Net1 Completes Acquisition of KSNET, Inc.
01 November 2010 - 9:05PM
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Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: UEPS) (JSE: NT1) ("Net1" or
the "Company") today announced that effective October 29, 2010, it
has completed its acquisition of 98.73% of KSNET, Inc. in the
Republic of Korea ("Korea") for 270 billion Korean Won ("KRW"), or
approximately $240 million based on the exchange rates on October
29, 2010. The transaction was funded partly through a five-year
facility with a consortium of Korean banks led by Hana Bank in the
amount of KRW 130.5 billion, and the balance from the Company's
available cash reserves. The transaction is expected to be
immediately accretive to fundamental earnings (which is a non-GAAP
measure).
The acquisition of KSNET expands Net1's international footprint
as well as diversifies the Company's revenue, earnings and product
portfolio. The combination is expected to capitalize on multiple
revenue synergies and provide an established base in Asia for
further business development activities in the region.
Net1 management will discuss the transaction in more detail when
it hosts its first quarter fiscal 2011 earnings call at 8am ET on
November 10, 2010.
About KSNet
KSNet services a broad range of industries in Korea, including
credit card, retail and wholesale merchant, financial institutions,
governmental organizations, utility companies and e-commerce
businesses. It offers payment processing solutions including
payment card and banking value added networks, payment gateways,
cash receipt, purchase cards and point cards. It has a diverse
merchant base and processed over 1.4 billion transactions in
2009.
About Net1 (www.net1.com)
Net1 provides its universal electronic payment system, or UEPS,
as an alternative payment system for the unbanked and under-banked
populations of developing economies. Our market- leading system
enables the estimated four billion people who generally have
limited or no access to a bank account, to enter affordably into
electronic transactions with each other, government agencies,
employers, merchants and other financial service providers. Our
universal electronic payment system, or UEPS, uses smart cards that
operate in real-time but offline, unlike traditional payment
systems offered by major banking institutions that require
immediate access through a communications network to a centralized
computer. This offline capability means that users of the Net1
system can enter into transactions at any time with other card
holders even in the most remote areas so long as a portable offline
smart card reader is available. In addition to payments and
purchases, UEPS can be used for banking, healthcare management,
international money transfers, voting and identification.
Net1 also focuses on the development and provision of secure
transaction technology, solutions and services and offers
transaction processing, financial and clinical risk management
solutions to both funders and providers of healthcare. Its core
competencies around secure online transaction processing,
cryptography and integrated circuit card (chip/smartcard)
technologies are principally applied to electronic commerce
transactions in the telecommunications, banking, retail, petroleum
and utilities market sectors.
Net1 has a primary listing on the Nasdaq and a secondary listing
on the JSE Limited.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, included in this press release
regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position,
future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives
of management are forward-looking statements. The Company may not
actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in
its forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could
differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations
disclosed in the forward-looking statements that the Company makes.
Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not
limited to: the risk that the Company's business and the KSNet
business will not be integrated successfully; the possibility that
the expected synergies from the acquisition will not be realized,
or will not be realized within the expected time period; disruption
from the acquisition making it more difficult to maintain business
and operational relationships; and other factors, many of which are
beyond the Company's control; and other important factors included
in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, particularly in the "Risk Factors" section of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2010, as such Risk Factors may be updated from time to time in
subsequent reports. The Company does not assume any obligation to
update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
Contacts: Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. - Investor Relations
Contact: Dhruv Chopra Vice President of Investor Relations
+1-212-626-6675 dchopra@net1.com www.net1.com
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