UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2012
NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
| Florida | 000-31203 | 98-0171860 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
President Place, 4th Floor, Cnr.
Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road
Rosebank, Johannesburg, South
Africa
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 011-27-11-343-2000
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 11, 2012, Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (“Net 1’) commenced a lawsuit in the South Gauteng High Court in South Africa against AllPay Consolidated Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (“AllPay”). In its lawsuit, Net 1 has alleged that AllPay, wrongfully and unlawfully and with the intention of injuring Net 1’s reputation, infringing Net 1’s and its subsidiaries’ goodwill and reducing Net 1’s share price, competed unlawfully with Net 1, by
directly or indirectly making false reports and providing false information to members of the South African media which AllPay orchestrated thereby creating the basis for false media reports which alleged or implied that the SASSA tender process was tainted by corruption through bribes by or on behalf of Net 1’s subsidiary, Cash Paymaster Services (“CPS”);
introducing the media reports and allegations of corruption by or on behalf of Net 1 in connection with the SASSA tender process into the court proceedings in South Africa instituted by AllPay which sought to set aside the award of the tender to CPS;
causing an unfounded report to be made to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) regarding disclosure that Net 1 made in relation to the SASSA contract;
making a report to the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) bringing to the attention of the DOJ the corruption allegations and the South African media reports and repeating the allegations made in the report to the JSE; and
falsely seeking to create the impression in media reports and radio interviews that it had been found in the South African court proceedings described above that the tender process was tainted by corruption.
In the lawsuit, Net 1 is seeking damages in the aggregate amount of ZAR 478 million (approximately US$55 million based on the ZAR/US dollar exchange rate on December 11, 2012) plus interest and costs.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
| Date: December 11, 2012 | By: /s/ Serge Belamant |
| Dr. Serge C.P. Belamant | |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of | |
| the Board |