellectual property rights against such parties. Further, our contractual arrangements may not effectively prevent disclosure of our confidential information or provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of our confidential information. We may have to litigate to enforce or determine the scope and enforceability of our intellectual property rights, trade secrets and know-how, which is expensive, could cause a diversion of resources and may not prove successful. Also, because of the rapid pace of technological change in our industry, aspects of our

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business and our services rely on technologies developed or licensed by third parties, and we may not be able to obtain or continue to obtain licenses and technologies from these third parties on reasonable terms or at all. The loss of intellectual property protection or the inability to obtain third party intellectual property could harm our business and ability to compete.

        We may also be subject to costly litigation in the event our services and technology infringe upon or otherwise violate a third party's proprietary rights. Third parties may have, or may eventually be issued, patents that could be infringed by our services or technology. Any of these third parties could make a claim of infringement against us with respect to our services or technology. We may also be subject to claims by third parties for breach of copyright, trademark, license usage or other intellectual property rights. Any claim from third parties may result in a limitation on our ability to use the intellectual property subject to these claims. Additionally, in recent years, individuals and groups have been purchasing intellectual property assets for the sole purpose of making claims of infringement and attempting to extract settlements from companies like ours. Even if we believe that intellectual property related claims are without merit, defending against such claims is time consuming and expensive and could result in the diversion of the time and attention of our management and employees. Claims of intellectual property infringement also might require us to redesign affected services, enter into costly settlement or license agreements, pay costly damage awards, or face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from marketing or selling certain of our services. Even if we have an agreement for indemnification against such costs, the indemnifying party, if any in such circumstances, may be unable to uphold its contractual obligations. If we cannot or do not license the infringed technology on reasonable terms or substitute similar technology from another source, our revenue and earnings could be adversely impacted.

        Finally, we use open source software in connection with our technology and services. Companies that incorporate open source software into their products have, from time to time, faced claims challenging the ownership of open source software. As a result, we could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software. Some open source software licenses require users who distribute open source software as part of their software to publicly disclose all or part of the source code to such software and/or make available any derivative works of the open source code on unfavorable terms or at no cost. While we monitor the use of open source software in our technology and services and try to ensure that none is used in a manner that would require us to disclose the source code to the related technology or service, such use could inadvertently occur and any requirement to disclose our proprietary source code could be harmful to our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         If we lose key personnel our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        We are dependent upon the ability and experience of a number of our key personnel who have substantial experience with our operations, the rapidly changing payment processing industry and the selected markets in which we offer our services. Many of our key personnel have worked for us for a significant amount of time or were recruited by us specifically due to their industry experience. It is possible that the loss of the services of one or a combination of our senior executives or key managers, including Charles D. Drucker, our chief executive officer, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         In a dynamic industry like ours, the ability to attract, recruit, retain and develop qualified employees is critical to our success and growth.

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personnel who can provide the needed expertise across the entire spectrum of our intellectual capital needs. While we have a number of our key personnel who have substantial experience with our operations, we must also develop our personnel to provide succession plans capable of maintaining continuity in the midst of the inevitable unpredictability of human capital. However, the market for qualified personnel is competitive, and we may not succeed in recruiting additional personnel or may fail to effectively replace current personnel who depart with qualified or effective successors. We have hired significant numbers of new personnel since the separation transaction and must continue to hire additional personnel to execute our strategic plans. Our effort to retain and develop personnel may also result in significant additional expenses, which could adversely affect our profitability. We cannot assure that qualified employees will continue to be employed or that we will be able to attract and retain qualified personnel in the future. Failure to retain or attract key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Our operating results are subject to seasonality, which could result in fluctuations in our quarterly net income.

        We have experienced in the past, and expect to continue to experience, seasonal fluctuations in our revenues as a result of consumer spending patterns. Historically our revenues have been strongest in our third and fourth quarters, and weakest in our first quarter. This is due to the increase in the number and amount of electronic payment transactions related to seasonal retail events.

         We may need to raise additional funds to finance our future capital needs, which may prevent us from growing our business.

        We may need to raise additional funds to finance our future capital needs, including developing new services and technologies, and to fund ongoing operating expenses. We also may need additional financing earlier than we anticipate if we, among other things:

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finance Vantiv, Inc.'s purchase of Class B units of Vantiv Holding from the Fifth Third investors upon the exercise of their right to put their Class B units of Vantiv Holding to Vantiv, Inc. in exchange for cash to the extent that we decide to purchase rather than exchange such units for Class A common stock.

        If we raise additional funds through the sale of equity securities, these transactions may dilute the value of our outstanding Class A common stock. In addition, any issuance of securities constituting more than 20% of the total of our outstanding common stock, with certain limited exceptions, and incurrences of indebtedness that cause us to fail to meet a specified leverage ratio are subject to the consent rights of Fifth Third Bank set forth in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. We may also decide to issue securities, including debt securities that have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our Class A common stock. Any debt financing would increase our already high level of indebtedness and could negatively affect our liquidity and restrict our operations. We may be unable to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us or at all. If financing is not available or is not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund our future needs. This may prevent us from increasing our market share, capitalizing on new business opportunities or remaining competitive in our industry.

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         Potential clients may be reluctant to switch to a new vendor, which may adversely affect our growth.

        Many potential clients, including both financial institutions and merchants, worry about potential disadvantages associated with switching payment processing vendors, such as a loss of accustomed functionality, increased costs and business disruption. For potential clients of our Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services segments, switching from one vendor of core processing or related software and services (or from an internally-developed system) to a new vendor is a significant undertaking. As a result, potential clients often resist change. We seek to overcome this resistance through strategies such as making investments to enhance the functionality of our software. However, there can be no assurance that our strategies for overcoming potential clients' reluctance to change vendors will be successful, and this resistance may adversely affect our growth.

         We have a long sales cycle for many of our services, and if we fail to close sales after expending significant time and resources to do so, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

        The initial installation and set-up of many of our services often involve significant resource commitments by our clients, particularly those with larger operational scale. Potential clients generally commit significant resources to an evaluation of available services and require us to expend substantial time (up to six to nine months), effort and money educating them as to the value of our services. We incur substantial costs in order to obtain each new customer. We may expend significant funds and management resources during the sales cycle and ultimately fail to close the sale. Our sales cycle may be extended due to our clients' budgetary constraints or for other reasons. If we are unsuccessful in closing sales after expending significant funds and management resources or we experience delays, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Company and Our Organizational Structure

         We have a limited operating history as a stand-alone company upon which you can evaluate our performance, and accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any newly stand-alone company encounters. Furthermore, we maintain many relationships with our former parent entity.

        Historically, our business has been conducted as a business unit of Fifth Third Bank, and many key services required by us for the operation of our business were provided by Fifth Third Bank until recently. Thus, we have limited experience operating as a stand-alone company and performing various corporate functions, including human resources, tax administration, legal (including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and with the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act), treasury administration, investor relations, internal audit, insurance and information technology, as well as the accounting for items such as equity compensation and income taxes. Our business is subject to the substantial risks inherent in the commencement of a new business enterprise in an intensely regulated and competitive industry. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties encountered by companies in the early stages of independent business operations, particularly companies that are heavily affected by economic conditions and operate in highly regulated and competitive environments. Furthermore, we currently use services from Fifth Third Bank, such as treasury management services and limited information technology services. If Fifth Third Bank were to stop providing such services and we were unable to replace these services or enter into appropriate third party agreements on terms and conditions, including cost, comparable to those with Fifth Third Bank, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For more information regarding our relationship with Fifth Third Bank, see "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions."

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         Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our debt obligations.

        We have a high level of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2011, after giving effect to this offering, the application of our estimated net proceeds therefrom, we would have had total indebtedness of $1.3 billion. For the year ended December 31, 2011, total payments under our annual debt service obligation, including interest and principal, were $113.4 million. Furthermore, assuming (i) the sale of our Class A common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), (ii) the application of the net proceeds to be received by us from this offering as described in "Use of Proceeds" and (iii) the refinancing of our remaining indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities on the expected terms of the debt refinancing described in "Description of Certain Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities," had each occurred on January 1, 2011, our interest expense—net for the year ended December 31, 2011 would have been $43.9 million and total payments under our annual debt service obligation, including interest and principal, would be $90.6 million. Our high degree of leverage could have significant negative consequences, including:

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making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness, and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants and borrowing conditions, could result in an event of default under the agreements governing such indebtedness;



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limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or market conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who are less highly leveraged and who, therefore, may be able to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage prevents us from exploiting.

        The majority of our indebtedness consists of indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities which mature in 2016 and 2017. Our senior secured revolving credit facility matures in 2015. Pursuant to the expected terms of the debt refinancing described in "Description of Certain Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities," our new term A loans, term B loans and revolving credit facility are expected to mature in 2017, 2019 and 2017, respectively. We may not be able to refinance our senior secured credit facilities or any other existing indebtedness because of our high level of debt, debt incurrence restrictions under our debt agreements or because of adverse conditions in credit markets generally.

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         Despite our high indebtedness level, we still may be able to incur significant additional amounts of debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial indebtedness.

        We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although our existing senior secured credit facilities contain (and our new senior secured credit facilities to be entered into in connection with the debt refinancing will contain) restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions, and under certain circumstances, the amount of indebtedness that could be incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. For example, we may incur up to $350.0 million of additional debt pursuant to an incremental facility under our existing senior secured credit facilities, subject to certain terms and conditions. We expect our new senior secured credit facilities will have a similar incremental facility. If new debt is added to our outstanding debt levels, the risks related to our indebtedness that we will face would increase.

         Our balance sheet includes significant amounts of goodwill and intangible assets. The impairment of a significant portion of these assets would negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our balance sheet includes goodwill and intangible assets that represent 70% of our total assets at December 31, 2011. These assets consist primarily of goodwill and identified intangible assets associated with our acquisitions. We also expect to engage in additional acquisitions, which may result in our recognition of additional goodwill and intangible assets. Under current accounting standards, we are required to amortize certain intangible assets over the useful life of the asset, while goodwill and certain other intangible assets are not amortized. On at least an annual basis, we assess whether there have been impairments in the carrying value of goodwill and certain intangible assets. If the carrying value of the asset is determined to be impaired, then it is written down to fair value by a charge to operating earnings. An impairment of a significant portion of goodwill or intangible assets could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         We may be required to pay our existing investors for most of certain tax benefits we may claim in connection with this offering and related transactions, and the amounts we may be required to pay could be significant.

        In connection with this offering, should the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares, we will purchase a portion of the Fifth Third investors' existing units of Vantiv Holding. The purchase of these units of Vantiv Holding from the Fifth Third investors is expected to result in increases in the tax basis of the assets of Vantiv Holding. In addition, the units of Vantiv Holding held by JPDN could be exchanged for shares of our Class A common stock to be sold in this offering, and the units in Vantiv Holding held by the Fifth Third investors may in the future be exchanged for cash or shares of our Class A common stock. These exchanges may result in increases in the tax basis of the assets of Vantiv Holding. Any increases in tax basis that occur as a result of the purchase of units from existing members or from future exchanges of units in Vantiv Holding, and any tax attributes that we currently have, may reduce the amount of tax that we would otherwise be required to pay in the future. In addition, NPC has certain net operating losses, or NOLs, and other tax attributes that may reduce the amount of tax that NPC would otherwise be required to pay in the future.

        Prior to the consummation of the offering, Vantiv, Inc. will enter into four tax receivable agreements with our existing investors. One tax receivable agreement will provide for the payment by us to the Fifth Third investors of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that we actually realize as a result of the increases in tax basis that may result from the purchase of Vantiv Holding units from the Fifth Third investors or from the future exchange of units by the Fifth Third investors for cash or shares of our Class A common stock, as well as the tax

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benefits attributable to payments made under such tax receivable agreement. Any actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of exchanges, the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the exchange, the extent to which such exchanges are taxable, and the amount and timing of our income. The second of these tax receivable agreements will provide for the payment by us to Advent of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that we actually realize as a result of our use of our tax attributes in existence prior to the effective date of this initial public offering, as well as the tax benefits attributable to payments made under such tax receivable agreement. The third of these tax receivable agreements will provide for the payment by us to our existing investors of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that NPC actually realizes as a result of its use of its NOLs and other tax attributes, as well as the tax benefits attributable to payments made under such tax receivable agreement, with any such payment being paid to Advent, the Fifth Third investors and JPDN according to their respective ownership interests in Vantiv Holding immediately prior to the reorganization transactions. The fourth of these tax receivable agreements will provide for the payment to JPDN of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that we actually realize as a result in the increase of tax basis that may result from the Vantiv Holding units exchanged for our Class A common stock by JPDN, as well as the tax benefits attributable to payments made under such tax receivable agreement.

        The payments we will be required to make under the tax receivable agreements could be substantial. Assuming no material changes in the relevant tax law, and that we earn sufficient taxable income to realize all tax benefits that are subject to the tax receivable agreements, we expect future payments under the tax receivable agreement relating to the NPC NOLs and the tax receivable agreement with Advent to be up to approximately $316.2 million in the aggregate and to range over the next 15 years from approximately $7.3 million to $30.8 million per year. Other payments may be made pursuant to the tax receivable agreements related to the purchase by us of units in Vantiv Holding from existing members which we cannot quantify at this time and which could be significant. Future payments to our existing investors in respect of subsequent exchanges would be in addition to these amounts and are expected to be substantial as well. The foregoing numbers are merely estimates, and the actual payments could differ materially. It is possible that future transactions or events, including changes in tax rates, could increase or decrease the actual tax benefits realized and the corresponding tax receivable agreement payments. There may be a material adverse effect on our liquidity if, as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise, distributions to us by Vantiv Holding are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the tax receivable agreements after we have paid taxes. The payments under the tax receivable agreements are not conditioned upon the continued ownership of us or Vantiv Holding by the other parties to that agreement.

         In certain cases, payments under the tax receivable agreements to our existing investors may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreements.

        The tax receivable agreements provide that, upon certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combination or certain other changes of control, our obligations to make payments with respect to tax benefits would be based on certain assumptions, including that we would have sufficient taxable income to fully use the NOLs or deductions arising from increased tax basis of assets. As a result, upon a merger or other change of control, we could be required to make payments under the tax receivable agreements that are greater than 85% of our actual tax savings.

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under the tax receivable agreements. In addition, if we materially breach a material obligation in any or all of the tax receivable agreements and we do not cure such breach within a specified time period, we would also be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future tax benefits taken into account under such tax receivable agreement. In the event of either a termination or a material breach of a material obligation, the anticipated future tax benefits would be determined under certain assumptions that in general assume that we would recognize the greatest amount of benefits at the earliest time. As a result, the payments we would be required to make if we elect to terminate any or all of the tax receivable agreements or a material breach occurs that is not cured within a specified time period could exceed 85% of the tax savings that we actually realize from the increased tax basis and/or the NOLs, and we could be required to make those payments significantly in advance of the time the tax savings arise.

         We will not be reimbursed for any payments made to our existing investors under the tax receivable agreements in the event that any tax benefits are disallowed.

        If the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, challenges the tax basis increases or NOLs that give rise to payments under the tax receivable agreements and the tax basis increases or NOLs are subsequently disallowed, the recipients of payments under those agreements will not reimburse us for any payments we previously made to them. Any such disallowance would be taken into account in determining future payments under the tax receivable agreements and would, therefore, reduce the amount of any such future payments. Nevertheless, if the claimed tax benefits from the tax basis increases or NOLs are disallowed, our payments under the tax receivable agreements could exceed our actual tax savings, and we may not be able to recoup payments under the tax receivable agreements that were calculated on the assumption that the disallowed tax savings were available.

         We are a holding company and our principal assets after completion of this offering will be our interests in Vantiv Holding, and we will depend on dividends, distributions and other payments, advances and transfers of funds from Vantiv Holding to meet any existing or future debt service and other obligations and to pay dividends, if any, and taxes and other expenses.

        We are a holding company (and are required to remain as one until the Exchange Agreement is no longer in effect), and we conduct all of our operations through Vantiv Holding and its subsidiaries. We have no material assets other than our ownership of units of Vantiv Holding. We have no independent means of generating revenues. We intend to, in accordance with the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, cause Vantiv Holding to make periodic tax distributions to its members computed based on an estimate of the net taxable income of Vantiv Holding allocable to a holder of its units multiplied by an assumed tax rate and only to the extent that the amount of all distributions from Vantiv Holding for the relevant year is less than such computed amount. The Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement will contain consent rights that will effectively require Fifth Third Bank's approval of all distributions paid by Vantiv Holding, other than periodic tax distributions, payments required under the Exchange Agreement and payments under the Advancement Agreement, which allows us to make payments under our tax receivable agreement related to the NPC NOLs, make payments under our other tax receivable agreements to the extent not covered by payments made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement and make payments required under the Exchange Agreement, pay our franchise taxes and cover our reasonable administrative and corporate expenses. To the extent that we need funds and Vantiv Holding is restricted from making such distributions under applicable law or regulation, as a result of Fifth Third Bank's consent rights at Vantiv Holding, or by the terms of Vantiv Holding's indebtedness, or Vantiv Holding is otherwise unable to provide such funds, it could materially adversely affect our liquidity and, consequently, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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         Each of Advent and the Fifth Third investors independently will have substantial control over us and Vantiv Holding after this offering and will be able to influence corporate matters with respect to us and Vantiv Holding. Advent and the Fifth Third investors may have interests that differ from each other and from those of our other stockholders.

        Upon completion of this offering and assuming the underwriters do not elect to exercise their option to purchase additional shares, Advent and the Fifth Third investors will directly or indirectly hold, in the aggregate, approximately 57.2% and 18.5% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, respectively. In addition, the Fifth Third investors will also have consent rights pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement with respect to certain significant matters. As a result, each of Advent and the Fifth Third investors will be able to strongly influence the election of our directors and potentially control the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matter submitted to our stockholders for approval, including potential mergers or acquisitions, asset sales and other significant corporate transactions. The total value and voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock that the Fifth Third investors hold (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any ownership interest in units of Vantiv Holding) will be limited to 18.5% at any time other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control, in which event the Fifth Third investors will have the right to that full number of votes equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock they own, which amount will represent voting power equal to such ownership as a percentage of all Class A common stock and Class B common stock (and any preferred stock we may issue in the future which is entitled to vote with the Class A common stock). In addition, three of our 11 directors are employees of Advent. The Fifth Third investors will have the right to elect a number of our directors proportionate to the voting power represented by the Class B common stock owned by the Fifth Third investors but not exceeding 18.5% of the board of directors; accordingly, two of our 11 directors are employees of Fifth Third Bank or its affiliates, as described under "Management." See "Description of Capital Stock—Consent Rights" and "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding" for a description of the consent rights held by the Fifth Third investors.

        The interests of Advent and the Fifth Third investors may not coincide with each other or the best interests of other holders of our Class A common stock. This concentration of voting power could also have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change of control or other business combination that might otherwise be beneficial to the stockholders of our Class A common stock.

         Fifth Third Bank will be able to significantly influence our operations and management because of certain consent rights and other rights in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement.

        All of our business and operations will be conducted through Vantiv Holding, and our control of Vantiv Holding will be subject to the consent rights provided to Fifth Third Bank in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Fifth Third investors will have consent rights with respect to certain significant matters, including certain change of control transactions; acquisitions, dispositions, incurrences of indebtedness by us if we fail to meet a specified leverage ratio after giving effect to such incurrences; investments by us; equity issuances above specified thresholds; declaration and payment of dividends by Vantiv Holding; transactions with affiliates; changes to Vantiv Holding's business plan; capital expenditures; material changes to the Vantiv Holding Management Phantom Equity Plan; hiring or firing of auditors; material tax elections; and changes in constituent documents or governance of our subsidiaries. See "Description of Capital Stock—Consent Rights" and "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding." Moreover, to the extent that the interests of Fifth Third Bank differ from those of us

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or the holders of our Class A common stock, Fifth Third Bank's ability to block certain actions may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Certain of our existing investors have interests and positions that could present potential conflicts with our and our stockholders' interests.

        Advent makes investments in companies and may, from time to time, acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. Advent and Fifth Third Bank may also pursue, for their own accounts, acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. Advent, through one of its private equity investments, owns an equity interest in WorldPay US, Inc., one of our direct competitors, which may result in their being provided with business opportunities through their relationship with Advent instead of us. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will contain provisions renouncing any interest or expectancy held by our directors affiliated with Advent and Fifth Third Bank in certain corporate opportunities. Accordingly, the interests of Advent and Fifth Third Bank may supersede ours, causing them or their affiliates to compete against us or to pursue opportunities instead of us, for which we have no recourse. Such actions on the part of Advent and Fifth Third Bank and inaction on our part could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

         Some provisions of Delaware law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may deter third parties from acquiring us and diminish the value of our Class A common stock.

        Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide for, among other things:

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our ability to issue additional shares of Class A common stock and to issue preferred stock with terms that the board of directors may determine, in each case without stockholder approval (other than as specified in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation);



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supermajority approval requirements for amending or repealing provisions in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws;



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a prohibition on action by written consent of stockholders following the date when Advent and the Fifth Third investors collectively cease to beneficially own 50% or more of our outstanding shares of, collectively, Class A common stock and Class B common stock; and



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advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and nominations.

        These provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company that is in the best interest of our minority stockholders. Even in the absence of a takeover attempt, the existence of these provisions may adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Class A common stock if they are viewed as discouraging future takeover attempts. These provisions

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could also make it more difficult for stockholders to nominate directors for election to our board of directors and take other corporate actions.

Risks Related to this Offering

         If a substantial number of shares become available for sale and are sold in a short period of time, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline.

        If Advent and the Fifth Third investors sell substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public market following this offering, the market price of our Class A common stock could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that Advent and the Fifth Third investors might sell shares of Class A common stock could also depress the market price of our Class A common stock. Upon the consummation of this offering, we will have 127,456,409 shares of Class A common stock outstanding. Our directors, executive officers, Advent, the Fifth Third investors and substantially all of our other stockholders will be subject to the lock-up agreements described in "Underwriting" and are subject to the Rule 144 holding period requirements described in "Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-up Arrangements and Registration Rights." After these lock-up agreements have expired and holding periods have elapsed, 204,427,636 additional shares will be eligible for sale in the public market, including any shares of Class A common stock that the Fifth Third investors obtain through the exercise of their right to exchange Class B units of Vantiv Holding for shares of our Class A common stock, as well as any shares of Class A common stock obtained through any conversion of Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding issuable upon exercise of the Warrant. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Agreements Related to the Separation Transaction—Warrant" and "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding." Advent and the Fifth Third investors (and certain permitted transferees thereof) will have registration rights with respect to Class A common stock they hold. See "Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-up Arrangements and Registration Rights." The market price of shares of our Class A common stock may drop significantly when the restrictions on resale by our existing investors lapse as a result of sales by our stockholders in the market or the perception that such sales could or will occur. Any decline in the price of shares of our Class A common stock could impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of our Class A common stock or other equity securities.

         There may not be an active, liquid trading market for our Class A common stock, or securities or industry analysts may not publish research reports or may publish research reports containing negative information about our business.

        Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our Class A common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in our company will lead to the development of a trading market on the NYSE or how liquid that market may become. If an active trading market does not develop, you may have difficulty selling any of our Class A common stock that you purchase due to the limited public float. The initial public offering price of shares of our Class A common stock will be determined by negotiation between us and the underwriters and may not be indicative of market prices of our Class A common stock that will prevail following the completion of this offering. The trading market for our Class A common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline. The market price of shares of our Class A common stock may decline below the initial public offering price, and you may not be able to resell your shares of our Class A common stock at or above the initial offering price.

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         As a public company, we will become subject to additional financial and other reporting and corporate governance requirements that may be difficult and costly for us to satisfy.

        We have historically operated our business as a business unit of a public company or a private company. After this offering, we will be required to file with the SEC annual and quarterly information and other reports that are specified in Section 13 of the Exchange Act. We will also be required to ensure that we have the ability to prepare financial statements that are fully compliant with all SEC reporting requirements on a timely basis. We will also become subject to other reporting and corporate governance requirements, including the requirements of the NYSE, and certain provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, which will impose significant compliance obligations upon us. As a public company, we will, among other things:

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prepare and distribute periodic public reports and other stockholder communications in compliance with our obligations under the federal securities laws and applicable NYSE rules;



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create or expand the roles and duties of our board of directors and committees of the board;



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institute more comprehensive financial reporting and disclosure compliance functions;



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supplement our internal accounting, auditing and reporting function, including hiring additional staff with expertise in accounting and financial reporting for a public company;



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enhance and formalize closing procedures at the end of our accounting periods;



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enhance our internal audit and tax functions;



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enhance our investor relations function;



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establish new internal policies, including those relating to disclosure controls and procedures; and



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involve and retain to a greater degree outside counsel and accountants in the activities listed above.

        These changes will require a significant commitment of additional resources and many of our competitors already comply with these obligations. We may not be successful in implementing these requirements and the significant commitment of resources required for implementing them could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if we fail to implement the requirements with respect to our internal accounting and audit functions, our ability to report our results of operations on a timely and accurate basis could be impaired and we could suffer adverse regulatory consequences or violate NYSE listing standards. There could also be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of investor confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements.

        The changes necessitated by becoming a public company require a significant commitment of resources and management oversight that has increased and may continue to increase our costs and might place a strain on our systems and resources. As a result, our management's attention might be diverted from other business concerns. If we fail to maintain an effective internal control environment or to comply with the numerous legal and regulatory requirements imposed on public companies, we could make material errors in, and be required to restate, our financial statements. Any such restatement could result in a loss of public confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and sanctions imposed on us by the SEC.

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         Our internal control over financial reporting does not currently meet the standards required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our internal control over financial reporting does not currently meet the standards required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, standards that we will be required to meet in the course of preparing future financial statements. We do not currently document or test our compliance with these controls on a periodic basis in accordance with Section 404. Furthermore, we have not tested our internal controls in accordance with Section 404 and, due to our lack of documentation, such a test would not be possible to perform at this time.

        We are in the early stages of addressing our internal control procedures to satisfy the requirements of Section 404, which requires an annual management assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If, as a public company, we are not able to implement the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting, we may be unable to report our financial information on a timely basis, may suffer adverse regulatory consequences or violations of applicable stock exchange listing rules and may breach the covenants under our credit facilities. There could also be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of investor confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements.

        In addition, we will incur additional costs in order to improve our internal control over financial reporting and comply with Section 404, including increased auditing and legal fees and costs associated with hiring additional accounting and administrative staff.

         We expect that our stock price will fluctuate significantly, which could cause the value of your investment to decline, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.

        Securities markets worldwide have experienced, and are likely to continue to experience, significant price and volume fluctuations. This market volatility, as well as general economic, market or political conditions, could reduce the market price of our Class A common stock regardless of our results of operations. The trading price of our Class A common stock is likely to be volatile and subject to wide price fluctuations in response to various factors, including:

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shares of Class A common stock and may otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of our Class A common stock. In addition, in the past, when the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have sometimes instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock. If any of our stockholders brought a lawsuit against us, we could incur substantial costs defending the lawsuit. Such a lawsuit could also divert the time and attention of our management from our business, which could significantly harm our profitability and reputation.

         We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.

        We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, for the foreseeable future, to repay indebtedness and to support our general corporate purposes. We do not intend in the forseeable future to pay any dividends to holders of our Class A common stock. We are a holding company that does not conduct any business operations of our own. As a result our ability to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock, if any, will be dependent upon cash dividends and distributions and other transfers from Vantiv Holding, which are subject to Fifth Third Bank's consent rights in the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. Excepted from the consent rights are quarterly tax distributions made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. In addition, Vantiv Holding will be permitted under the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement to make payments to us that are required under the Exchange Agreement and the Advancement Agreement, which allows us to make payments under our tax receivable agreement related to the NPC NOLs, make payments under our other tax receivable agreements to the extent not covered by payments made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, make payments required under the Exchange Agreement, pay our franchise taxes and cover our reasonable administrative and corporate expenses. Our subsidiaries' debt agreements limit the amounts available to us to pay cash dividends, and, to the extent that we require additional funding, sources may prohibit the payment of a dividend. As a result, capital appreciation in the price of our Class A common stock, if any, will be your only source of gain on an investment in our Class A common stock. See "Dividend Policy."

         New investors in our Class A common stock will experience immediate and substantial book value dilution after this offering.

        The initial public offering price of our Class A common stock will be substantially higher than the pro forma net tangible book value per share of the outstanding Class A common stock immediately after the offering. Based on our pro forma net tangible book value as of December 31, 2011, if you purchase our Class A common stock in this offering, you will suffer immediate dilution in net tangible book value per share of approximately $23.12 per share. See "Dilution."

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact or relating to present facts or current conditions included in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "plan," "intend," "believe," "may," "should," "can have," "likely" and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events.

        The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on assumptions that we have made in light of our industry experience and our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you read and consider this prospectus, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve risks, uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control) and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual operating and financial performance and cause our performance to differ materially from the performance anticipated in the forward-looking statements. We believe these factors include, but are not limited to, those described under "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove incorrect, our actual operating and financial performance may vary in material respects from the performance projected in these forward-looking statements.

        Any forward-looking statement made by us in this prospectus speaks only as of the date on which we make it. Factors or events that could cause our actual operating and financial performance to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

        The diagram below depicts our current organizational structure:

(1)

Fifth Third Bank, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, and FTPS Partners, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank, own 44.52% and 4.41% of Vantiv Holding, respectively.

(2)

JPDN Enterprises, LLC, an affiliate of Charles D. Drucker, our chief executive officer, owns 0.14% of Vantiv Holding, LLC and 0.14% of Transactive.

(3)

Certain funds managed by Advent International Corporation own 99.4% of Vantiv, Inc.

(4)

A director of Vantiv Holding, LLC owns 0.6% of Vantiv, Inc.

(5)

Vantiv, Inc. owns 50.93% of Vantiv Holding and 50.93% of Transactive.

(6)

Fifth Third Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, owns 48.93% of Transactive.

(7)

Vantiv Holding, LLC owns 100% of Vantiv, LLC and the operating subsidiaries.

(8)

Prior to the consummation of this offering, we will restructure the ownership and/or operations of Transactive for bank regulatory purposes. See "Business—Regulation—Banking Regulation."

(9)

As of December 31, 2011, our revolving credit facility was undrawn.

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        Vantiv, Inc.'s Class B common stock will give voting rights, but no economic interests, to Fifth Third Bancorp. The total value and voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock that Fifth Third Bancorp holds (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any ownership interest in units of Vantiv Holding) will be limited to 18.5% at any time other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control. The diagram below depicts our organizational structure immediately following this offering, the reorganization transactions, the use of net proceeds therefrom and the debt refinancing:

(1)

Includes 86,005,200 shares of Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bancorp (through Fifth Third Bank, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, and FTPS Partners, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank) received in connection with the reorganization transactions and 86,005,200 Class B units of Vantiv Holding, LLC held by Fifth Third Bancorp.

(2)

Includes 89,515,617 shares of Class A common stock held by certain funds managed by Advent, including 535,894 shares of Class A common stock held by Pamela H. Patsley, a director nominee, for which Advent has voting and dispositive power, received in connection with the reorganization transactions.

(3)

Includes 239,672 shares of Class A common stock held by JPDN received in connection with the reorganization transactions.

See "Principal and Selling Stockholders" for further information.

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Reorganization Transactions

        In connection with this offering, we will enter into a recapitalization agreement with our existing stockholders and with the Fifth Third investors pursuant to which the following transactions, which we refer to as the "reorganization transactions," will occur in the order specified in the recapitalization agreement:

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As provided in the recapitalization agreement: (i) the existing holders of Vantiv, Inc. common stock will receive 89,515,617 shares of our Class A common stock in exchange for the shares of common stock they currently hold; (ii) we will issue 86,005,200 shares of our Class B common stock to the Fifth Third investors; (iii) JPDN will contribute all rights, title and interest in its Class A units and Class B units in Vantiv Holding in exchange for 239,672 shares of our Class A common stock; and (iv) upon JPDN's contribution, the Class B units in Vantiv Holding previously held by JPDN will automatically convert into Class A units in Vantiv Holding, which in each case gives effect to the stock split described below. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Recapitalization Agreement."



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Vantiv, Inc. will amend and restate its certificate of incorporation and will have authorized capital stock consisting of 890,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 100,000,000 shares of Class B common stock and 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock. We will conduct a 1.7576 for 1 stock split of our Class A common stock prior to the consummation of this offering. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide Fifth Third Bank with certain consent rights, which will prevent us or our subsidiaries from taking certain actions without Fifth Third Bank's approval. See "Description of Capital Stock—Consent Rights."



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Vantiv Holding's existing Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement will be amended and restated to, among other things, modify its capital structure to effect a 1.7576 for 1 unit split and provide for a sufficient number of Class A units, Class B units and Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding, with the Class A units held by Vantiv, Inc., the Class B units held by the Fifth Third investors and the non-voting Class C units issuable upon exercise of the Warrant currently held by Fifth Third Bank. Vantiv, Inc. will hold 127,456,409 Class A units and will be the managing member and the majority unitholder of Vantiv Holding and will operate and control Vantiv Holding, subject to the terms of Fifth Third Bank's consent rights and other provisions set forth in the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. See "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding." We will pay Fifth Third Bank a $15.0 million fee related to the modification of its consent rights (specifically with respect to (i) increasing the threshold on when certain actions require Fifth Third Bank's approval, (ii) the termination of transferability and (iii) all of the consent rights terminating upon the transfer of more than 50% of the shares of Class A and Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bank and its affiliates immediately following the consummation of this offering) under the existing Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Fifth Third investors will hold 86,005,200 Class B units, which will be exchangeable for shares of Class A common stock. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Exchange Agreement."



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Prior to the consummation of this offering, we will restructure the ownership and/or operations of Transactive for bank regulatory purposes. See "Business—Regulation—Banking Regulation."



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stock on a one-for-one basis, or, at Vantiv, Inc.'s option, for cash, which we refer to as the put right. To the extent that we issue a share of Class A common stock upon the exchange of a Class B unit of Vantiv Holding, Vantiv Holding will issue a Class A unit to us and we will cancel a share of Class B common stock. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Exchange Agreement."

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We will enter into four tax receivable agreements, which will provide for payments by us to Vantiv Holding's existing investors equal to 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that we and NPC actually realize as a result of certain tax basis increases and NOLs. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Tax Receivable Agreements."

        In addition, the Fifth Third investors will receive one share of our Class B common stock for each Class B unit of Vantiv Holding that they hold. The Class B common stock only carries voting rights and the right for the Fifth Third investors to appoint a certain number of directors; it carries no economic rights. The shares of our Class B common stock will entitle the holders of the Class B common stock collectively to up to 18.5% of the aggregate voting power of our outstanding common stock on a formulaic basis, other than in connection with the election of Class B directors. The total value and voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock that the Fifth Third investors hold (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any ownership interest in units of Vantiv Holding) will be limited to 18.5% of all Class A common stock (and preferred stock entitled to vote with the Class A common stock, if we issue any in the future) and Class B common stock at any time other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control, in which event the Fifth Third investors will have the right to that full number of votes equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock they own, which after giving effect to this offering, in the aggregate, would be 40.3% of all Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The Fifth Third investors will also be entitled to elect a number of Class B directors equal to the percentage of the voting power of all of our outstanding common stock represented by the Class B common stock held by the Fifth Third investors but not exceeding 18.5% of the board of directors. To the extent that the Fifth Third investors hold Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to less than 18.5% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock, then the Fifth Third investors shall be entitled only to such lesser voting power. Upon the consummation of the offering, the Fifth Third investors, who will initially hold all Class B common stock, will hold 18.5% of the voting power in Vantiv, Inc. Holders of our Class B common stock will also have the right to approve certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. See "Description of Capital Stock."

        Should the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares, Vantiv, Inc. will purchase up to 2,086,064 Class B units from the Fifth Third investors with the proceeds it receives from the portion of the underwriters' option to be provided by it, being 2,086,064 shares of Class A common stock, at a purchase price equal to the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions. In this case, an equivalent number of shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled, and these Class B units will convert into Class A units upon such purchase.

        As a result of the reorganization transactions and this offering:

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the investors purchasing Class A common stock in this offering will collectively own 29,412,000 shares of our Class A common stock (or 31,498,064 shares of Class A common stock if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock), and Vantiv, Inc. will hold 127,456,409 Class A units of Vantiv Holding;



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the funds managed by Advent will hold 89,515,617 shares of Class A common stock (or 87,429,553 shares of Class A common stock if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock);

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the Fifth Third investors will hold 86,005,200 shares of our Class B common stock and 86,005,200 Class B units of Vantiv Holding (or 83,919,136 shares of Class B common stock and 83,919,136 Class B units of Vantiv Holding if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock), which Class B units are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of our Class A common stock or, at Vantiv, Inc.'s option, for cash;



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the investors purchasing Class A common stock in this offering will collectively have 18.8% of the voting power and 23.1% of the economic interest of the common stock of Vantiv, Inc. (or 21.3% and 26.1%, respectively if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock);



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the funds managed by Advent will have 57.2% of the voting power of the common stock of Vantiv, Inc. (or 55.0% if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock);



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the Fifth Third investors will have 18.5% of the voting power of the common stock of Vantiv, Inc. and no economic interest in Vantiv, Inc.; and



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certain of our employees will receive 1,546,128 shares of unrestricted Class A common stock and 6,742,992 shares of unvested restricted Class A common stock under a new equity incentive plan that will be subject to time-based vesting in accordance with its terms, assuming an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), for phantom units they hold in Vantiv Holding.

        After the completion of this offering, Fifth Third Bank will continue to have the Warrant to purchase 20,378,027 Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding at an exercise price of approximately $15.98 per unit, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. Following this offering, the Warrant will be (x) freely transferable in whole or in part, (y) freely transferable, in whole or in part, by third parties and (z) freely exercisable by the holder thereof subject to (i) the receipt of a private ruling from the IRS stating that the exercise of the Warrant will not cause a deemed transfer taxable to Vantiv, Inc. of an interest in the capital of Vantiv Holding for tax purposes from Vantiv, Inc. to the party exercising the Warrant, or a capital shift that causes a taxable event for Vantiv, Inc., (ii) enactment of final U.S. income tax regulations to clarify that no taxes will be payable upon exercise of the Warrant due to a capital shift that causes a taxable event for Vantiv, Inc. or (iii) Fifth Third Bank or another creditworthy entity providing indemnity to us equal to 70% of any taxes payable by us in respect of any income or gain recognized by Vantiv Holding or Vantiv, Inc. resulting from such a capital shift that may be caused by the exercise of the Warrant (except in certain circumstances, including a change of control). If all or part of the Warrant issued to Fifth Third Bank (inclusive of any derivative Warrants if only a portion of the Warrant is transferred) is transferred to a third party that is not an affiliate of Fifth Third Bank, upon exercise of the Warrant, the Class C non-voting units will immediately be exchanged for, at our option, cash or Class A common stock. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Exchange Agreement." The Warrant expires upon the earliest to occur of (i) June 30, 2029 and (ii) a change of control of Vantiv, Inc. (as defined in the revised Warrant Agreement) where the price paid per unit in such change of control minus the exercise price of the Warrant is less than zero. See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Agreements Related to the Separation Transaction—Warrant."

        Our post-offering organizational structure will allow the Fifth Third investors to retain equity ownership in Vantiv Holding, an entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in the form of units. In addition, the Fifth Third investors from time to time may acquire an economic interest in Vantiv, Inc. by exercising their put right and acquiring Class A common stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. The Class B common stock will give voting rights to the Fifth Third investors. The total value and voting power of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock that the Fifth Third investors hold (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any

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ownership interest in units of Vantiv Holding) will be limited to 18.5% of all Class A common stock (and preferred stock entitled to vote with the Class A common stock, if we issue any in the future) and Class B common stock at any time other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control, in which event the Fifth Third investors will have the right to that full number of votes equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock they own, which after giving effect to this offering, in the aggregate, would be 40.3% of all Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Investors in this offering will, by contrast, hold their equity ownership in Vantiv, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in the form of shares of Class A common stock. Vantiv, Inc. and Fifth Third Bank will incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of Vantiv Holding.

        Vantiv, Inc. is a holding company and its principal assets have been equity interests in Vantiv Holding and Transactive. As the majority unitholder of Vantiv Holding, we will operate and control the business and affairs of Vantiv Holding, subject to Fifth Third Bank consent rights in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. For so long as the Exchange Agreement is in effect, we will conduct our business exclusively through Vantiv Holding and its respective operating subsidiaries.

        In addition, pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Exchange Agreement and the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, the capital structure of Vantiv, Inc. and Vantiv Holding will generally replicate one another and will provide for customary antidilution mechanisms in order to maintain the one-for-one exchange ratio between the Class B units of Vantiv Holding and the Vantiv, Inc. Class A common stock, among other things. See "Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock," "Description of Capital Stock—Vantiv Holding" and "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions—Exchange Agreement."

        The unitholders of Vantiv Holding, including Vantiv, Inc. will incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of Vantiv Holding. Net profits and net losses of Vantiv Holding will generally be allocated to its unitholders (including Vantiv, Inc.) pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective limited liability company interests. The Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement will provide for cash distributions, which we refer to as "tax distributions," pro rata to the holders of its units if Vantiv, Inc., as the majority unitholder of Vantiv Holding, determines that the taxable income of Vantiv Holding will give rise to taxable income for a unitholder. Generally, these tax distributions will be computed based on an estimate of the net taxable income of Vantiv Holding allocable to a holder of its units multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state or local income tax rate prescribed for a corporate resident in New York, New York (taking into account the nondeductibility of certain expenses and the character of our income). Tax distributions will be made only to the extent the amount of all distributions from Vantiv Holding for the relevant year is less than such computed amount and are subject to certain Fifth Third Bank consent rights set forth in the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement.

        Vantiv Holding will be permitted under the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement to make payments to us that are required under the Exchange Agreement and the Advancement Agreement, which allows us to make payments under our tax receivable agreement related to the NPC NOLs, make payments under our other tax receivable agreements to the extent not covered by payments made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, make payments required under the Exchange Agreement, pay our franchise taxes and cover our reasonable administrative and corporate expenses, which includes substantially all expenses incurred by or attributable to Vantiv, Inc. (such as expenses incurred by Vantiv, Inc. in connection with this offering, including expenses of each class of unitholder).

        See "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Reorganization and Offering Transactions."

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USE OF PROCEEDS

        We estimate that the net proceeds to us from our sale of 29,412,000 shares of Class A common stock in this offering will be approximately $460.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us in connection with this offering. This assumes a public offering price of $17.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus.

        We intend to contribute all of the net proceeds to Vantiv Holding in exchange for Class A units. Vantiv Holding intends to use such net proceeds to repay $460.8 million principal amount of our existing senior secured credit facilities. Our senior secured credit facilities consist of two first lien facilities that mature on November 3, 2016 and November 3, 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2011, we had $1.6 billion in term B-1 loans outstanding, $150.0 million in term B-2 loans outstanding and $150.0 million of availability under a $150.0 million revolving credit facility. The weighted average interest rate under our senior secured credit facilities as of December 31, 2011 was 4.6%, before the effect of our interest rate swap.

        Certain of the underwriters of this offering or their affiliates are lenders under our senior secured credit facilities. Accordingly, certain of the underwriters will receive net proceeds from this offering in connection with the repayment of our senior secured credit facilities. See "Underwriting—Conflicts of Interest."

        A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $17.00 per share would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering, and the use of such proceeds to repay the principal amount of our existing senior secured credit facilities, by $27.6 million, assuming the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us. Furthermore, such an increase (decrease) in the net proceeds to us from this offering would decrease (increase) the aggregate size of the new senior secured credit facilities to be entered pursuant to the debt refinancing by $27.6 million, using the same assumptions.

        Should the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares, we will purchase up to 2,086,064 Class B units from the Fifth Third investors with the proceeds we receive from the portion of the underwriters' option to be provided by us, being 2,086,064 shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price equal to the public offering price of the Class A common stock offered hereby less underwriting discounts and commissions. In this case, an equivalent number of shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled, and these Class B units will convert into Class A units upon such purchase. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.

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DIVIDEND POLICY

        Vantiv Holding paid aggregate tax distributions to or on behalf of its equity holders, including Fifth Third Bank and JPDN Enterprises, LLC, an affiliate of Charles D. Drucker, our chief executive officer, or JPDN, of $2.8 million, $26.3 million and $17.8 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the six months ended December 31, 2009, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. Vantiv Holding will continue to make tax distributions to its equity holders in accordance with the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement after this offering. In connection with the reorganization transactions, we will pay Fifth Third Bank a $15.0 million fee related to the modification of its consent rights (specifically with respect to (i) increasing the threshold on when certain actions require Fifth Third Bank's approval, (ii) the termination of transferability and (iii) all of the consent rights terminating upon the transfer of more than 50% of the shares of Class A and Class B common stock held by Fifth Third Bank and its affiliates immediately following the consummation of this offering) under the existing Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement. Prior to this offering and the reorganization transactions, Vantiv, Inc. intends to make a cash distribution of approximately $40.1 million in the aggregate to certain funds managed by Advent as well as to Pamela H. Patsley, a director nominee, which amount represents accumulated cash in Vantiv, Inc. resulting from tax distributions we received as a member of Vantiv Holding prior to this offering and that is payable to certain funds managed by Advent as well as to Ms. Patsley as our current stockholders.

        We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock in the foreseeable future. We are a holding company that does not conduct any business operations of our own. As a result our ability to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock, if any, will be dependent upon cash dividends and distributions and other transfers from Vantiv Holding, which are subject to certain Fifth Third consent rights in the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Company Agreement. Excepted from the consent rights are tax distributions made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, payments required under the Exchange Agreement and payments under the Advancement Agreement, which allows us to make payments under our tax receivable agreement related to the NPC NOLs, make payments under our other tax receivable agreements and to the extent not covered by payments made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Vantiv Holding Limited Liability Company Agreement, make payments required under the Exchange Agreement, pay our franchise taxes and cover our reasonable administrative and corporate expenses. The amounts available to us to pay cash dividends are also restricted by our subsidiaries' debt agreements. The declaration and payment of dividends also is subject to the discretion of our board of directors and depends on various factors, including our net income, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.

        In addition, under Delaware law, our board of directors may declare dividends only to the extent of our surplus (which is defined as total assets at fair market value minus total liabilities, minus statutory capital) or, if there is no surplus, out of our net profits for the then current and/or immediately preceding fiscal year.

        Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will take into account:

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restrictions in our debt instruments;



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general economic business conditions;



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our financial condition and results of operations;



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the ability of our operating subsidiaries to pay dividends and make distributions to us; and



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such other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant.

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CAPITALIZATION

        The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization as of December 31, 2011:

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on an actual basis;



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on a pro forma basis to give effect to the reorganization transactions as more fully described in "Organizational Structure;" and



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on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give effect to the sale of 29,412,000 shares of our Class A common stock in this offering and the application of the net proceeds received by us from this offering as described under "Use of Proceeds."

        This table should be read in conjunction with "Organizational Structure," "Use of Proceeds," "Selected Historical Financial Data," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Description of Capital Stock" and our financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

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DILUTION

        If you invest in our Class A common stock, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of our Class A common stock and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our Class A common stock after the reorganization transactions described in "Organizational Structure" and this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the per share offering price of the Class A common stock is substantially in excess of the book value per share attributable to our existing investors.

        Our pro forma net tangible book value as of December 31, 2011 would have been approximately $(1.2) billion, or $(12.17) per share, of our Class A common stock. Pro forma net tangible book value represents the amount of total tangible assets less total liabilities, and pro forma net tangible book value per share represents pro forma net tangible book value divided by the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding, in each case, after giving effect to the reorganization transactions but not this offering.

        After giving effect to (i) the completion of the reorganization transactions more fully described in "Organizational Structure," including, a 1.7576 for 1 stock split of our Class A common stock prior to the consummation of this offering, (ii) the sale of 29,412,000 shares of Class A common stock in this offering at the assumed initial public offering price of $17.00 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus) and (iii) the application of the net proceeds from this offering, our pro forma net tangible book value would have been $(779.6) million, or $(6.12) per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $6.05 per share to our existing investors and an immediate dilution in pro forma net tangible book value of $23.12 per share to new investors.

        The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share of Class A common stock basis:

        The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2011 after giving effect to the reorganization transactions and this offering, the total number of shares of Class A common stock purchased from us, the total cash consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid by our existing investors and by new investors purchasing shares in this offering.

        If the underwriters were to fully exercise their option to purchase 4,411,800 additional shares of our Class A common stock and after giving effect to our purchase of Class B units from the Fifth

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Third investors with the net proceeds received by us from such exercise, the percentage of shares of our common stock held by existing investors would be 73.9%, and the percentage of shares of our common stock held by new investors would be 26.1%.

        The above discussion and tables are based on the number of shares outstanding at December 31, 2011 on a pro forma basis and excludes an aggregate of 141,883,227 additional shares of our Class A common stock that will be (i) issuable upon exchange of Class B units in Vantiv Holding pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, (ii) issuable upon any conversion of Class C non-voting units of Vantiv Holding issuable upon exercise of the Warrant currently held by Fifth Third Bank, (iii) issued under the 2012 Equity Plan or (iv) reserved for future awards pursuant to our equity incentive plans. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA

        The periods prior to and including June 30, 2009, the date of the separation transaction, are referred to in the following table as "Predecessor," and all periods after such date are referred to in the following table as "Successor." Prior to the separation transaction, we operated as a business unit of Fifth Third Bank. As a result, the financial data for the predecessor periods included in this prospectus does not necessarily reflect what our financial position or results of operations would have been had we operated as a separate, stand-alone entity during those periods. The financial statements for all successor periods are not comparable to those of the predecessor periods.

        The following table sets forth our historical financial and other data for the periods and as of the dates indicated. We derived the statement of income data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the six months ended December 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 and our balance sheet data as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 from our audited financial statements for such periods included elsewhere in this prospectus. The balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 and the statement of income data for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 are derived from our audited financial statements that are not included in this prospectus.

        The results indicated below and elsewhere in this prospectus are not necessarily indicative of our future performance. You should read this information together with "Capitalization," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

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