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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-24-017188"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSAK"
cik: "0001041514"
company_name: "LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T22:01:24.357029+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lesaka completes Adumo acquisition for ZAR 1.67B (17.3M shares + ZAR 232M cash)

## Summary
- Total consideration ZAR 1.67B ($96.2M) via 17,279,803 shares and ZAR 232.2M cash.
- Acquisition adds 1.7M consumers, 120K merchants, annual throughput ZAR 270B.
- Lesaka buying 2,601,410 of its own shares for ZAR 207.2M from Crossfin to provide liquidity to indirect Adumo shareholders.
- Adumo CEO Paul Kent joins executive team; Crossfin CEO Dean Sparrow joins board.
- Financing via ZAR 665M bridge facility from RMB unsecured at Prime+1.80%, due Dec 13, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-24-017188
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSAK
- cik: 0001041514
- company_name: LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299324017188/0001062993-24-017188-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299324017188/form8k.htm

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