Overview of Transaction

• On August 1, 2024, EMS secured a majority investment from BharCap Partners with participation from the Management team led by Afshin Yazdian
• Founded in 1988, EMS is an industry-leading full-service payment processing platform, handling everything from merchant onboarding, underwriting and servicing
• EMS’ comprehensive platform provides retail and e-commerce merchants with reliable payment processing that is simple to use, secure and backed by innovative technology
• EMS offers a full suite of solutions from mobile processing to complete point of sale systems

Significance of Transaction

• BharCap’s majority ownership will leverage its significant industry expertise and deep network in the payments space to help support and guide EMS through its next phase of growth and enhance its service offerings to clients
• Jim Weiland, the Company’s previous majority owner and founder, will remain on the Board of the Company

FT Partners' Role

• FT Partners served as the exclusive financial and strategic advisor to EMS
• FT Partners previously advised EMS on its acquisition of PaymentCloud in January 2024 and its majority investment in Paysley in 2022
• This transaction highlights FT Partners’ deep FinTech expertise and its successful track record in the Payments space