mgi-20210429

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2021

MoneyGram International, Inc.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-31950

16-1690064

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2828 N. Harwood Street,

15th Floor

Dallas,

Texas

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 999-7552


Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value	MGI	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights	N/A	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed, MoneyGram International, Inc. (“we” or, the “Company”) initiated an internal investigation in 2015 to identify any payments processed by the Company that were potential violations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") sanctions regulations. We notified OFAC of the internal investigation, which was conducted in conjunction with the Company's outside counsel. On March 28, 2017, we filed a Voluntary Self-Disclosure with OFAC regarding the findings of our internal investigation.

On April 21, 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with OFAC to settle all pending matters, which will include a payment by the Company to OFAC of $34,328.78. In assessing this nominal penalty, OFAC acknowledged several mitigating factors including that MoneyGram discovered and voluntarily disclosed the apparent violations as part of its ongoing efforts to improve its compliance program, MoneyGram’s remedial actions, significant investments in compliance-related functions and MoneyGram’s cooperation with OFAC’s investigation.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.						Description of Exhibit
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Date:

April 29, 2021

By:

/s/ Robert L. Villasenor

Name:

Robert L. Villasenor

Title:

General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Administrative Officer