---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-26-002769"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSAK"
cik: "0001041514"
company_name: "LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T13:01:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T13:03:55.742927+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lesaka corrects prior headline earnings for Q3 FY2026; prior-year headline loss widens significantly

## Summary
- Correction relates solely to classification of fair value changes on equity securities in headline earnings calculation.
- Q3 FY2026 headline net income revised to $2.2M from $2.5M; EPS unchanged at $0.03.
- Q3 FY2025 headline loss revised to ($22.4M) from ($5.4M); basic loss per share revised to ($0.28) from ($0.07).
- Nine-month FY2026 headline net income revised to $2.4M from ($0.2M); EPS revised to $0.03 from $0.00.
- Nine-month FY2025 headline loss revised to ($59.7M) from ($16.1M); loss per share revised to ($0.83) from ($0.22).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-26-002769
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSAK
- cik: 0001041514
- company_name: LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T13:01:08+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299326002769/0001062993-26-002769-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299326002769/form8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC reported Q3 FY2026 results: EPS Headline earnings per share Basic, in USD 0.03 Diluted, in USD 0.03.
  - Period: Q3 FY2026
  - EPS: Headline earnings per share Basic, in USD 0.03 Diluted, in USD 0.03
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On May 18, 2026, Lesaka Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation, filed a Stock Exchange News Service ("SENS") release with the stock exchange operated by JSE Limited advising that it had corrected the headline earnings/ (loss) and headline earnings/ (loss) per share information previously published in its Q3 FY2026 results released on May 7, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299326002769/0001062993-26-002769-index.htm

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