LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC — Major Shareholding Notification 2008

Feb 14, 2008

SC 13G/A 1 dsc13ga.htm SCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT NO. 2 Schedule 13G Amendment No. 2

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2)*

NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common, $.001 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

6410 7 N 206

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2007

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this schedule is filed:

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

x Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

• The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 6410 7 N 206 13G/A Page 2 of 6 Pages

1.	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P. EIN No.: 04-3313066
2.	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3.	SEC USE ONLY
4.	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
6. SHARED VOTING POWER 0
7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 975,343
8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0

9.	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 975,343
10.	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES	¨
11.	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 1.69%*
12.	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN

• Percentage is calculated using as the numerator, the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Reporting Person, and as the denominator, 52,519,579 shares of Common Stock outstanding, plus 5,208,755 outstanding shares of special convertible preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, which are convertible into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

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Item 1	(a).	Name of Issuer
		The name of the issuer to which this filing on Schedule 13G/A relates is Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”).
Item 1	(b).	Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
		The principal executive offices of the Company are located at President Place, 4 th Floor, Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road Rosebank,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Item 2	(a).	Name of Person Filing
		This Statement is being filed on behalf of Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Brookside Fund”).
Brookside Capital Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Brookside Investors”) is the sole general partner of the Brookside Fund. Brookside Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Brookside
Management”), is the sole general partner of Brookside Investors. Mr. Domenic J. Ferrante is the sole managing member of Brookside Management.
Item 2	(b).	Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
		The principal business address of each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors, Brookside Management and Mr. Ferrante is 111 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02199.
Item 2	(c).	Citizenship
		Each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors and Brookside Management is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Ferrante is a
citizen of the United States.
Item 2	(d).	Title of Class of Securities
		The class of equity securities of the Company to which this filing on Schedule 13G/A relates is Common Stock, $.001 Par Value per share
(“Common Stock”).
Item 2	(e).	CUSIP Number
		The CUSIP number of the Company’s Common Stock is 6410 7 N 206.
Item 3.	If this statement is filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
	Not Applicable.
	(a)	¨	Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
	(b)	¨	Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 73c).
	(c)	¨	Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

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(d)	¨	Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e)	¨	An investment adviser in accordance with §13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
(f)	¨	An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
(g)	¨	A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
(h)	¨	A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
(i)	¨	A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).
(j)	¨	Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
	x	If this statement is filed pursuant to §240.13d-1(c), check this box.

Item 4. — Item 4	Ownership — (a).	Amount beneficially owned
		As of the close of business on December 31, 2007, the Brookside Fund owned 975,343 shares of Common Stock. The Brookside Fund acts by and through
its general partner, Brookside Investors. Brookside Investors acts by and through its general partner, Brookside Management. Mr. Domenic J. Ferrante is the managing member of Brookside Management and thus is the controlling person of Brookside
Management. No person other than the respective owner referred to herein of shares of Common Stock is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from or the proceeds from the sale of such shares of Common
Stock.
Item 4	(b).	Percent of Class
		As of the close of business on December 31, 2007, the Brookside Fund was the beneficial owner of 1.69% of the Common Stock of the Company. The
aggregate percentage of Common Stock reported owned by the Brookside Fund is based upon 52,519,579 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which is the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, and 5,208,755 outstanding shares of the
registrant’s special convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, which are convertible into common stock on a one-for-one basis, as of December 31, 2007, based on representations made in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
ending December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2008.
Item 4	(c).	Number of shares as to which such person has:
		(i)	sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
			975,343
		(ii)	shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
			0
		(iii)	sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
			975,343
		(iv)	shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
			0

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Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
	If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following x .
Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
	Not Applicable.
Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:
	Not Applicable.
Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
	Not Applicable.
Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group
	Not Applicable.

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Item 10.
Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the number of shares outstanding, the reporting
persons have no further reporting obligation under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no obligation to amend this Statement if any material change occurs in the facts set forth herein.
By signing below, the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

Dated:
BROOKSIDE CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND, L.P.
By:	/s/ Domenic J. Ferrante
Name:	Domenic J. Ferrante
Title:	Managing Director