Zinnia Distributor Solutions LLC completed the acquisition of North American Life and Annuity assets from Ebix, Inc..
April 31, 2024
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Zinnia Distributor Solutions LLC entered into a stalking horse agreement to acquire North American Life and Annuity assets from Ebix, Inc. (NasdaqGS:EBIX) for $400 million on December 18, 2023. The sell side breakup fee is equivalent to $12 million. Ash Sawhney, President of Ebix Insurance Solutions North America, will join Zinnia heading up the newly formed Life and Annuity Exchange Solutions business, reporting to Trogni. Joining him will be members of the Ebix Life and Annuity senior leadership team and all L&A employees globally. The transaction is subject to approval by bankruptcy court, regulatory approval and the approval of antitrust institution. The transaction is approved by the acquirer board. On February 15, 2024, Zinnia received Court approval to acquire Ebix L&A Assets after being named the winning bidder. The transaction is expected to close in early March. Thomas Califano, Scott Parel and Justin Macke of Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal advisor, AlixPartners, LLP, Jefferies LLC, and Huron Consulting Group acted as financial advisor to Ebix, Inc. Samuel Khalil, Jason T. Anderson and Matthew Brod of Milbank LLP acted as legal advisor alongside financial advisors Citi and RBC Capital Markets. C Street Advisory Group is serving as strategic communications advisor to Zinnia Distributor Solutions LLC.
Zinnia Distributor Solutions LLC completed the acquisition of North American Life and Annuity assets from Ebix, Inc. (NasdaqGS:EBIX) on April 1, 2024.
Ebix, Inc. is a provider of on-demand infrastructure software exchanges and e-commerce services to the insurance, financial, travel, cash remittance and healthcare industries. In the insurance sector, the Companyâs main focus is to develop and deploy globally a variety of insurance and reinsurance exchanges on an on-demand basis using software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise solutions in the areas of customer relationship management (CRM), front-end and back-end systems, and outsourced administrative and risk compliance. The Companyâs EbixCash Financial exchange portfolio of software and services consists of domestic and international money remittance, foreign exchange (Forex), travel, pre-paid gift cards, utility payments, and lending and wealth management in India and other primarily Southeast Asian markets. It operates India's airport Forex business, with operations in approximately 20 international airports, including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata.