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Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation
Options
The following table presents stock options vested and expected to vest as of
 
September 30, 2024:
No
 
stock options became exercisable during each of the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The Company issues
new shares to satisfy stock option exercises.
 
 
12.
 
Stock-based compensation (continued)
Stock option and restricted stock activity (continued)
Restricted stock
The following table summarizes restricted stock activity for the three
 
months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of
shares
Weighted
average
exercise
price
($)
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
(in years)
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
($'000)
Weighted
average
grant date
fair value
($)
Outstanding - June 30, 2024
4,918,248
8.70
4.51
889
1.77
Forfeited
(13,333)
11.23
-
-
8.83
Outstanding - September 30, 2024
4,904,915
8.67
4.33
1,117
1.76
Outstanding - June 30, 2023
673,274
4.37
5.14
239
1.67
Exercised
(6,793)
3.07
-
5
-
Forfeited
(175,776)
3.58
-
-
1.22
Outstanding - September 30, 2023
490,705
4.68
6.30
199
1.82
Grants
In August 2024, the Company granted
32,800
 
shares of restricted stock to employees which have
 
time -based vesting conditions.
 
No
 
restricted stock was awarded during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
Vesting
In July 2024 and 2023, respectively,
78,801
 
and
78,800
 
shares of restricted stock granted to our former Group CEO vested.
Forfeitures
During
 
the
 
three
 
months
 
ended
 
September
 
30,
 
2024
 
and
 
2023,
 
respectively,
 
employees
 
forfeited
3,100
 
and
8,127
 
shares
 
of
restricted stock following their termination of employment with the Company.
Stock-based compensation charge and unrecognized compensation
 
cost
The Company recorded a stock-based compensation charge, net during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, of
$
2.4
 
million and $
1.8
 
million, respectively,
 
which comprised:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The stock-based compensation charges
 
have been allocated to selling,
 
general and administration based
 
on the allocation of the
cash compensation paid to the relevant employees.
 
12.
 
Stock-based compensation (continued)
Stock-based compensation charge and unrecognized compensation
 
cost (continued)
As
 
of
 
September
 
30,
 
2024,
 
the
 
total
 
unrecognized
 
compensation
 
cost
 
related
 
to
 
stock
 
options
 
was
 
$
3.9
 
million,
 
which
 
the
Company expects to
 
recognize over
two years
. As
 
of September 30,
 
2024, the total
 
unrecognized compensation cost
 
related to
 
restricted
stock awards was $
3.6
 
million, which the Company expects to recognize over
two years
.
During the three months ended
 
September 30, 2024 and 2023,
 
the Company recorded a deferred
 
tax benefit of $
0.3
 
million and
$
0.05
 
million, respectively,
 
related to
 
the stock-based
 
compensation charge
 
recognized related
 
to employees
 
of Lesaka.
 
During the
three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2024
 
and 2023
 
the Company
 
recorded a
 
valuation allowance
 
of $
0.3
 
million and
 
$
0.05
 
million,
respectively,
 
related to
 
the deferred
 
tax benefit
 
recognized because
 
it does
 
not believe
 
that the
 
stock-based compensation
 
deduction
would
 
be
 
utilized
 
as
 
it
 
does
 
not
 
anticipate
 
generating
 
sufficient
 
taxable
 
income
 
in
 
the
 
United
 
States.
 
The
 
Company
 
deducts
 
the
difference
 
between
 
the market
 
value
 
on the
 
date of
 
exercise by
 
the option
 
recipient and
 
the exercise
 
price
 
from income
 
subject
 
to
taxation in the United States.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
charge
 
Allocated to cost
of goods sold, IT
processing,
servicing and
support
Allocated to
selling, general
and
administration
Three months ended September 30, 2024
Stock-based compensation charge
 
$
2,377
$
-
$
2,377
Total - three months
 
ended September 30, 2024
$
2,377
$
-
$
2,377
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Stock-based compensation charge
 
$
1,768
$
-
$
1,768
Reversal of stock compensation charge related to stock
options and restricted stock forfeited
(9)
-
(9)
Total - three months
 
ended September 30, 2023
$
1,759
$
-
$
1,759
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of
shares of
restricted stock
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
($’000)
Non-vested – June 30, 2024
2,084,946
8,736
Total granted
32,800
154
Granted – August 2024
32,800
154
Total vested
(78,801)
394
Vested
 
– July 2024
(78,801)
394
Forfeitures
(3,100)
15
Non-vested – September 30, 2024
2,035,845
8,449
Non-vested – June 30, 2023
2,614,419
11,869
Total vested
(78,800)
302
Vested
 
– July 2023
(78,800)
302
Forfeitures
(8,127)
32
Non-vested – September 30, 2023
2,527,492
11,475
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of
shares
Weighted
average
exercise
price
($)
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
(in years)
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
($’000)
Exercisable - September 30, 2024
378,009
4.49
5.32
364
These options have an exercise price range of $
3.01
 
to $
14.00
.
The following table presents stock options that are exercisable as of September
 
30, 2024:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of
shares
Weighted
average
exercise
price
($)
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
(in years)
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
($’000)
Vested
 
and expecting to vest - September 30, 2024
4,904,915
8.67
4.33
1,117
12.
 
Stock-based compensation
The Company’s
 
Amended and Restated
 
2022 Stock
 
Incentive Plan (“20
 
22 Plan”)
 
and the vesting
 
terms of certain
 
stock-based
awards granted are described in Note 17 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2024.
Stock option and restricted stock activity
 
Options
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months
 
ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
No
 
stock options
 
were awarded
 
during each
 
of the
 
three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2024
 
and 2023.
No
 
stock options
 
were
exercised
 
during
 
the
 
three
 
months
 
ended
 
September
 
30,
 
2024.
 
During
 
the
 
three
 
months ended
 
September
 
30,
 
2023,
 
the Company
received
 
approximately
 
$
0.02
 
million
 
from
 
the exercise
 
of
6,793
 
stock options.
 
Employees forfeited
 
an aggregate
 
of
13,333
 
stock
options during the three months
 
ended September 30, 2024. Employees and
 
a non-employee director forfeited an
 
aggregate of
175,776
stock options during the three months ended September 30, 2023.