VeriFone (PAY) Completes Acquisition of Stockholm-Based Point
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VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced it has completed the acquisition of Point, Northern Europe’s largest provider of payment and gateway services and solutions for retailers.
Point will operate as a VeriFone company. VeriFone intends to extend the Point platform throughout the region and beyond, with the aim of creating the world’s largest infrastructure for rapid deployment of alternative payments and NFC mobile commerce.
To finance the Point acquisition and refinance existing debt, VeriFone has executed a credit agreement for $1.5 billion led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital and RBC Capital Markets. The facility provides VeriFone with long-term debt capital at economical interest rates. The debt consists of 5-year Term A Loans for $918.5 million, a 5-year revolving line of credit for $350.0 million, and 7-year Term B Loans for $231.5 million. The company’s previously arranged credit facility has been repaid in full; a portion of the proceeds will also be used to repay VeriFone’s outstanding 1.375% Convertible Notes due June 2012.
Point will operate as a VeriFone company. VeriFone intends to extend the Point platform throughout the region and beyond, with the aim of creating the world’s largest infrastructure for rapid deployment of alternative payments and NFC mobile commerce.
To finance the Point acquisition and refinance existing debt, VeriFone has executed a credit agreement for $1.5 billion led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital and RBC Capital Markets. The facility provides VeriFone with long-term debt capital at economical interest rates. The debt consists of 5-year Term A Loans for $918.5 million, a 5-year revolving line of credit for $350.0 million, and 7-year Term B Loans for $231.5 million. The company’s previously arranged credit facility has been repaid in full; a portion of the proceeds will also be used to repay VeriFone’s outstanding 1.375% Convertible Notes due June 2012.
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