LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC - Quarter Report: 2021 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

Commission file number: 000-31203

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida				98-0171860
(State or other jurisdiction				(IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)				Identification No.)

President Place, 4 Floor, Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road,

Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 27-11-343-2000

Not Applicable

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

UEPS

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). YES ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

☐	Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer

☐	Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company

		☐	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.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ☐ NO ☒

As of May 4, 2021 (the latest practicable date), 56,557,886 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, net of treasury shares, were outstanding.

	Form 10-Q NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC Table of Contents
		Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020	2
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (as restated)	3
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	4
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	5
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	7
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	42
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	60
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	60
Part II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6.	Exhibits	60
Signatures		61
EXHIBIT 10.31
EXHIBIT 10.32
EXHIBIT 10.33
EXHIBIT 10.34
EXHIBIT 10.35

Part I. Financial information

Item 1. Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

						March 31,			June 30,
						2021		2020^(A)
						(In thousands, except share data)
					ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
	Cash and cash equivalents					$	207,814	$	217,671
	Restricted cash related to ATM funding and credit facilities (Note 9)						19,016		14,814
	Accounts receivable, net and other receivables (Note 3)						26,488		43,068
	Finance loans receivable, net (Note 3)						20,599		15,879
	Inventory (Note 4)						20,267		19,860
		Total current assets before settlement assets					294,184		311,292
			Settlement assets				2,054		8,014
				Total current assets			296,238		319,306
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of - March: $36,296 June: $29,524							8,079		6,656
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE (Note 17)							4,870		5,395
EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 6)							19,857		65,836
GOODWILL (Note 7)							28,141		24,169
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Note 7)							437		612
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES							383		358
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS, including reinsurance assets (Note 6 and 8)							58,447		31,346
TOTAL ASSETS							416,452		453,678

					LIABILITIES
CURRENT LIABILITIES
	Short-term credit facilities for ATM funding (Note 9)						11,395		14,814
	Accounts payable						6,785		6,287
	Other payables (Note 10)						23,224		23,779
	Operating lease liability - current (Note 17)						2,945		2,251
	Income taxes payable						797		16,157
		Total current liabilities before settlement obligations					45,146		63,288
			Settlement obligations				2,054		8,015
				Total current liabilities			47,200		71,303
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES							5,517		1,859
OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY - LONG TERM (Note 17)							2,111		3,312
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES, including insurance policy liabilities (Note 8)							2,240		2,012
TOTAL LIABILITIES							57,068		78,486
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK							84,979		84,979

					EQUITY
COMMON STOCK (Note 11)
	Authorized: 200,000,000 with $0.001 par value;
	Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury - March: 56,626,060 June: 57,118,925						80		80
PREFERRED STOCK
	Authorized shares: 50,000,000 with $0.001 par value;
	Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury: March: - June: -						-		-
ADDITIONAL PAID-IN-CAPITAL							302,476		301,489
TREASURY SHARES, AT COST: March: 24,891,292 June: 24,891,292							(286,951)		(286,951)
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Note 12)							(146,174)		(169,075)
RETAINED EARNINGS							404,974		444,670
TOTAL NET1 EQUITY							274,405		290,213
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST							-		-
TOTAL EQUITY							274,405		290,213

TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY						$	416,452	$	453,678

	(A) – Derived from audited financial statements
	See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

		Three months ended					Nine months ended
			March 31,				March 31,
		2021		2020		2021		2020
				(as restated)^(A)				(as restated)^(A)
		(In thousands, except per share data)				(In thousands, except per share data)

REVENUE (Note 16)		$	28,828	$	34,614	$	96,269	$	119,748

EXPENSE

	Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support		23,096		23,883		73,895		81,335
	Selling, general and administration		18,892		17,454		59,517		59,494
	Depreciation and amortization		1,132		1,153		3,129		3,651
	Impairment loss (Note 7)		-		6,336		-		6,336

OPERATING LOSS			(14,292)		(14,212)		(40,272)		(31,068)

CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF EQUITY SECURITIES (Note 5 and 6)			10,814		-		25,942		-

LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENT - BANK FRICK (Note 6)			472		-		472		-

LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENT (Note 6)			-		-		13		-

GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF FIHRST (Note 2)			-		-		-		9,743

INTEREST INCOME			606		570		1,934		2,015

INTEREST EXPENSE			744		1,886		2,168		6,362

LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE			(4,088)		(15,528)		(15,049)		(25,672)

INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Note 19)			2,171		640		4,549		2,317

NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME (LOSS) FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS			(6,259)		(16,168)		(19,598)		(27,989)

INCOME (LOSS) FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 6)			55		(32,193)		(20,098)		(30,624)

NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS			(6,204)		(48,361)		(39,696)		(58,613)

NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Note 21)			-		747		-		6,402
GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF DISCONTINUED OPERATION, net of tax (Note 2)			-		12,733		-		12,733

NET LOSS			(6,204)		(34,881)		(39,696)		(39,478)

NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NET1			(6,204)		(34,881)		(39,696)		(39,478)
	Continuing		(6,204)		(48,361)		(39,696)		(58,613)
	Discontinued	$	-	$	13,480	$	-	$	19,135

Net (loss) earnings per share, in United States dollars (Note 14):
Basic (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders		$	(0.11)	$	(0.61)	$	(0.70)	$	(0.69)
	Continuing	$	(0.11)	$	(0.85)	$	(0.70)	$	(1.03)
	Discontinued	$	-	$	0.24	$	-	$	0.34
Diluted (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders		$	(0.11)	$	(0.61)	$	(0.70)	$	(0.69)
	Continuing	$	(0.11)	$	(0.85)	$	(0.70)	$	(1.03)
	Discontinued	$	-	$	0.24	$	-	$	0.34

(A) Certain amounts have been restated to correct the misstatement discussed in Note 1.
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income

						Three months ended				Nine months ended
						March 31,				March 31,
					2021		2020		2021		2020
						(In thousands)				(In thousands)

Net loss					$	(6,204)	$	(34,881)	$	(39,696)	$	(39,478)

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve					(2,470)		(41,212)		23,675		(40,183)
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investments					-		-		1,688		2,227
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of Bank Frick (Note 6 and Note 12)					(2,462)		-		(2,462)		-
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of Net1 Korea (Note 2 and Note 12)					-		14,228		-		14,228
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of FIHRST (Note 2 and Note 12)					-		-		-		1,578
			Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes			(4,932)		(26,984)		22,901		(22,150)

		Comprehensive loss				(11,136)		(61,865)		(16,795)		(61,628)

				Comprehensive loss attributable to Net1	$	(11,136)	$	(61,865)	$	(16,795)	$	(61,628)

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

	Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Shareholders
	Number of Shares		Amount	Number of Treasury Shares		Treasury Shares	Number of shares, net of treasury		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated other comprehensive loss		Total Net1 Equity		Non-controlling Interest		Total		Redeemable common stock
	For the three months ended March 31, 2020 (dollar amounts in thousands)
Balance – January 1, 2020	81,459,717	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	56,568,425	$	277,891	$	518,431	$	(190,978)	$	318,473	$	-	$	318,473	$	107,672

Restricted stock granted (Note 13)	568,000						568,000								-				-

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)							-		492						492				492

Reversal of stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)	(17,500)						(17,500)		(145)						(145)				(145)

Net loss							-				(34,881)				(34,881)		-		(34,881)

Other comprehensive loss (Note 12)													(26,984)		(26,984)		-		(26,984)

Balance – March 31, 2020	82,010,217	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	57,118,925	$	278,238	$	483,550	$	(217,962)	$	256,955	$	-	$	256,955	$	107,672

	For the nine months ended March 31, 2020 (dollar amounts in thousands)

Balance – July 1, 2019	81,459,717	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	56,568,425	$	276,997	$	523,028	$	(195,812)	$	317,342	$	-	$	317,342	$	107,672

Restricted stock granted	568,000						568,000								-				-

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)									1,315						1,315				1,315

Reversal of stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)	(17,500)						(17,500)		(145)						(145)				(145)

Stock-based compensation charge related to equity accounted investment									71						71				71

Net loss											(39,478)				(39,478)		-		(39,478)

Other comprehensive loss (Note 12)													(22,150)		(22,150)		-		(22,150)

Balance – March 31, 2020	82,010,217	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	57,118,925	$	278,238	$	483,550	$	(217,962)	$	256,955	$	-	$	256,955	$	107,672

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

	Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Shareholders
	Number of Shares		Amount	Number of Treasury Shares		Treasury Shares	Number of shares, net of treasury		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated other comprehensive loss		Total Net1 Equity		Non-controlling Interest		Total		Redeemable common stock

	For the three months ended March 31, 2021 (dollar amounts in thousands)

Balance – January 1, 2021	81,505,851	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	56,614,559	$	302,196	$	411,178	$	(141,242)	$	285,261	$	-	$	285,261	$	84,979

Exercise of stock option (Note 13)	11,501		-				11,501		35						35				35

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)									245						245				245

Net loss											(6,204)				(6,204)		-		(6,204)

Other comprehensive loss (Note 12)													(4,932)		(4,932)		-		(4,932)

Balance – March 31, 2021	81,517,352	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	56,626,060	$	302,476	$	404,974	$	(146,174)	$	274,405	$	-	$	274,405	$	84,979

	For the nine months ended March 31, 2021 (dollar amounts in thousands)

Balance – July 1, 2020	82,010,217	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	57,118,925	$	301,489	$	444,670	$	(169,075)	$	290,213	$	-	$	290,213	$	84,979

Exercise of stock option (Note 13)	17,335		-				17,335		53						53				53

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)									1,173						1,173				1,173

Reversal of stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)	(510,200)						(510,200)		(297)						(297)				(297)

Stock-based compensation charge related to equity accounted investment (Note 6)									(40)						(40)				(40)

Proceeds from disgorgement of shareholders' short-swing profits (Note 22)									98						98				98

Net loss											(39,696)				(39,696)		-		(39,696)

Other comprehensive income (Note 12)													22,901		22,901		-		22,901

Balance – March 31, 2021	81,517,352	$	80	(24,891,292)	$	(286,951)	56,626,060	$	302,476	$	404,974	$	(146,174)	$	274,405	$	-	$	274,405	$	84,979

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

				Three months ended				Nine months ended
				March 31,				March 31,
			2021		2020		2021		2020
				(In thousands)				(In thousands)

Cash flows from operating activities
	Net loss		$	(6,204)	$	(34,881)	$	(39,696)	$	(39,478)
	Depreciation and amortization			1,132		3,157		3,129		12,303
	Impairment loss (Note 7)			-		6,336		-		6,336
	Movement in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable			299		277		913		360
	(Earnings) Loss from equity-accounted investments (Note 6)			(55)		32,193		20,098		30,624
	Movement in allowance for doubtful loans to equity-accounted investments			-		99		739		719
	Change in fair value of equity securities (Note 5 and 6)			(10,814)		-		(25,942)		-
	Fair value adjustment related to financial liabilities			(475)		(987)		1,201		(753)
	Interest payable			(25)		597		(46)		1,755
	Gain on disposal of Net1 Korea (Note 2)			-		(12,733)		-		(12,733)
	Gain on disposal of FIHRST (Note 2)			-		-		-		(9,743)
	Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick (Note 6)			472		-		472		-
	Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment (Note 6)			-		-		13		-
	(Profit) Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment			(142)		108		600		(95)
	Stock-based compensation charge (Note 13)			245		347		876		1,170
	Dividends received from equity accounted investments			-		677		125		2,125
	Decrease in accounts receivable and finance loans receivable			5,786		10,596		4,230		13,697
	Decrease (Increase) in inventory			428		(5,041)		2,642		(18,036)
	Decrease in accounts payable and other payables			(894)		(4,396)		(4,393)		(4,660)
	Decrease in taxes payable			(160)		(131)		(15,498)		(1,087)
	Increase (Decrease) in deferred taxes			2,153		(413)		424		(618)
		Net cash used in operating activities		(8,254)		(4,195)		(50,113)		(18,114)

Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures				(649)		(1,042)		(3,947)		(4,493)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment				254		59		345		362
Proceeds from disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick, net of expenses (Note 6)				18,568		-		18,568		-
Proceeds from disposal of Net1 Korea, net of cash disposed (Note 2)				-		192,619		20,114		192,619
Transaction costs paid related to disposal of Net1 Korea (Note 2)				-		(7,458)		-		(7,458)
Proceeds from disposal of DNI as equity-accounted investment (Note 3)				-		-		6,010		-
Loan to equity-accounted investment (Note 6)				-		(99)		(1,238)		(711)
Repayment of loans by equity-accounted investments				-		-		134		4,268
Proceeds from disposal of FIHRST, net of cash disposed (Note 2)				-		-		-		10,895
Investment in equity-accounted investments (Note 6)				-		(1,250)		-		(2,500)
Net change in settlement assets				745		864		6,190		(9,274)
	Net cash provided by investing activities			18,918		183,693		46,176		183,708

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from bank overdraft (Note 9)				55,280		193,723		261,759		585,273
Repayment of bank overdraft (Note 9)				(103,195)		(226,699)		(268,303)		(605,253)
Proceeds from disgorgement of shareholders' short-swing profits (Note 22)				-		-		124		-
Proceeds from exercise of stock options				35		-		53		-
Long-term borrowings utilized (Note 9)				-		-		-		14,798
Repayment of long-term borrowings (Note 9)				-		-		-		(11,313)
Guarantee fee				-		-		-		(148)
Finance lease capital repayments				-		(17)		-		(69)
Net change in settlement obligations				(745)		(864)		(6,190)		9,274
	Net cash used in financing activities			(48,625)		(33,857)		(12,557)		(7,438)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents				(2,263)		(20,060)		10,839		(19,007)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash				(40,224)		125,581		(5,655)		139,149
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of period				267,054		135,079		232,485		121,511
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period (Note 15)			$	226,830	$	260,660	$	226,830	$	260,660

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(All amounts in tables stated in thousands or thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all majority-owned subsidiaries over which the Company exercises control and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and include all of the information and disclosures required for interim financial reporting. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, accounting policies and financial notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments), which are necessary for a fair representation of financial results for the interim periods presented.

References to “Net1” are references solely to Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. References to the “Company” refer to Net1 and its consolidated subsidiaries, collectively, unless the context otherwise requires.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business

The COVID-19 pandemic did not impact the Company’s South African operations as severely during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, compared to the last four months of the year ended June 30, 2020. South Africa has been at an adjusted Level 1 since March 1, 2021. On December 28, 2020, the country moved back to Level 3 restrictions which remained in place through to February 28, 2021. South Africa operates with a five-level COVID-19 alert system, with Level 1 being the least restrictive and Level 5 being the most restrictive. The country went into lockdown (Level 5) towards the end of March 2020 and gradually eased restrictions for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year (to Level 4 from May 1, to Level 3 from June 1, to Level 2 from August 18 and to Level 1 from September 21). The increase at the end of December 2020 back to Level 3 was in response to a second wave of infections, which was more severe than the first wave. The South Africa government commenced its vaccination program in early calendar 2021, with a stated goal of vaccinating 67% of the South African population by the end of the calendar year. With the winter months approaching, there are concerns over the potential for a third wave, particularly as there have been several delays in the vaccination program to date.

The broader implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s results of operations and overall financial performance continue to remain uncertain. While the Company has not incurred significant disruptions thus far from the COVID-19 outbreak, apart from the two months in April and May 2020 when loan origination was curtailed, the Company is unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to numerous uncertainties, including the severity and duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact on the Company’s customers and other factors. The Company will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact on its business, consolidated results of operations, and financial condition.

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

There were no new accounting pronouncements adopted by the Company during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of March 31, 2021

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance regarding Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For trade and other receivables, loans, and other financial instruments, an entity is required to use a forward-looking expected loss model rather than the incurred loss model for recognizing credit losses, which reflects losses that are probable. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will also be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a reduction in the amortized cost basis of the securities. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2023. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statements and related disclosures, but does not expect the impact on its financial results to be material.

1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of March 31, 2021 (continued)

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance regarding Disclosure Framework: Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The guidance modifies the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statement’s disclosure.

In November 2019, the FASB issued guidance regarding Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842). The guidance provides a framework to stagger effective dates for future major accounting standards and amends the effective dates for certain major new accounting standards to give implementation relief to certain types of entities, including Smaller Reporting Companies. The Company is a Smaller Reporting Company. Specifically, the guidance changes some effective dates for certain new standards on the following topics in the FASB Codification, namely Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815); Leases (ASC 842); Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (ASC 326); and Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (ASC 350). The guidance defers the adoption date of guidance regarding Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments by the Company from July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023, and defers the adoption guidance regarding Disclosure Framework: Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement by the Company from July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021.

In January 2020, the FASB issued guidance regarding Clarifying the Interactions Between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815. The guidance clarifies that an entity should consider observable transactions that require an entity to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in accordance with U.S GAAP guidance immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method. The guidance also clarifies that, when determining the accounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options an entity should not consider, whether upon settlement or exercise, if the underlying securities would be accounted for under the equity method or fair value option. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statement’s disclosure.

Restatement of financial statements

Related to overstatement of revenue and cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support

In November 2020, the Company identified an error with respect to the recognition of certain revenue and related cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support during its assessment and systems development of new products. The Company incorrectly duplicated the recognition of acquiring fees in revenue and recorded an equal and opposite entry in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support in its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations due to the misinterpretation of certain system reports. The error did not impact on the Company’s operating loss, net loss, balance sheet or cash flows. The Company determined that the error impacted reported results for the period from July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020. The error impacts the Company’s reported results and the Company has restated its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and certain note presentation, primarily Note 16 (Revenue) and Note 18 (Operating segments) for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, to correct for the error. The tables below present the impact of the restatement on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020:

Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations
	Three months ended September 30, 2020⁽¹⁾
	As reported		Correction		As restated
	(in thousands)
Revenue	$	37,113	$	(1,977)	$	35,136
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	$	28,437	$	(1,977)	$	26,460

	Three months ended March 31, 2020
	As reported		Correction		As restated
	(in thousands)
Revenue	$	36,514	$	(1,900)	$	34,614
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	$	25,783	$	(1,900)	$	23,883

	Nine months ended March 31, 2020
	As reported		Correction		As restated
	(in thousands)
Revenue	$	125,019	$	(5,271)	$	119,748
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	$	86,606	$	(5,271)	$	81,335

(1) The error for the three months ended September 30, 2020, also impacted the nine months ended March 31, 2021, by the same amount and therefore the amounts reported for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, include the correction of the error.

1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Restatement of financial statements (continued)

Related to overstatement of revenue and cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support (continued)

The table below presents the impact of the restatement on the affected lines in the Processing and Total columns included in the revenue note (Note 16) for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020:

			Three months ended				Three months ended				Nine months ended
			September 30, 2020⁽¹⁾				March 31, 2020
			Processing		Total		Processing		Total		Processing		Total
Processing fees - as restated			$	16,330	$	16,929	$	15,527	$	16,820	$	44,659	$	48,499
	As reported			18,307		18,906		17,427		18,720		49,930		53,770
	Correction			(1,977)		(1,977)		(1,900)		(1,900)		(5,271)		(5,271)
	South Africa - as restated			14,774		15,373		13,963		15,256		41,046		44,886
		As reported		16,751		17,350		15,863		17,156		46,317		50,157
		Correction		(1,977)		(1,977)		(1,900)		(1,900)		(5,271)		(5,271)
	Rest of world		$	1,556	$	1,556	$	1,564	$	1,564	$	3,613	$	3,613

Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations - as restated			$	21,518	$	35,136	$	20,025	$	34,614	$	68,965	$	119,748
	As reported			23,495		37,113		21,925		36,514		74,236		125,019
	Correction			(1,977)		(1,977)		(1,900)		(1,900)		(5,271)		(5,271)
	South Africa - as restated			19,962		33,580		18,461		33,050		65,352		116,135
		As reported		21,939		35,557		20,361		34,950		70,623		121,406
		Correction		(1,977)		(1,977)		(1,900)		(1,900)		(5,271)		(5,271)
	Rest of world		$	1,556	$	1,556	$	1,564	$	1,564	$	3,613	$	3,613

(1) The error for the three months ended September 30, 2020, also impacted the nine months ended March 31, 2021, by the same amount and therefore the amount reported for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, includes the correction of the error.

The table below presents the impact of the restatement to the Processing operating segment revenue included in the operating segment note (Note 18) for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020:

		Revenue (as restated)
		Reportable Segment		Inter-segment		From external customers

Processing - as restated⁽¹⁾		$	22,506	$	988	$	21,518
	As reported		24,483		988		23,495
	Correction		(1,977)		-		(1,977)
Total for the three months ended September 30, 2020 - as restated			36,982		1,846		35,136
	As reported		38,959		1,846		37,113
	Correction		(1,977)		-		(1,977)

Processing - as restated		$	22,078	$	2,053	$	20,025
	As reported		23,978		2,053		21,925
	Correction		(1,900)		-		(1,900)
Total for the three months ended March 31, 2020 - as restated			37,801		3,187		34,614
	As reported		39,701		3,187		36,514
	Correction		(1,900)		-		(1,900)

Processing - as restated		$	75,395	$	6,430	$	68,965
	As reported		80,666		6,430		74,236
	Correction		(5,271)		-		(5,271)
Total for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 - as restated			129,653		9,905		119,748
	As reported		134,924		9,905		125,019
	Correction	$	(5,271)	$	-	$	(5,271)

2.Disposal of controlling interest in KSNET and FIHRST

2020 Disposals

March 2020 disposal of KSNET

On January 23, 2020, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Net1 Applied Technologies Netherlands B.V. (“Net1 BV”), a limited liability private company incorporated in the Netherlands, entered into an agreement with PayletterHoldings LLC, a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of Korea, in terms of which Net1 BV agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Net1 Applied Technologies Korea Limited (“Net1 Korea”), a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of Korea and the sole shareholder of KSNET, Inc. for $237.2 million. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions and closed on March 9, 2020. The Company no longer controls Net1 Korea and its subsidiaries and deconsolidated its investment effective March 1, 2020, and has had no continued involvement since that date.

KSNET was acquired in October 2010, and was a profitable and cash generative business, but operated autonomously and in a more developed economy, with limited overlap with the Company’s other activities. The Company also believed that the intrinsic value of KSNET was not appropriately reflected in the Company’s overall valuation. The Company’s board of directors commenced a strategic review of its various businesses and investments during 2019, and ultimately evaluated and decided to sell KSNET in January 2020 in order to focus more on the Company’s core strategy, boost liquidity and to maximize shareholder value.

The table below presents the impact of the deconsolidation of Net1 Korea and its subsidiaries and the calculation of the net gain recognized on deconsolidation:

Net1 Korea
					March 2020
Proceeds from disposal of Net1 Korea, net of cash disposed					$	192,619
Add: Cash and cash equivalents disposed						23,473
Add: Cash withheld by purchaser to settle South Korean taxes⁽¹⁾						21,128
Fair value of consideration received						237,220
Less: carrying value of Net1 Korea, comprising						200,843
	Cash and cash equivalents					23,473
	Accounts receivable, net					30,467
	Finance loans receivable, net					13,695
	Inventory					2,377
	Property, plant and equipment, net					7,601
	Operating lease right of use asset					181
	Goodwill (Note 7)					107,964
	Intangible assets, net					4,655
	Deferred income taxes assets					1,719
	Other long-term assets					10,984
	Accounts payable					(5,484)
	Other payables					(5,523)
	Operating lease liability - current					(69)
	Income taxes payable					(3,481)
	Deferred income taxes liabilities					(1,497)
	Operating lease liability - long-term					(112)
	Other long-term liabilities					(335)
	Released from accumulated other comprehensive income – foreign currency translation reserve (Note 12)					14,228
	Settlement assets					44,111
	Settlement liabilities					(44,111)
		Gain recognized on disposal, before transaction costs and tax				36,377
		Transaction costs⁽²⁾				8,644
			Gain recognized on disposal, before tax			27,733
			Taxes related to gain recognized on disposal⁽¹⁾			15,000
				Gain recognized on disposal, after tax	$	12,733

(1) Represents taxes that the Company expected to pay related to the disposal of Net1 Korea as of March 31, 2020. The Company also agreed that the purchaser withhold potential capital gains taxes of $19.9 million (approximately KRW 23.8 billion) and non-refundable securities transaction taxes of $1.2 million (approximately KRW 1.4 billion), for a total withholding of $21.1 million, from the purchase price and pay such amounts, on behalf of Net1 BV, to the South Korean tax authorities. Net1 BV commenced a process to claim a refund from the South Korean tax authorities of the amount withheld and received this amount of approximately $20.1 million (KRW 23.8 billion) in September 2020. The Company included the expected amount to be refunded in the caption Accounts receivable, net and other receivables in its consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020, refer also to Note 3.

2.Disposal of controlling interest in KSNET and FIHRST (continued)

2020 Disposals (continued)

March 2020 disposal of KSNET (continued)

(2) Transaction costs include expenses incurred by the Company of $7.5 million directly related to the disposal of Net1 Korea and paid in cash and a non-refundable securities transfer tax of approximately $1.2 million which was also withheld from the purchase price and paid to the South Korean tax authorities directly by the purchaser.

December 2019 disposal of FIHRST

In November 2019, the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary, Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa Proprietary Limited (“Net1 SA”), entered into an agreement with Transaction Capital Payment Solutions Proprietary Limited, or its nominee, a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa, pursuant to which Net1 SA agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Net1 FIHRST Holdings Proprietary Limited (“FIHRST”) for $11.7 million (ZAR172.2 million). The transaction closed in December 2019. FIHRST was deconsolidated following the closing of the transaction. Net1 SA was obliged to utilize the full purchase price received from the sale of FIHRST to partially settle its obligations under its lending arrangements and applied the proceeds received against its outstanding borrowings.

The table below presents the impact of the deconsolidation of FIHRST and the calculation of the net gain recognized on deconsolidation:

FIHRST
					December 31,
					2019
Fair value of consideration received					$	11,749
Less: carrying value of FIHRST, comprising						1,870
	Cash and cash equivalents					854
	Accounts receivable, net					367
	Property, plant and equipment, net					64
	Goodwill (Note 7)					599
	Intangible assets, net					30
	Deferred income taxes assets					42
	Accounts payable					(7)
	Other payables					(1,437)
	Income taxes payable					(220)
	Released from accumulated other comprehensive income – foreign currency translation reserve (Note 12)					1,578
	Settlement assets					17,406
	Settlement liabilities					(17,406)
		Gain recognized on disposal, before tax				9,879
		Taxes related to gain recognized on disposal, comprising:				-
			Capital gains tax			2,418
			Release of valuation allowance related to capital losses previously unutilized⁽¹⁾			(2,418)
		Transaction costs				136
				Gain recognized on disposal, after tax	$	9,743

(1) Net1 SA recorded a valuation allowance related to capital losses previously generated but not utilized. A portion of these unutilized capital losses was utilized as a result of the disposal of FIHRST and, therefore, the equivalent portion of the valuation allowance created was released.

3. Accounts receivable, net and other receivables and finance loans receivable, net

Accounts receivable, net and other receivables

The Company’s accounts receivable, net, and other receivables as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, are presented in the table below:

		March 31,		June 30,
		2021		2020

Accounts receivable, trade, net		$	7,205	$	8,458
Accounts receivable, trade, gross			7,633		8,711
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, end of period			428		253
	Beginning of period		253		661
	Reversed to statement of operations		-		(155)
	Charged to statement of operations		160		181
	Utilized		(33)		(151)
	Deconsolidation		-		(178)
	Foreign currency adjustment		48		(105)

Current portion of amount outstanding related to sale of interest in Bank Frick			7,500		-
Loans provided to Carbon			3,000		3,000
Taxes refundable related to sale of Net1 Korea			-		19,796
Current portion of amount outstanding related to sale of remaining interest in DNI			-		2,756
Other receivables			8,783		9,058
	Total accounts receivable, net and other receivables	$	26,488	$	43,068

Current portion of amount outstanding related to sale of interest in Bank Frick represents the amount due by the purchaser in October 2021 related to the sale of Bank Frick, refer to Note 6 for additional information regarding the sale.

Taxes refundable related to sale of Net1 Korea relates to the disposal of KSNET as discussed in Note 2 and the entire amount outstanding, or approximately $20.1 million (KRW 23.8 billion), was received in September 2020.

On October 26, 2020, DNI settled the full amount outstanding of $5.7 million related to sale of the remaining interest in DNI, including the amounts included in other long-term assets, refer to Note 6. The Company received $0.3 million on September 30, 2020, for total receipts of $6.0 million.

Other receivables include prepayments, deposits and other receivables.

Finance loans receivable, net

The Company’s finance loans receivable, net, as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, is presented in the table below:

		March 31,		June 30,
		2021		2020

Microlending finance loans receivable, net		$	20,599	$	15,879
Microlending finance loans receivable, gross			22,888		17,737
Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period			2,289		1,858
	Beginning of period		1,858		3,199
	Reversed to statement of operations		(648)		(492)
	Charged to statement of operations		1,405		1,211
	Utilized		(649)		(1,451)
	Foreign currency adjustment		323		(609)


Working capital finance loans receivable, gross			-		-
Working capital finance loans receivable, gross			-		5,800
Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period			-		5,800
	Beginning of period		5,800		5,800
	Utilized		(5,800)		-

	Total accounts receivable, net	$	20,599	$	15,879

3. Accounts receivable, net and other receivables and finance loans receivable, net (continued)

Finance loans receivable, net (continued)

Gross microlending finance loans receivable as of March 31, 2021, increased compared to June 30, 2020, following subdued lending activity due to COVID-19 restrictions in April and early May 2020. The Company was unable to originate any significant loans in April and early May 2020.

The Company created an allowance for doubtful working capital finance loans receivable related to a receivable due from a customer based in the United States during the year ended June 30, 2018. The Company commenced legal proceedings against the customer in 2018. The customer is engaged in bankruptcy proceedings. In December 2020, the Company withdrew its claim lodged in the bankruptcy proceedings because it does not believe it will recover the receivable via these proceedings, or via any other process. In December 2020, the Company utilized the entire allowance for doubtful working capital finance loans receivable against the outstanding receivable.

4. Inventory

The Company’s inventory comprised the following categories as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020:

	March 31,			June 30,
		2021		2020

Finished goods	$	20,267	$	15,618
Finished goods subject to sale restrictions		-		4,242
	$	20,267	$	19,860

Finished goods subject to sale restrictions represents airtime inventory purchased in March 2020, that could only be sold by the Company from October 1, 2020.As of March 31, 2021, finished goods includes $16.0 million of airtime inventory that was previously classified as finished goods subject to sale restrictions.

5. Fair value of financial instruments

Initial recognition and measurement

Financial instruments are recognized when the Company becomes a party to the transaction. Initial measurements are at cost, which includes transaction costs.

Risk management

The Company manages its exposure to currency exchange, translation, interest rate, customer concentration, credit and equity price and liquidity risks as discussed below.

Currency exchange risk

The Company is subject to currency exchange risk because it purchases inventories that it is required to settle in other currencies, primarily the euro and U.S. dollar. The Company has used forward contracts in order to limit its exposure in these transactions to fluctuations in exchange rates between the South African rand (“ZAR”), on the one hand, and the U.S. dollar and the euro, on the other hand.

Translation risk

Translation risk relates to the risk that the Company’s results of operations will vary significantly as the U.S. dollar is its reporting currency, but it earns most of its revenues and incurs a significant amount of its expenses in ZAR. The U.S. dollar has fluctuated significantly against the ZAR over the past three years. As exchange rates are outside the Company’s control, there can be no assurance that future fluctuations will not adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

Interest rate risk

As a result of its normal borrowing activities, the Company’s operating results are exposed to fluctuations in interest rates, which it manages primarily through regular financing activities. The Company generally maintains investments in cash equivalents and held to maturity investments and has occasionally invested in marketable securities.

5. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Risk management (continued)

Microlending credit risk

The Company is exposed to credit risk in its microlending activities, which provide unsecured short-term loans to qualifying customers. The Company manages this risk by performing an affordability test for each prospective customer and assigning a “creditworthiness score”, which takes into account a variety of factors such as other debts and total expenditures on normal household and lifestyle expenses.

Credit risk

Credit risk relates to the risk of loss that the Company would incur as a result of non-performance by counterparties. The Company maintains credit risk policies in respect of its counterparties to minimize overall credit risk. These policies include an evaluation of a potential counterparty’s financial condition, credit rating, and other credit criteria and risk mitigation tools as the Company’s management deems appropriate. With respect to credit risk on financial instruments, the Company maintains a policy of entering into such transactions only with South African and European financial institutions that have a credit rating of “B” (or its equivalent) or better, as determined by credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings.

Equity price and liquidity risk

Equity price risk relates to the risk of loss that the Company would incur as a result of the volatility in the exchange-traded price of equity securities that it holds. The market price of these securities may fluctuate for a variety of reasons and, consequently, the amount that the Company may obtain in a subsequent sale of these securities may significantly differ from the reported market value.

Equity liquidity risk relates to the risk of loss that the Company would incur as a result of the lack of liquidity on the exchange on which those securities are listed. The Company may not be able to sell some or all of these securities at one time, or over an extended period of time without influencing the exchange traded price, or at all.

Financial instruments

The following section describes the valuation methodologies the Company uses to measure its significant financial assets and liabilities at fair value.

In general, and where applicable, the Company uses quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities to determine fair value. This pricing methodology would apply to Level 1 investments. If quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities are not available to determine fair value, then the Company uses quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities or inputs other than the quoted prices that are observable either directly or indirectly. These investments would be included in Level 2 investments. In circumstances in which inputs are generally unobservable, values typically reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair values are therefore determined using model-based techniques that include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, and similar techniques. Investments valued using such techniques are included in Level 3 investments.

Asset measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs – investment in Cell C

The Company’s Level 3 asset represents an investment of 75,000,000 class “A” shares in Cell C, a significant mobile telecoms provider in South Africa. The Company used a discounted cash flow model developed by the Company to determine the fair value of its investment in Cell C as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, and valued Cell C at $0.0 (zero) at March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020. The Company believes the Cell C business plan utilized in the Company’s valuation is reasonable based on the current performance and the expected changes in Cell C’s business model. The Company changed certain valuation assumptions when preparing the December 31, 2020, valuation compared with the June 30, 2020, valuation, and these updated assumptions have been used for the March 31, 2021 valuation as well. Similar to the approach taken for December 31, 2020, the March 31, 2021, valuation, the Company incorporated the payments under the lease liabilities into the cash flow forecasts instead of including the March 31, 2021, carrying value in net debt and assumed that the deferred tax asset would be utilized over the forecast period instead of including the fair value of the deferred tax asset as of March 31, 2021, in the valuation. For the June 30, 2020, valuation, the Company included the carrying value of the lease liabilities within net debt and included the June 30, 2020, fair value of the deferred tax asset in the valuation. The Company utilized the latest approved business plan provided by Cell C management for the period ended December 31, 2025, for the March 31, 2021 valuation and the period ended December 31, 2024 for the June 30, 2020 valuation.

5. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Asset measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs – investment in Cell C (continued)

The following key valuation inputs were used as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020:

	Weighted Average Cost of Capital ("WACC"):	Between 16% and 24% over the period of the forecast
	Long term growth rate:	3% (3% as of June 30, 2020)
	Marketability discount:	10%
	Minority discount:	15%
	Net adjusted external debt - March 31, 2021:⁽¹⁾	ZAR 11.4 billion ($0.8 billion), no lease liabilities included
	Net adjusted external debt - June 30, 2020:⁽²⁾	ZAR 15.8 billion ($0.9 billion), includes ZAR4.4 billion of lease liabilities
	Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - March 31, 2021:⁽¹⁾	ZAR 0 ($0)
	Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - June 30, 2020:⁽²⁾	ZAR 2.9 billion ($167.3 million)

(1) translated from ZAR to U.S. dollars at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021.

(2) translated from ZAR to U.S. dollars at exchange rates applicable as of June 30, 2020.

The following table presents the impact on the carrying value of the Company’s Cell C investment of a 3.0% increase and 2.5% decrease in the WACC rate and the EBITDA margins used in the Cell C valuation on March 31, 2021, all amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021:

Sensitivity for fair value of Cell C investment		3.0% increase		2.5% decrease
WACC rate	$	-	$	3,349
EBITDA margin	$	2,134	$	-

The fair value of the Cell C shares as of March 31, 2021, represented 0% of the Company’s total assets, including these shares. The Company expects to hold these shares for an extended period of time and that there will be short-term equity price volatility with respect to these shares particularly given the current situation of Cell C’s business.

Derivative transactions - Foreign exchange contracts

As part of the Company’s risk management strategy, the Company enters into derivative transactions to mitigate exposures to foreign currencies using foreign exchange contracts. These foreign exchange contracts are over-the-counter derivative transactions. All of the Company’s derivative exposures are with counterparties that have long-term credit ratings of “B” (or equivalent) or better. The Company uses quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities to determine fair value (Level 2). The Company has no derivatives that are measured under Level 1 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company had no outstanding foreign exchange contracts as of March 31, 2021, or June 30, 2020.

The following table presents the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021, according to the fair value hierarchy:

			Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
					Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investment in Cell C		$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Related to insurance business:
	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (included in other long-term assets)		441		-		-		441
	Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents)		2,655		-		-		2,655
	Total assets at fair value	$	3,096	$	-	$	-	$	3,096

5. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

The following table presents the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020, according to the fair value hierarchy:

				Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
						Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets
Investment in Cell C			$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Related to insurance business
	Cash and cash equivalents (included in other long-term assets)			490		-		-		490
	Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents)			4,198		-		-		4,198
		Total assets at fair value	$	4,688	$	-	$	-	$	4,688

There have been no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

There was no movement in the carrying value of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and categorized within Level 3, during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Summarized below is the movement in the carrying value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and categorized within Level 3, during the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

			Carrying value
Assets
Balance as of June 30, 2020			$	-
	Foreign currency adjustment⁽¹⁾			-
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	-

(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

			Carrying value
Assets
Balance as at June 30, 2019			$	-
	Foreign currency adjustment⁽¹⁾			-
		Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	-

(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

The Company measures equity investments without readily determinable fair values at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The fair values of these investments are determined based on valuation techniques using the best information available, and may include quoted market prices, market comparables, and discounted cash flow projections. An impairment charge is recorded when the cost of the asset exceeds its fair value and the excess is determined to be other-than-temporary. Refer to Note 6 for impairment charges recorded during the reporting periods presented herein. The Company has no liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.

6.Equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets

Refer to Note 10 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020, for additional information regarding its equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets.

Equity-accounted investments

The Company’s ownership percentage in its equity-accounted investments as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, was as follows:

	March 31,			June 30,
	2021			2020
Finbond Group Limited (“Finbond”)		31	%	31	%
Carbon Tech Limited (“Carbon”)		25	%	25	%
Revix (“Revix”)		25	%	25	%
SmartSwitch Namibia (Pty) Ltd (“SmartSwitch Namibia”)		50	%	50	%
V2 Limited (“V2”)		50	%	50	%
Bank Frick & Co AG (“Bank Frick”)		-	%	35	%
Walletdoc Proprietary Limited (“Walletdoc”)		-	%	20	%

Bank Frick

On February 3, 2021, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Net1 Holdings LI AG (“Net1 LI”), entered into a share sales agreement with the Frick Family Foundation (“KFS”) to sell its entire interest, or 35%, in Bank Frick to KFS for $30 million. Net1 and certain entities within the IPG group also entered into an indemnity and release agreement with KFS and Bank Frick under which the parties agreed to terminate all existing arrangements with Bank Frick and settle all liabilities related to the Company’s activities with Bank Frick through the payment of $3.6 million to KFS. The Company received $15.0 million, net, on closing, which comprised $18.6 million less the $3.6 million due to KFS to terminate all existing arrangements with Bank Frick and settle all liabilities related to IPG’s activities with Bank Frick. The Company included the $18.6 million within cash flows from investing activities and the $3.6 million within cash flows from operating activities in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021. The outstanding balance due by KFS is expected to be paid as follows: (i) $7.5 million on October 30, 2021, which is included in the caption accounts receivable, net and other receivables in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021, and (ii) the remaining amount, of $3.9 million on July 15, 2022, which is included in the caption other long-term assets, including reinsurance assets in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. The parties entered into a security and pledge agreement under which KFS pledged the Bank Frick shares purchased as security for the amounts outstanding under the share sales agreement.

The Company incurred transaction costs of approximately $0.04 million.

The following table presents the calculation of the loss on disposal of Bank Frick on February 3, 2021:

		February 3,
		2021
Loss on sale of Bank Frick:
Consideration received in cash on February 3, 2021		$	18,600
Consideration received with note on February 3, 2021, refer to (Note 3) and other long-term assets below			11,400
Less: transaction costs			(42)
Less: carrying value of Bank Frick			(32,892)
Add: release of foreign currency translation reserve from accumulated other comprehensive loss			2,462
	Loss on sale of Bank Frick⁽¹⁾	$	(472)

(1) The Company does not expect to pay taxes related to the sale of Bank Frick because the base cost of its investment exceeds the sales consideration received. The Company does not believe that it will be able to utilize any capital loss, if any, generated because Net1 LI does not own any other capital assets.

On April 15, 2020, the Company paid a termination fee of CHF 17.0 million ($17.5 million) to KFS to cancel an option that was previously exercised by the Company. The Company considered the termination of the exercise of the option to acquire a further 35% interest in Bank Frick an impairment indicator. The Company recorded an impairment loss of $18.3 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, related to the other-than-temporary decrease in Bank Frick’s value, which represented the difference between the determined fair value of the Company’s interest in Bank Frick and the Company carrying value (before the impairment). The impairment loss is included in the caption loss from equity-accounted investments in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations.

6.Equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets (continued)

Equity-accounted investments (continued)

Finbond

As of March 31, 2021, the Company owned 268,820,933 shares in Finbond representing approximately 31% of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) and its closing price on March 31, 2021, the last trading day of the month, was ZAR 1.65 per share. The market value, using the March 31, 2021, closing price, of the Company’s holding in Finbond on March 31, 2021, was ZAR 443.6 million ($29.9 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021).

Finbond published its half-year results to August 2020 in October 2020, which included the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its reported results during that reporting period. Finbond incurred losses during the six months to August 2020, and experienced a slow-down in its lending activities. Finbond reported that its lending activities had increased again since August 2020, albeit at a slower pace compared with the prior calendar period. Finbond’s share price declined substantially during the period from its fiscal year end (February 2020) to September 30, 2020, and the weakness in its traded share price continued post September 30, 2020. The Company considered the combination of the slow-down in business activity and the lower share price as impairment indicators. The Company performed an impairment assessment of its holding in Finbond as of September 30, 2020. The Company recorded an impairment loss of $16.8 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, related to the other-than-temporary decrease in Finbond’s value, which represented the difference between the determined fair value of the Company’s interest in Finbond and the Company’s carrying value (before the impairment). There is limited trading in Finbond shares on the JSE because it has three shareholders that own approximately 90% of its issued and outstanding shares between them. The Company calculated a fair value per share for Finbond by applying a liquidity discount of 15% to the September 30, 2020, Finbond closing price of $1.04.

The Company performed a further impairment assessment of its holding in Finbond as of December 31, 2020, following a modest decline in its market price during the quarter ended December 31, 2020. The Company recorded an impairment loss of $0.8 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2020, related to the other-than-temporary decrease in Finbond’s value, which represented the difference between the determined fair value of the Company’s interest in Finbond and the Company’s carrying value (before the impairment). The Company calculated a fair value per share for Finbond by applying a liquidity discount of 15% to the December 31, 2020, Finbond closing price. The total impairment charge for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, was $17.7 million.

V2 Limited

In June 2020, V2 Limited drew down $0.5 million of the $5.0 million working capital facility granted by the Company to V2. In December 2020, the Company no longer expected to recover its carrying value in V2 and impaired its remaining interest in V2 recording an impairment loss of $0.5 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2021. The Company sold its investment in V2 on April 22, 2021, for one dollar.

In September 2020, the Company and V2 agreed to reduce the $5.0 million working capital facility to $1.5 million. In October 2020, V2 drew down the remaining available $1.0 million of the working capital facility. The Company also created an allowance for doubtful loans receivable of $0.5 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2021, related to a portion of the working capital facility outstanding as of March 31, 2021.

Other

In November 2020, the Company’s subsidiary, Net1 SA, signed an agreement with Walletdoc under which Walletdoc agreed to repay the loan due to Net1 SA in full and Net1 SA agreed to dispose of its entire interest in Walletdoc to Walletdoc.

DNI – impairments in fiscal 2020

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recorded impairment losses of $13.1 million. These impairment losses included (i) an amount of $11.5 million related to the difference between the fair value of consideration received on April 1, 2020 following the sale of its remaining interest, and the carrying value of DNI as of March 31, 2020, which included $11.3 million included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of March 31, 2020, and (ii) an amount of $1.6 million representing the excess of recorded earnings from DNI over its carrying value, calculated as the amount that the Company could receive pursuant to the call option granted to DNI in May 2019.

6.Equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets (continued)

Equity-accounted investments (continued)

Summarized below is the movement in equity-accounted investments and loans provided to equity-accounted investments during the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

					Bank Frick		Finbond		Other⁽¹⁾		Total
Investment in equity
	Balance as of June 30, 2020				$	29,739	$	30,876	$	4,601	$	65,216
		Stock-based compensation				-		(40)		-		(40)
		Comprehensive (loss) income:				1,156		(18,579)		(987)		(18,410)
			Other comprehensive income			-		1,688		-		1,688
			Equity accounted (loss) earnings			1,156		(20,267)		(987)		(20,098)
				Share of net (loss) income		1,156		(2,617)		(439)		(1,900)
				Impairment		-		(17,650)		(548)		(18,198)
		Dividends received				-		-		(125)		(125)
		Disposal of equity-accounted investment				(32,892)		-		(13)		(32,905)
		Foreign currency adjustment⁽²⁾				1,997		3,004		120		5,121
	Balance as of March 31, 2021				$	-	$	15,261	$	3,596	$	18,857

Investment in loans:
	Balance as of June 30, 2020				$	-	$	-	$	620	$	620
		Loans granted				-		-		1,238		1,238
		Allowance for doubtful loans				-		-		(738)		(738)
		Loans repaid				-		-		(134)		(134)
		Foreign currency adjustment⁽²⁾				-		-		14		14
	Balance as of March 31, 2021				$	-	$	-	$	1,000	$	1,000

							Equity		Loans		Total
Carrying amount as of :
		June 30, 2020					$	65,216	$	620	$	65,836
		March 31, 2021					$	18,857	$	1,000	$	19,857

(1) Includes Carbon, SmartSwitch Namibia, V2 and Walletdoc.

(2) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations of the Swiss franc, ZAR, Nigerian naira and Namibian dollar, against the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Other long-term assets

Summarized below is the breakdown of other long-term assets as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020:

		March 31,			June 30,
			2021		2020

Total equity investments		$	52,935	$	26,993
	Investment in 15% of Cell C, at fair value (Note 5)		-		-
	Investment in 12% of MobiKwik		52,935		26,993
	Investment in 87.5% of CPS⁽¹⁾		-		-
Total held to maturity investments			-		-
	Investment in 7.625% of Cedar Cellular Investment 1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd 8.625% notes		-		-
Long-term portion of amount due related to sale of interest in Bank Frick⁽²⁾			3,890		-
Long-term portion of amount due from DNI related to sale of remaining interest in DNI			-		2,857
Policy holder assets under investment contracts (Note 8)			441		490
Reinsurance assets under insurance contracts (Note 8)			1,181		1,006
	Total other long-term assets	$	58,447	$	31,346

(1) On October 16, 2020, the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria ordered that CPS be placed into liquidation.

(2) Long-term portion of amount due related to sale of interest in Bank Frick represents the amount due by the purchaser in July 2022.

6.Equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets (continued)

Other long-term assets (continued)

MobiKwik

In early November 2020, MobiKwik entered into an agreement to raise additional capital through the issuance of additional shares to a new shareholder at a valuation of $135.54 per share. In mid-March 2021, MobiKwik raised additional capital through the issuance of shares to new shareholders at a valuation of $170.33 per share. The Company considered each of these transactions to be an observable price change in an orderly transaction for similar or identical equity securities issued by MobiKwik. The Company used the November 2020 valuation as the basis for its adjustment to increase the carrying value in its investment in MobiKwik by $15.1 million from $27.0 million to $42.1 million as of December 31, 2020. The Company used the March 2021 valuation as the basis for its adjustment to increase the carrying value in its investment in MobiKwik by $10.8 million from $42.1 million to $52.9 million as of March 31, 2021. The change in the fair value of MobiKwik for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, of $10.8 million and $25.9 million, respectively, is included in the caption “Change in fair value of equity securities” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

Summarized below are the components of the Company’s equity securities without readily determinable fair value and held to maturity investments as of March 31, 2021:

				Cost basis		Unrealized holding		Unrealized holding		Carrying
				Cost basis		gains		losses		value
Equity securities:
	Investment in MobiKwik		$	26,993	$	25,942	$	-	$	52,935
	Investment in CPS			-		-		-		-
Held to maturity:
	Investment in Cedar Cellular notes			-		-		-		-
		Total	$	26,993	$	25,942	$	-	$	52,935

Summarized below are the components of the Company’s equity securities without readily determinable fair value and held to maturity investments as of June 30, 2020:

				Cost basis		Unrealized holding		Unrealized holding		Carrying
				Cost basis		gains		losses		value
Equity securities:
	Investment in MobiKwik		$	26,993	$	-	$	-	$	26,993
	Investment in CPS			-		-		-		-
Held to maturity:
	Investment in Cedar Cellular notes			-		-		-		-
		Total	$	26,993	$	-	$	-	$	26,993

Contractual maturities of held to maturity investments

Summarized below is the contractual maturity of the Company’s held to maturity investment as of March 31, 2021:

Cost basis

Estimated fair value⁽¹⁾

Due in one year or less

Due in one year through five years⁽²⁾

Due in five years through ten years

Due after ten years

Total

(1) The estimated fair value of the Cedar Cellular note has been calculated utilizing the Company’s portion of the security provided to the Company by Cedar Cellular, namely, Cedar Cellular’s investment in Cell C.

(2) The cost basis is zero ($0.0 million).

7.Goodwill and intangible assets, net

Goodwill

Summarized below is the movement in the carrying value of goodwill for the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

				Gross value		Accumulated impairment		Carrying value
Balance as of June 30, 2020			$	63,194	$	(39,025)	$	24,169
	Foreign currency adjustment ⁽¹⁾			5,088		(1,116)		3,972
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	68,282	$	(40,141)	$	28,141

(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Refer to Note 18 for additional information regarding changes to the Company’s reportable segments during the nine months ended March 31, 2021. Goodwill has been allocated to the Company’s reportable segments as follows:


				Processing		Financial services		Technology		Carrying value
Balance as of June 30, 2020			$	9,989	$	-	$	14,180	$	24,169
	Foreign currency adjustment ⁽¹⁾			1,576		-		2,396		3,972
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	11,565	$	-	$	16,576	$	28,141

(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Intangible assets, net

Carrying value and amortization of intangible assets

Summarized below is the carrying value and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020:

			As of March 31, 2021						As of June 30, 2020
				Gross carrying value		Accumulated amortization		Net carrying value		Gross carrying value		Accumulated amortization		Net carrying value
Finite-lived intangible assets:
	Customer relationships		$	20,506	$	(20,430)	$	76	$	19,064	$	(18,806)	$	258
	Software and unpatented
	technology			4,171		(4,171)		-		3,931		(3,931)		-
	FTS patent			2,584		(2,584)		-		2,211		(2,211)		-
	Trademarks			3,011		(2,650)		361		2,731		(2,377)		354
	Total finite-lived intangible assets		$	30,272	$	(29,835)	$	437	$	27,937	$	(27,325)	$	612
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Financial institution licenses							-						-
	Total indefinite-lived intangible assets							-						-

		Total intangible assets					$	437					$	612

7.Goodwill and intangible assets, net (continued)

Intangible assets, net (continued)

Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, was approximately $0.1 million, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, was approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

Future estimated annual amortization expense for the next five fiscal years and thereafter, assuming exchange rates that prevailed on March 31, 2021, is presented in the table below. Actual amortization expense in future periods could differ from this estimate as a result of acquisitions, changes in useful lives, exchange rate fluctuations and other relevant factors.

Fiscal 2021		$	371
Fiscal 2022			69
Fiscal 2023			69
Fiscal 2024			69
Fiscal 2025			68
Thereafter			69
	Total future estimated annual amortization expense	$	715

8.Assets and policyholder liabilities under insurance and investment contracts

Reinsurance assets and policyholder liabilities under insurance contracts

Summarized below is the movement in reinsurance assets and policyholder liabilities under insurance contracts during the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

				Reinsurance Assets⁽¹⁾		Insurance contracts⁽²⁾
Balance as of June 30, 2020			$	1,006	$	(1,370)
	Increase in policy holder benefits under insurance contracts			543		6,121
	Claims and decrease in policyholders’ benefits under insurance contracts			(538)		(6,142)
	Foreign currency adjustment⁽³⁾			170		(231)
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	1,181	$	(1,622)

(1) Included in other long-term assets (refer to Note 6);

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities;

(3) Represents the effects of the fluctuations of the ZAR against the U.S. dollar.

The Company has agreements with reinsurance companies in order to limit its losses from various insurance contracts, however, if the reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations, the Company retains the liability. The value of insurance contract liabilities is based on the best estimate assumptions of future experience plus prescribed margins, as required in the markets in which these products are offered, namely South Africa. The process of deriving the best estimates assumptions plus prescribed margins includes assumptions related to claim reporting delays (based on average industry experience).

Assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts

Summarized below is the movement in assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts during the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

			Assets⁽¹⁾		Investment contracts⁽²⁾
Balance as of June 30, 2020			$	490	$	(490)
	Increase in policy holder benefits under investment contracts			19		(19)
	Claims and decrease in policyholders’ benefits under investment contracts			(151)		151
	Foreign currency adjustment ⁽³⁾			83		(83)
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	441	$	(441)

(1) Included in other long-term assets (refer to Note 6);

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities;

(3) Represents the effects of the fluctuations of the ZAR against the U.S. dollar.

The Company does not offer any investment products with guarantees related to capital or returns.

9.Borrowings

Refer to Note 13 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020, for additional information regarding its borrowings.

South Africa

Nedbank facility, comprising short-term facilities

On November 2, 2020, the Company amended its short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank Limited to increase the indirect and derivative facilities component of the facility from ZAR 150.0 million to ZAR 159.0 million. As of March 31, 2021, the aggregate amount of the Company’s short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank Limited was ZAR 459.0 million ($31.0 million). The credit facility comprises an overdraft facility of (i) up to ZAR 300.0 million ($20.2 million), which is further split into (a) a ZAR 250.0 million ($16.9 million) overdraft facility which may only be used to fund mobile ATMs and (b) a ZAR 50.0 million ($3.4 million) general banking facility and (ii) indirect and derivative facilities of up to ZAR 159.0 million ($10.7 million), which include guarantees, letters of credit and forward exchange contracts.

The Company has entered into cession and pledge agreements with Nedbank related to certain of its Nedbank credit facilities (the general banking facility and a portion of the indirect facility) and the Company has ceded and pledged certain bank accounts to Nedbank. The funds included in these bank accounts are restricted as they may not be withdrawn without the express permission of Nedbank. These funds, of ZAR 113.0 million ($7.6 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021), are included within the caption restricted cash related to ATM funding and credit facilities to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021.

Movement in short-term credit facilities

Summarized below are the Company’s short-term facilities as of March 31, 2021, and the movement in the Company’s short-term facilities from as of June 30, 2020 to as of March 31, 2021, as well as the respective interest rates applied to the borrowings as of March 31, 2021:

						South Africa				Total
					RMB		Nedbank
Short-term facilities available as of March 31, 2021					$	80,929	$	30,958	$	111,887
	Overdraft					-		3,372		3,372
	Overdraft restricted as to use for ATM funding only					80,929		16,860		97,789
	Indirect and derivative facilities					-		10,726		10,726

Interest rate (%), based on South African prime rate						7.00
Interest rate (%), based on South African prime rate less 1.15%								5.85

Movement in utilized overdraft facilities:
	Balance as of June 30, 2020					14,756		58		14,814
		Utilized				244,234		17,525		261,759
		Repaid				(251,902)		(16,401)		(268,303)
		Foreign currency adjustment⁽¹⁾				3,431		(306)		3,125
			Balance as of March 31, 2021			10,519		876		11,395
				Restricted as to use for ATM funding only		10,519		876		11,395

Movement in utilized indirect and derivative
facilities:
	Balance as of June 30, 2020⁽²⁾					-		5,398		5,398
		Utilized				-		3,909		3,909
		Foreign currency adjustment⁽¹⁾				-		1,251		1,251
			Balance as of March 31, 2021⁽²⁾		$	-	$	10,558	$	10,558

(1) Represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR and the U.S. dollar.

(2) As of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 156.6 million ($10.6 million) and ZAR 93.6 million ($5.4 million), respectively, of its indirect and derivative facilities of ZAR 159.0 million (June 30, 2020: ZAR 150 million) to enable the bank to issue guarantees, letters of credit and forward exchange contracts, in order for the Company to honor its obligations to third parties requiring such guarantees (refer to Note 20).

10.Other payables

Summarized below is the breakdown of other payables as of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020:

	March 31,			June 30,
		2021		2020
Accruals	$	5,895	$	6,045
Provisions		3,883		4,926
Other		11,364		11,329
Value-added tax payable		358		129
Payroll-related payables		1,211		887
Participating merchants' settlement obligation		513		463
	$	23,224	$	23,779

Other includes transactions-switching funds payable, deferred income, client deposits and other payables.

11.Capital structure

The following table presents a reconciliation between the number of shares, net of treasury, presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and the number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

		March 31,	March 31,
		2021	2020

Number of shares, net of treasury:
	Statement of changes in equity	56,626,060	57,118,925
	Non-vested equity shares that have not vested as of end of period	294,000	1,115,500
Number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested		56,332,060	56,003,425

12.Accumulated other comprehensive loss

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the three months ended March 31, 2021:

			Three months ended
			March 31, 2021
				Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2021			$	(141,242)	$	(141,242)
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to the disposal of Bank Frick (Note 6)			(2,462)		(2,462)
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve			(2,470)		(2,470)
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	(146,174)	$	(146,174)

12.Accumulated other comprehensive loss (continued)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the three months ended March 31, 2020:

			Three months ended
			March 31, 2020
				Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2020			$	(190,978)	$	(190,978)
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to Net1 Korea disposal (Note 2)			14,228		14,228
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve			(41,212)		(41,212)
		Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(217,962)	$	(217,962)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

			Nine months ended
			March 31, 2021
				Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve		Total
Balance as of July 1, 2020			$	(169,075)	$	(169,075)
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of Bank Frick (Note 6)			(2,462)		(2,462)
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment			1,688		1,688
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve			23,675		23,675
		Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	(146,174)	$	(146,174)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the nine months ended March 31, 2020:

			Nine months ended
			March 31, 2020
				Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve		Total
Balance as of July 1, 2019			$	(195,812)	$	(195,812)
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to Net1 Korea disposal (Note 2)			14,228		14,228
	Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to FIHRST disposal (Note 2)			1,578		1,578
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment			2,227		2,227
	Movement in foreign currency translation reserve			(40,183)		(40,183)
		Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(217,962)	$	(217,962)

During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, the Company reclassified $2.5 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss (accumulated foreign currency translation reserve) to net loss related to the disposal of Bank Frick (refer to Note 6). During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reclassified $14.2 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss (accumulated foreign currency translation reserve) to net gain related to the disposal of Net1 Korea (refer to Note 2). During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reclassified $14.2 million and $1.6 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss (accumulated foreign currency translation reserve) to net gain (loss) related to the disposal of Net1 Korea and FIHRST, respectively (refer to Note 2).

13.Stock-based compensation

The Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and the vesting terms of certain stock-based awards granted are described in Note 18 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020.

Stock option and restricted stock activity

Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:


			Number of shares	Weighted average exercise price ($)	Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)	Aggregate intrinsic value ($'000)	Weighted average grant date fair value ($)

Outstanding - June 30, 2020			1,331,651	5.83	7.56	-	2.01
	Granted - August 2020		150,000	3.50	3.00	166	1.11
	Granted - November 2020		560,000	3.01	10.00	691	1.23
	Exercised		(17,335)	3.07	-	35	-
	Forfeited		(466,033)	7.12	-	-	2.31
		Outstanding - March 31, 2021	1,558,283	4.24	7.80	2,860	1.56

Outstanding - June 30, 2019			864,579	7.81	7.05	-	2.62
	Granted – October 2019		561,000	3.07	10.00	676	1.20
	Forfeited		(93,928)	7.50	-	-	2.81
		Outstanding - March 31, 2020	1,331,651	5.83	7.83	-	2.01

On August 5, 2020, the Company granted one of its non-employee directors, Mr. Ali Mazanderani, in his capacity as a consultant to the Company, 150,000 stock options with an exercise price of $3.50. These stock options are subject to the non-employee director’s continuous service through the applicable vesting date, and half of the options vest on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. No stock options were awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company awarded 560,000 and 561,000 stock options to employees during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the nine months ended March 31, 2021, the Company’s former chief executive officer forfeited 250,034 stock options with strike prices ranging from $6.20 to $11.23 per share following his separation from the Company. Employees forfeited 10,000 and 93,928 stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Employees forfeited 205,999 and 93,928 stock options during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Cox Ross Rubinstein binomial model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. The estimated expected volatility is calculated based on the Company’s 750-day volatility. The estimated expected life of the option was determined based on historical behavior of employees who were granted options with similar terms.

The table below presents the range of assumptions used to value stock options granted during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

	Nine months ended
	March 31,
		2021		2020
Expected volatility		62	%	57	%
Expected dividends		0	%	0	%
Expected life (in years)		3		3
Risk-free rate		0.19	%	1.57	%

13.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Options (continued)

The following table presents stock options vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2021:

Number of

Weighted average exercise price

($)

Weighted average remaining contractual term

(in years)

Aggregate intrinsic value

($’000)

Vested and expecting to vest - March 31, 2021

1,558,283

4.24

7.80

2,860

These options have an exercise price range of $3.01 to $11.23.

The following table presents stock options that are exercisable as of March 31, 2021:

Number of

Weighted average exercise price

($)

Weighted average remaining contractual term

(in years)

Aggregate intrinsic value

($’000)

Exercisable - March 31, 2021

460,798

6.46

6.86

345

No stock options became exercisable during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. During the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, 337,666 and 170,335 stock options became exercisable. The Company issues new shares to satisfy stock option exercises.

Restricted stock

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

				Number of shares of restricted stock	Weighted average grant date fair value ($’000)




Non-vested – June 30, 2020				1,115,500	5,354
	Total vested			(311,300)	(1,037)
		Vested – August 2020		(244,500)	(812)
		Vested – September 2020 - accelerated vesting		(66,800)	(225)
Forfeitures				(510,200)	(1,766)
		Non-vested – March 31, 2021		294,000	994

Non-vested – June 30, 2019				583,908	3,410
		Granted – February 2020		568,000	2,300
Total vested				(18,908)	70
		Vested – March 2020		(11,408)	42
		Vested – March 2020 - accelerated vesting		(7,500)	28
	Forfeitures			(17,500)	65
			Non-vested – March 31, 2020	1,115,500	5,354

13.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Options (continued)

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, 244,500 shares of restricted stock with time-based vesting conditions vested. In connection with the Company’s former chief executive officer’s separation, the Company agreed to accelerate the vesting of 66,800 shares of restricted stock which were granted in February 2020, and which were subject to time-based vesting. These shares of restricted stock vested on September 30, 2020. The ,510200 shares of restricted stock that were forfeited during the nine months ended March 31, 2021, includes 375,200 shares of restricted stock forfeited by the Company’s former chief executive officer upon his separation from the Company and 30,000 shares of restricted stock forfeited by an executive officer as the market condition (related to share price performance) was not achieved.

The March 31, 2021, non-vested shares of restricted stock presented in the table above includes 164,000 shares of restricted stock forfeited by an executive officer following his resignation from the Company on April 30, 2021. The amount of 164,000 shares of restricted stock comprised 107,200 shares of restricted stock with performance (related to agreed return on net asset value) and time-based vesting conditions, 30,000 shares of restricted stock with a market condition (related to share price performance) and time-based vesting conditions, and 26,800 shares of restricted stock with time-based vesting conditions.

The February 2020 grants comprise 113,600 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers that are subject to time-based vesting and 454,400 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers that are subject to performance and time-based vesting. During three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, employees forfeited 17,500 shares of restricted stock upon termination and 7,500 shares (50% of the original award) of restricted stock with time-based vesting conditions were forfeited by an executive officer upon the disposal of Net1 Korea. The Company’s Board of Directors accelerated the vesting of the other half of the award and 7,500 shares vested.

On February 5, 2021, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Mali, under which Mr. Mali was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Net1 SA. The appointment is effective from May 1, 2021. Mr. Mali was awarded 77,040 shares of restricted stock on May 1, 2021. The number of shares granted was calculated using a base amount of ZAR 6.25 million, the Company’s closing share price on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on April 30, 2021, and the April 30, 2021 $ / ZAR closing exchange rate. These shares of restricted stock include time-based vesting conditions and are subject to Mr. Mali’s continuous service to the Company through the applicable vesting date, with one third of the options vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, May 1, 2021.

The parties also agreed that, on or about August 1, 2021, the Company will issue such number of shares of restricted stock equal to the aggregate amount of the Company’s common stock purchased by Mr. Mali between May 1, 2021 and July 31, 2021. The number of shares of restricted to stock to be issued will be calculated using a base amount of up to ZAR 6.25 million, in each case, divided by the product of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan) of the Company’s common stock, multiplied by the $ / ZAR exchange rate on the date of grant. These shares of restricted stock are also expected to include time-based vesting conditions and will be subject to Mr. Mali’s continuous service to the Company through the applicable vesting date, with one third of the options vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, on or about August 1, 2021.

Mr. Mali is also entitled to a long-term incentive award related to the Company’s 2021 fiscal year, comprising an award of restricted stock equal to 85% of Mr. Mali’s base salary, or ZAR 5.95 million, divided by the product of the Fair Market Value of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Company’s remuneration committee in its sole discretion, multiplied by the $ / ZAR exchange rate on the date of grant. Vesting of the award is subject to performance criteria to be determined by the Company’s remuneration committee and the continuous employment of Mr. Mali on each vesting date. The award of restricted stock vests ratably over a period of three years commencing on the first anniversary of the grant of the award.

13.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock-based compensation charge and unrecognized compensation cost

The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which comprised:

			Total charge		Allocated to cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support		Allocated to selling, general and administration
Three months ended March 31, 2021
	Stock-based compensation charge		$	245	$	-	$	245
		Total - three months ended March 31, 2021	$	245	$	-	$	245

Three months ended March 31, 2020
	Stock-based compensation charge		$	492	$	-	$	492
	Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock options and restricted stock forfeited			(145)		-		(145)
		Total - three months ended March 31, 2020	$	347	$	-	$	347

The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, of $0.9 million and $1.2 million respectively, which comprised:

			Total charge		Allocated to cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support		Allocated to selling, general and administration
Nine months ended March 31, 2021
	Stock-based compensation charge		$	1,173	$	-	$	1,173
	Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock options and restricted stock forfeited			(297)		-		(297)
		Total - nine months ended March 31, 2021	$	876	$	-	$	876

Nine months ended March 31, 2020
	Stock-based compensation charge		$	1,315	$	-	$	1,315
	Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock options and restricted stock forfeited			(145)		-		(145)
		Total - nine months ended March 31, 2020	$	1,170	$	-	$	1,170

The stock-based compensation charges have been allocated to selling, general and administration based on the allocation of the cash compensation paid to the relevant employees.

As of March 31, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was approximately $1.1 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately three years. As of March 31, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards was approximately $0.7 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately two years.

As of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, respectively, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset of approximately $0.04 million and $0.4 million, related to the stock-based compensation charge recognized related to employees of Net1. As of March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2020, respectively, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $0.04 million and $0.4 million, related to the deferred tax asset because it does not believe that the stock-based compensation deduction would be utilized as it does not anticipate generating sufficient taxable income in the United States. The Company deducts the difference between the market value on the date of exercise by the option recipient and the exercise price from income subject to taxation in the United States.

14.(Loss) Earnings per share

The Company has issued redeemable common stock which is redeemable at an amount other than fair value. Redemption of a class of common stock at other than fair value increases or decreases the carrying amount of the redeemable common stock and is reflected in basic earnings per share using the two-class method. There were no redemptions of common stock, or adjustments to the carrying value of the redeemable common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. Accordingly, the two-class method presented below does not include the impact of any redemption. The Company’s redeemable common stock is described in Note 15 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020.

Basic (loss) earnings per share includes shares of restricted stock that meet the definition of a participating security because these shares are eligible to receive non-forfeitable dividend equivalents at the same rate as common stock. Basic (loss) earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method and basic (loss) earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, reflects only undistributed earnings. The computation below of basic (loss) earnings per share excludes the net loss attributable to shares of unvested restricted stock (participating non-vested restricted stock) from the numerator and excludes the dilutive impact of these unvested shares of restricted stock from the denominator.

Diluted (loss) earnings per share has been calculated to give effect to the number of shares of additional common stock that would have been outstanding if the potential dilutive instruments had been issued in each period. Stock options are included in the calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share utilizing the treasury stock method and are not considered to be participating securities, as the stock options do not contain non-forfeitable dividend rights.

The calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share includes the dilutive effect of a portion of the restricted stock granted to employees in August 2017, March 2018, May 2018, September 2018 and February 2020, as these shares of restricted stock are considered contingently returnable shares for the purposes of the diluted (loss) earnings per share calculation and the vesting conditions in respect of a portion of the restricted stock had been satisfied. The vesting conditions for all awards made are discussed in Note 18 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020.

14.(Loss) Earnings per share (continued)

The following table presents net loss attributable to Net1 and the share data used in the basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share computations using the two-class method:

			Three months ended				Nine months ended
			March 31,				March 31,
			2021		2020		2021		2020
				(in thousands except				(in thousands except
				percent and				percent and
				per share data)				per share data)
Numerator:
	Net loss attributable to Net1		$	(6,204)	$	(34,881)	$	(39,696)	$	(39,478)
	Undistributed (loss) earnings			(6,204)		(34,881)		(39,696)		(39,478)
		Continuing		(6,204)		(48,361)		(39,696)		(58,613)
		Discontinued	$	-	$	13,480	$	-	$	19,135
	Percent allocated to common shareholders
	(Calculation 1)			99%		99%		99%		99%
	Numerator for (loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted			(6,172)		(34,377)		(39,300)		(39,017)
		Continuing		(6,172)		(47,662)		(39,300)		(57,928)
		Discontinued		-		13,285		-		18,911

Denominator
	Denominator for basic (loss) earnings per share:
	weighted-average common shares outstanding			56,352		55,982		56,236		55,984
	Effect of dilutive securities:
		Stock options		275		-		92		-
		Denominator for diluted (loss) earnings per share: adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding and assuming conversion		56,627		55,982		56,328		55,984

(Loss) Earnings per share:
	Basic		$	(0.11)	$	(0.61)	$	(0.70)	$	(0.69)
		Continuing	$	(0.11)	$	(0.85)	$	(0.70)	$	(1.03)
		Discontinued	$	-	$	0.24	$	-	$	0.34
	Diluted		$	(0.11)	$	(0.61)	$	(0.70)	$	(0.69)
		Continuing	$	(0.11)	$	(0.85)	$	(0.70)	$	(1.03)
		Discontinued	$	-	$	0.24	$	-	$	0.34

(Calculation 1)
	Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (A)			56,352		55,982		56,236		55,984
	Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding and unvested restricted shares expected to vest (B)			56,646		56,803		56,803		56,646
	Percent allocated to common shareholders
	(A) / (B)			99%		99%		99%		99%

Options to purchase 425,784 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $6.20 to $11.23 per share were outstanding during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock. Options to purchase 1,331,651 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $3.07 to $11.23 per share were outstanding during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock. The options, which expire at various dates through November 4, 2030, were still outstanding as of March 31, 2021.

15.Supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow disclosures for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

		Three months ended				Nine months ended
		March 31,				March 31,
		2021		2020		2021		2020

Cash received from interest	$	537	$	632	$	1,746	$	2,411
Cash paid for interest	$	707	$	1,582	$	2,251	$	4,689
Cash paid for income taxes	$	211	$	645	$	16,382	$	4,532

Disaggregation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows includes restricted cash related to cash withdrawn from the Company’s various debt facilities to fund ATMs. This cash may only be used to fund ATMs and is considered restricted as to use and therefore is classified as restricted cash. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash also includes cash in certain bank accounts that have been ceded to Nedbank. As this cash has been pledged and ceded it may not be drawn and is considered restricted as to use and therefore is classified as restricted cash as well. Refer to Note 9 for additional information regarding the Company’s facilities. The following table presents the disaggregation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of March 31, 2021 and 2020, and June 30, 2020:

				March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		June 30, 2020
Continuing			$	207,814	$	209,290	$	217,671
Discontinued				-		-		-
	Cash and cash equivalents			207,814		209,290		217,671
	Restricted cash			19,016		51,370		14,814
		Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	226,830	$	260,660	$	232,485

Leases

The following table presents supplemental cash flow disclosure related to leases for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

		Three months ended March 31,				Nine months ended March 31,
		2021		2020		2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	1,061	$	876	$	2,940	$	2,904

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
Operating leases	$	796	$	484	$	2,497	$	2,974

16.Revenue recognition

Disaggregation of revenue

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

			Processing		Financial services		Technology		Total
Processing fees			$	13,844	$	566	$	-	$	14,410
	South Africa			13,423		566		-		13,989
	Rest of world			421		-		-		421
Technology products				459		87		1,720		2,266
Telecom products and services				2,945		-		-		2,945
Lending revenue				-		5,474		-		5,474
Insurance revenue				-		1,709		-		1,709
Account holder fees				-		1,414		-		1,414
Other				225		76		309		610
	Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations			17,473		9,326		2,029		28,828
		South Africa		17,052		9,326		2,029		28,407
		Rest of world	$	421	$	-	$	-	$	421

As discussed in Note 18, the Company’s chief operating decision maker changed the Company’s operating and internal reporting structures during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Previously reported information has been restated.

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

			Processing		Financial services		Technology		Total
			(as restated)						(as restated)⁽¹⁾
Processing fees			$	15,527	$	1,293	$	-	$	16,820
	South Africa⁽¹⁾			13,963		1,293		-		15,256
	Rest of world			1,564		-		-		1,564
Technology products				241		-		3,830		4,071
Telecom products and services				3,704		-		-		3,704
Lending revenue				-		5,552		-		5,552
Insurance revenue				-		1,228		-		1,228
Account holder fees				-		2,525		-		2,525
Other				553		148		13		714
	Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations			20,025		10,746		3,843		34,614
		South Africa		18,461		10,746		3,843		33,050
		Rest of world	$	1,564	$	-	$	-	$	1,564

(1) Processing fees South Africa and Total column has been restated for the error described in Note 1.

16.Revenue recognition (continued)

Disaggregation of revenue (continued)

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2021:

			Processing		Financial services		Technology		Total
Processing fees			$	44,929	$	1,740	$	-	$	46,669
	South Africa			42,074		1,740		-		43,814
	Rest of world			2,855		-		-		2,855
Technology products				1,584		157		12,140		13,881
Telecom products and services				10,515		-		-		10,515
Lending revenue				-		14,962		-		14,962
Insurance revenue				-		4,779		-		4,779
Account holder fees				-		3,870		-		3,870
Other				775		233		585		1,593
	Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations			57,803		25,741		12,725		96,269
		South Africa		54,948		25,741		12,725		93,414
		Rest of world	$	2,855	$	-	$	-	$	2,855

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2020:

			Processing		Financial services		Technology		Total
			(as restated)						(as restated)⁽¹⁾
Processing fees			$	44,659	$	3,840	$	-	$	48,499
	South Africa⁽¹⁾			41,046		3,840		-		44,886
	Rest of world			3,613		-		-		3,613
Technology products				784		-		15,463		16,247
Telecom products and services				19,637		-		-		19,637
Lending revenue				-		16,090		-		16,090
Insurance revenue				-		3,986		-		3,986
Account holder fees				-		10,888		-		10,888
Other				3,885		474		42		4,401
	Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations			68,965		35,278		15,505		119,748
		South Africa		65,352		35,278		15,505		116,135
		Rest of world	$	3,613	$	-	$	-	$	3,613

(1) Processing fees South Africa and Total column has been restated for the error described in Note 1.

17.Leases

The Company has entered into leasing arrangements classified as operating leases under accounting guidance. These leasing arrangements relate primarily to the lease of its corporate head office, administration offices and branch locations through which the Company operates its financial services business in South Africa. The Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms of between one and five years. The Company also operates parts of its financial services business from locations which it leases for a period of less than one year. The Company’s operating lease expense during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $1.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively. The Company’s operating lease expense during each of the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $2.9 million, respectively. The Company does not have any significant leases that have not commenced as of March 31, 2021.

The Company has also entered into short-term leasing arrangements, primarily for the lease of branch locations and other locations to operate its financial services business in South Africa. The Company’s short-term lease expense during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, was $ 1.0 million and $ 0.8 million, respectively. The Company’s short-term lease expense during the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, was $ 3.1 million and $ 3.5 million, respectively.

17.Leases (continued)

The following table presents supplemental balance sheet disclosure related to the Company’s right-of-use assets and its operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020:

	March 31,		June 30,
	2021		2020
Operating leases:
Operating lease right-of-use asset	$	4,870	$	5,395

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)		2.87		3.94
Weighted average discount rate (percent)		10		9

The maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2021, are presented below:

	March 31,
		2021
Maturities of operating lease liabilities
2021 (for March 31, 2021 excluding nine months to March 31, 2021)	$	950
2022		2,745
2023		1,159
2024		571
2025		193
Thereafter		-
Total undiscounted operating lease liabilities		5,618
Less imputed interest		562
Total operating lease liabilities, included in		5,056
Operating lease liability - current		2,945
Operating lease liability - long-term	$	2,111

18.Operating segments

Change to internal reporting structure and restatement of previously reported information

During September 2020, the Company’s chief operating decision maker changed the Company’s operating and internal reporting structures following the Company’s decisions to focus primarily on the South African market and to exit its operating activities performed through IPG. The chief operating decision maker has decided to analyze the Company’s operating performance primarily based on reported information for statutory entities, statutory groups, clustered statutory entities or clustered statutory groups, with certain reallocations, based on the activity of the reporting unit. Previously reported information has been restated.

Reallocation of certain activities among operating segments

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company reorganized its operating segments by combining what were previously the South African transaction processing segment and the International transaction processing segment into what is now the Processing segment and bifurcating what was previously the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment into what are now the Financial services segment and the Technology segment. Segment results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, reflect these changes to the operating segments.

Operating segments

The Company discloses segment information as reflected in the management information systems reports that its chief operating decision maker uses in making decisions and to report certain entity-wide disclosures about products and services, and the countries in which the entity holds material assets or reports material revenues.

The Company currently has three reportable segments: Processing, Financial services and Technology. All three segments operate mainly within South Africa and certain of our activities outside of South Africa have been allocated to Processing. The Company’s reportable segments offer different products and services and require different resources and marketing strategies but share the Company’s assets.

18.Operating segments (continued)

Operating segments (continued)

The Processing segment includes fees earned by the Company from processing activities performed for its customers and revenue generated from the distribution of prepaid airtime. The Company provides its customers with transaction processing services that involve the collection, transmittal and retrieval of all transaction data. Customers that have a bank account managed by the Company are issued cards that can be utilized to withdraw funds at an ATM or to transact at a merchant point of sale device (“POS”). The Company earns processing fees from transactions processed for these customers. The Company also earns fees on transactions performed by other banks’ customers utilizing its ATM, POS or bill payment infrastructure. The Processing segment includes IPG’s processing activities.

The Financial services segment includes activities related to the provision of financial services to customers, including a bank account, loans and insurance products. The Company charges monthly administration fees for all bank accounts. The Company provides short-term loans to customers in South Africa for which it earns initiation and monthly service fees. The Company writes life insurance contracts, primarily funeral-benefit policies, and policy holders pay the Company a monthly insurance premium.

The Technology segment includes sales of hardware and licenses to customers. Hardware includes the sale of POS devices, SIM cards and other consumables which can occur on an ad hoc basis. Licenses include the right to use certain technology developed by the Company.

Corporate/Eliminations includes the Company’s head office cost center and the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets.

The reconciliation of the reportable segment’s revenue to revenue from external customers for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, is as follows:

			Revenue (as restated)⁽¹⁾
			Reportable Segment			Inter-segment		From external customers

Processing			$	18,747	$	1,274	$	17,473
Financial services				10,192		866		9,326
Technology				2,026		(3)		2,029
	Total for the three months ended March 31, 2021		$	30,965	$	2,137	$	28,828

Processing⁽¹⁾			$	22,078	$	2,053	$	20,025
Financial services				11,683		937		10,746
Technology				4,040		197		3,843
		Total for the three months ended March 31, 2020	$	37,801	$	3,187	$	34,614

(1) Processing for the three months ended March 31, 2020 has been restated for the error described in Note 1.

The reconciliation of the reportable segment’s revenue to revenue from external customers for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, is as follows:

			Revenue (as restated)⁽¹⁾
			Reportable Segment			Inter-segment		From external customers

Processing			$	61,243	$	3,440	$	57,803
Financial services				28,166		2,425		25,741
Technology				12,846		121		12,725
	Total for the nine months ended March 31, 2021		$	102,255	$	5,986	$	96,269

Processing⁽¹⁾			$	75,395	$	6,430	$	68,965
Financial services				38,119		2,841		35,278
Technology				16,139		634		15,505
		Total for the nine months ended March 31, 2020	$	129,653	$	9,905	$	119,748

(1) Processing for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 has been restated for the error described in Note 1.

The Company does not allocate interest income, interest expense or income tax expense to its reportable segments. The Company evaluates segment performance based on segment operating income before acquisition-related intangible asset amortization which represents operating income before acquisition-related intangible asset amortization and expenses allocated to Corporate/Eliminations, all under GAAP.

18.Operating segments (continued)

Operating segments (continued)

The reconciliation of the reportable segments measures of profit or loss to income before income taxes for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, is as follows:

				Three months ended				Nine months ended
				March 31,				March 31,
			2021		2020		2021		2020
Reportable segments measure of profit or loss			$	(12,796)	$	(13,150)	$	(31,068)	$	(23,673)
	Operating loss: Corporate/Eliminations			(1,496)		(1,062)		(9,204)		(7,395)
	Change in fair value of equity securities			10,814		-		25,942		-
	Gain on disposal of FIHRST			-		-		-		9,743
	Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick			(472)		-		(472)		-
	Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment			-		-		(13)		-
	Interest income			606		570		1,934		2,015
	Interest expense			(744)		(1,886)		(2,168)		(6,362)
		Loss before income taxes	$	(4,088)	$	(15,528)	$	(15,049)	$	(25,672)

The following tables summarize segment information that is prepared in accordance with GAAP for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

				Three months ended				Nine months ended
				March 31,				March 31,
				2021		2020		2021		2020
						(as restated)⁽¹⁾				(as restated)⁽¹⁾
Revenues
	Processing			$	18,747	$	22,078	$	61,243	$	75,395
		All others			18,741		20,914		59,550		73,006
		IPG			6		1,164		1,693		2,389
	Financial services				10,192		11,683		28,166		38,119
	Technology				2,026		4,040		12,846		16,139
		Total			30,965		37,801		102,255		129,653

Operating (loss) income
	Processing				(10,816)		(12,394)		(28,498)		(23,747)
		All others			(7,484)		(9,219)		(17,747)		(15,679)
		IPG			(3,332)		(3,175)		(10,751)		(8,068)
	Financial services				(2,111)		(1,701)		(5,554)		(2,605)
	Technology				131		945		2,984		2,679
		Subtotal: Operating segments			(12,796)		(13,150)		(31,068)		(23,673)
		Corporate/Eliminations			(1,496)		(1,062)		(9,204)		(7,395)
			Total		(14,292)		(14,212)		(40,272)		(31,068)

Depreciation and amortization
	Processing				682		861		2,093		2,531
	Financial services				110		203		362		637
	Technology				248		-		413		168
		Subtotal: Operating segments			1,040		1,064		2,868		3,336
		Corporate/Eliminations			92		89		261		315
			Total		1,132		1,153		3,129		3,651

Expenditures for long-lived assets
	Processing				533		542		885		2,856
	Financial services				97		3		148		134
	Technology				19		-		2,914		-
		Subtotal: Operating segments			649		545		3,947		2,990
		Corporate/Eliminations			-		-		-		-
			Total	$	649	$	545	$	3,947	$	2,990

(1) Revenues-Processing-All others for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020 have been restated for the error described in Note 1.

18.Operating segments (continued)

Operating segments (continued)

The segment information as reviewed by the chief operating decision maker does not include a measure of segment assets per segment as all of the significant assets are used in the operations of all, rather than any one, of the segments. The Company does not have dedicated assets assigned to a particular operating segment. Accordingly, it is not meaningful to attempt an arbitrary allocation and segment asset allocation is therefore not presented.

19.Income tax

Income tax in interim periods

For the purposes of interim financial reporting, the Company determines the appropriate income tax provision by first applying the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year to ordinary income. This amount is then adjusted for the tax effect of significant unusual items, for instance, changes in tax law, valuation allowances and non-deductible transaction-related expenses that are reported separately, and have an impact on the tax charge. The cumulative effect of any change in the enacted tax rate, if and when applicable, on the opening balance of deferred tax assets and liabilities is also included in the tax charge as a discrete event in the interim period in which the enactment date occurs.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company’s effective tax rate was impacted by the tax effect of the change in the fair value of our equity securities (refer to Note 6), which is at a lower tax rate than the South African statutory rate, the tax expense recorded by the Company’s profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of the Company’s South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, the Company’s effective tax rate was impacted by the tax effect of the change in fair value referred to above, tax expense recorded by the Company’s profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of the Company’s South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities, which was partially offset by the reversal of the deferred tax liability related to one of the Company’s equity-accounted investments following its impairment (refer to Note 6).

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company’s effective tax rate was impacted by the tax neutral disposal of FIHRST (impacts nine months only), the non-deductible impairment losses, the losses incurred by IPG and certain of its South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these businesses, non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, and tax expense recorded by the Company’s profitable businesses, primarily in South Africa.

Uncertain tax positions

The Company had no significant uncertain tax positions during the three months ended March 31, 2021, and therefore, the Company had no accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions on its balance sheet. The Company does not expect changes related to its unrecognized tax benefits will have a significant impact on its results of operations or financial position in the next 12 months.

The Company has no unrecognized tax benefits. The Company files income tax returns mainly in South Africa, Germany, Hong Kong, India, the United Kingdom, Botswana and in the U.S. federal jurisdiction. As of March 31, 2021, the Company’s South African subsidiaries are no longer subject to income tax examination by the South African Revenue Service for periods before June 30, 2016. The Company is subject to income tax in other jurisdictions outside South Africa, none of which are individually material to its financial position, statement of cash flows, or results of operations.

20.Commitments and contingencies

Guarantees

The South African Revenue Service and certain of the Company’s customers, suppliers and other business partners have asked the Company to provide them with guarantees, including standby letters of credit, issued by a South African bank. The Company is required to procure these guarantees for these third parties to operate its business.

Nedbank has issued guarantees to these third parties amounting to ZAR 156.6 million ($10.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021) thereby utilizing part of the Company’s short-term facilities. The Company pays commission of between 0.4% per annum to 1.94% per annum of the face value of these guarantees and does not recover any of the commission from third parties.

20.Commitments and contingencies (continued)

Guarantees (continued)

The Company has not recognized any obligation related to these guarantees in its consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. The maximum potential amount that the Company could pay under these guarantees is ZAR 156.6 million ($10.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021). As discussed in Note 9, the Company has ceded and pledged certain bank accounts to Nedbank as security for certain of these guarantees with an aggregate value of ZAR 63.0 million ($4.2 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021). The guarantees have reduced the amount available under its indirect and derivative facilities in the Company’s short-term credit facility described in Note 9.

Contingencies

The Company is subject to a variety of other insignificant claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Management currently believes that the resolution of these other matters, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

21.Discontinued operations

The Company determined that, following the disposal of its controlling interest, Net1 Korea (in fiscal 2020) and DNI (in fiscal 2019) should be classified as discontinued operations because the disposal of these businesses represented a strategic shift that would have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. Refer to Note 3 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020, for additional information regarding the deconsolidation of Net1 Korea and DNI. The table below presents certain major captions to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, that have not been separately presented on those statements related to the presentation of Net1 Korea as a discontinued operation:

Net1 Korea
	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2020
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations
Discontinued:
Revenue	$	19,044	$	85,375
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support		8,246		37,377
Selling, general and administration		7,278		30,562
Depreciation and amortization		2,004		8,652
Operating income		1,516		8,784
Interest income		129		678
Interest expense		6		106
Net income before tax		1,639		9,356
Income tax expense		892		2,954
Net income from discontinued operations	$	747	$	6,402
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows
Discontinued:
Total net cash provided by operating activities	$	4,371	$	14,565
Total net cash used in investing activities	$	(12,893)	$	(9,805)

The Company retained a continuing involvement in DNI following the disposal of the Company’s controlling interest during the year ended June 30, 2019. The Company recorded earnings under the equity method related to its retained investment in DNI during the nine months ended March 31, 2020. The table below presents revenues and expenses between the Company and DNI, after the DNI disposal transaction, during the nine months ended March 31, 2020:

DNI
	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2020
Revenue generated from transactions with DNI	$	-	$	-
Expenses incurred related to transactions with DNI	$	295	$	2,902

The Company received dividends of $0.7 million and $1.8 million from DNI during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

22.Related party transactions

Disgorgement proceeds from VCP

In late September 2020, Value Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd (“VCP”), a significant shareholder, notified the Company that it would make payment to the Company related to the disgorgement of short-swing profits from the purchase of common stock by VCP pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Company’s insider trading policy. The Company recognized these proceeds as a capital contribution from shareholders and recorded an increase of $0.1 million, net of taxes of $0.02 million, to additional paid-in capital in its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The gross proceeds of $0.12 million are recorded within cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flow for the nine months ended March 31, 2021. The Company expects to pay the taxes due of $0.02 million in calendar 2021.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020, and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this Form 10-Q.

Forward-looking statements

Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed, implied or inferred by these forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, those listed under Item 1A.—“Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether we can achieve positive future results, levels of activity, performance, or goals. Actual events or results may differ materially. We undertake no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Form 10-Q to conform those statements to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law.

You should read this Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference herein and the documents we have filed as exhibits hereto and thereto and which we have filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission completely and with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

Recent Developments

Impact of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic did not impact our South African operations as severely during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, compared to the last four months of the year ended June 30, 2020. South Africa has been at an adjusted Level 1 since March 1, 2021. On December 28, 2020, the country moved back to Level 3 restrictions which remained in place through to February 28, 2021. South Africa operates with a five-level COVID-19 alert system, with Level 1 being the least restrictive and Level 5 being the most restrictive. The country went into lockdown (Level 5) towards the end of March 2020 and gradually eased restrictions for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year (to Level 4 from May 1, to Level 3 from June 1, to Level 2 from August 18 and to Level 1 from September 21). The increase at the end of December 2020 back to Level 3 was in response to a second wave of infections, which was more severe than the first wave. The South Africa government commenced its vaccination program in early calendar 2021, with a stated goal of vaccinating 67% of the South African population by the end of the calendar year. With the winter months approaching, there are concerns over the potential for a third wave, particularly as there have been several delays in the vaccination program to date.

Business and operations

During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, our operations largely operated as normal. Most of the impact of the pandemic on our operations resulted from the indirect effect of lower economic activity in the South African economy.

Our loan business has been able to originate loans normally and we have not seen any deterioration in collection levels over the period. Our insurance business has seen a higher level of benefit claims during the nine months ended March 31, 2021, with marked increases between December 2020 and February 2021, which appear to be directly linked to the second wave of the pandemic.

We continue to incur direct expenditure on the purchase of sanitizers, masks and gloves for our employees and for the use of customers in our branches, but this is not significant in the context of our cost base.

Employees

Where possible, we have continued to provide the necessary facilities (computer equipment, data cards, etc.) for our employees to operate remotely and continue to encourage them to do so where this is practical and effective. We continue to provide the necessary protective equipment and sanitization facilities for those employees that operate within our offices and operating locations.

Cash resources and liquidity

We believe we have sufficient cash reserves to support us through the next twelve months. Together with our existing cash reserves, we also believe that our credit facilities are sufficient to fund our ATM network.

We do not believe there will be any further significant adverse effects on our liquidity from the pandemic, unless there is a resumption of the higher level of restrictions seen in April and May 2020 in South Africa.

We believe that our South African insurance business is adequately capitalized and do not expect to have to provide additional funding to the business in the foreseeable future.

Financial position and impairments

Except for the impact on Finbond’s business in the first quarter of fiscal 2021, we do not believe that the pandemic has significantly impacted the carrying value of our long-lived assets and equity method investments to date.

Control environment

We do not expect the pandemic to have a significant impact on our internal control environment.

While we have not incurred significant disruptions thus far from the COVID-19 outbreak, we are unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to numerous uncertainties, including the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact on our customers and other factors identified in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors— The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our business. We are unable to ascertain the impact the pandemic will have on our future financial position, operations, cash flows and stock price” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact to our business, consolidated results of operations, and financial condition.

Financial Services Activities in South Africa

We continue to focus our South African financial inclusion activities on a business-to-consumer, or B2C, model. We believe our EPE bank account, known in the communities it serves as ‘the green card’, has a strong brand position in our target market and benefits from significant loyalty. We have been working on enhancing its presence through localized marketing which, when combined with some of the challenges of other service providers into this market, we expect to result in a return to growing customer numbers.

The customer additions for the quarter have been disappointing and below our expectations, primarily as we have not yet launched our primary marketing initiatives. This has been delayed due to some internal management changes as well as an intention to sensitize key stakeholders to these initiatives. Gross customer additions for the quarter were approximately 52,000 compared to the 62,000 of the previous quarter, while net additions amounted to 27,000 customers compared to the 44,000 of the previous quarter. We continue to see delays in the transfer of income for a significant portion of these customers which means we are not seeing the full benefit of this customer growth in our financial performance. To date only approximately 50% of these gross customer additions have become active and commenced transacting on their account. We expect to be in a position to launch our new initiatives during the course of the fourth quarter and to then accelerate the growth in the customer base.

Processing Activities in South Africa

Our processing activities in South Africa are focused around our ATM network, which largely services a consumer base, and our transaction processing for businesses, anchored around our EasyPay offering. As articulated in respect of our revised strategy, we aim to grow our business to business, or B2B, operations through the servicing of small and micro enterprises. We continue to see a steady growth in the number of customers utilizing our ATM infrastructure over the last quarter, though transaction volumes were lower than the previous quarter. Our B2B operations performed broadly in line with expectations with volumes lower than the previous quarter in line with expected seasonal trends. Opportunities related to the expansion of the processing business into the small and micro enterprises space have been identified and are being progressed.

International Activities

India – MobiKwik continues to experience strong sequential monthly revenue growth, assisted by rapid growth in users of their Buy Now Pay Later product. The number of reported COVID-19 cases in India has increased significantly since the end of March 2021. It is difficult to accurately predict the impact of this on MobiKwik’s business. However, its management expects the impact to be somewhat mitigated by less stringent lockdowns in India compared with calendar 2020 and the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. During the quarter, MobiKwik raised a further $7.2 million from new external shareholders at a valuation of approximately $480 million. MobiKwik plans to use these funds to pursue an initial public offering. We have increased the carrying value of our investment in MobiKwik following this transaction, refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for MobiKwik.

Disposal of Bank Frick

Bank Frick – In line with our new strategic direction, on February 3, 2021, we entered into a share sale agreement with the Frick Family Foundation, or KFS, to sell our entire interest, or 35%, in Bank Frick to KFS for $30 million. Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to this transaction.

Wind-down of IPG and status of Cell C recapitalization

IPG – The process to close our IPG business is well-advanced, with most employees leaving the organization during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Most processing activities also ceased during the second quarter of fiscal 2021 and we ended all activities early in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. We should be largely complete with closure, from a cost perspective, by the end of fiscal 2021.

Cell C – We continued to carry the value of our Cell C investment at $0 (zero) as of March 31, 2021. Cell C remains focused on its recapitalization and implementing various initiatives to improve its operational performance. While it remains in default on its various lending arrangements, Cell C and its lenders continue to work constructively and are making steady progress towards its recapitalization.

Leadership changes

On May 1, 2021, Mr. Lincoln Mali joined us as CEO of Net1 Southern Africa, a new position within our organization. On March 15, 2021, Mr. Nunthakumarin Pillay resigned his position as Managing Director: Southern Africa after 21 years of service to our company in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Pillay’s last day of employment was April 30, 2021. We have reorganized certain of our internal business reporting lines following the resignation of Mr. Pillay, but this is not expected to impact our business or processes significantly.

We continue the search for a Group CEO but there were no substantial developments regarding this process during the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Mr. Alex M.R. Smith continues in his role of interim Group CEO and will serve in this role until our board of directors finalizes the appointment of a permanent Group CEO. In order to ensure a smooth transition, our former Group CEO, Mr. Kotzé, agreed to provide consulting services to us through May 31, 2021.

Restatement of revenue and cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support

In November 2020, we identified an error with respect to the recognition of certain revenue and related cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support during our assessment and systems development of new products. The error did not impact our operating loss, net loss, balance sheet or cash flows. We determined that the error impacted our results for the period from July 1, 2018 to November 30, 2020. The error impacted our reported results and we have restated our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and certain note presentation for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

The table presents the unaudited impact of the restatement on our revenue and related cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, fiscal 2020 and 2019, including each fiscal quarter within those fiscal years:

Table 1	Revenue (unaudited)			Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support (unaudited)
	As reported	Correction	As restated	As reported	Correction	As restated
	$ ’000	$ ’000	$ ’000	$ ’000	$ ’000	$ ’000
Fiscal 2021:
Q1 2021	37,113	(1,977)	35,136	28,437	(1,977)	26,460

Fiscal 2020:
Year ended 2020	150,997	(6,698)	144,299	109,006	(6,698)	102,308
Q4 2020	25,978	(1,427)	24,551	22,400	(1,427)	20,973
Q3 2020	36,514	(1,900)	34,614	25,783	(1,900)	23,883
Q2 2020	40,567	(1,649)	38,918	28,395	(1,649)	26,746
Q1 2020	47,938	(1,722)	46,216	32,428	(1,722)	30,706

Fiscal 2019
Year ended 2019	166,227	(5,592)	160,635	129,696	(5,592)	124,104
Q4 2019	17,053	(1,692)	15,361	26,225	(1,692)	24,533
Q3 2019	36,586	(1,371)	35,215	29,423	(1,371)	28,052
Q2 2019	42,042	(1,948)	40,094	27,291	(1,948)	25,343
Q1 2019	70,546	(581)	69,965	46,757	(581)	46,176

The restatement only impacted revenue allocated to our Processing operating segment. Refer to “Presentation of quarterly revenue and operating (loss) income by segment for fiscal 2020 and 2019” below for additional information regarding our restated operating segments for fiscal 2020 and 2019, including each fiscal quarter within those fiscal years.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, including the ongoing uncertainty in the current economic environment due to the outbreak of COVID-19. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with absolute certainty, the determination of estimates requires management’s judgment based on a variety of assumptions and other determinants such as historical experience, current and expected market conditions and certain scientific evaluation techniques.

Critical accounting policies are those that reflect significant judgments or uncertainties and may potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. We have identified the following critical accounting policies that are described in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020:

 Valuation of investment in Cell C;

 Recoverability of equity-accounted investments and other equity securities;

 Business combinations and the recoverability of goodwill;

 Intangible assets acquired through acquisitions;

 Deferred taxation;

 Stock-based compensation;

 Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts receivable; and

 Revenue – variation in transaction price following September 2019 Supreme Court ruling.

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

We did not adopt any new accounting pronouncement during the third quarter of fiscal 2021.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of March 31, 2021

Refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of March 31, 2021, including the expected dates of adoption and effects on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Currency Exchange Rate Information

Actual exchange rates

The actual exchange rates for and at the end of the periods presented were as follows:

Table 2	Three months ended		Nine months ended		Year ended
	March 31,		March 31,		June 30,
	2021	2020	2021	2020	2020
ZAR : $ average exchange rate	14.9650	15.3728	15.8390	14.9191	15.6775
Highest ZAR : $ rate during period	15.4724	17.9224	17.6866	17.9224	19.0569
Lowest ZAR : $ rate during period	14.4689	13.9996	14.4689	13.8973	13.8973
Rate at end of period	14.8278	17.8922	14.8278	17.8922	17.3326

Translation exchange rates for financial reporting purposes

We are required to translate our results of operations from ZAR to U.S. dollars on a monthly basis. Thus, the average rates used to translate this data for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, vary slightly from the averages shown in the table above. The translation rates we use in presenting our results of operations are the rates shown in the following table:


	Three months ended		Nine months ended		Year ended
Table 3	March 31,		March 31,		June 30,
	2021	2020	2021	2020	2020
Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR	14.9575	15.3667	16.1174	15.9596	17.5686
Balance sheet items: $1 = ZAR	14.8278	17.8922	14.8278	17.8922	17.3326

Results of Operations

The discussion of our consolidated overall results of operations is based on amounts as reflected in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We analyze our results of operations both in U.S. dollars, as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and supplementally in ZAR, because ZAR is the functional currency of the entities which contribute the majority of our revenue and is the currency in which the majority of our transactions are initially incurred and measured. Due to the significant impact of currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the ZAR on our reported results and because we use the U.S. dollar as our reporting currency, we believe that the supplemental presentation of our results of operations in ZAR is useful to investors to understand the changes in the underlying trends of our business.

Our operating segment revenue presented in “—Results of operations by operating segment” represents total revenue per operating segment before intercompany eliminations. A reconciliation between total operating segment revenue and revenue presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is included in Note 18 to those statements.

We disposed of our Korean operation in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and therefore it has been presented as a discontinued operation for fiscal 2020. We disposed of FIHRST during the third quarter of fiscal 2020, and deconsolidated CPS in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, and therefore their contributions to our reported results are not included in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

We analyze our business and operations in terms of three inter-related but independent operating segments: (1) Processing, (2) Financial services and (3) Technology. In addition, corporate and corporate office activities that are impracticable to allocate directly to any of the other operating segments, as well as any inter-segment eliminations, are included in Corporate/Eliminations.

Third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to third quarter of fiscal 2020

The following factors had a significant impact on our results of operations during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 as compared with the same period in the prior year:

 Lower revenue: Our revenues decreased 19% in ZAR primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime and hardware sales and lower account fee revenue;

 Ongoing operating losses: Operating costs are largely in line with the prior period in ZAR due to the largely fixed cost nature of the cost base. As a result, we continue to experience operating losses because of depressed revenues;

 Non-cash increase in fair value of MobiKwik: We recorded a non-cash fair value gain during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 of $10.8 million related to the change in fair value of MobiKwik; and

 Foreign exchange movements: The U.S. dollar was 3% weaker against the ZAR during the third quarter of fiscal 2021, which impacted our reported results.

Consolidated overall results of operations

This discussion is based on the amounts prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The following tables show the changes in the items comprising our statements of operations, both in U.S. dollars and in ZAR:

Table 4	In United States Dollars
	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	2020^(A)
		(as restated)^(B)
	$ ’000	$ ’000	change
Revenue	28,828	34,614	(17%)
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	23,096	23,883	(3%)
Selling, general and administration	18,892	17,454	8%
Depreciation and amortization	1,132	1,153	(2%)
Impairment loss	-	6,336	nm
Operating loss	(14,292)	(14,212)	1%
Change in fair value of equity securities	10,814	-	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick	472	-	nm
Interest income	606	570	6%
Interest expense	744	1,886	(61%)
Loss before income tax expense	(4,088)	(15,528)	(74%)
Income tax expense	2,171	640	239%
Net loss before earnings (loss) from equity-accounted investments	(6,259)	(16,168)	(61%)
Earnings (Loss) from equity-accounted investments	55	(32,193)	nm
Net loss from continuing operations	(6,204)	(48,361)	(87%)
Net income from discontinued operations	-	747	nm
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax	-	12,733	nm
Net loss	(6,204)	(34,881)	(82%)
Net (loss) income attributable to us	(6,204)	(34,881)	(82%)
Continuing	(6,204)	(48,361)	(87%)
Discontinued	-	13,480	nm

(A) Refer to Note 21 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

(B) Revenue and cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support have been restated for the error described in Note 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. There was no impact on operating loss as a result of the restatement.

Table 5	In South African Rand
	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	2020^(A)
		(as restated)^(B)
	ZAR ’000	ZAR ’000	change
Revenue	431,195	531,903	(19%)
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	345,458	367,003	(6%)
Selling, general and administration	282,577	268,210	5%
Depreciation and amortization	16,932	17,718	(4%)
Impairment loss	-	97,363	nm
Operating loss	(213,772)	(218,391)	(2%)
Change in fair value of equity securities	161,750	-	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick	7,060	-	nm
Interest income	9,064	8,759	3%
Interest expense	11,128	28,982	(62%)
Loss before income tax expense	(61,146)	(238,614)	(74%)
Income tax expense	32,473	9,835	230%
Net loss before earnings (loss) from equity-accounted investments	(93,619)	(248,449)	(62%)
Earnings (Loss) from equity-accounted investments	823	(494,700)	nm
Net loss from continuing operations	(92,796)	(743,149)	(88%)
Net income from discontinued operations	-	11,479	nm
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax	-	195,664	nm
Net loss	(92,796)	(536,006)	(83%)
Net (loss) income attributable to us	(92,796)	(536,006)	(83%)
Continuing	(92,796)	(743,149)	(88%)
Discontinued	-	207,143	nm

(A) Refer to Note 21 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime and hardware sales and lower account fee revenue.

The decrease in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support was primarily due to lower cost of prepaid airtime and hardware sales, which was partially offset by higher costs related to transaction fees and an increase in insurance-related claims experience.

In ZAR, the increase in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to the year-over-year impact of inflationary increases on employee-related expenses and higher consulting fees.

Depreciation and amortization decreased primarily due to lower overall depreciation related to tangible assets that were fully depreciated during the third quarter of fiscal 2021.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded an impairment loss of $5.6 million related to the impairment of a portion of our EasyPay business unit’s allocated goodwill and a $0.7 million impairment loss related to our Maltese e-money license.

Our operating loss margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (49.6%) and (41.1%), respectively. We discuss the components of operating loss margin under “—Results of operations by operating segment.”

The change in fair value of equity securities during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 represents a non-cash fair value gain related to MobiKwik. There was no change in the fair value of equity securities during the third quarter of fiscal 2020. We continue to carry our investment in Cell C at $0 (zero). Refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for MobiKwik and Note 5 for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for Cell C.

We recorded a loss of $0.5 million related to the disposal of Bank Frick during the third quarter of fiscal 2021, refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding this transaction.

In ZAR, interest on surplus cash increased slightly to $0.6 million (ZAR 9.1 million) from $0.6 million (ZAR 8.8 million), primarily due to higher average daily cash balances following the increase in our cash reserves as a result of the disposal of certain business in fiscal 2020, which was partially offset by lower rates of interest earned on surplus cash.

Interest expense decreased to $0.7 million (ZAR 11.1 million) from $1.9 million (ZAR 29.0 million), primarily as a result of lower borrowings, a reduction in South African interest rates and lower utilization of our ATM facilities because we used our cash reserves to fund our ATMs.

Fiscal 2021 tax expense was $2.2 million (ZAR 32.5 million) compared to $0.6 million (ZAR 9.8 million) in fiscal 2020. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2021 was impacted by the tax effect on the change in the fair value of our equity securities, which is at a lower tax rate than the South African statutory rate, the tax charge related to our profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by certain of our South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities.

Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020, was impacted by non-deductible impairment losses, on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of our South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding those net operating losses, non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, and tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa.

DNI was sold in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and was accounted for using the equity method during the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and reports its six-month results during our first quarter and its annual results during our fourth quarter. The table below presents the relative (loss) earnings from our equity accounted investments:

Table 6	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	2020	$ %
	$ ’000	$ ’000	change
Bank Frick	177	(18,393)	nm
Share of net income	177	15	1,080%
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax	-	(147)	nm
Impairment	-	(18,261)	nm
DNI	-	(10,852)	nm
Share of net income	-	1,563	nm
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax	-	(419)	nm
Impairment	-	(11,996)	nm
Other	(122)	(2,948)	(96%)
Share of net loss	(122)	(448)	(73%)
Impairment	-	(2,500)	nm
	55	(32,193)	nm

Results of operations by operating segment

The composition of revenue and the contributions of our business activities to operating (loss) income are illustrated below:

Table 7	In United States Dollars⁽¹⁾

	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	% of	2020	% of	% change
			(as restated)
Operating Segment	$ ’000	total	$ ’000	total
Consolidated revenue:
Processing	18,747	65%	22,078	64%	(15%)
IPG	6	-	1,164	3%	(99%)
All others	18,741	65%	20,914	60%	(10%)
Financial services	10,192	35%	11,683	34%	(13%)
Technology	2,026	7%	4,040	12%	(50%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	30,965	172%	37,801	173%	(18%)
Corporate/Eliminations	(2,137)	(72%)	(3,187)	(73%)	(33%)
Total consolidated revenue	28,828	100%	34,614	100%	(17%)
Consolidated operating (loss) income:
Processing	(10,816)	76%	(12,394)	87%	(13%)
IPG	(3,332)	23%	(3,175)	22%	5%
All others	(7,484)	52%	(9,219)	65%	(19%)
Financial services	(2,111)	15%	(1,701)	12%	24%
Technology	131	(1%)	945	(7%)	(86%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	(12,796)	165%	(13,150)	179%	(3%)
Corporate/eliminations	(1,496)	(65%)	(1,062)	(79%)	41%
Total consolidated operating loss	(14,292)	100%	(14,212)	100%	1%

(1) Consolidated revenue-Processing-All others for the three months ended March 31, 2020 has been restated for the error described in Note 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. There was no impact on operating loss as a result of the restatement.

Table 8	In South African Rand⁽¹⁾

	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	% of	2020	% of	% change
			(as restated)
Operating Segment	ZAR ’000	total	ZAR ’000	total
Consolidated revenue:
Processing	280,408	65%	339,266	64%	(17%)
IPG	89	-	17,887	3%	(100%)
All others	280,319	65%	321,379	60%	(13%)
Financial services	152,447	35%	179,529	34%	(15%)
Technology	30,304	7%	62,081	12%	(51%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	463,159	172%	580,876	173%	(20%)
Corporate/Eliminations	(31,964)	(72%)	(48,973)	(73%)	(35%)
Total consolidated revenue	431,195	100%	531,903	100%	(19%)
Consolidated operating (loss) income:
Processing	(161,780)	76%	(190,455)	87%	(15%)
IPG	(49,838)	23%	(48,789)	22%	2%
All others	(111,942)	52%	(141,666)	65%	(21%)
Financial services	(31,575)	15%	(26,139)	12%	21%
Technology	1,959	(1%)	14,522	(7%)	(87%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	(191,396)	165%	(202,072)	179%	(5%)
Corporate/eliminations	(22,376)	(65%)	(16,319)	(79%)	37%
Total consolidated operating loss	(213,772)	100%	(218,391)	100%	(2%)

Processing

Excluding IPG, segment revenue decreased primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime sales and a reduction in volume-driven transaction fees. Excluding IPG, Processing’s operating loss has been impacted by lower revenue and by an increase in transaction-based costs. Our revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was adversely impacted by ZAR 8.2 million ($0.5 million) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as we were unable to charge certain cash withdrawal fees to customers as a result of the lockdown during the last few days of March 2020. Our operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020 also includes the impact of the $6.4 million impairment losses. IPG’s operating loss for the quarter primarily related to the closure of its operations.

Our operating loss margin (calculated as operating (loss) income divided by revenue) for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (57.7%) and (56.1%), respectively. Excluding IPG, our operating loss margin for the Processing segment was (39.9%) and (44.1%) during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. Excluding the impairment losses, our operating loss and operating loss margin for the Processing segment was $6.1 million and (27.4%), respectively, during the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Financial services

Segment revenue decreased due to lower account fee revenue and a modest reduction in lending revenue, whilst insurance revenues increased compared to the prior period. The increase in operating loss is primarily due to the lower account fee revenue and the increase in insurance-related claims experienced this quarter attributed to the second wave of the pandemic.

Our operating loss margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (20.7%) and (14.6%), respectively.

Technology

Segment revenue decreased significantly due to fewer hardware sales from one product line compared to the prior period, though partially offset by increases in other hardware product lines. Operating income for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 was directly impacted by the lower revenue compared with fiscal 2020.

Our operating income margin for the Technology segment was 6.5% and 23.4% during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Corporate/Eliminations

Our corporate expenses generally include acquisition-related intangible asset amortization; expenses incurred related to corporate actions; expenditure related to compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; non-employee directors’ fees; employee and executive bonuses; stock-based compensation; legal fees; audit fees; directors and officer’s insurance premiums; telecommunications expenses; and elimination entries.

Our corporate expenses for fiscal 2020 includes a $0.7 million impairment loss and net unrealized foreign exchange gains of $1.9 million compared with net unrealized foreign exchange gains of $0.6 million recorded in fiscal 2021.

Year to date of fiscal 2021 compared to year to date of fiscal 2020

The following factors had a significant impact on our results of operations during the year to date of fiscal 2021 as compared with the same period in the prior year:

 Lower revenue: Our revenues decreased 19% in ZAR primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime and hardware sales and lower account fee revenue, which was partially offset by higher transaction fees;

 Ongoing operating losses: Operating costs are largely in line with the prior period in ZAR due to the largely fixed cost nature of the costs base. As a result, we continue to experience operating losses because of depressed revenues; and

 Non-cash increase in fair value of MobiKwik: We recorded a non-cash fair value gain during the year to date of fiscal 2021 of $25.9 million related to the change in fair value of MobiKwik.

Consolidated overall results of operations

This discussion is based on the amounts prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The following tables show the changes in the items comprising our statements of operations, both in U.S. dollars and in ZAR:

Table 9	In United States Dollars
	Nine months ended March 31,
	2021	2020^(A)
		(as restated)^(B)
	$ ’000	$ ’000	change
Revenue	96,269	119,748	(20%)
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	73,895	81,335	(9%)
Selling, general and administration	59,517	59,494	0%
Depreciation and amortization	3,129	3,651	(14%)
Impairment loss	-	6,336	nm
Operating loss	(40,272)	(31,068)	30%
Change in fair value of equity securities	25,942	-	nm
Gain on disposal of FIHRST	-	9,743	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick	472	-	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment	13	-	nm
Interest income	1,934	2,015	(4%)
Interest expense	2,168	6,362	(66%)
Loss before income tax expense	(15,049)	(25,672)	(41%)
Income tax expense	4,549	2,317	96%
Net loss before loss from equity-accounted investments	(19,598)	(27,989)	(30%)
Loss from equity-accounted investments	(20,098)	(30,624)	(34%)
Net loss from continuing operations	(39,696)	(58,613)	(32%)
Net income from discontinued operations	-	6,402	nm
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax	-	12,733	nm
Net loss	(39,696)	(39,478)	1%
Net (loss) income attributable to us	(39,696)	(39,478)	1%
Continuing	(39,696)	(58,613)	(32%)
Discontinued	-	19,135	nm

(A) Refer to Note 21 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

Table 10	In South African Rand
	Nine months ended March 31,
	2021	2020^(A)
		(as restated)^(B)
	ZAR ’000	ZAR ’000	change
Revenue	1,551,606	1,911,130	(19%)
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support	1,190,996	1,298,074	(8%)
Selling, general and administration	959,260	949,500	1%
Depreciation and amortization	50,431	58,268	(13%)
Impairment loss	-	101,121	nm
Operating loss	(649,081)	(495,833)	31%
Change in fair value of equity securities	418,118	-	nm
Gain on disposal of FIHRST	-	155,494	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment - Bank Frick	7,607	-	nm
Loss on disposal of equity-accounted investment	210	-	nm
Interest income	31,171	32,159	(3%)
Interest expense	34,943	101,535	(66%)
Loss before income tax expense	(242,552)	(409,715)	(41%)
Income tax expense	73,318	36,978	98%
Net loss before loss from equity-accounted investments	(315,870)	(446,693)	(29%)
Loss from equity-accounted investments	(323,928)	(488,747)	(34%)
Net loss from continuing operations	(639,798)	(935,440)	(32%)
Net income from discontinued operations	-	102,173	nm
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax	-	203,214	nm
Net loss	(639,798)	(630,053)	2%
Net (loss) income attributable to us	(639,798)	(630,053)	2%
Continuing	(639,798)	(935,440)	(32%)
Discontinued	-	305,387	nm

(A) Refer to Note 21 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime and hardware sales and lower account fee revenue, which was partially offset by higher transaction fees.

The decrease in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support was primarily due to lower cost of prepaid airtime sales, which was partially offset by higher costs related to transaction fees and an increase in insurance-related claims experience.

The increase in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to the year-over-year impact of inflationary increases on employee-related expenses, an allowance on doubtful loans receivable from equity-accounted investments created during the second quarter of fiscal 2021 and an increase in consulting fees.

Depreciation and amortization decreased primarily due to lower overall depreciation related to tangible assets that were fully depreciated during the year to date of fiscal 2021.

During the year to date fiscal 2020, we recorded an impairment loss of $5.6 million related to the impairment of a portion of our EasyPay business unit’s allocated goodwill and a $0.7 million impairment loss related to our Maltese e-money license.

Our operating loss margin for the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (41.8%) and (25.9%), respectively. We discuss the components of operating loss margin under “—Results of operations by operating segment.”

The change in fair value of equity securities during the year to date of fiscal 2021 represents a non-cash fair value gain related to MobiKwik. There was no change in the fair value of equity securities during the year to date of fiscal 2020. We continue to carry our investment in Cell C at $0 (zero). Refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for MobiKwik and Note 5 for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for Cell C.

We recorded a loss of $0.5 million related to the disposal of Bank Frick during the year to date fiscal 2021, refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding this transaction.

We recorded a gain of $9.7 million related to the disposal of FIHRST during the year to date of fiscal 2020.

Interest on surplus cash was $1.9 million (ZAR 31.2 million) compared to $2.0 million (ZAR 32.2 million) in the prior period, due primarily to the higher average daily cash balances following the increase in our cash reserves as a result of the disposal of certain business in fiscal 2020, which was more than offset by lower rates of interest earned on surplus cash.

Interest expense decreased to $2.2 million (ZAR 34.9 million) from $6.4 million (ZAR 101.5 million), primarily as a result of lower borrowings, a reduction in South African interest rates and lower utilization of our ATM facilities because we used our cash reserves to fund our ATMs.

Fiscal 2021 tax expense was $4.5 million (ZAR 73.3 million) compared to $2.3 million (ZAR 37.0 million) in fiscal 2020. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2021 was impacted by the tax effect on the change in the fair value of our equity securities, which is at a lower tax rate than the South African statutory rate, the tax charge related to our profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by certain of our South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities, which was partially offset by the reversal of the deferred tax liability related to one of our equity-accounted investments following its impairment.

Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020, was impacted by the tax neutral disposal of FIHRST, non-deductible impairment losses, the on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of our South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding those net operating losses, non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, and the tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses, primarily in South Africa.

DNI was sold in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and was accounted for using the equity method during the year to date of fiscal 2020. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and reports its six-month results during our first quarter and its annual results during our fourth quarter. The table below presents the relative (loss) earnings from our equity accounted investments:

Table 11	Nine months ended March 31,
	2021	2020	$ %
	$ ’000	$ ’000	change
Bank Frick	1,156	(17,924)	nm
Share of net income	1,156	770	50%
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax	-	(433)	nm
Impairment	-	(18,261)	nm
DNI	-	(9,744)	nm
Share of net income	-	4,676	nm
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax	-	(1,350)	nm
Impairment	-	(13,070)	nm
Finbond	(20,267)	491	nm
Share of net (loss) income	(2,617)	491	nm
Impairment	(17,650)	-	nm
Other	(987)	(3,447)	(71%)
Share of net loss	(439)	(947)	(54%)
Impairment	(548)	(2,500)	(78%)
	(20,098)	(30,624)	(34%)

Refer to Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the impairment of Finbond and our other equity-accounted investments.

Results of operations by operating segment

The composition of revenue and the contributions of our business activities to operating loss are illustrated below:

Table 12	In United States Dollars⁽¹⁾

	Nine months ended March 31,
	2021	% of	2020	% of	% change
			(as restated)
Operating Segment	$ ’000	total	$ ’000	total
Consolidated revenue:
Processing	61,243	64%	75,395	63%	(19%)
IPG	1,693	2%	2,389	2%	(29%)
All others	59,550	62%	73,006	61%	(18%)
Financial services	28,166	29%	38,119	32%	(26%)
Technology	12,846	13%	16,139	13%	(20%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	102,255	170%	129,653	171%	(21%)
Corporate/Eliminations	(5,986)	(70%)	(9,905)	(71%)	(40%)
Total consolidated revenue	96,269	100%	119,748	100%	(20%)
Consolidated operating (loss) income:
Processing	(28,498)	71%	(23,747)	76%	20%
IPG	(10,751)	27%	(8,068)	26%	33%
All others	(17,747)	44%	(15,679)	50%	13%
Financial services	(5,554)	14%	(2,605)	8%	113%
Technology	2,984	(7%)	2,679	(9%)	11%
Subtotal: Operating segments	(31,068)	149%	(23,673)	151%	31%
Corporate/eliminations	(9,204)	(49%)	(7,395)	(51%)	24%
Total consolidated operating loss	(40,272)	100%	(31,068)	100%	30%

(1) Consolidated revenue-Processing-All others for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 has been restated for the error described in Note 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. There was no impact on operating loss as a result of the restatement.

Table 13	In South African Rand⁽¹⁾

	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	% of	2020	% of	% change
			(as restated)
Operating Segment	ZAR ’000	total	ZAR ’000	total
Consolidated revenue:
Processing	987,078	64%	1,203,274	63%	(18%)
IPG	27,287	2%	38,127	2%	(28%)
All others	959,791	62%	1,165,147	61%	(18%)
Financial services	453,963	29%	608,364	32%	(25%)
Technology	207,044	13%	257,572	13%	(20%)
Subtotal: Operating segments	1,648,085	170%	2,069,210	171%	(20%)
Corporate/Eliminations	(96,479)	(70%)	(158,080)	(71%)	(39%)
Total consolidated revenue	1,551,606	100%	1,911,130	100%	(19%)
Consolidated operating (loss) income:
Processing	(459,314)	71%	(378,993)	76%	21%
IPG	(173,279)	27%	(128,762)	26%	35%
All others	(286,035)	44%	(250,231)	50%	14%
Financial services	(89,516)	14%	(41,575)	8%	115%
Technology	48,094	(7%)	42,756	(9%)	12%
Subtotal: Operating segments	(500,736)	149%	(377,812)	151%	33%
Corporate/eliminations	(148,345)	(49%)	(118,021)	(51%)	26%
Total consolidated operating loss	(649,081)	100%	(495,833)	100%	31%

Processing

Excluding IPG, segment revenue decreased primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime sales, which was partially offset by higher volume-driven transaction fees. Excluding IPG, Processing operating loss has been impacted by lower revenue and by an increase in transaction-based costs. Our operating loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 also includes the impact of the $6.4 million impairment losses. IPG incurred an operating loss but is in the process of being closed down.

Our operating loss margin for the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (46.5%) and (31.5%), respectively. Excluding IPG, our operating loss margin for the Processing segment was (29.8%) and (21.5%) during the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. Excluding the impairment losses, our operating loss and operating loss margin for the Processing segment was $17.4 million and (23.1%), respectively, during the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Financial services

Segment revenue decreased due to lower account fee revenue and a modest reduction in lending revenue, whilst insurance revenues increased compared to the prior period. The segment incurred an operating loss compared with fiscal 2020 primarily due to the reduction in account fee revenue as well as higher employee-related costs and an increase in insurance claims experience.

Our operating loss margin for the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (19.7%) and (6.8%), respectively.

Technology

Segment revenue was lower than in fiscal 2021 due to fewer hardware sales. Operating income for the year to date of fiscal 2021 improved compared with fiscal 2020 due to improved margins on the sale of various product lines within the segment.

Our operating income margin for the Technology segment was 23.2% and 16.6% during the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Corporate/Eliminations

Our corporate expenses increased primarily due to an allowance on doubtful loans receivable from equity-accounted investments created during the year to date of fiscal 2021, and higher legal and consulting fees, which were partially offset by lower audit fees and an unrealized foreign exchange gain recognized in year to date fiscal 2020.

Presentation of quarterly revenue and operating (loss) income by segment for fiscal 2020 and 2019

The tables below present quarterly revenue and operating (loss) income generated by our three reportable segments for fiscal 2020 and 2019, and reconciliations to consolidated revenue and operating (loss) income, as well as the U.S. dollar/ ZAR exchange rates applicable per fiscal quarter and year:

Table 14	Fiscal 2020⁽¹⁾
	In United States Dollars
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	F2020
	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000
Revenues
Processing	28,295	25,022	22,078	16,391	91,786
IPG	793	432	1,164	921	3,310
All Other	27,502	24,590	20,914	15,470	88,476
Financial services	14,168	12,268	11,683	8,751	46,870
Technology and Other	7,209	4,890	4,040	1,932	18,071
Subtotal: Operating segments	49,672	42,180	37,801	27,074	156,727
Corporate/Eliminations	(3,456)	(3,262)	(3,187)	(2,523)	(12,428)
Total	46,216	38,918	34,614	24,551	144,299

Operating (loss) income
Processing	(5,505)	(5,848)	(12,394)	(10,089)	(33,836)
IPG	(1,973)	(2,920)	(3,175)	(4,280)	(12,348)
All Other	(3,532)	(2,928)	(9,219)	(5,809)	(21,488)
Financial services	345	(1,249)	(1,701)	(1,016)	(3,621)
Technology and Other	1,145	589	945	136	2,815
Subtotal: Operating segments	(4,015)	(6,508)	(13,150)	(10,969)	(34,642)
Corporate/Eliminations	(2,421)	(3,912)	(1,062)	(2,211)	(9,606)
Total	(6,436)	(10,420)	(14,212)	(13,180)	(44,248)

Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR	14.7520	14.6022	15.3667	17.2810	17.5686

(1) Revenues-Processing-All others has been restated for the error described in Note 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. There was no impact on operating loss as a result of the restatement.

Table 15	Fiscal 2019⁽¹⁾
	In United States Dollars
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	F2019
	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000	$ '000
Revenues
Processing	45,658	26,807	21,959	23,664	118,088
IPG	2,404	2,300	1,892	1,561	8,157
All Other	43,254	24,507	20,067	22,103	109,931
Financial services	25,442	11,779	10,550	9,263	57,034
Technology and Other	4,748	4,796	5,277	5,294	20,115
Subtotal: Operating segments	75,848	43,382	37,786	38,221	195,237
Corporate/Eliminations	(5,883)	(3,288)	(2,571)	(22,860)	(34,602)
Total	69,965	40,094	35,215	15,361	160,635

Operating (loss) income
Processing	(7,091)	(23,481)	(15,431)	(5,572)	(51,575)
IPG	(2,238)	(9,425)	(1,877)	(2,561)	(16,101)
All Other	(4,853)	(14,056)	(13,554)	(3,011)	(35,474)
Financial services	4,038	(25,144)	(4,477)	(4,485)	(30,068)
Technology and Other	210	335	164	(6,003)	(5,294)
Subtotal: Operating segments	(2,843)	(48,290)	(19,744)	(16,060)	(86,937)
Corporate/Eliminations	(4,492)	(3,175)	(4,032)	(36,296)	(47,995)
Total	(7,335)	(51,465)	(23,776)	(52,356)	(134,932)

Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR	14.8587	14.3236	14.1703	14.2884	14.2695

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At March 31, 2021, our cash and cash equivalents were $207.8 million and comprised of U.S. dollar-denominated balances of $171.2 million, ZAR-denominated balances of ZAR 0.5 billion ($34.1 million), and other currency deposits, primarily Botswana pula, of $2.4 million, all amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021. The decrease in our unrestricted cash balances from June 30, 2020, was primarily due to the payment of Federal income taxes, weak trading activities and an increase in our lending book, which was partially offset by the receipt of the outstanding proceeds related to the sale of our Korean business, receipt of proceeds related to the disposal of Bank Frick and the receipt of the outstanding loan related to the disposal of our remaining interest in DNI.

We generally invest any surplus cash held by our South African operations in overnight call accounts that we maintain at South African banking institutions, and any surplus cash held by our non-South African companies in U.S. dollar denominated money market accounts.

Historically, we have financed most of our operations, research and development, working capital, and capital expenditures, as well as acquisitions and strategic investments, through internally generated cash and our financing facilities. When considering whether to borrow under our financing facilities, we consider the cost of capital, cost of financing, opportunity cost of utilizing surplus cash and availability of tax efficient structures to moderate financing costs.

Available short-term borrowings

Summarized below are our short-term facilities available and utilized as of March 31, 2021:

Table 16	RMB		Nedbank
	$ ’000	ZAR ’000	$ ’000	ZAR ’000
Total short-term facilities available, comprising:
Overdraft	-	-	3,372	50,000
Overdraft restricted as to use⁽¹⁾	80,929	1,200,000	16,860	250,000
Total overdraft	80,929	1,200,000	20,232	300,000
Indirect and derivative facilities⁽²⁾	-	-	10,726	159,037
Total short-term facilities available	80,929	1,200,000	30,958	459,037

Utilized short-term facilities:
Overdraft restricted as to use⁽¹⁾	10,519	155,966	876	13,002
Indirect and derivative facilities⁽²⁾	-	-	10,558	156,556

Interest rate, based on South African prime rate		7.00%
Interest rate, based on South African prime rate less 1.15%				5.85%

(1) Overdraft may only be used to fund mobile ATMs and upon utilization is considered restricted cash.

(2) Indirect and derivative facilities may only be used for guarantees, letters of credit and forward exchange contracts to support guarantees issued by Nedbank to various third parties on our behalf.

Restricted cash

We have credit facilities with RMB and Nedbank in order to access cash to fund our ATMs in South Africa. Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of March 31, 2021, includes restricted cash of approximately $11.4 million related to cash withdrawn from our various debt facilities to fund ATMs. This cash may only be used to fund ATMs and is considered restricted as to use and therefore is classified as restricted cash on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

We have also entered into cession and pledge agreements with Nedbank related to certain of our Nedbank credit facilities and we have ceded and pledged certain bank accounts to Nedbank. The funds included in these bank accounts are restricted as they may not be withdrawn without the express permission of Nedbank. Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of March 31, 2021, includes restricted cash of approximately $7.6 million that has been ceded and pledged.

Cash flows from operating activities

Third quarter

Net cash used in operating activities during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 was $8.3 million (ZAR 123.5 million) compared to $4.2 million (ZAR 64.5 million) during the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Excluding the impact of income taxes, our cash used in operating activities during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 was impacted by the cash losses incurred by the majority of our continuing operations and the payment of a $3.6 million settlement (refer to Note 6). Our net cash provided by operating activities during the third quarter of fiscal 2020 includes the contribution from our Korean operations for January and February 2020 of $4.4 million (refer to Note 21). Our cash used in operating activities during the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was also impacted by the pandemic because we were unable to originate loans towards the end of March 2020 due to the temporary COVID-19 restrictions imposed on our lending activities in late March 2020. This had a positive result on net cash used in operating activities during the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Our operating cash flows for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 were also adversely impacted by the purchase of additional Cell C prepaid airtime that was subject to sale restrictions.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we paid our first provisional South African tax payments of $0.2 million (ZAR 2.6 million) related to our 2021 tax year. During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we paid our first provisional South African tax payments of $0.1 million (ZAR 0.9 million) related to our 2020 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $1.9 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

Taxes paid during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

Table 17	Three months ended March 31,
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	$	$	ZAR	ZAR
	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000
First provisional payments	176	60	2,596	890
Second provisional payments	-	26	-	388
Tax refund received	-	(1,311)	-	(18,853)
Total South African taxes paid (received)	176	(1,225)	2,596	(17,575)
Foreign taxes paid	35	1,870	525	28,190
Total tax paid	211	645	3,121	10,615

Year to date

Net cash used in operating activities during the year to date of fiscal 2021 was $50.1 million (ZAR 807.7 million) compared to $18.1 million (ZAR 289.1 million) during the year to date of fiscal 2020. Excluding the impact of income taxes, our cash used in operating activities during the year to date of fiscal 2021 was impacted by the cash losses incurred by the majority of our continuing operations and the payment of a $3.6 million settlement (refer to Note 6). Our net cash used in operating activities during the year to date of fiscal 2020 includes the contribution from our Korean operations for eight months of $14.6 million (refer to Note 21).

During the year to date of fiscal 2021, we paid our first provisional South African tax payments of $0.9 million (ZAR 12.7 million) related to our 2021 tax year. During the year to date of fiscal 2021, we paid South African tax of $0.2 million (ZAR 3.4 million) related to our 2020 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $15.3 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily in the U.S. During the year to date of fiscal 2020, we paid our first provisional South African tax payments of $0.8 million (ZAR 11.5 million) related to our 2020 tax year. During the year to date of fiscal 2020, we paid South African tax of $0.8 million (ZAR 11.6 million) related to our 2019 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $4.3 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

Taxes paid during the year to date of fiscal 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

Table 18	Nine months ended March 31,
	2021	2020	2021	2020
	$	$	ZAR	ZAR
	‘000	‘000	‘000	‘000
First provisional payments	853	800	12,680	11,547
Second provisional payments	-	26	-	388
Taxation paid related to prior years	205	782	3,423	11,620
Tax refund received	(12)	(1,339)	(205)	(19,245)
Total South African taxes paid	1,046	269	15,898	4,310
Foreign taxes paid	15,336	4,263	256,366	62,302
Total tax paid	16,382	4,532	272,264	66,612

Cash flows from investing activities

Third quarter

Cash used in investing activities for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 included capital expenditures of $0.6 million (ZAR 9.7 million), primarily due to the acquisition of computer equipment. During the third quarter of fiscal 2021 we disposed of our investment in Bank Frick and received $18.6 million of the $30.0 million sales proceeds, the remainder of which will be received in fiscal 2022 and 2023.

Cash used in investing activities for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 included capital expenditures of $1.0 million (ZAR 16.0 million), primarily due to the acquisition of computer equipment in South Korea to maintain operations and leasehold improvements in Malta. During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we received a net $192.6 million from the sale of Net1 Korea and paid transaction costs of $7.5 million related to this disposal. We also invested a further $1.3 million in V2 Limited.

Year to date

Cash used in investing activities for the year to date of fiscal 2021 included capital expenditures of $3.9 million (ZAR 63.6 million), primarily due to the acquisition of motor vehicles, which largely comprises a fleet of customized mobile ATMs used to deliver a service to rural communities, computer equipment and leasehold improvements in South Africa. We received $20.1 million related to the sale of our Korean business following the successful refund application of the amounts withheld and paid to the South Korean tax authorities pursuant to that transaction. We received $18.6 million related to the disposal of Bank Frick and the amount due on the deferred sale proceeds related to the April 2020 sale of DNI, which has now been paid in full. We also extended loan funding of $1.0 million to V2 and $0.2 million to Revix.

Cash used in investing activities for the year to date of fiscal 2020 included capital expenditures of $4.5 million (ZAR 71.7 million), primarily due to the acquisition of ATMs and computer equipment in South Africa, leasehold improvements in Malta and processing equipment in South Korea to maintain operations. During the year to date fiscal 2020, we received a net $192.6 million from the sale of Net1 Korea, paid transaction costs of $7.5 million related to this disposal, received $10.9 million from the sale of FIHRST and received $4.3 million from DNI related to the settlement of a ZAR 60.0 million loan outstanding. We also made a further equity contribution of $2.5 million to V2 and extended loan funding of $0.7 million to Revix.

Cash flows from financing activities

Third quarter

During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we utilized approximately $55.3 million from our South African overdraft facilities to fund our ATMs and repaid $103.2 million of these facilities.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we utilized approximately $184.7 million from our South African overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $203.8 million of these facilities. We also utilized $9.0 million of our Bank Frick overdraft to fund our operations and repaid $22.9 million towards this facility, including the final payment to settle the facility in full.

Year to date

During the year to date of fiscal 2021, we utilized approximately $261.8 million from our South African overdraft facilities to fund our ATMs and repaid $268.3 million of these facilities.

During the year to date fiscal 2020, we utilized approximately $567.9 million from our South African overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $578.3 million of these facilities. We utilized approximately $14.8 million of our borrowings to fund the purchase of Cell C prepaid airtime that is subject to sale restrictions. We prepaid approximately $11.3 million of these borrowings (Facility F) utilizing the proceeds received from the disposal of FIHRST. We also repaid $26.9 million of our Bank Frick overdraft and utilized $17.4 million of this overdraft to fund our operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Capital Expenditures

We expect capital spending for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 to primarily include limited investments into our vehicle fleet, our ATM infrastructure and branch network in South Africa. Our capital expenditures for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 are discussed under “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Cash flows from investing activities.” All of our capital expenditures for the past three fiscal years were funded through internally generated funds. We had outstanding capital commitments as of March 31, 2021, of $0.1 million. We expect to fund these expenditures through internally generated funds and available facilities.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

In addition to the tables below, see Note 5 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of market risk.

We have short-term borrowings which attract interest at rates that fluctuate based on changes in the South African prime interest rate. The following table illustrates the effect on our annual expected interest charge, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2021, as a result of changes in the South African prime interest rate, assuming hypothetical short-term borrowings of ZAR 1.0 billion as of March 31, 2021. The effect of a hypothetical 1% (i.e. 100 basis points) increase and a 1% decrease in the South African prime interest rate as of March 31, 2021, are shown. The selected 1% hypothetical change does not reflect what could be considered the best or worst case scenarios.

Table 19	As of March 31, 2021
	Annual expected interest charge ($ ’000)	Hypothetical change in interest rates	Estimated annual expected interest charge after hypothetical change in interest rates ($ ’000)
Interest on South Africa overdraft (South African prime interest rate)	4,721	1%	5,395

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our interim chief executive officer / chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of March 31, 2021. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, and in light of the insufficient instances to assess the effectiveness of the procedures we have adopted to remediate the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, our interim chief executive officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2021.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We continue to monitor the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in the areas affected by the material weakness described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, and we have and will continue to perform additional procedures, including the use of manual mitigating control procedures and employing any additional tools and resources deemed necessary, to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are fairly stated in all material respects.

Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 10-Q:

			Incorporated by Reference Herein
Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit	Included Herewith	Form	Exhibit	Filing Date

10.31	Share Purchase Agreement, dated February 3, 2021, between Net1 Holdings LI AG, Kuno Frick Familienstiftung and, as Object of Sale, Bank Frick & Co. AG	X	8-K	10.1	February 9, 2021

10.32	Release and Indemnity Agreement, dated February 3, 2021, between Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc., Masterpayment Ltd, Masterpayment AG, Summit Payment Services AG, Ceevo Financial Services (Malta) Limited, Kuno Frick Familienstiftung and Bank Frick & Co. AG	X	8-K	10.2	February 9, 2021
10.33	Security Pledge and Cession, dated February 3, 2021, given by Kuno Frick Familienstiftung in favour of Net1 Holdings LI AG, with the main holder being, Bank Frick & Co. AG	X	8-K	10.3	February 9, 2021
10.34	Contract of Employment, effective February 5, 2021, between Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa Proprietary Limited and Lincoln Mali	X	8-K	10.1	February 11, 2021
10.35	Restrictive Covenants Agreement, effective February 5, 2021, between Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa Proprietary Limited and Lincoln Mali	X	8-K	10.2	February 11, 2021
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act	X
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act	X
32	Certification pursuant to 18 USC Section 1350	X
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document	X
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema	X
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase	X
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase	X
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase	X
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase	X

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on May 6, 2021.

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: /s/ Alex M.R. Smith

Alex M.R. Smith
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary