Skrill Holdings Limited agreed to acquire paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG for €140 million from BAWAG P.S.K., Investment Arm and other shareholders on June 28, 2012. The acquisition is subject to clearance by the Austrian Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde (FMA) and the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) as well as the relevant merger control authorities. The transaction requires the approval from the competition authorities. Oliver von Rosenberg, Juliane Hilf, Alexander Glos, Thomas Zottl, Martin Kleppe, Barbara Plöckl, Angela Görner, Martina Stegmaier, Johannes Lutterotti and Lukas Bauer of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP acted as the legal advisors for Skrill Holdings Limited. Richard Wolf, Andrea Gritsch of Wolf Theiss acted as legal advisors for sellers. Jefferies International Limited acted as financial advisor for Skrill Holdings Limited. UBS Investment Bank acted as financial advisor for paysafecard.com.


Skrill Holdings Limited completed the acquisition of paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG from BAWAG P.S.K., Investment Arm and other shareholders on February 8, 2013.