Financial services technology group FIS said Monday that it will buy e-commerce and payments group Worldpay Inc. in a cash and stock deal that values the latter at $43 billion. Under terms of the deal, which includes the assumption of debt, Worldpay shareholders will receive 0.9287 FIS shares and $11 in cash per share. At the deal's closing, FIS shareholders will own 53% of the combined company and Worldpay shareholders will own 47%. The new company will have around $12.3 billion pro forma 2018 annual revenue, and FIS' organic revenue growth outlook will accelerate to a range of 6% to 9% through 2021. The company expects $500 million of revenue synergies, $400 million of run-rate expense synergies, which refers to the full-year impact of an event that has occurred for a portion of the year, and nearly $4.5 billion of free cash flow in three years.
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