First Addendum to Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2024, between Lesaka Technologies Proprietary Limited; Lesaka Technologies, Inc. and the parties listed in Annexure A

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FIRST ADDENDUM TO SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

between

LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES PROPRIETARY LIMITED

LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

and

THE PARTIES LISTED IN ANNEXURE A

 

 

The Central 96 Rivonia Road Docex 111 Sandton www.werksmans.com
Sandton 2196 Johannesburg South Africa Tel    +27 ###-###-####  
Private Bag 10015 Sandton 2146 Fax   +27 ###-###-####  


PARTIES

1.1 The Parties to this First Addendum are -

1.1.1 Lesaka Technologies Proprietary Limited;

1.1.2 Lesaka Technologies Inc.; and

1.1.3 the Parties listed in Annexure A.

1.2 The Parties agree as set out below.

INTERPRETATION

2.1 In this First Addendum -

2.1.1 "Adumo" means Adumo (RF) Proprietary Limited, registration number 2017/540380/07, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in South Africa;

2.1.2 "Adumo ESS" means Adumo ESS Proprietary Limited, registration number 2022/371949/07, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in South Africa;

2.1.3 "CATS" means Crossfin Apis Transactional Solutions Proprietary Limited, registration number 2017/541983/07, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in South Africa;

2.1.4 "First Addendum" means this first addendum contained in this document;

2.1.5 "Parties" means the parties to this First Addendum, and "Party" shall mean any one of them;

2.1.6 "Purchaser" means Lesaka Technologies Proprietary Limited, registration number 2002/031446/07, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in South Africa;

2.1.7 "Sale Agreement" means the agreement headed "Sale and Purchase Agreement" entered into between, inter alia, the Purchaser, CATS and Adumo ESS, on or about 7 May 2024, in terms of which, inter alia, the Purchaser agreed to purchase, inter alia, all of the ordinary issued shares in Adumo from CATS and Adumo ESS; and


2.1.8 "Signature Date" means the date on which the last Party signs this First Addendum, provided that all Parties have signed this First Addendum.

2.2 Words and phrases defined in the Sale Agreement or in the annexures to the Sale Agreement will bear the same meanings herein.

2.3 References to clauses in this First Addendum are to clauses in the Sale Agreement.

INTRODUCTION

3.1 The Parties have agreed to amend the Sale Agreement in terms of this First Addendum.

3.2 The Parties wish to record the amendments upon which they have agreed.

AMENDMENTS TO THE SALE AGREEMENT

4.1 With effect from the Signature Date, the Sale Agreement is hereby amended by:

4.1.1 the replacement of Annexure A (Sellers' Particulars) with the Annexure A attached to this First Addendum as Annexure B;

4.1.2 the replacement of clause 11.5.2 with the following new clause 11.5.2 -

"11.5.2 the Sellers (and/or Sellers' Nominees) may sell, distribute and/or transfer some or all of the Consideration Shares to the direct or indirect shareholders of the Sellers, including the Related Seller Entities, the Purchaser and Lirast (Mauritius) Company Limited (the "Sellers' Transferees") during the Lockup Period, so long as (i) such resale is conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act (to the extent applicable), and (ii) any such Sellers' Transferee agrees in writing, in a form satisfactory to Purchaser Holdco, to be bound by the terms of this clause 11.5 as if it were an original party hereto, and Purchaser Holdco shall use its commercially reasonable endeavours, to the extent within its control, to facilitate the transfer of the Consideration Shares to such Sellers' Transferees; and"; and


4.1.3 the replacement of clause 16.5.1 with the following new clause 16.5.1 -

"16.5.1 furnish to its CSDP, written instructions to credit such CSDP account that each of the Sellers shall designate in writing prior to the Closing Date, with the Consideration Shares (in the amounts set out in Annexure A);".

4.2 The Parties agree, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 11.3 of the Sale Agreement, that the Cash Consideration and the Consideration Shares will be allocated and settled to the Sellers in accordance with the provisions of Annexure A of the Sale Agreement.  The Sellers agree that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Sale Agreement or any investigation or examination conducted, or any knowledge possessed or acquired, by or on behalf of Purchaser Holdco or the Purchaser (i) it is expressly acknowledged and agreed that the allocations between the Sellers and the other Sellers' particulars contained in Annexure A of the Sale Agreement are the sole responsibility of the Sellers, and the Purchaser and Purchaser Holdco shall be entitled to conclusively rely on Annexure A, without any obligation to investigate or verify the accuracy or correctness thereof, and (ii) in no event will the Purchaser or Purchaser Holdco have any liability to any person (including the Sellers) in connection with any claims relating to any alleged inaccuracy or miscalculations in, or otherwise relating to, the preparation or contents or the allocations between the Sellers contained in Annexure A of the Sale Agreement (including any updated version thereof delivered pursuant hereto)

CONFIRMATION OF LESAKA EV TO EQUITY BRIDGE

The Parties hereby confirm that, notwithstanding that the MS Excel document entitled "Lesaka EV to Equity Bridge" was not attached to the Lesaka Reference Email, the Parties have agreed and accepted that such MS Excel document was attached to the email sent by Anil Amin to, inter alia, Dean Sparrow, Grant Manicom and Paul Kent on 06 May 2024 at c.11h13 headed "Project Odyssey - Lesaka Reference Email [Dummy]", and that the MS Excel document entitled "Lesaka EV to Equity Bridge" attached to such email shall constitute the MS Excel document entitled "Lesaka EV to Equity Bridge" referred to in clause 2.1.86 of the Sale Agreement.


FULFILMENT OF CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CLOSING DATE

The Parties, by their signature to this First Addendum, hereby confirm and agree that -

6.1 all Conditions Precedent have been timeously fulfilled or waived, and to the extent that any Condition Precedent has in fact not been fulfilled or waived, then such Condition Precedent is hereby waived in its entirety; and

6.2 notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Sale Agreement, the Designated Date and the Closing Date shall be 1 October 2024.

SAVINGS CLAUSE

Save to the extent specifically or by necessary implication modified in or inconsistent with the provisions of this First Addendum, all of the remaining terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement shall mutatis mutandis continue in full force and effect.

SIGNATURE

8.1 This First Addendum is signed by the Parties on the dates and at the places indicated below.

8.2 This First Addendum may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same First Addendum as at the date of signature of the Party last signing one of the counterparts.

8.3 The persons signing this First Addendum in a representative capacity warrant their authority to do so.

8.4 The Parties record that it is not required for this First Addendum to be valid and enforceable that a Party shall initial the pages of this First Addendum and/or have its signature of this First Addendum verified by a witness.

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SIGNED at Rosebank .......................... on 1 October ......................................................................................................... 2024

For and on behalf of

LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES
PROPRIETARY LIMITED

 

 

/s/ Lincoln C. Mali                               

Signature

Lincoln C. Mali                                    

Name of Signatory

Director                                                    

Designation of Signatory


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SIGNED at Dubai .......................... on 1 October ......................................................................................................... 2024

For and on behalf of

LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

/s/Naeem E. Kola                                    

Signature

Naeem E. Kola                                       

Name of Signatory

Director                                                  

Designation of Signatory


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ANNEXURE A - OTHER PARTIES

Full Names

Registration
Number and
Jurisdiction

Signature

Crossfin Apis Transactional Solutions Proprietary Limited

2017/541983/07

(South Africa)

SIGNED at Bedfordview on 1/10/2024

 

/s/ Dean Sparrow                                                              

Signature

 

 

Dean Sparrow                                                                       

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                            

Designation of Signatory

 

 

/s/ Paul Kent                                                                    

Signature

 

 

Paul Kent                                                                        

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                           

Designation of Signatory

Adumo ESS Proprietary Limited

2022/371949/07

(South Africa)

SIGNED at Johannesburg on 9/30/2024

 

/s/ Paul Kent                                                                      

Signature

 

 

Paul Kent                                                                              

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                               

Designation of Signatory

Adumo (RF) Proprietary Limited

2017/540380/07

(South Africa)

SIGNED at Johannesburg on 9/30/ 2024

 

/s/ Paul Kent                                                                          

Signature

 

 

Paul Kent                                                                               

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                                 

Designation of Signatory



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Full Names

Registration
Number and
Jurisdiction

Signature

Crossfin SPV 1 Proprietary Limited

2021/704220/07

(South Africa)

SIGNED at Bedfordview on 1/10/2024

 

/s/ Dean Sparrow                                                                     

Signature

 

 

Dean Sparrow                                                                         

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                                    

Designation of Signatory

 

 

/s/ Nicolas Smalle                                                                     

Signature

 

 

Nicolas Smalle                                                                          

Name of Signatory

 

 

Director                                                                                     

Designation of Signatory



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ANNEXURE B - SELLERS' PARTICULARS

Full Names

Registration
Number and
Jurisdiction

Designated Bank Account

Sale Shares

Sellers'
Proportions

Consideration
Shares to be
issued to the
Seller

Cash
Consideration
payable to the
Seller

Physical
Address

Email Address

Crossfin Apis Transactional Solutions Proprietary Limited

2017/541983/07


Account
Holder:

Crossfin Apis Transactional Solutions (Pty) Ltd

990,018 ordinary no par value shares

97.28%

 

16,876,224

R227,934,591.00

Office 2-15 Workshop 17 The Bank

24 Cradock Avenue

Rosebank

2196

XXX

 

Bank:

XXX

Branch:

XXX

182,716 ordinary shares (previously 182,716 class "B" preference shares)

South Africa


Branch
Code: / Swift Code

Branch code XXX

Swift Code XXX

Account Number:

XXX

160,082 class "C" preference shares


Reference:

Sale of Adumo / Odyssey



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Full Names

Registration
Number and
Jurisdiction

Designated Bank Account

Sale Shares

Sellers'
Proportions

Consideration
Shares to be
issued to the
Seller

Cash
Consideration
payable to the
Seller

Physical
Address

Email Address

Adumo ESS Proprietary Limited

2022/371949/07

Account Holder:

Crossfin Apis Transactional Solutions (Pty) Ltd

37,218 ordinary shares

2.72%

403,579

R4,223,831.00

3 Muswell Road

Wedgewood Office Block

Block E and C

Bryanston

Gauteng

2191

XXX

 

Bank:

XXX

Branch:

XXX

South Africa

Branch Code: / Swift Code

Branch code XXX

Swift Code

XXX

Account Number:

XXX

Reference:

Odyssey Adumo ESS

Crossfin SPV 1 Proprietary Limited

(being made a party to the Agreement for purposes of binding it to clauses 4.1.18 and 4.5)

2021/704220/07

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Office 2-15 Workshop 17 The Bank

24 Cradock Avenue

Rosebank

2196

XXX

South Africa