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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Name of Employee: |
Herman Kotzé |
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Grant Date: |
August 7, 2007 |
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Number of Award Shares: |
40,000 |
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
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(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 and the Company achieving the
financial performance target set forth in the table below for that
vesting date. Specifically, the financial performance targets set
forth in the table are based on a 25% increase, compounded
annually, in fundamental earnings per share (diluted) (expressed in
South African rand) (referred to hereafter as “
Fundamental EPS ”) above the Fundamental EPS
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. For this purpose,
Fundamental EPS are calculated by adjusting GAAP earnings per share
(diluted) (as reflected in the Company’s audited consolidated
financial statements) to exclude the effects related to the
amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation
charges, one-time, large, unusual expenses as determined in the
discretion of the Committee, and assuming a constant tax rate of
30%. If the Fundamental EPS for the specified fiscal year do not
equal or exceed the Fundamental EPS Target specified in the table,
no Award Shares will become vested and nonforfeitable on the
corresponding vesting date. Any Award Shares that do not become
vested and nonforfeitable because the Fundamental EPS Target is not
met for the specified fiscal year remain outstanding and are
available to become vested and nonforfeitable as of a subsequent
vesting date if the Fundamental EPS Target for a subsequent fiscal
year is met; provided that your Service continues through such
subsequent vesting date. Accordingly, the table reflects the
maximum aggregate percentage of Award Shares that may be vested as
of each vesting date. Any outstanding Award Shares that have not
become vested and nonforfeitable as of September 1, 2011, will be
forfeited by you on September 1, 2011 and transferred to the
Company for no consideration.
VESTING DATE
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FUNDAMENTAL EPS
TARGET
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AGGREGATE
PERCENTAGE OF AWARD
SHARES VESTED
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Prior to September 1, 2009
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0%
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September 1, 2009
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ZAR 15.18 for Fiscal Year
ended June 30, 2009
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33.333%
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September 1, 2010
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ZAR 18.98 for Fiscal Year
ended June 30, 2010
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66.666%
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September 1, 2011
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ZAR 23.73 for Fiscal Year
ended June 30, 2011
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100%
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The
Fundamental EPS Targets will be proportionately adjusted by the
Committee for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
share combination, recapitalization or similar event effected
subsequent to the Grant Date. The Committee, in its sole
discretion, may adjust
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the targets specified in the table above as it
considers in good faith to be appropriate to reflect
“extraordinary items” including, without limitation,
the charges or costs associated with restructurings of the Company,
discontinued operations, other unusual or nonrecurring items, and
the cumulative effects of accounting changes.
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 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
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(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 an
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