Current Report Filing (8-k)
April 02 2015 - 4:19PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________
FORM
8-K
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 2,
2015
NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida |
000-31203 |
98-0171860 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
(Commission |
(IRS Employer |
of incorporation) |
File Number) |
Identification No.) |
President Place, 4th Floor, Cnr. Jan
Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road
Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
011-27-11-343-2000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions:
[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a -12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d -2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e -4(c))
On April 2, 2015, Net1 issued a press release which responded
to a Notice of Motion submitted by Corruption Watch to the High Court of South
Africa. A copy of Net1s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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.
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NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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Date: April 2, 2015 |
By: /s/ Serge C.P.
Belamant |
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Serge C.P. Belamant
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Chief Executive
Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Net1 Responds to Corruption Watch Notice of Motion
Johannesburg, April 2, 2015 Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (Net1
or the Company) (NasdaqGS: UEPS; JSE: NT1) today announced that Cash Paymaster
Services (Pty) Ltd (CPS), a subsidiary of the Company, has been named as a
respondent in a Notice of Motion filed by Corruption Watch, a South African
non-profit civil society organization.
The Notice of Motion seeks an order from the High Court of
South Africa for the reviewing and setting aside of the decision by the Chief
Executive Officer of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on April
25, 2014 to approve payment of ZAR317 million (approximately USD26.4 million at
the current exchange rate) to CPS. Corruption Watch claims that there was no
lawful basis for the SASSA CEOs decision, that the decision was unreasonable and
irrational and that the decision did not comply with South African
legislation.
The Company announced on June 6, 2014 that it had received
approximately ZAR 275 million, excluding VAT, (or $25.7 million at prevailing
exchange rates) from SASSA, related to the recovery of additional implementation
costs incurred during the beneficiary re-registration process in fiscal 2012 and
2013. At the time, SASSA requested Net1 to biometrically register all social
grant beneficiaries (including all child beneficiaries), in addition to the
grant recipients who were issued with the SASSA-branded UEPS/EMV smart cards. As
a result, Net1 performed approximately 11 million additional registrations that
did not form part of its monthly service fee and claimed a cost recovery from
SASSA, supported by a factual findings certificate from an independent auditing
firm. SASSA agreed to pay the ZAR 275 million as full settlement of the
additional costs incurred.
SASSAs decision to re-register all 21 million social grant
beneficiaries has enabled it, through the use of Net1s biometric search engine
and data analysis tools, to identify and remove any duplicate, invalid and
non-existent grant recipients from the grant system. On March 29, 2015, SASSA
issued a media statement in which the Minister of Social Development, Ms.
Bathabile Dlamini, stated: During 2012 we embarked on a process of
re-registering grant beneficiaries in order to root out ghost beneficiaries and
ensure that grants are paid out only to existing and deserving South Africans.
Through the re-registration process, we eliminated fraud and corruption and
created a conducive environment for SASSA to have a solid database of all
beneficiaries which enables it to pay the right grant, to the right person, and
at the right place. Today we can confidently say that through the
re-registration process and the introduction of the biometric-based payment
systems, SASSA has a credible database of beneficiaries, and that fraud in our
social security system has been cut down by billions of Rands.
The Company is currently taking legal advice regarding the
Notice of Motion to determine the appropriate course of action, if required.
About Net1 (www.net1.com)
Net1 is a leading provider of alternative payment systems that
leverage its Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS), to facilitate
biometrically secure, real-time electronic transaction processing to unbanked
and under-banked populations of developing economies around the world in an
online or offline environment. Net1's UEPS/EMV solution is interoperable with
global EMV standards that seamlessly permit access to all the UEPS functionality
in a traditional EMV environment. In addition to payments, UEPS can be used for
banking, healthcare management, payroll, remittances, voting and
identification.
Net1 operates market-leading payment processors in South Africa
and the Republic of Korea. In addition, Net1's proprietary MVC technology offers
secure mobile payments and banking services in developed and emerging countries.
Net1 has a primary listing on the NASDAQ and a secondary
listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Investor Relations Contact:
Dhruv Chopra
Head of Investor Relations
Phone:
+1-917-767-6722
Email: dchopra@net1.com
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