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 December 31, 2019September 30, 2020

OR

[ ]OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___________________ To_____________________

For the transition period from

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)

Registrant's

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

Not Applicable

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


Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
UEPS
NASDAQ Global Select Market

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“large accelerated filer," "accelerated” “accelerated filer," "smaller” “smaller reporting company," and "emerging“emerging growth company"company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

[   ]

Large accelerated filer

[X]

Accelerated filer

[   ] Non-accelerated filer

[X] Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

[   ]

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.              [   ]

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

As of FebruaryNovember 3, 2020 (the latest practicable date), 56,568,42556,638,725 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

Table of Contents

Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and June 30, 20192020

2


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018

3


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018

4


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018

5


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018

7


Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

9

8

Item 2.

Management'sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

42

34

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

62

45

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

62

45

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

63

46

Item 1A.6.

Risk FactorsExhibits

63

46

Item 5.

Signatures

Other Information

63

46

Item 6.

EXHIBIT 10.28

Exhibits

63

Signatures

EXHIBIT 10.29


64


1


Part I. Financial information

Item 1. Financial Statements

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2020(A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

209,185

 

$

217,671

 

Restricted cash related to ATM funding (Note 8)

 

6,726

 

 

14,814

 

Accounts receivable, net and other receivables (Note 2)

 

28,314

 

 

43,068

 

Finance loans receivable, net (Note 2)

 

20,508

 

 

15,879

 

Inventory (Note 3)

 

18,084

 

 

19,860

 

 

Total current assets before settlement assets

 

282,817

 

 

311,292

 

 

 

Settlement assets

 

3,993

 

 

8,014

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

286,810

 

 

319,306

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of - September: $31,182 June: $29,524

 

6,286

 

 

6,656

OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE (Note 16)

 

4,848

 

 

5,395

EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 5)

 

50,367

 

 

65,836

GOODWILL (Note 6)

 

24,865

 

 

24,169

INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Note 6)

 

548

 

 

612

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES

 

288

 

 

358

OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS, including reinsurance assets (Note 5 and 7)

 

30,172

 

 

31,346

TOTAL ASSETS

 

404,184

 

 

453,678

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term credit facilities for ATM funding (Note 8)

 

6,726

 

 

14,814

 

Accounts payable

 

5,213

 

 

6,287

 

Other payables (Note 9)

 

25,242

 

 

23,779

 

Operating lease liability - current (Note 16)

 

1,921

 

 

2,251

 

Income taxes payable

 

1,298

 

 

16,157

 

 

Total current liabilities before settlement obligations

 

40,400

 

 

63,288

 

 

 

Settlement obligations

 

3,993

 

 

8,015

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

44,393

 

 

71,303

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES

 

91

 

 

1,859

OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY - LONG TERM (Note 16)

 

3,105

 

 

3,312

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES, including insurance policy liabilities (Note 7)

 

2,074

 

 

2,012

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

49,663

 

 

78,486

REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK

 

84,979

 

 

84,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK (Note 10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized: 200,000,000 with $0.001 par value;

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury - September: 56,638,725 June: 57,118,925

 

80

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized shares: 50,000,000 with $0.001 par value;

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury: September: 0 June: 0

 

-

 

 

-

ADDITIONAL PAID-IN-CAPITAL

 

301,946

 

 

301,489

TREASURY SHARES, AT COST: September: 24,891,292 June: 24,891,292

 

(286,951)

 

 

(286,951)

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Note 11)

 

(161,245)

 

 

(169,075)

RETAINED EARNINGS

 

415,712

 

 

444,670

TOTAL NET1 EQUITY

 

269,542

 

 

290,213

NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

 

0

 

 

0

TOTAL EQUITY

 

269,542

 

 

290,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

404,184

 

$

453,678

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A) – Derived from audited financial statements

 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

      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
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

2


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations


 Three months ended   Six months ended 
  December 31,   December 31, 
  2019   2018   2019   2018 
  (In thousands, except per share data)   (In thousands, except per share data) 
                
REVENUE (Note 17)$74,080  $77,442  $154,836  $184,539 
                
EXPENSE               
                
  Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support 43,160   41,231   89,954   103,335 
  Selling, general and administration 33,393   69,730   65,324   111,152 
  Depreciation and amortization 4,381   7,191   9,146   15,048 
  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 3,221   2,563   4,576   5,121 
                
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 (205)  (60,969)  (4,597)  (66,073)
                
LESS (ADD) NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST -   2,972   -   3,067 
  Continuing -   721   -   (877)
  Discontinued -   2,251   -   3,944 
                
NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NET1 (205)  (63,941)  (4,597)  (69,140)
  Continuing (205)  (65,469)  (4,597)  (72,614)
  Discontinued$-  $1,528  $-  $3,474 
                
Net (loss) earnings per share, in United States dollars (Note 15):               
Basic (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders$(0.00) $(1.13) $(0.08) $(1.22)
  Continuing$(0.00) $(1.16) $(0.08) $(1.28)
  Discontinued$-  $0.03  $-  $0.06 
Diluted (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders$(0.00) $(1.12) $(0.08) $(1.22)
  Continuing$(0.00) $(1.15) $(0.08) $(1.28)
  Discontinued$-  $0.03  $-  $0.06 
                
   
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements  

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019(A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUE (Note 15)

 

$

37,113

 

$

47,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support

 

 

28,437

 

 

32,428

 

Selling, general and administration

 

 

18,528

 

 

20,622

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

923

 

 

1,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING LOSS

 

 

(10,775)

 

 

(6,436)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEREST INCOME

 

 

611

 

 

363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEREST EXPENSE

 

 

747

 

 

1,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE

 

 

(10,911)

 

 

(7,420)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE (Note 18)

 

 

(1,090)

 

 

970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET LOSS BEFORE (LOSS) EARNINGS FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS

 

 

(9,821)

 

 

(8,390)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LOSS) EARNINGS FROM EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS (Note 5)

 

 

(19,137)

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

(7,327)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Note 20)

 

 

0

 

 

2,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET LOSS

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

(4,392)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NET1

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

(4,392)

 

Continuing

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

(7,327)

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

$

2,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) earnings per share, in United States dollars (Note 13):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders

 

$

(0.51)

 

$

(0.08)

 

Continuing

 

$

(0.51)

 

$

(0.13)

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

$

0.05

Diluted (loss) earnings attributable to Net1 shareholders

 

$

(0.51)

 

$

(0.08)

 

Continuing

 

$

(0.51)

 

$

(0.13)

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

$

0.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A) Refer to Note 20 for discontinued operations disclosures

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

3


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) 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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(28,958)

 

$

(4,392)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve

 

6,142

 

 

(18,085)

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investments

 

1,688

 

 

2,718

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes

 

7,830

 

 

(15,367)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

 

(21,128)

 

 

(19,759)

 

 

 

 

Add comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss attributable to Net1

$

(21,128)

 

$

(19,759)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

4


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity


  Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Shareholders          
  Number of Shares  Amount  Number of Treasury Shares  Treasury Shares  Number of shares, net of treasury  Additional Paid-In Capital  Retained Earnings  Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)  Total Net1 Equity  Non-controlling Interest  Total  Redeemable common stock 
  For the three months ended 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. 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 September 30, 2019 (dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Balance – July 1, 2019

81,459,717

$

80

 

(24,891,292)

$

(286,951)

 

56,568,425

$

276,997

$

523,028

$

(195,812)

$

317,342

$

0

$

317,342

$

107,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

387

 

 

 

 

 

387

 

 

 

387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge related to equity accounted investment (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,392)

 

 

 

(4,392)

 

0

 

(4,392)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,367)

 

(15,367)

 

0

 

(15,367)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance – September 30, 2019

81,459,717

$

80

 

(24,891,292)

$

(286,951)

 

56,568,425

$

277,455

$

518,636

$

(211,179)

$

298,041

$

0

$

298,041

$

107,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5


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. 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 September 30, 2020 (dollar amounts in thousands)

 

Balance – July 1, 2020

82,010,217

$

80

 

(24,891,292)

$

(286,951)

 

57,118,925

$

301,489

$

444,670

$

(169,075)

$

290,213

$

-

$

290,213

$

84,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of stock-based compensation charge (Note 12)

(480,200)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(480,200)

 

(283)

 

 

 

 

 

(283)

 

 

 

(283)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge related to equity-accounted investment (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(40)

 

 

 

 

 

(40)

 

 

 

(40)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from disgorgement of shareholders' short-swing profits (Note 21)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

 

(28,958)

 

-

 

(28,958)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,830

 

7,830

 

-

 

7,830

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance – September 30, 2020

81,530,017

$

80

 

(24,891,292)

$

(286,951)

 

56,638,725

$

301,946

$

415,712

$

(161,245)

$

269,542

$

-

$

269,542

$

84,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6


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. 
 
 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019(A)

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(28,958)

 

$

(4,392)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

923

 

 

4,765

 

Movement in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable

 

514

 

 

512

 

Loss (Earnings) from equity-accounted investments (Note 5)

 

19,137

 

 

(1,063)

 

Movement in allowance for doubtful loans to equity-accounted investments

 

78

 

 

0

 

Fair value adjustment related to financial liabilities

 

886

 

 

87

 

Interest payable

 

(63)

 

 

632

 

Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

(10)

 

 

(154)

 

Stock-based compensation charge (Note 12)

 

399

 

 

387

 

Dividends received from equity accounted investments

 

57

 

 

1,068

 

Increase in accounts receivable and finance loans receivable

 

(8,115)

 

 

(5,666)

 

Decrease (Increase) in inventory

 

2,359

 

 

(12,313)

 

Decrease in accounts payable and other payables

 

(415)

 

 

(3,396)

 

(Decrease) Increase in taxes payable

 

(14,917)

 

 

1,288

 

Decrease in deferred taxes

 

(1,755)

 

 

(88)

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(29,880)

 

 

(18,333)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(275)

 

 

(2,624)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

16

 

 

213

Proceeds from disposal of Net1 Korea (Note 2)

 

20,114

 

 

0

Proceeds from disposal of DNI as equity-accounted investment (Note 2)

 

329

 

 

0

Loan to equity-accounted investment (Note 5)

 

(78)

 

 

0

Investment in equity-accounted investments (Note 5)

 

0

 

 

(1,250)

Repayment of loans by equity-accounted investments

 

0

 

 

4,268

Net change in settlement assets

 

4,068

 

 

(13,509)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

24,174

 

 

(12,902)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from bank overdraft (Note 8)

 

69,146

 

 

183,674

Repayment of bank overdraft (Note 8)

 

(76,850)

 

 

(184,829)

Long-term borrowings utilized (Note 8)

 

0

 

 

14,798

Proceeds from disgorgement of shareholders' short-swing profits (Note 21)

 

98

 

 

0

Guarantee fee

 

0

 

 

(148)

Finance lease capital repayments

 

0

 

 

(26)

Net change in settlement obligations

 

(4,068)

 

 

13,509

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

(11,674)

 

 

26,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

806

 

 

(6,455)

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

(16,574)

 

 

(10,712)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of period

 

232,485

 

 

121,511

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period (Note 14)

$

215,911

 

$

110,799

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A) Refer to Note 20 for discontinued operations disclosures

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7


NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For

for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 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"(“GAAP”) andthe 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 six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 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 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.2020. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments), which are necessary for a fair representation of financial results for the interim periods presented.

References to “Net1” are references solely to Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. References to the "Company"“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.

Consideration

Impact of going concernCOVID-19 on the Company’s business

Accounting guidance requires

The COVID-19 pandemic did not impact the Company's management to assess whether there are conditions or events, considered inCompany’s South African operations as severely during the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after its 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 substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These plans include disposing of its Korean business unit, KSNET, as announced in its press release of January 27, 2020, certain non-core assets (refer to Note 3compared to the Company's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K forlast four months of the year ended June 30, 2019, for additional information regarding a call option granted2020. Nevertheless, as the date of this report, South Africa remains under various lockdown restrictions, which continue to DNI),affect the broader economy and extending its existing borrowings usedthese affect the Company to fund its ATMs through September 2020. Provided the KSNET disposal closes, as expected, in March 2020, this is expected to remove the substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going 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 bookextent they affect economic activity levels in South Africa; (ii) implementing further cost cutting measures; (iii) commencing additional asset realizations; (iv) managing its capital expenditures;Africa.

The broader implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s results of operations and (v) accessing alternative sources of capital (including through the issuance of additional shares of its common stock), in orderoverall financial performance continue to generate additional liquidity.



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

Consideration of going concern (continued)

The Company's management believes that these plans and mitigating actions alleviate the substantial doubt referred to above and therefore have concluded thatremain uncertain. While the Company remains a going concern.has not incurred significant disruptions thus far from the COVID-19 outbreak, apart from the two months in April and May 2020 when loan origination was curtailed, the Company is unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to numerous uncertainties, including the severity and duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact on the Company’s customers and other factors. The Company will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact on its business, consolidated results of operations, and financial condition.

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued guidance regarding Leases. The guidance increases transparency and comparability among organizations

There were no new accounting pronouncements adopted 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 was effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2019. Refer to Note 18 forduring the impact of the adoption of this guidance on our condensed consolidated financial statements.three months ended September 30, 2020.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020

In June 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance regarding Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For trade and other receivables, loans, and other financial instruments, an entity is required to use a forward-looking expected loss model rather than the incurred loss model for recognizing credit losses, which reflects losses that are probable. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will also be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a reduction in the amortized cost basis of the securities. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2020. Early adoption is permitted beginning July 1, 2019.2023. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statements and related disclosures.disclosures, but does not expect the impact on its financial results to be material.

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance regarding Disclosure Framework: Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The guidance modifies the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2020.2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its financial statementsstatement’s disclosure.

2.Disposal

8


1. Basis of controlling interest in FIHRSTPresentation and KSNETSummary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

December 2019 disposal

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of FIHRSTSeptember 30, 2020 (continued)

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

In January 2020, the FASB issued guidance regarding Clarifying the Interactions Between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815. The guidance clarifies that an entity should consider observable transactions that require an entity to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in December 2019. FIHRST was deconsolidated followingaccordance with U.S GAAP guidance immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the closing ofequity method. The guidance also clarifies that, when determining the transaction. Net1 SA was obliged to utilizeaccounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options an entity should not consider, whether upon settlement or exercise, if the full purchase price received fromunderlying securities would be accounted for under the sale of FIHRST to partially settle its obligations under its lending arrangements and appliedequity method or fair value option. This guidance is effective for 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)

Company beginning July 1, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The table below presentsCompany is currently assessing the impact of the deconsolidation of FIHRST and the calculation of the net gain recognizedthis guidance 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.its financial statement’s disclosure.

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 Korea, in terms of which Net1 BV agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Net1 Applied Technologies Korea Limited, a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of Korea and the sole shareholder of KSNET, Inc. for $237.2 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in March 2020. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition.


3.2.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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019, is2020, are presented in the table below:

  December 31,    June 30,  
   2019     2019  
            
Accounts receivable, trade, net$ 26,568   $ 25,136  
Accounts receivable, trade, gross  27,312     26,377  
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, end of period  744     1,241  
         Beginning of period  1,241     1,101  
         Reversed to statement of operations  (535)    (24) 
         Charged to statement of operations  108     3,296  
         Utilized  (58)    (3,059) 
         Deconsolidated  -     (38) 
         Foreign currency adjustment  (12)    (35) 
            
            
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  27,070     24,555  
      Total accounts receivable, net$ 68,565   $ 72,494  

The loan provided

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, trade, net

$

 

12,567

 

 

$

 

8,458

 

 

Accounts receivable, trade, gross

 

 

12,853

 

 

 

 

8,711

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, end of period

 

 

286

 

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

253

 

 

 

 

661

 

 

 

Reversed to statement of operations

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

(155)

 

 

 

Charged to statement of operations

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

181

 

 

 

Utilized

 

 

(6)

 

 

 

 

(151)

 

 

 

Deconsolidation

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

(178)

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

(105)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxes refundable related to sale of Net1 Korea

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

19,796

 

 

Loans provided to Carbon

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

Current portion of amount outstanding related to sale of remaining interest in DNI

 

 

3,916

 

 

 

 

2,756

 

 

Other receivables

 

 

8,831

 

 

 

 

9,058

 

 

 

Total accounts receivable, net and other receivables

$

 

28,314

 

 

$

 

43,068

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In January 2020, the Company agreed that the purchaser of Net1 Korea would withhold potential capital gains taxes of approximately $19.8 million (KRW 23.8 billion) from the Net1 Korea transaction price and pay such amounts, on behalf of Net1 BV, to the South Korean tax authorities. Net1 BV commenced a process to claim a refund from the South Korean tax authorities of the potential amount withheld and received this amount of approximately $20.1 million (KRW 23.8 billion) in September 2020.

On October 26, 2020, DNI was repaidsettled the full amount outstanding related to sale of the remaining interest in fullDNI, including the $1.6 million included in July 2019. other long-term assets, refer to Note 5.

Other receivables include prepayments, deposits and other receivables.

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

Finance loans receivable, net

The Company'sCompany’s finance loans receivable, net, as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019,2020, is presented in the table below:

  December 31,    June 30,  
   2019     2019  
            
Microlending finance loans receivable, net$ 14,504   $ 20,981  
Microlending finance loans receivable, gross  17,091     24,180  
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  1,081     28,802  
        Utilized  (1,085)    (29,721) 
        Foreign currency adjustment  (7)    (121) 
            
            
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  30     712  
         Utilized  -     (6,777) 
         Foreign currency adjustment  1     (7) 
            
            
         Total accounts receivable, net$ 29,117   $ 30,631  


4. Inventory

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microlending finance loans receivable, net

$

 

20,508

 

 

$

 

15,879

 

 

Microlending finance loans receivable, gross

 

 

22,785

 

 

 

 

17,737

 

 

Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period

 

 

2,277

 

 

 

 

1,858

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

1,858

 

 

 

 

3,199

 

 

 

Reversed to statement of operations

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

(492)

 

 

 

Charged to statement of operations

 

 

486

 

 

 

 

1,211

 

 

 

Utilized

 

 

(119)

 

 

 

 

(1,451)

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

(609)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working capital finance loans receivable, gross

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

 

5,800

 

 

Allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable, end of period

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total accounts receivable, net

$

 

20,508

 

 

$

 

15,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

3. Inventory

The Company’s inventory comprised the following categories as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019.2020:

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

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finished goods

$

13,716

 

$

15,618

 

 

Finished goods subject to sale restrictions

 

4,368

 

 

4,242

 

 

 

$

18,084

 

$

19,860

 

Finished goods subject to sale restrictions representrepresents airtime inventory purchased and held for sale to customersin March 2020, 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.October 1, 2020.

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'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'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'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.

6. 4. 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"(“ZAR”), on the one hand, and the U.S. dollar and the euro, on the other hand.

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4. 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 a significant amount of its revenues and incurs a significant amount of its expenses in ZAR and Korean won ("KRW").ZAR. The U.S. dollar to both the ZAR and KRW exchange rates has fluctuated significantly against the ZAR 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.

Credit risk

Credit risk relates to the risk of loss that the Company would incur as a result of non-performance by counterparties. The Company maintains credit risk policies 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"“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"“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

Equity liquidity risk relates to the risk of loss that the Company would incur as a result of the lack of liquidity on the exchange on which 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.

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6.

4. 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"“A” shares in Cell C, a significant mobile telecoms provider in South Africa. The Company used a discounted cash flow model developed by the Company to determine the fair value of its investment in Cell C as of September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019,2020, and valued Cell C at $0.0 (zero) at December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, 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.2020. The Company believes the Cell C business plan utilized in the Company'sCompany’s valuation is reasonable based on the current performance and the expected changes in Cell C'sC’s business model.

The Company utilized the latest approved 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, 2019September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019:2020:

Weighted Average Cost of Capital:Capital ("WACC"):

Between 15%16% and 20%21% over the period of the forecast

Long term growth rate:

3 % (4,5%(3% as of June 30, 2019)2020)

Marketability discount:

Marketability discount:

10%

Minority discount:

Minority discount:

15%

Net adjusted external debt - December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:(1)

ZAR 16,415.1 billion ($1,20.9 billion), includes R6R4.2 billion of lease liabilities

Net adjusted external debt - June 30, 2019:2020:(2)

ZAR 13,915.8 billion ($10.9 billion), includes R6,4R4.4 billion of lease liabilities

Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:(1)

ZAR 2,92.9 billion ($206,4172.3 million)

Deferred tax (incl, assessed tax losses) - June 30, 2019:2020:(2)

ZAR 2,92.9 billion ($205,9167.3 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 the Cell C shares as of December 31, 2018. The primary inputs to the valuation model as of December 31, 2018, were unchanged from June 30, 2018, except for the EBITDA multiple. The primary inputs to the valuation model were Cell C's annualized adjusted EBITDA for the 11 months ended June 30, 2018, of ZAR 3.9 billion ($270.9 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2018), an EBITDA multiple of 6.32; Cell C's net external debt ofSeptember 30, 2020.

(2) translated from ZAR 8.8 billion ($611.4 million, translatedto U.S. dollars at exchange rates applicable as of 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'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'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.June 30, 2020.

The following table presents the impact on the carrying value of the Company'sCompany’s Cell C investment of a 2.0% increase and 2.0% decrease in the WACC rate and the EBITDA margins used in the Cell C valuation on December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, all amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

Sensitivity for fair value of Cell C investment 2.0% increase(A)  2.0% decrease(A) 
WACC rate$- $8,238 
EBITDA margin$1,687 $- 

 

Sensitivity for fair value of Cell C investment

 

2.0% increase(A)

 

2.0% decrease(A)

 

 

WACC rate

$

0

$

6,786

 

 

EBITDA margin

$

2,881

$

0

 

(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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, represented approximately 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 that there will be short-term equity price volatility with respect to these shares particularly given the current situation of Cell C'sC’s business.

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

The salient terms of the Company's investment in DNI are described in 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. 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 ($27.8 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 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 represents the present value of the ZAR 400.0 million to be paid (amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2018, and June 30, 2018, respectively). The amount was settled on March 31, 2019, as described in 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.

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 allAll of the Company'sCompany’s derivative exposures are with counterparties that have long-term credit ratings of "B"“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 measurementare measured under Level 1 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company had no0 outstanding foreign exchange contracts as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, or June 30, 2019.2020.

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4. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

The following table presents the Company'sCompany’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, according to the fair value hierarchy:

  Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
Assets               
Investment in Cell C$-  $-  $-  $- 
Related to insurance business:               
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (included in other long term assets) 587   -   -   587 
Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents) 2,845   -   -   2,845 
Other -   414   -   414 
Total assets at fair value$3,432  $414  $-  $3,846 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

Related to insurance business:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (included in other long-term assets)

 

510

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

510

 

 

 

Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents)

 

1,758

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1,758

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

$

2,268

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

2,268

 

The following table presents the Company'sCompany’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2019,2020, according to the fair value hierarchy:

          Quoted Price in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
          
  Assets               
  Investment in Cell C$-  $-  $-  $- 
  Related to insurance business               
    Cash and cash equivalents (included in other long-term assets) 619   -   -   619 
    Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents) 5,201   -   -   5,201 
  Other -   413   -   413 
      Total assets at fair value$5,820  $413  $-  $6,233 


6. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

Related to insurance business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents (included in other long-term assets)

 

490

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

490

 

 

 

Fixed maturity investments (included in cash and cash equivalents)

 

4,198

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

4,198

 

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

$

4,688

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

4,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There have been no0 transfers in or out of Level 3 during the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively.

There was no0 movement in the carrying value of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and categorized within Level 3, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019. September 30, 2020.

Summarized below is the movement in the carrying value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and categorized within Level 3, during thethree months ended September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

$

0

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(1)

 

0

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

$

0

 

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

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4. Fair value of financial instruments (continued)

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 sixthree months ended December 31,September 30, 2019:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Balance as at June 30, 2019

$

0

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(1)

 

-

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2019

$

0

 

(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations ofbetween the South African randZAR, 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 six months ended December 31, 2018:

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

The Company measures equity investments without readily determinable fair values at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The fair values of these investments are determined based on valuation techniques using the best information available, and may include quoted market prices, market comparables, and discounted cash flow projections. An impairment charge is recorded when the cost of the asset exceeds its fair value and the excess is determined to be other-than-temporary. The Company has not recorded any impairment charges during the reporting periods presented herein. The Company has no liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.

7.

5.Equity-accounted investments and other long termlong-term assets

Refer to Note 910 to the Company'sCompany’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019,2020, 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 December 31, 2019September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019,2020, was as follows:

 

December 31,

June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2019

 

Bank Frick & Co AG ("Bank Frick")

 

35%

 

35%

 

DNI

 

30%

 

30%

 

Finbond Group Limited ("Finbond")

 

29%

 

29%

 

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

 

25%

 

25%

 

Revix ("Revix")

 

25%

 

-

 

SmartSwitch Namibia (Pty) Ltd ("SmartSwitch Namibia")

 

50%

 

50%

 

V2 Limited ("V2")

 

50%

 

50%

 

Walletdoc Proprietary Limited ("Walletdoc")

 

20%

 

20%

 



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

Equity-accounted investments (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2020

 

 

Bank Frick & Co AG (“Bank Frick”)

 

35

%

 

35

%

 

 

Finbond Group Limited (“Finbond”)

 

31

%

 

31

%

 

 

Carbon Tech Limited (“Carbon”)

 

25

%

 

25

%

 

 

Revix (“Revix”)

 

25

%

 

25

%

 

 

SmartSwitch Namibia (Pty) Ltd (“SmartSwitch Namibia”)

 

50

%

 

50

%

 

 

V2 Limited (“V2”)

 

50

%

 

50

%

 

 

Walletdoc Proprietary Limited (“Walletdoc”)

 

20

%

 

20

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNIFinbond

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 will pay an amount, the "Option Price Consideration", for the additional 35% interest in Bank Frick, which represents the higher of CHF 46.4 million ($46.5 million at exchange rates on October 2, 2019) or 35% of 15 times the average annual normalized net income of the Bank over the two years ended December 31, 2018. The shares will only transfer on payment of the 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 (iii) 10 days after the date on which the Option Price Consideration is agreed or finally determined.

Finbond

As of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, the Company owned 268,820,933 shares in Finbond representing approximately 29.1%31% of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) and its closing price on December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, the last trading day of the month, was ZAR 3.501.04 per share. The market value, using the September 30, 2020, closing price, of the Company'sCompany’s holding in Finbond on December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, was ZAR 0.9 billion279.6 million ($67.016.6 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019)September 30, 2020). On

Finbond recently published its half-year results to August 2, 2019,2020, which included the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its reported results during the reporting period. Finbond incurred losses during the six months to August 2020, and experienced a slow-down in its lending activities. Finbond reported that its lending activities have increased again, albeit at a slower pace compared with the prior calendar period. Finbond’s share price declined substantially during the period from its fiscal year end (February 2020) to September 30, 2020, and the weakness in its traded share price continued post September 30, 2020. The Company pursuant toconsidered the combination of the slow-down in business activity and the lower share price as impairment indicators. The Company performed an impairment assessment of its election, received an additional 1,148,901 sharesholding in Finbond as a capitalization share issue in lieu of a dividend.

V2 Limited

In August 2019, the Company made a further equity contribution of $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.September 30, 2020. The Company has also committed to provide V2 with a working capital facilityrecorded an impairment loss of $5.0$16.8 million which is subjectduring the quarter ended September 30, 2020, related to the achievementother-than-temporary decrease in Finbond’s value, which represented the difference between the determined fair value of certain pre-defined objectives.the Company’s interest in Finbond and the Company’s carrying value (before the impairment). There is limited trading in Finbond shares on the JSE because it has 3 shareholders that own approximately 90% of its issued and outstanding shares between them. The Company calculated a fair value per share for Finbond by applying a liquidity discount of 15% to the September 30, 2020, Finbond closing price.

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5.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. 

V2 Limited

In June 2020, V2 Limited drew down $0.5 million of the $5.0 million working capital facility granted by the Company to V2. In September 2020, the Company agreed to grant V2 an option to acquire the Company’s entire interest in V2 for an option price of $5.0 million plus the face value of the outstanding working capital facility. The option expires on December 31, 2020, and may be exercised at any time through the expiration date. The Company and V2 also agreed to reduce the $5.0 million working capital facility to $1.5 million. In October 2020, V2 drew down the remaining available $1.0 million of the working capital facility.

Summarized below is the movement in equity-accounted investments and loans provided to equity-accounted investments during the three months ended September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Frick

 

Finbond

 

Other(1)

 

Total

 

 

Investment in equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

$

29,739

 

$

30,876

 

$

4,601

 

$

65,216

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

0

 

 

(40)

 

 

0

 

 

(40)

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income:

 

481

 

 

(17,773)

 

 

(157)

 

 

(17,449)

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

 

0

 

 

1,688

 

 

0

 

 

1,688

 

 

 

 

 

Equity accounted (loss) earnings

 

481

 

 

(19,461)

 

 

(157)

 

 

(19,137)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share of net (loss) income

 

481

 

 

(2,617)

 

 

(157)

 

 

(2,293)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment

 

0

 

 

(16,844)

 

 

0

 

 

(16,844)

 

 

 

 

Dividends received

 

-

 

 

0

 

 

(57)

 

 

(57)

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(2)

 

925

 

 

1,091

 

 

57

 

 

2,073

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

$

31,145

 

$

14,154

 

$

4,444

 

$

49,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

620

 

$

620

 

 

 

 

Loans granted

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

78

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful loans

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

(78)

 

 

(78)

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(2)

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

624

 

$

624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

Loans

 

Total

 

 

Carrying amount as of :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

 

$

65,216

 

$

620

 

$

65,836

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

 

$

49,743

 

$

624

 

$

50,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

Other long-term assets

Summarized below is the breakdown of other long-term assets as of December 31, 2019,ofSeptember 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019:2020:

   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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total equity investments

$

26,993

 

$

26,993

 

 

 

Investment in 15% of Cell C, at fair value (Note 4)

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

 

Investment in 12% of MobiKwik

 

26,993

 

 

26,993

 

 

 

Investment in 87.5% of CPS(1)

 

0

 

 

0

 

Total held to maturity investments

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

Investment in 7.625% of Cedar Cellular Investment 1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd 8.625% notes

 

0

 

 

0

 

Long-term portion of amount due from DNI related to sale of remaining interest in DNI

 

1,635

 

 

2,857

 

Policy holder assets under investment contracts (Note 7)

 

511

 

 

490

 

Reinsurance assets under insurance contracts (Note 7)

 

1,033

 

 

1,006

 

 

 

Total other long-term assets

$

30,172

 

$

31,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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

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 December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

     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 
                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost basis

 

 

Unrealized holding

 

 

Unrealized holding

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gains

 

 

losses

 

 

value

 

 

Equity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in MobiKwik

$

26,993

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

26,993

 

 

 

Investment in CPS

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Cedar Cellular notes

 

0

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

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, 2019:

     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  $-  $-  $- 
                   

No interest income from the Cedar Cellular note was recorded during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019. The Company recognized interest income of $1.2 million and $1.4 million, related to the Cedar Cellular notes during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, respectively. Interest on this investment will only be paid, at Cedar Cellular's election, on maturity in August 2022. The Company's effective interest rate on the Cedar Cellular note was 24.82% as of December 31, 2018.2020:

As of December 31, 2018, the Company did 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 did not expect to generate any cash flows from the debt security prior to the maturity date in August 2022, and expected to recover approximately $22.0 million at maturity. As of December 31, 2018, the Company calculated the present value of the expected cash flows to be collected from the debt security by discounting the 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 $9.0 million was less than the amortized cost basis recorded of $11.8 million (before the impairment) as of December 31, 2018. Accordingly, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss of $2.7 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost basis

 

 

Unrealized holding

 

 

Unrealized holding

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gains

 

 

losses

 

 

value

 

 

Equity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in MobiKwik

$

26,993

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

26,993

 

 

 

Investment in CPS

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in Cedar Cellular notes

 

0

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$

26,993

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

26,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual maturities of held to maturity investments

Summarized below is the contractual maturity of the Company'sCompany’s held to maturity investment as of December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

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            --

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost basis

 

 

Estimated fair value(1)

 

 

Due in one year or less

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

Due in one year through five years(2)

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

Due in five years through ten years

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

Due after ten years

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

Total

$

0

 

$

0

 

(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.

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


8.6.Goodwill and intangible assets, net

Goodwill

Impairment lossGoodwill

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. During the three and six months ended December 31, 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 during 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'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's IPG business assets and liabilities were compared to the carrying value of IPG'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'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 segments, or in any other of the Company's businesses, this may lead to additional impairments in future periods.

Summarized below is the movement in the carrying value of goodwill for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross value

 

 

Accumulated impairment

 

 

Carrying value

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

 

$

63,194

 

$

(39,025)

 

$

24,169

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment (1)

 

 

892

 

 

(196)

 

 

696

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

$

64,086

 

$

(39,221)

 

$

24,865

 

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

     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. 

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6.Goodwill and intangible assets, net (continued)

Goodwill (continued)

Refer to Note 17 for additional information regarding changes to the Company’s reportable segments during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Goodwill has been allocated to the Company'sCompany’s reportable segments as follows:

                   
     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. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

 

Financial services

 

 

Technology

 

 

Carrying value

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

 

$

9,989

 

$

0

 

$

14,180

 

$

24,169

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment (1)

 

 

276

 

 

0

 

 

420

 

 

696

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

$

10,265

 

$

0

 

$

14,600

 

$

24,865

8.Goodwill(1) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations between the ZAR and intangible assets, net (continued)the euro, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Intangible assets

Carrying value and amortization of intangible assets

Summarized below is the carrying value and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019:2020:

   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 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2020

 

As of June 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying value

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net carrying value

 

 

Gross carrying value

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net carrying value

 

 

Finite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer relationships

$

19,317

 

$

(19,118)

 

$

199

 

$

19,064

 

$

(18,806)

 

$

258

 

 

 

Software and unpatented

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

technology

 

3,973

 

 

(3,973)

 

 

0

 

 

3,931

 

 

(3,931)

 

 

0

 

 

 

FTS patent

 

2,276

 

 

(2,276)

 

 

0

 

 

2,211

 

 

(2,211)

 

 

0

 

 

 

Trademarks

 

2,780

 

 

(2,431)

 

 

349

 

 

2,731

 

 

(2,377)

 

 

354

 

 

 

Total finite-lived intangible assets

$

28,346

 

$

(27,798)

 

$

548

 

$

27,937

 

$

(27,325)

 

$

612

 

 

Infinite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial institution licenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

Total infinite-lived intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

548

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

612

 

Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, was approximately $1.9$0.1 million and $6.1$0.1 million, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, was approximately $3.8 million and $12.2 million, respectively.

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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, 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 2020 $7,919 
Fiscal 2021  2,807 
Fiscal 2022  73 
Fiscal 2023  73 
Fiscal 2024  72 
Thereafter  145 
 Total future estimated annual amortization expense               $11,089 

 

Fiscal 2021

 

$

327

 

 

Fiscal 2022

 

 

61

 

 

Fiscal 2023

 

 

61

 

 

Fiscal 2024

 

 

61

 

 

Fiscal 2025

 

 

60

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

61

 

 

 

Total future estimated annual amortization expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

631

 


2117


9.

7.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 sixthree months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

    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) Included in other long-term assets.

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinsurance Assets(1)

 

 

Insurance contracts(2)

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

$

1,006

 

$

(1,370)

 

 

 

Increase in policy holder benefits under insurance contracts

 

126

 

 

1,788

 

 

 

Claims and policyholders’ benefits under insurance contracts

 

(128)

 

 

(1,785)

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(3)

 

29

 

 

(40)

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

$

1,033

 

$

(1,407)

 

(1) Included in other long-term assets (refer to Note 5);

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities;

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

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

Assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts

Summarized below is the movement in assets and policyholder liabilities under investment contracts during the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

   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) Included in other long-term assets.

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Assets(1)

 

Investment contracts(2)

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

$

490

 

$

(490)

 

 

 

Increase in policy holder benefits under investment contracts

 

6

 

 

(6)

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment (3)

 

15

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

$

511

 

$

(511)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Included in other long-term assets (refer to Note 5);

(2) Included in other long-term liabilities;

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

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

18


8.Borrowings

10.Borrowings

Refer to Note 1213 to the Company'sCompany’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019,2020, for additional information regarding its borrowings.

South Africa

The amounts

Movement in short-term credit facilities

Summarized below have been translated at exchange rates applicableare the Company’s short-term facilities as of September 30, 2020, and the dates specified.

July 2017 Facilities, as amended, comprising amovement in the Company’s short-term facility and long-term borrowings

Short-term facility - Facility E

On September 26, 2018, Net1 SA further revised its amended July 2017 Facilities agreement with RMB to include an overdraft facility ("Facility E") of up to ZAR 1.5 billion ($106.8 million, translated at exchange rates applicablefacilities from as of December 31, 2019)June 30, 2020 to fund the Company'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 on30, 2020, as well as the overdraft facility is payable onrespective interest rates applied to the last dayborrowings as of each month and onSeptember 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Africa

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMB

 

Nedbank

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term facilities available as of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

$

71,283

 

$

26,731

 

$

98,014

 

 

 

Overdraft

 

0

 

 

2,970

 

 

2,970

 

 

 

Overdraft restricted as to use for ATM funding only

 

71,283

 

 

14,851

 

 

86,134

 

 

 

Indirect and derivative facilities

 

0

 

 

8,910

 

 

8,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate, based on South African prime rate (%)

 

7.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate, based on South African prime rate less 1.15%&"(%)

 

 

 

 

5.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movement in utilized overdraft facilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

 

14,756

 

 

58

 

 

14,814

 

 

 

 

Utilized

 

60,117

 

 

9,029

 

 

69,146

 

 

 

 

Repaid

 

(68,039)

 

 

(8,811)

 

 

(76,850)

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(1)

 

(153)

 

 

(231)

 

 

(384)

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

6,681

 

 

45

 

 

6,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted as to use for ATM funding only

 

6,681

 

 

45

 

 

6,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movement in utilized indirect and derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

facilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020(2)

 

0

 

 

5,398

 

 

5,398

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency adjustment(1)

 

0

 

 

159

 

 

159

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020(2)

$

0

 

$

5,557

 

$

5,557

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents the final maturity date based on the South African prime rate. The overdraft facility will be reviewed in September 2020. The overdraft facility amount utilized must be repaid in full within one month of utilization and at least 90%effects 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 influctuations between the Company'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. As at December 31, 2019, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 1.0 billion ($72.7 million) of this overdraft facility.

This ZAR 1.2 billion overdraft facility may only be used to fund ATMs and therefore the overdraft utilized and converted to cash to fund the Company's ATMs is considered restricted cash. The prime rate on December 31, 2019, was 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.U.S. dollar.

Nedbank facility, comprising short-term facilities

(2) As of December 31, 2019, the aggregate amount of the Company's short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank Limited was ZAR 450.0 million ($32.0 million). The credit facility comprises an overdraft facility of (i) up to ZAR 300.0 million ($21.4 million), which is further split into (a) a ZAR 250.0 million ($17.8 million) overdraft facility which may only be used to fund mobile ATMs and (b) a ZAR 50.0 million ($3.6 million) general banking facility and (ii) indirect and derivative facilities of up to ZAR 150.0 million ($10.7 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 the 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 December 31, 2019, the Company had total funds of $2.7 million in bank accounts with Nedbank which have been set off against $14.4 million drawn under the Nedbank facility, for a net amount drawn under the facility of $11.7 million. As of December 31, 2019, the interest rate on the overdraft facility was 8.85%, and reduced to 8.60% on January 17,September 30, 2020 following a reduction in the South African repo rate.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 164.3 million ($11.7 million) of its ZAR 300.0 million overdraft facility to fund ATMs, and none of its ZAR 50.0 million general banking facility. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019,2020, the Company had utilized approximately ZAR 93.6 million ($6.75.6 million) and ZAR 93.6 million ($6.65.4 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 21)19).

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 1.91% on December 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's investment in Bank Frick. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had utilized approximately $13.9 million of this facility.


10.Borrowings (continued)

South Korea, a short-term facility

The Company obtained a one year KRW 10.0 billion ($8.7 million) short-term overdraft facility from Hana Bank, a South Korean bank, in January 2019. The interest rate on the facility is 1.98% plus the 3-month CD rate. The CD rate as of December 31, 2019 was 1.53%. The facility expires in January 2021, however can be renewed. The facility is unsecured with no fixed repayment terms. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not utilized this facility.

Movement in short-term credit facilities

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

      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 December 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 and the U.S. dollar.


10.Borrowings (continued)

Interest expense incurred under the Company's South African long-term borrowing during the three months ended December 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 $2.1 million, respectively. There were no prepaid facility fee amortization during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019. Prepaid facility fees amortized during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, was $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

11.9.Other payables

Summarized below is the breakdown of other payables as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020, 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)).2020:

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

 

Accruals

 

$

7,191

 

$

6,045

 

 

Provisions

 

 

5,224

 

 

4,926

 

 

Other

 

 

10,759

 

 

11,329

 

 

Value-added tax payable

 

 

241

 

 

129

 

 

Payroll-related payables

 

 

1,343

 

 

887

 

 

Participating merchants' settlement obligation

 

 

484

 

 

463

 

 

 

 

$

25,242

 

$

23,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

12.19


10.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 six months ended December 31,as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively, and the number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested during the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively:

   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 


 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares, net of treasury:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of changes in equity

56,638,725

 

56,568,425

 

 

 

Non-vested equity shares that have not vested as of end of period

324,000

 

583,908

 

 

Number of shares, net of treasury, excluding non-vested equity shares that have not vested

56,314,725

 

55,984,517

 

13.

11.Accumulated other comprehensive loss

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the three months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

   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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve

 

 

Total

 

 

Balance as of July 1, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

(169,075)

 

$

(169,075)

 

 

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment

 

 

1,688

 

 

1,688

 

 

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve

 

 

6,142

 

 

6,142

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

(161,245)

 

$

(161,245)

 

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

   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)

The table below presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income per component during the six months ended December 31,September 30, 2019:

   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 six months ended December 31, 2018:

    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)

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated foreign currency translation reserve

 

 

Total

 

 

Balance as of July 1, 2019

 

$

(195,812)

 

$

(195,812)

 

 

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve related to equity-accounted investment

 

 

2,718

 

 

2,718

 

 

 

Movement in foreign currency translation reserve

 

 

(18,085)

 

 

(18,085)

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2019

 

$

(211,179)

 

$

(211,179)

 

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company reclassified $1.6 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss (accumulated foreign currency translation reserve) to net loss related to the FIHRST disposal (refer to Note 2). There were no0 reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net (loss) income during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018.September 30, 2020 and 2019.

14.

12.Stock-based compensation

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

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12.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and restricted stock activity

Options

Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and 2018:2019:

                  
    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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares

 

 

Weighted average exercise price

($)

 

 

Weighted average remaining contractual term

(in years)

 

 

Aggregate intrinsic value

($'000)

 

Weighted average grant date fair value

($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - June 30, 2020

 

1,331,651

 

 

5.83

 

 

7.56

 

 

0

 

2.01

 

 

 

Granted - August 2020

 

150,000

 

 

3.50

 

 

3.00

 

 

166

 

1.11

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(250,034)

 

 

8.79

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

2.71

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - September 30, 2020

 

1,231,617

 

 

4.97

 

 

7.56

 

 

163

 

1.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - June 30, 2019

 

864,579

 

 

7.81

 

 

7.05

 

 

-

 

2.62

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - September 30, 2019

 

864,579

 

 

7.81

 

 

6.81

 

 

0

 

2.62

 

During

On August 5, 2020, the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, 561,000Company granted one of its non-employee directors, Mr. Ali Mazanderani, in his capacity as a consultant to the Company, 150,000 stock options were awardedwith an exercise price of $3.50. These stock options are subject to employees. Nothe non-employee director’s continuous service through the applicable vesting date, and half of the options vest on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. NaN stock options were awarded during the three months ended December 31, 2018.September 30, 2019. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, 600,000 stock options were awarded to executive officers and employees. No stock options were forfeited during the six months ended December 31, 2019 or during the three months ended December 31, 2018. DuringSeptember 30, 2020, the six months ended December 31, 2018,Company’s former chief executive officersofficer forfeited 200,000250,034 stock options granted in August 2008, with a strike price of $24.46prices ranging from $6.20 to $11.23 per share as these stock options expired unexercised.following his separation from the Company.

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'sCompany’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 stock options granted during the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020:

Three months ended

September 30,

2020

Expected volatility

62

%

Expected dividends

0

%

Expected life (in years)

2

Risk-free rate

0.11

%

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12.Stock-based compensation (continued)

Stock option and 2018:restricted stock activity (continued)

  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% 

Options (continued)

The following table presents stock options vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2019 :September 30, 2020:

 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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

shares

 

 

Weighted average exercise price

($)

 

 

Weighted average remaining contractual term

(in years)

 

 

Aggregate intrinsic value

($’000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested and expecting to vest - September 30, 2020

 

 

1,231,617

 

 

4.97

 

 

7.56

 

 

163

 

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

The following table presents stock options that are exercisable as of December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

shares

 

 

Weighted average exercise price

($)

 

 

Weighted average remaining contractual term

(in years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable - September 30, 2020

 

 

400,617

 

 

7.64

 

 

6.84

 

 

 

During the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, or during the threerespectively, 156,333 and six months ended December 31, 2018, respectively. However, during the six months ended December 31, 2019, 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 sixthree months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and 2018:2019:

     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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares of restricted stock

 

 

 

Weighted average grant date fair value

($’000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested – June 30, 2020

 

 

1,115,500

 

 

 

5,354

 

 

 

 

Total vested

 

 

(311,300)

 

 

 

(1,037)

 

 

 

 

 

Vested – August 2020

 

 

(244,500)

 

 

 

(812)

 

 

 

 

 

Vested – September 2020 - accelerated vesting

 

 

(66,800)

 

 

 

(225)

 

 

 

Forfeitures

 

 

(480,200)

 

 

 

(1,618)

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested – September 30, 2020

 

 

324,000

 

 

 

1,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested – June 30, 2019

 

 

583,908

 

 

 

3,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested – September 30, 2019

 

 

583,908

 

 

 

3,410

 

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2018, 52,5942020, 244,500 shares of restricted stock grantedwith time-based vesting conditions vested. In connection with the Company’s former chief executive officer’s separation, the Company agreed to non-employee directors 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 148,000accelerate the vesting of 66,800 shares of restricted stock awarded to executive officerswhich were granted in September 2018 areFebruary 2020, and which were 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'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 thevesting. These 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's common stock on Nasdaq over the $6.20 closing pricevested on September 7, 2018.30, 2020. The VWAP levels and vesting percentages related to such levels are as follows:

  • Below $15.00 (threshold)-0%
  • At or above $15.00 and below $19.00-33%
  • At or above $19.00 and below $23.00-66%
  • At or above $23.00-100%

., The fair value of these480,200 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'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'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 forthat were forfeited during 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 optionsmonths ended September 30, day volatility quotes, which were available from January 2, 2018 onwards.

Market Conditions - Restricted Stock Granted in August 2017

The 210,0002020, includes 375,200 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'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 employedforfeited by the Company on a full-time basis whenCompany’s former chief executive officer upon his separation from 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'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:Company.

  • Below $15.00 (threshold)-0%
  • At or above $15.00 and below $19.00-33%
  • At or above $19.00 and below $23.00-66%
  • At or above $23.00-100%

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.

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14.

12.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's 30 day VWAP share price using the exponentially weighted moving average of returns.

Stock-based compensation charge and unrecognized compensation cost

The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during each of the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018 of $0.4 million, and $0.6 million respectively, which comprised:

         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 

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

         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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocated to cost of goods sold,

 

 

Allocated to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT processing,

 

 

selling, general

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

servicing and

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

charge

 

 

support

 

 

administration

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge

 

$

682

 

$

-

 

$

682

 

 

 

 

Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock options and restricted stock forfeited

 

 

(283)

 

 

-

 

 

(283)

 

 

 

 

 

Total - three months ended September 30, 2020

 

$

399

 

$

-

 

$

399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation charge

 

$

387

 

$

-

 

$

387

 

 

 

 

 

Total - three months ended September 30, 2019

 

$

387

 

$

-

 

$

387

 

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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was approximately $1.3$0.9 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately three years. As of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards was approximately $1.1$0.9 million, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately twothree years.

As of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019,2020, respectively, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset of approximately $0.3$0.03 million and $0.2$0.4 million, related to the stock-based compensation charge recognized related to employees of Net1. As of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, and June 30, 2019,2020, respectively, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $0.3$0.03 million and $0.2$0.4 million, related to the deferred tax asset because it does not believe that the stock-based compensation deduction would be utilized as it does not anticipate generating sufficient taxable income in the United States. The Company deducts the difference between the market value on the date of exercise by the option recipient and the exercise price from income subject to taxation in the United States.


15.13.(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 six months ended December 31, 2019 or 2018.September 30, 2020 and 2019. 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 for the year ended June 30, 2019.2020.

Basic (loss) earnings per share includes shares of restricted stock that meet the definition of a participating security because these shares are eligible to receive non-forfeitable dividend equivalents at the same rate as common stock. Basic (loss) earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method and basic (loss) earnings per share for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018,, reflects only undistributed earnings. The computation below of basic (loss) earnings per share excludes the net loss attributable to shares of unvested restricted stock (participating non-vested restricted stock) from the numerator and excludes the dilutive impact of these unvested shares of restricted stock from the denominator.

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

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13.(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 and February 2020, as these shares of restricted stock are considered contingently returnable shares for the purposes of the diluted (loss) earnings per share calculation and the vesting conditions in respect of a portion of the restricted stock had been satisfied. The vesting conditions for all awards made in September 2018 and August 2017 are discussed in Note 14 above and the vesting conditions for all other awards are discussed in Note 1718 to the Company'sCompany’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019.


15.(Loss) Earnings per share (continued)2020.

The following table presents net loss attributable to Net1 (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  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%  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands except

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

percent and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

per share data)

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Net1

 

$

(28,958)

 

 

$

(4,392)

 

 

 

Undistributed (loss) earnings

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

 

(4,392)

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing

 

 

(28,958)

 

 

 

(7,327)

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

 

$

2,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent allocated to common shareholders (Calculation 1)

 

 

98

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

Numerator for (loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted

 

 

(28,443)

 

 

 

(4,346)

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing

 

 

(28,443)

 

 

 

(7,251)

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued

 

 

0

 

 

 

2,905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic (loss) earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

 

56,104

 

 

 

55,985

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for diluted (loss) earnings per share: adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding and assuming conversion

 

 

56,104

 

 

 

55,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.51)

 

 

$

(0.08)

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing

 

$

(0.51)

 

 

$

(0.13)

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

 

$

0.05

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.51)

 

 

$

(0.08)

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing

 

$

(0.51)

 

 

$

(0.13)

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued

 

$

0

 

 

$

0.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Calculation 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (A)

 

 

56,104

 

 

 

55,985

 

 

 

Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding and unvested restricted shares expected to vest (B)

 

 

57,119

 

 

 

56,568

 

 

 

Percent allocated to common shareholders (A) / (B)

 

 

98

 

 

 

99

 

Options to purchase 1,425,5791,231,617 shares of the Company'sCompany’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,September 30, 2020, 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. Options to purchase 1,166,554 and 503,698864,579 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$11.23 per share were outstanding during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, respectively,September 30, 2019, 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 October 14, 2029,August 5, 2030, were still outstanding as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020.

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16.

14.Supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow disclosures for the three and six months ended December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020 and 2018:

  Three months ended Six months ended 
  December 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
             
Cash received from interest$1,042 $1,285 $1,779 $3,362 
Cash paid for interest$2,293 $2,588 $3,107 $5,654 
Cash paid for income taxes$2,004 $8,779 $3,887 $10,122 

Leases2019:

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash received from interest

 

$

495

 

$

737

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

908

 

$

813

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

15,406

 

$

1,883

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

The following table presents supplemental cash flow disclosure related to leases for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

872

 

$

920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

90

 

$

230

 

15.Revenue recognition

Disaggregation of revenue

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the three months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 2020:

    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 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

Financial services

 

Technology

 

Total

 

Processing fees

$

18,307

 

$

599

 

$

0

 

$

18,906

 

 

South Africa

 

16,751

 

 

599

 

 

0

 

 

17,350

 

 

Rest of world

 

1,556

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1,556

 

Technology products

 

460

 

 

 

 

 

6,074

 

 

6,534

 

Telecom products and services

 

4,422

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

4,422

 

Lending revenue

 

0

 

 

4,200

 

 

0

 

 

4,200

 

Insurance revenue

 

0

 

 

1,457

 

 

0

 

 

1,457

 

Account holder fees

 

0

 

 

1,183

 

 

0

 

 

1,183

 

Other

 

306

 

 

81

 

 

24

 

 

411

 

 

Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations

 

23,495

 

 

7,520

 

 

6,098

 

 

37,113

 

 

 

South Africa

 

21,939

 

 

7,520

 

 

6,098

 

 

35,557

 

 

 

Rest of world

$

1,556

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

1,556

As discussed in Note 17, the Company’s chief operating decision maker changed the Company’s operating and internal reporting structures during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Previously reported information has been restated.


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17.

15.Revenue recognition (continued)

Disaggregation of revenue (continued)

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by major revenue streams, including a reconciliation to operating segments for the three months ended December 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,September 30, 2019:

    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 revenue (continued)

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

Financial services

 

Technology

 

Total

 

Processing fees

$

15,916

 

$

1,249

 

$

0

 

$

17,165

 

 

South Africa

 

14,717

 

 

1,249

 

 

0

 

 

15,966

 

 

Rest of world

 

1,199

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1,199

 

Technology products

 

240

 

 

0

 

 

6,894

 

 

7,134

 

Telecom products and services

 

9,294

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

9,294

 

Lending revenue

 

0

 

 

5,154

 

 

0

 

 

5,154

 

Insurance revenue

 

0

 

 

1,386

 

 

0

 

 

1,386

 

Account holder fees

 

0

 

 

5,260

 

 

0

 

 

5,260

 

Other

 

2,365

 

 

166

 

 

14

 

 

2,545

 

 

Total revenue, derived from the following geographic locations

 

27,815

 

 

13,215

 

 

6,908

 

 

47,938

 

 

 

South Africa

 

26,616

 

 

13,215

 

 

6,908

 

 

46,739

 

 

 

Rest of world

$

1,199

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

1,199

The 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 

18.16.Leases

The Company elected to adopt the new lease guidance utilizing the modified retrospective approach therefore prior periods were not adjusted. The Company was not required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment to opening retained earnings as of July 1, 2019. The Company applied the package 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 (iii) an entity need not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company also elected to not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases with a term of less than twelve months and to account for all components in a lease arrangement as a single combined lease component.

The Company has entered into leasing arrangements classified as operating leases under accounting guidance. These leasing arrangements relate primarily to the lease of ourits corporate head office, administration offices and branch locations through which the Company operates its financial services business in South Africa. The Company'sCompany’s operating leases have a remaining lease termterms of between one to and five years. WeThe Company also operateoperates parts of ourits financial services business from locations which we leaseit leases for a period of less than one year. The Company'sCompany’s operating lease expense during each of the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $1.1 million and $2.0$0.9 million, respectively. The Company does not have any significant leases that have not commenced as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020.


18.Leases (continued)

The Company has also entered into short-term leasing arrangements, primarily for the lease of branch locations and other locations to operate its financial services business in South Africa. The Company’s short-term lease expense during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, was $1.1 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

The following table presents supplemental balance sheet disclosure related to ourthe Company’s right-of-use assets and ourits operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and July 1, 2019, the date of adoptionJune 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2020

 

 

 

Operating leases:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use asset

 

$

4,848

 

$

5,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)

 

 

3.88

 

 

3.94

 

 

 

Weighted average discount rate (percent)

 

 

9

 

 

9

 

The maturities of the newCompany’s operating lease guidance (referliabilities as of September 30, 2020, are presented below:

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September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

Maturities of operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

2021 (for September 30, 2020 excluding three months to September 30, 2020)

 

$

1,825

 

 

2022

 

 

1,617

 

 

2023

 

 

995

 

 

2024

 

 

660

 

 

2025

 

 

331

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

336

 

 

Total undiscounted operating lease liabilities

 

 

5,764

 

 

Less imputed interest

 

 

738

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities, included in

 

 

5,026

 

 

Operating lease liability - current

 

 

1,921

 

 

Operating lease liability - long-term

 

$

3,105

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17.Operating segments

Change to Note 1):internal reporting structure and restatement of previously reported information

  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 

19.

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

Reallocation of certain activities among operating segments

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company reorganized its operating segments by combining what were previously the South African transaction processing segment and the International transaction processing segment into what is now the Processing segment and bifurcating what was previously the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment into what are now the Financial services segment and the Technology segment. Segment results for the three months ended September 30, 2020 reflect these changes to the operating segments.

Operating segments

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

The Company currently has three reportable segments: Processing, Financial services and Technology. All three segments operate mainly within South Africa and certain of our activities outside of South Africa have been allocated to Processing. The Company’s reportable segments offer different products and services and require different resources and marketing strategies and share the Company's operating segments is contained in Note 21Company’s assets.

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

The Financial services segment includes activities related to the Company's audited consolidatedprovision of financial statements includedservices to customers, including a bank account, loans and insurance products. The Company charges monthly administration fees for all bank accounts. The Company provides short-term loans to customers in its Annual Report on Form 10-KSouth Africa for the year ended June 30, 2019. As discussed in Note 22,which it earns initiation and monthly service fees. The Company writes life insurance contracts, primarily funeral-benefit policies, and policy holders pay the Company has presented DNI as a discontinued operation.monthly insurance premium.

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

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

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17.Operating segments (continued)

Operating segments (continued)

The reconciliation of the reportable segment'ssegment’s revenue to revenue from external customers for the three months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, is as follows:

           
   Revenue 
   Reportable Segment  Inter-segment  From external customers 
           
South African transaction processing$20,350 $2,179 $18,171 
International transaction processing 34,363  -  34,363 
Financial 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$21,970 $1,167 $20,803 
International transaction processing 38,124  -  38,124 
Financial services 38,755  532  38,223 
 Continuing  19,047   532   18,515 
 Discontinued  19,708   -   19,708 
     Total for the three months ended December 31, 2018 98,849  1,699  97,150 
          Continuing  79,141   1,699   77,442 
          Discontinued$ 19,708 $ - $ 19,708 


19.Operating segments

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

   Revenue 
   Reportable Segment  Inter-segment  From external customers 
           
South African transaction processing$39,749 $4,379 $35,370 
International transaction processing 68,380  -  68,380 
Financial 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$59,719 $4,453 $55,266 
International transaction processing 77,511  -  77,511 
Financial services 91,961  1,704  90,257 
 Continuing  53,466   1,704   51,762 
 Discontinued  38,495   -   38,495 
 Total for the six months ended December 31, 2018 229,191  6,157  223,034 
 Continuing  190,696   6,157   184,539 
 Discontinued$ 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 incomeloss before income taxestax (benefit) expense for the three and six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, is as follows:

    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)

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reportable segments measure of profit or loss

$

(7,898)

 

$

(4,015)

 

 

Operating income: Corporate/Eliminations

 

(2,877)

 

 

(2,421)

 

 

Interest income

 

611

 

 

363

 

 

Interest expense

 

(747)

 

 

(1,347)

 

 

 

Loss before income tax (benefit) expense

$

(10,911)

 

$

(7,420)


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19.

17.Operating segments (continued)

Operating segments (continued)

The following tables summarize segment information that is prepared in accordance with GAAP for the three and six months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and 2018, with the impact of the deconsolidation of DNI included in discontinued operations:2019:

                       
         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 


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.

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18.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 six months ended December 31,September 30, 2020, the Company’s effective tax rate was impacted by the reversal of the deferred tax liability related to one of the Company’s equity-accounted investments following its impairment (refer to Note 5), which was partially offset by the tax expense recorded by the Company’s profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of the Company’s South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities.

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18.Income tax (continued)

Income tax in interim periods (continued)

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company'sCompany’s effective tax rate was impacted by the on-going losses incurred by IPG and certain of its South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by the Company's South Africanthese businesses, and non-deductible expenses, including transaction-related expenditure, which was partially offset byand tax expense recorded by the Company'sCompany’s profitable businesses, primarily in South Africa and South Korea.Africa.

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's South African businesses, the non-deductible goodwill impairment losses, 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's profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. The deferred tax impact of the change in the fair value of the Company's equity security also impacted the Company'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.

Uncertain tax positions

There were

The Company had no significant changes in the Company's uncertain tax positions during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, and therefore, the Company had 0 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 December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, the

The Company hadhas 0 unrecognized tax benefits of $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, all of which would impact the Company's effective tax rate.benefits. 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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, 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, 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 operationsoperations.

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19.Commitments and contingencies

Guarantees

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 93.6 million ($6.75.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019) andSeptember 30, 2020) 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 93.6 million ($6.7 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019).facilities. The Company pays commission of between 0.4% per annum to 1.94% per annum of the face value of these guarantees and does not recover any of the commission from third parties.


21.Commitments and contingencies (continued)

The Company has not recognized any obligation related to these counter-guaranteesguarantees in its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020. The maximum potential amount that the Company could pay under these guarantees is ZAR 93.6 million ($6.75.6 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019)September 30, 2020). The guarantees have reduced the amount available for borrowings under the Company'sCompany’s short-term credit facility described in Note 10.8.

Contingencies

Contingencies

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

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20.Discontinued operation - DNIoperations

The Company determined that

Following the disposal of its controlling interest in Net1 Korea (in fiscal 2020) and DNI is a(in fiscal 2019), the Company determined that Net1 Korea and DNI should be classified as discontinued operationoperations because itthe disposals of these businesses represented a strategic shift that willwould 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.results. Refer to Note 3 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019,2020, for additional information regarding the deconsolidation of Net1 Korea and DNI.

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20.Discontinued operations (continued)

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,September 30, 2019, 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)statements, related to the presentation of Net1 Korea as a discontinued operation:

 

 

Net1 Korea

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued:

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

32,818

 

 

Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support

 

 

14,366

 

 

Selling, general and administration

 

 

11,309

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,441

 

 

Operating income

 

 

3,702

 

 

Interest income

 

 

288

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

8

 

 

Net income before tax

 

 

3,982

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

1,047

 

 

Net income from discontinued operations

 

$

2,935

 

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued:

 

 

 

 

 

Total net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

10,194

 

 

Total net cash provided by investing activities

 

$

3,088

The Company retained a continuing involvement in DNI through its 30%following the disposal of the Company’s controlling interest in DNI (refer to Note 7). The Company expects to retain an interest in DNI for less than 12 months.during the year ended June 30, 2019. The Company recorded earnings under the equity method related to its retained investment in DNI during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, refer to Note 7.September 30, 2019. The table below presents revenues and expenses between the Company and DNI, after the DNI disposal transaction, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2019:September 30, 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

 

 

DNI

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

Revenue generated from transactions with DNI

$

0

 

 

Expenses incurred related to transactions with DNI

$

2,274

The Company received dividends of $0.7 million from DNI during the three months ended September 30, 2019.

21.Related party transactions

Disgorgement proceeds from VCP

In late September 2020, Value Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd (“VCP”), a significant shareholder, notified the Company that it would make payment to Note 7the Company related to the disgorgement of short-swing profits from the purchase of common stock by VCP pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Company’s insider trading policy. The Company recognizes these proceeds as a capital contribution from shareholders and recorded an increase of $0.1 million, net of taxes of $0.02 million, to additional paid-in capital in its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the dividends received from DNI and accounted for under the equity method during the sixthree months ended December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020. As the purchase transactions occurred in late September 2020, $0.02 million of the $0.12 million proceeds were received in early October 2020 and are included in accounts receivable, net and other receivables in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020. The Company received $0.1 million of the $0.12 million gross proceeds in September 30, 2020, and recorded these amounts within cash flows from financing activities in its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flow for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The Company expects to pay the taxes due of $0.02 million in calendar 2021.

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22. Subsequent events

Purchase of vehicles from CPS

On October 15, 2020, the Company purchased bespoke vehicles from CPS for an arms-length price of ZAR 50.0 million (approximately $3.0 million, translated at exchange rates applicable as of September 30, 2020) to use in its mobile ATM business. These vehicles largely comprise the fleet of customized mobile ATMs used to deliver a service to rural communities and were previously leased from CPS.

Additional capital raise by MobiKwik in November 2020

In early November 2020, MobiKwik entered into an agreement to raise additional capital through the issuance of additional shares to a new shareholder for a 1.6% interest in the company for approximately $5.6 million, implying a valuation of MobiKwik as of the closing date of approximately $375.0 million.

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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 for the year ended June 30, 2019,2020, and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this Form 10-Q.

Forward-looking statements

Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry'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"Factors” in this report and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019.2020. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential"“may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or "continue"“continue” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology.

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

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

Recent Developments

Impact of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic did not impact our South African operations as severely during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to the last four months of the year ended June 30, 2020. Nevertheless, as at the date of this report, South Africa remains under various lockdown restrictions which continue to affect the broader economy and these affect us to the extent they affect economic activity levels in South Africa. South Africa was in lockdown Level 3 up until August 18, 2020, and in Level 2 up until September 20, 2020. At the date of this report, South Africa remains in Level 1 lockdown which is the lowest form of lockdown. Over the course of the pandemic to date it is estimated that 2.2 million jobs have been lost.

Business and operations

During the quarter our operations have largely operated as normal, with all practical restrictions having been lifted before the start of the quarter. Some movement restrictions were in place under Level 3 but these had a limited impact on the operations. Most of the impact of the pandemic on our operations would be as a result of the indirect effect of lower economic activity in the country’s economy.

Our loan business has been able to originate loans normally and we have not seen any deterioration in collection levels over the period. Our insurance business did see a higher level of benefit claims during the quarter, though some of this is normal seasonality, but we are unable to identify how much of this was caused by the pandemic.

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

Employees

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

Cash resources and liquidity

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

We do not believe there will be any further significant adverse effects on our liquidity from the pandemic, unless there is a resumption of the higher level of restrictions in South Africa in the event of an increase in the level of infections, as currently experienced in Europe and the United States following the second wave of the pandemic in those territories.

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

Financial Inclusionposition and impairments

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

Control environment

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

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

Financial Services Activities in South Africa

Having taken dramatic steps

We continue to reduce costs in our South African operations in fiscal 2019, our focus in fiscal 2020 has been to transitionon transitioning our South African financial inclusion activities towards a business-to-consumer, or B2C, model. We believe our EPE bank account, known in the communities it serves as ‘the green card’ has a strong brand position in our target market and attaches significant loyalty. We have developed new banking productsbeen working on enhancing its presence through localized marketing which, when combined with some of the challenges of other service providers into this market, we expect to result in cooperation with Finbonda return to growing customer numbers. While relatively small in number, we saw increased demand for the accounts in September and stabilized ourthis has grown further in October. These customers, many of which are returning customers, will then have access to the suite of associated financial services offerings, while continuing to makeproducts, which will lift activity levels across many of our distribution and infrastructure more efficient. operations.

Processing Activities in South Africa

Our ability to expandprocessing activities in South Africa are focused around our accountATM network, which largely services a consumer base, and financial services offerings have been constrained by the availability of sufficient liquidity thus far. We completed a soft launchour transaction processing for businesses, anchored around our EasyPay offering. As articulated in respect of our new banking products on October 1, 2019revised strategy, we aim to grow this business to business, or B2B, operation through the servicing of small and without any marketing, we openedmicro enterprises. We have seen encouraging increases in excessthe utilization of 13,000 new accounts by December 31, 2019.

         Our loan book has remained fairly steadyour ATM infrastructure over the last two quarters,quarter, while our B2B operations have also performed well. Planning around the expansion of the processing business into the small and we have had additional conversations with third-party lenders, including Finbond,micro enterprises space is underway.

International Activities

IPG – After pursuing opportunities to leverage their balance sheetsdispose of the IPG operations, the board subsequently decided to provide loans to our customers asclose down these operations. This process is well underway and should be largely complete, from a mechanism to accelerate growth in our financial inclusion offerings. Duringcost perspective, by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we launched new loan products in collaboration with Finbond utilizing their balance sheet. These loans are to the higher LSM customers2021.

Bank Frick – Bank Frick exceeded expectations 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 loansperformed well during the second quarter. We continue to workWhile they have increased provisioning against some of their loan portfolio, the performance of the bank in other areas has been strong. Nevertheless, with Grindrod Bank on our ATM and other acquiring initiatives.

The majority of our South African operations were stable though modestly lower compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We expect to drive 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 our 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 our first productEurope in the crypto-currency/ blockchain market,grip of a second wave of infections under the pandemic and some countries reintroducing restrictions, could have a negative impact on the bank’s results going forward.

Carbon – Carbon has started to see some normalization of their business as the effects of the pandemic and the associated restrictions in Nigeria have reduced. While revenue remains below the levels seen before the start of the pandemic, their proactive tightening of credit criteria and improvements in risk management have resulted in a marked reduction in provisioning requirements which is expectedreducing their monthly losses more quickly than expected.

India –MobiKwik started to launch towardsee a recovery in revenue during the quarter and is expecting to return to pre-pandemic levels of revenue by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and additional products are expected to follow later in thecalendar 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 They 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 digital financial services provider. For the quarter ended December 31, 2019, MobiKwik recorded unaudited annualized revenue of $66 million, up from $28managed costs effectively, holding cash EBITDA loss under $1.0 million for the quarter, ended December 31, 2018. It hasbut we believe that there should be a quick recovery as conditions normalize. In particular, there have been contribution margin positive since October 2018a number of industry and achieved cash EBITDA breakeven in the month of August 2019. Digital financial services now account for approximately 25% of MobiKwik's total monthly revenue, compared to zerosecular developments during the previous fiscal year and it is currently disbursing in excess of 110,000 new loans per month.pandemic that we believe should be very positive for MobiKwik’s longer-term growth prospects.

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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 2020, DNI announced the acquisition of two related businesses that would provide further diversification of its revenue sources, and meaningfully scale its operations. We believe these acquisitions will expand the appeal of DNI to prospective investors and ultimately result in the exercise of the call 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 extended the validity of the call option to March 31, 2020.

Cell C - We continued to carry the value of our Cell C investment at $0 (zero) as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020. Cell C has concluded its infrastructure sharing agreement with MTN, and is now focused on its recapitalization.recapitalization and its operational reorganization given its revised commercial model. While it remains in default on its various lending arrangements, Cell C and its lenders are working constructively and continue to make good progress towards formulating a recapitalization intended to ensure its long-term sustainability and allow Cell C to focus on its core business.

SASSA Contract Expiration

Although we have not been involved operationally with SASSA sinceSuccession plan for CEO

Mr. Alex M.R. Smith assumed the role of interim CEO on October 1, 2020, following the departure of Mr. Herman G. Kotzé on September 30, 2018, we have been actively trying2020. Mr. Smith will serve in this role until our board of directors finalizes the appointment of a permanent CEO. In order to resolve all legal and legacy outstanding itemsensure a smooth transition, Mr. Kotzé agreed to allowprovide consulting services to us through May 31, 2021.

Reallocation of certain activities among operating segments

Refer to focus onNote 17 to our core business.

Supreme Court Ruling on refund of implementation costs from 2014 - Onunaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for information regarding changes to the Company’s reportable segments during the three months ended 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 matter.2020.

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'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. We have commenced legal proceedings to receive an amount in accordance with the National Treasury's recommendation.


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.liabilities, including the ongoing uncertainty in the current economic environment due to the outbreak of COVID-19. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with absolute certainty, the determination of estimates requires management'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 may 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 for the year ended June 30, 2019:2020:

  • Valuation of investment in Cell C;

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

    Business combinations and the recoverability of goodwill;

  • Intangible assets acquired through acquisitions;

  • Deferred taxation;

  • Stock-based compensation;

  • Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts receivable; and

  • Accounting for transactions

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

Recent accounting pronouncements adopted

Refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a full description

We did not adopt any new accounting pronouncement during the first quarter of recent accounting pronouncements adopted, including the dates of adoption and the effects on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.fiscal 2021.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of December 31, 2019September 30, 2020

Refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, 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  Six months ended  Year end 
  December 31,  December 31,  June 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018  2019 
ZAR : $ average exchange rate 14.6969  14.3043  14.6947  14.1863  14.1926 
Highest ZAR : $ rate during period 15.3017  14.8463  15.3860  15.4335  15.4335 
Lowest ZAR : $ rate during period 14.0304  13.6911  13.8973  13.1528  13.1528 
Rate at end of period 14.0483  14.3960  14.0483  14.3960  14.0840 
                
KRW : $ average exchange rate 1,175  1,127  1,185  1,124  1,135 
Highest KRW : $ rate during period 1,205  1,141  1,218  1,141  1,195 
Lowest KRW : $ rate during period 1,155  1,109  1,155  1,108  1,108 
Rate at end of period 1,155  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,156 


Table 1

Three months ended

 

Year ended

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

ZAR : $ average exchange rate

16.9080

 

14.6924

 

15.6775

Highest ZAR : $ rate during period

17.6866

 

15.3860

 

19.0569

Lowest ZAR : $ rate during period

16.2165

 

13.8973

 

13.8973

Rate at end of period

16.8344

 

15.1619

 

17.3326


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 six months ended December 31, 2019September 30, 2020 and 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 December 31,  December 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 
                
Balance sheet items: $1 = ZAR 14.0483  14.3960  14.0483  14.3960  14.0840 
Balance sheet items: $1 = KRW 1,155  1,114  1,155  1,114  1,156 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Year ended

Table 2

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR

16.7738

 

14.7520

 

17.5686

Balance sheet items: $1 = ZAR

16.8344

 

15.1619

 

17.3326

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Results of operationsOperations

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

Our operating segment revenue presented in "-Results“—Results of operations by operating segment"segment” represents total revenue per operating segment before intercompany eliminations. A reconciliation between total operating segment revenue and revenue presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is included in Note 1917 to those statements.

We useddisposed of our Korean operation in the equity method to account for DNI inthird quarter of fiscal 2020 and accounted for DNIit has been presented as a discontinued operation infor fiscal 2019.2021 and 2020. We disposed of FIHRST during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, and its contributiondeconsolidated CPS in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, and therefore their contributions to our reported results is excluded from December 1, 2019.are not included in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

We analyze our business and operations in terms of three inter-related but independent operating segments: (1) South African transaction processing,Processing, (2) International transaction processingFinancial services and (3) Financial inclusion and applied technologies.Technology. 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.Corporate/Eliminations.

Second

First quarter of fiscal 20202021 compared to secondfirst quarter of fiscal 20192020

The following factors had a significant impact on our results of operations during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 20202021 as compared with the same period in the prior year:

• Decline in

Lower revenue: Our revenues declined 2%decreased 12% in ZAR primarily due to the decline in EPEfewer prepaid airtime sales and lower account numbers driven by SASSA’s auto-migration of accounts to SAPO, and a reduction in EPE-related financial and value-added services and transaction fees due to a smaller customer base, butfee revenue, which was partially offset by higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales;transaction fees;

• Ongoing operating losses: WeOperating costs are largely in line with the prior period in ZAR due to the largely fixed cost nature of the costs base. As a result, we continue to experience operating losses primarily in South Africa as a result of lower revenues, coupled with a high-fixed cost infrastructure;depressed revenues; and

• Gain on disposal of FIHRST: We recorded a gain of $9.7 million related to the disposal of FIHRST in December 2019;

• Higher net interest expense:Net interest expense increased due to lower average cash balances and higher short-term borrowing to fund ATMs and utilization of our overdrafts, but was partially offset by the repayment of our long-term debt in the second half of fiscal 2019; and

• Adverse foreign exchange movements: The U.S. dollar appreciated 2%was 14% stronger against the ZAR and 4% against the KRW during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020,2021, which adversely impacted our reported results.


Consolidated overall results of operations

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

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

Table 3  In United States Dollars
(US GAAP)
 

In United States Dollars

 Three months ended December 31, 

Three months ended September 30,

  2019 2018(A) $ % 

2020

 

2019(A)

 

 

 $ '000  $ '000  change 

$ ’000

 

$ ’000

change

Revenue  74,080  77,442  (4%) 

37,113

 

47,938

 

(23%)

Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support  43,160  41,231  5% 

28,437

 

32,428

 

(12%)

Selling, general and administration  33,393  69,730  (52%) 

18,528

 

20,622

 

(10%)

Depreciation and amortization  4,381  7,191  (39%) 

923

 

1,324

 

(30%)

Impairment loss  -  8,191  nm 
Operating loss  (6,854) (48,901) (86%) 

(10,775)

 

(6,436)

 

67%

Change in fair value of equity securities  -  (15,836) nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  9,743  -  nm 
Interest income  1,343  2,177  (38%) 

611

 

363

 

68%

Interest expense  3,221  2,563  26% 

747

 

1,347

 

(45%)

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 

Loss before income tax (benefit) expense

(10,911)

 

(7,420)

 

47%

Income tax (benefit) expense

(1,090)

 

970

 

nm

Net loss before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments

(9,821)

 

(8,390)

 

17%

(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments

(19,137)

 

1,063

 

nm

Net loss from continuing operations  (205) (64,748) (100%) 

(28,958)

 

(7,327)

 

295%

Net income from discontinued operations  -  3,779  nm 

-

 

2,935

 

nm

Net (loss) income  (205) (60,969) (100%) 
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -  2,972  nm 
Continuing  -  721  nm 
Discontinued  -  2,251  nm 

Net loss

(28,958)

 

(4,392)

 

559%

Net (loss) income attributable to us  (205) (63,941) (100%) 

(28,958)

 

(4,392)

 

559%

Continuing  (205) (65,469) (100%) 

(28,958)

 

(7,327)

 

295%

Discontinued  -  1,528  nm 

-

 

2,935

 

nm

(A) Refer to Note 2220 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

4738



           
Table 4  In South African Rand
(US GAAP)
 
   Three months ended December 31, 
   2019  2018(A)  ZAR % 
  ZAR '000  ZAR '000  change 
Revenue  1,081,731  1,109,248  (2%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support  630,231  590,576  7% 
Selling, general and administration  487,611  998,784  (51%) 
Depreciation and amortization  63,972  103,001  (38%) 
Impairment loss  -  117,325  nm 
Operating loss  (100,083) (700,438) (86%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities  -  (226,829) nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  142,269  -  nm 
Interest income  19,611  31,182  (37%) 
Interest expense  47,034  36,711  28% 
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  (2,993) (873,296) (100%) 
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -  42,570  nm 
Continuing  -  10,328  nm 
Discontinued  -  32,242  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us  (2,993) (915,866) (100%) 
Continuing  (2,993) (937,753) (100%) 
Discontinued  -  21,887  nm 

Table 4

In South African Rand

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019(A)

 

 

 

ZAR ’000

 

ZAR ’000

change

Revenue

622,526

 

707,181

 

(12%)

Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support

476,997

 

478,378

 

(0%)

Selling, general and administration

310,785

 

304,216

 

2%

Depreciation and amortization

15,482

 

19,532

 

(21%)

Operating loss

(180,738)

 

(94,945)

 

90%

Interest income

10,249

 

5,355

 

91%

Interest expense

12,530

 

19,870

 

(37%)

Loss before income tax (benefit) expense

(183,019)

 

(109,460)

 

67%

Income tax (benefit) expense

(18,284)

 

14,309

 

nm

Net loss before (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments

(164,735)

 

(123,769)

 

33%

(Loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments

(321,000)

 

15,681

 

nm

Net loss from continuing operations

(485,735)

 

(108,088)

 

349%

Net income from discontinued operations

-

 

43,297

 

nm

Net loss

(485,735)

 

(64,791)

 

650%

Net (loss) income attributable to us

(485,735)

 

(64,791)

 

650%

Continuing

(485,735)

 

(108,088)

 

349%

Discontinued

-

 

43,297

 

nm

(A) Refer to Note 2220 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to the decline in EPEfewer prepaid airtime sales and lower account numbers driven by SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO, and a reduction in EPE-related financial and value-added services and transaction fees due to a smaller customer base, butfee revenue, which was partially offset by higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales.transaction fees.

The increasedecrease in cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support was primarily due to lower cost of prepaid airtime sales, which was partially offset by higher costs related to ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales, but partially offset by fewer SASSA Grindrod-account grant recipients utilizingtransaction fees.

In ZAR, the South African National Payment System which resulted in lower transaction costs incurred by us.

The decreaseincrease in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to the increase in our allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable recorded during the second quarteryear-over-year impact of fiscal 2019 of 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) related to the maintenance of our financial inclusion initiatives in South Africa.inflationary increases on employee-related expenses.

Depreciation and amortization decreased primarily due to lower overall amortization of intangible assets that are fully amortized anddepreciation related to tangible assets that arewere fully depreciated during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we recognized an impairment loss of approximately $8.2 million, which included $7.0 million related to the entire amount of IPG goodwill.

Our operating loss margin for the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was (9.3%(29.0%) and (63.1%(13.4%), 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 secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020 with2021 and 2020. We continue to carry our investment in Cell C carried at $0 (zero). The change in fair value of equity securities during the second quarter of fiscal 2019 represented a non-cash fair value adjustment loss related to Cell C. Refer to Note 6 of4 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation.


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

Interest on surplus cash decreasedincreased to $1.3$0.6 million (ZAR 19.610.2 million) from $2.2$0.4 million (ZAR 31.25.4 million), due primarily to the lowerhigher average daily cash balances andfollowing the increase in our cash usedreserves as a result of the disposal of certain business in fiscal 2020.

Interest expense decreased to fund the operating losses$0.7 million (ZAR 12.5 million) from $1.3 million (ZAR 19.9 million), primarily as a result of a reduction in the South African operations.

Interest expense increased to $3.2 million (ZAR 47.0 million) from $2.6 million (ZAR 36.7 million), due tointerest rates and lower interest expense related to cash borrowed to stock our ATMs andas a result of lower utilization of our overdraftATM facilities but partially offset by a reduction inbecause we used our long-term South African debt.cash reserves to fund our ATMs.

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 20202021 tax expensebenefit was $1.7$(1.1) million (ZAR 25.1(18.3) million) compared to an income tax benefitexpense of $(4.4)$1.0 million (ZAR (63.0)14.3 million) in fiscal 2019. 2020. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2021 was impacted by the reversal of the deferred tax liability related to one of our equity-accounted investments following its impairment, which was partially offset by the tax charge related to our profitable South African operations, non-deductible expenses, the on-going losses incurred by certain of our South African businesses and the associated valuation allowances created related to the deferred tax assets recognized regarding net operating losses incurred by these entities.

Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020, was impacted by 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 byexpenses. The charge represents the tax expense recorded by our profitable businesses in South Africa and South Korea. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2019,Africa.

39


DNI 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, 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 changesold in the fair valuefourth quarter of our equity security also impacted our 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.

DNI2020 and was accounted for using the equity method during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and reports its six-month results during our first quarter and its annual results during our fourth quarter. The table below presents the relative (loss) earnings (loss) from our equity accounted investments:

Table 5  Three months ended December 31,    
   2019  2018  $ % 
   $ '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  494  (1,217) nm 
Share of net income  636  402  58% 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax  (142) (141) 1% 
Other  -  (1,478) nm 
Other  (368) (74) 397% 
   506  (1,291) nm 


Table 5

Three months ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

$ %

 

$ ’000

 

$ ’000

change

Bank Frick

481

 

(25)

nm

Share of net income

481

 

119

304%

Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax

-

 

(144)

nm

DNI

-

 

728

nm

Share of net income

-

 

1,463

nm

Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax

-

 

(466)

nm

Impairment

-

 

(269)

nm

Finbond

(19,461)

 

491

nm

Share of net (loss) income

(2,617)

 

491

nm

Impairment

(16,844)

 

-

nm

Other

(157)

 

(131)

20%

 

(19,137)

 

1,063

nm

Refer to Note 5 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the impairment of Finbond.

Results of operations by operating segment

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

                 
Table 6  In United States Dollars (US GAAP) 
     
   Three months ended December 31, 
   2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment $ '000  total  $ '000  total 
Consolidated revenue:                
South African transaction processing  20,350  27%  21,970  23%  (7%) 
International transaction processing  34,363  46%  38,124  39%  (10%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  21,986  30%  38,755  40%  (43%) 
Continuing  21,986  30%  19,047  20%  15% 
Discontinued  -  -  19,708  20%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  76,699  103%  98,849  102%  (22%) 
Corporate/Eliminations  (2,619) (3%)  (1,699) (2%)  54% 
Total consolidated revenue  74,080  100%  97,150  100%  (24%) 
Continuing  74,080  100%  77,442  80%  (4%) 
Discontinued  -  -  19,708  20%  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  (878) 13%  (26,967) 63%  (97%) 
Discontinued  -  -  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 6

 

In United States Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

2020

 

% of

 

2019

 

% of

 

% change

Operating Segment

$ ’000

total

$ ’000

total

Consolidated revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

24,483

 

66%

 

30,017

 

63%

 

(18%)

IPG

 

1,209

 

3%

 

793

 

2%

 

52%

All others

 

23,274

 

63%

 

29,224

 

61%

 

(20%)

Financial services

 

8,265

 

22%

 

14,168

 

30%

 

(42%)

Technology

 

6,211

 

17%

 

7,209

 

15%

 

(14%)

Subtotal: Operating segments

 

38,959

 

171%

 

51,394

 

171%

 

(24%)

Corporate/Eliminations

 

(1,846)

 

(71%)

 

(3,456)

 

(71%)

 

(47%)

Total consolidated revenue

 

37,113

 

100%

 

47,938

 

100%

 

(23%)

Consolidated operating (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

(7,301)

 

68%

 

(5,505)

 

86%

 

33%

IPG

 

(2,772)

 

(7%)

 

(1,973)

 

(4%)

 

40%

All others

 

(4,529)

 

(12%)

 

(3,532)

 

(7%)

 

28%

Financial services

 

(2,372)

 

22%

 

345

 

(5%)

 

nm

Technology

 

1,775

 

(16%)

 

1,145

 

(18%)

 

55%

Subtotal: Operating segments

 

(7,898)

 

55%

 

(4,015)

 

52%

 

97%

Corporate/eliminations

 

(2,877)

 

45%

 

(2,421)

 

48%

 

19%

Total consolidated operating (loss)

 

(10,775)

 

100%

 

(6,436)

 

100%

 

67%

5040



Table 7  In South African Rand (US GAAP) 
     
   Three months ended December 31, 
   2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment ZAR '000  total  ZAR '000  total 
Consolidated revenue:                
South African transaction processing  297,155  27%  314,689  23%  (6%) 
International transaction processing  501,775  46%  546,073  39%  (8%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  321,044  30%  555,111  40%  (42%) 
Continuing  321,044  30%  272,821  20%  18% 
Discontinued  -  -  282,290  20%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  1,119,974  103%  1,415,873  102%  (21%) 
Corporate/Eliminations  (38,243) (3%)  (24,335) (2%)  57% 
Total consolidated revenue  1,081,731  100%  1,391,538  100%  (22%) 
Continuing  1,081,731  100%  1,109,248  80%  (2%) 
Discontinued  -  -  282,290  20%  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  (12,821) 13%  (386,265) 63%  (97%) 
Discontinued  -  -  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

Table 7

 

In South African Rand

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

2020

 

% of

 

2019

 

% of

 

% change

Operating Segment

ZAR ’000

total

ZAR ’000

total

Consolidated revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

410,673

 

66%

 

442,811

 

63%

 

(7%)

IPG

 

20,280

 

3%

 

11,699

 

2%

 

73%

All others

 

390,393

 

63%

 

431,112

 

61%

 

(9%)

Financial services

 

138,635

 

22%

 

209,006

 

30%

 

(34%)

Technology

 

104,182

 

17%

 

106,347

 

15%

 

(2%)

Subtotal: Operating segments

 

653,490

 

171%

 

758,164

 

171%

 

(14%)

Corporate/Eliminations

 

(30,964)

 

(71%)

 

(50,983)

 

(71%)

 

(39%)

Total consolidated revenue

 

622,526

 

100%

 

707,181

 

100%

 

(12%)

Consolidated operating (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

(122,466)

 

68%

 

(81,210)

 

86%

 

51%

IPG

 

(46,497)

 

(7%)

 

(29,106)

 

(4%)

 

60%

All others

 

(75,969)

 

(12%)

 

(52,104)

 

(7%)

 

46%

Financial services

 

(39,787)

 

22%

 

5,089

 

(5%)

 

nm

Technology

 

29,773

 

(16%)

 

16,891

 

(18%)

 

76%

Subtotal: Operating segments

 

(132,480)

 

55%

 

(59,230)

 

52%

 

124%

Corporate/eliminations

 

(48,258)

 

45%

 

(35,715)

 

48%

 

35%

Total consolidated operating (loss)

 

(180,738)

 

100%

 

(94,945)

 

100%

 

90%

The decrease inProcessing

Excluding IPG, segment revenue wasdecreased primarily due to fewer transactions performed at our ATM base andprepaid airtime sales, which was partially offset by higher volume-driven transaction fees. Excluding IPG, Processing operating loss has been impacted lower fees as a result of fewer EPE and SASSA accounts. Our South African transaction processing operating segment revenue and by an increase in transaction-based costs. IPG incurred an operating loss have been adversely impacted bybut is in the lossprocess of EPE customers as a result of SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO. The reducedbeing closed down.

Our operating loss inmargin (calculated as operating (loss) income divided by revenue) for the segment is due to the cost cutting that has occurred over the last 12 months.

Ourfirst quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 was (29.8%) and (18.3%), respectively. Excluding IPG, our operating loss margin for the secondProcessing segment was (19.5%) and (12.1%) during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020, and 2019 was (14.6%) and (53.8%), respectively.

International transaction-based activities

Financial services

Segment revenue wasdecreased due to lower duringaccount fee revenue whilst lending and insurance revenues were relatively flat compared to the second quarter ofprior period. The segment incurred an operating loss compared with fiscal 2020 primarily due to an ongoing contractionthe reduction in IPG transactions processed, specifically meaningfully lower crypto-exchange and China processing activity, modestly lower KSNETaccount fee revenue as a result of lower transaction values processedwell as higher employee-related costs and an increase in insurance claims experience.

Our operating (loss) income margin for the impact of the weaker KRW/ USD exchange rate on reported KSNET revenue. Operating income during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020 haswas (28.7%) and 2.4%, respectively.

Technology

Segment revenue was modestly lower than fiscal 2020. Operating income for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 improved compared with fiscal 20192020 due to improved profitabilitymargins on the sale of KSNET and the impairment loss recorded in fiscal 2019.hardware.

Operating

Our operating income (loss) margin for the secondTechnology segment was 28.6% and 15.9% during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and 2020, and 2019 was 8.2% and (10.6%), respectively. Excluding the goodwill impairment, segment operating income and margin for fiscal 2019 were $3.0 million and 7.8%, respectively.

Financial inclusion and applied technologies

Segment revenue increased primarily due to higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime 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. Excluding the impact of the allowance for doubtful finance loans recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the operating loss from continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal 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 335.1 million).Corporate/Eliminations


Operating income margin from continuing operations for the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment was (4.0%) and (141.6%) during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Corporate/Eliminations

Our corporate expenses generally include acquisition-related intangible asset amortization; expenses incurred related to acquisitions and investments pursued;corporate actions; 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 decreasedincreased primarily due to lower acquired intangible asset amortization expense related to intangible assets thatforeign exchange losses incurred and higher legal fees, which were fully amortized during fiscal 2019, partially offset by higher transaction-related expenditures.lower audit and consulting fees.

First half of fiscal 2020 compared to first half of fiscal 2019

The following factors had a significant impact on our results of operations during the first half of fiscal 2020 as compared with the same period in the prior year:

• Decline in revenue: Our revenues declined 16% in ZAR primarily due to the expiration of our SASSA contract, the decline in EPE account numbers driven by SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO, and a reduction in EPE-related financial and value-added services and transaction fees due to a smaller customer base, but partially offset by higher ad hoc terminal and prepaid airtime sales;

• Ongoing operating losses: We continue to experience operating losses primarily in South Africa as a result of lower revenues, coupled with a high-fixed cost infrastructure;

• Gain on disposal of FIHRST: We recorded a gain of $9.7 million related to the disposal of FIHRST in December 2019;

• Higher net interest expense:Net interest expense increased due to lower average cash balances and higher short-term borrowing to fund ATMs and utilization of our overdrafts, but was partially offset by the repayment of our long-term debt in the second half of fiscal 2019;

• Adverse foreign exchange movements: The U.S. dollar appreciated 6% against the KRW during the first half of fiscal 2020, which adversely impacted our reported results.

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Consolidated overall results

Presentation 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. dollarsquarterly revenue and in ZAR:


Table 8  In United States Dollars
(US GAAP)
 
  Six months ended December 31, 
   2019  2018(A)  $ % 
   $ '000  $ '000  change 
Revenue  154,836  184,539  (16%) 
Cost of goods sold, IT processing, servicing and support  89,954  103,335  (13%) 
Selling, general and administration  65,324  111,152  (41%) 
Depreciation and amortization  9,146  15,048  (39%) 
Impairment loss  -  8,191  nm 
Operating loss  (9,588) (53,187) (82%) 
Change in fair value of equity securities  -  (15,836) nm 
Gain on disposal of FIHRST  9,743  -  nm 
Interest income  1,994  3,778  (47%) 
Interest expense  4,576  5,121  (11%) 
Impairment of Cedar Cellular note  -  2,732  nm 
Loss before income taxes  (2,427) (73,098) (97%) 
Income tax expense  3,739  577  548% 
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  (4,597) (66,073) (93%) 
Less (Add) net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest  -  3,067  nm 
Continuing  -  (877) nm 
Discontinued  -  3,944  nm 
Net (loss) income attributable to us  (4,597) (69,140) (93%) 
Continuing  (4,597) (72,614) (94%) 
Discontinued  -  3,474  nm 

(A) Refer to Note 22 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statementsoperating (loss) income by segment for discontinued operations disclosures.



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 Note 22 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for discontinued operations disclosures.

The decrease in revenue was primarily due to the expiration of our SASSA contract, the decline in EPE account numbers driven by SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO, and a reduction in EPE-related financial and value-added services and transaction fees due to a smaller customer base, but partially offset by higher ad hoc terminal and 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, but partially offset by higher costs related to terminal and prepaid airtime sales.

The decrease in selling, general and administration expense was primarily due to the increase in our allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable recorded during the second quarter of fiscal 2019 of approximately $23.4 million (resulting from SASSA's auto-migration of EPE accounts), lower costs incurred by IPG and by our South Africa business as we transition our business strategy in South Africa.

Depreciation and amortization decreased primarily due to lower overall amortization of intangible assets that are fully amortized and tangible assets that are fully depreciated during the first half of fiscal 2020.

During the first half of fiscal 2019, we recorded an impairment loss of $8.2 million, which included $7.0 million related to the entire amount of IPG goodwill.

Our operating loss margin for the first half of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was (6.2%) and (28.8%), respectively. We discuss the components of operating income margin under "-Results of operations by operating segment."

The change in fair value of equity securities represents a non-cash fair value adjustment loss related to Cell C during the first half of fiscal 2019. Refer to Note 6 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the methodology and inputs used in the fair value calculation.

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

Interest on surplus cash decreased to $2.0 million (ZAR 28.7 million) from $3.8 million (ZAR 54.2 million), due primarily to the lower average daily cash balances and cash used to fund the operating losses in the South African operations.


Interest expense decreased to $4.6 million (ZAR 65.9 million) from $5.1 million (ZAR 73.4 million), due to a reduction in our long-term South African debt, partially offset by interest expense related to cash borrowed to stock our ATMs and utilization of our overdraft facilities.

During the first half 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 2020 tax expense was $3.7 million (ZAR 53.9 million) compared to $0.6 million (ZAR 8.3 million) in fiscal 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 (6.8%) and was 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, 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 equity security also impacted our 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.

DNI was accounted for using the equity method during the first half of fiscal 2019. The accounting for DNI as a discontinued operation has adversely impacted the comparability of our (loss) earnings from equity-accounted investments during the first half of fiscal 2020. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and reports its six-month results during our first half and its annual results during our fourth quarter. The tabletables below presents the relative earnings (loss) from our equity accounted investments:

           
Table 10  Six months ended December 31, 
   2019  2018    
   $ '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  469  (1,805) nm 
Share of net income  755  564  34% 
Amortization of intangible assets, net of deferred tax  (286) (285) 0% 
Other  -  (2,084) nm 
Finbond  491  1,875  (74%) 
Other  (499) 114  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 United States Dollars (US GAAP) 
     
   Six months ended December 31, 
   2019  % of  2018  % of  % 
Operating Segment $ '000  total  $ '000  total  change 
Consolidated revenue:                
South African transaction processing  39,749  26%  59,719  27%  (33%) 
International transaction processing  68,380  44%  77,511  35%  (12%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  52,131  34%  91,961  41%  (43%) 
Continuing  52,131  34%  53,466  24%  (2%) 
Discontinued  -  -  38,495  17%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  160,260  104%  229,191  103%  (30%) 
Corporate/Eliminations  (5,424) (4%)  (6,157) (3%)  (12%) 
Total consolidated revenue  154,836  100%  223,034  100%  (31%) 
Continuing  154,836  100%  184,539  83%  (16%) 
Discontinued  -  -  38,495  17%  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  623  (6%)  (23,497) 56%  nm 
Discontinued  -  -  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 (US GAAP) 
     
   Six months ended December 31, 
   2019  % of  2018  % of  % change 
Operating Segment ZAR '000  total  ZAR '000  total 
Consolidated revenue:                
South African transaction processing  572,477  26%  856,239  27%  (33%) 
International transaction processing  984,829  44%  1,111,337  35%  (11%) 
Financial inclusion and applied technologies  750,806  34%  1,318,518  41%  (43%) 
Continuing  750,806  34%  766,584  24%  (2%) 
Discontinued  -  -  551,934  17%  nm 
Subtotal: Operating segments  2,308,112  104%  3,286,094  103%  (30%) 
Corporate/Eliminations  (78,118) (4%)  (88,276) (3%)  (12%) 
Total consolidated revenue  2,229,994  100%  3,197,818  100%  (30%) 
Continuing  2,229,994  100%  2,645,884  83%  (16%) 
Discontinued  -  -  551,934  17%  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  8,973  (6%)  (336,895) 56%  nm 
Discontinued  -  -  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 was primarily due to fewer transactions performed at our ATM base and lower fees as a result of fewer EPE and SASSA accounts. Our South African transaction processing operating segmentpresent quarterly revenue and operating loss have been adversely impacted(loss) income generated by the loss of EPE customers as a result of SASSA's auto-migration of accounts to SAPO. The reduction in operating losses in the segment is a reflection of the cost reductions that have occurred over the last 12 months.

Our operating loss marginour three reportable segments for the first half of fiscal 2020 and 2019, was (16.0%) and (25.7%), respectively.

International transaction-based activities

Segment revenue was lower during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, primarily duereconciliations to an ongoing contraction in IPG transactions processed, specifically meaningfully lower crypto-exchange and China processing activity, modestly lower KSNET revenue as a result of the impact of the weaker KRW/ USD exchange rate on reported KSNET revenue. Operating income during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 has improved compared with fiscal 2019 due to improved profitability of KSNET and the impairment loss recorded in fiscal 2019.

Operating income (loss) margin for the first half of fiscal 2020 and 2019 was 9.7% and (1.7%), respectively, due to improving profitability at KSNET. Excluding the goodwill impairment, segment operating income and margin for fiscal 2019 were $5.7 million and 7.4%, respectively.

Financial inclusion and applied technologies

Segment revenue decreased primarily due to lower lendingconsolidated revenue and insurance 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 (loss) income, reflects the stabilization of 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 for the first half ofU.S. dollar/ ZAR exchange rates applicable per fiscal 2019 includes an allowance for doubtful finance loans receivable of $23.4 million (ZAR 335.5 million).quarter and year:

Table 8

Fiscal 2020

 

In United States Dollars

 

Quarter 1

 

Quarter 2

 

Quarter 3

 

Quarter 4

 

F2020

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

30,017

 

26,671

 

23,978

 

17,818

 

98,484

IPG

793

 

432

 

1,164

 

921

 

3,310

All Other

29,224

 

26,239

 

22,814

 

16,897

 

95,174

Financial services

14,168

 

12,268

 

11,683

 

8,751

 

46,870

Technology and Other

7,209

 

4,890

 

4,040

 

1,932

 

18,071

Subtotal: Operating segments

51,394

 

43,829

 

39,701

 

28,501

 

163,425

Corporate/Eliminations

(3,456)

 

(3,262)

 

(3,187)

 

(2,523)

 

(12,428)

Total

47,938

 

40,567

 

36,514

 

25,978

 

150,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

(5,505)

 

(5,848)

 

(12,394)

 

(10,089)

 

(33,836)

IPG

(1,973)

 

(2,920)

 

(3,175)

 

(4,280)

 

(12,348)

All Other

(3,532)

 

(2,928)

 

(9,219)

 

(5,809)

 

(21,488)

Financial services

345

 

(1,249)

 

(1,701)

 

(1,016)

 

(3,621)

Technology and Other

1,145

 

589

 

945

 

136

 

2,815

Subtotal: Operating segments

(4,015)

 

(6,508)

 

(13,150)

 

(10,969)

 

(34,642)

Corporate/Eliminations

(2,421)

 

(3,912)

 

(1,062)

 

(2,211)

 

(9,606)

Total

(6,436)

 

(10,420)

 

(14,212)

 

(13,180)

 

(44,248)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR

14.7520

 

14.6022

 

15.3667

 

17.2810

 

17.5686

Table 9

Fiscal 2019

 

In United States Dollars

 

Quarter 1

 

Quarter 2

 

Quarter 3

 

Quarter 4

 

F2019

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

 

$ '000

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

46,239

 

28,755

 

23,330

 

25,356

 

123,680

IPG

2,404

 

2,300

 

1,892

 

1,561

 

8,157

All Other

43,835

 

26,455

 

21,438

 

23,795

 

115,523

Financial services

25,442

 

11,779

 

10,550

 

9,263

 

57,034

Technology and Other

4,748

 

4,796

 

5,277

 

5,294

 

20,115

Subtotal: Operating segments

76,429

 

45,330

 

39,157

 

39,913

 

200,829

Corporate/Eliminations

(5,883)

 

(3,288)

 

(2,571)

 

(22,860)

 

(34,602)

Total

70,546

 

42,042

 

36,586

 

17,053

 

166,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

(7,091)

 

(23,481)

 

(15,431)

 

(5,572)

 

(51,575)

IPG

(2,238)

 

(9,425)

 

(1,877)

 

(2,561)

 

(16,101)

All Other

(4,853)

 

(14,056)

 

(13,554)

 

(3,011)

 

(35,474)

Financial services

4,038

 

(25,144)

 

(4,477)

 

(4,485)

 

(30,068)

Technology and Other

210

 

335

 

164

 

(6,003)

 

(5,294)

Subtotal: Operating segments

(2,843)

 

(48,290)

 

(19,744)

 

(16,060)

 

(86,937)

Corporate/Eliminations

(4,492)

 

(3,175)

 

(4,032)

 

(36,296)

 

(47,995)

Total

(7,335)

 

(51,465)

 

(23,776)

 

(52,356)

 

(134,932)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income and expense items: $1 = ZAR

14.8587

 

14.3236

 

14.1703

 

14.2884

 

14.2695

5742


Operating loss margin from continuing operations for the Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment was 1.2% and (43.9%) during the first half of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Corporate/Eliminations

Our corporate expenses decreased primarily due to lower acquired intangible asset amortization expense related to intangible assets that were fully amortized during fiscal 2019, partially offset by higher transaction-related expenditures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, our cash and cash equivalents were $50.7$209.2 million and comprised of KRW-denominatedU.S. dollar-denominated balances of KRW 36.2 billion ($31.3 million),$174.0 million, ZAR-denominated balances of ZAR 197.0547.2 million ($14.032.5 million), U.S. dollar-denominated balances of $1.8 million, and other currency deposits, primarily Botswana pula, of $3.6$2.7 million, all amounts translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020. The increasedecrease in our unrestricted cash balances from June 30, 2019,2020, was primarily due to utilizationthe payment of Federal income taxes, weak trading activities and an increase in our short-term borrowings and repayment of a loan outstanding by DNI,lending book, which was partially offset by weaker trading activities, capital expenditures, and an additional investment in V2.the receipt of the outstanding proceeds related to the sale of our Korean business.

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

Available short-term borrowings

Summarized below are our short-term financing facilities to fund our daily cash requirementsavailable and utilized as we adapt to the expiration of the SASSA contract in September 2018 and the transition of our business model. 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.2020:

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 have a short-term South African credit facility with Nedbank of up to ZAR 450.0 million ($32.0 million), which is comprised of an overdraft facility of (i) up to ZAR 300.0 million ($21.4 million), which is further split into (a) a ZAR 250.0 million ($17.8 million) overdraft facility which(1) Overdraft may only be used to fund mobile ATMs and (b) a ZAR 50.0 million ($3.6 million) general banking facility and (ii) indirectupon utilization is considered restricted cash.

(2) Indirect and derivative facilities of up to ZAR 150.0 million ($10.7 million), which include letters of guarantee,may only be used for 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 our ATMs is considered restricted cash. As of December 31, 2019, the interest rate on the overdraft facility was 8.85%, and reduced to 8.60% on January 17, 2020, following a reduction in the South African repo rate. As of December 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 164.3 million ($11.7 million) of our ZAR 250.0 million overdraft facility to fund ATMs, and none of our ZAR 50.0 million general banking facility. As of December 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 93.6 million ($6.7 million) of the indirect and derivative facilitiescontracts to support guarantees issued by Nedbank to various third parties on our behalf.

We also have a short-term South African credit facility with RMB of ZAR 1.2 billion ($85.4 million) which may only be used to fund our fixed ATMs in South Africa. As of December 31, 2019, the interest rate on the facility was 10.00% (South African prime) and reduced to 9.75% on January 17, 2020, following a reduction in the South African repo rate. As of December 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately ZAR 1.0 billion ($72.7 million) of this facility.

We have a short-term U.S. dollar-denominated overdraft facility with Bank Frick of $20.0 million. As of December 31, 2019, we had utilized approximately $13.9 million of this facility. The interest rate on the facility 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 1.91% on December 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-year KRW 10.0 billion ($8.7 million) short-term overdraft facility from Hana Bank, a South Korean bank. The interest rate on the facilities is 1.98% plus the 3-month CD rate. The 3-month CD rate as of December 31, 2019 was 1.53%. The facility expires in January 2021, however can be renewed. The facility is unsecured with no fixed repayment terms. As of December 31, 2019, we had not utilized this facility.

Available long-term borrowings

On September 4, 2019, we further amended our 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. 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 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. 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 JIBAR plus a margin of 5.50% per annum. 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.

Restricted cash

We have credit facilities with RMB and Nedbank in order to access cash to fund our ATMs in South Africa. Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, includes restricted cash of approximately $84.4$6.7 million related to cash withdrawn from our various debt facilities to fund ATMs. This cash may only be used to fund ATMs and is considered restricted as to use and therefore is classified as restricted cash on our auditedunaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Cash flows from operating activities

Second

First quarter

Net cash provided byused in operating activities during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020 2021 was $4.4$29.9 million (ZAR 64.5501.2 million) compared to $(5.2)$18.3 million (ZAR (75.0)270.4 million) during the first quarter of fiscal 2020. Excluding the impact of income taxes, our cash used in operating activities during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 was impacted by the cash losses incurred by the majority of our continuing operations and the growth in our lending book. Our net cash used in operating activities during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2019. The increase in cash provided is primarily due to2020 includes the 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, due to the opening of the January 2020 grant distribution file in December 2019.contribution from our Korean operations.


During the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020, 2021, we paid South African tax of $0.7$0.2 million (ZAR 10.73.4 million) related to our 2020 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $1.3$15.2 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.in the U.S. During the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2019,2020, we paid South African tax of $6.2 million (ZAR 89.1 million) related to our 2019 tax year. We also paid taxes totaling $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$1.1 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea. During the first half of fiscal 2019, we paid South African tax of $6.2 million (ZAR 89.1 million) related to our 2019 tax year. During the first 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 $2.6 million in other tax jurisdictions, primarily South Korea.

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Taxes paid during the year to datefirst quarter of fiscal 20202021 and 20192020 were as follows:

Table 14 Six months ended December 31, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
 $  $  ZAR  ZAR 
 '000  '000  '000  '000 
First provisional payments 740  6,245  10,657  89,144 
Taxation paid related to prior years 782  1,399  11,620  20,488 
Tax refund received (28) (96) (392) (1,377)
Total South African taxes paid 1,494  7,548  21,885  108,255 
Foreign taxes paid: Korea 2,393  2,574  34,112  36,712 
Total tax paid 3,887  10,122  55,997  144,967 

Second quarter

Table 11

Three months ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

$

$

ZAR

ZAR

‘000

‘000

‘000

‘000

Taxation paid related to prior years

205

 

782

 

3,423

 

11,620

Tax refund received

(12)

 

(28)

 

(205)

 

(392)

Total South African taxes (refunded) paid

193

 

754

 

3,218

 

11,228

Foreign taxes paid: Korea

15,213

 

1,129

 

254,450

 

15,907

Total tax paid

15,406

 

1,883

 

257,668

 

27,135

Cash flows from investing activities

First quarter

Cash used in investing activities for the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2020 2021 included capital expenditures of $0.8$0.3 million (ZAR 12.14.6 million), primarily due to the acquisition of processingcomputer equipment and leasehold improvements in South KoreaAfrica. We received $20.1 million related to maintain operations. During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we received $10.9 million from the sale of FIHRST.our Korean business in March 2020 following the successful refund application of the amounts withheld and paid to the South Korean tax authorities pursuant to that transaction. We also extended loan fundingreceived the first of $0.6 millionthe eighteen scheduled repayments due on the deferred sale proceeds related to Revix.the April 2020 sale of DNI.

Cash used in investing activities for the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 20192020 included capital expenditures of $2.5$2.6 million (ZAR 36.538.7 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 first half of fiscal 2020 included capital expenditures of $3.5 million (ZAR 49.7 million), primarily due to the acquisition of ATMs in South 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.Africa. 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 $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.

Cash flows from financing activities

Second

First quarter

During the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2021, we utilized approximately $69.1 million from our South African overdraft facilities to fund our ATMs, and repaid $76.9 million of these facilities.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we utilized approximately $200.7$182.5 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 $221.6 million from our overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $245.7 million of these facilities, including amounts utilized in September 2018. We also utilized approximately $3.2 million of DNI's revolving credit facility to 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 $10.6 million and paid a non-refundable origination fee of approximately $0.2 million related to DNI's revolving credit facility.

First half

During the first half of fiscal 2020, we utilized approximately $383.2 million from our South African overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $374.6$180.8 million of these facilities. We utilized approximately $14.8 million of our borrowings to fund the purchase of Cell C prepaid airtime that is subject to sale restrictions. We prepaid approximately $11.3 million of these borrowings (Facility F) utilizing the proceeds received from the disposal of FIHRST. We also repaid $4.0 million of our Bank Frick overdraft and utilized $8.4$1.2 million of this overdraft to fund our operations.

During the first half of fiscal 2019, we utilized approximately $306.2 million from our overdraft facilities, primarily to fund our ATMs, and repaid $245.7 million of these facilities. We also utilized approximately $11.0 million of DNI'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 payment of $20.9 million, repaid $2.8 million under DNI's revolving credit facility and paid non-refundable origination fees of approximately $0.4 million related to the credit facilities.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Capital Expenditures

We expect capital spending for the thirdsecond quarter of fiscal 20202021 be higher due to the purchase of vehicles from CPS on October 15, 2020. These vehicles largely comprise the fleet of customized mobile ATMs used to deliver a service to rural communities and were previously leased from CPS. The balance of capital spending will be primarily include limited investments intoto maintain our ATM infrastructure and branch network in South Africa.capital equipment.

Our capital expenditures for the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 20202021 and 20192020 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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, of $0.1 million related mainly to the procurement of ATMs.$0.2 million. We expect to fund these expenditures through internally generated funds and available facilities.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

In addition to the tables below, see Note 74 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 AfricaAfrican prime interest rate, JIBAR and LIBOR.rate. The following table illustrates the effect on our annual expected interest charge, translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, 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, using our December 31, 2019, borrowings of ZAR 57.1 million.September 30, 2020. 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 December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, are shown. The selected 1% hypothetical change does not reflect what could be considered the best or worst case scenarios.

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 

Table 12

As of September 30, 2020

 

Annual expected interest charge

($ ’000)

 

Hypothetical change in interest rates

 

Estimated annual expected interest charge after hypothetical change in interest rates

($ ’000)

Interest on South Africa overdraft (South African prime interest rate)

4,158

 

1%

 

4,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4. 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 December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020. 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 have adopted to remediate the material weakness discussedin our internal control over financial reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2019,2020, our interim chief executive officer and the chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2019.September 30, 2020.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019,September 30, 2020, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We continue to monitor the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in the areas affected by the material weakness described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2019,2020, and we have and will continue to perform additional procedures, including the use of manual mitigating control procedures and employing any additional tools and resources deemed necessary, to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are fairly stated in all material respects.

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Part II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

December 5, 2019, securities class action complaint

CPS placed into business rescue and SASSA application to place CPS into liquidation

On December 5, 2019, a putative securities class action complaintJune 18, 2020, SASSA launched an urgent application with the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, or High Court, to place CPS into liquidation and declare the business rescue process invalid. The matter was filed inheard on October 16, 2020, and the United States DistrictHigh Court forordered that CPS be placed into liquidation. We do not intend to appeal the Southern District of New York against our company, Herman G. Kotzé and Alex M.R. Smith. The complaint seeks damages based on alleged material misrepresentations and omissions concerning our internal controls over financial reporting, classification of an investment in Cell C Proprietary Limited, and our company's consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2018. The complaint asserts claims for violations of Sections 10(b)order of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5, and Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The proposed class period is September 12, 2018, through November 8, 2018, inclusive. None of the defendants have been served.High Court.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

See "Item 1A RISK FACTORS" in Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 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 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.

We may be unable to recover the carrying value of certain Cell C airtime that we own which is subject to resale restrictions.

In September 2019, we acquired a substantial amount of Cell C airtime inventory ($13.7 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of 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 condition.

Item 5. Other Information

Subsequent to the issuance of our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 and our 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 condensed consolidated statements of operations included in those filings was incorrect. In these previous filings, the gross amounts of DNI's operations upon classification as a discontinued operation remained in the condensed consolidated statements of operations which totalled to net (loss) income. Two captioned lines below net (loss) income were presented to show the composition of the net (loss) income between continuing and discontinued operations and the details of amounts relating to DNI's discontinued operations were separately disclosed in a note. The correct presentation removes the gross amounts of a discontinued 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 condensed consolidated statements of operations preceding net income by the amounts shown in the note disclosure for DNI's discontinued operations. The revisions will have no 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 control environment and note that the control designed to detect and prevent the misstatement was considered to be ineffective and remains unremediated. A material weakness was reported at June 30, 2019. Refer to Item 4-"Controls and Procedures" for further information.

Item 6. Exhibits

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

Incorporated by Reference Herein

Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit

Included Herewith

Form

Exhibit

Filing Date

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

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Certification pursuant to 18 USC Section 1350

X

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

X

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

X

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

X

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

X

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

X

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

X



SIGNATURES

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference Herein

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

Included Herewith

Form

Exhibit

Filing Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.28

 

Separation and Release of Claims Agreement, dated August 5, 2020, by and between the Company and Herman G. Kotzé

X

8-K

10.1

August 5, 2020

10.29

 

Consulting Agreement, dated August 5, 2020, by and between the Company and Ali Mazanderani

X

8-K

10.1

August 5, 2020

31.1

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act

X

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act

X

 

 

 

32

 

Certification pursuant to 18 USC Section 1350

X

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

X

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

X

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

X

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

X

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

X

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

X

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 10,November 5, 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

Interim Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

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