NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
FOR NON-U.S. EMPLOYEES
Net 1
UEPS Technologies, Inc. (the “ Company ”)
has granted to the Employee named below (“ you
” or “ your ”), effective as of the
Grant Date specified below, restricted shares (each, an “
Award Share ,” and collectively, the “
Award Shares ”) of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company (the “ Common
Stock ”) upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Restricted Stock Agreement (the “
Agreement ”) and the Amended and Restated 2004
Stock Incentive Plan of Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (the “
Plan ”), the provisions of which are
incorporated into this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 7 of this Agreement with respect to applicable tax and
social insurance withholding, you are not required to pay any
amount to the Company for the receipt of these Award Shares. By
signing this Agreement, you: (a) acknowledge that you have read
this Agreement; (b) accept the Award Shares subject to all of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (c) agree to accept as
binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of
the Company upon any questions arising under this Agreement. For
purposes of this Agreement, actions and determinations to be made
by the Company may be made by the Board of Directors of the Company
or by such committee or delegate as may be appointed by the Board
of Directors from time to time.
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1.
D EFINITIONS AND C
ONSTRUCTION .
Unless
otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. The captions and titles
contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and do not
affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement.
2.
V ESTING ;
T ERMINATION OF E
MPLOYMENT OR S ERVICE
.
(a) All
of the Award Shares are nonvested and forfeitable as of the Grant
Date. For clarity, as used in this Agreement, the term
“vest” means the lapse of restrictions on the Award
Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The
Award Shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, if at all, in
accordance with the rules set forth below, provided
that your employment or other service with the Company or
its affiliate (such employment or other service with the Company or
its affiliate referred to hereafter as “
Service ”) is continuous from the Grant Date
through the applicable vesting date and the conditions for vesting
have been satisfied. No Award Shares shall vest or become
nonforfeitable after the date your Service terminates for any
reason. If your Service with the
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Company ceases for any reason, all Award Shares
that are not then vested and nonforfeitable will be immediately
forfeited by you and transferred to the Company upon such cessation
for no consideration.
(c) Vesting
of the Award Shares is conditioned upon your continuous Service
through the applicable vesting date. [Insert any applicable
performance criteria]
3.
R ESTRICTIONS ON T
RANSFER .
(a) Until
an Award Share becomes vested and nonforfeitable, it may not be
sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, exchanged, or
disposed of in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise),
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall
not be subject to execution, attachment, anticipation, alienation,
encumbrance, garnishment by your creditors or beneficiaries, or
similar process.
(b) Any
attempt to dispose of any such Award Shares in contravention of the
restrictions set forth in Section 3(a) shall be null and void and
without effect. The Company shall not be required to (i) transfer
on its books any Award Shares that have been sold or transferred in
contravention of this Agreement or (ii) treat as the owner of Award
Shares, or otherwise accord voting, dividend, or liquidation rights
to, any transferee to whom Award Shares have been transferred in
contravention of this Agreement.
4.
C OMPANY -A
SSISTED S ALES OF
S HARES ; G
RANT OF P OWER OF
A TTORNEY FOR S ALE
OF S HARES .
You
acknowledge that you have been advised that it may be impracticable
for you on your own to sell, or to arrange for a sale through a
broker or otherwise, vested Award Shares. Therefore, the Company
expects to assist you in this regard by facilitating the sale of
vested Award Shares, with the method and timing of such sales to be
determined by the Executive Committee of the Company, although the
Company has no obligation to do so. However, in the event that the
Company does attempt to facilitate any such sale of vested Award
Shares, the Company does not represent to you that such sale will
be completed, or if it is completed, that vested Award Shares will
be sold at any particular price or require any particular level of
brokerage commissions. You hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint Dr. Serge C.P. Belamant and Mr. Herman Gideon Kotze, each
with full power and authority to act together or alone in any
matter hereunder and with full power of substitution, your true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact (individually an “
Attorney ,” and collectively, the “
Attorneys ”), with full power and authority in
your name, for and on your behalf, with respect to all matters
arising in connection with the sale of vested Award Shares,
including, but not limited to, the power and authority on your
behalf to take any and all of the following actions: (i) to sell
such vested Award Shares through a broker, including a transaction
in which the broker will act as a principal, at a purchase price
per share as determined by negotiation between the Company, the
Attorneys, and the broker and to complete, execute, and deliver a
stock power in relation to the sale of vested Award Shares; (ii) on
your behalf, to make representations and warranties and enter into
appropriate agreements to effect the sale of such vested Award
Shares; (iv) to instruct the Company’s transfer agent as the
Attorneys shall determine on all matters pertaining to the delivery
and custody of certificates for such
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vested Award Shares; (v) to incur or authorize
the incurrence of any necessary or appropriate expense in
connection with the sale of such vested Award Shares; (vi) if
necessary, to endorse (in blank or otherwise) on your behalf the
certificate(s) representing such vested Award Shares and a stock
power or powers attached to such certificate(s); and (vii) to sign
such other certificates, documents, and agreements and take any and
all other actions as the Attorneys may deem necessary or desirable
in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the power of attorney granted under this Section 4.
Each Attorney may act alone in exercising the rights and powers
conferred on the Attorneys. Each Attorney is hereby empowered to
determine in his sole discretion the time or times when, the
purpose for and the manner in which any power herein conferred upon
him shall be exercised, and the conditions, provisions, or
covenants of any instrument or document which may be executed by
him pursuant hereto. The power of attorney granted under this
Section 4 is an agency coupled with an interest and all authority
conferred hereby shall be irrevocable, and shall not be terminated
by any act of yours or by operation of law, whether by your death,
disability, or incapacity or by the occurrence of any other event
or events. It is understood that the Attorneys assume no
responsibility or liability for any aspect of offering or selling
any vested Award Shares and shall not be liable for any error of
judgment or for any act done or omitted or for any mistake of fact
or law except for the Attorneys’ own gross negligence,
willful misconduct, or bad faith. It is understood that the
Attorneys, in acting pursuant to this power of attorney, are not
acting in a fiduciary capacity on your behalf and are not required
to, nor will they necessarily, obtain the best available price or
the lowest possible fee or commission when negotiating or otherwise
facilitating any sale of Award Shares pursuant to this power of
attorney. The power of attorney granted under this Section 4 shall
be binding upon you and your heirs, legal representatives,
distributees, successors, and assigns.
5.
C ERTIFICATE R
EGISTRATION .
Physical
possession or custody of such stock certificates shall be retained
by the Company until such time as the Award Shares are transferable
without restriction and, thereafter, the Company shall either issue
and deliver to you one or more certificates in your name for the
applicable number of vested Award Shares or provide for
uncertificated, book entry issuance of those Award Shares. Upon the
request of the Company, you shall deliver to the Company a stock
power, endorsed in blank, with respect to any Award Shares that
have been forfeited pursuant to this Agreement. All regular cash
dividends on the Award Shares held by the Company will be paid
directly to you on the dividend payment date.
6.
L EGENDS .
Until
the Award Shares become vested and nonforfeitable, the Company may
at any time place legends referencing any restrictions on transfer
and any applicable U.S. federal, state, or foreign securities law
restrictions on all certificates representing Award Shares subject
to the provisions of this Agreement. You shall, at the request of
the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all
certificates representing Award Shares in your possession in order
to carry out the provisions of this Section 6.
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7.
T AX AND /
OR S OCIAL
I NSURANCE W
ITHHOLDING .
7.1
Generally . At the time any withholding is
required by applicable law, or at any time thereafter as requested
by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and
any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make
adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal,
state, local, and foreign tax and social insurance withholding
obligations of the Company or its affiliate, if any, which arise in
connection with the grant or vesting of the Award Shares. The
Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock
or issue any Common Stock certificate until you have satisfied the
tax and social insurance withholding obligations of the Company or
its affiliate. The Company may, in its sole discretion, permit you
to sati
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