UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended MarchDecember 31, 2019

OR

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


For the transition period from ____________ To ________________________________ To_____________________

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, 4th Floor, Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road

Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

President Place, 4th Floor, Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

Not Applicable

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 [X] 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 [X] 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

[X ]X] Accelerated filer

[   ] Non-accelerated filer

[   ]X] 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 [X ][X]

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

Name of each exchange
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per shareUEPSNASDAQ Global Select Market
Common stock, par value $0.001 per shareNT1Johannesburg Stock Exchange

As of May 6, 2019February 3, 2020 (the latest practicable date), 56,815,92556,568,425 shares of the registrant’sregistrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, net of treasury shares, were outstanding.


Form 10-Q

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.INC

Table of Contents

  Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Item 1.Financial Statements 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at Marchas of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 201820192

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 (as restated)3

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 (as restated)4

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 (as restated)5

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 (as restated)7

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements89
Item 2.Management’sManagement's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations4542
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk6562
Item 4.Controls and Procedures6562
PARTPart II. OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings6663
Item 1A.Risk Factors6763
Item 5.Other Information63
Item 6.Exhibits6863
Signatures
6864
     EXHIBIT 10.102


Part I. Financial Informationinformation

Item 1. Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
  March 31,  June 30, 
  2019  2018(A)
  (In thousands, except share data) 
ASSETS   
CURRENT ASSETS      
     Cash and cash equivalents$ 48,757 $ 87,075 
     Restricted cash (Note 11) 74,181  - 
     Pre-funded social welfare grants receivable (Note 3) -  2,965 
     Accounts receivable, net and other receivables (Note 4) 80,150  93,448 
     Finance loans receivable, net (Note 4) 25,217  61,463 
     Inventory (Note 5) 7,861  10,361 
     Current assets of discontinued operation (Note 2) -  22,482 
          Total current assets before settlement assets 236,166  277,794 
                     Settlement assets (Note 6) 66,222  149,047 
                                Total current assets 302,388  426,841 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of – March: $131,212; June: $126,026 19,889  25,737 
EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 2 and Note 8) 167,497  87,992 
GOODWILL (Note 2 and Note 9) 156,499  169,079 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net (Note 2 and Note 9) 15,719  27,129 
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 2,862  5,751 
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS, including reinsurance assets (Note 8 and Note 10) 174,903  235,032 
LONG-TERM ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATION (Note 2 and Note 8) -  241,729 
     TOTAL ASSETS 839,757  1,219,290 
LIABILITIES   
CURRENT LIABILITIES      
     Short-term credit facilities for ATM funding (Note 11) 74,181  - 
     Short-term credit facilities (Note 11) 8,865  - 
     Accounts payable 14,743  21,106 
     Other payables 37,936  41,645 
     Current portion of long-term borrowings (Note 2 and Note 11) 15,823  44,079 
     Income taxes payable 4,958  5,742 
     Current liabilities of discontinued operation (Note 2) -  20,914 
             Total current liabilities before settlement obligations 156,506  133,486 
                     Settlement obligations (Note 6) 66,222  149,047 
                              Total current liabilities 222,728  282,533 
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES (Note 2) 6,299  17,485 
LONG-TERM BORROWINGS (Note 11) -  5,469 
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES, including insurance policy liabilities (Note 10) 2,273  30,289 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATION (Note 2) -  37,412 
     TOTAL LIABILITIES 231,300  373,188 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES      
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK 107,672  107,672 
EQUITY   
COMMON STOCK (Note 12)
     Authorized: 200,000,000 with $0.001 par value;
     Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury - March: 56,815,925; June: 56,685,925
 

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 277,950  276,201 
TREASURY SHARES, AT COST: March: 24,891,292; June: 24,891,292 (286,951) (286,951)
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Note 2 and Note 13) (204,338) (184,436)
RETAINED EARNINGS 713,701  837,625 
     TOTAL NET1 EQUITY 500,442  642,519 
     NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST 343  95,911 
          TOTAL EQUITY 500,785  738,430 
                 TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK ANDSHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY$ 839,757 $ 1,219,290 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

      December 31,    June 30, 
        2019        2019(A) 
      (In thousands, except share data) 
    ASSETS         
CURRENT ASSETS         
 Cash and cash equivalents$50,719  $46,065 
 Restricted cash (Note 10) 84,360   75,446 
 Accounts receivable, net and other receivables (Note 3) 68,565   72,494 
 Finance loans receivable, net (Note 3) 29,117   30,631 
 Inventory (Note 4) 21,196   7,535 
  Total current assets before settlement assets 253,957   232,171 
   Settlement assets (Note 5) 55,401   63,479 
    Total current assets 309,358   295,650 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of - December: $121,584 June: $129,185 16,450   18,554 
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE (Note 18) 7,838   - 
EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 7) 155,627   151,116 
GOODWILL (Note 8) 148,938   149,387 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Note 8) 8,043   11,889 
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 2,112   2,151 
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS, including reinsurance assets (Note 7 and 9) 41,144   44,189 
TOTAL ASSETS 689,510   672,936 
            
    LIABILITIES       
CURRENT LIABILITIES       
 Short-term credit facilities for ATM funding (Note 10) 84,360   75,446 
 Short-term credit facilities (Note 10) 13,906   9,544 
 Accounts payable 14,211   17,005 
 Other payables (Note 11) 69,134   66,449 
 Operating lease right of use lease liability - current (Note 18) 3,534   - 
 Current portion of long-term borrowings (Note 10) 4,063   - 
 Income taxes payable 5,043   6,223 
  Total current liabilities before settlement obligations 194,251   174,667 
   Settlement obligations (Note 5) 55,402   63,479 
    Total current liabilities 249,653   238,146 
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 4,503   4,682 
RIGHT-OF-USE OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY - LONG TERM (Note 18) 4,499   - 
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES, including insurance policy liabilities (Note 7) 2,623   3,007 
TOTAL LIABILITIES 261,278   245,835 
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK 107,672   107,672 
            
    EQUITY       
COMMON STOCK (Note 12)       
 Authorized: 200,000,000 with $0.001 par value;       
 Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury - December: 56,568,425 June: 56,568,425 80   80 
            
PREFERRED STOCK       
 Authorized shares: 50,000,000 with $0.001 par value;       
 Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury: December: - June: - -   - 
ADDITIONAL PAID-IN-CAPITAL 277,891   276,997 
TREASURY SHARES, AT COST: December: 24,891,292 June: 24,891,292 (286,951)  (286,951)
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Note 13) (194,439)  (199,273)
RETAINED EARNINGS 523,979   528,576 
TOTAL NET1 EQUITY 320,560   319,429 
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST -   - 
TOTAL EQUITY 320,560   319,429 
             
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY$689,510  $672,936 

(A) - Derived from audited financial statements filed on Form 10-K/A on December 6, 2018 (Note 1)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations


 Three months ended  Nine months ended Three months ended   Six months ended 
 March 31,  March 31,  December 31,   December 31, 
 2019A 2018 2019A 2018  2019   2018  2019  2018 
    (AsrestatedAB)     (AsrestatedAB)  (In thousands, except per share data)  (In thousands, except per share data) 
 (In thousands, except per share data) (In thousands, except per share data)              
REVENUE$ 86,484 $ 162,721 $ 309,518 $ 463,695 
REVENUE (Note 17)$74,080  $77,442  $154,836  $184,539 
             
EXPENSE                      
             
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 50,179 77,860 173,680 226,506  43,160   41,231  89,954  103,335 
Selling, general and administration 42,802 48,091 155,676 141,417  33,393   69,730  65,324  111,152 
Depreciation and amortization 9,881 9,341 30,528 27,030  4,381   7,191  9,146  15,048 
Impairment loss (Note 9) 5,305  19,865  13,496  19,865 
OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME (21,683) 7,564 (63,862) 48,877 
CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF EQUITY SECURITIES (Note 7 and 8) (26,263) 37,843 (42,099) 37,843 
LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF DNI (Note 2) 5,140 - 5,140 - 
INTEREST INCOME, net of impairment (Note 8) (959) 5,154 586 14,903 
Impairment loss (Note 8) -   8,191  -  8,191 
             
OPERATING LOSS (6,854)  (48,901) (9,588) (53,187)
             
CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF EQUITY SECURITIES (Note 6 and 7) -   (15,836) -  (15,836)
             
GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF FIHRST (Note 2) 9,743   -  9,743  - 
             
INTEREST INCOME 1,343   2,177  1,994  3,778 
             
INTEREST EXPENSE 3,493  2,426  9,030  6,872  3,221   2,563  4,576  5,121 
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE (57,538) 48,135 (119,545) 94,751 
INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE (Note 19) (2,490)  19,418  1,702  39,757 
NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE EARNINGS FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (55,048) 28,717 (121,247) 54,994 
(LOSS) EARNINGS FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (464)  3,960  (338)  7,389 
             
IMPAIRMENT OF CEDAR CELLULAR NOTE (Note 7) -   2,732  -  2,732 
             
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT) 1,011   (67,855) (2,427) (73,098)
             
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT) (Note 20) 1,722   (4,398) 3,739  577 
             
NET LOSS BEFORE EARNINGS (LOSS) FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (711)  (63,457) (6,166) (73,675)
             
EARNINGS (LOSS) FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 7) 506   (1,291) 1,569  184 
             
NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS (205)  (64,748) (4,597) (73,491)
             
NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Note 22) -   3,779  -  7,418 
             
NET (LOSS) INCOME (55,512)  32,677   (121,585)  62,383  (205)  (60,969) (4,597) (66,073)
             
LESS (ADD) NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST -   2,972  -  3,067 
Continuing (50,784)  29,386   (124,275)  57,181  -   721   -   (877)
Discontinued (4,728)  3,291   2,690   5,202  -   2,251   -   3,944 
(ADD) LESS NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (728)  302   2,339   903 
Continuing (485)  302   (1,362)  903 
Discontinued (243)  -   3,701   - 
             
NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NET1  (54,784)   32,375    (123,924)   61,480  (205)  (63,941) (4,597) (69,140)
Continuing (50,299)  29,084   (122,913)  56,278  (205)  (65,469)  (4,597)  (72,614)
Discontinued$(4,485) $3,291  $(1,011) $5,202 $-  $1,528  $-  $3,474 
Net (loss) income per share, in U.S. dollars(Note 15)         
             
Net (loss) earnings per share, in United States dollars (Note 15):             
Basic (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders$(0.96) $0.57  $(2.18) $1.08 $(0.00) $(1.13) $(0.08) $(1.22)
Continuing$(0.88) $0.51  $(2.16) $1.02 $(0.00) $(1.16) $(0.08) $(1.28)
Discontinued$(0.08) $0.06  $(0.02) $0.06 $-  $0.03  $-  $0.06 
Diluted (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders$(0.96) $0.57  $(2.18) $1.08 $(0.00) $(1.12) $(0.08) $(1.22)
Continuing$(0.88) $0.51  $(2.16) $1.02 $(0.00) $(1.15) $(0.08) $(1.28)
Discontinued$(0.08) $0.06  $(0.02) $0.06 $-  $0.03  $-  $0.06 
             
  
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsSee Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements  


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
(B) Refer to Note 1.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income


       Three months ended   Six months ended 
       December 31,   December 31, 
       2019   2018   2019   2018 
       (In thousands)   (In thousands) 
                     
Net loss$(205) $(60,969) $(4,597) $(66,073)
                     
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes               
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve 19,114   (10,353)  1,029   (23,675)
 Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of FIHRST 1,578   -   1,578   - 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investments (491)  -   2,227   5,430 
   Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes 20,201   (10,353)  4,834   (18,245)
                     
  Comprehensive income (loss) 19,996   (71,322)  237   (84,318)
    (Less) Add comprehensive (gain) loss attributable to non-controlling interest -   (1,363)  -   1,342 
                     
     Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Net1$19,996  $(72,685) $237  $(82,976)

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity


  Three months ended  Nine months ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
     (AsrestatedA)     (AsrestatedA) 
  (In thousands)  (In thousands) 
             
Net (loss) income$ (55,512)$32,677 $(121,585)$62,383 
             
Other comprehensive (loss) income            
         Movement in foreign currency translation reserve (8,351) 20,683  (32,026) 60,320 
         Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of DNI (Note 2 and Note 13) 1,806  -  1,806  - 
         Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investments -  -  5,430  (227)
                 Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes (6,545) 20,683  (24,790) 60,093 
             
             Comprehensive (loss) income (62,057) 53,360  (146,375) 122,476 
                   Add (Less) comprehensive loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interest 1,207  (473) 2,549  (1,274)
                       Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Net1$ (60,850)$ 52,887 $ (143,826)$ 121,202 
  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 December 31, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands)
 
Balance - October 1, 2018 81,725,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,833,925 $276,865 $830,995 $(189,630)$631,359 $91,477 $722,836 $107,672 
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)                598        598     598    
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest                         -  (1,208) (1,208)   
Net (loss) income                   (63,941)    (63,941) 2,972  (60,969)   
Other comprehensive loss (Note 13)                      (8,744) (8,744) (1,609) (10,353)   
Balance - December 31, 2018 81,725,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,833,925 $277,463 $767,054 $(198,374)$559,272 $91,632 $650,904 $107,672 

  For the six months ended December 31, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands) 
Balance - July 1, 2018 81,577,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,685,925 $276,201 $836,194 $(184,538)$640,986 $95,911 $736,897 $107,672 
                                     
Restricted stock granted 148,000           148,000           -     -    
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)                1,185        1,185     1,185    
Stock-based compensation charge related to equity accounted investment                77        77     77    
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest                         -  (2,937) (2,937)   
Net (loss) income                   (69,140)    (69,140) 3,067  (66,073)   
Other comprehensive loss (Note 13)                      (13,836) (13,836) (4,409) (18,245)   
Balance - December 31, 2018 81,725,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,833,925 $277,463 $767,054 $(198,374)$559,272 $91,632 $650,904 $107,672 


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) income  Total Net1 Equity  Non-controlling Interest  Total  Redeemable common stock 
  For the three months ended December 31, 2019 (dollar amounts in thousands) 
Balance - October 1, 2019 81,459,717 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,568,425 $277,455 $524,184 $(214,640)$300,128 $- $300,128 $107,672 
                                     
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)                436        436     436    
Net loss                   (205)    (205) -  (205)   
Other comprehensive income (Note 13)                      20,201  20,201  -  20,201    
Balance - December 31, 2019 81,459,717 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,568,425 $277,891 $523,979 $(194,439)$320,560 $- $320,560 $107,672 

  For the six months ended December 31, 2019 (dollar amounts in thousands) 
Balance - July 1, 2019 81,459,717 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,568,425 $276,997 $528,576 $(199,273)$319,429 $- $319,429 $107,672 
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)                823        823     823    
Stock-based compensation charge related to equity accounted investment (Note 7)                71        71     71    
Net loss                   (4,597)    (4,597) -  (4,597)   
Other comprehensive income (Note 13)                      4,834  4,834  -  4,834    
Balance - December 31, 2019 81,459,717 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,568,425 $277,891 $523,979 $(194,439)$320,560 $- $320,560 $107,672 
                                     
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows


    Three months ended   Six months ended 
    December 31,   December 31, 
    2019   2018   2019   2018 
    (In thousands)   (In thousands) 
                  
Cash flows from operating activities               
 Net loss$(205) $(60,969) $(4,597) $(66,073)
 Depreciation and amortization 4,381   9,853   9,146   20,647 
 Impairment loss (Note 8) -   8,191   -   8,191 
 Movement in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable (429)  21,368   83   23,958 
 (Earnings) loss from equity-accounted investments (Note 7) (506)  1,247   (1,569)  (126)
 Movement in allowance for doubtful loans 620   -   620   - 
 Interest on Cedar Cellular note (Note 7) -   (1,216)  -   (1,372)
 Impairment of Cedar Cellular note (Note 7) -   2,732   -   2,732 
 Change in fair value of equity securities (Note 6 and 7) -   15,836   -   15,836 
 Fair value adjustment related to financial liabilities 147   83   234   1 
 Interest payable 526   131   1,158   241 
 Facility fee amortized -   68   -   155 
 Gain on disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) (9,743)  -   (9,743)  - 
 Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment (49)  (139)  (203)  (266)
 Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14) 436   598   823   1,185 
 Dividends received from equity accounted investments 380   454   1,448   454 
 Decrease in accounts receivable, pre-funded social welfare grants receivable and finance loans receivable 8,767   18,753   3,101   28,755 
 (Increase) Decrease in inventory (682)  (24)  (12,995)  2,161 
 Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable and other payables 3,132   (11,759)  (264)  (19,535)
 (Decrease) increase in taxes payable (2,244)  (7,007)  (956)  1,347 
 Decrease in deferred taxes (117)  (3,436)  (205)  (7,070)
  Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 4,414   (5,236)  (13,919)  11,221 
                  
Cash flows from investing activities               
Capital expenditures (827)  (2,547)  (3,451)  (5,665)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 90   212   303   486 
Proceeds from disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) 10,895   -   10,895   - 
Investment in equity-accounted investments (Note 7) -   (2,500)  (1,250)  (2,500)
Loan to equity-accounted investment (Note 7) (612)  -   (612)  - 
Repayment of loans by equity-accounted investments -   -   4,268   - 
Acquisition of intangible assets -   (1,384)  -   (1,384)
Investment in MobiKwik -   (1,056)  -   (1,056)
Return on investment -   -   -   284 
Net change in settlement assets 3,371   2,031   (10,138)  77,962 
 Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 12,917   (5,244)  15   68,127 
                  
Cash flows from financing activities               
Proceeds from bank overdraft (Note 10) 207,876   221,582   391,550   306,237 
Repayment of bank overdraft (Note 10) (193,725)  (245,726)  (378,554)  (245,726)
Long-term borrowings utilized (Note 10) -   3,203   14,798   11,004 
Repayment of long-term borrowings (Note 10) (11,313)  (13,551)  (11,313)  (23,811)
Guarantee fee -   (258)  (148)  (394)
Finance lease capital repayments (26)  -   (52)  - 
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest -   (1,208)  -   (2,937)
Net change in settlement obligations (3,371)  (2,031)  10,138   (77,962)
 Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (559)  (37,989)  26,419   (33,589)
                  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash 7,508   (1,823)  1,053   (2,772)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 24,280   (50,292)  13,568   42,987 
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period 110,799   183,333   121,511   90,054 
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period(1)$135,079  $133,041  $135,079  $133,041 
                  
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements  
(1) Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2019, includes restricted cash of approximately $84.4 million 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. Refer to Note 10 for additional information regarding the Company's facilities. 
 
 


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Notes to Note 1.

See Notes tothe Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Shareholders

                       Accumulated  Total          
        Number           Retained  Other  Net1          
  Number     of     Number of  Additional  Earnings  Comprehensive  Equity  Non-  Total  Redeemable 
  of     Treasury  Treasury  Shares, Net  Paid-In  (As  (Loss) Income  (As  Controlling  (As  Common 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Shares  of Treasury  Capital  restatedA)  (As restatedA)  restatedA)  Interest  restatedA)  Stock 
   For the three months ended March 31, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands)     
Balance – January 1, 2018 81,723,662 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,832,370 $274,961 $802,381 $(123,359)$667,112 $3,567 $670,679 $107,672 
Restricted stock granted (Note 14) 22,817           22,817           -          
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)           575      575    575   
Net income                   32,375     32,375  302  32,677    
Other comprehensive income (Note 13)               20,512  20,512  171  20,683   
Balance – March 31, 2018 81,746,479 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,855,187 $275,536 $834,756 $(102,847)$720,574 $4,040 $724,614 $107,672 
   For the nine months ended March 31, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands)     
Balance – July 1, 2017 81,261,029 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,369,737 $273,733 $773,276 $(162,569)$597,569 $2,766 $600,335 $107,672 
Restricted stock granted (Note 14) 611,411           611,411           -     -    
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)           2,052      2,052    2,052   
Reversal of stock compensation charge (Note 14) (125,961)       (125,961) (42)     (42)   (42)  
Reversal of stock based- compensation charge related to equity-accounted investment           (207)     (207)   (207)  
Net income                   61,480     61,480  903  62,383    
Other comprehensive income (Note 13)               59,722  59,722  371  60,093   
Balance – March 31, 2018 81,746,479 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,855,187 $275,536 $834,756 $(102,847)$720,574 $4,040 $724,614 $107,672 

(A) Refer to Note 1.

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Shareholders

        Number              Accumulated             
  Number     of     Number of  Additional     Other  Total  Non-     Redeemable 
  of     Treasury  Treasury  Shares, Net  Paid-In  Retained  Comprehensive  Net1  Controlling     Common 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Shares  of Treasury  Capital  Earnings  (Loss) Income  Equity  Interest  Total  Stock 
   For the three months ended March 31, 2019 (dollar amounts in thousands)     
Balance – January 1, 2019 81,725,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,833,925 $277,463 $768,485 $(198,272)$560,805 $91,632 $652,437 $107,672 
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)           578      578    578   
Reversal of stock compensation charge (Note 14) (18,000)       (18,000) (91)     (91)   (91)  
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest                 -  (1,148) (1,148)  
Deconsolidation of DNI (Note 2)                         -  (88,934) (88,934)   
Net loss                   (54,784)    (54,784) (728) (55,512)   
Other comprehensive loss (Note 13)                      (6,066) (6,066) (479) (6,545)   
Balance – March 31, 2019 81,707,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,815,925 $277,950 $713,701 $(204,338)$500,442 $343 $500,785 $107,672 
   For the nine months ended March 31, 2019 (dollar amounts in thousands)     
Balance – July 1, 2018 81,577,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,685,925 $276,201 $837,625 $(184,436)$642,519 $95,911 $738,430 $107,672 
Restricted stock granted (Note 14) 148,000           148,000           -     -    
Stock-based compensation charge (Note 14)           1,763      1,763    1,763   
Reversal of stock compensation charge (Note 14) (18,000)       (18,000) (91)     (91)   (91)  
Stock-based compensation charge related to equity-accounted investment (Note 8)           77      77    77   
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest                 -  (4,085) (4,085)  
Deconsolidation of DNI (Note 2)                         -  (88,934) (88,934)   
Net (loss) income                   (123,924)    (123,924) 2,339  (121,585)   
Other comprehensive loss (Note 13)                      (19,902) (19,902) (4,888) (24,790)   
Balance – March 31, 2019 81,707,217 $80  (24,891,292)$(286,951) 56,815,925 $277,950 $713,701 $(204,338)$500,442 $343 $500,785 $107,672 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  Three months ended  Nine months ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
     (asrestated(A))     (asrestated(A)) 
  (In thousands)  (In thousands) 
Cash flows from operating activities (Note 2)            
Net (loss) income$ (55,512)$ 32,677 $ (121,585)$ 62,383 
Depreciation and amortization 9,881  9,341  30,528  27,030 
Impairment loss (Note 9) 5,305  19,865  13,496  19,865 
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable charged 396  579  31,638  11,560 
Loss (Earnings) from equity-accounted investments 464  (3,960) 338  (7,389)
Interest on Cedar Cell note, net of impairment (Note 8) 2,044  (587) 3,404  (769)
Change in fair value of equity securities (Notes 7 and 8) 26,263  (37,843) 42,099  (37,843)
Fair value adjustments and foreign currency re-measurements 90  (110) 91  (209)
Interest payable 53  (17) 294  (264)
Facility fee amortized 51  120  206  467 
(Profit) Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment (147) (50) (413) 71 
Loss (Profit) on disposal of business (Note 2) 5,140  -  5,140  (463)
Stock-based compensation charge, net (Note 14) 487  575  1,672  2,010 
Dividends received from equity accounted investments -  1,946  454  4,111 
Decrease (Increase) in accounts receivable, pre-funded social welfare grants receivable and finance loans receivable (14,938) 41,679  6,533  (2,438)
Decrease (Increase) in inventory 1,451  1,072  3,612  (2,776)
Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable and other payables 8,196  2,827  (11,339) 5,775 
Increase in taxes payable 795  9,007  2,142  8,091 
(Decrease) Increase in deferred taxes (4,153) 7,824  (11,223) 8,252 
     Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (14,134) 84,945  (2,913) 97,464 
Cash flows from investing activities (Note 2)            
Capital expenditures (1,615) (4,225) (7,280) (7,801)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 295  160  781  575 
Disposal of DNI (Note 2 and Note 16) (2,114) -  (2,114) - 
Investment in equity of equity-accounted investments (Note 8) (489) (18,597) (2,989) (132,335)
Acquisition of intangible assets -  -  (1,384) - 
Investment in MobiKwik -  -  (1,056) - 
Proceeds on return of investment (Note 8) -  -  284  - 
Investment in Cell C (Note 8) -  -  -  (151,003)
Loans to equity-accounted investments -  (10,635) -  (10,635)
Acquisition of held to maturity investment (Note 8) -  -  -  (9,000)
Other investing activities -  300  -  146 
Net change in settlement assets (1,083) 43,222  76,879  280,390 
     Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (5,006) 10,225  63,121  (29,663)
Cash flows from financing activities            
Proceeds from bank overdraft (Note 11) 278,288  9,802  584,525  42,372 
Repayment of bank overdraft (Note 11) (257,097) (42,650) (502,823) (56,993)
Repayment of long-term borrowings (Note 11) (12,499) (15,826) (36,310) (60,967)
Long-term borrowings utilized (Note 11) 3,609  17,726  14,613  113,157 
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest (1,148) -  (4,085) - 
Payment of guarantee fee (Note 11) -  (202) (394) (754)
Net change in settlement obligations 1,083  (43,222) (76,879) (280,390)
     Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 12,236  (74,372) (21,353) (243,575)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (3,199) 1,478  (5,971) 4,489 
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents andrestricted cash (10,103) 22,276  32,884  (171,285)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning 133,041  64,896  90,054  258,457 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period(1)$ 122,938 $ 87,172 $ 122,938 $ 87,172 

     (A) Refer to Note 1.
     See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(1) Cash, cash equivalents
For the three and restricted cash as of Marchsix months ended December 31, 2019 includes restricted cashand 2018
(All amounts in tables stated in thousands or thousands of approximately $74.2 million 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. Refer to Note 11 for additional information regarding the Company’s facilities.U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

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NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
(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

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 duly 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 (ZAR 172.2 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 - refer to Note 10.

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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, 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 financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, accounting policies and financial notes thereto included in the Company’sCompany's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.2019. 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 the "Company" refer to Net1 and its consolidated subsidiaries, collectively, unless the context otherwise requires. References to "Net1" are references solely to Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.

RestatementConsideration of prior year balances contained in financial statements and related notes forgoing concern

Accounting guidance requires the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018

     As previously reported and more fully described in Note 1Company's management to the consolidated financial statements containedassess whether there are conditions or events, considered in the Form 10-K/A filed on December 6, 2018,aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company restatedCompany's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after its 2018 consolidated financial statements, to correctly classify and record the change in fair value of its investment in Cell C in the statement of operations rather than in other comprehensive income as originally presented due to the election of the fair value option on acquisition. The Cell C investment was acquired in August 2017, and its fair value increased by $37,843 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company's management has identified certain conditions or events, which, considered in the aggregate, could raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern including the risk that the Company will be unable to:

The Company's management has implemented a number of plans to alleviate the effectsubstantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These plans include disposing of increasing income before tax by $37,843, income tax expense by $8,477 and net income by $29,366 and decreasing total comprehensive income by $29,366.

     The Company also identified and corrected other insignificant misstatementsits Korean business unit, KSNET, as announced in its press release of January 27, 2020, certain non-core assets (refer to Note 3 to the Company's audited consolidated statement of cash flowsfinancial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the threeyear ended June 30, 2019, for additional information regarding a call option granted to DNI), and nine months endedextending its existing borrowings used to fund its ATMs through September 2020. Provided the KSNET disposal closes, as expected, in March 31, 2018. This decreased net cash provided by operating activities by $300 with2020, this is expected to remove the substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a corresponding increasegoing concern.

In addition, the Company's management believes it has a number of mitigating actions it can pursue, including (i) limiting the expansion of its microlending finance loans receivable book in net cash provided by investing activities but had no effect onSouth Africa; (ii) implementing further cost cutting measures; (iii) commencing additional asset realizations; (iv) managing its capital expenditures; and (v) accessing alternative sources of capital (including through the net (decrease) increaseissuance of additional shares of its common stock), in cash, cash equivalentsorder to generate additional liquidity.



1.
Basis of Presentation and restricted cash forSummary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Consideration of going concern (continued)

The Company's management believes that these plans and mitigating actions alleviate the three monthssubstantial doubt referred to above and nine months ended March 31, 2018.therefore have concluded that the Company remains a going concern.

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

In May 2014,February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued guidance regardingRevenue from Contracts with Customers. This guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The guidance was originally set to be effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2017, however in August 2015, the FASB issued guidance regardingRevenue from Contracts with Customers, Deferral of the Effective Date. This guidance deferred the required implementation date specified inRevenue from Contracts with Customers to December 2017. Public companies were permitted to adopt the standard along the original timeline. The guidance became effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018. The Company elected the modified retrospective transition method upon adoption of this guidance. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements, except for the additional footnote disclosures provided.

     In January 2016, the FASB issued guidance regardingRecognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The guidance primarily affects the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The guidance requires changes in the fair value of the Company’s equity investments, with certain exceptions, to be recognized through net income rather than other comprehensive income. In addition, the guidance clarifies the valuation allowance assessment when recognizing deferred tax assets resulting from unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. This guidance became effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018. The amendments are required to be applied by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment on the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

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

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted (continued)

     Equity securities are measured at fair value. The Company may elect to measure equity securities without readily determinable fair values at its cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. We perform a qualitative assessment on a quarterly basis and recognize an impairment loss if there are sufficient indicators that the fair value of the equity security is less than carrying value. There were no changes in the fair value of our equity securities recorded during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019. Changes in fair value will be recorded in our condensed consolidated statement of operations in future periods within a caption titled "changes in fair value of equity securities".

     In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance regardingClassification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice and explains how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows, including beneficial interests in securitization, which would impact the presentation of the deferred purchase price from sales of receivables. This guidance became effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018, and must be applied retrospectively. The Company has elected to classify distributions received from equity method investees using the nature of the distribution approach. This election requires the Company to evaluate each distribution received on the basis of the source of the payment and classify the distribution as either operating cash inflows or investing cash inflows. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and the Company was not required to make any retrospective adjustments.

     In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance regardingClarifying the Definition of a Business. This guidance provides a more robust framework to use in determining when a set of assets and activities is a business. Because the current definition of a business is interpreted broadly and can be difficult to apply, stakeholders indicated that analyzing transactions is inefficient and costly and that the definition does not permit the use of reasonable judgment. The amendments provide more consistency in applying the guidance, reduce the costs of application, and make the definition of a business more operable. The guidance became effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance regardingSimplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This guidance removes the requirement for an entity to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill (as part of step 2 of the current goodwill impairment test) in measuring a goodwill impairment loss. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company has elected to early adopt this guidance beginning July 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In May 2017, the FASB issued guidance regardingCompensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting. The guidance amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements and provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting under Accounting Standards Codification 718. Specifically, an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions, and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. The guidance became effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In June 2018, the FASB issued guidance regardingImprovements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The guidance simplifies the accounting for share-based payments granted to non-employees for goods and services and aligns the guidance for these share-based payments with guidance applicable to accounting for share-based payments granted to employees. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected to early adopt this guidance beginning July 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of March 31, 2019

     In February 2016, the FASB issued guidance regardingLeases. The guidance increases transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. The amendments to current lease guidance include the recognition of assets and liabilities by lessees for those leases currently classified as operating leases. The guidance also requires disclosures to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance iswas effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects that this guidance may have a material impact on its financial statements and is currently evaluatingRefer to Note 18 for the impact of the adoption of this guidance on itsour condensed consolidated financial statements on adoption.statements.

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

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of MarchDecember 31, 2019 (continued)

In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance regardingMeasurement 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, 2020. Early adoption is permitted beginning July 1, 2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance regardingDisclosure 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, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statements disclosure.

2. Acquisition and disposalDisposal of controlling interest in DNIFIHRST and KSNET

2018 acquisition

     The Company’s acquisition of a controlling interest in DNI-4PL Contracts Proprietary Limited ("DNI") is described in Note 3 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2018. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company determined that certain customer relationships of $7.0 million should not have been separately identified and recorded as intangible assets because there were no separately identified cash flows related to these customer relationships. These customer relationships, net of deferred taxes of $2 million, should been recorded as a component of goodwill. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company determined that DNI is a discontinued operation. The table below presents the DNI balances included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2018, as well as the amended preliminary purchase price allocation ("PPA") of the DNI acquisition, translated at the foreign exchange rates applicable on the date of acquisition:

  DNI – discontinued operation 
  as of June 30, 2018 
  Initial       Amended 
  DNI PPA   Amendment   DNI PPA 
Current assets of discontinued operation:$22,482  $-  $22,482 
     Cash and cash equivalents 2,979   -   2,979 
     Accounts receivable (Note 4) 16,235   -   16,235 
     Finance loans receivable (Note 4) 742   -   742 
     Inventory (Note 5) 2,526   -   2,526 
Long-term assets of discontinued operation: 241,729   (1,951)  239,778 
     Property, plant and equipment 1,317   -   1,317 
     Equity-accounted investment (Note 8) 339   -   339 
     Goodwill (Note 9) 114,161   5,017   119,178 
     Intangible assets (Note 9) 104,003   (6,968)  97,035 
     Deferred tax assets 561   -   561 
     Other long-term assets (Note 8) 21,348   -   21,348 
Current liabilities of discontinued operation: (20,914)  -   (20,914)
     Accounts payables (13,949)  -   (13,949)
     Other payables (6,349)  -   (6,349)
     Current portion of long-term borrowings (Note 11) (616)  -   (616)
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operation: (37,412)  1,951   (35,461)
     Other long-term liabilities (8,291)  -   (8,291)
     Deferred tax liabilities (29,121)  1,951   (27,170)
     Fair value of assets and liabilities on acquisition$205,885  $-  $205,885 

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2. Acquisition and disposal of controlling interest in DNI (continued)

2018 acquisition (continued)

     The Company recorded intangible asset amortization, deferred taxes and non-controlling interest entries related to these customer relationships that should have been included in goodwill during the six months ended December 31, 2018. The Company has reversed these entries during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019. The table below presents the impact of reversal of these entries on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 and the caption in which the impact is included:

  Three and 
  nine months 
  ended 
  March 31, 
  2019 
Reversal of intangible asset amortization - decrease depreciation and amortization$506 
Deferred tax impact related to reversal of intangible asset amortization - decrease income tax benefit 142 
Increase in non-controlling interest$164 

2019 disposal of a controlling interest in DNIFIHRST

Transaction to sell 17% during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019

     On February 28,In November 2019, the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary, Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa Proprietary Limited ("Net1 SA"), entered into a transactionan agreement with JAA HoldingsTransaction Capital Payment Solutions Proprietary Limited, or its nominee, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in the Republic of South Africa, and PK Gain Investmentpursuant to which Net1 SA agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Net1 FIHRST Holdings Proprietary Limited ("FIHRST") for $11.7 million (ZAR 172.2 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 - refer to Note 10.


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

December 2019 disposal of FIHRST (continued)

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

  Total 
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 8) 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 13) 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 gains tax 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.

Pro forma results of operations related to the FIHRST disposal have not been presented because the effect of the disposal was not material to the Company.

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 duly incorporated in The Netherlands, entered into an agreement with PayletterHoldings LLC, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in the Republic of South Africa,Korea, in terms of which Net1 SA reduced its shareholding in DNI from 55% to 38%. The transaction closed on March 31, 2019. The parties used a cashless settlement process on closing, refer to Note 16. Net1 SA used the proceeds from the sale of the DNI shares to settle its ZAR 400 million ($27.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) obligation to DNI to subscribe for an additional share as part of the contingent consideration settlement process.

     As of March 31, 2019, the Company owned 38% of the voting and economic rights of DNI. The Company accounted for its 38% investment in DNI using the equity method, refer to Note 8. The Company no longer controls DNI and deconsolidated its investment in DNI effective March 31, 2019. In April 2019, the Company’s management approved and commenced a processBV agreed to sell its retained interest in DNI, which includes the transactions described above.

Transaction to sell 8% in May 2019 (subsequent to March 31, 2019)

     On May 3, 2019, Net1 SA entered into a transaction with FirstRand Bank Limited, acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division ("RMB"), in terms of which Net1 SA further reduced itsentire shareholding in DNI from 38% to 30% throughNet1 Applied Technologies Korea Limited, a limited liability private company incorporated in the saleRepublic of 7,605,235 ordinary "A" shares in DNIKorea and the sole shareholder of KSNET, Inc. for a transaction consideration of ZAR 215.0 million ($14.8 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) (the "RMB Disposal"). The parties used a cashless settlement process on closing.$237.2 million. The transaction closed on May 3, 2019,is subject to customary closing conditions and the Company used the proceeds from the sale of these DNI shares and ZAR 15.0 million of its existing cash reservesis expected to settle its outstanding long-term borrowings of ZAR 230.0 millionclose in full, referMarch 2020. The transaction is not subject to Note 11.

     On May 3, 2019, Net1 SA entered into an agreement pursuant to which it granted a call option to DNI to acquire Net1 SA’s remaining 30% interest in DNI. The option expires on December 31, 2019, but may be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The option strike price is calculated as ZAR 2.827 billion ($195.2 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) less any special distribution made by DNI multiplied by Net1 SA’s retained interest (i.e. assuming no special distribution, the strike price for the 30% retained interest is ZAR 859.3 million, or $59.3 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019). The call option may be split into smaller denominations, but Net1 SA cannot be left with less than 20% unless the whole remaining interest is disposed of. DNI may nominate another party to exercise the call option in the place of DNI, provided that the nominated party acquires call options representing at least 2.5% of DNI’s voting and participation interests.financing condition.


2. Acquisition and disposal of controlling interest in DNI (continued)

2019 disposal of a controlling interest in DNI (continued)

     The table below presents the impact of the deconsolidation of DNI and the calculation of the net loss recognized on deconsolidation:

        Equity method    
        investment as of    
        March 31, 2019    
        (Refer also Note 8)   
        8%       
        retained       
        interest     Attributed 
        sold in  30%  to non- 
     17%  May  retained  controlling 
  Total  sold  2019  interest  interest 
Fair value of consideration received$27,626 $27,626 $- $- $- 
Fair value of retained interest of 30% in DNI(1) 74,195  -  14,849  59,346  - 
Carrying value of non-controlling interest 88,934  -  -  -  88,934 
 Subtotal 190,755  27,626  14,849  59,346  88,934 
 Less: carrying value of DNI, comprising 195,895  34,311  14,540  58,110  88,934 
     Cash and cash equivalents 2,114  354  158  633  969 
     Accounts receivable, net 24,577  4,116  1,841  7,358  11,262 
     Finance loans receivable, net 1,030  173  77  308  472 
     Inventory 893  149  66  268  410 
     Property, plant and equipment, net 1,265  212  95  379  579 
     Equity-accounted investments (Note 8) 242  41  19  72  110 
     Goodwill (Note 9) 113,003  18,924  8,466  33,834  51,779 
     Intangible assets, net 80,769  13,526  6,051  24,183  37,009 
     Deferred income taxes 28  5  2  8  13 
     Other long-term assets 26,553  4,447  1,989  7,950  12,167 
     Accounts payable (5,186) (868) (389) (1,553) (2,376)
     Other payables(2) (16,484) (2,760) (1,235) (4,936) (7,553)
     Income taxes payable (2,482) (416) (186) (743) (1,137)
     Deferred income taxes (22,083) (3,698) (1,654) (6,612) (10,119)
     Long-term debt (Note 11) (10,150) (1,700) (760) (3,039) (4,651)
     Released from accumulated other comprehensive income – foreign currency translation reserve (Note 13) 1,806  1,806  -  -  - 
        Loss recognized on disposal, before tax, comprising (5,140) (6,685) 309  1,236  - 
             Related to sale of 17% of DNI (6,685) (6,685) -  -    
             Related to fair value adjustment of retained interest in 38% of DNI 1,545  -  309  1,236   
             Taxes related to gain recognized on disposal(3) -  505  (3,836) 3,331    
                   Loss recognized on disposal, after tax$(5,140)$(7,190)$4,145 $(2,095)   

(1) The fair value of the retained interest in 38% of DNI of $74.2 million ($14.9 million plus $59.3 million has been calculated using the implied fair value of DNI pursuant to the RMB Disposal and has been calculated as ZAR 215.0 million divided by 7. 605235% multiplied by 38%, translated to dollars at the March 31, 2019, rate of exchange. The fair value of the retained interest in DNI is included in equity-accounted investment on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.
(2) Other payables include a short-term loan of ZAR 60.5 million ($4.2 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) due to the Company and included in accounts receivable, net on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. The loan is repayable in full on or before June 30, 2019. Interest on the loan is charged at the South African prime rate.
(3) Amounts presented are net of a valuation allowance provided. The disposal of DNI results in a capital loss for tax purposes of approximately $1.5 million and the Company has provided a valuation allowance of $1.5 million against this capital loss because it does not have any capital gains to offset against this amount. On an individual basis, the transaction to dispose of 17% of DNI resulted in a capital gain of $0.5 million and the re-measurement of the retained 38% interest has resulted in a capital loss of $2.0 million ($5.3 million (8% transaction) less $3.3 million (30% transaction)). The valuation allowance of $1.5 million has been provided against the $5.3 million, for a net amount presented in the table above of $3.8 million ($5.3 million less $1.5 million).

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2. Acquisition and disposal of controlling interest in DNI (continued)

Discontinued operation

     The Company has determined that the disposal of its controlling interest in DNI represents a discontinued operation because it represents a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results as a result of the sale of a significant portion of its investment in DNI. The facts and circumstances leading to the disposal of a controlling interest are described above. The loss related to the disposal of a controlling interest in DNI is presented above. DNI was allocated to the Company’s financial inclusion and applied technologies operating segment and the amortization of intangible assets identified and recognized related to the DNI acquisition were allocate to corporate/eliminations. The impact of the disposal of a controlling interest on the Company’s operating segments is presented in Note 18.

     The Company retains a continuing involvement in DNI through its 38% interest in DNI (refer above and to Note 8). The Company expects to retain an interest in DNI for less than 12 months. As disclosed above, the Company sold an 8% interest in DNI in May 2019, and has entered into an agreement under which it has provided a call option to DNI to repurchase the remaining 30% interest in DNI. The Company did not record any earnings under the equity method related to its retained 38% investment in DNI during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019. The Company has not presented revenues and expenses between the Company and DNI, and cash inflows or outflows from or to DNI after the disposal transaction because the Company closed the transaction to sell a controlling interest in DNI on March 31, 2019.

     The table below presents the impact of the deconsolidation of DNI on 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, 2019 and 2018, that have not been separately presented on those statements:

  DNI 
  Three months ended  Nine months ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations Discontinued:        
     Revenue$17,842 $- $56,337 $- 
     Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 7,502  -  27,667  - 
     Selling, general and administration 1,935  -  4,295  - 
     Depreciation and amortization 2,427  -  8,026  - 
     Impairment loss 5,305  -  5,305  - 
     Operating income 673  -  11,044  - 
     Interest income 208  -  707  - 
     Interest expense 396  -  812  - 
     Net income before tax (4,655) -  5,799  - 
     Income tax expense 146  -  3,124  - 
     Net income before earnings from equity-accounted investments (4,801) -  2,675  - 
     Earnings from equity-accounted investments(1)(2)$73 $3,291 $15 $5,202 
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows Discontinued:        
     Total net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(3) $(393)$- $6,635 $1,765 
     Total net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $(319)$-  $(516)$- 

     (1) Earnings from equity-accounted investments for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, represents earnings attributed to equity-accounted investment owned by DNI and included in the Company’s results as a result of the consolidation of DNI.
     (2) Earnings from equity-accounted investments for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, represents DNI earnings (net of amortization of acquired intangibles and related deferred tax) attributed to the Company as a result of the Company using the equity method to account for its investment in DNI during the period. 
     (3) Total net cash (used in) provided by operating activities for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, represent dividends received from DNI during these periods.

3. Pre-funded social welfare grants receivable

     Pre-funded social welfare grants receivable represents primarily amounts pre-funded by the Company to certain merchants participating in the merchant acquiring system. The Company’s contract with the South African Social Security Agency expired on September 30, 2018, and therefore the Company no longer pre-funds social welfare grants. The July 2018 payment service commenced on July 1, 2018 but the Company pre-funded certain merchants participating in the merchant acquiring systems on the last day of June 2018.

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

Accounts receivable, net and other receivables

The Company’sCompany's accounts receivable, net, and other receivables as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018,2019, is presented in the table below:

 December 31,   June 30, 
 March 31, June 30,   2019    2019 
  2019  2018          
Accounts receivable, trade, net $25,098   $40,268 $ 26,568   $ 25,136 
Accounts receivable, trade, gross  26,155     41,369    27,312     26,377  
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, end of period  1,057     1,101    744     1,241  
Beginning of year 1,101   1,255 
Beginning of period  1,241     1,101 
Reversed to statement of operations (2)   -   (535)    (24) 
Charged to statement of operations 3,053   (47)   108     3,296 
Utilized (3,020)   642   (58)    (3,059) 
Deconsolidated as a result of transaction in Note 2 (38)   (776) 
Deconsolidated  -     (38) 
Foreign currency adjustment (37)   27   (12)    (35) 
Current portion of payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period  17,366   21,971  
Payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period.  29,080   39,553  
Less: Payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period included in other long-term assets (Note 8)  11,714   17,582  
Loan provided to Finbond 1,036 1,107 
Loan provided to DNI (Note 2) 4,180 - 
           
         
Current portion of cash payments to agents in South Korea that are amortized over the contract period  11,927    15,543  
Cash payments to agents in South Korea that are amortized over the contract period  18,457    25,107  
Less: cash payments to agents in South Korea that are amortized over the contract period included in other long-term assets (Note 7)  6,530    9,564  
Loans provided to Carbon  3,000    3,000 
Loan provided to DNI  -    4,260 
Other receivables  32,470  30,102   27,070    24,555  
Total accounts receivable, net $80,150 $93,448 $ 68,565  $ 72,494  

The loan provided to DNI was repaid in full in July 2019. Other receivables include prepayments, deposits and other receivables.

Finance loans receivable, net

The Company’sCompany's finance loans receivable, net, as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018,2019, is presented in the table below:

 December 31,   June 30,  
 March 31, June 30,   2019    2019  
  2019  2018           
Microlending finance loans receivable, net $19,735   $57,504 $ 14,504   $ 20,981  
Microlending finance loans receivable, gross  22,964     61,743    17,091     24,180  
Allowance for doubtful microlending finance loans receivable, end of period  3,229     4,239  
Beginning of year 4,239   3,717 
Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period  2,587     3,199  
Beginning of period  3,199     4,239  
Reversed to statement of operations  (601)    -  
Charged to statement of operations 27,955   4,348   1,081     28,802  
Utilized (28,756)   (3,588)   (1,085)    (29,721) 
Foreign currency adjustment (209)   (238)   (7)    (121) 
Working capital finance receivable, net 5,482   3,959 
Working capital finance receivable, gross  18,274     16,123  
Allowance for doubtful working capital finance receivable, end of period  12,792     12,164  
Beginning of year 12,164   3,752 
           
          
Working capital finance loans receivable, gross  14,613     9,650  
Working capital finance loans receivable, gross  20,736     15,742  
Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period  6,123     6,092  
Beginning of period  6,092     12,164  
Charged to statement of operations 632   8,415   30     712  
Utilized  -     (6,777) 
Foreign currency adjustment (4)    (3)   1     (7) 
Total finance loans receivable, net $25,217  $61,463 
           
           
Total accounts receivable, net$ 29,117  $ 30,631  


5. 4. Inventory

The Company’sCompany's inventory comprised the following categorycategories as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018.2019.

  March 31,  June 30, 
  2019  2018 
Finished goods$7,861 $10,361 
 $7,861 $10,361 
 December 31,   June 30, 
  2019   2019 
        
Finished goods$7,538  $7,535 
Finished goods subject to sale restrictions 13,658   - 
 $21,196  $7,535 

6. Finished goods subject to sale restrictions represent airtime inventory purchased and held for sale to customers that may only be sold by the Company after March 31, 2020, and only with the express permission of certain South African banks. As discussed in Note 10, the Company obtained additional borrowings from its existing bankers to purchase Cell C airtime from an independent distributor of Cell C airtime. The Company did not pay the vendor for the airtime inventory directly because the parties (the vendor, Cell C, the Company and certain South African banks) agreed that the Company would pay the amount to Cell C to settle amounts payable to Cell C by the vendor in order to inject additional liquidity into Cell C. The Company may not return any unsold airtime inventory to either the vendor or Cell C. The Company agreed to mandatory prepayment terms, which require the Company to use the proceeds from the sale of the airtime inventory to settle certain borrowings. For more information about the amended finance documents, refer to Note 10.

5.Settlement assets and settlement obligations

Settlement assets comprise (1) cash received from the South African government that the Company holds pending disbursement to recipient cardholders of social welfare grants (2) cash received from credit card companies (as well as other types of payment services) which have business relationships with merchants selling goods and services via the internet that are the Company’sCompany's customers and on whose behalf it processes the transactions between various parties, and (3) cash received from customers on whose behalf the Company processes payroll payments that the Company will disburse to customer employees, payroll-related payees and other payees designated by the customer.

Settlement obligations comprise (1) amounts that the Company is obligated to disburse to recipient cardholders of social welfare grants, (2) amounts that the Company is obligated to disburse to merchants selling goods and services via the internet that are the Company’sCompany's customers and on whose behalf it processes the transactions between various parties and settles the funds from the credit card companies to the Company’sCompany's merchant customers, and (3) amounts that the Company is obligated to pay to customer employees, payroll-related payees and other payees designated by the customer.

The balances at each reporting date may vary widely depending on the timing of the receipts and payments of these assets and obligations.

7. 6. 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.


6. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Risk management (continued)

Translation risk

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

Interest rate risk

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

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7. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Risk management (continued)

Credit risk (continued)

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 with regard to its counterparties to minimize overall credit risk. These policies include an evaluation of a potential counterparty’scounterparty's financial condition, credit rating, and other credit criteria and risk mitigation tools as the Company’sCompany'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, South Korean 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’sPoor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings.

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.

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 and the risk that it may not be able to liquidate these securities. 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.

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 these 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’smanagement'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.


6. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

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

The Company’sCompany's Level 3 asset represents an investment of 75,000,000 class "A" shares in Cell C, a leadingsignificant mobile telecoms provider in South Africa. The Company hasused a discounted cash flow model developed anby the Company to determine the fair value of its investment in Cell C as of June 30, 2019, and valued Cell C at $0.0 (zero) at December 31, 2019, and June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2019, the Company changed its valuation methodology from a Company-developed adjusted EV/ EBITDA model to a discounted cash flow approach due to anticipated changes in Cell C's business model and the current challenges faced by Cell C, which would not have been captured by the previous valuation approach. 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 utilized the latest business plan provided by Cell C management for the period ending December 31, 2024, and the following key valuation inputs were used as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019:

Weighted Average Cost of Capital:

Between 15% and 20% over the period of the forecast

Long term growth rate:

3 % (4,5% as of June 30, 2019)

Marketability discount:

10%

Minority discount:

15%

Net adjusted external debt - December 31, 2019:(1)

ZAR 16,4 billion ($1,2 billion), includes R6 billion of lease liabilities

Net adjusted external debt - June 30, 2019:(2)

ZAR 13,9 billion ($1 billion), includes R6,4 billion of lease liabilities

Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - December 31, 2019:(1)

ZAR 2,9 billion ($206,4 million)

Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - June 30, 2019:(2)

ZAR 2,9 billion ($205,9 million)

(1) translated from ZAR to U.S. dollars at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019.

(2) translated from ZAR to U.S. dollars at exchange rates applicable as of June 30, 2019.

The Company utilized the aforementioned adjusted EV/EBITDA multiple valuation model in order to determine the fair value of its investment in the Cell C shares.shares as of December 31, 2018. The primary inputs to the valuation model as of March 31, 2019, were Cell C’s adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2018, of ZAR 3.5 billion ($242.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019), anwere unchanged from June 30, 2018, except for the EBITDA multiple of 6.40; Cell C’s net adjusted external debt of ZAR 9.4 billion ($648.9 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019); and a marketability discount of 10% as Cell C is not currently listed, but has publicly stated its intention to list.multiple. The primary inputs to the valuation model as of June 30, 2018, were Cell C’sC's annualized adjusted EBITDA for the 11 months ended June 30, 2018, of ZAR 3.9 billion ($284.8270.9 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of June 30,December 31, 2018), an EBITDA multiple of 6.75,6.32; Cell C’sC's net external debt of ZAR 8.8 billion ($641.1611.4 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of June 30,December 31, 2018); and a marketability discount of 10%. as Cell C is not listed. The EBITDA multiple was determined based on an analysis of Cell C’sC's peer group, which comprises eight African and emerging market mobile telecommunications operators.

The fair value of Cell C utilizing the adjusted EV/EBITDA valuation model developed by the Company is sensitive to the following inputs: (i) the Company’sCompany's determination of adjusted EBITDA; (ii) the EBITDA multiple used; and (iii) the marketability discount used. Utilization of different inputs, or changes to these inputs, may result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

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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 table presents the impact on the carrying value of the Company's Cell C investment of a 0.502.0% increase and 0.502.0% decrease toin the WACC rate and the EBITDA multiplemargins used in the Cell C valuation on the MarchDecember 31, 2019, carrying value of the Company’s Cell C investment (allall amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019):2019:

  Sensitivity for 
  fair value of 
  Cell C investment 
EBITDA multiple of 5.90 times$105,601 
EBITDA multiple of 6.40 times 121,941 
EBITDA multiple of 6.90 times$138,347 
Sensitivity for fair value of Cell C investment 2.0% increase(A)  2.0% decrease(A) 
WACC rate$- $8,238 
EBITDA margin$1,687 $- 

(A) the carrying value of the Cell C investment is not impacted by a 1.0% increase or a 1.0% decrease and therefore the impact of a 2.0% increase and a 2.0% decrease is presented.

The fair value of the Cell C shares as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, represented approximately 15%0% of the Company’sCompany's total assets, including these shares. The Company expects to hold these shares for an extended period of time and it is not concerned withthat there will be short-term equity price volatility with respect to these shares provided thatparticularly given the underlying business, economic and management characteristicscurrent situation of the company remain sound.Cell C's business.

Liability measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs - DNI contingent consideration

The salient terms of the Company’sCompany's investment in DNI isare described in Note 3 to the Company’sCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018.2019. Under the terms of its subscription agreements with DNI, the Company agreed to pay to DNI an additional amount of up to ZAR 400.0 million ($27.627.8 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019)2018), in cash, subject to the achievement of certain performance targets by DNI.


6. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Liability measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs - DNI contingent consideration

The Company expected to pay the additional amount during the first quarter of the year ended June 30, 2020, and recorded an amount of ZAR 385.7 million ($26.8 million) and ZAR 373.6 million ($27.2 million), in other payables in its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018, and in long-term liabilities as of June 30, 2018, respectively, which amount representedrepresents the present value of the ZAR 400.0 million to be paid (amounts translated at the exchange raterates applicable as of December 31, 2018, and June 30, 2018, respectively).

     As The amount was settled on March 31, 2019, as described in Note 2 and Note 16,3 to the Company settledCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ZAR 400 million due to DNI as of March 31,year ended June 30, 2019. The Company recorded accreted interest during three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, of $1.0 million and $1.8 million (ZAR 14.4 million and ZAR 26.4 million, translated at the applicable average exchange rates during the periods specified), respectively.

Derivative transactions - Foreign exchange contracts

As part of the Company’sCompany'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. Substantially all of the Company’sCompany'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 require fair value measurement under Level 1 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Company’s outstanding foreign exchange contracts are as follows as of March 31, 2019:

Fair market
Notional amountStrike pricevalue priceMaturity
USD 420,000ZAR 15.5704ZAR 14.5150April 26, 2019

The Company had no outstanding foreign exchange contracts as of December 31, 2019, or June 30, 2018.2019.

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Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

The following table presents the Company’sCompany's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, according to the fair value hierarchy:

 Quoted price in  Significant       
 active markets  other  Significant    
 for identical  observable  unobservable    
 assets  inputs  inputs    
 (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3) Total  Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
Assets                           
Investment in Cell C$- $- $121,941 $121,941 $-  $-  $-  $- 
Related to insurance business:                           
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (included in other long-term assets) 596  -  -  596 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (included in other long term assets) 587   -   -   587 
Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents) 4,620  -  -  4,620  2,845   -   -   2,845 
Other -  420  -  420  -   414   -   414 
Total assets at fair value$5,216 $420 $121,941 $127,577 $3,432  $414  $-  $3,846 
Liabilities            
Foreign exchange contracts -  31  -  31 
Total liabilities at fair value$- $31 $- $31 

The following table presents the Company’sCompany's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018,2019, according to the fair value hierarchy:

 Quoted price in  Significant       
 active markets  other  Significant    
 for identical  observable  unobservable    
 assets  inputs  inputs     Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
 (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3) Total  
Assets                           
Investment in Cell C$- $- $172,948 $172,948 $-  $-  $-  $- 
Related to insurance business:            
Related to insurance business               
Cash and cash equivalents (included in other long-term assets) 610  -  -  610  619   -   -   619 
Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents) 8,304  -  -  8,304  5,201   -   -   5,201 
Other -  18  -  18  -   413   -   413 
Total assets at fair value$8,914 $18 $172,948 $181,880 $5,820  $413  $-  $6,233 
Liabilities            
DNI contingent consideration$- $- $27,222 $27,222 
Total liabilities at fair value$- $- $27,222 $27,222 


6. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

There have been no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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FairThere was no movement in the carrying value of financial instruments (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and categorized within Level 3, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019. 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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Carrying value 
Assets   
Balance as at June 30, 2018$172,948 
         Loss on fair value re-measurements (42,099)
         Foreign currency adjustment(1) (8,908)
                Balance as of March 31, 2019$121,941 
Liabilities   
Balance as at June 30, 2018$27,222 
         Accretion of interest 1,848 
         Settlement of contingent consideration (Note 2 and Note 16) (27,626)
         Foreign currency adjustment(1) (1,444)
                Balance as of March 31, 2019$- 
Carrying value
Assets
Balance as of June 30, 2019-
Foreign currency adjustment(1)-
Balance as of December 31, 2019$-

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

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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018:

  Carrying value 
Assets   
 Acquisition of investment in Cell C$151,003 
         Gain on fair value re-measurements 37,843 
         Foreign currency adjustment(1) 18,124 
                  Balance as of March 31, 2018$206,970 
Carrying value
Assets
Balance as at June 30, 2018172,948
Realized losses(15,836)
Foreign currency adjustment(1)(8,054)
Balance as of December 31, 2018149,058
Liabilities
Balance as at June 30, 201827,222
Accretion of interest835
Foreign currency adjustment(1)(1,267)
Balance as of December 31, 201826,790

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

Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

We measure equity investments without readily determinable fair values 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.

8. 7.Equity-accounted investments and other long-termlong term assets

Refer to Note 9 to the Company’sCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018,2019, for additional information regarding its equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets.

Equity-accounted investments

The Company’sCompany's ownership percentage in its equity-accounted investments as of MarchDecember 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018,2019, was as follows:

March 31,June 30,

December 31,

June 30,

 

20192018

 

2019

 

2019

 

Bank Frick & Co AG ("Bank Frick")35%

 

35%

 

35%

 

DNI38%-

 

30%

 

30%

 

Finbond Group Limited ("Finbond")29%

 

29%

 

29%

 

OneFi Limited (formerly KZ One) ("OneFi")25%

Carbon Tech Limited ("Carbon"), formerly OneFi Limited

 

25%

 

25%

 

Revix ("Revix")

 

25%

 

-

 

SmartSwitch Namibia (Pty) Ltd ("SmartSwitch Namibia")50%

 

50%

 

50%

 

V2 Limited ("V2")50%-

 

50%

 

50%

 

Walletdoc Proprietary Limited ("Walletdoc")20%

 

20%

 

20%

 



8. 7.Equity-accounted investments and other long-termlong term assets (continued)

Equity-accounted investments (continued)

DNI

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded earnings from DNI that resulted in the carrying value of DNI exceeding the amount that the Company could receive pursuant to the call option granted to DNI in May 2019. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded an impairment loss of $0.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively, which represents the difference between the amount that the Company could receive pursuant to the call option and DNI's carrying value.

Bank Frick

On October 2, 2019, the Company exercised its option to acquire an additional 35% interest in Bank Frick from the Frick Family Foundation. The Company consolidated DNI up until March 31, 2019, as disclosed in Note 2. The Company has retained a 38%will pay an amount, the "Option Price Consideration", for the additional 35% interest in DNI and usesBank Frick, which represents the equity method to account for its interest in DNI because it hashigher of CHF 46.4 million ($46.5 million at exchange rates on October 2, 2019) or 35% of 15 times the ability to exert significant influenceaverage annual normalized net income of the Bank over the operationstwo years ended December 31, 2018. The shares will only transfer on payment of DNI through its shareholdingthe Option Price Consideration, which shall occur on the later of (i) 180 days after the date of exercise of the option; (ii) in the event of any regulatory approvals being required, 10 days after receipt of approval (either unconditionally or on terms acceptable to both parties); and board representation.(iii) 10 days after the date on which the Option Price Consideration is agreed or finally determined.

Finbond

As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company owned 267,672,032268,820,933 shares in Finbond.Finbond representing approximately 29.1% of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its closing price on MarchDecember 31, 2019, the last trading day of the quarter,month, was R4.69ZAR 3.50 per share. The market value of the Company’sCompany's holding in Finbond on MarchDecember 31, 2019, was ZAR 1.30.9 billion ($86.767.0 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019). On July 11, 2018,August 2, 2019, the Company, pursuant to its election, received an additional 6,602,5511,148,901 shares in Finbond as a capitalization share issue in lieu of a dividend.

V2 Limited

     On October 4, 2018,In August 2019, the Company acquired a 50% voting and economic interest in V2 Limited ("V2") for $2.5 million. The Company has committed to provide V2 withmade a further equity contribution of $2.5$1.3 million to V2 Limited ("V2") and in January 2020 it made its final committed equity contribution of $1.3 million bringing the total equity contribution to $5.0 million. The Company has also committed to provide V2 with a working capital facility of $5.0 million, which are bothis subject to the achievement of certain pre-defined objectives.


8. 7.Equity-accounted investments and other long-termlong term assets (continued)

Equity-accounted investments (continued)

        DNI Bank Frick Finbond Other(1) Total 
Investment in equity                
 Balance as of June 30, 2019 $61,030 $47,240 $35,300 $7,398 $150,968 
  Acquisition of shares  -  -  274  1,250  1,524 
  Stock-based compensation  -  -  71  -  71 
  Comprehensive income (loss):  1,108  469  2,718  (499) 3,796 
   Other comprehensive loss  -  -  2,227  -  2,227 
   Equity accounted earnings (loss)  1,108  469  491  (499) 1,569 
    Share of net income  3,113  755  491  (499) 3,860 
    Amortization of acquired intangible assets  (1,292) (376) -  -  (1,668)
    Deferred taxes on acquired intangible assets  361  90  -  -  451 
    Impairment  (1,074) -  -  -  (1,074)
  Dividends received  (1,110) -  (274) (338) (1,722)
  Foreign currency adjustment(2)  137  453  300  (48) 842 
 Balance as of December 31, 2019 $61,165 $48,162 $38,389 $7,763 $155,479 
                       
Investment in loans:                
 Balance as of June 30, 2019 $- $- $- $148 $148 
  Loans granted  -  -  -  612  612 
  Allowance for doubtful loans  -  -  -  (620) (620)
  Foreign currency adjustment(2)  -  -  -  8  8 
 Balance as of December 31, 2019 $- $- $- $148 $148 
                       
              Equity  Loans  Total 
Carrying amount as of :                
  June 30, 2019       $150,968 $148 $151,116 
  December 31, 2019       $155,479 $148  155,627 
                       
(1) Includes primarily Carbon, SmartSwitch Namibia, V2 and Walletdoc; 
(2) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations of the South African rand, Swiss franc, Nigerian naira and Namibian dollar, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value. 

Other long-term assets

Summarized below is the breakdown of other long-term assets as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018:2019:

  March 31,   June 30, 
  2019   2018 
        
Total equity investments$148,934  $199,865 
         Investment in 15% of Cell C, at fair value (Note 7) 121,941   172,948 
         Investment in 13% of MobiKwik(1) 26,993   26,917 
Total held to maturity investments 6,992   10,395 
         Investment in 7.625% of Cedar Cellular Investment 1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd 8.625% notes 6,992   10,395 
Long-term portion of payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period 11,714   17,582 
Policy holder assets under investment contracts (Note 10) 596   610 
Reinsurance assets under insurance contracts (Note 10) 644   633 
Other long-term assets 6,023   5,947 
         Total other long-term assets$174,903  $235,032 
   December 31,   June 30, 
    2019   2019 
          
Total equity investments$26,993  $26,993 
  Investment in 15% of Cell C, at fair value (Note 6) -   - 
  Investment in 13% of MobiKwik 26,993   26,993 
Total held to maturity investments -   - 
  Investment in 7.625% of Cedar Cellular Investment 1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd 8.625% notes -   - 
Long-term portion of payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period (Note 3) 6,530   9,564 
Policy holder assets under investment contracts (Note 9) 587   619 
Reinsurance assets under insurance contracts (Note 9) 1,159   1,163 
Other long-term assets 5,875   5,850 
  Total other long-term assets$41,144  $44,189 


7.Equity-accounted investments and has therefore elected to record this investment at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. The Company accounted for its investment in MobiKwik at cost as of June 30, 2018.other long term assets (continued)

     During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company paid $1.1 million to subscribe for additional shares in MobiKwik. As of March 31, 2019, the Company owned approximately 13% of MobiKwik’s issued share capital.Other long-term assets (continued)

Summarized below are the components of the Company’sCompany's equity securities without readily determinable fair value and held to maturity investments as of MarchDecember 31, 2019:

     Unrealized  Unrealized    
     holding  holding  Carrying 
  Cost basis  gains  losses  value 
Equity securities:            
     Investment in MobiKwik$26,993 $- $- $26,993 
Held to maturity:            
     Investment in Cedar Cellular notes 6,992  -  -  6,992 
             Total$33,985 $- $- $33,985 
     Cost basis   Unrealized holding   Unrealized holding   Carrying 
       gains   losses   value 
Equity securities:               
 Investment in Mobikwik$26,993  $-  $-  $26,993 
Held to maturity:               
 Investment in Cedar Cellular notes -   -   -   - 
   Total$26,993  $-  $-  $26,993 
                   

Summarized below are the components of the Company’sCompany's equity securities without readily determinable fair value and held to maturity investments as of June 30, 2018:2019:

     Unrealized  Unrealized    
  Cost  holding  holding  Carrying 
  basis(1) gains(1) losses  value 
Held to maturity:            
     Investment in Cedar Cellular notes$10,395 $- $- $10,395 
             Total$10,395 $- $- $10,395 
     Cost basis   Unrealized holding   Unrealized holding   Carrying 
       gains   losses   value 
Equity securities:               
 Investment in MobiKwik$26,993  $-  $-  $- 
Held to maturity:               
 Investment in Cedar Cellular notes -   -   -   - 
   Total$26,993  $-  $-  $- 
                   

     (1) An amount of $1.4 million attributed toNo interest recognized underincome from the Cedar Cellular note was incorrectly included inrecorded during the unrealized holding gains column as of June 30, 2018,three and has been reclassified to the cost basis column.

six months ended December 31, 2019. The Company recognized interest income of $0.6 million, related to the Cedar Cellular notes during each of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company recognized interest income of $2.0$1.2 million and $0.8$1.4 million, related to the Cedar Cellular notes during the ninethree and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Interest on this investment will only be paid, at Cedar Cellular’sCellular's election, on maturity in August 2022. The Company’sCompany's effective interest rate on the Cedar Cellular note iswas 24.82% as of MarchDecember 31, 2019.2018.

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Other long-term assets (continued)

     TheAs of December 31, 2018, the Company doesdid not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the Cedar Cellular notes due to a reduction in the amount of future cash flows expected to be collected from the debt security. The Company doesdid not expect to generate any cash flows from the debt security prior to the maturity date in August 2022, and expectsexpected to recover approximately $16.0$22.0 million at maturity. TheAs of December 31, 2018, the Company has calculated the present value of the expected cash flows to be collected from the debt security by discounting thesethe cash flows at the interest rate implicit in the security upon acquisition (at a rate of 24.82%). The present value of the expected cash flows of $7.0$9.0 million iswas less than the amortized cost basis recorded of $9.6$11.8 million (before the March 2019 impairment for the three months ended Marchimpairment) as of December 31, 2019) and $12.4 million (before the cumulative 2019 impairments for the nine months ended March 31, 2019).2018. Accordingly, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss of $2.6 million and $5.4$2.7 million during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, respectively. The impairment of $2.6 million and $5.4 million is included in interest income, net of impairment in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, respectively.2018.

Contractual maturities of held to maturity investments

Summarized below is the contractual maturity of the Company’sCompany's held to maturity investment as of MarchDecember 31, 2019:

     Estimated 
  Cost  fair 
  basis  value(1)
Due in one year or less$- $- 
Due in one year through five years 6,992  6,992 
Due in five years through ten years -  - 
Due after ten years -  - 
         Total$6,992 $6,992 
Cost basisEstimated 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            --

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

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


8.Goodwill and intangible assets, net

Goodwill

Impairment loss

Three and nine months ended March 31, 2019

The Company assesses the carrying value of goodwill for impairment annually, or more frequently, whenever events occur and circumstances change indicating potential impairment. The Company performs its annual impairment test as of June 30 of each year. The Company did not recognize an impairment loss duringDuring the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019. During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company performed an impairment analysis and during the nine months ended March 31, 2019,2018, the Company recognized an impairment loss of approximately $8.2 million, of which approximately $7.0 million related to goodwill allocated to its International Payment Group ("IPG") business within its international transaction processing operating segment and $1.2 million related to goodwill within its South African transaction processing operating segment.

Given the consolidation and restructuring of IPG overduring the period up to December 31, 2018, several business lines were terminated or meaningfully reduced, resulting in lower than expected revenues, profits and cash flows. IPG’sIPG's new business initiatives are still in their infancy, and it is expected to generate lower cash flows than initially forecast.

In order to determine the amount of goodwill impairment, the estimated fair value of the Company’sCompany's IPG business assets and liabilities were compared to the carrying value of the IPG’sIPG's assets and liabilities. The Company used a discounted cash flow model in order to determine the fair value of IPG. The allocation of the fair value of IPG required the Company to make a number of assumptions and estimates about the fair value of assets and liabilities where the fair values were not readily available or observable. Based on this analysis, the Company determined that the carrying value of IPG’sIPG's assets and liabilities exceeded their fair value at the reporting date.

In the event that there is a deterioration in the South African transaction processing and the international transaction processing operating segment,segments, or in any other of the Company’sCompany's businesses, this may lead to additional impairments in future periods.

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9. Goodwill and intangible assets, net (continued)

Goodwill (continued)

Impairment loss (continued)

Three and nine months ended March 31, 2018

     During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recognized an impairment loss of approximately $19.9 million related to goodwill allocated to the Masterpayment business within its international transaction processing operating segment as a result of changes to the operating model of Masterpayment. During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company re-evaluated the operating performance and ongoing viability of Masterpayment’s working capital financing and supply chain solutions offering and determined to exit this portion of its business. While the Company believed that it could scale this offering in the medium to long-term by focusing on customers and industries outside Masterpayment’s initial target market, this standalone offering did not fit the Company’s strategy of providing payment solutions and working capital to small and medium-sized merchants. In order to focus on the Company’s stated international strategy, the Company decided to wind-down the traditional working capital finance book issued to non-payment solutions customers. During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company evaluated Masterpayment’s business strategy and following the wind-down referred to above, it has determined that Masterpayment is unlikely to deliver the financial results or cash flows previously anticipated. The Company and two of Masterpayment’s senior managers agreed, by mutual consent, that with effect from the end of March 2018, the managers terminated their employment with Masterpayment in order to dedicate themselves to new professional tasks.

     In order to determine the amount of goodwill impairment, the estimated fair value of the Company’s Masterpayment business was allocated to the individual fair value of the assets and liabilities of Masterpayment as if it had been acquired in a business combination, which resulted in the implied fair value of the goodwill. The Company used a discounted cash flow model in order to determine the fair value of Masterpayment. The allocation of the fair value of Masterpayment required the Company to make a number of assumptions and estimates about the fair value of assets and liabilities where the fair values were not readily available or observable.

Summarized below is the movement in the carrying value of goodwill for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Gross   Accumulated   Carrying 
  value   impairment   value 
Balance as of June 30, 2018$304,013  $(20,773) $283,240 
 Continuing 189,852   (20,773)  169,079 
 Discontinued (Note 2) 114,161   -   114,161 
     Impairment of goodwill -   (8,191)  (8,191)
     Amendment to DNI preliminary purchase price allocation (Note 2) 5,017   -   5,017 
     Deconsolidation of DNI (Note 2) (113,003)  -   (113,003)
     Foreign currency adjustment(1) (10,730)  166   (10,564)
             Balance as of March 31, 2019$185,297  $(28,798) $156,499 
     Gross value   Accumulated impairment   Carrying value 
Balance as of June 30, 2019$184,544  $(35,157) $149,387 
   Disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) (599)  -   (599)
   Foreign currency adjustment (1) 122   28   150 
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$184,067  $(35,129) $148,938 
               
   (1) - The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the South African rand, the Euro and the Korean won, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value. 

     (1) – the foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the South African rand, the Euro and the Korean won, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Goodwill has been allocated to the Company’sCompany's reportable segments as follows:

  South       Financial     
  African   International   inclusion and     
  transaction   transaction   applied   Carrying 
  processing   processing   technologies   value 
Balance as of June 30, 2018$20,946  $123,948  $138,346  $283,240 
 Continuing 20,946   123,948   24,185   169,079 
 Discontinued (Note 2) -   -   114,161   114,161 
     Impairment of goodwill (1,180)  (7,011)  -   (8,191)
     Amendment to DNI preliminary purchase price allocation (Note 2) -   -   5,017   5,017 
     Deconsolidation of DNI (Note 2) -   -   (113,003)  (113,003)
     Foreign currency adjustment(1) (1,083)  (2,349)  (7,132)  (10,564)
             Balance as of March 31, 2019$18,683  $114,588  $23,228  $156,499 
                   
     South African transaction processing   International transaction processing   Financial inclusion and applied technologies   Carrying value 
Balance as of June 30, 2019$19,208  $112,728  $17,451  $149,387 
   Disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) (599)
 - 
 - 
 (599)
   Foreign currency adjustment (1) 23   83   44   150 
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$18,632  $112,811  $17,495  $148,938 
                   
   (1) - The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the South African rand, the Euro and the Korean won, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value. 


9. 8.Goodwill and intangible assets, net (continued)

Intangible assets

Impairment loss

     The Company identified and recognized certain customer relationships as part of its acquisition of DNI, which included relationships related to an agreement with Cell C under which DNI shared in revenues earned by Cell C from other mobile telecommunications network renting ("tenant rentals") certain Cell C infrastructure that was constructed utilizing funding provided by DNI. Cell C expected to utilize the funding provided by DNI to construct 1,000 towers. Cell C recently entered into a roaming arrangement with another South African mobile telecommunications network provider which will extend its network coverage. Cell C utilized funding from DNI to construct approximately 22% of the towers that it had originally estimated to complete, however, the conclusion of the roaming arrangement has resulted in Cell C halting the construction of further network infrastructure.

     The Company expects DNI to earn fewer tenant rentals than initially planned due to the lower number of towers constructed. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company updated the discounted cash flow model used to calculate the fair value of the customer relationships acquired on acquisition of DNI to assess the impact of the lower number of towers on its projected cash flows from the tenant rentals customer relationship. The lower number of towers has significantly reduced the projected cash flows earned from tenant rentals which resulted in a lower fair value attributed to the customer relationship. The Company compared the updated fair value of the customer relationship to the carrying amount and determined that the customer relationship is impaired. The Company has recorded an impairment loss of $5.3 million in the impairment loss caption on its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019. The customer relationship was not allocated to an operating segment and the impairment loss is included in corporate/eliminations.

     The economics of the tenant rentals arrangement between DNI and Cell C was excluded from the performance targets agreed between DNI and the Company because the arrangement was outside of DNI’s core business. DNI continues to perform above expectations and as of March 31, 2019, the Company believes that there are no other impairment indicators related to any of the other DNI intangible assets identified.

Carrying value and amortization of intangible assets

Summarized below is the carrying value and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets as of MarchDecember 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018:2019:

  As of March 31, 2019  As of June 30, 2018 
  Gross     Net  Gross     Net 
  carrying  Accumulated   carrying   carrying  Accumulated    carrying   
  value  amortization  value  value  amortization  value 
Finite-lived intangible assets:                  
     Customer relationships(1)$97,481  ($83,377)$14,104 $100,421 $(76,237)$24,184 
     Software and unpatented technology(1) 32,272  (32,076) 196  33,121  (32,342) 779 
     FTS patent 2,646  (2,646) -  2,792  (2,792) - 
     Exclusive licenses 4,506  (4,506) -  4,506  (4,506) - 
     Trademarks and brands(1) 6,776  (6,119) 657  6,962  (5,589) 1,373 
     Total finite-lived intangible assets 143,681  (128,724) 14,957  147,802  (121,466) 26,336 
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:                  
     Financial institution license 762  -  762  793  -  793 
     Total indefinite-lived intangible assets 762  -  762  793  -  793 
          Total intangible assets$144,443 $(128,724)$15,719 $148,595 $(121,466)$27,129 
   As of December 31, 2019  As of June 30, 2019 
    Gross carrying value   Accumulated amortization   Net carrying value   Gross carrying value   Accumulated amortization   Net carrying value 
Finite-lived intangible assets:                       
 Customer relationships$95,792  $(89,273) $6,519  $96,653  $(86,285) $10,368 
 Software and unpatented                       
 technology 28,883   (28,598)  285   32,071   (31,829)  242 
 FTS patent 2,727   (2,727)  -   2,721   (2,721)  - 
 Trademarks 6,784   (6,307)  477   6,772   (6,265)  507 
 Total finite-lived intangible assets 134,186   (126,905)  7,281   138,217   (127,100)  11,117 
Infinite-lived intangible assets:                       
 Financial institution licenses 762   -   762   772   -   772 
 Total infinite-lived intangible assets 762   -   762   772   -   772 
                          
  Total intangible assets$134,948  $(126,905) $8,043  $138,989  $(127,100) $11,889 

     (1) Intangible assets acquired as part of the DNI acquisition in June 2018 have been deconsolidated and are excluded from the March 31, 2019, balances, refer to Note 2.

Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, was approximately $6.1$1.9 million and $3.0$6.1 million, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, was approximately $18.3$3.8 million and $8.8$12.2 million, respectively.

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9. Goodwill and intangible assets, net (continued)

Intangible assets (continued)

Carrying value and amortization of intangible assets (continued)

Future estimated annual amortization expense for the next five fiscal years and thereafter, assuming exchange rates that prevailed on MarchDecember 31, 2019, 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 2019(1)$21,631 
Fiscal 2020 7,810 Fiscal 2020 $7,919 
Fiscal 2021 2,833 Fiscal 2021  2,807 
Fiscal 2022 69 Fiscal 2022  73 
Fiscal 2023 69 Fiscal 2023  73 
Fiscal 2024Fiscal 2024  72 
Thereafter 211 Thereafter  145 
Total future estimated annual amortization expense$32,623 
Total future estimated annual amortization expense               $11,089 


10. Reinsurance assets9.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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Reinsurance  Insurance 
  assets(1) contracts(2)
Balance as of June 30, 2018$633 $(2,032)
     Increase in policyholder benefits under insurance contracts 67  (5,940)
     Claims and policyholders’ benefits under insurance contracts. (22) 6,427 
     Foreign currency adjustment(3) (34) 106 
         Balance as of March 31, 2019$644 $(1,439)
    Reinsurance Assets (1)   Insurance contracts (2) 
Balance as of June 30, 2019$1,163  $(1,880)
 Increase in policy holder benefits under insurance contracts 220   (3,232)
 Claims and policyholders' benefits under insurance contracts (227)  3,201 
 Foreign currency adjustment (3) 3   (5)
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$1,159  $(1,916)

     (1)

(1) Included in other long-term assets.

     (2)

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities.

     (3)

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

The Company has agreements with reinsurance companies in order to limit its losses from certainlarge insurance contracts, however, if the reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations, the Company retains the liability.

The Company determines its reserves for policyholder benefits under its life insurance products using a model which estimates claims incurred that have not been reported and total present value of disability claims-in-payment atinsurance contract liabilities is based on the balance sheet date. This model allows for best estimate assumptions based onof future experience (where sufficient) plus prescribed margins, as required in the markets in which these products are offered, namely South Africa. The process of deriving the best estimateestimates assumptions include (i) mortality and morbidityplus prescribed margins includes assumptions reflecting the company’s most recent experience and (ii)related to claim reporting delays reflecting Company specific and(based on average industry experience. Most of the disability claims-in-payment reserve is reinsured and the reported values were based on the reserve held by the relevant reinsurer.experience).

Assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts

Summarized below is the movement in assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Assets(1) Investment contracts(2)
Balance as of June 30, 2018$610 $(610)
     Increase in policyholder benefits under investment contracts 18  (18)
     Foreign currency adjustment(3) (32) 32 
         Balance as of March 31, 2019$596 $(596)
   Assets (1)   Investment contracts (2) 
Balance as of June 30, 2019$619  $(619)
 Increase in policy holder benefits under investment contracts 2   (2)
 Claims and policyholders' benefits under investment contracts (36)  36 
 Foreign currency adjustment (3) 2   (2)
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$587  $(587)

     (1)

(1) Included in other long-term assets.

     (2)

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities.

     (3)

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

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

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11. 10.Borrowings

Refer to Note 12 to the Company's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019, for additional information regarding its borrowings.

South Africa

The amounts below have been translated at exchange rates applicable as of the dates specified.

July 2017 Facilities, as amended, comprising a short-term facility and long-term borrowings

Long-term borrowings – Facilities A, B, C and D

     The Company’s South African amended July 2017 Facilities agreement is described in Note 14 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2018. The carrying value of these long-term borrowings as of March 31, 2019, was ZAR 229.1 million ($15.8 million), net of deferred fees of ZAR 0.9 million ($0.1 million), and the carrying amount approximated its fair value. Interest on these term loans was payable on the last business day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the final maturity date based on the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate ("JIBAR") in effect from time to time plus a margin of 2.75%. The JIBAR has been set at 7.15% for the period to June 29, 2019, in respect of the loans provided under the South African long-term facilities agreement. The next principal repayment of ZAR 151.3 million ($10.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) was scheduled to be paid on June 29, 2019, however the Company settled the outstanding amount of ZAR 230.0 million ($15.9 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019) in full on May 3, 2019, utilizing a combination of existing cash reserves and through the sale of DNI shares as discussed in Note 2.

Short-term facility - Facility E

On September 26, 2018, Net1 SA further amendedrevised its amended July 2017 Facilities agreement with RMB to include an overdraft facility ("Facility E") of up to ZAR 1.5 billion ($103.6 million)106.8 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019) to fund the Company’sCompany's ATMs. The available Facility E overdraft facility was subsequently reduced to ZAR 1.2 billion ($85.4 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019) in September 2019. Interest on the overdraft facility is payable on the last day of each month and on the final maturity date based on the South African prime rate less a margin of 1.00%.rate. The overdraft facility is up for review onwill be reviewed in September 26, 2019.2020. The overdraft facility amount utilized must be repaid in full within one month of utilization and at least 90% of the amount utilized must be repaid with 25 days.


10.Borrowings (continued)

South Africa (continued)

July 2017 Facilities, as amended, comprising a short-term facility and long-term borrowings (continued)

Short-term facility - Facility E (continued)

The overdraft facility is secured by a pledge by Net1 SA of, among other things, cash and certain bank accounts utilized in the Company’sCompany's ATM funding process, the cession of an insurance policy with Senate Transit Underwriters Managers Proprietary Limited, and any rights and claims Net1 SA has against Grindrod Bank Limited, and, in March 2019, the Company also agreed to provide RMB with the cession of a Company U.S. dollar denominated bank account. The Company paid a non-refundable origination fee of approximately ZAR 3.8 million ($0.3 million) in October 2018.Limited. As at MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 1.11.0 billion ($72.8 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of March 31, 2019)72.7 million) of this overdraft facility.

This ZAR 1.51.2 billion overdraft facility may only be used to fund ATMs and therefore the overdraft utilized and converted to cash to fund the Company’sCompany's ATMs is considered restricted cash. The prime rate on MarchDecember 31, 2019, was 10.25%.10.00% and reduced to 9.75% on January 17, 2020, following a reduction in the South African repo rate.

Long-term borrowings facility - Facility F

On September 4, 2019, Net1 SA further amended its amended July 2017 Facilities agreement with RMB and Nedbank to include an overdraft facility ("Facility F") of up to ZAR 300.0 million ($21.4 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019) for the sole purpose of funding the acquisition of airtime from Cell C. Net1 SA may not dispose of the airtime acquired from Cell C prior to April 1, 2020, without the prior consent of RMB, Absa Bank Limited and Investec Asset Management Proprietary Limited. Facility F comprises (i) a first Senior Facility F loan of ZAR 220.0 million (ii) a second Senior Facility F loan of ZAR 80.0 million, or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the facility agent. Facility F is required to be repaid in full within nine months following the first utilization of the facility. Net1 SA is required to prepay Facility F subject to customary prepayment terms. Interest on Facility F is based on JIBAR plus a margin of 5.50% per annum and is due in full on repayment of the loan. JIBAR was 6.80% on December 31, 2019. The margin on the Facility F increased by 1% on November 1, 2019, because we had not disposed of our remaining shareholding in DNI and FIHRST by that date. Net1 SA paid a non-refundable structuring fee of ZAR 2.2 million ($0.1 million) to the Lenders in September 2019, and the Company expensed this amount in full during the first quarter of fiscal 2020.

Nedbank facility, comprising short-term facilities

     On February 28, 2019, the aggregate amount of the Company’s short-term facility with Nedbank Limited was reduced from ZAR 700 million to ZAR 450 million, as a result of the reduction of the general banking facility from ZAR 300 million to ZAR 50 million. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the aggregate amount of the Company’sCompany's short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank Limited was ZAR 450.0 million ($31.132.0 million) and consists of (i) a primary amount of up to ZAR 450 million ($31.1 million) and (ii) a secondary amount, which has been temporarily withdrawn as discussed below.. The primary amountcredit facility comprises an overdraft facility of (i) up to ZAR 300300.0 million ($20.721.4 million), which is further split into (a) a ZAR 250.0 million ($17.317.8 million) overdraft facility which may only be used to fund mobile ATMs used at pay points and (b) a ZAR 5050.0 million ($3.43.6 million) general banking facility and (ii) indirect and derivative facilities of up to ZAR 150150.0 million ($10.410.7 million), which include letters of guarantees, letters of credit and forward exchange contracts. The ZAR 250.0 million component of the primary amount may only be used to fund ATMs and therefore this component of the primary amount utilized and converted to cash to fund ourthe Company's ATMs is considered restricted cash. The short-term facility provides Nedbank with the right to set off funds held in certain identified Company bank accounts with Nedbank against any amounts owed to Nedbank under the facility. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company had total funds of $4.2$2.7 million in bank accounts with Nedbank which have been set off against $5.6$14.4 million drawn under the Nedbank facility, for a net amount drawn under the facility of $1.4$11.7 million.

As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the interest rate on the overdraft facility was 9.10%. The Company has ceded its investment8.85%, and reduced to 8.60% on January 17, 2020, following a reduction in Cash Paymaster Services Proprietary Limited ("CPS"), athe South African subsidiary, as well as all of its rights, title and interest in an insurance policy issued by Fidelity Risk Proprietary Limited as security for its repayment obligations under the facility. A commitment fee of 0.35% per annum is payable on the monthly unutilized amount of the overdraft portion of the short-term facility. The Company is required to comply with customary non-financial covenants, including, without limitation, covenants that restrict its ability to dispose of or encumber its assets, incur additional indebtedness or engage in certain business combinations.repo rate.

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11. Borrowings (continued)

Nedbank facility, comprising short-term facilities (continued)

As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company hashad utilized approximately ZAR 81.4164.3 million ($5.611.7 million) of its ZAR 250300.0 million overdraft facility to fund ATMs, and utilized none of its ZAR 5050.0 million general banking facility and temporary facility. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018,2019, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 96.793.6 million ($6.7 million) and ZAR 108.093.6 million ($7.96.6 million), respectively, of its indirect and derivative facilities of 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)21).

June 2018 Facility, a long-term borrowing (a DNI facility)

     The Company’s South African long-term facility agreement is described in Note 14 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2018. DNI is the primary party to this facility and these long-term borrowings have been deconsolidated as of March 31, 2019, following the transaction referred to in Note 2. Interest on the revolving credit facility is payable quarterly based on JIBAR in effect from time to time plus a margin of 2.75%. The Company paid a non-refundable origination fee of approximately ZAR 2.0 million ($0.1 million) during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.

United States, a short-term facility

On September 14, 2018, the Company renewed its $10.0 million overdraft facility from Bank Frick and on February 4, 2019, the Company increased the overdraft facility to $20.0 million. The interest rate on the facilities is 4.50% plus 3-month US dollar LIBOR and interest is payable on a quarterly basis. The 3-month US dollar LIBOR rate was 2.59975%1.91% on MarchDecember 31, 2019. The facility has no fixed term, however, it may be terminated by either party with six weeks written notice. The facility is secured by a pledge of the Company’sCompany's investment in Bank Frick. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company had utilized approximately $8.9$13.9 million of this facility.


10.Borrowings (continued)

     The Company’s South Korean senior secured loan facility is described in Note 14 to its audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2018. On July 29, 2017, the Company utilized approximately KRW 0.3 billion ($0.3 million) of its Facility C revolving credit facility to pay interest due on the Company’s South Korean senior secured loan facility. On October 20, 2017, the Company made an unscheduled repayment of $16.6 million and settled the full outstanding balance, including interest, related to these borrowings. This facility is no longer available.

South Korea, a short-term facility

The Company obtained a one year KRW 1010.0 billion ($10.08.7 million) short-term overdraft facility from Hana Bank, a South Korean bank, in January 2019. The interest rate on the facilitiesfacility is 1.984%1.98% plus the 3-month CD rate. The CD rate as of MarchDecember 31, 2019 was 1.87%1.53%. The facility expires in January 2020,2021, however can be renewed. The facility is unsecured with no fixed repayment terms. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company had not utilized this facility.

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11. Borrowings (continued)

Movement in short-term credit facilities

Summarized below are the Company’sCompany's short-term facilities as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and the movement in the Company’sCompany's short-term facilities from as of June 30, 20182019 to as of MarchDecember 31, 2019:

          United   South     
  South Africa   States   Korea     
  Amended       Bank         
  July 2017   Nedbank   Frick   Hana   Total 
Short-term facilities as of March 31, 2019:$103,599  $31,080  $20,000  $8,792  $163,471 
     Overdraft -   3,453   20,000   8,792   32,245 
     Overdraft restricted as to use for ATM funding only 103,599   17,267   -   -   120,866 
     Indirect and derivative facilities -   10,360   -   -   10,360 
Movement in utilized overdraft facilities:                   
     Balance as of June 30, 2018 -   -   -   -   - 
             Utilized 506,472   64,196   13,857   -   584,525 
             Repaid (434,629)  (63,202)  (4,992)  -   (502,823)
             Foreign currency adjustment(1) 945   399   -   -   1,344 
                     Balance as of March 31, 2019(2) 72,788   1,393   8,865   -   83,046 
                             Restricted as to use for ATM funding only 72,788   1,393   -   -   74,181 
                             No restrictions as to use -   -   8,865   -   8,865 
Movement in utilized indirect and derivative facilities:              
     Balance as of June 30, 2018 -   7,871   -   -   7,871 
             Guarantees cancelled -   (829)  -   -   (829)
             Utilized -   47   -   -   47 
             Foreign currency adjustment(1) -   (411)  -   -   (411)
                     Balance as of March 31, 2019$-  $6,678  $-  $-  $6,678 
      South Africa   United States   South Korea   Total 
      Amended July 2017   Nedbank   Bank Frick   Hana     
Short-term facilities available as of                   
December 31, 2019$85,419  $32,032  $20,000  $8,654  $146,105 
 Overdraft -   3,559   20,000   8,654   32,213 
 Overdraft restricted as to use for ATM funding only 85,419   17,796   -   -   103,215 
 Indirect and derivative facilities -   10,677   -   -   10,677 
                        
Movement in utilized overdraft facilities:                   
 Balance as of June 30, 2019 69,566   5,880   9,544   -   84,990 
  Utilized 349,466   33,722   8,362   -   391,550 
  Repaid (346,525)  (28,029)  (4,000)  -   (378,554)
  Foreign currency adjustment(1) 157   123   -   -   280 
   Balance as of December 31, 2019(2) 72,664   11,696   13,906   -   98,266 
    Restricted as to use for ATM funding only 72,664   11,696   -   -   84,360 
    No restrictions as to use -   -   13,906   -   13,906 
                        
Movement in utilized indirect and derivative                   
facilities:                   
 Balance as of June 30, 2019 -   6,643   -   -   6,643 
  Foreign currency adjustment(1) -   17   -   -   17 
   Balance as of December 31, 2019$-  $6,660  $-  $-  $6,660 

     (1) Represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR and the U.S. dollar.
     (2) Nedbank balance as of March 31, 2019, of $1.4 million comprises the net of total overdraft facilities withdrawn of $5.6 million offset against funds in bank accounts with Nedbank of $4.2 million.

Movement in long-term borrowings

     Summarized below is the movement in the Company’s long term borrowing from as of June 30, 2018 to as of March 31, 2019:

  South Africa     
  Continuing   Discontinued   
      June         
  Amended   2018   Other     
  July 2017   Facility   (Note 2)  Total 
                
Included in current portion of long-term borrowings$44,079  $-  $616  $44,695 
Included in long-term borrowings 5,469   -   -   5,469 
Balance as of June 30, 2018 49,548   -   616   50,164 
     Utilized -   14,613   -   14,613 
     Repaid (30,797)  (4,944)  (569)  (36,310)
     Deconsolidated (Note 2) -   (10,150)  -   (10,150)
     Foreign currency adjustment(1) (2,928)  481   (47)  (2,494)
Balance as of March 31, 2019, included in current portion of long-term borrowings$15,823  $-  $-  $15,823 

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

The Company paid a non-refundable deal origination fee(2) Nedbank balance as of approximatelyDecember 31, 2019, of $11.7 million comprises the net of total overdraft facilities withdrawn of $14.4 million offset against funds in bank accounts with Nedbank of $2.7 million.

Movement in long-term borrowings

Summarized below is the movement in the Company's long term borrowing from as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019:

   South Africa     
   Amended July 2017   Total 
Balance as of June 30, 2019$-  $- 
Current portion of long-term borrowings -   - 
Long-term borrowings -   - 
 Utilized 14,798   14,798 
 Repaid (11,313)  (11,313)
 Foreign currency adjustment(1) 578   578 
Balance as of December 31, 2019 4,063   4,063 
 Current portion of long-term borrowings 4,063   4,063 
 Long-term borrowings$-  $- 
         

(1) Represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR 6.3 million ($0.6 million) in August 2017. and the U.S. dollar.


10.Borrowings (continued)

Interest expense incurred under the Company’sCompany's South African long-term borrowing during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, was $0.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Interest expense incurred during the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, was $0.6 million and $1.9$2.1 million, respectively. Interest expense incurredThere were no prepaid facility fee amortization during the ninethree and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, was $2.7 million and $5.5 million, respectively. Prepaid facility fees amortized during each of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, was $0.1 million, respectively. Prepaid facility fees amortized during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, was $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

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Movement in long-term borrowings (continued)

     Interest expense incurred in respect of the Company’s South Korean debt facilities during the nine months ended March 31, 2018, was $0.4 million.2019. Prepaid facility fees amortized during the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018, was $0.1 million.million and $0.2 million, respectively.

11.Other payables

Summarized below is the breakdown of other payables as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019:

 December 31,  June 30, 
  2019   2019 
Accrual of implementation costs to be refunded to SASSA$35,270  $34,039 
Accruals 15,376   10,620 
Provisions 4,390   6,074 
Other 8,801   10,814 
Value-added tax payable 3,624   3,234 
Payroll-related payables 1,131   1,113 
Participating merchants settlement obligation 542   555 
 $69,134  $66,449 

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, 2019, for additional information regarding Accrual of implementation costs to be refunded to SASSA. As of December 31, 2019, this accrual of $35.3 million (ZAR 495.5 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019, comprised a revenue refund of $19.8 million (ZAR 277.6 million), accrued interest of $12.6 million (ZAR 177.6 million), unclaimed indirect taxes of $2.8 million (ZAR 38.9 million) and estimated costs of $0.1 million (ZAR 1.4 million)). As of June 30, 2019, this accrual of $34.0 million (ZAR 479.4 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of June 30, 2019, comprised a revenue refund of $19.7 million (ZAR 277.6 million), accrued interest of $11.4 million (ZAR 161.0 million), unclaimed indirect taxes of $2.8 million (ZAR 39.4 million) and estimated costs of $0.1 million (ZAR 1.4 million)).

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

12.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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and the number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively:

  March 31,  March 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
Number of shares, net of treasury:      
     Statement of changes in equity 56,815,925  56,855,187 
     Less: Non-vested equity shares that have not vested (Note 14) (831,408) (934,673)
Number of shares, net of treasury excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested 55,984,517  55,920,514 
   December 31,  December 31, 
   2019  2018 
        
Number of shares, net of treasury:      
 Statement of changes in equity 56,568,425  56,833,925 
 Non-vested equity shares that have not vested as of end of period 583,908  860,817 
Number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested 55,984,517  55,973,108 


13.Accumulated other comprehensive loss

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Three months ended 
  March 31, 2019 
  Accumulated    
  foreign    
  currency    
  translation    
  reserve  Total 
       
Balance as of January 1, 2019$(198,272)$(198,272)
 Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of DNI (Note 2). 1,806  1,806 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve (7,872) (7,872)
       Balance as of March 31, 2019$(204,338)$(204,338)
   Three months ended 
   December 31, 2019 
    Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve   Total 
Balance as of October 1, 2019$(214,640) $(214,640)
 Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) 1,578   1,578 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment (491)  (491)
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve 19,114   19,114 
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$(194,439) $(194,439)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018:

     
  Three months ended 
  March 31, 2018 
     Accumulated    
     net    
     unrealized    
     income on    
  Accumulated  asset    
  foreign  available for    
  currency  sale, net of    
  translation  tax (As    
  reserve  restatedA)  Total 
          
Balance as of January 1, 2018$(123,359)$- $(123,359)
     Movement in foreign currency translation reserve 20,512  -  20,512 
             Balance as of March 31, 2018$(102,847)$- $(102,847)
   Three months ended 
   December 31, 2018 
    Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve   Total 
Balance as of October 1, 2018$(189,630) $(189,630)
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve (8,744)  (8,744)
  Balance as of December 31, 2018$(198,374) $(198,374)

     (A) Refer to Note 1.

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13. Accumulated other comprehensive loss (continued)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

  Nine months ended 
  March 31, 2019 
  Accumulated    
  foreign    
  currency    
  translation    
  reserve  Total 
       
Balance as of June 30, 2018$(184,436)$(184,436)
 Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of DNI (Note 2). 1,806  1,806 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment 5,430  5,430 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve (27,138) (27,138)
               Balance as of March 31, 2019$(204,338)$(204,338)
   Six months ended 
   December 31, 2019 
    Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve   Total 
Balance as of July 1, 2019$(199,273) $(199,273)
 Release of foreign currency translation reserve related to disposal of FIHRST (Note 2) 1,578   1,578 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment 2,227   2,227 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve 1,029   1,029 
  Balance as of December 31, 2019$(194,439) $(194,439)


13.Accumulated other comprehensive loss (continued)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018:

  Nine months ended 
  March 31, 2018 
     Accumulated    
     net    
     unrealized    
     income on    
  Accumulated  asset    
  foreign  available for    
  currency  sale, net of    
  translation  tax (As    
  reserve  restatedA)  Total 
          
Balance as of June 30, 2017$(162,569)$- $(162,569)
     Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity accounted investment (227) -  (227)
     Movement in foreign currency translation reserve 59,949  -  59,949 
             Balance as of March 31, 2018$(102,847)$- $(102,847)
    Six months ended 
    December 31, 2018 
    Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve   Total 
Balance as of July 1, 2018$(184,538) $(184,538)
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment 5,430   5,430 
 Movement in foreign currency translation reserve (19,266)  (19,266)
  Balance as of December 31, 2018$(198,374) $(198,374)

     (A) Refer to Note 1.

During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company reclassified $1.8$1.6 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss (accumulated foreign currency translation reserve) to net (loss) incomeloss related to the DNIFIHRST disposal (refer to Note 2). There were no reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net (loss) income during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018.

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14.Stock-based compensation

Stock option and restricted stock activity

Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018:

        Weighted       
     Weighted  average     Weighted 
     average  remaining  Aggregate  average 
     exercise  contractual  intrinsic  grant date 
  Number of  price  term  value  fair value 
  shares  ($)  (in years)  ($’000) ($) 
                
Outstanding – June 30, 2018 809,274  13.99  2.67  370  4.20 
 Granted – September 2018 600,000  6.20  10.00  1,212  2.02 
 Forfeitures (278,386) 19.16        5.00 
     Outstanding – March 31, 2019 1,130,888  8.60  6.33  -  2.70 
                
Outstanding – June 30, 2017 846,607  13.87  3.80  486  4.21 
 Forfeitures (37,333) 11.23        4.55 
     Outstanding – March 31, 2018 809,274  13.99  2.92  427  4.20 
                  
    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, 2019 864,579  7.81  7.05  -  2.62 
 Granted - September 2019 561,000  3.07  10.00  676  1.20 
  Outstanding - December 31, 2019 1,425,579  5.94  7.81  365  2.07 
                  
Outstanding - June 30, 2018 809,274  13.99  2.67  370  4.20 
 Granted - September 2018 600,000  6.20  10.00  1,212  2.02 
 Forfeited (200,000) 24.46  -  -  7.17 
  Outstanding - December 31, 2018 1,209,274  8.41  6.15  72  2.62 

During the ninethree and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, 561,000 stock options were awarded to employees. No stock options were awarded during the three months ended December 31, 2018. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, 600,000 stock options were awarded to executive officers and employees. No stock options were awardedforfeited during the threesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 or during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, employees forfeited 78,386 stock options. No stock options were forfeited during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018. During the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, employees and2018, executive officers forfeited 278,386 stock options, including 200,000 stock options granted in August 2008, with a strike price of $24.46 per share, as these stock options expired unexercised. During the nine months ended March 31, 2018, employees forfeited 37,333 stock options.

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 dayCompany'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.


14.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Options (continued)

The table below presents the range of assumptions used to value options granted during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:2019 and 2018:

Nine months
ended
March 31,
2019
Expected volatility44%
Expected dividends0%
Expected life (in years)3
Risk-free rate2.75%
  Six months ended 
  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Expected volatility 57%  44% 
Expected dividends 0%  0% 
Expected life (in years) 3  3 
Risk-free rate 1.57%  2.75% 

The following table presents stock options vested and expected to vest as of MarchDecember 31, 2019:2019 :

        Weighted    
     Weighted  average    
     average  remaining  Aggregate 
     exercise  contractual  intrinsic 
  Number of  price  term  value 
  shares  ($)  (in years)  ($’000)
Vested and expected to vest – March 31, 2019 1,130,888  8.60  6.33  - 
 Number of
shares
  Weighted average exercise price
($)
  Weighted average remaining contractual term
(in years)
  Aggregate intrinsic value
($'000)
 
Vested and expecting to vest - December 31, 20191,425,579  5.94  7.81  365 

These options have an exercise price range of $6.20$3.07 to $13.16.$11.23.

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14. Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Options (continued)

The following table presents stock options that are exercisable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019:

        Weighted    
     Weighted  average    
     average  remaining  Aggregate 
     exercise  contractual  intrinsic 
  Number of  price  term  value 
  shares  ($)  (in years)  ($’000)
Exercisable – March 31, 2019 547,888  11.13  2.97  - 
 Number of
shares
  Weighted average exercise price
($)
  Weighted average remaining contractual term
(in years)
 
         
Exercisable - December 31, 2019523,914  8.86  5.52 

No stock options became exercisable during the three and nine months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 or during the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018, respectively. However, during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018, 105,9822019, 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 ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018:

  Number of   Weighted 
  shares of   average grant 
  restricted   date fair value 
  stock   ($’000)
Non-vested – June 30, 2018 765,411   6,162 
 Granted – September 2018 148,000   114 
 Total Vested (64,003)  503 
     Vested – August 2018 (52,594)  459 
     Vested – March 2019 (11,409)  44 
 Forfeitures (18,000)  70 
         Non-vested – March 31, 2019 831,408   5,496 
        
Non-vested – June 30, 2017 505,473   11,173 
 Total Granted 611,411   4,522 
     Granted – August 2017 588,594   4,288 
     Granted – March 2018 22,817   234 
 Vested – August 2017 (56,250)  527 
 Total Forfeitures (125,961)  1,491 
     Forfeitures (30,635)  358 
     Forfeitures – August and November 2014 awards with market conditions (95,326)  1,133 
         Non-vested – March 31, 2018 934,673   9,608 
     Number of shares of restricted stock  Weighted average grant date fair value
($'000)
 
    
    
    
    
Non-vested - June 30, 2019 583,908  3,410 
  Non-vested - December 31, 2019 583,908  3,410 
          
Non-vested - June 30, 2018 765,411  6,162 
Granted - September 2018 148,000  114 
Vested - August 2018 (52,594) 459 
   Non-vested - December 31, 2018 860,817  5,785 

The September 2018 grants comprise 148,000 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers that are subject to market and time-based vesting. The August 2017 grants comprise (i) 326,000 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers and employees that are subject to time-based vesting, (ii) 210,000 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers that are subject to market and time-based vesting, and (iii) 52,594 shares of restricted stock awarded to non-employee directors.

     The 326,000 shares of restricted stock will only vest if the recipient is employed by the Company on a full-time basis on August 23, 2020. The 52,594 shares of restricted stock awarded to non-employee directors in August 2017 vested on August 23, 2018, and 11,409 shares of restricted stock, representing half of the 22,817 shares granted to our Chief Financial Officer on March 1, 2018, vested on March 1, 2019. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, 18,000 shares of restricted stock with time-based vesting conditions were forfeited by employees upon their termination from the Company. During the nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, 56,25052,594 shares of restricted stock granted to non-employee directors vested and employees forfeited 30,635 shares of restricted stock with either market or performance conditions upon their termination from the Company.vested.


14.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Restricted stock (continued)

Market Conditions - Restricted Stock Granted in September 2018

The 148,000 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers in September 2018 are subject to time-based and performance-based (a market condition) vesting conditions and vest in full only on the date, if any, that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) the price of the Company’sCompany's common stock must equal or exceed certain agreed VWAP levels (as described below) during a measurement period commencing on the date that it files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2021 and ending on December 31, 2021 and (2) the recipient is employed by the Company on a full-time basis when the condition in (1) is met. If either of these conditions is not satisfied, then none of the shares of restricted stock will vest and they will be forfeited. The $23.00 price target represents an approximate 55% increase, compounded annually, in the price of the Company’sCompany's common stock on Nasdaq over the $6.20 closing price on September 7, 2018. The VWAP levels and vesting percentages related to such levels are as follows:

., The fair value of these shares of restricted stock was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation of a stochastic volatility process. The choice of a stochastic volatility process as an extension to the standard Black Scholes process was driven by both observations of larger than expected moves in the daily time series for the Company’sCompany's VWAP price, but also the observation of the strike structure of volatility (i.e. skew and smile) for out-of-the money calls and out-of-the money puts versus at-the-money options for both the Company’sCompany's stock and NASDAQ futures.

In scenarios where the shares do not vest, the final vested value at maturity is zero. In scenarios where vesting occurs, the final vested value on maturity is the share price on vesting date. In its calculation of the fair value of the restricted stock, the Company used an average volatility of 37.4% for the VWAP price, a discounting based on USD overnight indexed swap rates for the grant date, and no future dividends. The average volatility was extracted from the time series for VWAP prices as the standard deviation of log prices for the three years preceding the grant date. The mean reversion of volatility and the volatility of volatility parameters of the stochastic volatility process were extracted by regressing log differences against log levels of volatility from the time series for at-the-money options 30 day volatility quotes, which were available from January 2, 2018 onwards.

Market Conditions - Restricted Stock Granted in August 2017

The 210,000 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officers in August 2017 are subject to time-based and performance-based (a market condition) vesting conditions and vest in full only on the date, if any, that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) the price of the Company’sCompany's common stock must equal or exceed certain agreed VWAP levels (as described below) during a measurement period commencing on the date that it files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020 and (2) the recipient is employed by the Company on a full-time basis when the condition in (1) is met. If either of these conditions is not satisfied, then none of the shares of restricted stock will vest and they will be forfeited. The $23.00 price target represents an approximate 35% increase, compounded annually, in the price of the Company’sCompany's common stock on Nasdaq over the $9.38 closing price on August 23, 2017. The VWAP levels and vesting percentages related to such levels are as follows:

These 210,000 shares of restricted stock are effectively forward starting knock-in barrier options with multi-strike prices of zero. The fair value of these shares of restricted stock was calculated utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation model which was developed for the purpose of the valuation of these shares. For each simulated share price path, the market share price condition was evaluated to determine whether or not the shares would vest under that simulation. A standard Geometric Brownian motion process was used in the forecasting of the share price instead of a "jump diffusion" model, as the share price volatility was more stable compared to the highly volatile regime of previous years. Therefore, the simulated share price paths capture the idiosyncrasies of the observed Company share price movements.


14.Stock-based compensation (continued) (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Restricted stock (continued)

Market Conditions - Restricted Stock Granted in August 2017 (continued)

In scenarios where the shares do not vest, the final vested value at maturity is zero. In scenarios where vesting occurs, the final vested value on maturity is the share price on vesting date. The value of the grant is the average of the discounted vested values. The Company used an expected volatility of 44.0%, an expected life of approximately three years, a risk-free rate ranging between 1.275% to 1.657% and no future dividends in its calculation of the fair value of the restricted stock. The estimated expected volatility was calculated based on the Company’sCompany's 30 day VWAP share price using the exponentially weighted moving average of returns.

Performance Conditions - Restricted Stock Granted in August 2016

     In August 2016 the Company awarded 350,000 shares of restricted stock to executive officers. In May 2017, the Company agreed to accelerate the vesting of 200,000 of these shares of restricted stock granted to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer. The remaining 150,000 shares continue to be subject to time-based and performance-based vesting conditions. In order for any of the shares to vest, the recipient must remain employed by the Company on a full-time basis on the date that it files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. If that condition is satisfied, then the shares will vest based on the level of Fundamental EPS the Company achieves for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 ("2019 Fundamental EPS"), as follows:

     At levels of 2019 Fundamental EPS greater than $2.60 and less than $3.00, the number of shares that will vest will be determined by linear interpolation relative to 2019 Fundamental EPS of $2.80. Any shares that do not vest in accordance with the above-described conditions will be forfeited. All shares of restricted stock have been valued utilizing the closing price of shares of the Company’s common stock quoted on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of grant.

Forfeiture of restricted stock awarded in August and November 2014 that did not achieve targeted market conditions

     During the nine months ended March 31, 2018, restricted stock with market conditions awarded in August and November 2014, were forfeited, because the target market conditions were not achieved. The stock-based compensation charge related to these awards was not reversed upon forfeiture because these awards contained market conditions.

     The fair value of restricted stock vesting during each of the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, was $0.5 million.

Stock-based compensation charge and unrecognized compensation cost

The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 of $0.5$0.4 million and $0.6 million respectively, which comprised:

     Allocated to cost    
     of goods sold, IT  Allocated to 
     processing,  selling, general 
  Total  servicing and  and 
  charge  support  administration 
Three months ended March 31, 2019         
 Stock-based compensation charge$578 $- $578 
 Reversal of stock compensation charge related to         
 restricted stock and stock options forfeited$(91) - $(91)
           Total – three months ended March 31, 2019$487 $- $487 
Three months ended March 31, 2018         
 Stock-based compensation charge$575 $- $575 
           Total – three months ended March 31, 2018$575 $- $575 
         Allocated to
cost of goods
sold,
   Allocated to 
         IT processing,   selling, general 
     Total   servicing and   and 
     charge   support   administration 
Three months ended December 31, 2019           
Stock-based compensation charge$436  $-  $436 
   Total - three months ended December 31, 2019$436  $-  $436 
       
   
   
Three months ended December 31, 2018           
Stock-based compensation charge$598  $-  $598 
   Total - three months ended December 31, 2018$598  $-  $598 

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14. Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)

Restricted stock (continued)

The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018 of $1.7$0.8 million and $2.0$1.2 million respectively, which comprised:

     Allocated to cost    
     of goods sold, IT  Allocated to 
     processing,  selling, general 
  Total  servicing and  and 
  charge  support  administration 
Nine months ended March 31, 2019         
 Stock-based compensation charge$1,763 $- $1,763 
Reversal of stock compensation charge related to restricted stock and stock options forfeited (91) -  (91)
           Total – nine months ended March 31, 2019$1,672 $- $1,672 
Nine months ended March 31, 2018         
 Stock-based compensation charge$2,052 $- $2,052 
Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock options forfeited (42) -  (42)
           Total – nine months ended March 31, 2018$2,010 $- $2,010 
         Allocated to
cost of goods
sold,
   Allocated to 
         IT processing,   selling, general 
     Total   servicing and   and 
     charge   support   administration 
Six months ended December 31, 2019           
Stock-based compensation charge$823  $-  $823 
   Total - Six months ended December 31, 2019$823  $-  $823 
       
   
   
Six months ended December 31, 2018           
Stock-based compensation charge$1,185  $-  $1,185 
   Total - Six months ended December 31, 2018$1,185  $-  $1,185 

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 MarchDecember 31, 2019, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was approximately $1.0$1.3 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately three years. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards was approximately $2.0$1.1 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately two years.

As of MarchDecember 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018,2019, respectively, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset of approximately $0.8$0.3 million and $0.7$0.2 million, related to the stock-based compensation charge recognized related to employees of Net1. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018,2019, respectively, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $0.8$0.3 million and $0.7$0.2 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 date of exercise by the option recipient and the exercise price from income subject to taxation in the United States.


15.(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 and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 or 2018. Accordingly, the two-class method presented below does not include the impact of any redemption. The Company’sCompany's redeemable common stock is described in Note 15 to the Company’sCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018.2019.

Basic (loss) earnings per share includeincludes 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 havehas been calculated using the two-class method and basic (loss) earnings per share for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, reflects only undistributed earnings. The computation below of basic (loss) earnings per share excludes the net (loss) incomeloss 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 havehas 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.

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15. (Loss) Earnings per share (continued)

The calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share includes the dilutive effect of a portion of the restricted stock granted to employees in August 2016, August 2017, March 2018, May 2018 and September 2018 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 awards made in September 2018 March 2018,and August 2017 and August 2016 are discussed in Note 14 above and the vesting conditions for all other awards are discussed in Note 1817 to the Company’sCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018.2019.


15.(Loss) Earnings per share (continued)

The following table presents net (loss) incomeloss attributable to Net1 ((loss) income(loss from continuing operations) 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,   December 31, 
  2019   2018   2019   2018 
      (As       (As 
      restatedA)       restatedA) 
  (in thousands except   (in thousands except percent 
  percent and   and 
  per share data)   per share data) 
Numerator:               
     Net (loss) income attributable to Net1$(54,784) $32,375  $(123,924) $61,480 
     Undistributed (loss) earnings (54,784)  32,375   (123,924)  61,480 
             Continuing (50,299)  29,084   (122,913)  58,189 
             Discontinued$(4,485) $3,291  $(1,011) $3,291 
     Percent allocated to common shareholders (Calculation 1) 98%   98%   99%   98% 
     Numerator for (loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted. $(53,958) $31,868   $(122,113) $60,490 
             Continuing (49,540)  28,629   (121,117)  57,252 
             Discontinued $(4,417)  $3,239   $(996)  $3,238 
                
Denominator:               
     Denominator for basic (loss) earnings per share: weighted- average common shares outstanding 55,971   55,828   55,965   55,874 
     Effect of dilutive securities:             - 
             Stock options -   61   24   54 
                     Denominator for diluted (loss) earnings per share:
                     adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding and assumed conversion
 55,971   55,889   55,989   55,928 
                
(Loss) Earnings per share:               
     Basic$(0.96) $0.57  $(2.18) $1.08 
             Continuing$(0.88) $0.51  $(2.16) $1.02 
             Discontinued$(0.08) $0.06  $(0.02) $0.06 
     Diluted$(0.96) $0.57  $(2.18) $1.08 
             Continuing$(0.88) $0.51  $(2.16) $1.02 
             Discontinued$(0.08) $0.06  $(0.02) $0.06 
                
(Calculation 1)               
     Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (A) 55,971   55,828   55,965   55,874 
     Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding and unvested restricted shares expected to vest (B) 56,828   56,716   56,795   56,788 
     Percent allocated to common shareholders (A) / (B) 98%   98%   99%   98% 
(A) Refer to Note 1.               
   Three months ended  Six months ended  
   December 31,  December, 31  
    2019   2018   2019   2018  
    (in thousands except   (in thousands except  
    percent and   percent and  
    per share data)   per share data)  
Numerator:                
Net loss attributable to Net1$(205) $(63,941) $(4,597) $(69,140) 
Undistributed (loss) earnings (205)  (63,941)  (4,597)  (69,140) 
  Continuing (205)  (65,469)  (4,597)  (72,614) 
  Discontinued$-  $1,528  $-  $3,474  
Percent allocated to common shareholders                
(Calculation 1) 99%   98%   99%   99%  
Numerator for (loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted (203)  (62,972)  (4,550)  (68,146) 
  Continuing (203)  (64,477)  (4,550)  (71,570) 
  Discontinued -   1,505   -   3,424  
                   
Denominator                
Denominator for basic (loss) earnings per share:                
weighted-average common shares outstanding 55,985   55,973   55,985   55,962  
  Stock options -   21   -   36  
  Denominator for diluted (loss) earnings per share: adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding and assuming conversion 55,985   55,994   55,985   55,998  
                   
(Loss) Earnings per share:                
Basic$(0.00) $(1.13) $(0.08) $(1.22) 
  Continuing$(0.00) $(1.16) $(0.08) $(1.28) 
  Discontinued$-  $0.03  $-  $0.06  
Diluted$(0.00) $(1.12) $(0.08) $(1.22) 
  Continuing$(0.00) $(1.15) $(0.08) $(1.28) 
  Discontinued$-  $0.03  $-  $0.06  
                   
(Calculation 1)                
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (A) 55,985   55,973   55,985   55,962  
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding and unvested restricted shares expected to vest (B) 56,568   56,834   56,568   56,778  
Percent allocated to common shareholders                
(A) / (B) 99%   98%   99%   99%  

Options to purchase 1,425,579 shares of the Company's common stock at prices ranging from $3.07 to $11.23 per share were outstanding during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, 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 1,166,554 and 503,698 shares of the Company’sCompany's common stock at prices ranging from $6.20 to $13.16 per share and $8.75 to $13.16 per share were outstanding during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019,2018, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share because the options’options' exercise price was greater than the average market price of the Company’sCompany's common stock. The options, which expire at various dates through September 7, 2028,October 14, 2029, were still outstanding as of MarchDecember 31, 2019.


16.Supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow disclosures for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, and 2018:

 Three months ended Six months ended 
 Three months ended  Nine months ended  December 31,  December 31, 
 March 31,  March 31,  2019  2018  2019  2018 
 2019  2018  2019  2018             
Cash received from interest$1,403 $4,561 $4,765 $14,409 $1,042 $1,285 $1,779 $3,362 
Cash paid for interest$3,373 $2,298 $9,027 $6,716 $2,293 $2,588 $3,107 $5,654 
Cash paid for income taxes$2,411 $2,276 $12,533 $22,925 $2,004 $8,779 $3,887 $10,122 

Investing activitiesLeases

The transaction referredfollowing table presents supplemental cash flow disclosure related to in Note 2 under which the Company reduced its shareholding in DNI from 55% to 38% and used the proceeds, of $27.6 million, from the sale to settle its obligation, of $27.6 million, to subscribe for additional shares in DNI was closed using a cashless settlement process. Therefore, the proceeds from sale and the settlement of the obligation to subscribe for additional shares in DNI were not included in net cash (used in) provided by investing activities in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flowsleases for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019.2019:

  December 31, 2019 
  Three
months
ended
  Six
months
ended
 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities      
Operating cash flows from operating leases$1,108 $2,028 
       
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange of lease obligations      
Operating leases$2,260 $2,490 

17.Revenue recognition

     The Company is a leading provider of transaction processing services, financial inclusion products and services and secure payment technology. The Company operates market-leading payment processors in South Africa and internationally. The Company offers debit, credit and prepaid processing and issuing services for all major payment networks. In South Africa, The Company provides innovative low-cost financial inclusion products, including banking, lending and insurance, and is a leading distributor of mobile subscriber starter packs for Cell C, a South African mobile network operator.

Disaggregation of revenue

The following table representspresents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019:

        Rest of    
  South     the    
  Africa  Korea  world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
     Processing fees$14,166 $- $- $14,166 
     Other 1,908  -  -  1,908 
          Sub-total 16,074  -  -  16,074 
International transaction processing            
     Processing fees -  30,895  2,125  33,020 
     Other -  1,161  177  1,338 
           Sub-total -  32,056  2,302  34,358 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies            
     Telecom products and services 17,409  -  -  17,409 
     Account holder fees 2,445  -  -  2,445 
     Lending revenue 6,075  -  -  6,075 
     Technology products 5,357  -  -  5,357 
     Insurance revenue 755  -  -  755 
     Other 4,011  -  -  4,011 
             Sub-total 36,052  -  -  36,052 
 $52,126 $32,056 $2,302 $86,484 
    South Africa  Korea  Rest of the world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
 Processing fees$17,035 $- $- $17,035 
 Other 1,136  -  -  1,136 
  Subtotal 18,171  -  -  18,171 
International transaction processing            
 Processing fees -  32,000  851  32,851 
 Other -  1,512  -  1,512 
  Subtotal -  33,512  851  34,363 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies            
 Telecom products and services 6,639  -  -  6,639 
 Account holder fees 3,103  -  -  3,103 
 Lending revenue 5,384  -  -  5,384 
 Technology products 5,042  -  -  5,042 
 Insurance revenue 1,372  -  -  1,372 
 Other 6  -  -  6 
  Subtotal 21,546  -  -  21,546 
               
   $39,717 $33,512 $851 $74,080 


17.Revenue recognition (continued)

Disaggregation of revenue (continued)

The following table representspresents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the ninethree months ended MarchDecember 31, 2018:

    South Africa  Korea  Rest of the world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
 Processing fees$19,031 $- $- $19,031 
 Other 1,772  -  -  1,772 
  Subtotal 20,803  -  -  20,803 
International transaction processing            
 Processing fees -  34,382  2,543  36,925 
 Other -  1,018  181  1,199 
  Subtotal -  35,400  2,724  38,124 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies            
 Telecom products and services 3,027  -  -  3,027 
 Account holder fees 3,140  -  -  3,140 
 Lending revenue 5,969  -  -  5,969 
 Technology products 4,913  -  -  4,913 
 Insurance revenue 1,306  -  -  1,306 
 Other 4,160  -  -  4,160 
  Subtotal 18,515  -  -  18,515 
               
   $39,318 $35,400 $2,724 $77,442 

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the six months ended December 31, 2019:

        Rest of    
  South     the    
  Africa  Korea  world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
     Processing fees$63,426 $- $- $63,426 
     Welfare benefit distribution fees 3,086  -  -  3,086 
     Other 4,828  -  -  4,828 
          Sub-total 71,340  -  -  71,340 
International transaction processing            
     Processing fees -  99,866  7,323  107,189 
     Other -  4,141  539  4,680 
           Sub-total -  104,007  7,862  111,869 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies            
     Telecom products and services 54,576  -  -  54,576 
     Account holder fees 16,190  -  -  16,190 
     Lending revenue 22,021  -  -  22,021 
     Technology products 15,396  -  -  15,396 
     Insurance revenue 4,580  -  -  4,580 
     Other 13,546  -  -  13,546 
           Sub-total 126,309  -  -  126,309 
 $197,649 $104,007 $7,862 $309,518 
    South Africa  Korea  Rest of the world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
 Processing fees$33,001 $- $- $33,001 
 Other 2,369  -  -  2,369 
  Subtotal 35,370  -  -  35,370 
International transaction processing            
 Processing fees -  63,197  2,050  65,247 
 Other -  3,133  -  3,133 
  Subtotal -  66,330  2,050  68,380 
Financial services            
 Telecom products and services 15,933  -  -  15,933 
 Account holder fees 8,363  -  -  8,363 
 Lending revenue 10,538  -  -  10,538 
 Technology products 12,176  -  -  12,176 
 Insurance revenue 2,758  -  -  2,758 
 Other 1,318  -  -  1,318 
  Subtotal 51,086  -  -  51,086 
               
   $86,456 $66,330 $2,050 $154,836 


17.Revenue recognition (continued)

Disaggregation of goods and servicesrevenue (continued)

Processing feesThe following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the six months ended December 31, 2018:

    South Africa  Korea  Rest of the world  Total 
South African transaction processing            
 Processing fees$49,260 $- $- $49,260 
 Welfare benefit distributions 3,086  -  -  3,086 
 Other 2,920  -  -  2,920 
  Subtotal 55,266  -  -  55,266 
International transaction processing            
 Processing fees -  68,971  5,198  74,169 
 Other -  2,980  362  3,342 
  Subtotal -  71,951  5,560  77,511 
Financial services            
 Telecom products and services 7,943  -  -  7,943 
 Account holder fees 13,745  -  -  13,745 
 Lending revenue 15,946  -  -  15,946 
 Technology products 9,941  -  -  9,941 
 Insurance revenue 3,821  -  -  3,821 
 Other 366  -  -  366 
  Subtotal 51,762  -  -  51,762 
               
   $107,028 $71,951 $5,560 $184,539 

18.Leases

The Company earns processing fees from transactions processed for its customers.elected to adopt the new lease guidance utilizing the modified retrospective approach therefore prior periods were not adjusted. The Company provides its customers with transaction processing services that involvewas not required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment to opening retained earnings as of July 1, 2019. The Company applied the collection, transmittalpackage of three practical expedients available, which included the following (i) an entity need not reassess expired or existing contracts which are or contain leases (ii) an entity need not reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and retrieval of all transaction data in exchange(iii) an entity need not reassess initial direct costs for consideration upon completion of the transaction. In certain instances, theany existing leases. The Company also provideselected to not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases with a funds collectionterm of less than twelve months and settlement serviceto account for its customers. The Company considers these servicesall components in a lease arrangement as a single performance obligation. The Company’s contracts specify a transaction price for services provided. Processing revenue fluctuates based on the type and the volume of transactions processed. Revenue is recognized on the completion of the processed transaction.combined lease component.

     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’s contracts specify a transaction price for each service provided (for instance, ATM withdrawal, balance enquiry, etc.). Processing revenue fluctuates based on the type and the volume of transactions performed by the customer. Revenue is recognized on the completion of the processed transaction.

Welfare benefit distribution fees

     The Company provided a welfare benefits distribution service in South Africa to a customer under a contract which expired on September 30, 2018. The Company was required to distribute social welfare grants to identified recipients using an internally developed payment platform at designated distribution points (pay points) which enabled the recipients to access their grants. The contract specified a fixed fee per account for one or more grants received by a recipient. The Company recognized revenue for each grant recipient paid at the fixed fee.

Telecom products and services

The Company has entered into contracts with mobile networks in South Africa to distribute subscriber identity modules ("SIM") cards on their behalf. The Company is entitled to receive consideration based on the activation of each SIMleasing arrangements classified as well as from a percentage of the value loaded onto each SIM. The Company recognizes revenue from these services once the criteria specified for activation have been met as well as when it is entitled to its consideration relatedoperating leases under accounting guidance. These leasing arrangements relate primarily to the value loaded onto the SIM. Revenue from contracts with mobile networks fluctuates based on the numberlease of SIMs activated as well as on the value loaded onto the SIM.

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17. Revenue recognition (continued)

Nature of goodsour corporate head office, administration offices and services (continued)

Telecom products and services (continued)

     The Company purchases airtime for resale to customers. The Company recognizes revenue as the airtime is delivered to the customer. Revenue from the resale of airtime to customers fluctuates based on the volume of airtime sold.

Account holder fees

     The Company provides bank accounts to customers and this service is underwritten by a regulated banking institution becausebranch locations through which the Company is not a bank. The Company chargesoperates its customers a fixed monthly bank account administration fee for all active bank accounts regardless of whether the account holder has transacted or not. The Company recognizes account holder fees on a monthly basis on all active bank accounts. Revenue from account holder’s fees fluctuates based on the number of active bank accounts.

Lending revenue

     The Company provides short-term loans to customers in South Africa and charges up-front initiation fees and monthly service fees. Initiation fees are recognized using the effective interest rate method, which requires the utilization of the rate of return implicit in the loan, that is, the contractual interest rate adjusted for any net deferred loan fees or costs, premium, or discount existing at the origination or acquisition of the loan. Monthly service fee revenue is recognized under the contractual terms of the loan. The monthly service fee amount is fixed upon initiation and does not change over the term of the loan.

Technology products

     The Company supplies hardware and licenses for its customers to use the Company’s technology. Hardware includes the sale of POS devices, SIM cards and other consumables which can occur on an ad hoc basis. The Company recognizes revenue from hardware at the transaction price specified in the contract as the hardware is delivered to the customer. Licenses include right to use certain technology developed by the Company and is recognized ratably over the license period.

Insurance revenue

     The Company writes life insurance contracts, and policy holders pay the Company a monthly insurance premium at the beginning of each month. Premium revenue is recognized on a monthly basis net of policy lapses. Policy lapses are provided for on the basis of expected non-payment of policy premiums.

Significant judgments and estimates

     The Company was subject to a court process regarding the determination of the price to be charged for welfare benefit distributionfinancial services provided from April 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018. In December 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa clarified that it was not required to ratify the price and stated that the parties should reach an agreement on the price, failing which they should approach the lower courtsbusiness in South Africa. The Company's operating leases have a remaining lease term of between one to five years. We also operate parts of our financial services business from locations which we lease for a period of less than one year. The Company's operating lease expense during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, was $1.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The Company has initiated discussions with SASSA, but the parties haddoes not reached an agreementhave any significant leases that have not commenced as of MarchDecember 31, 2019.


18.Leases (continued)

The following table presents supplemental balance sheet disclosure related to our right-of-use assets and our operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019 regardingand July 1, 2019, the pricing for services provided through September 30, 2018. Management determined, under previous revenue guidance, that there was no evidencedate of an arrangement at a fixed and determinable price other than that noted in the court ordered extension provided in March 2018 and did not record any additional revenue related to the services provided from April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018, and recorded revenue at the rate specified in the contract. Upon adoption of the new revenuelease guidance on July 1, 2018, the Company determined that it was unable(refer to estimate the amount of revenue that it is entitled to receive because the court had not yet confirmed the amount at that date. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any additional revenue during the nine months ended March 31, 2019, related to the price to be charged for welfare benefit distribution services provided through September 30, 2018. The Company recorded revenue at the rate specified in the contract. The Company expects to record any additional revenue once there is agreement between the Company and SASSA on the fee.Note 1):

  December 31,   July 1, 
   2019   2019 
Operating lease right-of-use $7,838  $6,739 
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)  3.60   2.51 
Weighted average discount rate  10%   10% 
         
Maturities of operating lease liabilities        
2020 (for December 31, 2019 excluding six months to December 31, 2019) $2,334  $3,608 
2021  3,281   2,395 
2022  1,850   1,269 
2023  1,011   454 
2024  598   - 
Thereafter  204   - 
Total undiscounted operating lease liabilities  9,278   7,726 
Less imputed interest  1,245   842 
Total operating lease liabilities, included in  8,033   6,884 
Operating lease right-of-use lease liability - current  3,534   5,098 
Right-of-use operating lease liability - long-term $4,499  $1,786 

Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

     The Company recognizes accounts receivable when its right to consideration under its contracts with customers becomes unconditional. The Company has no contract assets or contract liabilities.

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18. 19.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, major customers, and the countries in which the entity holds material assets or reports material revenues. A description of the Company’sCompany's operating segments is contained in Note 2221 to the Company’sCompany's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018.2019. As discussed in Note 2,22, the Company has presented DNI as a discontinued operation.

The reconciliation of the reportable segment’ssegment's revenue to revenue from external customers for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, is as follows:

 Revenue           
       From   Revenue 
 Reportable  Inter-  external   Reportable Segment  Inter-segment  From external customers 
 Segment  segment  customers           
South African transaction processing$17,374 $1,300 $16,074 South African transaction processing$20,350 $2,179 $18,171 
International transaction processing 34,358  -  34,358 International transaction processing 34,363  -  34,363 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 36,650  598  36,052 
Total for the three months ended March 31, 2019$88,382 $1,898 $86,484 
Financial servicesFinancial services 21,986  440  21,546 
Total for the three months ended December 31, 2019$76,699 $2,619 $74,080 
                   
South African transaction processing$73,508 $7,429 $66,079 South African transaction processing$21,970 $1,167 $20,803 
International transaction processing 46,240  -  46,240 International transaction processing 38,124  -  38,124 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 59,574  9,172  50,402 
Total for the three months ended March 31, 2018$179,322 $16,601 $162,721 
Financial servicesFinancial services 38,755  532  38,223 
Continuing  19,047   532   18,515 
Discontinued  19,708   -   19,708 
    Total for the three months ended December 31, 2018 98,849  1,699  97,150 
         Continuing  79,141   1,699   77,442 
         Discontinued$ 19,708 $ - $ 19,708 


19.Operating segments

The reconciliation of the reportable segment’ssegment's revenue to revenue from external customers for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, is as follows:

    Revenue    
       From   Revenue 
 Reportable  Inter-  external   Reportable Segment  Inter-segment  From external customers 
 Segment  segment  customers           
South African transaction processing$77,093 $5,753 $71,340 South African transaction processing$39,749 $4,379 $35,370 
International transaction processing 111,869  -  111,869 International transaction processing 68,380  -  68,380 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 128,611  2,302  126,309 
Total for the nine months ended March 31, 2019$317,573 $8,055 $309,518 
Financial servicesFinancial services 52,131  1,045  51,086 
Total for the six months ended December 31, 2019$160,260 $5,424 $154,836 
                   
South African transaction processing$204,093 $19,755 $184,338 South African transaction processing$59,719 $4,453 $55,266 
International transaction processing 136,447  -  136,447 International transaction processing 77,511  -  77,511 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 168,018  25,108  142,910 
Total for the nine months ended March 31, 2018$508,558 $44,863 $463,695 
Financial servicesFinancial services 91,961  1,704  90,257 
Continuing  53,466   1,704   51,762 
Discontinued  38,495   -   38,495 
Total for the six months ended December 31, 2018 229,191  6,157  223,034 
Continuing  190,696   6,157   184,539 
Discontinued$ 38,495 $ - $ 38,495 

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 allocation of expenses allocated to Corporate/Eliminations, all under GAAP.

The reconciliation of the reportable segments measures of profit or loss to income before income taxes for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, is as follows:

  Three months ended  Nine months ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Reportable segments measure of profit or loss$(7,818)$12,795 $(31,678)$65,579 
 Operating income: Corporate/Eliminations (13,865) (5,231) (32,184) (16,702)
 Change in fair value of equity securities (26,263) 37,843  (42,099) 37,843 
 Loss on disposal of DNI (5,140) -  (5,140) - 
 Interest income, net of impairment (959) 5,154  586  14,903 
 Interest expense (3,493) (2,426) (9,030) (6,872)
  (Loss) Income before income taxes$(57,538)$48,135 $(119,545)$94,751 
    Three months ended  Six months ended 
    December 31,  December 31, 
    2019  2018  2019  2018 
               
Reportable segments measure of profit or loss$(1,048)$(34,411)$858 $(23,860)
 Less: Discontinued operations: reportable segments measure of profit or loss -  (8,429) -  (16,261)
 Continuing operations: reportable segments measure of profit or loss   (1,048)  (42,840)  858   (40,121)
 Continuing operations: Operating income - Corporate/Eliminations (5,806) (6,061) (10,446) (13,066)
 Change in fair value of equity securities -  (15,836) -  (15,836)
 Gain on disposal of FIHRST 9,743  -  9,743  - 
 Interest income 1,343  2,177  1,994  4,277 
 Interest expense (3,221) (2,563) (4,576) (5,537)
 Impairment of Cedar Cellular Note -  (2,732) -  (2,732)
  Income (Loss) before income taxes$1,011 $(67,855)$(2,427)$(73,098)


18. 19.Operating segments (continued)

The following tables summarize segment information that is prepared in accordance with GAAP for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, with the impact of the deconsolidation of DNI included in discontinued operations:

  Three months ended   Nine months ended 
  March 31,   March 31, 
  2019   2018   2019   2018 
Revenues               
     South African transaction processing$17,374  $73,508  $77,093  $204,093 
     International transaction processing 34,358   46,240   111,869   136,447 
     Financial inclusion and applied technologies 36,650   59,574   128,611   168,018 
             Continuing 18,808   59,574   72,274   168,018 
             Discontinued 17,842   -   56,337   - 
                     Total 88,382   179,322   317,573   508,558 
                             Continuing 70,540   179,322   261,236   508,558 
                             Discontinued 17,842   -   56,337   - 
Operating income (loss)               
     South African transaction processing(1) (12,954)  12,719   (28,297)  38,521 
     International transaction processing 1,909   (14,892)  628   (14,567)
     Financial inclusion and applied technologies(1) 3,227   14,968   (4,009)  41,625 
             Continuing(1) (4,911)  14,968   (28,409)  41,625 
             Discontinued 8,138   -   24,400   - 
                     Subtotal: Operating segments (7,818)  12,795   (31,678)  65,579 
                     Corporate/Eliminations (13,865)  (5,231)  (32,184)  (16,702)
                             Continuing (6,399)  (5,231)  (19,465)  (16,702)
                             Discontinued (7,466)  -   (12,719)  - 
                                 Total(1) (21,683)  7,564   (63,862)  48,877 
                                     Continuing(1) (22,355)  7,564   (75,543)  48,877 
                                     Discontinued 672   -   11,681   - 
Depreciation and amortization               
     South African transaction processing 914   1,236   2,776   3,476 
     International transaction processing 2,367   4,668   7,937   13,681 
     Financial inclusion and applied technologies 616   398   1,657   1,062 
             Continuing 349   398   1,044   1,062 
             Discontinued 267   -   613   - 
         Subtotal: Operating segments 3,897   6,302   12,370   18,219 
               Corporate/Eliminations 5,984   3,039   18,158   8,811 
                     Continuing 3,824   3,039   10,745   8,811 
                     Discontinued 2,160   -   7,413   - 
                             Total 9,881   9,341   30,528   27,030 
                                     Continuing 7,454   9,341   22,502   27,030 
                                     Discontinued 2,427   -   8,026   - 
Expenditures for long-lived assets               
     South African transaction processing 434   1,794   2,767   3,171 
     International transaction processing 712   1,990   2,353   3,788 
     Financial inclusion and applied technologies 469   441   2,160   842 
             Continuing 61   441   1,429   842 
             Discontinued 408   -   731   - 
          Subtotal: Operating segments 1,615   4,225   7,280   7,801 
               Corporate/Eliminations -   -   -   - 
                             Total 1,615   4,225   7,280   7,801 
                                     Continuing 1,207   4,225   6,549   7,801 
                                     Discontinued$408  $-  $731  $- 
                       
         Three months ended   Six months ended 
         December 31,   December 31, 
         2019   2018   2019   2018 
Revenues               
 South African transaction processing$20,350  $21,970  $39,749  $59,719 
 International transaction processing 34,363   38,124   68,380   77,511 
 Financial services 21,986   38,755 
 52,131   91,961 
   Continuing 21,986   19,047 
 52,131   53,466 
   Discontinued -   19,708 
 -   38,495 
     Total 76,699   98,849   160,260   229,191 
       Continuing 76,699   79,141   160,260   190,696 
       Discontinued -   19,708   -   38,495 
           
           
Operating (loss) income       
       
 South African transaction processing (2,981)  (11,830)  (6,366)  (15,343)
 International transaction processing 2,811   (4,043)
 6,601   (1,281)
 Financial services (878)  (18,538)
 623   (7,236)
   Continuing (878)  (26,967)
 623   (23,497)
   Discontinued -   8,429 
 -   16,261 
    Subtotal: Operating segments (1,048)  (34,411)
 858   (23,860)
    Corporate/Eliminations (5,806)  (8,664)  (10,446)  (18,319)
     Continuing (5,806)  (6,061)  (10,446)  (13,066)
     Discontinued -   (2,603)  -   (5,253)
      Total (6,854)  (43,075)  (9,588)  (42,179)
       Continuing (6,854)  (48,901)  (9,588)  (53,187)
       Discontinued -   5,826   -   11,008 
                       
Depreciation and amortization               
 South African transaction processing 664   921   1,325   1,862 
 International transaction processing 1,481   2,511 
 3,377   5,570 
 Financial services 383   405 
 767   1,041 
   Continuing 383   346 
 767   695 
   Discontinued -   59 
 -   346 
    Subtotal: Operating segments 2,528   3,837 
 5,469   8,473 
    Corporate/Eliminations 1,853   6,016   3,677   12,174 
     Continuing 1,853   3,413   3,677   6,921 
     Discontinued -   2,603   -   5,253 
      Total 4,381   9,853   9,146   20,647 
       Continuing 4,381   7,191   9,146   15,048 
       Discontinued -   2,662   -   5,599 
               
       
Expenditures for long-lived assets       
       
 South African transaction processing 157   1,047 
 2,021   2,333 
 International transaction processing 616   841 
 1,293   1,641 
 Financial services 54   659   137   1,691 
   Continuing 54   475 
 137   1,368 
   Discontinued -   184 
 -   323 
    Subtotal: Operating segments 827   2,547   3,451   5,665 
    Corporate/Eliminations -   -   -   - 
      Total 827   2,547   3,451   5,665 
       Continuing 827   2,363 
 3,451   5,342 
       Discontinued$-  $184  $-  $323 


18. 19.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.

     It is impractical to disclose revenues from external customers for each product and service or each group of similar products and services.

19. 20.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 and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company’sCompany's effective tax rate was impacted by the on-going losses incurred by 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 the Company's South African businesses and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by the Company's profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea.

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company's effective tax rate was adversely impacted by the valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by the Company’sCompany's South African businesses, the non-deductible goodwill impairment losses, the DNI disposal loss, and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on its South African long-term debt facility, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by the Company’sCompany's profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. The deferred tax impact of the change in the fair value of the Company’s investment in Cell CCompany's equity security also impacted the Company’sCompany's effective rate for fiscal 2019, as this amount is recorded at a lower rate (at a capital gains rate) than the South African statutory rate. The March 31, 2019, carrying value of the Company’s investment in Cell C is less than its initial cost and therefore it has a capital gains benefit for tax purposes, however, the Company does not expect to generate any significant capital gains in the foreseeable future and has provided a valuation allowance of $3.6 million related to this capital gains benefit deferred tax asset.

     The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, was 40.3% and 42.0%, respectively, and was higher than the South African statutory rate as a result of an impairment loss, non-deductible expenses (including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on our South African long-term facility), the impact of the changes in U.S. federal statutory tax rates described below and for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, a valuation allowance provided related to an allowance for doubtful working capital finance receivables created. The deferred tax impact of the change in the fair value of the Company’s investment in Cell C also impacted the Company’s effective rate for fiscal 2018, as this amount is recorded at a lower rate (at a capital gains rate) than the South African statutory rate.

Recent Tax Legislation

     On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "TCJA"), was enacted into law, which significantly changes existing U.S. tax law and includes numerous provisions that affect the Company’s business, such as imposing a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, reducing the U.S. federal statutory tax rate, and adopting a territorial tax system. During the year ended June 30, 2018, the TCJA required the Company to incur a transition tax on deferred foreign income not previously subject to U.S. income tax at a rate of 15.5% for foreign cash and certain other net current assets, and 8% on the remaining income. The TCJA also reduced the U.S. federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. The TCJA includes a provision to tax global intangible low taxed income ("GILTI") of foreign subsidiaries which is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2018.

     The TCJA was effective in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not completed its accounting for the estimated tax effects of the TCJA. Due to the timing of the enactment and the complexity in applying the provisions of the TCJA, the provisional net charge is subject to revisions as the Company continues to complete its analysis of the TCJA, collect and prepare necessary data, and interpret additional guidance issued by standard-setting and regulatory bodies. Adjustments may materially impact the Company’s provision for income taxes and effective tax rate in the period in which the adjustments are made.

     The Company has calculated its Transition Tax liability as of June 30, 2018, and recorded a Transition Tax, before the application of any foreign tax credits, of $56.9 million, and has no liability after the application of generated foreign tax credits. In fact, the Company believes that it may generate excess foreign tax credits based on its preliminary calculations.

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19. Income tax (continued)

Recent Tax Legislation (continued)

     The Company re-measured its deferred taxes to reflect the reduced rate that will apply when these deferred taxes are settled or realized in future periods. The TCJA subjects a U.S. corporation to tax on its GILTI. Due to the complexity of the new GILTI tax rules, the Company continues to evaluate this provision of the TCJA and the application of GAAP. Under GAAP, the Company has the option to make an accounting policy election of either (i) treating taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred (the "period cost method") or (ii) factoring such amounts into a company’s measurement of its deferred taxes (the "deferred method"). The Company has elected the period cost method and will record U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred. The Company is not yet able to reasonably estimate the effect of this provision of the TCJA on it because whether it expects to have future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI depends on a number of different aspects of the Company’s estimated future results of global operations. Therefore, the Company has not made any adjustments related to potential GILTI tax in its financial statements.

Uncertain tax positions

There were no significant changes in the Company’sCompany's uncertain tax positions during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company had accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions of approximately $0.1 million 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.

As of MarchDecember 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018,2019, the Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $1.0$1.6 million and $0.8$1.2 million, respectively, all of which would impact the Company’sCompany's effective tax rate. The Company files income tax returns mainly in South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, India, the United Kingdom, Botswana and in the U.S. federal jurisdiction. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the Company’sCompany's South African subsidiaries are no longer subject to income tax examination by the South African Revenue Service for periods before June 30, 2014.2016. 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.operations

20. 21.Commitments and contingencies

Guarantees

The South African Revenue Service and certain of the Company’sCompany'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 96.093.6 million ($6.66.7 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019) and thereby utilizing part of the Company’sCompany's short-term facility. The Company in turn has provided nonrecourse, unsecured counter-guarantees to Nedbank for ZAR 96.093.6 million ($6.66.7 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019). 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.


21.Commitments and contingencies (continued)

The Company has not recognized any obligation related to these counter-guarantees in its consolidated balance sheet as of MarchDecember 31, 2019. The maximum potential amount that the Company could pay under these guarantees is ZAR 96.093.6 million ($6.66.7 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019). The guarantees have reduced the amount available for borrowings under the Company’sCompany's short-term credit facility described in Note 11.10.

Contingencies

Challenge to Payment by SASSA of Additional Implementation Costs

     On March 23, 2018, the High Court ordered that the June 15, 2012 variation agreement between SASSA and CPS be reviewed and set aside. CPS was ordered to refund ZAR 317.0 million, including VAT, to SASSA, plus interest from June 2014 to date of payment. On April 4, 2018, CPS filed an application seeking leave to appeal the whole order and judgment of the High Court with the High Court because its believes that the High Court erred in its application of the law and/or in fact in its findings. On April 25, 2018, the High Court refused the application seeking leave to appeal.

     In May 2018, CPS delivered its petition seeking leave to appeal the whole order and judgment of the High Court with the Supreme Court of Appeal. In September 2018, CPS received notification from the Supreme Court that its petition seeking leave to appeal had been granted. The matter is expected to be heard during the first half of calendar 2019. The Company cannot predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the matter.

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20. Commitments and contingencies (continued)

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’sCompany's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

21. Related party transactions22.Discontinued operation - DNI

The Company determined that the disposal of its controlling interest in DNI leasedis a buildingdiscontinued operation because it represented a strategic shift that was owned bywill have a companymajor effect on the Company’s operations and financial results as a result of the sale of a significant portion of its investment in which Mr. A.J. Dunn, DNI’s Chief Executive Officer, hasDNI. 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, 2019, for additional information regarding the deconsolidation of 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 six months ended December 31, 2018, that have not been separately presented on those statements:

DNI 
  December 31, 2018 
  Three months ended  Six months ended 
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations      
Discontinued:      
Revenue$19,708 $38,495 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 9,954  20,166 
Selling, general and administration 1,266  1,722 
Depreciation and amortization 2,662  5,599 
Operating income 5,826  11,008 
Interest income 224  499 
Interest expense 215  416 
Net income before tax 5,835  11,091 
Income tax expense 2,100  3,615 
Net income before earnings from equity-accounted investments 3,735  7,476 
Earnings from equity-accounted investments (1) 44  (58)
     Net income from discontinued operations$3,779 $7,418 
       
Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows      
Discontinued:      
Total net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$10,546 $7,028 
Total net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (172) (197)
(1) Earnings from equity-accounted investments for the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, represents earnings attributed to equity-accounted investments owned by DNI and included in the Company's results as a result of the consolidation of DNI. 

22.Discontinued operation - DNI (continued)

The Company retained a direct shareholding of 16%continuing involvement in DNI through its 30% interest in DNI (refer to Note 7). The property was soldCompany expects to retain an interest in November 2018. DuringDNI for less than 12 months. The Company recorded earnings under the nineequity method related to its retained investment in DNI during the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019, refer to Note 7. The table below presents revenues and expenses between the Company and DNI, paid rental of approximately $1.0 million. On April 2, 2019,after the Company’s board of directors determined that Mr. A.J. Dunn no longer performs a policy-making function by virtue ofDNI disposal transaction, during the change inthree and six months ended December 31, 2019:

DNI 
  December 31, 2019 
  Three months ended  Six months ended 
Revenue generated from transactions with DNI$- $- 
Expenses incurred related to transactions with DNI$333 $2,607 

Refer to Note 7 for the importance of his position withindividends received from DNI and accounted for under the Net1 group and is, therefore, no longer an executive officer.equity method during the six months ended December 31, 2019.


Item 2. Management’sManagement'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/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018,2019, 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’sindustry'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.—1A.-"Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018.2019. 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

Restructuring ofFinancial Inclusion Activities in South Africa

Having taken dramatic steps to reduce costs in our South African operations and strategy forin fiscal 2019, our focus in fiscal 2020 has been to transition our South African financial inclusion initiativesactivities towards a business-to-consumer, or B2C, model. We have developed new banking products in South Africa

    Followingcooperation with Finbond and stabilized our financial services offerings, while continuing to make our distribution and infrastructure more efficient. Our ability to expand our account base and financial services offerings have been constrained by the auto-migrationavailability of sufficient liquidity thus far. We completed a substantial portionsoft launch of our EPE customers,new banking products on October 1, 2019 and, without any marketing, we faced a significant reductionopened in the numberexcess of 13,000 new accounts transactions, fees, and consumption of financial and value-added services. In addition, customers who had loans or insurance policies and had been migrated, unwittingly defaulted on their regular payments.by December 31, 2019.

         Our rural-South Africa distribution businessloan book has a high-fixed cost structure with physical locations, assets and employees. The decline in revenue coupled with the high-fixed costs resulted in significant operating losses for the companyremained fairly steady over the past six months. Beginninglast two quarters, and we have had additional conversations with third-party lenders, including Finbond, to leverage their balance sheets to provide loans to our customers as a mechanism to accelerate growth in late January, we commenced an aggressive restructuring initiative to reduce our physical infrastructure and headcount in order to right sizefinancial inclusion offerings. During the business given the current level of business activity. We have made meaningful progress in this regard and remain on track to reaching a breakeven EBITDA on a monthly basis by the end of the lastsecond quarter of fiscal 2019.

Restructuring2019, we launched new loan products in collaboration with Finbond utilizing their balance sheet. These loans are to the higher LSM customers and therefore the first of our efforts to move up to a higher income customer segment. We issued in excess of 60,000 of these new loans during the second quarter. We continue to work with Grindrod Bank on our ATM and other acquiring initiatives.

The majority of our South African operations – In late January, we commenced with an extensive cost reduction exercise, which included a reduction of over 2,500 employees (being close were stable though modestly lower compared to 50% of our original staff complement), reducing the availability of our mobile ATM infrastructure, and terminating certain leases. During the thirdfirst quarter of 2019, we incurred retrenchment costs of $4.5 million related to the reduction of personnel in the field and at the head office level.

Increasing collaboration with Finbond - We have actively worked with the Finbond teams to identify synergies between our organizations in order to address the market opportunity for the millions of unbanked and under-banked South Africans. Finbond has been certified to become an issuer of UEPS/EMV cards, and in early Q4 2019, we initiated a pilot using our biometrically-enabled UEPS/EMV cards.fiscal 2020. We expect to commerciallydrive meaningful growth following an injection of additional liquidity into the businesses.

International Activities

IPG – IPG has completed its restructuring, and its newly developed issuing, acquiring and processing products, together with its new brand are ready for deployment. IPG remains somewhat dependent on Bank Frick to bring these new solutions to market, which in turn will be able to support IPG’s activities once it is authorized to conclude a Payment Facilitator agreement with IPG. Visa has provided conditional approval to Bank Frick with the last remaining Visa requirement being an onsite assessment of our operations in Malta, which occurred in late November 2019. We await final approval from Visa and upon receipt, we will be able to launch this initiativeour new model with Bank Frick in earnest. In the interim, to accelerate our go-to-market strategy we have engaged with other financial institutions, which have progressed well, though with less strategic support or favorable commercials than our agreements with Bank Frick. We are currently completing final tests on a larger scale during Q1 2020, atour first product in the crypto-currency/ blockchain market, which point we believe we can once again start growing our customer base.

Stabilizationis expected to launch toward the end of financial services - Our lending and insurance businesses have stabilized in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and additional products are expected to follow later in the year.

Bank Frick - Bank Frick is systematically pursuing its strategy of working closely with financial intermediaries, offering products for alternative asset classes and fund services, and becoming an internationally recognized leading partner in the blockchain sector. With this strategy in mind, the bank evaluated and acted on various strategic opportunities during the last quarter.


Bank Frick is now the principal bank for more than 200 blockchain-based business clients in "Crypto Valley" of the Zug district along the border of Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The bank's activities have been further supported by the new Blockchain Act implemented in Liechtenstein, which came into effect on January 1, 2020. The Act has created Europe's most comprehensive blockchain regulation, pioneering regulation for the token economy. Unlike many countries who amend existing legislation to accommodate blockchain, Liechtenstein has opted for a universal approach and creating a single law.

In October 2019, Net1 exercised its option to increase ownership in Bank Frick to 70% from 35% currently. The transaction is awaiting approval from Liechtenstein's Financial Market Authority.

Carbon - Carbon continues to report exponential sequential growth across all the key indicators of its business - number of app installations, unique customers, loans disbursed and number of value-added transactions. For its year ended December 31, 2019, Carbon reported a full year net profit for the first time. Carbon's continued growth will be driven by its ability to access capital and/or funding in order to meet the demand for its expanding suite of products.

India - MobiKwik received central bank approval to be a direct issuer during Q2 2020. We are working with MobiKwik and the card networks to re-launch our virtual card offering for both prepaid and credit with MobiKwik as the issuer. Once launched, we intend to offer the solutions to their entire qualified customer base, which is in excess of ten million users. MobiKwik itself continues to perform ahead of expectations, primarily due to its successful transition to being a more steady base of active EPE accounts. This stability now provides us with the opportunity to re-direct our efforts to growing these business lines, although this will be done cautiously to manage the risk of any potential future auto-migration of customers. We have begun discussions with otherdigital financial services providers, including Finbond, to use our EPE base as a distribution channelprovider. For the quarter ended December 31, 2019, MobiKwik recorded unaudited annualized revenue of $66 million, up from $28 million for their own lending products, but these discussions are still at an early stage.

    Our loan book under Moneylinethe quarter ended December 31, 2018. It has increased slightlybeen contribution margin positive since October 2018 and achieved cash EBITDA breakeven in the thirdmonth of August 2019. Digital financial services now account for approximately 25% of MobiKwik's total monthly revenue, compared to zero during the previous fiscal year and it is currently disbursing in excess of 110,000 new loans per month.

Progress on corporate activities

As part of the extensive strategic review of all of our businesses and investments, we have made progress on multiple fronts:

Sale of KSNET in Korea - On January 23, 2020, we agreed to sell 100% of KSNET to PayletterHoldings LLC for approximately $237 million. The transaction, which is not subject to a financing condition, is expected to close in March 2020.

Sale of FIHRST - In December 2019, the Company sold its payroll processing business FIHRST to Transaction Capital Payments Solutions Proprietary Ltd. for approximately ZAR 172.2 million, or $11.7 million at prevailing exchange rates. The transaction closed on December 12, 2019 and resulted in a capital gain of approximately ZAR 158.2 million, or $10.8 million. Net1 SA was required to utilize the full purchase price received from the sale of FIHRST to settle its obligations under its lending arrangements - refer to Net1's 2019 Form 10-K and Note 10 to its Q2 2020 Form 10-Q.

Disposal of DNI - During the first quarter of fiscal 20192020, DNI announced the acquisition of two related businesses that would provide further diversification of its revenue sources, and followingmeaningfully scale its operations. We believe these acquisitions will expand the write offappeal of DNI to prospective investors and ultimately result in the exercise of the loans that were provided against in Q2 2019, wecall option to acquire our remaining 30% at a strike price of ZAR 859.0 million, or $61.2 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019. We have seenextended the levelvalidity of non-performing loans return broadlythe call option to historical levels. Within Smartlife,March 31, 2020.

Cell C - We continued to carry the numbervalue of policies paid upour Cell C investment at $0 (zero) as of December 31, 2019. Cell C has also stabilizedconcluded its infrastructure sharing agreement with MTN, and while the lapses related to the increased non-payment continued in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the lapse-rate is now also returningfocused on its recapitalization. While it remains in default on its various lending arrangements, Cell C and its lenders are working constructively towards formulating a recapitalization intended to more normal levels.
ensure its long-term sustainability and allow Cell C to focus on its core business.

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SASSA contract exit and summary of legal proceedingsContract Expiration

Although we have not been involved operationally with SASSA since September 30, 2018, we have been actively trying to resolve all legal and legacy outstanding items that wouldto allow us to focus on our core business. An update

Supreme Court Ruling on refund of implementation costs from 2014 - On September 30, 2019, the Supreme Court dismissed CPS's appeal against the whole order and judgment of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa Gauteng Division, Pretoria and ordered it to pay Corruption Watch's costs, including that of two legal counsel. On October 23, 2019, we filed our leave to appeal the Supreme Court's order with the Constitutional Court of South Africa. However, we cannot predict whether leave to appeal will be granted or if granted, how the Constitutional Court would rule on the key topics follow:matter.

Settlement of payment of fees due for the last six months of the SASSA contract - Following the March 23, 2018 Constitutional Court order for a six-month extension of our contract with SASSA for payment of grants in cash at pay points only, we were allowed to charge our monthly fee based on the previously contracted rate of ZAR 16.44 (including VAT) per cash pay point recipient. Given that we only serviced the highest-cost beneficiaries, the Constitutional Court allowed us to approach the National Treasury in order for them to make a fair determination of the price we should be paid for services rendered. National Treasury recommended a rate of ZAR 51.00 (including VAT) per cash pay point recipient per month to the Constitutional Court. Contrary to SASSA’sSASSA's stance, the Constitutional Court on December 5, 2018, ruled that they are not required to ratify the Treasury recommended rate, and that CPS and SASSA must agree on the pricing. To date we have not reached an agreement on SASSA for the pricing and have instituted a dispute resolution process. We believe it may be necessary for this matter to go through a legal process for resolution.

Auto-migration of EPE customers to SAPO – As part of SASSA’s migration to SAPO, a number of EPE customers were auto-migrated by SASSA during August and October 2018, where post office accounts were unilaterally opened for beneficiaries by SASSA, often without the customer’s consent. We initiated a legal process to halt this migration and to try and recover some of our EPE customers who had been migrated despite completing the mandatory documentation for electing to be paid in a private bank account. On January 29, 2019, we received an adverse order in that it was unlikely that those EPE customers, who had provided biometric consent prior to regulations being effected, would be required to be returned to us. Following this order, we followed a multi-faceted approach to try and address the auto-migration issue. First, we were granted leave to appeal the order, which we are pursuing. Second, the court granted an order requiring SASSA to account for the process to auto-migrate approximately 700,000 of the EPE accounts who had submitted Annexure C forms to SAPO. Third, we are considering taking the decision of the minister for administrative review. While the first and third actions are longer processes, we believe SASSA’s response to the second action should provide valuable insights into their Annexure C acceptance and processing policies, and will guide our future efforts to bank the unbanked in South Africa. The risk of our remaining EPE customers being auto-migrated still exists, but there has been no further auto-migration since November 2018. Refer to discussion under "Part II—Item 1—Legal Proceedings— Legal proceedings against SASSA in respect of transfer of grant payments from EPE to SAPO accounts."

Progress on various corporate activities

     As part of the extensive strategic review of all of our businesses and investments, we have made progress on multiple fronts:

Disposal of DNIWe have concluded two transactionscommenced legal proceedings to reduce our investmentreceive an amount in DNI. First, in March 2019, we reduced our holding in DNI from 55% to 38% through the sale of 17% in DNI for ZAR 400 million. We utilized the proceeds from this sale to settle the contingent purchase consideration of R400 million, which related to the achievement of certain performance targets by DNI. Second, in May 2019, we sold an additional 8% of DNI to RMB, and used the proceeds to early-settle the majority of our outstanding long-term borrowings. Third, also in May 2019, we granted DNI a call option to acquire our remaining 30% interest in DNI at a strike price of ZAR 859 million, or $59.3 million in order to monetize our remaining investment in DNI. We expect the call option to be exercised within the next eight months.

Early repayment of long-term debt – We utilized ZAR 15.0 million of our cash reserves and the proceeds from the sale of an 8% interest in DNI to early-settle our ZAR 230.0 million long-term borrowings in full. reserves. This has strengthened our balance sheet and improved our liquidity profile in South Africa as we reposition the business.

Progress in Korea – Our advisors assisting with improving the growth and profitability in Korea have completed the first phase of their project, which consisted of the identification of actionable items. In phase two, they will work with management to implement the near-term action items identified in the first phase. We expect the overall exercise to take another 6-12 months before we see meaningful improvements in operating performance. In parallel, our board is reviewing the strategic alternatives for this business.

Cell C – During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, Cell C signed a binding term sheetaccordance with the Buffet consortium which, once concluded, is expected to substantially improve Cell C’s liquidity position and meaningfully reduce its debt servicing costs. Cell C has also appointed a new chief executive officer, whose focus is on executing the Buffet transaction, managing liquidity and lifting the operational performance of the business.National Treasury's recommendation.


International activities

IPG – The restructuring and re-organization of IPG is now complete with Malta having become the centralized operation of our international activities. IPG’s new card issuing and merchant acquiring platforms have been certified. As part of Visa’s merger with Visa Europe, Bank Frick is required to undergo recertification with Visa, which is currently underway and expected to be completed during the calendar 2019.

    Once completed, IPG is expected to begin the deployment of its new products to the European SME market. During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, IPG also secured approval from the Mauritian regulators to become a principal member of China UnionPay for international issuing and acquiring. This approval has been shared with UnionPay and we are awaiting their acceptance of the same. Our beta prototype crypto-asset storage product is now ready, and we believe we will begin commercially rolling out this market-leading product with Bank Frick in early fiscal 2020.

Bank Frick – Bank Frick continues to develop its capacity and expertise in relation to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. It has expanded its headcount; however, its calendar 2018 performance was slightly lower than anticipated, which was largely due to investments in expanding headcount and improving systems. Bank Frick continues to work closely with IPG regarding our acquiring, processing and cryptocurrency storage solution initiatives.

ZappGroup – Our new Africa-focused investment, ZappGroup made significant strides in its second quarter of existence. During Q2 2019, ZappGroup had signed up the largest bank in Ghana and went live with a beta product. During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, ZappGroup progressed live testing and has also signed up two of the three largest mobile operators in Ghana. ZappGroup has also integrated with the largest merchant network, (allowing it to reach many more merchants) and is expecting to achieve commercial launch in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. ZappGroup also commenced activities to sign customer contracts in Nigeria and is working closely with us and OneFi.

OneFi – Given the success of it digital lending product, Pay-Later, in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, OneFi has rebranded as Carbon, expanding its offering as a full-fledged digital financial services platform that offers bill payments, fund transfers and savings, in addition to loans. OneFi is currently disbursing approximately 50,000 new loans per month.

India – Our virtual card project with MobiKwik has continued to demonstrate steady growth given the constraints applied by our current issuing bank partner. However, as a result of new regulatory guidelines, MobiKwik has applied for direct membership with Visa and once finalized, is expected to allow MobiKwik to expand issuances to its millions of customers. MobiKwik has performed well in advance of expectations, primarily due to its successful transition to being a digital financial services provider. During the year ended March 31, 2019, MobiKwik has more than doubled its revenue and halved its loss, keeping its momentum to reach breakeven in its current fiscal year. Digital financial services now account for approximately 25% of MobiKwik’s total monthly revenue compared to zero during the previous fiscal  year.

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. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with absolute certainty, the determination of estimates requires management’smanagement'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 potentially may 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/A10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018:2019:

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

Refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements adopted, including the dates of adoption and the effects on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of MarchDecember 31, 2019

Refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, including the expected dates of adoption and effects on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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Currency Exchange Rate Information

Actual exchange rates

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

Table 1 Three months ended  Nine months ended  Year ended  Three months ended Six months ended Year end 
 March 31,  March 31,  June 30,  December 31,  December 31,  June 30, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018  2019 
ZAR : $ average exchange rate 14.0207  11.9614  14.1319  12.9291  12.8557  14.6969  14.3043  14.6947  14.1863  14.1926 
Highest ZAR : $ rate during period 14.6337  12.4308  15.4335  14.4645  14.4645  15.3017  14.8463  15.3860  15.4335  15.4335 
Lowest ZAR : $ rate during period 13.3064  11.5526  13.1528  11.5526  11.5526  14.0304  13.6911  13.8973  13.1528  13.1528 
Rate at end of period 14.4789  11.8255  14.4789  11.8255  13.7255  14.0483  14.3960  14.0483  14.3960  14.0840 
                              
KRW : $ average exchange rate 1,125  1,072  1,125  1,104  1,098  1,175  1,127  1,185  1,124  1,135 
Highest KRW : $ rate during period 1,137  1,091  1,141  1,156  1,156  1,205  1,141  1,218  1,141  1,195 
Lowest KRW : $ rate during period 1,112  1,059  1,108  1,059  1,056  1,155  1,109  1,155  1,108  1,108 
Rate at end of period 1,137  1,061  1,137  1,061  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,156 


KRW: US $ Exchange Rates


Translation exchange rates for financial reporting purposes

We are required to translate our results of operations from ZAR and KRW to U.S. dollars on a monthly basis. Thus, the average rates used to translate this data for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2019 and 2018,June 30, 2019, 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 Six months ended Year end 
Table 2 Three months ended  Nine months ended  Year ended  December 31,  December 31,  June 30, 
 March 31,  March 31,  June 30,  2019  2018  2019  2018  2019 
Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR 14.6022  14.3236  14.4023  14.3378  14.2688 
Income and expense items: $1 = KRW 1,174  1,124  1,184  1,122  1,136 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2018                
Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR. 14.1703  11.9479  14.2665  12.8934  12.6951 
Income and expense items: $1 = KRW 1,131  1,067  1,124  1,099  1,095 
Balance sheet items: $1 = ZAR 14.4789  11.8255  14.4789  11.8255  13.7255  14.0483  14.3960  14.0483  14.3960  14.0840 
Balance sheet items: $1 = KRW 1,137  1,061  1,137  1,061  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,156 

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 consolidated financial statements, and supplementally in ZAR, because ZAR is the functional currency of the entities which contribute the majority of our resultsrevenue 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 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.

     DNI was accounted for using the equity method from August 1, 2017, until June 30, 2018, the date upon which we obtained control of DNI through the acquisition of an additional voting and economic interest. Accordingly, the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, included DNI for the entire period as a consolidated subsidiary. DNI was included as an equity-accounted investment for the entire third quarter of fiscal 2018 and for eight of the nine months ended March 31, 2018. Except for the loss recognized on disposal of DNI, the deconsolidation of DNI on March 31, 2019, did not have an impact on the analysis presented below for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.

Our operating segment revenue presented in "—Results"-Results of operations by operating segment" represents total revenue per operating segment before inter-segmentintercompany eliminations. ReconciliationA reconciliation between total operating segment revenue and revenue presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is included in Note 1819 to those statements.

49We used the equity method to account for DNI in fiscal 2020 and accounted for DNI as a discontinued operation in fiscal 2019. We disposed of FIHRST during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and its contribution to our reported results is excluded from December 1, 2019.


We analyze our business and operations in terms of three inter-related but independent operating segments: (1) South African transaction processing, (2) International transaction processing and (3) Financial inclusion and applied technologies. In addition, corporate and corporate office activities that are impracticable to ascribe directly to any of the other operating segments, as well as any inter-segment eliminations, are included in corporate/eliminations.

ThirdSecond quarter of fiscal 20192020 compared to thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 20182019

The following factors had a significant influenceimpact on our results of operations during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 20192020 as compared with the same period in the prior year:


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:

 In U.S. Dollars 
Table 3 (U.S. GAAP)   In United States Dollars
(US GAAP)
 
 Three months ended March 31, 
 2019(A) 2018   
   As     Three months ended December 31, 
   restated(A)(B) $ %   2019 2018(A) $ % 
$ ’000 $ ’000  change  $ '000  $ '000  change 
Revenue 86,484 162,721 (47%)  74,080  77,442  (4%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 50,179 77,860 (36%)  43,160  41,231  5% 
Selling, general and administration 42,802 48,091 (11%)  33,393  69,730  (52%) 
Depreciation and amortization 9,881 9,341 6%   4,381  7,191  (39%) 
Impairment loss 5,305  19,865 (73%)  -  8,191  nm 
Operating (loss) income (21,683) 7,564 nm 
Operating loss  (6,854) (48,901) (86%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities (26,263) 37,843 nm   -  (15,836) nm 
Loss on disposal of DNI 5,140 - nm 
Interest income, net of impairment loss (959) 5,154 nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  9,743  -  nm 
Interest income  1,343  2,177  (38%) 
Interest expense 3,493  2,426 44%   3,221  2,563  26% 
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense (57,538) 48,135 nm 
Income tax (benefit) expense (2,490)  19,418 nm 
Net (loss) income before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (55,048) 28,717 nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (464)  3,960 nm 
Impairment of Cedar Cellular note  -  2,732  nm 
Income (Loss) before income taxes  1,011  (67,855) nm 
Income tax expense (benefit)  1,722  (4,398) nm 
Net loss before earnings (loss) from equity-accounted investments  (711) (63,457) (99%) 
Earnings (Loss) from equity-accounted investments  506  (1,291) nm 
Net loss from continuing operations  (205) (64,748) (100%) 
Net income from discontinued operations  -  3,779  nm 
Net (loss) income (55,512)  32,677  nm   (205) (60,969) (100%) 
Continuing (50,784)  29,386  nm 
Discontinued (4,728)  3,291  nm 
(Add) Less net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interest (728)  302  nm 
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -  2,972  nm 
Continuing (485)  302  nm   -  721  nm 
Discontinued (243)  -  nm   -  2,251  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us (54,784)  32,375  nm   (205) (63,941) (100%) 
Continuing (50,299)  29,084  nm   (205) (65,469) (100%) 
Discontinued (4,485)  3,291  nm   -  1,528  nm 

(A) Refer to Note 222 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.
(B) Refer to Notes 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the restatement.



 In South African Rand  
Table 4 (U.S. GAAP)   In South African Rand
(US GAAP)
 
 Three months ended March 31, 
 2019(A) 2018   
   As     Three months ended December 31, 
   restated(A)(B) ZAR %   2019  2018(A) ZAR % 
 ZAR ’000  ZAR ’000  change  ZAR '000  ZAR '000  change 
Revenue 1,225,669 1,944,174 (37%)  1,081,731  1,109,248  (2%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 711,146 930,263 (24%)  630,231  590,576  7% 
Selling, general and administration 606,599 574,586 6%   487,611  998,784  (51%) 
Depreciation and amortization 140,036 111,606 25%   63,972  103,001  (38%) 
Impairment loss 75,184  237,345 (68%)  -  117,325  nm 
Operating (loss) income (307,296) 90,374 nm 
Operating loss  (100,083) (700,438) (86%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities (372,204) 452,144 nm   -  (226,829) nm 
Loss on disposal of DNI 72,845 - nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  142,269  -  nm 
Interest income (13,591) 61,579 nm   19,611  31,182  (37%) 
Interest expense 49,503  28,986 71%   47,034  36,711  28% 
(Loss) income before income tax expense (815,439) 575,111 nm 
Income tax expense (35,289)  232,004 nm 
Net (loss) income before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted       
investments (780,150) 343,107 nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (6,576)  47,314 nm 
Impairment of Cedar Cellular note  -  39,132  nm 
Income (Loss) before income taxes  14,763  (971,928) nm 
Income tax expense (benefit)  25,145  (62,995) nm 
Net loss before earnings (loss) from equity-accounted investments  (10,382) (908,933) (99%) 
Earnings (Loss) from equity-accounted investments  7,389  (18,492) nm 
Net loss from continuing operations  (2,993) (927,425) (100%) 
Net income from discontinued operations  -  54,129  nm 
Net (loss) income (786,726)  390,421  nm   (2,993) (873,296) (100%) 
Continuing (719,720)  351,100  nm 
Discontinued (67,006)  39,321  nm 
(Add) Less net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interest (10,317)  3,608  nm 
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -  42,570  nm 
Continuing (6,873)  3,608  nm   -  10,328  nm 
Discontinued (3,444)  -  nm   -  32,242  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us (776,409)  386,813  nm   (2,993) (915,866) (100%) 
Continuing (712,847)  347,492  nm   (2,993) (937,753) (100%) 
Discontinued (63,562)  39,321  nm   -  21,887  nm 

(A) Refer to Note 222 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.
(B) Refer to Notes 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the restatement.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to the expirationdecline in EPE account numbers driven by SASSA's auto-migration of our SASSA contract, elimination of fees earned on SASSA-Grindrod accounts to SAPO, and the effect of fewer EPE accounts due to the auto-migration and its knock-on effect on related fees,a reduction in EPE-related financial and value-added services and transaction fees due to a smaller customer base, but partially offset by the inclusion of DNI.higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales.

The decreaseincrease in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support was primarily due to higher costs related to ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales, but partially offset by fewer SASSA Grindrod-account grant recipients utilizing the South African National Payment System which resulted in lower transactionstransaction costs incurred by us and fewer prepaid airtime sales, which was partially offset by the inclusion of DNI. Our third quarter of fiscal 2019 expenses also included certain committed fixed and variable costs (including security, vehicle-related expenditures, banking fees and other transaction costs) that relate to the maintenance and expansion of our financial inclusion initiatives.us.

     In ZAR, the increaseThe decrease in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to the inclusion of DNI, payment of $4.5 million (ZAR 63.8 million) of retrenchment packages and an increase in costs atour allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable recorded during the international payments group as part of its restructuring and re-establishment initiatives, which was partially offset by the elimination of some operating costs related to our expired SASSA contract. Our thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019 expense also includes certainof approximately $23.4 million (resulting from SASSA's auto-migration of EPE accounts), and lower costs incurred by our South Africa business as we transition our business strategy in South Africa. We continue to incur committed fixed and variable costs (including premises and staff costs) that relaterelated to the maintenance and expansion of our financial inclusion initiatives.initiatives in South Africa.

Depreciation and amortization increaseddecreased primarily due to thelower overall amortization of acquired intangible assets related to the DNI acquisition, partially offset by an increase in the number ofthat are fully amortized and tangible assets that becameare fully depreciated.depreciated during the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

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During the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019, we reviewed certain customer relationships identified as part of our acquisition of DNI for impairment because Cell C recently entered into a roaming arrangement with another South African mobile telecommunications network provider which will extend Cell C’s network coverage and this arrangement impacted the identified customer relationship recognized. As a consequence of the review, we recorded an impairment loss of $5.3 million related to a portion of the customer relationship during the third quarter of fiscal 2019. Refer to Note 9 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the impairment loss.

     During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we reviewed for impairment the goodwill identified and recognized pursuant to the Masterpayment and Masterpayment Financial Services acquisitions in April 2016 and November 2017, respectively, due to uncertainty surrounding the timing and amount of future net cash inflows following changes in the business strategy. As a consequence of this review, we recognized an impairment loss of approximately $19.9$8.2 million, which included $7.0 million related to the entire carrying valueamount of goodwill acquired.IPG goodwill.

Our operating (loss) incomeloss margin for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was (25.1%(9.3%) and 4.6%, respectively. Operating (loss) income margin excluding the impairment losses incurred during the respective periods would have been (18.9%(63.1%) and 16.9%, respectively. We discuss the components of operating income margin under "—Results"-Results of operations by operating segment."

There was no change in the fair value of equity securities during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 with our investment in Cell C carried at $0 (zero). The change in fair value of equity securities representsduring the second quarter of fiscal 2019 represented a non-cash fair value adjustment (loss) gain of $(26.3 million)loss related to Cell C and caused by reduced EBITDA levels in Cell C. Refer to Note 76 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation for the third quartercalculation.


We recorded a gain of fiscal 2019.

     We recognized a non-cash loss of $5.1$9.7 million related to the saledisposal of DNI on March 31, 2019.FIHRST during the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

     Excluding the impact of the impairment of $2.6 million discussed in Note 8 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, interestInterest on surplus cash decreased to $1.6$1.3 million (ZAR 23.319.6 million) from $5.2$2.2 million (ZAR 61.631.2 million), due primarily to the lower average daily ZAR cash balances resulting from our significant investments over the last 21 months and the cash used to fund the operating losses of the last quarter in the South African operations.

Interest expense increased to $3.5$3.2 million (ZAR 49.547.0 million) from $2.4$2.6 million (ZAR 29.036.7 million), due to increased borrowings which we obtainedinterest expense related to fundcash borrowed to stock our ATMs which wasand utilization of our overdraft facilities, but partially offset by a reduction in our long-term South African debt.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we recorded an impairment loss of $2.7 million related to our Cedar Cellular note as discussed in Note 7 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Fiscal 20192020 tax benefitexpense was $2.5$1.7 million (ZAR 35.325.1 million) compared to aan income tax expensebenefit of $19.4$(4.4) million (ZAR 232.0(63.0) million) in fiscal 2018.2019. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020, was impacted by 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 South African businesses and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2019, was adversely impacted by the valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by our South African businesses, the non-deductible goodwill impairment losses, the DNI disposal loss, and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on our South African long-term debt facility, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. The deferred tax impact of the change in the fair value of our investment in Cell Cequity security also impacted theour effective rate for fiscal 2019, as this amount is recorded at a lower rate (at a capital gains rate) than the South African statutory rate. The March 31, 2019, carrying value of our investment in Cell C is less than its initial cost and therefore it has a capital gains benefit for tax purposes, however, we do not expect to generate any significant capital gains in the foreseeable future and have provided a valuation allowance of $3.6 million related to this capital gains benefit deferred tax asset. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2018, was 40.3% and was higher than the South African statutory rate as a result of the deferred tax impact of the increase in the fair value of our investment in Cell C, the impairment loss, non-deductible expenses (including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on our South African long-term facility).

DNI was consolidated into our results for the third quarter of fiscal 2019. The consolidation of DNI has adversely impacted the comparability of our (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments during the third quarter of fiscal 2019 because it was accounted for using the equity method during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2018.2020. 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 earnings (loss) earnings from our equity accounted investments:

Table 5 Three months ended March 31,   Three months ended December 31,  
 2019 2018 $ %   2019 2018 $ % 
$ ’000 $ ’000  change   $ '000  $ '000  change 
DNI  380  -  nm 
Share of net income  1,650  -  nm 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax  (465) -  nm 
Impairment  (805) -  nm 
Bank Frick (90)  653  nm   494  (1,217) nm 
Share of net income 52   747  (93%)  636  402  58% 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax (142)  (94) 51%   (142) (141) 1% 
DNI -   3,291  nm 
Share of net income -   3,628  nm 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax -   (337) nm 
Other (374)  16  nm   -  (1,478) nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity accounted investments (464)  3,960  Nm 
Other  (368) (74) 397% 
  506  (1,291) nm 


Results of operations by operating segment

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

 
Table 6In U.S. Dollars (U.S. GAAP)   In United States Dollars (US GAAP) 
Three months ended March 31,    
 2019 % of 2018 % of %   Three months ended December 31, 
  2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment$ ’000  total $ ’000  total  change  $ '000  total  $ '000  total 
Revenue:           
South African transaction processing 17,374 20% 73,508 45% (76%)
International transaction processing 34,358 40% 46,240 28% (26%)
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 36,650   42%   59,574   37%  (38%)
Continuing 18,808   21%   59,574   37%  (68%)
Discontinued 17,842   21%   -   -  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments 88,382 102% 179,322 110% (51%)
Intersegment eliminations (1,898)  (2%)  (16,601)  (10%) (89%)
Consolidated revenue 86,484   100%   162,721   100%  (47%)
Continuing 68,642   79%   162,721   100%  (58%)
Discontinued 17,842   21%   -   -  nm 
Operating (loss) income:           
Consolidated revenue:          
South African transaction processing (12,954) 60% 12,719 168% nm   20,350  27%  21,970  23%  (7%) 
International transaction processing 1,909 (9%) (14,892) (197%) nm   34,363  46%  38,124  39%  (10%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 3,227   (15%)  14,968   198%  (78%)  21,986  30%  38,755  40%  (43%) 
Continuing (4,911)  23%   14,968   198%  nm   21,986  30%  19,047  20%  15% 
Discontinued 8,138   (38%)  -   -  nm   -  -  19,708  20%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments (7,818) 36% 12,795 169% nm   76,699  103%  98,849  102%  (22%) 
Corporate/Eliminations (13,865)  64%   (5,231)  (69%) 165%   (2,619) (3%)  (1,699) (2%)  54% 
Total consolidated revenue  74,080  100%  97,150  100%  (24%) 
Continuing (6,399)  30%   (5,231)  (69%) 22%   74,080  100%  77,442  80%  (4%) 
Discontinued (7,466)  34%   -   -  nm   -  -  19,708  20%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss)income (21,683)  100%   7,564   100%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss) income:              nm 
South African transaction processing  (2,981) 43%  (11,830) 27%  (75%) 
International transaction processing  2,811  (41%)  (4,043) 9%  nm 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  (878) 13%  (18,538) 43%  (95%) 
Continuing (22,355)  103%   7,564   100%  nm   (878) 13%  (26,967) 63%  (97%) 
Discontinued 672   (3%)  -   -  nm   -  -  8,429  (20%)  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  (1,048) 15%  (34,411) 79%  (97%) 
Corporate/eliminations  (5,806) 85%  (8,664) 21%  (33%) 
Continuing  (5,806) 85%  (6,061) 15%  (4%) 
Discontinued  -  -  (2,603) 6%  nm 
Total consolidated operating (loss) income  (6,854) 100%  (43,075) 100%  (84%) 
Continuing  (6,854) 100%  (48,901) 114%  (86%) 
Discontinued  -  -  5,826  (14%)  nm 



Table 7 In South African Rand (U.S. GAAP)   In South African Rand (US GAAP) 
 Three months ended March 31,     
 2019   2018       Three months ended December 31, 
 ZAR % of ZAR % of %   2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment ’000  total  ’000  total  change  ZAR '000  total  ZAR '000  total 
Revenue:           
South African transaction processing 246,228 20% 878,266 45% (72%)
International transaction processing 486,928 40% 552,471 28% (12%)
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 519,411   42%   711,784   37%  (27%)
Continuing 266,551   21%   711,784   37%  (63%)
Discontinued 252,860   21%   -   -  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments 1,252,567 102% 2,142,521 110% (42%)
Intersegment eliminations (26,898)  (2%)  (198,347)  (10%) (86%)
Consolidated revenue 1,225,669   100%   1,944,174   100%  (37%)
Continuing 972,809   79%   1,944,174   100%  (50%)
Discontinued 252,860   21%   -   -  nm 
Operating (loss) income:           
Consolidated revenue:          
South African transaction processing (183,587) 60% 151,965 168% nm   297,155  27%  314,689  23%  (6%) 
International transaction processing 27,055 (9%) (177,928) (197%) nm   501,775  46%  546,073  39%  (8%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 45,734   (15%)  178,836   198%  (74%)  321,044  30%  555,111  40%  (42%) 
Continuing (69,599)  23%   178,836   198%  nm   321,044  30%  272,821  20%  18% 
Discontinued 115,333   (38%)  -   -  nm   -  -  282,290  20%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments (110,798) 36% 152,873 169% nm   1,119,974  103%  1,415,873  102%  (21%) 
Corporate/Eliminations (196,498)  64%   (62,499)  (69%) 214%   (38,243) (3%)  (24,335) (2%)  57% 
Total consolidated revenue  1,081,731  100%  1,391,538  100%  (22%) 
Continuing (90,688)  30%   (62,499)  (69%) 45%   1,081,731  100%  1,109,248  80%  (2%) 
Discontinued (105,810)  34%   -   -  nm   -  -  282,290  20%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss)income (307,296)  100%   90,374   100%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss) income:              nm 
South African transaction processing  (43,529) 43%  (169,448) 27%  (74%) 
International transaction processing  41,047  (41%)  (57,910) 9%  nm 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  (12,821) 13%  (265,531) 43%  (95%) 
Continuing (316,819)  103%   90,374   100%  nm   (12,821) 13%  (386,265) 63%  (97%) 
Discontinued 9,523   (3%)  -   -  nm   -  -  120,734  (20%)  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  (15,303) 15%  (492,889) 79%  (97%) 
Corporate/eliminations  (84,780) 85%  (124,100) 21%  (32%) 
Continuing  (84,780) 85%  (86,816) 15%  (2%) 
Discontinued  -  -  (37,284) 6%  nm 
Total consolidated operating (loss) income  (100,083) 100%  (616,989) 100%  (84%) 
Continuing  (100,083) 100%  (700,439) 114%  (86%) 
Discontinued  -  -  83,450  (14%)  nm 

South African transaction processing

The decrease in segment revenue and operating income was primarily due to the substantial decrease in the number of SASSA grant recipients paid underfewer transactions performed at our SASSA contract as the contract ended at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Our revenueATM base and operating income was also adversely impacted by the significant reduction in the number of SASSA grant recipients with SASSA-branded Grindrod cards linked to Grindrod bank accounts as well as a lower number of EPE accounts. These decreases in revenue and operating income were partially offset by higher transaction revenuefees as a result of increased usage of our ATMs.fewer EPE and SASSA accounts. Our South African transaction processing operating segment activitiesrevenue and operating loss have been adversely impacted by the loss of EPE customers as a result of SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO. The reduced operating loss in the events discussed under "Recent Developments—SASSA contract exit and summary of legal proceedings— Auto-migration of EPE customerssegment is due to SAPO". Operating income for this operating segment for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 included retrenchment costs of $3.0 million (ZAR 41.7 million).cost cutting that has occurred over the last 12 months.

Our operating (loss) income margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018 was (74.6%) and 17.3%, respectively. Excluding restructuring costs, the operating loss margin for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was (57.5%(14.6%). and (53.8%), respectively.

International transaction-based activities

Segment revenue was lower during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019,2020, primarily due to aan ongoing contraction in IPG transactions processed, specifically meaningfully lower crypto-exchange and China processing activity, and modestly lower KSNET revenue as a result of lower transaction values processed.processed and the impact of the weaker KRW/ USD exchange rate on reported KSNET revenue. Operating income during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2018 was adversely impacted by a $19.9 million impairment loss2020 has improved compared with fiscal 2019 due to improved profitability of KSNET and positively impacted by an ad hoc refund of indirect taxes of $2.5 million in Korea. Excluding the impact of the impairment loss and the ad hoc tax refund, operating income during the third quarter ofrecorded in fiscal 2019 was lower compared to fiscal 2018 due to the decrease in IPG revenues and resulting from these lower revenues, and partially offset by an improved contribution from KSNET, primarily as a result of a lower depreciation expense.2019.

     IPG continues to work in close collaboration with Bank Frick and our other specialist departments to develop bespoke blockchain-based solutions, including a highly secure but easily accessible crypto-asset storage solution for crypto-asset investors and exchanges and incurred expenses of approximately $0.3 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2019 related to this project.

Operating income (loss) margin for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was 8.2% and 2018 was 5.6% and (32.2%(10.6%), respectively. Excluding the goodwill impairment, and ad hoc tax refund, segment operating income and margin for fiscal 20182019 were $2.4$3.0 million and 5.2%7.8%, respectively.

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Financial inclusion and applied technologies

Segment revenue decreasedincreased primarily due to fewerhigher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime and value-added services sales, partially offset by lower lending revenue as a result of a moderate contraction in our lending book and lower insurance revenue as a result of fewer customers, and a decrease in inter-segment revenues, partially offset byrevenues. Excluding the inclusionimpact of DNI. Operating income was significantly lower than third quarter of fiscal 2018, primarily due to lower revenue generation and higher expenses incurred to maintain and expand our financial service infrastructure, partially offset by the contribution from DNI. Operating incomeallowance for this operating segment fordoubtful finance loans recorded in the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019, included retrenchment coststhe operating loss from continuing operations for the second quarter of $1.6fiscal 2020 was better than fiscal 2019 due to the contribution from the ad hoc terminal and airtime sales. Operating income during the second quarter of fiscal 2019 was significantly impacted by an allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable of $23.4 million (ZAR 22.1335.1 million).

 


Operating income margin from continuing operations for the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment was 8.8%(4.0%) and 25.1%(141.6%) during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively. Excluding restructuring costs, the operating income margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 was 13.1%.

Corporate/Eliminations

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

Our corporate expenses increaseddecreased primarily due to a $5.3 million impairment loss as well as higherlower acquired intangible asset amortization non-employee director expenses, transaction-related expenditures and external service provider fees.

Yearexpense related to dateintangible assets that were fully amortized during fiscal 2019, partially offset by higher transaction-related expenditures.

First half of fiscal 2020 compared to year to datefirst half of fiscal 20182019

The following factors had a significant influenceimpact on our results of operations during the year to datefirst half of fiscal 20192020 as compared with the same period in the prior year:



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:

  In U.S. Dollars 
Table 8 (U.S. GAAP) 
  Nine months ended March 31, 
  2019(A)   2018    
      As    
      restated(A)(B) $ % 
 $ ’000  $ ’000  change 
Revenue 309,518   463,695  (33%)
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 173,680   226,506  (23%)
Selling, general and administration 155,676   141,417  10% 
Depreciation and amortization 30,528   27,030  13% 
Impairment loss 13,496   19,865  (32%)
Operating (loss) income (63,862)  48,877  nm 
Change in fair value of equity securities (42,099)  37,843  nm 
Loss on disposal of DNI 5,140   -  nm 
Interest income, net of impairment 586   14,903  (96%)
Interest expense 9,030   6,872  31% 
(Loss) income before income tax expense (119,545)  94,751  nm 
Income tax expense 1,702   39,757  (96%)
Net (loss) income before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (121,247)  54,994  nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (338)  7,389  nm 
Net (loss) income (121,585)  62,383  nm 
       Continuing (124,275)  57,181  nm 
       Discontinued 2,690   5,202  (48%)
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest 2,339   903  159% 
       Continuing (1,362)  903  nm 
       Discontinued 3,701   -  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us (123,924)  61,480  nm 
       Continuing (122,913)  56,278  nm 
       Discontinued (1,011)  5,202  (119%)

(A)

Refer to Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

(B)

Refer to Notes 1 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the restatement.

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 In South African Rand 
Table 9 (U.S. GAAP) 
 Nine months ended March 31, 
 2019(A) 2018   
Table 8  In United States Dollars
(US GAAP)
 
   As     Six months ended December 31, 
   restated(A)(B) ZAR %   2019  2018(A) $ % 
 ZAR ’000  ZAR ’000  change   $ '000  $ '000  change 
Revenue 4,415,955 5,978,605 (26%)  154,836  184,539  (16%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 2,477,927 2,920,432 (15%)  89,954  103,335  (13%) 
Selling, general and administration 2,221,060 1,823,346 22%   65,324  111,152  (41%) 
Depreciation and amortization 435,549 348,509 25%   9,146  15,048  (39%) 
Impairment loss 192,551  256,127 (25%)  -  8,191  nm 
Operating (loss) income (911,132) 630,191 nm 
Operating loss  (9,588) (53,187) (82%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities (600,635) 487,925 nm   -  (15,836) nm 
Loss on disposal of DNI 73,333 - nm 
Interest income, net of impairment 8,361 192,150 (96%)
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  9,743  -  nm 
Interest income  1,994  3,778  (47%) 
Interest expense 128,833  88,603 45%   4,576  5,121  (11%) 
(Loss) income before income tax expense (1,705,572) 1,221,663 nm 
Impairment of Cedar Cellular note  -  2,732  nm 
Loss before income taxes  (2,427) (73,098) (97%) 
Income tax expense 24,283  512,603 (95%)  3,739  577  548% 
Net (loss) income before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted       
investments (1,729,855) 709,060 nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments (4,822)  95,269 nm 
Net loss before earnings from equity-accounted investments  (6,166) (73,675) (92%) 
Earnings from equity-accounted investments  1,569  184  753% 
Net loss from continuing operations  (4,597) (73,491) (94%) 
Net income from discontinued operations  -  7,418  nm 
Net (loss) income (1,734,677)  804,329  nm   (4,597) (66,073) (93%) 
Continuing (1,773,056)  737,258  nm 
Discontinued 38,379   67,071  (43%)
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest 33,371   11,643  187% 
Less (Add) net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest  -  3,067  nm 
Continuing (19,432)  11,643  nm   -  (877) nm 
Discontinued 52,803   -  nm   -  3,944  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us (1,768,048)  792,686  nm   (4,597) (69,140) (93%) 
Continuing (1,753,624)  725,615  nm   (4,597) (72,614) (94%) 
Discontinued (14,424)  67,071  nm   -  3,474  nm 

(A) Refer to Note 222 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.



(B)
Table 9  In South African Rand
(US GAAP)
 
   Six months ended December 31, 
   2019  2018(A)  ZAR % 
  ZAR '000  ZAR '000  change 
Revenue  2,229,994  2,645,884  (16%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support  1,295,544  1,481,596  (13%) 
Selling, general and administration  940,815  1,593,675  (41%) 
Depreciation and amortization  131,723  215,755  (39%) 
Impairment loss  -  117,441  nm 
Operating loss  (138,088) (762,583) (82%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities  -  (227,053) nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  140,322  -  nm 
Interest income  28,718  54,168  (47%) 
Interest expense  65,905  73,424  (10%) 
Impairment of Cedar Cellular note  -  39,171  nm 
Loss before income taxes  (34,953) (1,048,063) (97%) 
Income tax expense  53,850  8,273  551% 
Net loss before earnings from equity-accounted investments  (88,803) (1,056,336) (92%) 
Earnings from equity-accounted investments  22,597  2,638  757% 
Net loss from continuing operations     (1,053,698  (94%) 
Net income from discontinued operations     106,358  nm 
Net (loss) income  (66,206) (947,340) (93%) 
Less (Add) net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest  -  43,974  nm 
Continuing  -  (12,574) nm 
Discontinued  -  56,548  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us  (66,206) (991,314) (93%) 
Continuing  (66,206) (1,041,124) (94%) 
Discontinued  -  49,810  nm 

(A) Refer to Notes 1Note 22 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the restatement.discontinued operations disclosures.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to lower contributions received from our South African operations as a result of the endexpiration of our CPSSASSA contract, with SASSA, which also resultedthe decline in fewer SASSA Grindrod-account grant recipients using the South African National Payment System to access their grants; the loss of our EPE account holders resultingnumbers driven by SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO, and a reduction in lower transaction fees; fewer prepaid airtimeEPE-related financial and value-added services sales; decreases in our insurance and lending activities and lower revenue contributions from South Korea and IPG; which wastransaction fees due to a smaller customer base, but partially offset by the inclusion of DNIhigher ad hoc terminal and higher fee and transaction income from our EPE and ATM offerings.prepaid airtime sales.

The decrease in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support was primarily due to fewer SASSA Grindrod-account grant recipients utilizing the South African National Payment System which resulted in lower transaction costs incurred by us, and fewer prepaid airtime sales, which wasbut partially offset by the inclusion of DNI,higher costs related to terminal and expenses to support and expand our EPE and ATM offerings. Our year to date fiscal 2019 expense also included certain committed fixed and variable costs (including security, vehicle-related expenditures, banking fees and other transaction costs) that relate to the maintenance and expansion of our financial inclusion initiatives. SASSA’s initiatives to convert grant recipients to the new SAPO account, often unilaterally and without the recipient’s consent, have resulted in us incurring certain expenses without any associated significant revenue generated from these activities.prepaid airtime sales.

     For instance, we have deployed our mobile payment infrastructure into areas in which we believed that EPE accountholders would utilize our infrastructure, however these individuals did not use the infrastructure because they were auto-migrated to new SAPO accounts.

The increasedecrease in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to anthe increase in our allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable recorded during the second quarter of fiscal 2019 of approximately $23.4 million the inclusion(resulting from SASSA's auto-migration of DNI, payment of $5.2 million (ZAR 73.7 million) of retrenchment packages, an increaseEPE accounts), lower costs incurred by IPG and by our South Africa business as we transition our business strategy in costs at the international payments group as part of its restructuring and re-establishment initiatives and higher staff costs. Our year to date fiscal 2019 expenses also include committed fixed and variable costs (including premises and staff costs) that relate to the maintenance and expansion of our financial inclusion initiatives. Our year to date fiscal 2018 includes the impact of an allowance for doubtful Mastertrading working capital finance receivables of $7.8 million.South Africa.

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Depreciation and amortization increaseddecreased primarily due to thelower overall amortization of acquired intangible assets related to the DNI acquisition, partially offset by an increase in the number ofthat are fully amortized and tangible assets that becameare fully depreciated.depreciated during the first half of fiscal 2020.

During the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2019, we recognizedrecorded an impairment loss of approximately $13.5$8.2 million, which included $7.0 million related to the entire amount of IPG goodwill and $5.3 million related to DNI customer relationships. Given the consolidation and restructuring of IPG over the period through December 2018, several business lines were terminated or meaningfully reduced, resulting in lower than expected revenues, profits and cash flows we reviewed and impaired the goodwill. We also reviewed  reviewed certain customer relationships identified as part of our acquisition of DNI for impairment because Cell C recently entered into a roaming arrangement with another South African mobile telecommunications network provider which will extend Cell C’s network coverage and this arrangement impacted the identified customer relationship recognized. As a consequence, we recorded an impairment loss of $5.3 million related to a portion of the customer relationship. Refer to Note 9 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the impairment losses.

     During the year to date fiscal 2018, we reviewed for impairment the goodwill identified and recognized pursuant to the Masterpayment and Masterpayment Financial Services acquisitions in April 2016 and November 2017, respectively, due to uncertainty surrounding the timing and amount of future net cash inflows following changes in the business strategy. As a consequence of this review, we recognized an impairment loss of approximately $19.9 million related to the entire carrying value of goodwill acquired.

Our operating (loss) incomeloss margin for year to datethe first half of fiscal 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was (20.6%(6.2%) and 10.5%(28.8%), respectively. We discuss the components of operating income margin under "—Results"-Results of operations by operating segment." Our operating margin declined primarily due to an increase in our allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable of approximately $23.4 million, impairment losses and losses incurred running our financial inclusion infrastructure.

The change in fair value of equity securities represents a non-cash fair value adjustment (loss) gain related of $(42 million)loss related to Cell C caused by a combinationduring the first half of lower EBITDA levels in Cell C as well as reduced market multiples.fiscal 2019. Refer to Note 76 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation.

We recognizedrecorded a non-cash lossgain of $5.1$9.7 million related to the saledisposal of DNI on March 31, 2019.FIHRST during the first half of fiscal 2020.

     Excluding the impact of the impairment of $5.4 million discussed in Note 8 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, interestInterest on surplus cash decreased to $6.0$2.0 million (ZAR 85.428.7 million) from $14.9$3.8 million (ZAR 192.254.2 million), due primarily to the lower average daily ZAR cash balances resulting from our significant investments over the last 21 months as well asand cash utilizedused to fund the operating losses in the South African operations.


Interest expense increaseddecreased to $9.0$4.6 million (ZAR 129.065.9 million) from $6.9$5.1 million (ZAR 88.673.4 million), due to increased borrowings which we obtained to partially fund our strategic investments and fund our ATMs, which was partially offset by a reduction in our long-term South African debt. Interestdebt, partially offset by interest expense forrelated to cash borrowed to stock our ATMs and utilization of our overdraft facilities.

During the yearfirst half of fiscal 2019, we recorded an impairment loss of $2.7 million related to date fiscal 2018 included interest on our South Korean debt, which was fully repaidCedar Cellular note as discussed in October 2017.Note 7 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Fiscal 20192020 tax expense was $1.7$3.7 million (ZAR 24.353.9 million) compared to $39.7$0.6 million (ZAR 512.68.3 million) in fiscal 2018.2019. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020, was adverselyimpacted by 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 South African businesses and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2019, was (6.8%) and was impacted by the valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized in respect ofregarding net operating losses incurred by our South African businesses, the non-deductible goodwill impairment losses, the DNI disposal loss, and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on our South African long-term debt facility, which was partially offset by tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. The deferred tax impact of the change in the fair value of our investment in Cell Cequity security also impacted theour effective rate for fiscal 2019, as this amount is recorded at a lower rate (at a so-called capital gains rate) than the South African statutory rate. The March 31, 2019, carrying value of our investment in Cell C is less than its initial cost and therefore it has a capital gains benefit for tax purposes, however, we do not expect to generate any significant capital gains in the foreseeable future and have provided a valuation allowance of $3.6 million related to this capital gains benefit deferred tax asset. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2018, was 42.0% and was higher than the South African statutory rate as a result of the deferred tax impact of the increase in the fair value of our investment in Cell C, the impairment loss, a valuation allowance provided related to an allowance for doubtful working capital finance receivables created, non-deductible expenses (including transaction-related expenditure and non-deductible interest on our South African long-term facility) and the impact of the changes in U.S. federal statutory tax law.

DNI was not accounted for using the equity method during the third quarterfirst half of fiscal 2019 because it is consolidated.2019. The consolidation ofaccounting for DNI as a discontinued operation has adversely impacted the comparability of our (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments during the third quarterfirst half of fiscal 2019.2020. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and reports its six-month results during our first quarterhalf and its annual results during our fourth quarter.

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The table below presents the relative earnings (loss) earnings from our equity accounted investments:

  
Table 10 Nine months ended March 31,   Six months ended December 31, 
 2019 2018 $ %   2019  2018  
$ ’000�� $ ’000  change   $ '000  $ '000  $ % change 
DNI  1,108  -  nm 
Share of net income  3,113  -  nm 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax  (931) -  nm 
Impairment  (1,074) -  nm 
Bank Frick (1,895)  975  nm   469  (1,805) nm 
Share of net income 616   1,234  nm   755  564  34% 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax (427)  (259) 65%   (286) (285) 0% 
Other (2,084)  -  nm   -  (2,084) nm 
DNI -   5,202  nm 
Share of net income -   6,868  nm 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax -   (1,666) nm 
Finbond 1,875 1,101 70%   491  1,875  (74%) 
Other (318)  111 nm   (499) 114  nm 
(Loss) earnings from equity accounted investments (338)  7,389 nm 
  1,569  184  nm 


Results of operations by operating segment

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

Table 11 In U.S. Dollars (U.S. GAAP)   In United States Dollars (US GAAP) 
 Nine months ended March 31,     
 2019 % of 2018 % of %   Six months ended December 31, 
  2019  % of  2018  % of % 
Operating Segment$ ’000  total $ ’000  total  change  $ '000  total  $ '000  total  change 
Revenue:           
South African transaction processing 77,093 25% 204,093 44% (62%)
International transaction processing 111,869 36% 136,447 29% (18%)
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 128,611   42%   168,018   36%  (23%)
Continuing 72,274   24%   168,018   36%  (57%)
Discontinued 56,337   18%   -   -  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments 317,573 103% 508,558 109% (38%)
Intersegment eliminations (8,055)  (3%)  (44,863)  (9%) (82%)
Consolidated revenue 309,518   100%   463,695   100%  (33%)
Continuing 253,181   82%   463,695   100%  (45%)
Discontinued 56,337   18%   -   -  nm 
Operating (loss) income:           
Consolidated revenue:          
South African transaction processing (28,297) 44% 38,521 79% nm   39,749  26%  59,719  27%  (33%) 
International transaction processing 628 (1%) (14,567) (30%) nm   68,380  44%  77,511  35%  (12%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies (4,009)  6%   41,625   85%  nm   52,131  34%  91,961  41%  (43%) 
Continuing (28,409)  44%   41,625   85%  nm   52,131  34%  53,466  24%  (2%) 
Discontinued 24,400   (38%)      -  nm   -  -  38,495  17%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments (31,678) 49% 65,579 134% nm   160,260  104%  229,191  103%  (30%) 
Corporate/Eliminations (32,184)  51%   (16,702)  (34%) 93%   (5,424) (4%)  (6,157) (3%)  (12%) 
Total consolidated revenue  154,836  100%  223,034  100%  (31%) 
Continuing (19,465)  31%   (16,702)  (34%) 17%   154,836  100%  184,539  83%  (16%) 
Discontinued (12,719)  20%   -   -  nm   -  -  38,495  17%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss)income (63,862)  100%   48,877   100%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss) income:              nm 
South African transaction processing  (6,366) 66%  (15,343) 36%  (59%) 
International transaction processing  6,601  (69%)  (1,281) 3%  nm 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  623  (6%)  (7,236) 17%  nm 
Continuing (75,543)  118%   48,877   100%  nm   623  (6%)  (23,497) 56%  nm 
Discontinued 11,681   (18%)  -   -  nm   -  -  16,261  (39%)  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  858  (9%)  (23,860) 56%  nm 
Corporate/eliminations  (10,446) 109%  (18,319) 44%  (43%) 
Continuing  (10,446) 109%  (13,066) 32%  (20%) 
Discontinued  -  -  (5,253) 12%  nm 
Total consolidated operating (loss) income  (9,588) 100%  (42,179) 100%  (77%) 
Continuing  (9,588) 100%  (53,187) 126%  (82%) 
Discontinued  -  -  11,008  (26%)  nm 



Table 12 In South African Rand (U.S. GAAP)   In South African Rand (US GAAP) 
 Nine months ended March 31,     
     2018       Six months ended December 31, 
 2019 % of ZAR % of %   2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment ZAR ’000  total  ’000  total  change  ZAR '000  total  ZAR '000  total 
Revenue:           
South African transaction processing 1,099,901 25% 2,631,453 44% (58%)
International transaction processing 1,596,057 36% 1,759,266 29% (9%)
Financial inclusion and applied technologies 1,834,919   42%   2,166,323   36%  (15%)
Continuing 1,031,148   24%   2,166,323   36%  (52%)
Discontinued 803,771   18%   -   -  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments 4,530,877 103% 6,557,042 109% (31%)
Intersegment eliminations (114,922)  (3%)  (578,437)  (9%) (80%)
Consolidated revenue 4,415,955   100%   5,978,605   100%  (26%)
Continuing 3,612,184   82%   5,978,605   100%  (40%)
Discontinued 803,771   18%   -   -  nm 
Operating (loss) income:           
Consolidated revenue:          
South African transaction processing (403,719) 44% 496,667 79% nm   572,477  26%  856,239  27%  (33%) 
International transaction processing 8,960 (1%) (187,818) (30%) nm   984,829  44%  1,111,337  35%  (11%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies (57,197)  6%   536,688   85%  nm   750,806  34%  1,318,518  41%  (43%) 
Continuing (405,317)  44%   536,688   85%  nm   750,806  34%  766,584  24%  (2%) 
Discontinued 348,120   (38%)  -   -  nm   -  -  551,934  17%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments (451,956) 49% 845,537 134% nm   2,308,112  104%  3,286,094  103%  (30%) 
Corporate/Eliminations (459,176)  51%   (215,346)  (34%) 113%   (78,118) (4%)  (88,276) (3%)  (12%) 
Total consolidated revenue  2,229,994  100%  3,197,818  100%  (30%) 
Continuing (277,711)  31%   (215,346)  (34%) 29%   2,229,994  100%  2,645,884  83%  (16%) 
Discontinued (181,465)  20%   -   -  nm   -  -  551,934  17%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss)income (911,132)  100%   630,191   100%  nm 
Consolidated operating (loss) income:              nm 
South African transaction processing  (91,685) 66%  (219,985) 36%  (58%) 
International transaction processing  95,070  (69%)  (18,367) 3%  nm 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  8,973  (6%)  (103,748) 17%  nm 
Continuing (1,077,787)  118%   630,191   100%  nm   8,973  (6%)  (336,895) 56%  nm 
Discontinued 166,655   (18%)  -   -  nm   -  -  233,147  (39%)  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  12,358  (9%)  (342,100) 56%  nm 
Corporate/eliminations  (150,446) 109%  (262,654) 44%  (43%) 
Continuing  (150,446) 109%  (187,338) 32%  (20%) 
Discontinued  -  -  (75,316) 12%  nm 
Total consolidated operating (loss) income  (138,088) 100%  (604,754) 100%  (77%) 
Continuing  (138,088) 100%  (762,585) 126%  (82%) 
Discontinued  -  -  157,831  (26%)  nm 

(A) Refer to Note 22 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

South African transaction processing

The decrease in segment revenue and operating income was primarily due to the substantial decrease in the numberfewer transactions performed at our ATM base and lower fees as a result of fewer EPE and SASSA grant recipients paid under our SASSA contract as the contract expired at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2019.accounts. Our South African transaction processing operating segment revenue and operating income was alsoloss have been adversely impacted by the significant reduction in the number of SASSA grant recipients with SASSA-branded Grindrod cards linked to Grindrod bank accounts as well as a lower numberloss of EPE accounts. These decreases in revenue and operating income were partially offset by higher transaction revenuecustomers as a result of increased usageSASSA's auto-migration of our ATMs. Operating income for thisaccounts to SAPO. The reduction in operating losses in the segment foris a reflection of the year to date fiscal 2019 included retrenchment costs of $3.7 million (ZAR 51.6 million).cost reductions that have occurred over the last 12 months.

Our operating (loss) income margin for the year to date fiscal 2019 and 2018 was (36.7%) and 18.9%, respectively. Excluding restructuring costs, the operating loss margin for the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was (31.9%(16.0%). and (25.7%), respectively.

International transaction-based activities

Segment revenue was lower during the year to datesecond quarter of fiscal 2019,2020, primarily due to aan ongoing contraction in IPG transactions processed, specifically meaningfully lower crypto-exchange and China processing activity, andmodestly lower KSNET revenue as a result of lower transaction values processed.the impact of the weaker KRW/ USD exchange rate on reported KSNET revenue. Operating income during the year to datesecond quarter of fiscal 2020 has improved compared with fiscal 2019 was adversely impacted by a $7.0 milliondue to improved profitability of KSNET and the impairment loss. loss recorded in fiscal 2019.

Operating income during the year to date fiscal 2018 was adversely impacted by a $19.9 million impairment loss, a Mastertrading allowance for doubtful working capital finance receivable of $7.8 million, and was positively impacted by an ad hoc refund of indirect taxes of $2.5 million in Korea. Excluding the combined impact of the impairment losses, the allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable and the ad hoc tax refund, operating income during the year to date fiscal 2019 was lower compared to fiscal 2018 due to a decrease in IPG revenues and ongoing losses at Masterpayment during the year to date fiscal 2019, but such decrease was partially offset by an improved contribution from KSNET primarily as a result of lower depreciation expense.

     IPG continues to work in close collaboration with Bank Frick and our other specialist departments to develop bespoke blockchain-based solutions, including a highly secure but easily accessible crypto-asset storage solution for crypto-asset investors and exchanges and incurred expenses of approximately $0.7 million during the year to date fiscal 2019 related to this project.

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     Operating (loss) income margin for the yearfirst half of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was 9.7% and (1.7%), respectively, due to date fiscal 2019 and 2018 was 0.6% and (10.7%), respectively.improving profitability at KSNET. Excluding the goodwill impairment, segment operating income and margin for fiscal 2019 were $7.6$5.7 million and 6.8%7.4%, respectively. Excluding the impairment loss, the Mastertrading allowance for doubtful working capital finance receivables and the adhoc tax refund, segment operating income and margin for fiscal 2018 were $10.6 million and 7.7% respectively.

Financial inclusion and applied technologies

Segment revenue decreased primarily due to fewer prepaid airtime and value-added services sales, lower lending revenue and insurance revenues,revenue as a result of fewer customers, and a decrease in inter-segment revenues, partially offset by higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime and value-added services sales. The improved operating income reflects the inclusionstabilization of DNI.the lending and insurance books, the positive contribution from the ad hoc terminal sales as well as our cost reduction efforts of the last 12 months. Operating income was significantly lower than year to datefor the first half of fiscal 2018, primarily due to the2019 includes an allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable of $23.4 million recognized in the second quarter and expenses incurred to maintain and expand our financial service infrastructure, partially offset by the contribution(ZAR 335.5 million).


Operating loss margin from DNI. Operating income for this operating segment for the year to date fiscal 2019 included retrenchment costs of $1.6 million (ZAR 22.1 million).

     Operating (loss) income margincontinuing operations for the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment was (3.1%)1.2% and 24.8%(43.9%) during the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively. Excluding restructuring costs, the operating income margin for the year to date fiscal 2019 was (1.9%).

Corporate/Eliminations

Our corporate expenses increaseddecreased primarily due to a $5.3 million impairment loss as well as higherlower acquired intangible asset amortization non-employee director expenses,expense related to intangible assets that were fully amortized during fiscal 2019, partially offset by higher transaction-related expenditures and external service provider fees.expenditures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At MarchDecember 31, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents were $48.8$50.7 million and comprised of KRW-denominated balances of KRW 36.2 billion ($31.3 million), ZAR-denominated balances of ZAR 263.0197.0 million ($18.2 million),  KRW-denominated balances of KRW 17.2 billion ($15.114.0 million), U.S. dollar-denominated balances of $10.7$1.8 million, and other currency deposits, primarily Botswana pula, of $4.7$3.6 million, all amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019. The decreaseincrease in our unrestricted cash balances from June 30, 2018,2019, was primarily due to significantly weaker trading activities, scheduled debt repayments, dividend payments to non-controlling interestsutilization of our short-term borrowings and capital expenditures,repayment of a loan outstanding by DNI, which was partially offset by the contribution from the inclusion of DNI,weaker trading activities, capital expenditures, and a decreasean additional investment in our South African lending book.V2.

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. We have invested surplus cash in Korea in KRW-dominated short-term investment accounts at Korean banking institutions.

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. Recently, we have been required to utilize our short-term financing facilities to fund our daily cash requirements as we adapt to the expiration of the SASSA contract in September 2018 and the transition of our business model. We The board is actively managing our liquidity in the light of the significant changes underway in our business and we currently believe that our cash and credit facilities are sufficient to fund our future operations for at least the next four quarters.

Consideration of going concern

Accounting guidance requires our management to assess whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Our management has identified certain conditions or events, which, considered in the aggregate, could raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern including the risk that we will be unable to:

  • deliver all or a substantial part of the financial results forecast in our fiscal 2020 budget;
  • retain our existing borrowings and facilities, as described below and in Note 10 of our condensed consolidated financial statements, or obtain additional borrowings and facilities on commercially reasonable terms;
  • arrive at a commercial settlement with SASSA, given the September 30, 2019, Supreme Court ruling regarding the repayment of the additional implementation costs received to SASSA (refer Note 11 of our condensed consolidated financial statements) and the ongoing dispute we have with SASSA over fees due for the six-month contract extension period in accordance with National Treasury's recommendation;
  • dispose of all or a portion of our remaining 30% interest in DNI. DNI's operations are also significantly dependent on Cell C because it is the largest distributor of Cell C starter packs in South Africa. Therefore, the inability of Cell C to continue to operate through the next 12 months could also have an adverse impact on DNI's operations; or
  • dispose of additional investments in order to realize sufficient cash flows.

Our management has implemented a number of plans to alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. These plans include disposing of our Korean business unit, KSNET, as announced in our press release of January 27, 2020, certain non-core assets (refer to Note 3 of our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019, for additional information regarding a call option granted to DNI), and extending our existing borrowings used to fund our ATMs through September 2020. Provided the KSNET disposal closes, as expected, in March 2020, this is expected to remove the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

In addition, our management believes there are a number of mitigating actions it can pursue, including (i) limiting the expansion of our microlending finance loans receivable book in South Africa; (ii) implementing further cost cutting measures; (iii) commencing additional asset realizations; (iv) managing our capital expenditures; and (v) accessing alternative sources of capital (including through the issuance of additional shares of our common stock), in order to generate additional liquidity. Our management believes that these plans and mitigating actions alleviate the substantial doubt referred to above and, therefore, has concluded that we remain a going concern.


Available short-term borrowings

We also have a short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank of up to ZAR 450.0 million ($31.132.0 million), which consistsis comprised of (i) a primary amount of up to ZAR 450 million, ($31.1 million) and (ii) a secondary amount, which his currently not available as discussed below. The primary amount comprises an overdraft facility of (i) up to ZAR 300300.0 million ($20.721.4 million), which is further split into (a) a ZAR 250.0 million ($17.317.8 million) overdraft facility which may only be used to fund mobile ATMs used at pay points and (b) a ZAR 5050.0 million ($3.43.6 million) general banking facility and (ii) indirect and derivative facilities of up to ZAR 150150.0 million ($10.410.7 million), which include letters of guarantee, letters of credit and forward exchange contracts. The temporary amount of ZAR 250.0 million was made available until February 28, 2019 and while utilized at that date was withdrawn. We are in discussions with Nedbank around the reinsatementcomponent of the normal secondaryprimary amount may only be used to fund ATMs and therefore this component of R200 million ($13.8 million).the primary amount utilized and converted to cash to fund our ATMs is considered restricted cash. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the interest rate on the overdraft facility was 9.10%.8.85%, and reduced to 8.60% on January 17, 2020, following a reduction in the South African repo rate. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 20.2164.3 million ($1.411.7 million) of theour ZAR 250250.0 million overdraft facility to fund ATMs, and none of the R50our ZAR 50.0 million general banking facility. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 96.793.6 million ($6.7 million) of the indirect and derivative facilities to support guarantees issued by Nedbank to various third parties on our behalf.

We also have a short-term South African credit facility with Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, or RMB of ZAR 1.51.2 billion ($103.685.4 million) which may only be used to fund our fixed ATMs in South Africa. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, the interest rate on the overdraft facility was 9.25%10.00% (South African prime lessprime) and reduced to 9.75% on January 17, 2020, following a margin of 1%).reduction in the South African repo rate. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 1.11.0 billion ($72.872.7 million) of this facility.

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We have a short-term U.S. dollar-denominated overdraft facility with Bank Frick of $20.0 million. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately $8.9$13.9 million of this facility. The interest rate on the facility is 4.50% plus 3 month3-month US dollar LIBOR and interest is payable on a quarterly basis. The 3 month3-month US dollar LIBOR rate was 2.59975%%1.91% on MarchDecember 31, 2019. The facility has no fixed term, however, it may be terminated by either party with six weeks written notice.

We also have a one yearone-year KRW 1010.0 billion ($8.88.7 million) short-term overdraft facility from Hana Bank, a South Korean bank. The interest rate on the facilities is 1.984%1.98% plus the 3-month CD rate. The 3-month CD rate as of MarchDecember 31, 2019 was 1.87%1.53%. The facility expires in January 2020,2021, however can be renewed. The facility is unsecured with no fixed repayment terms. As of MarchDecember 31, 2019, we had not utilized this facility.

Available long-term borrowings

     As of March 31,On September 4, 2019, we also had outstanding long-term debt, netfurther amended our amended July 2017 Facilities agreement with RMB and Nedbank to include an overdraft facility ("Facility F") of deferred fees, ofup to ZAR 229.1300.0 million ($15.8 million),21.4 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019) under our South African facilities, comprisingfor the sole purpose of funding the acquisition of airtime from Cell C. We may not dispose of the airtime acquired from Cell C prior to April 1, 2020, without the prior consent of RMB, Absa Bank Limited and Investec Asset Management Proprietary Limited. Facility F comprises (i) a first Senior Facility F loan of ZAR 75220.0 million under(ii) a second Senior Facility A, (ii)F loan of ZAR 5080.0 million, under Facility B and ZAR 105.0 million under Facility D. Interest due onor such lesser amount as may be agreed by the facility agent. Facility F is required to be repaid in full within nine months following the first utilization of the facility. We are required to prepay Facility F and any outstanding interest subject to customary prepayment terms. In December 2019, we disposed of our entire shareholding in FIHRST and used the proceeds from the disposal to prepay interest and principal outstanding on Facility F. Outstanding interest on Facility F is payable upon maturity of the facility and is calculated based on the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate, or JIBAR in effect from time to time plus a margin of (i) 2.25% for5.50% per annum. JIBAR was 6.80% on December 31, 2019. The margin on the Facility A loan, (ii) 3.5% for the Facility B loan,F increased by 1% on November 1, 2019, because we had not disposed of our remaining shareholding in DNI and (iii) 2.75% for the Facility D loan. The JIBAR rate has been set at 7.15% for the periodFIHRST by that date.

Restricted cash

We have credit facilities with RMB and Nedbank in order to June 29, 2019. The Facility A, Baccess cash to fund our ATMs in South Africa. Our cash, cash equivalents and D loans were settledrestricted cash presented in full on May 3, 2019. The final principal repayments totaling ZAR 125.0our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of December 31, 2019, includes restricted cash of approximately $84.4 million related to the outstanding Facility Acash withdrawn from our various debt facilities to fund ATMs. This cash may only be used to fund ATMs and Facility B loans were dueis considered restricted as to use and therefore is classified as restricted cash on June 29, 2019. Principal repayments on the Facility D loan were due in four quarterly installments, of ZAR 26.3 million each, commencing on June 29, 2019. Voluntary prepayments are permitted without early repayment fees or penalties.our audited consolidated balance sheet.

Cash flows from operating activities

ThirdSecond quarter

Net cash provided by operating activities during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 was $4.4 million (ZAR 64.5 million) compared to $(5.2) million (ZAR (75.0) million) of net cash used in operating activities during the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019 was $14.1 million (ZAR 220.3 million) compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $85.2 million (ZAR 1.0 billion) during the third quarter of fiscal 2018.2019. The decreaseincrease in cash provided is primarily due to significantly weaker trading activity during fiscalthe repayment of finance loans receivable at the end of December 2019. These finance loans receivable are typically settled at the beginning of the new month (in this case January 2020) but were settled in December 2019, compareddue to 2018.the opening of the January 2020 grant distribution file in December 2019.


During the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020, we paid South African tax of $0.7 million (ZAR 10.7 million) related to our 2020 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $1.3 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea. During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we paid South African tax of $0.2$6.2 million (ZAR 2.989.1 million) related to our 2019 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $2.2$2.6 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

Taxes paid during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Table 13 Three months ended December 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
 $  $  ZAR  ZAR 
 '000  '000  '000  '000 
First provisional payments 740  6,245  10,657  89,144 
Tax refund received -  (34) -  (475)
Total South African taxes paid 740  6,211  10,657  88,669 
Foreign taxes paid: Korea 1,264  2,568  18,205  36,624 
Total tax paid 2,004  8,779  28,862  125,293 

First half

Net cash used in operating activities during the first half of fiscal 2020 was $(13.9) million (ZAR (200.5) million) compared to $11.2 million (ZAR 160.9 million) provided by operating activities during the first half of fiscal 2019. The change is primarily due to weaker trading activity during fiscal 2020 compared to 2019, as well as the purchase of $12.3 million of Cell C prepaid airtime that is subject to sale restrictions utilizing our borrowings (refer below under financial activities and to Note 4 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements), partially offset by the repayment of finance loans receivable at the end of December 2019.

During the first half of fiscal 2020, we paid South African tax of $0.7 million (ZAR 10.7 million) related to our 2020 tax year and $0.8 million (ZAR 11.6 million) related to our 2019 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $2.4 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea. During the third quarterfirst half of fiscal 2018, we paid South African tax of $1.2 million (ZAR 14.5 million) related to our 2018 tax year in South Africa. We also paid taxes totaling $1.2 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

     Taxes paid during the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

Table 13    Three months ended March 31,    
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
 $  $   ZAR  ZAR 
  ‘000  ‘000  ‘000  ‘000 
First provisional payments 205  1,228  2,850  14,546 
Taxation paid related to prior years -  2  -  29 
Taxation refunds received (6) (158) (68) (1,919)
       Total South African taxes paid 199  1,072  2,782  12,656 
       Foreign taxes paid 2,212  1,204  30,536  14,234 
               Total tax paid 2,411  2,276  33,318  26,890 

Year to date

     Net cash used in operating activities during the year to date fiscal 2019 was $2.9 million (ZAR 41.6 million) compared to $97.8 million (ZAR 1.3 billion) provided by operating activities during the year to date fiscal 2018. The decrease in cash provided is primarily due to significantly weaker trading activity during fiscal 2019 compared to 2018.

     During the year to date fiscal 2019, we paid South African tax of $6.5$6.2 million (ZAR 92.089.1 million) related to our 2019 tax year. During the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2019, we made an additional tax payment of $1.4 million (ZAR 20.5 million) related to our 2018 tax year in South Africa. We also paid taxes totaling $4.8 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea. During the year to date fiscal 2018, we paid South African tax of $17.7 million (ZAR 231.2 million) related to our 2018 tax year in South Africa. During the year to date fiscal 2018, we made an additional tax payment of $1.9 million (ZAR 25.3 million) related to our 2017 tax year in South Africa and received a refund of approximately $0.4 million (ZAR 5.2 million) related to taxes overpaid in previous tax years in South Africa. We also paid taxes totaling $3.7$2.6 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

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Taxes paid during the year to date fiscal 20192020 and 20182019 were as follows:

Table 14    Nine months ended March 31,     Six months ended December 31, 
 2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018  2019  2018 
$  $   ZAR  ZAR  $ $ ZAR ZAR 
 ‘000  ‘000  ‘000  ‘000  '000  '000  '000  '000 
First provisional payments 6,453  17,739  91,994  231,200  740  6,245  10,657  89,144 
Taxation paid related to prior years 1,399  1,921  20,488  25,256  782  1,399  11,620  20,488 
Taxation refunds received (102) (409) (1,445) (5,211)
Tax refund received (28) (96) (392) (1,377)
Total South African taxes paid 7,750  19,251  111,037  251,245  1,494  7,548  21,885  108,255 
Foreign taxes paid 4,783  3,674  67,248  48,510 
Foreign taxes paid: Korea 2,393  2,574  34,112  36,712 
Total tax paid 12,533  22,925  178,285  299,755  3,887  10,122  55,997  144,967 

Cash flows from investing activitiesSecond quarter

Third quarter

Cash used in investing activities for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2019 includes2020 included capital expenditures of $1.6$0.8 million (ZAR22.9(ZAR 12.1 million), primarily due to the acquisition of ATMsprocessing equipment in South Africa andKorea to maintain operations. During the expansionsecond quarter of our branch network.fiscal 2020, we received $10.9 million from the sale of FIHRST. We also extended loan funding of $0.6 million to Revix.

Cash used in investing activities for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2018 includes capital expenditure of $4.2 million (ZAR 50.5 million), primarily for the acquisition of data processing computer equipment and payment processing terminals in Korea and ATMs in South Africa. We also paid approximately $11.1 million for an additional 5% interest in Bank Frick, provided a $10.6 million (ZAR 126.0 million) loan to DNI and paid $7.5 million (ZAR 89.3 million) for an additional 4% interest in DNI.

Year to date

     Cash used in investing activities for the year to date fiscal 2019 includesincluded capital expenditures of $7.3$2.5 million (ZAR 104.036.5 million), primarily due to the acquisition of ATMs in South Africa and the expansion of our branch network. We also paid $2.5 million for a 50% interest in V2 Limited, acquired customer bases in DNI for $1.4 million, and made a further equity contribution of $1.1 million to MobiKwik.


First half

Cash used in investing activities for the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2018 includes2020 included capital expenditureexpenditures of $7.8$3.5 million (ZAR 100.649.7 million), primarily fordue to the acquisition of data processing computer equipment and payment processing terminals in Korea and ATMs in South Africa.Africa and processing equipment in South Korea to maintain operations. During the first half of fiscal 2020, we received $10.9 million from the sale of FIHRST. We also made a further equity contribution of $1.3 million to V2, extended loan funding of $0.6 million to Revix, and received $4.3 million from DNI related to the settlement of a ZAR 60.0 million loan outstanding.

Cash used in investing activities for the first half of fiscal 2019 included capital expenditures of $5.7 million (ZAR 81.2 million), primarily due to the acquisition of ATMs in South Africa and the expansion of our branch network. We also paid approximately $151.0 million (ZAR 2.0 billion) for a 15% interest in Cell C, $79.5 million (ZAR 1.0 billion) for a 49% interest in DNI, $51.9$2.5 million for a 35%50% interest in Bank Frick, providedV2 Limited, acquired customer bases in DNI for $1.4 million, and made a $10.6further equity contribution of $1.1 million (ZAR 126.0 million) loan to DNI and paid $9.0 million for a 7.625% interest in a listed note.MobiKwik.

Cash flows from financing activities

ThirdSecond quarter

During the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 2020, we utilized approximately $200.7 million from our South African overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $193.8 million of these facilities. We prepaid approximately $11.3 million of Facility F utilizing the proceeds received from the disposal of FIHRST. We also utilized $7.2 million of our Bank Frick overdraft to fund our operations.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we utilized approximately $278.3$221.6 million from our overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $257.1$245.7 million of these facilities, including amounts utilized in DecemberSeptember 2018. We also utilized $8.9approximately $3.2 million of our Bank Frick overdraftDNI's revolving credit facility to fund our operations.lend funds to Cell C to finance the acquisition and/or requisition of telecommunication towersand other specific uses pre-approved by the lender. We also made a scheduled South African debt facility payment of $10.5 million.$10.6 million and paid a non-refundable origination fee of approximately $0.2 million related to DNI's revolving credit facility.

First half

During the third quarterfirst half of fiscal 2018,2020, we made a scheduledutilized approximately $383.2 million from our South African debt facility payment of $17.7 million (ZAR 187.5 million) and also utilized this facilityoverdraft facilities, primarily to partially fund our additional investment in DNI.ATMs, and repaid $374.6 million of these facilities. We also utilized $9.8approximately $14.8 million of our overdraft facilities and repaid $42.6borrowings to fund the purchase of Cell C prepaid airtime that is subject to sale restrictions. We prepaid approximately $11.3 million of these facilities.borrowings (Facility F) utilizing the proceeds received from the disposal of FIHRST. We also repaid $4.0 million of our Bank Frick overdraft and utilized $8.4 million of this overdraft to fund our operations.

Year to date

During the year to datefirst half of fiscal 2019, we utilized approximately $584.5$306.2 million from our overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $502.8$245.7 million of these facilities. We also utilized approximately $14.6$11.0 million of ourDNI's revolving credit facility to lend funds to Cell C to finance the acquisition and/or requisition of telecommunication towers and other specific uses pre-approved by the lender. We also made a scheduled South African debt facility paymentspayment of $31.4$20.9 million, repaid $4.9$2.8 million under ourDNI's revolving credit facility and paid non-refundable origination fees of approximately $0.4 million related to the credit facilities.

     During the year to date fiscal 2018, we utilized approximately $113.2 million (ZAR 1.46 billion) of our South African facility to partially fund our investments in Cell C and DNI and utilized approximately $0.3 million of our Korean facility to pay a portion of our quarterly interest due. We made accumulated scheduled South African debt facility payments of $44.4 million (ZAR 562.5 million) and made a $16.6 million payment to settle our outstanding South Korean debt facility in full. We also utilized $42.4 million of our overdraft facilities and repaid $57.0 million of these facilities.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Capital Expenditures

We expect capital spending for the fourththird quarter of fiscal 20192020 to primarily include thelimited investments into our ATM infrastructure and branch network in South Africa.

Our capital expenditures for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 20192020 and 20182019 are discussed under "—Liquidity"-Liquidity and Capital Resources—CashResources-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 MarchDecember 31, 2019, of $0.1 million related mainly to the procurement of ATMs. We expect to fund these expenditures through internally generated funds.

Contingent Liabilities, Commitmentsfunds and Contractual Obligationsavailable facilities.


Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

In addition to the tables below, see Note 7 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 benchmark interest rates such as the South Africa prime interest rate, JIBAR and LIBOR. The following table illustrates the effect on our annual expected interest charge, translated at exchange rates applicable as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, as a result of changes in (i) the South African prime interest rate, assuming hypothetical short-term borrowings of ZAR 1.0 billion as of December 31, 2019, and (ii) JIBAR, rate.using our December 31, 2019, borrowings of ZAR 57.1 million. The effect of a hypothetical 1% (i.e. 100 basis points) increase and a 1% decrease in the South African prime interest rate and JIBAR rate as of MarchDecember 31, 2019, are shown. The selected 1% hypothetical change does not reflect what could be considered the best or worst case scenarios.

  As of March 31, 2019 
Table 16       Estimated annual 
  Annual     expected interest 
  expected     charge after 
  interest  Hypothetical  hypothetical change in 
  charge  change in  JIBAR 
  ($ ’000) JIBAR  ($ ’000)
Interest on South Africa long-term debt (JIBAR) 1,573  1%  1,731 
     (1%) 1,414 
Table 15 As of December 31, 2019 
  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) 7,118  1%  7,830 
     (1%)  6,406 
          
Interest on South Africa borrowings (JIBAR) 500  1%  540 
     (1%)  459 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our 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 (the "Exchange Act"), as of MarchDecember 31, 2019. 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 time to assess the effectiveness of the procedures we adopted to remediate the material weakness discussed below,in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, our chief executive officer and the chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of MarchDecember 31, 2019.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

     As previously disclosed, we identified a material weaknessThere were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting whereduring the most recent fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over review of the accounting for non-routine complex transactions was not appropriately designed. The material weakness resulted in (1) the misapplication of GAAP to the recognition of revenue from our SASSA contract extension, which resulted in recognition of revenue at an incorrect rate, and (2) the restatement of our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 as a result of the misapplication of GAAP to the accounting treatment for our investment in Cell C Proprietary Limited.

     In order to remediate the material weakness, we appointed a technical resource to review the accounting for non-routine transactions and established an in-house accounting technical committee, which has been assisting in the review of the accounting for all non-routine transactions, including assessing the appropriateness of the accounting treatment adopted. This technical committee has also been assessing the need to consult external experts on the accounting of non-routine transactions.reporting. We initiated the aforementioned remediation plan during the nine-month period ended March 31, 2019, but it has not been in place for a sufficient period of time to assess its effectiveness. We believe the foregoing efforts will effectively remediate the material weakness but, as we continue to evaluate and work to improvemonitor 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, 2019, and we may modifyhave and will continue to perform additional procedures, including the remediation plan.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.


Part II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Challenge to Payment by SASSADecember 5, 2019, securities class action complaint

On December 5, 2019, a putative securities class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Additional Implementation Costs

     In March 2018, the High Court ordered that the June 2012 variation agreement between SASSANew York against our company, Herman G. Kotzé and CPS be reviewedAlex M.R. Smith. The complaint seeks damages based on alleged material misrepresentations and set aside. CPS was ordered to refund ZAR 317.0 million, including VAT, to SASSA, plus interest from June 2014 to the dateomissions concerning our internal controls over financial reporting, classification of payment. In April 2018, we filed an application seeking leave to appeal the whole orderinvestment in Cell C Proprietary Limited, and judgmentour company's consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2018. The complaint asserts claims for violations of Sections 10(b) of the High Court with the High Court because we believe that the High Court erred in its applicationExchange Act and Rule 10b-5, and Section 20(a) of the law and/or in fact in its findings.Exchange Act. The High Court refused our application. We appealed the High Court’s decision to the Supreme Court of Appeal, which has granted our leave to appeal. We expect the case to be heard during 2019. We cannot predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the matter.

Constitutional Court order regarding extension of contract with SASSA for six months for cash payments

     As described in more detail under "Recent Developments—SASSA contract exit and summary of legal proceedings— Auto-migration of EPE customers to SAPO," we urgently applied to the Constitutional Court to order SASSA to pay us in respect of amounts owed to us. In Decemberproposed class period is September 12, 2018, we received correspondence from the Constitutional Court informing the parties that it believes that "nothing prevents the parties from coming to an agreement on increased payments without court sanction, and if they do not, normal legal processes in other courts must be filed to determine the effects." We have engaged SASSA directly in order to resolve this matter, but we will approach the courts if the matter is not resolved to our satisfaction within a reasonable period of time.

Legal proceedings against SASSA in respect of transfer of grant payments from EPE to SAPO accounts

     Onthrough November 13,8, 2018, a number of grant beneficiaries and Moneyline Financial Service Proprietary Limited, or Moneyline, one of our subsidiaries, filed an urgent application with the Gauteng Divisioninclusive. None of the High Court of South Africa seeking among other things, an order (1) declaring that biometric consent for the transfer of grant payments to EPE accounts conforms with the requirements of the Social Assistance Regulations, (2) prohibiting SASSA from stopping the payment of social grants into EPE accounts that were opened with biometric consent prior to January 1, 2018, when SASSA issued a new directive that completion by recipients of a SASSA-prescribed "Annexure C" form would be required in order for those recipients todefendants have their grant payments deposited into their private bank accounts (as opposed to SAPO bank accounts), (3) directing SASSA to process all Annexure C forms within two weeks of submission and (4) directing SASSA to make all grant payments in accordance with duly completed and submitted Annexure C forms.been served.

     On November 28, 2018, the High Court issued an interim order directing SASSA to pay the social grants of those EPE clients who had previously provided biometric consent and elected to receive their social grants into their EPE accounts, pending the issuance of a final judgment. SASSA was also ordered to process any Annexure C forms within two weeks of the submission of such forms.

     On January 29, 2019, the High Court handed down its final judgment, reversing the portion of its November 28, 2018, interim order that directed SASSA to pay grants into the EPE accounts of recipients who made those biometric elections without submitting the Annexure C forms. The effect of the final judgment is that while SASSA is required to promptly pay social grants into EPE accounts of those recipients who have signed the Annexure C forms electing to have their grants paid that way, SASSA is not required to pay grants into the EPE accounts of those recipients who have not submitted the Annexure C forms, despite having provided their previous biometric consent and may continue to auto-migrate those grants to SAPO accounts. The court did not award costs.

     We applied for leave to appeal the order granted on January 29, 2019 and were granted leave on March 12, 2019. The Supreme Court directed us to file the record by no later than July 10, 2019 and directed the parties to file their respective heads of argument. Once the directive has been complied with, the Supreme Court will allocate a hearing date for the appeal. We cannot predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the matter.

     On February 8, 2019, Moneyline launched an application to interdict SASSA from taking any steps of its own volition to direct payment of the social grants of the grants recipients, who received payment of their grants into their EPE accounts in January, 2019, into any accounts other than their EPE accounts into which SASSA had made payments in January 2019. The application was heard on February 28, 2019 and the High Court handed down an order directing Moneyline to provide SASSA with a list of the 696,246 individuals who opened EPE accounts in 2018 and who were not paid by SASSA into those accounts in January 2019. SASSA was ordered to verify the information provided by Moneyline within 14 days and to file an affidavit, within a further 15 days, with the outcome of the verification process and detailing procedures followed by it, including a description of how SASSA administered the migration of beneficiaries to SAPO. The High Court furthermore ordered that any party is entitled to approach it for appropriate relief thereafter. SASSA filed its affidavit on April 23, 2019. Moneyline is considering the affidavit filed by SASSA and will, after consultation with its legal counsel, decide whether to file any further affidavits or seek further relief from the High Court.

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NCR application for the cancelation of Moneyline’s registration as a credit provider

     Regarding the NCR’s application to cancel the registration of Moneyline, we raised a number of procedural points in defense and argument on these points was heard on November 27, 2015, before three tribunal members. Two ruled against us and one upheld our points. We are appealing the majority ruling to the High Court. This matter was heard on December 4, 2018, by a full bench of the Pretoria High Court. If we are successful, it will dispose of the application. If we do not prevail, then the NCR’s application will be set down before the Consumer Tribunal for argument on the main issues raised by the NCR, as dealt with above. We cannot predict the outcome of this litigation.

Initiation of legal proceedings against a PG Purchasing customer regarding non-payment of working capital finance loans receivable

     In January 2019, we filed a Petition with the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, naming Permian Crude Transport, LP, f/k/a Permian Crude Transport, LLC, d/b/a Permian Transport & Trading ("PCT"), and Centurion Marketing, LLC d/b/a Jupiter Marketing & Trading, LLC ("Centurion"), (collectively with PCT, "PCT/Centurion") as defendants regarding the recovery of working capital finance loans receivable made to PCT/ Centurion by our wholly owned subsidiary, PG Purchasing. This lawsuit is still in its initial stages, and discovery is ongoing. Trial is currently set for December 2, 2019.

     We cannot predict when this matter will be heard or how the Court will rule on the matter.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

See “Item"Item 1A RISK FACTORS”FACTORS" in Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018,2019, for a discussion of risk factors relating to (i) our business, (ii) operating in South Africa and other foreign markets, (iii) government regulation, and (iv) our common stock. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.

2019.

 SASSA’s previous migrationWe may be unable to recover the carrying value of EPE customerscertain Cell C airtime that we own which is subject to the SAPO account has resulted in the lossresale restrictions.

In September 2019, we acquired a substantial amount of a significant portionCell C airtime inventory ($13.7 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of our EPE customer base. Unless we are able to maintain our EPE customer base,December 31, 2019). The terms of our South African borrowings, as amended, provide that we may not sell this inventory until after March 31, 2020, and then only with the consent of certain South African banks, which also own Cell C inventory. We may be unable to recover the carrying value of this airtime inventory as a result of the business failure of Cell C or if the South African banks that are required to approve the sale of our Cell C restricted airtime fail to approve the sale for any reason. Failure to recover the carrying value of this inventory may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial services business will likely become unsustainablecondition.

Item 5. Other Information

Subsequent to the issuance of our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 and resultour Form 10-Qs for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, we determined that our presentation of the discontinued operations of DNI-4PL Contracts Proprietary Limited, or DNI, in the closurecondensed consolidated statements of most or alloperations included in those filings was incorrect. In these previous filings, the gross amounts of that business.

    During September and October 2018, SASSA migrated thoseDNI's operations upon classification as a discontinued operation remained in the condensed consolidated statements of our EPE customers who had not submittedoperations which totalled to SASSA a signed Annexure C form and failednet (loss) income. Two captioned lines below net (loss) income were presented to process manyshow the composition of the Annexure C forms submitted by our potential customers. Asnet (loss) income between continuing and discontinued operations and the details of amounts relating to DNI's discontinued operations were separately disclosed in a result, we have experiencednote. The correct presentation removes the gross amounts of a declinediscontinued operation from the condensed consolidated statements of operations, which totals to the net (loss) income from continuing operations before presenting net income from discontinued operations and then totalling to net (loss) income.

We will revise the above referenced previous presentations on the condensed consolidated statements of operations to correct them in future filings the next time these amounts are presented as comparative prior period amounts. The impact of these revisions will reduce each of the previously presented line items in the EPE customer base to under 1.1 million EPE accounts receiving grants during December 2018 and January 2019. These same factorscondensed consolidated statements of operations preceding net income by the amounts shown in the note disclosure for DNI's discontinued operations. The revisions will have had an adverseno effect on previously presented net (loss) income, net (loss) income for continuing operations, net income from discontinued operations or the note disclosures for DNI's discontinued operations.

We further considered the impact on our abilitycontrol environment and note that the control designed to sign up new customersdetect and prevent the misstatement was considered to the EPE productbe ineffective and as a result, we have experienced very low levels of gross new EPE accounts. As described under “Item 1.—Legal Proceedings—Legal proceedings against SASSA in respect of transfer of grant payments from EPEremains unremediated. A material weakness was reported at June 30, 2019. Refer to SAPO accounts”, we commenced legal proceedings against SASSA challenging its actions but, in late January 2019, the High Court ruled that SASSA may pay grants into SAPO accounts unless the grant recipient has delivered a signed Annexure C form to SASSA.
Item 4-"Controls and Procedures" for further information.
 While our EPE customer base has been stable since November 2018, any decision of SASSA to migrate more of our EPE customers to the SAPO account would threaten our entire South African financial services business and materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

    In addition, as described in “Recent Developments—SASSA contract exit and summary of legal proceedings— Auto-migration of EPE customers to SAPO,” we are currently in discussions with SASSA about fees payable to us in excess of the amounts due under the original contract. While we remain in litigation with SASSA, it may make it more difficult for us to reach agreement in regard to such payment.

Even if we are able to maintain a sufficient EPE customer base, we may still face challenges in transforming our South African operations to a business-to-consumer model through our EPE bank account and ATM infrastructure.

    Following the conclusion of the SASSA contract on September 30, 2018, we refocused our resources and technology on the provision of financial inclusion services to our target market. In particular we enabled our mobile ATM payment infrastructure to become part of the South African National Payment System and concentrated on taking our ATMs to the rural populations of South Africa so that they have the same access to financial inclusion as they had during the tenure of our contract, without the many inconveniences and inefficiencies of SASSA’s new payment model.

    While we believe that our financial services offerings are convenient and cost-effective, the success of our strategy will depend on the extent to which South African customers continue to use our financial products and services on a widespread basis.

    As discussed in the risk factor immediately above, SASSA’s unilateral decision to move EPE customers to the SASSA account and the recent judgment preventing us from opposing SASSA’s actions, will likely make it difficult for us to attract and retain as many EPE customers as we had previously planned.

    Even if we continue to maintain our current EPE customer base,, to the extent where such business remains viable, other factors may prevent us from successfully operating and growing our South African financial services business include, but are not limited to:

  • reduced adoption and utilization of our EPE accounts and related products and services;

  • insufficient utilization of our ATM infrastructure, especially our mobile ATM infrastructure;

  • inability to access sufficient funding for our ATM infrastructure;

  • competition in the marketplace;

  • restrictions imposed by SASSA or government on the manner in which recipients may transact;

  • additional and/ or protracted legal proceedings with SASSA or other parties;

  • political interference;

  • changes in the regulatory environment;

  • dependence on existing suppliers to provide the hardware (such as ATMs, cards and POS devices) we require to execute our rollout as anticipated;

  • logistical and communications challenges; and

  • loss of key technical and operations staff.


Item 6. Exhibits

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

Incorporated by Reference Herein

Exhibit No.

Included
No.

Description of Exhibit

Included Herewith

Form Exhibit

Exhibit

Filing Date

10.102

Share Sale and Subscription Agreement dated February 28, 2019, among JAA Holdings Proprietary Limited and PK Gain Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited and Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa Proprietary Limited and, in relation to and including as a party DNI – 4PL Contracts Proprietary Limited

X

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

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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 9, 2019.February 10, 2020.

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Herman G. Kotzé
Herman G. Kotzé
Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Alex M.R. Smith
Alex M.R. Smith
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

67NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: /s/ Herman G. Kotzé

Herman G. Kotzé
Chief Executive Officer

By: /s/ Alex M.R. Smith

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