Sale of Subsidiary

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]


5.			Sale of Subsidiary

On September 30, 2020, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary UNIK S.A., (the “WEX Latin America” business). The operations of UNIK S.A., were included in the Health and Employee Benefit Solutions and Travel and Corporate Solutions segments through the date of sale. The Company does not view this sale of subsidiary as a strategic shift in its operations and therefore it did not meet the criteria of discontinued operations. Under the conditions of the sale agreement, the Company was required to make a payment to the buyer, which has been reflected as fair value of consideration transferred to the buyer in the table below. As part of the divestiture, the Company entered into a transition services agreement with the buyer of up to six months post-closing related to various operational and support services. As part of accounting for this divestiture, the Company determined the transition services agreement was of nominal value. The Company wrote-off the associated assets and liabilities of this entity as of the date of sale and recorded a pre-tax loss on sale of subsidiary of $46.4 million, which has been reflected in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. The pre-tax loss related to the sale of this subsidiary is not deductible for income tax purposes.

The following summarizes the loss on sale of subsidiary:


(In thousands)



Fair value of consideration transferred to the buyer	$	7,415
Plus: expenses associated with the sale	2,806
Plus: UNIK S.A. net assets and liabilities, including $12,249 of cash and cash equivalents	36,141









Loss on sale of subsidiary	$	46,362