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Dec 26, 2007
EURONET SENDS LETTER TO MONEYGRAM EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT WITH CONTINUED INSISTENCE ON STANDSTILL RESTRICTION

Leawood, KS, December 26, 2007 – Euronet Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) today delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) expressing its disappointment that MoneyGram continues to insist that a restrictive “standstill” provision and other unreasonable conditions be part of a confidentiality agreement with Euronet in connection with its proposal to acquire MoneyGram. Euronet believes if MoneyGram is sincere in its stated willingness to meet with Euronet and discuss Euronet’s proposal, MoneyGram should immediately cease demanding unreasonable conditions in the confidentiality agreement and execute the agreement proposed by Euronet.

Presented below is the full text of the letter sent to the Board of Directors of MoneyGram:

Philip W. Milne
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
MoneyGram International, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416

Dear Phil,

I read with interest your response on December 21, 2007 to the request from Blum Capital Partners, L.P. that you remove your demand for a restrictive standstill agreement and enter into discussions with Euronet Worldwide, Inc., in order to “secure the best possible value for MoneyGram shareholders.”

I thought it was important to put into context your claim that you “have worked hard to reach a compromise with Euronet” and to make clear what was omitted from your response - that MoneyGram continues to insist on a standstill agreement and other unreasonable requirements as a condition to engaging in discussions with Euronet.

Your letter fails to note that for weeks MoneyGram refused to discuss a business combination with Euronet on any basis, confidentially or otherwise, stating that MoneyGram was not for sale. I first attempted to contact you starting in early November, and sent you a proposal for a business combination on November 8, 2007. The entire text of your response to me in a letter dated November 16, 2007 was as follows:

I have reviewed your letters with our Board of Directors. The Board has asked me to inform you that MoneyGram is not for sale and, accordingly, there is no reason for us to meet to discuss your letters.

It was only on the eve of our taking our proposal directly to the MoneyGram shareholders (almost five weeks after my first contact to you and one week after telling you in our December 4, 2007 letter that we reserved the right “to discuss our proposal with your shareholders should you persist in being unwilling to meet with us to discuss it”), that MoneyGram suggested a willingness to discuss our proposal. Of course that communication was accompanied by a draft confidentiality agreement with a two-year standstill agreement that would have prevented us from pursuing our offer, discussing it with MoneyGram shareholders, or running an alternative slate of directors.

Given MoneyGram’s complete refusal to that point to engage in any discussions with us regarding a proposed business combination, we viewed your proposal to engage in discussions on unreasonable terms as a continuing refusal to talk to us. We therefore decided to convey the compelling rationale for the proposed transaction directly to MoneyGram’s shareholders. Specifically, we believe this transaction would deliver substantial immediate and long-term value for the shareholders of both companies and would:

• Create a powerful new global player in the money transfer business well positioned to capture share in a highly fragmented market;
• Expand the geographic reach of both companies and unlock compelling opportunities by combining Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s complementary distribution networks, corridors and agent bases;
• Enable the companies to further benefit from the rapid growth of the money transfer market in key emerging countries, such as China and India; and
• Generate double-digit accretion and deliver significant synergies.

Since that time, you have suggested shortening the length of the standstill and modifying certain other terms as an effort to “compromise”, but the terms as modified are still unreasonable, since they would prevent us from pursuing our proposal, discussing it with MoneyGram shareholders, or running an alternative slate of directors. As stated in Blum Capital’s letter to you, “the onerous restriction of a standstill agreement is antithetical to the goal of shareholder value maximization during a proposed negotiation process.”

Finally, you state in your letter that the agreement is needed so that “potential competitive and/or sensitive information cannot be used to the detriment of MoneyGram . . .” As best I can see, the provisions you are demanding are designed to prevent use of the information to the detriment of the self-interest of MoneyGram's management only and certainly do not allow such management to maximize the value of MoneyGram's shareholders.

If MoneyGram is sincere in its stated willingness to meet with Euronet and discuss our proposal, it should immediately cease demanding unreasonable conditions in the confidentiality agreement and execute the agreement proposed by Euronet.

We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Very Truly Yours,

/s/Michael J. Brown

Michael J. Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

cc: MoneyGram International Board of Directors

About Euronet Worldwide Inc. Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers payment and transaction processing solutions to financial institutions, mobile operators and retailers which include comprehensive ATM and POS operation and management services; credit and debit card outsourcing services; card issuing and merchant acquiring services; software solutions; consumer money transfer and bill payment services; and electronic distribution of top-up services for prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products. Euronet operates and processes transactions from 39 countries.

Euronet's global payment network is extensive – including over 10,500 ATMs and approximately 48,000 POS terminals which are under management in 16 countries; a growing portfolio of outsourced debit and credit card services and card software solutions; a prepaid processing network of 370,000 point-of-sale terminals across 189,000 retailer locations in 12 countries; and a consumer-to-consumer money transfer network of over 11,000 sending locations in 13 countries and more than 56,000 payout locations in approximately 100 countries. With corporate headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and 35 worldwide offices, Euronet serves clients in approximately 130 countries. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at www.euronetworldwide.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Euronet Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram International, Inc., and the combined company after the completion of the proposed transaction between Euronet and MoneyGram. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of statements that includes words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” “likely,” “will” or other similar words or phrases. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the anticipated consequences and benefits of the proposed transaction, including future strategic and financial benefits, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Euronet following the completion of the proposed transaction and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Euronet’s management and publicly available information about MoneyGram, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including: the failure of MoneyGram to accept Euronet’s proposal; the failure to consummate any transaction agreed to between Euronet and MoneyGram or to consummate any such transaction in the expected timeframe; the risk that the opportunities and synergies anticipated to result from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; conditions imposed with obtaining governmental approvals and rulings on or regarding the transaction; the risk that the businesses of Euronet and MoneyGram will not be integrated successfully; disruption from the proposed transaction making it difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers or other third parties with which we do business; technological developments affecting the market for Euronet’s or MoneyGram’s products and services; foreign exchange fluctuations; and changes in laws and regulations affecting Euronet’s or MoneyGram’s businesses. Additional risks are described in Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Copies of these filings may be obtained from the Information Agent as described below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This press release is neither an offer to exchange nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange any securities of MoneyGram. The exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) for the outstanding shares of MoneyGram common stock described in this press release has not commenced. In connection with the proposed transaction, Euronet intends to file relevant materials with the SEC, such as a Registration Statement on Form S-4, a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (including a prospectus-offer to exchange, a letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and a proxy statement (collectively, the “Offer Documents”) and any offers or solicitations will be made only pursuant to the Offer Documents filed with the SEC. Investors are advised to read carefully and in their entirety the Offer Documents that are filed with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information.

Euronet and its directors, executive officers and certain other employees and representatives of Euronet may be considered “participants in a solicitation” of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about Euronet’s executive officers and directors is available in Euronet’s proxy statement, dated April 11, 2007, for its 2007 annual meeting of stockholders. Additional information about the interests of potential participants in a solicitation will be in the Offer Documents, if and when they become available, and other relevant documents filed with the SEC. Euronet and MoneyGram stockholders may obtain copies of the Offer Documents and other relevant documents filed with the SEC

for free, when they become available, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by calling Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Information Agent for the Exchange Offer, toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 877-456-3488 or tollfree in Europe at 00 800 7710 9970.



Dec 13, 2007
EURONET CONFIRMS OFFER TO ACQUIRE MONEYGRAM FOR $1.65 BILLION IN EURONET STOCK

Expects Accretive Combination To Deliver Substantial Immediate And Long-Term Value To Shareholders Of Both Companies

Euronet To Hold Conference Call At 9:00 AM ET Today To Discuss Proposal

Leawood, KS, December 13, 2007 – Euronet Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) today confirmed it delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) on December 4, 2007, in which Euronet offered to acquire MoneyGram in a tax-free, all-stock transaction based on a fixed exchange ratio of 0.6179 Euronet common shares for each share of MoneyGram. Based on the closing price of Euronet shares on December 4, the offer is valued at approximately $1.65 billion, or $20.00 per MoneyGram share, a premium of approximately 43% to the closing price of MoneyGram shares that day.

Euronet’s letter provides compelling rationale for the proposed transaction, which Euronet expects would deliver substantial immediate and long-term value for the shareholders of both companies. Specifically, Euronet believes that the proposed transaction would:
• Create a powerful new global player in the money transfer business well positioned to capture share in a highly fragmented market;
• Expand the geographic reach of both companies and unlock compelling opportunities by combining Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s complementary distribution networks, corridors and agent bases;
• Enable the companies to further benefit from the rapid growth of the money transfer market in key emerging countries, such as China and India; and
• Generate double-digit accretion and deliver significant synergies.

Presented below is the full text of the letter sent to the Board of Directors of MoneyGram:


December 4, 2007

Philip W. Milne
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
MoneyGram International, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416

Dear Phil,

I called to let you know I would be sending this letter to you and your Board, but was unable to reach you. My Board and I were disappointed with your rejection of the compelling business combination proposal we submitted to you several weeks ago. Your refusal to discuss with us the merits of our proposal is not in the best interest of your shareholders.

We believe MoneyGram is an attractive business, and a combination with Euronet would create a powerful new player in the international money transfer business that would deliver substantial immediate and long-term value for the shareholders of both companies. As you know, we have highly complementary distribution networks, corridors and agent locations. The combination we envision will expand the geographic network of both companies and unlock compelling opportunities, enabling us to leverage both of our international efforts and capture rapid growth in global markets.

We remain enthusiastic about a business combination between Euronet and MoneyGram, and we have enhanced our proposal to enable MoneyGram’s shareholders to participate even more substantially in the combined enterprise. In addition, we understand you may be interested in obtaining financing for your business in the near term and we are prepared to make available to MoneyGram interim financing in the context of an agreement on a business combination transaction. We have more than $250 million of cash in the bank, and additional funds available from our existing financing arrangements, and we are prepared to move quickly to put in place an interim financing arrangement if you so desire.

I trust you will discuss this proposal with your Board, and I will summarize the principal terms of our proposal so that your Board will have the benefit of our thinking and be able to consider it fully:

Price and Structure: We are prepared to offer your shareholders a fixed exchange ratio of 0.6179 shares of Euronet common stock per MoneyGram share. Based on Euronet’s closing price today, this represents value of $20.00 per MoneyGram share (or approximately $1.65 billion for the fully diluted equity of MoneyGram). Based on today’s closing prices of Euronet and MoneyGram shares, our offer provides approximately a 43% current premium for MoneyGram shareholders. Receipt of our shares would be tax-free to your shareholders. If the results of our due diligence review (discussed below) would warrant it, we would be prepared to increase our proposed offer price.

Due Diligence: Our proposal is, of course, based on having the opportunity to conduct a customary due diligence review of MoneyGram’s businesses including, specifically, your investment portfolio (which, based on our conversations, we believe may require a cash infusion in the very short term). Similarly, because we are offering our stock to your shareholders, we are prepared to allow you to conduct a customary due diligence review of our business.

Under this proposal, MoneyGram shareholders would own approximately 46% of the combined company (on a fully converted and diluted basis), enabling them to benefit from the vast potential of a well-positioned competitor in an attractive growth business. This proposal would bring together the second and third largest global send and receive networks. The combined entity would have an extensive infrastructure serving more than 170 countries that includes approximately 205,000 money transfer agent locations, 370,000 top-up locations, 10,500 ATMs, and over 80 international banking relationships. Importantly, Euronet’s complementary network of international banks and retailers would position the combined entity to further benefit from the rapid growth of the money transfer market in key emerging countries, such as China and India, which are now as large as the Mexican market. Moreover, even without taking into account the substantial revenue synergies we expect to generate, we believe the transaction would yield double-digit accretion to Euronet’s cash earnings per share beginning in 2008. This would provide potential value to your shareholders in excess of $20.00 per share.

To advance our discussions, we propose that we enter into a confidentiality agreement that would allow us both to conduct our due diligence and to begin to negotiate a merger agreement. We are prepared to move forward expeditiously in conducting due diligence, negotiating transaction agreements, and working together to obtain all the requisite regulatory approvals required to close the transaction. We believe that, working together, we can reach a definitive agreement by yearend. Our preference is not to make our proposal public, and we expect you would keep it confidential. Of course, we reserve the right to discuss our proposal with your shareholders should you persist in being unwilling to meet with us to discuss it. Our Board has unanimously approved the submission of this proposal, and we look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible and, in any event, within the next week.

Very Truly Yours,

/s/Michael J. Brown
Michael J. Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
cc: MoneyGram International Board of Directors

Investor Conference Call

Euronet will hold a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. ET for the investment community. Participants may listen via telephone by dialing 877-407-9210 if calling from the United States, or 201-689-8049 if dialing from outside of the United States. Please dial in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephone replay will also be available beginning approximately one hour after the event. To access the replay, please dial 877-660-6853 for callers within the United States and at 201-612-7415 for callers outside of the United States and enter account number 286 and conference ID number 265748. A live audio webcast of the call also will be available and archived on the company's website at www.euronetworldwide.com or via http://www.vcall.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=124182. The investor presentation will be available for download at the start of the call on the company’s website at www.eeft.com/investors/library/presentations.asp.

About Euronet Worldwide Inc. Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers payment and transaction processing solutions to financial institutions, mobile operators and retailers which include comprehensive ATM and POS operation and management services; credit and debit card outsourcing services; card issuing and merchant acquiring services; software solutions; consumer money transfer and bill payment services; and electronic distribution of top-up services for prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products. Euronet operates and processes transactions from 39 countries.

Euronet's global payment network is extensive – including over 10,500 ATMs and approximately 48,000 POS terminals which are under management in 16 countries; a growing portfolio of outsourced debit and credit card services and card software solutions; a prepaid processing network of 370,000 point-of-sale terminals across 189,000 retailer locations in 12 countries; and a consumer-to-consumer money transfer network of over 11,000 sending locations in 13 countries and more than 56,000 payout locations in approximately 100 countries. With corporate headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and 35 worldwide offices, Euronet serves clients in approximately 130 countries. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at www.euronetworldwide.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Euronet Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram International, Inc., and the combined company after the completion of the proposed transaction between Euronet and MoneyGram. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of statements that includes words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” “likely,” “will” or other similar words or phrases. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the anticipated consequences and benefits of the proposed transaction, including future strategic and financial benefits, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Euronet following the completion of the proposed transaction and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Euronet’s management and publicly available information about MoneyGram, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including: the failure of MoneyGram to accept Euronet’s proposal; the failure to consummate any transaction agreed to between Euronet and MoneyGram or to consummate any such transaction in the expected timeframe; the risk that the opportunities and synergies anticipated to result from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; conditions imposed with obtaining governmental approvals and rulings on or regarding the transaction; the risk that the businesses of Euronet and MoneyGram will not be integrated successfully; disruption from the proposed transaction making it difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers or other third parties with which we do business; technological developments affecting the market for Euronet’s or MoneyGram’s products and services; foreign exchange fluctuations; and changes in laws and regulations affecting Euronet’s or MoneyGram’s businesses. Additional risks are described in Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including Euronet’s and MoneyGram’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Copies of these filings may be obtained from the Information Agent as described below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This press release is neither an offer to exchange nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange any securities of MoneyGram. The exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) for the outstanding shares of MoneyGram common stock described in this press release has not commenced. In connection with the proposed transaction, Euronet intends to file relevant materials with the SEC, such as a Registration Statement on Form S-4, a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (including a prospectus-offer to exchange, a letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and a proxy statement (collectively, the “Offer Documents”) and any offers or solicitations will be made only pursuant to the Offer Documents filed with the SEC. Investors are advised to read carefully and in their entirety the Offer Documents that are filed with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information.

Euronet and its directors, executive officers and certain other employees and representatives of Euronet may be considered “participants in a solicitation” of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about Euronet’s executive officers and directors is available in Euronet’s proxy statement, dated April 11, 2007, for its 2007 annual meeting of stockholders. Additional information about the interests of potential participants in a solicitation will be in the Offer Documents, if and when they become available, and other relevant documents filed with the SEC.

Euronet and MoneyGram stockholders may obtain copies of the Offer Documents and other relevant documents filed with the SEC for free, when they become available, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by calling Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Information Agent for the Exchange Offer, toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 877-456-3488 or tollfree in Europe at 00 800 7710 9970.


July 17, 2007
RIA Envia expands its payout network in Poland by signing Bank Pocztowy (Post Bank)

LEAWOOD, KANSAS AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - July 17, 2007 - RIA Envia Inc. (RIA), the third-largest global money transfer company and a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:EEFT), today announced that RIA has expanded its payout network in Poland by signing a correspondent agent agreement with Bank Pocztowy (Post Bank). The agreement expands RIA's payout network significantly in Poland with the addition of Post Bank's nearly 8,000 payout locations.

Post Bank, the fast-developing bank in Poland, will soon offer consumers the option to receive RIA money transfers from any of its nearly 8,000 payout locations across the country. These locations are a combination of bank branches and post offices. The expansion of RIA's network will enable more beneficiaries to conveniently access a fast and reliable money transfer service in Poland. Furthermore, the agreement with Post Bank enables RIA customers to send money transfers directly to any bank account or beneficiaries can opt for cash pick-up at any of Post Bank payout locations. Post Bank will begin distributing money transfers for RIA by August of 2007.

"We are pleased to announce the addition of Post Bank Poland to our growing global correspondent network. Post Bank is acting on the base of the largest payout network of post/banking outlets in the country, making them an important correspondent partner for RIA," said Michael J. Brown, chairman and chief executive officer, Euronet Worldwide Inc. "Polish emigration has grown since Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004 and the subsequent opening of Western European labor markets making it a very attractive market for RIA. Our association with Post Bank will enable us to provide Polish nationals living abroad, particularly in the U.K., Germany, Italy and U.S., with a more reliable and convenient way to send money home to their families. We look forward to a mutually beneficial and long-term relationship with Post Bank."

"The Polish economy has benefited significantly from the inflow of remittances in recent years. Our relationships with companies like RIA affirm our commitment to our customers to provide them the most reliable and convenient financial services. We look forward to enabling our customers to receive money sent to them from their loved ones abroad through the RIA network," said Stanislaw Zebrowski, chief specialist of Corporate Department, Bank Pocztowy.

The opening of the Western European labor markets to Polish workers has fueled growth in money transfers with financial inflows to Poland reaching approximately $8 billion a year in remittances. For example, one of the fastest- growing Polish communities resides in the United Kingdom, where nearly 400,000 work permits have been issued to Polish nationals since May 2004, according to the UK Home Office.

About RIA Envia Inc.

RIA, a Euronet Worldwide subsidiary, is the third-largest global consumer-to-consumer remittance company. RIA's primary services include money transfer, bill payment, money orders and check cashing. The company offers transfers under the brands RIA Money Transfer, AFEX Money Express and Kim Phu Money Transfer. Originating money transfers across 13 countries in North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, RIA terminates transactions through an extensive payer network across more than 85 countries. For more information, visit http://www.riafinancial.com.

About Bank Pocztowy Poland

Bank Pocztowy S.A. is the universal bank. It was established in 1990. The shareholders of Bank Pocztowy are: PPUP Poczta Polska (Polish Post Office) (75% less one share) and Bank PKO BP S.A. (25% plus one share). It differs from other financial institutions because it allows customers to take advantage of various financial services at their local post office. Poczta Polska operates from nearly 8,000 offices. The rich range of services provides products for individual customers, as well as mass payment wholesalers, and local authorities into the bargain.



Contacts:

Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Shruthi Dyapaiah
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
913-327-4225
sdyapaiah@euronetworldwide.com


Agents and Correspondents Contact:
Marcelo Castillo
Ria Envia Inc.
562-345-2177
marceloc@riafinancial.com


May 17, 2007
RIA Envia announces agreement with Banamex to offer money transfer services in Mexico

LEAWOOD, KANSAS AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - May 17, 2007 - RIA Envia Inc. ("RIA"), the third-largest global money transfer company and a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:EEFT), today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A. ("Banamex"), a unit of Citigroup, to send RIA and AFEX money transfers to Mexico through the Banamex network.

RIA, established in 1987, has a global network of over 41,000 agents offering consumer money transfer services in more than 95 countries and territories. Acquired by Euronet, a leading electronic payments provider in April 2007, RIA processes approximately $4.5 billion in money transfers annually.

"We are very pleased to add Banamex to our correspondent network in Mexico," said Juan Bianchi, chief executive officer of RIA Envia Inc. "Thanks to this agreement, our customers will now have access to over 4,500 new locations of the Banamex network, which include many Banamex locations where our customers can receive their money seven days a week and even 24 hours a day. Additionally, our agreement enables Banamex to provide its customers with a greater level of choice for their money transfer needs."

Banamex, a unit of Citigroup, was established in 1884 and is the premier financial institution in Mexico. The Banamex network presently has over 1,500 bank branches and more than 3,000 Banamex Aqui non-bank locations throughout the country. Banamex's extensive network will soon offer payment of RIA and AFEX money transfers to customers in Mexico.

RIA works with Citigroup affiliates in several countries including correspondent relationships with Banco Cuscatlan, the leader in money transfers in El Salvador and throughout Central America and Grupo Financiero Uno ("GFU"), the largest credit card issuer in Central America. Both Banco Cuscatlan and GFU were recently acquired by Citigroup. Additionally, Bancuscatlan Transfers Inc., also a unit of Citigroup, recently signed an agreement with RIA to serve as its agent in the U.S. in locations across New York, California, Texas, Maryland and Virginia.

About RIA Envia Inc.

RIA, a Euronet Worldwide subsidiary, is the third-largest global consumer-to-consumer remittance company. RIA's primary services include money transfer, bill payment, money orders and check cashing. The company offers transfers under the brands RIA Money Transfer, AFEX Money Express and Kim Phu Money Transfer. Originating money transfers across 13 countries in North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, RIA terminates transactions through an extensive payer network across 85 countries. For more information, visit www.riafinancial.com.

About Grupo Financiero Banamex

Grupo Financiero Banamex is a member of Citigroup, Inc., and it is the leading financial group in Mexico with Banco Nacional de Mexico ("Banamex") founded in 1884. The group has an outstanding position in the country's financial markets through its affiliates, and it includes deposits, consumer finance, handling resources from investment partnerships and funds for retirement, insurance banking, pensions, and stock market brokerage. The group has an extensive network of distribution of over 1,500 branches, over 3,000 Banamex Aqui Correspondents and 5,800 ATMs located throughout the country. For more information, visit www.banamex.com.

About Citigroup Inc.

Citigroup, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Major brand names under the trademark red arc include: Citi, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Citi Smith Barney and Banamex. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com



Contacts:

Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Shruthi Dyapaiah
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
913-327-4225
sdyapaiah@euronetworldwide.com


Agents and Correspondents Contact:
Marcelo Castillo
Ria Envia Inc.
562-345-2177
marceloc@riafinancial.com




April 4, 2007
Euronet Worldwide completes acquisition of RIA Envia, Inc., the third-largest global money transfer company

LEAWOOD, KANSAS -April 4, 2007 -Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading electronic payments provider, today announced the completion of its acquisition of RIA Envia, Inc. ("RIA"). With the closing of the RIA acquisition, Euronet has established itself as the third-largest global money transfer company, based upon the amount of money transferred. In connection with the closing of the RIA acquisition, Euronet entered into a $290 million secured syndicated credit facility consisting of a $190 million seven-year term loan and a $100 million five-year revolving credit facility (together as the "new Credit Facility").

Under the terms of the purchase agreement announced on November 21, 2006, as amended, Euronet acquired 100% of RIA's common stock outstanding for $380 million in cash, 4,053,606 shares of Euronet common stock, 3,685,098 contingent value rights and 3,685,098 stock appreciation rights. The initial value of Euronet common stock for purposes of the contingent value rights and stock appreciation rights was set at $27.136333 per share, based upon the average of the daily high and low trading prices per share of Euronet common stock over the 30 trading days ending March 30, 2007. The $380 million in cash was funded through cash from the Company's balance sheet and the net proceeds of the $190 million seven-year term loan.

The $190 million seven-year term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 200 basis points or prime plus 100 basis points and contains a 1% per annum principal amortization requirement, payable quarterly, with the remaining balance outstanding due at the end of year seven. The $100 million five-year revolving line of credit will be priced initially at LIBOR plus 200 basis points or prime plus 100 basis points, subject to a pricing grid that adjusts the spread each quarter based upon the Company's consolidated total leverage ratio. Euronet's new $100 million five-year revolving credit facility replaces its existing $50 million revolving credit facility.

The new Credit Facility may be expanded by up to an additional $150 million in term loan and up to an additional $25 million for the revolving line of credit, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions including pro forma debt covenant compliance. The new Credit Facility contains certain mandatory prepayments and contains customary events of default and financial covenants, including leverage ratios. The leverage ratios will step down over the next eighteen months thereby requiring the Company to reduce its leverage.

Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include the expectations, plans or prospects for Euronet. The statements made by Euronet are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include market conditions and other factors beyond Euronet's control and the risk factors and other cautionary statements discussed in Euronet's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") including but not limited to Euronet's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006. Copies of this filing may be obtained by contacting Euronet or the SEC. Euronet does not intend to update these statements and undertakes no duty to any person to effect any such update under any circumstances.

About Euronet Worldwide
Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers outsourcing and consulting services, integrated EFT software, network gateways, electronic prepaid top-up services to financial institutions, mobile operators and retailers, as well as electronic consumer money transfer and bill payment services. Euronet operates and services the largest pan-European group of ATMs and operates the largest Indian shared ATM network. Euronet is also one of the largest providers of prepaid processing, or top-up services, for prepaid mobile airtime. The Company is a licensed electronic money transmitter and bill payment company via Euronet Payments & Remittance Inc. The Company has processing centers located in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and processes electronic top-up transactions at more than 296,000 point-of-sale terminals across more than 161,000 retailers in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the U.S. With corporate headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and 26 worldwide offices, Euronet serves clients in approximately 100 countries. Visit the Company's web site at www.euronetworldwide.com.

About RIA Envia, Inc.
Established in 1987, RIA is the third-largest global consumer-to-consumer remittance company. Processing $4.5 billion in money transfers annually, RIA originates transactions through a network of over 10,000 sending agents and 98 company-owned stores located throughout 13 countries in North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia and terminates transactions through a payer network of over 32,000 locations across 82 countries. RIA's primary services include money transfer, bill payment, money orders and check cashing. RIA offers transfers under the brands RIA Money Transfer, AFEX Money Express and Kim Phu Money Transfer.



Contacts:

Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Shruthi Dyapaiah
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
913-327-4225
sdyapaiah@euronetworldwide.com


Agents and Correspondents Contact:
Marcelo Castillo
Ria Envia Inc.
562-345-2177
marceloc@riafinancial.com




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