Paysafe Ltd
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 20, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Mar 20, 2024
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Defined Terms
Unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Paysafe” or the “Company” refer to (i) Pi Jersey Holdco 1.5 Limited prior to the consummation of the Transaction and to (ii) Paysafe Limited following the consummation of the Transaction.
In addition, in this document:
“Accounting Predecessor” means Pi Jersey Holdco 1.5 Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands. “Additional I/C Loans” means FTAC’s loans out of the Available Cash Amount, caused by the Company, to certain Subsidiaries of the Company following the FTAC Contribution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise; provided, except for the Company and its Subsidiaries, no Affiliate or portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) of funds advised by affiliates of CVC or Blackstone or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Available Cash Amount” means, as of immediately prior to Closing, all available Cash and Cash Equivalents of FTAC and its Subsidiaries, including (i) all amounts in the Trust Account (after reduction for the aggregate amount of payments required to be made in connection with FTAC Stockholder Redemption), (ii) the PIPE Investment Proceeds, and (iii) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds from the FTAC Financing.
“Blackstone” means Blackstone Inc.
“Blackstone Investors” means certain funds affiliated with Blackstone.
“CAGR” means compounded annual growth rate.
“Cannae” means Cannae Holdings and Cannae LLC. “Cannae Holdings” means Cannae Holdings, Inc.
“Cannae LLC” means Cannae Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cannae Holdings.
“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, for any Person, all cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities, checks and bank deposits); provided, however that with respect to PGHL and its Subsidiaries, such amount shall (x) exclude segregated account funds and liquid assets as more fully described on Exhibit F-1 attached to the Merger Agreement and (y) include any costs, fees and expenses associated with refinancing or repricing the existing indebtedness of the Company (in accordance with the Merger Agreement) that have not been paid on or prior to the Closing Date.
“CBI” means the Central Bank of Ireland.
“Closing” means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction and the PIPE Investment agreements.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing is completed.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company from time to time.
“Company Bye-laws” means the second amended bye-laws of the Company.
“Company Common Share(s)” means the common shares, par value $0.012 per share, of Paysafe Limited and any successors thereto.
“Company LLC Contribution” means the transfer and contribution of FTAC and the Accounting Predecessor by the Company to the LLC in exchange for LLC Interests immediately following the I/C Loan.
“Company Warrants” means warrants that will entitle the holder thereof to purchase for $138.00 per share one Company Common Share in lieu of one share of FTAC Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement).
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“CVC” means CVC Advisers Limited.
“CVC Investors” means Pi Holdings Jersey Limited and Pi Syndication LP.
“CVC Party” means Pi Holdings Jersey Limited.
“DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04 of the Merger Agreement.
“ERISA” means Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“EU” means European Union.
“EUR” means Euro, the legal currency of the European Union.
"EURIBOR" is defined as the Euro Interbank Offer Rate which represents the average interest rate at which European banks lend to each other.
“Executive Management” means members of the executive management of Paysafe.
“Existing Paysafe Shareholders” means CVC Investors, Blackstone Investors and Executive Management.
“FCA” means the UK Financial Conduct Authority and any successor authority thereto.
“Forward Purchase Agreement” means the forward purchase agreement, dated as of July 31, 2020, between FTAC and Cannae Holdings, Inc.
“Founder” means Trasimene Capital FT, LP II.
“Founder LLC Contribution” means the contribution by Founder of FTAC Class C Common Stock to the LLC in exchange for exchangeable units.
“FTAC” means Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.
“FTAC Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of FTAC.
“FTAC Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of FTAC.
“FTAC Common Stock” means FTAC Class A Common Stock and FTAC Class B Common Stock.
“FTAC Contribution” means, immediately following the Company LLC Contribution, the transfer by the LLC to the Accounting Predecessor, or a Subsidiary of the Accounting Predecessor, of all of the stock of FTAC, consummated prior to the consummation to the Additional I/C Loans.
“FTAC Financing” means the equity financing to be provided pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement.
“FTAC Stockholders” means the holders of shares of FTAC Common Stock.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“GDPR” means the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, as amended.
“Group” means, where appropriate, Paysafe and its subsidiaries.
“HMRC” means HM Revenue & Customs.
“I/C Loans” means the loans made by FTAC to the Company and the Accounting Predecessor out of the Available Cash Amount, made prior to the consummation of the Company LLC Contribution, FTAC Contribution and the Additional I/C Loans.
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"LIBOR" is defined as the London Interbank Offered Rate and represents the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London interbank market and also used as a reference for setting the interest rate on other loans.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, easement, license, option, right of first refusal, security interest or other lien of any kind.
“LLC” means, Paysafe Bermuda Holding LLC, a Bermuda exempted limited liability company.
“LLC Contribution” means, collectively, the Founder LLC Contribution and the Company LLC Contribution.
“LLC Interests” means the limited liability company interests in the LLC.
“Merger” means, immediately following the Founder LLC Contribution, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL and other applicable Laws, a business combination transaction by and among the Parties by which Merger Sub will merge with and into FTAC, with FTAC being the surviving corporation of the Merger, consummated prior to the consummation of the I/C Loans, the Company LLC Contribution, the FTAC Contribution and the Additional I/C Loans.
“Merger Agreement” means the agreement and plan of merger made and entered into as of December 7, 2020, by and among FTAC, the Company, Merger Sub, the LLC, the Accounting Predecessor and PGHL.
“Merger Sub” means Paysafe Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“OECD” means the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
“Omnibus Incentive Plan” means the Paysafe Limited 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan attached as Exhibit H to the Merger Agreement.
“Paysafe Consolidated Financial Statements” means the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position of Paysafe Limited as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, Shareholders' Equity, and Cash Flows, for the three years ended December 31, 2023.
“Paysafe Limited” means Paysafe Limited, an exempted limited company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda.
"Paysafe Holdings II" means Paysafe Group Holdings II Ltd.
“Paysafe Parties” means PGHL, the Accounting Predecessor, Merger Sub and the LLC.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“PGHL” means Paysafe Group Holdings Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“Pi Topco” means Pi Jersey Topco Limited, a company incorporated in Jersey.
“PIPE Investment” means the commitments obtained by FTAC from certain investors for a private placement of Company Common Shares pursuant to those certain Subscription Agreements.
“PIPE Investment Proceeds” mean the aggregate amount funded and paid to the Company by the PIPE Investors pursuant to their Subscription Agreements.
“PIPE Investor” means an investor party to a Subscription Agreement.
“Principal Shareholders” means, collectively, the Founder, Cannae LLC, the CVC Investors and the Blackstone Investors.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the agreement entered into by the Company, Pi Topco, PGHL, Cannae LLC, the Founder, the CVC Party and the Blackstone Investors in connection with the consummation of the Merger, attached to the Merger Agreement as Exhibit D.
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“Shareholders Agreement” means the agreement entered into by the Company, Pi Topco, PGHL and the Principal Shareholders in connection with the consummation of the Merger, attached to the Merger Agreement as Exhibit D.
“SMB” means small and medium-sized businesses.
"SOFR" is defined as Secured Overnight Financing Rate and represents a secured overnight interest rate.
“Subscription Agreement” means each individual subscription agreement entered into by each PIPE Investor.
“Transaction” means the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, the Paysafe Contribution, the FTAC Contribution, the Founder LLC Contribution, the Company LLC Contribution.
“Trasimene Capital” means Trasimene Capital Management, LLC, a financial advisory firm led by William P. Foley, II, a former director of Paysafe Limited.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations, including proposed and temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.
“U.S. dollar,” “USD,” “US$” and “$” mean the legal currency of the United States.
“VAT” means any: (a) tax imposed in compliance with the council directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) (including, in relation to the UK, value added tax imposed by the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and legislation and regulations supplemental thereto); and (b) other tax of a similar nature (including, without limitation, sales tax, use tax, consumption tax and goods and services tax), whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in (a), or elsewhere.
“Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2020, between FTAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation.
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