Cinven Limited; CVC Capital Partners Limited; and Permira Advisers Ltd. eye Skrill Holdings Limited of Investcorp Technology Partners, banking sources said. Investcorp hired Barclays and expects £600 million from the transaction. CVC and Cinven are in the running to acquire the company and are part of an auction process, in which first round bids were due July 2013, five of the sources said.

Permira has also expressed some interest in the company, one of them said. According to Reuters, CVC, Cinven, Permira,and Investcorp declined to comment. Bankers are arranging debt packages of around £300 million or around 5.5 times Skrill's approximate €55 million earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to be offered to potential buyers.

Senior leveraged loans and junior debt such as high yield bonds or second lien loans denominated in sterling and euros are all being considered, banking sources have said. Lloyds is expected to have offered a staple financing package that gives would-be buyers confidence that financing is available to fund a transaction, bankers said. According to Reuters, Lloyds was not immediately available to comment.