Update on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Matter
As previously reported, on February 12, 2020, MoneyGram International, Inc. (the “Company”) received a Report of Examination (“ROE”) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) stating that previous findings from a 2019 exam were not remediated, and the matter would be referred to its Enforcement Unit. On March 18, 2020, the Company received a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) from the CFPB’s Enforcement Unit. On June 11, 2020, the Company provided a timely response to the ROE describing the remedial actions taken and that the findings have been substantially remediated. On August 21, 2020, the Company completed its production in response to the CID. On February 25, 2021, the CFPB provided the Company with a Notice and Opportunity to Respond and Advise (“NORA”) letter, documenting the CFPB’s intent to take legal action against the Company based on four alleged violations under the Remittance Rule, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (the “EFTA”) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (the “CFPA”). The Company provided the CFPB with its written response to the NORA letter on March 17, 2021. Over the past several months, the Company and the CFPB engaged in negotiations regarding a potential settlement agreement but were ultimately unable to reach an agreed resolution on this matter.
On April 21, 2022, the CFPB and the New York State Office of the Attorney General filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Complaint alleges seven counts of violations under the Remittance Rule, the CFPA, the EFTA and New York Executive Law § 63(12), and seeks injunctive relief, restitution, unspecified damages, civil money penalties and costs. The Company believes the case is without merit and intends to vigorously defend this matter.
Update on Merger Timeline
As previously disclosed, on February 14, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Mobius Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”) and an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“Madison Dearborn”), and Mobius Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Company and Madison Dearborn continue to work together to complete closing conditions and the Company continues to anticipate closing the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements which are protected as forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are not limited to historical facts, but reflect the Company’s current beliefs, expectations or intentions regarding future events and speak only as of the date they are made. Words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “pursuant,” “target,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “continue,” “currently,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in this communication that are not historical statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Specific forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the failure to obtain the required votes of the Company’s stockholders; the timing to consummate the proposed transaction; the satisfaction of the conditions to closing of the proposed transaction or the debt financing may not be satisfied or that the closing of the proposed transaction otherwise does not occur; the risk that a regulatory approval, including the receipt of money transmitter license approvals, that may be required to consummate the proposed transaction is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated or conditions that Parent is not obligated to accept; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues; expectations regarding regulatory approval of the transaction; results of litigation, settlements and investigations; actions by third parties, including governmental agencies; changes in economic, business, competitive, technological and/or regulatory factors, or catastrophic events, including acts of terrorism, outbreak of war or hostilities (including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine), civil unrest, adverse climate or weather events and the COVID-19 pandemic or other public health emergencies; adverse industry conditions; adverse credit and equity market conditions; the loss of, or reduction in business with, key customers; legal proceedings; the ability to effectively identify and enter new markets; governmental regulation; the ability to retain management and other personnel; and other economic, business, or competitive factors.
Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company’s SEC filings may be obtained by contacting the Company, through the Company’s web site at ir.moneygram.com or through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.
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