Allan Gray reports beneficial interest of 6.2 million shares in Net1 Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Registered in the state of Florida, USA (IRS Employer Identification No. 98-0171860) Nasdaq share code: UEPS JSE share code: NT1 ISIN: US64107N2062 (“Net1” or “the Company”) Allan Gray reports beneficial interest of 6.2 million shares in Net1 On April 2, 2013, Allan Gray Proprietary Limited (“Allan Gray”) reported on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) that entities wholly-owned by Allan Gray (“Allan Gray entities”) have acquired a beneficial interest representing 6,234,316 shares of Net1’s common stock. The total beneficial interest held by Allan Gray entities, as of the reporting date, represents 13.67% of the 45,600,471 issued and outstanding shares, net of treasury shares, of Net1’s common stock. Allan Gray is a South African investment management company. About Net1 (www.net1.com) We are a leading provider of alternative payment systems that leverage our Universal Electronic Payment System, or UEPS, to facilitate biometrically secure real-time electronic transaction processing to unbanked and under-banked populations of developing economies around the world in an online or offline environment. In addition to payments, UEPS can be used for banking, healthcare management, payroll, remittances, voting and identification. We operate market-leading payment processors in South Africa, Republic of Korea and Ghana. In addition, our proprietary Mobile Virtual Card technology offers secure mobile payments and banking services in developed and emerging countries. We have a primary listing on the Nasdaq and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited. Investor Relations Contact: Dhruv Chopra Vice President of Investor Relations Phone: +1-212-626-6675 Email: dchopra@net1.com Johannesburg April 4, 2013 Sponsor Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited Date: 04/04/2013 05:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.