EBay said it paid $530 million to settle future obligations it had with some shareholders under an agreement that stemmed from its 2005 purchase of Skype.

EBay anticipates recording this amount and an additional $900 million as impairment charges in its third-quarter financial report.

Under the earn-out agreement, eBay was required to pay up to about $1.7 billion based on things like Skype's number of active users and sales and gross profit targets in 2008 and the first half of 2009.