MoneyGram International Inc. will become a private company after being acquired by Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, the companies revealed on Tuesday.
The all-cash transaction will amount to $11 per share or around $1.8 billion in total with Madison Dearborn Partners refinancing MoneyGram's outstanding debt last estimated at $799 million.
The deal will now await the green light from shareholders and regulators and is expected to close in the final three months of 2022.