Acquisition

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

3. Acquisition

Speedpay

On May 9, 2019, the Company acquired Speedpay, the U.S. bill pay business of Western Union Company (“WU”) for $750.0 million in cash, subject to adjustments, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, among the Company, WU, and ACI Worldwide Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The combination of the Company and Speedpay bill pay solutions will serve more than 4,000 customers across the U.S., bringing expanded reach in existing and complementary market segments such as consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utilities, government, and mortgage. The acquisition of Speedpay will increase the scale of the Company’s On Demand platform business and allow the acceleration of platform innovation.

The acquisition of Speedpay will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, where the Company will record all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition-date fair values. The Company has not completed the valuation analysis and calculations necessary to finalize the required purchase price allocations. In addition to goodwill, the final purchase price allocation may include allocations to intangible assets such as trademarks and tradenames, developed technology, and customer-related assets.

Effective April 5, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment agreement (the “amendment”) with ACI Worldwide Corp., Official Payments Corporation, the lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, to amend and restate the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated February 24, 2017. The amendment permitted the Company to borrow up to $500.0 million in the form of a senior secured term loan; extended the revolver and the term loan maturity date from February 24, 2022, to April 5, 2024; and increased the maximum consolidated senior secured net leverage ratio covenant from 3.50:1.00 to 3.75:1.00; among other things. The Company used the funds from the new term loan, in addition to drawing $250.0 million on the available Revolving Credit Facility, to fund the acquisition.

Through March 31, 2019, the Company expensed approximately $4.7 million of costs related to the acquisition of Speedpay. These costs, which consist primarily of consulting and legal fees, are included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.