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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): October 25, 2023
LESAKA 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Shares | LSAK | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b -2 of this chapter).
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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. ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 25, 2023, our Remuneration Committee adopted cash incentive awards for fiscal 2024 for Messrs. Christopher Meyer, Naeem Kola, Steven Heilbron and Lincoln Mali.
Cash Incentive Awards for Fiscal 2024
Under the cash incentive awards, each of Messrs. Meyer, Kola, Heilbron and Mali will be eligible to earn a cash incentive award based on a number of quantitative factors based on our fiscal 2024 financial performance and his individual contribution toward the achievement of certain objectives described under "Qualitative Portion of the Cash Incentive Awards" below. The terms of the cash incentive awards are summarized below.
Mr. Christopher Meyer
Mr. Meyer's cash incentive award provides for an expected performance range cash incentive award of between 70% and 140% of his annual base salary of $650,000 for fiscal 2024. A 60% weighting is applied to quantitative performance factors and 40% is based on qualitative factors. The award could amount to a maximum of 140% of Mr. Meyer's base salary based on the assessment of performance against both quantitative and qualitative targets.
Mr. Meyer's maximum award represents 140% of his fiscal 2024 base salary, or $910,000.
Mr. Naeem Kola
Mr. Kola's cash incentive award provides for an expected performance range cash incentive award of between 60% and 120% of his annual base salary of $450,000 for fiscal 2024. A 60% weighting is applied to quantitative performance factors and 40% is based on qualitative factors. The award could amount to a maximum of 120% of Mr. Kola's base salary based on the assessment of performance against both quantitative and qualitative targets.
Mr. Kola's maximum award represents 120% of his fiscal 2024 base salary, or $540,000.
Mr. Steven Heilbron
Mr. Heilbron's cash incentive award provides for an expected performance range cash incentive award of between 60% and 120% of his annual base salary of $350,000 for fiscal 2024. A 65% weighting is applied to quantitative performance factors and 35% is based on qualitative factors. The award could amount to a maximum of 120% of Mr. Heilbron's base salary based on the assessment of performance against both quantitative and qualitative targets.
Mr. Heilbron's maximum award represents 120% of his fiscal 2024 base salary, or $420,000.
Mr. Lincoln Mali
Mr. Mali's cash incentive award provides for an expected performance range cash incentive award of between 60% and 120% of his annual base salary of ZAR 7,245,000 for fiscal 2024. A 60% weighting is applied to quantitative performance factors and 40% is based on qualitative factors. The award could increase to a maximum of 120% of Mr. Mali's base salary, based on the assessment of performance against both quantitative and qualitative targets.
Mr. Mali's maximum award represents 120% of his fiscal 2024 base salary, or ZAR 8,694,000 ($457,579, translated at a $:ZAR exchange rate of $1: ZAR 19.00).
Quantitative Portion of the Cash Incentive Awards
Mr. Meyer will be eligible to receive an amount up to 84% of his annual base salary, each of Messrs. Kola and Mali will be eligible to receive an amount up to 72% of their individual annual base salary, and Mr. Heilbron will be eligible to receive an amount up to 78% of his annual base salary if specified quantitative targets are achieved. The quantitative targets are as follows:
| Allocation of quantitative portion to quantitative targets | ||||||||||||
| Quantitative targets: | Meyer | Kola | Heilbron | Mali | ||||||||
| F2024 financial targets | 30% | 30% | 20% | 35% | ||||||||
| Net debt/ EBITDA target | 10% | 15% | - | - | ||||||||
| F2024 agreed Consumer segment key performance indicators | 10% | 8% | - | 10% | ||||||||
| F2024 agreed Merchant segment key performance indicators | 10% | 7% | 15% | - | ||||||||
| F2024 Consumer financial targets | - | - | - | 15% | ||||||||
| F2024 Merchant financial targets | - | - | 30% | - | ||||||||
| Total quantitative portion of cash incentive awards | 60% | 60% | 65% | 60% | ||||||||
The Remuneration Committee may award between:
based on its assessment of each executive's achievement against these quantitative targets.
Qualitative Portion of the Cash Incentive Awards
Mr. Meyer will be eligible to receive an amount up to 56% of his annual base salary based on his contribution towards enhancing shareholder value through performance criteria, which include (with agreed weighting as a percent of total qualitative award (40%) in parentheses):
Mr. Kola will be eligible to receive an amount up to 48% of his annual base salary based on his contribution towards enhancing shareholder value through performance criteria, which include (with agreed weighting as a percent of total qualitative award (40%) in parentheses):
Mr. Heilbron will be eligible to receive an amount up to 42% of his annual base salary based on his contribution towards enhancing shareholder value through performance criteria, which include (with agreed weighting as a percent of total qualitative award (35%) in parentheses):
Mr. Mali will be eligible to receive an amount up to 48% of his annual base salary based on his contribution towards enhancing shareholder value through performance criteria, which include (with agreed weighting as a percent of total qualitative award (40%) in parentheses):
The Remuneration Committee may award between:
based on its assessment of each executive’s progress against these qualitative targets.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| Date: October 27, 2023 | By: | /s/ Naeem E. Kola |
| Name: | Naeem E. Kola | |
| Title: | Group Chief Financial Officer | |