Cannae completes $500M investment in Paysafe business combination with Foley Trasimene
Cannae Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNNE) has announced the completion of Cannae’s $500 million investment, in conjunction with the closing of the business combination between Paysafe Group Holdings Limited, a leading specialized payments platform, and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:BFT).
The combined company now operates as Paysafe Limited and its common shares and warrants will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbols “PSFE” and “PSFE.WS” respectively, starting March 31, 2021.
Cannae invested $350 million as part of a private placement in addition to a forward purchase agreement of $150 million. For Cannae’s total investment of approximately $500 million in the Business Combination, Cannae received 54,294,395 common shares and 8,134,067 warrants of Paysafe. Excluding any value from the warrants, Cannae’s implied cost per share is $9.11.
William P. Foley, II, Chairman of Cannae and Foley Trasimene will serve as Chairman of Paysafe’s newly formed Board of Directors. Paysafe’s management team headed up by Philip McHugh, CEO, will continue to lead the combined company.
William P. Foley, II, Chairman of Cannae and Foley Trasimene, commented,
“We are thrilled to complete this business combination with Paysafe and I am personally excited to continue to work with Philip, Blackstone, CVC and the entire board as we continue to execute against our plan for accelerated and profitable growth. Paysafe has the right assets, team and strategy in place to capitalize on a tremendous opportunity for long-term value creation in the payments industry, especially in iGaming which is really beginning to open up across the United States.”