Ebix Emerges From Chapter 11 Restructure

The latest news on Ebix, who are emerging from a Chapter 11 restructuring;

Ebix Inc., a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare, and e-learning industries, announced today that it has successfully completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process and has emerged as a financially and operationally stronger company that is well-positioned for the future. The 12,000+ employee Company is now debt-free worldwide.

On Friday, August 30, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Ebix exited Chapter 11 in a record period of less than 9 months and the restructuring plan blessed by the US courts became effective. Earlier, on August 2, 2024 the Court had confirmed the plan, commending the parties for a “marvelous job” done. This complex, cross-border matter resolution involved Sidley lawyers and staff from the New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Century City, Houston, Dallas, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong offices; besides professionals from multiple multinational accounting and investment banking firms.

Ebix is one of the few rare companies that entered Chapter 11 with a trailing 12-month EBITDA of approximately $145 million, on account of non-operating loans being called by its lenders. With 23-years of consistently profitable results and a shareholder return of 27,500% at one time, Ebix entry into Chapter 11 on non-operating grounds was sudden and rather unexpected. Today, when Ebix has exited Chapter 11, it has reason to feel confident about its future on various grounds –

• Consolidation into Eraaya – With Eraaya LifeSpaces Limited (“Eraaya”) emerging as the successful plan sponsor, Ebix Inc worldwide results will now be consolidated into Eraaya, a publicly traded company on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: ERAAYA). Ebix will continue to be a US domiciled company, following the laws of the respective international geographies it operates in. Eraaya’s investment into Ebix will not affect any of Ebix’s responsibilities adversely in any geography, as the Company will continue to operate as usual.
• Visionary Leadership to Continue – Ebix Founder, Robin Raina, will continue to serve as CEO and Chairman of Ebix. A visionary entrepreneur who is the brain behind the Ebix worldwide franchise, Robin Raina has pioneered innovative concepts that propelled Ebix to be featured five times on Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies list. With a remarkable 23-year track record of profitability and delivering over 275x shareholder return at one time, Robin Raina epitomizes consistent financial discipline.
• Integrated Group Vision – With the goal of ensuring maximization of shareholder return for Eraaya shareholders, and to deliver world class compliance and consistent growth & profitability, Robin Raina has also been appointed as the Chairman of the Board for Eraaya.
• Continued Focus on Clients – Ebix, Inc will continue to be a US Company, ensuring continuity and world class products & services to its client base in the United States that encompasses state governments, 80 of the Fortune 500 companies, medical schools, hospitals, doctors, and tens of thousands of insurance entities including insurers, brokers, TPAs, Banks etc. All US contracts will continue to be serviced from the US company, with no changes to the Company’s tax ID, workers compensation or clients’ agreements, that will continue to be serviced following US law as usual.
• Consistent Continued Leadership – Ebix’s international subsidiaries across the world that service clients in more than 75 countries today, will continue to operate as usual. Ebix’s entire international senior management that has spearheaded Ebix’s growth and profitability story for more than two decades, will continue as usual and will lead Ebix through its future growth. All international client agreements will continue to be serviced as such, following the existing client and partner agreements under the laws of the respective country, while being serviced by the same Ebix personnel who have always been interacting with clients, as usual.

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