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): November 16, 2011 (November 10, 2011)
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, 4thFloor, 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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 10, 2011, the Company, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 18, 2005, by and among the Company, certain present and former shareholders of the Company named therein, as sellers and investment entities affiliated with General Atlantic LLC, as purchasers, granted General Atlantic Partners 80, L.P., General Atlantic Partners 82, L.P., GapStar, LLC, GAP Coinvestments III, LLC, GAP Coinvestments IV, LLC, GAPCO GmbH & Co. KG as a group (collectively, the “General Atlantic Stockholders”), registration rights pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated November 10, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which provides the General Atlantic Stockholders the right to require the Company to register shares of the Company’s common stock held by the General Atlantic Stockholders for underwritten and non-underwritten offerings, including pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 registering all of the common stock held by the General Atlantic Stockholders. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides the General Atlantic Stockholders customary rights to require the Company to include shares of common stock held by the General Atlantic Stockholders in any other registration of shares of common stock initiated by the Company or other stockholders of the Company. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | Registration Rights Agreement dated November 10, 2011 between the Company and the General Atlantic Stockholders. |
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: November 16, 2011 | By: | /s/ Serge C.P. Belamant |
| Dr. Serge C.P. Belamant | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of | ||
| the Board | ||