Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

21. Subsequent events

Lesaka ESOP Trust

On November 14, 2024, the Company announced that its shareholders voted on and approved the funding and issuance of shares

to the Lesaka ESOP Trust at its annual general meeting. The Lesaka Employee Share Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) is designed to create

alignment with the Company's long-term growth objectives. The Lesaka ESOP Trust is also expected to advance the Company’s

transformation initiatives and plays an important role in improving the company’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment

(“BBBEE”) rating. As of November 2024, when shareholders approved the plan, the Company’s employee base is comprised of

approximately

87

% designated groups for BBBEE purposes. Through the creation of a broader base of employee ownership, the

Company is helping to promote economic inclusion and contribute to transformation in the broader South African economy. The

Lesaka ESOP Trust is structured as an evergreen trust, ensuring the permanence of the plan and allowing for the inclusion of future

employees as the Company continues to grow.

The Lesaka ESOP Trust was required to have an effective holding of

3

% of the Company’s issued shares at the date of

implementation, and in February 2025, the Company issued

2,490,000

 shares of its common stock to the Lesaka ESOP Trust. The

subscription price payable by the Lesaka ESOP Trust for the shares was vendor funded by the Company through a notional vendor

funding (“NVF”) structure whereby the Company provided a notional loan to the Lesaka ESOP Trust representing the fair value of

the shares, facilitating the acquisition by the Lesaka ESOP Trust of the shares without requiring any upfront payment by the Lesaka

ESOP Trust except for the payment of a nominal value of $

0.001

 per share. The NVF structure will achieve the same economic effect

as a traditional loan structure from the Company to the Lesaka ESOP Trust to enable the Lesaka ESOP Trust to subscribe for shares

in the Company, but without any actual flow of funds from the Company to the Trust. 

A notional amount on the date of issue was ascribed to each share that the Lesaka ESOP Trust subscribed for, which is equal to

the fair market value of one of the Company shares of common stock (which is the amount the Lesaka ESOP Trust would have paid

for one of the Company’s shares in an ordinary course cash transaction with the Company) less a

10

% discount. The principal amount

on the NVF loan will accrue interest at a fixed rate of

3

% per annum. The NVF will have a

five

-year term. The notional amount was

not recognized in the Company’s financial statements because it represents a formula to calculate the number of the Company’s shares

of common stock to be returned by the Lesaka ESOP Trust to the Company after

five years

.

On or about the 5

th

 anniversary of the implementation date of the ESOP (“Maturity Date”), the Company will have the option to

repurchase a portion of the shares held by the Lesaka ESOP Trust at the nominal aggregate amount to settle the total NVF loan

outstanding. The number of shares to be repurchased will be determined by using a formula set out in the transaction documents that

considers the total NVF loan outstanding on the Maturity Date and the market value of one of the Company’s shares held by the Lesaka

ESOP Trust. The purchase consideration that would have been payable for the shares the Company will repurchase (which is the fair

market value the Company would have paid for the shares in an ordinary course cash transaction with the Lesaka ESOP Trust on the

Maturity Date) will be set off against the total NVF loan outstanding. After settlement of the NVF loan,

50

% of the remaining shares

held by the Lesaka ESOP Trust, if any, will be distributed to eligible employees.

The Lesaka ESOP Trust will hold shares of the Company’s common stock. The Lesaka ESOP Trust will therefore be entitled to

receive its proportionate share of any dividends and other distributions declared by the Company to its shareholders and vote its shares

held on matters requiring shareholder approval.

The Lesaka ESOP Trust is administered by the board of trustees made up of

five

 members nominated by the Company’s Board

and the participants in the ESOP. The Company’s Board has the right to nominate

two

 members to the board of trustees. The balance

of the trustees,

one

 of which must be an independent trustee, are nominated by the participants. The nominees appointed to the board

of trustees may not be members of the Company’s Board or an officer as contemplated in Rule 16a-(f) of the Securities and Exchange

Act of 1934. The nominees of the participants need to meet an election criteria to be eligible for nomination which requires participant

nominees to have been employed by the Group for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least

three years

. The trustees have the

discretion to determine how the Lesaka ESOP Trust should vote shares of the Company common stock held on matters requiring the

Company’s shareholder s approval. The decisions by the trustees are decided by a majority vote.

The Company is responsible for all reasonable operating expenses incurred by the Lesaka ESOP Trust until such time as the

Lesaka ESOP Trust has sufficient cash resources of its own to settle its operating expenses. The Company controls the Lesaka

ESOP

Trust because the Lesaka ESOP Trust is considered to be a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in which the Company has a controlling

financial interest. Accordingly, the Lesaka ESOP Trust is consolidated by the Company. As the Lesaka ESOP Trust is consolidated

by the Company, the

2,490,000

 shares of the Company’s common stock held by Lesaka ESOP Trust are accounted for as treasury

shares at the nominal amount of $

0.001

 per share. Purchases and sales of the Company’s common stock between the Company and

the Lesaka ESOP Trust will be recognized within equity with no profit or loss being recognized in the statement of operations on such

acquisition or disposal. 

21. Subsequent events (continued)

Lesaka ESOP Trust (continued)

Qualifying employees were allocated A and B units. An A unit represents an option for the employees to acquire shares of the

Company’s common stock in future. The A unit represents an equity-settled share-based payment, requiring the recognition of a stock-

based compensation charge over a

five year

 service period. The A units are expected to be measured at their grant date fair value using

a Black Scholes valuation model. A B unit represent an employees’ entitlement to cash payments based on dividends paid by the

Company to the Lesaka ESOP Trust, and consequently distributions that the Lesaka ESOP Trust makes to qualifying employees who

are beneficiaries of the Lesaka ESOP Trust. These payments represent an employee benefit, requiring that the Company to recognize

an expense to the value of the payment made when each payment is made.

Initial qualifying employees are required to have a minimum of

two years

 service with the Company, with criterion being

determined on December 31, 2024. Initial qualifying employees received invitation and allocation notices on or around April 1, 2025.

As employees complete

two years

’ service to any subsidiary of the Company they will become eligible for consideration as a

beneficiary of the Lesaka ESOP Trust. Qualifying employees include employees of recent acquisitions, including Adumo.

On April 1, 2025, the Lesaka ESOP Trust awarded

2,030

 qualifying employees

1,989,400

 A units and

2,030

 B units. Lesaka’s

closing price on the Nasdaq on April 1, 2025 was $

5.00

 per share and each A unit was issued with an initial strike price of $

4.50

 (the

closing price less a

10

% discount) and is expected to grow by

3

% per annum through to April 1, 2030. The Company has not calculated

the grant date fair value of these awards as of the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on May 7, 2025.