MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, announced a definitive agreement under which funds affiliated with MDP will acquire all outstanding shares of MoneyGram for $11.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The purchase price represents a meaningful premium of approximately 50% to MoneyGram's unaffected closing stock price on December 14, 2021, the last trading day prior to media speculation regarding a possible transaction.