Company: PSEWF
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-032340
Chunk: 120

Company: Paysafe Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 5
Chunk 120
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. Generally, amounts under these contracts cannot be reasonably estimated until a specific claim is asserted. Consequently, with the exception of estimated credit losses, no liabilities have been recorded for these obligations on our Consolidated Statements of Financial Position for any of the periods presented.

We periodically become a party to litigation proceedings arising in the normal course of our business operations. The Company maintains liabilities for losses from legal actions that are recorded when they are determined to be both probable in their occurrence and can be reasonably estimated.

Additionally, the Company has contingent consideration payables associated with several historical acquisitions. Such contingent consideration payable was recognized at fair value on the acquisition date and is remeasured each reporting period. Amounts payable by the Company are contingent upon the achievement of certain financial performance targets. The Company also recognizes contingent consideration receivables associated with the disposal of a previous subsidiary. Such contingent consideration receivable was recognized at fair value on the acquisition date and is remeasured each reporting period. The contingent consideration to be received is based on the future distributable cash generated by the disposed subsidiary.

C. Research and Development, patents and licenses, etc.

For further discussion regarding research and development refer to Item 4. B. Information on the Company - Business Overview, and Note 1, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, within Item 18, Financial Statements.

D. Trend Information

Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this annual report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events for the year ended December 31, 2024 that are reasonably likely to have a material and adverse effect on our net revenues, income, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause the disclosed financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future results of operations or financial conditions.

E. Critical Accounting Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which often require the judgment of management in the selection and application of certain accounting principles and requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We evaluate our critical accounting policies and estimates on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on historical experience, current conditions and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

The critical accounting policies and estimates that we believe to have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.

Business Combinations

The valuation of assets acquired in a business combination requires