# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001041514
**File Stem:** 0001062993-26-002359
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 22568
**Document Hash:** a1b793e2532604b0a80ad5ddbbc64075
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001062993-26-002359.hdr.sgml**: 20260506

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001062993-26-002359

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260506

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260506

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260506

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001041514
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** FUNCTIONS RELATED TO DEPOSITORY BANKING, NEC [6099]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 980171860
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** FL
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-295595
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26948292

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 4TH FLOOR, PRESIDENT PLACE
- **STREET 2:** CNR. JAN SMUTS & BOLTON
- **CITY:** ROSEBANK, JOHANNESBURG
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** T3
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 27 11 343 2000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 4TH FLOOR, PRESIDENT PLACE
- **STREET 2:** CNR. JAN SMUTS & BOLTON
- **CITY:** ROSEBANK, JOHANNESBURG
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** T3

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000724

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| **As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2026** |
| **Registration No. 333-** |

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

Washington, D.C. 20549

**__________________**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

**__________________**

<u>**LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.**</u>

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

**__________________**

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| <u>**Florida**</u> | <u>**98-0171860**</u> |
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.) |

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**President Place, 4th Floor, Cnr.**

**Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road**

<u>**Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa**</u>

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

**__________________**

<u>**Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan**</u>

(Full title of the plan)

**__________________**

**Ali Mazanderani**

**Executive Chairman**

**Lesaka Technologies, Inc.**

**President Place, 4th Floor**

**Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road**

<u>**Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa**</u>

(Name and address of agent for service)

**__________________**

<u>**27-11-343-2000**</u>

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

**__________________**

***Copy to:***

**Eric Orsic, Esq.**

**McDermott Will & Schulte LLP**

**444 West Lake Street, Suite 4000**

**Chicago, IL 60606-0029**

<u>**Tel: (312) 372-2000**</u>

**__________________**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☒ <br> Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ <br> Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") to register (i) an additional 3,000,000 shares (the "Amendment Shares") of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company reserved for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan of Lesaka Technologies, Inc., as amended (the "Plan" and as amended to include the Amendment Shares, the "Plan Amendment") and (ii) 300,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Recycled Shares," and, together with the Amendment Shares, the "Shares") that may become available for issuance pursuant to the share counting and share recycling provisions of the Plan, including upon the expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or other termination of awards. The Plan Amendment was adopted by the Company's Board of Directors on September 2, 2025, subject to shareholder approval, which was obtained at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 8, 2025.

The Shares being registered are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on the Company's Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 16, 2022 (File No. 333-268414) and on November 26, 2024 (File No. 333-283476) (the "Prior Registration Statements").

This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of additional securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, to the extent relating to the registration of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.

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**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.**

The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on September 29, 2025, and Amendment No.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 4, 2026;

(b) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on November 5, 2025 and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2025 filed with the Commission on February 4, 2026;

(c) the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 2, 2025, September 9, 2025, September 10, 2025, December 8, 2025 February 27, 2026 and April 1, 2026;

(d) the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 from the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on October 29, 2025; and

(e) the description of the Company's Common Stock, set forth in the Company's registration statements pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information disclosed by the Company under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Company may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

**Item 8. Exhibits.**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[3.1](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322012683/exhibit3-1.htm) | [Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2022 (SEC File No. 000-31203))](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322012683/exhibit3-1.htm). |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[3.2](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322012683/exhibit3-2.htm) | [Amended and Restated By-Laws of Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (as amended through May 2022) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2022 (SEC File No. 000-31203))](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322012683/exhibit3-2.htm). |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[5.1](exhibit5-1.htm) | [Opinion of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP.](exhibit5-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[23.1](exhibit23-1.htm) | [Consent of KPMG, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting firm of the Registrant.](exhibit23-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[23.2](exhibit23-2.htm) | [Consent of Deloitte & Touche, Predecessor Independent Registered Public Accounting firm of the Registrant.](exhibit23-2.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[23.3](exhibit5-1.htm) | [Consent of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP (included in exhibit 5.1).](exhibit5-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[24.1](#page_4) | [Power of Attorney (included on signature page).](#page_4) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[99.1](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322020099/formdef14a.htm) | [Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective November 16, 2022, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on September 30, 2022.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299322020099/formdef14a.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[99.2](http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299325016371/formdef14a.htm) | [Amendment to Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended effective June 3, 2024, is incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 22, 2024.](http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299325016371/formdef14a.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[99.3](http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299325016371/formdef14a.htm) | [Amendment to Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended effective December 8, 2025, is incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on October 29, 2025.](http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000106299325016371/formdef14a.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[107](exhibitfilingfees.htm) | [Calculation of Filing Fee Tables.](exhibitfilingfees.htm) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Johannesburg, South Africa on the date stated below.

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| LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | LESAKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Ali Mazanderani |
|  | Ali Mazanderani <br>Executive Chairman |
|  | Date: May 6, 2026 |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ali Mazanderani and Dan Smith, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates stated below.

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| /s/ Ali Mazanderani |
| Name: Ali Mazanderani |
| Title: Executive Chairman and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
| Date: May 6, 2026 |
| /s/ Dan Smith |
| Name: Dan Smith<br> Title: Group Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)<br> Date: May 6, 2026 |
| /s/ Lincoln Mali |
| Name: Lincoln Mali |
| Title: Director |
| Date: May 6, 2026 |
| /s/ Venessa Naidoo |
| Name: Venessa Naidoo |
| Title: Director |
| Date: May 6, 2026 |
| /s/ Kuben Pillay |
| Name: Kuben Pillay |
| Title: Director |
| Date: May 6, 2026 |
| /s/ Dean Sparrow |
| Name: Dean Sparrow |
| Title: Director |
| Date: May 6, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 5.1

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**EXHIBIT 5.1**

May 6, 2026

Lesaka Technologies, Inc.

President Place, 4th Floor

Cnr. Jan Smuts Avenue and Bolton Road

Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa

Re: Lesaka Technologies, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are rendering this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "<u>Registration Statement</u>") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the purpose of registering an aggregate of 3,300,000 shares (the "<u>Shares</u>") of Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the "<u>Common Stock</u>"), of Lesaka Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "<u>Company</u>"), consisting of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "<u>Plan</u>"), plus 300,000 shares of Common Stock that may become available for issuance pursuant to the share counting and share recycling provisions of the Plan.

We have examined and relied, to the extent we deem proper, on certificates of officers of the Company as to factual matters, and on the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of all such corporate records of the Company and such other instruments, documents and records which we have deemed relevant and necessary for the purposes of the opinion expressed herein. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

Based on the foregoing, we advise you that, in our opinion, all corporate proceedings necessary for the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Shares have been duly taken and, when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than law of the Florida Business Corporation Act.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and we consent to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

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## Exhibit 23.1

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**Exhibit 23.1**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the use of our reports dated September 29, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Lesaka Technologies, Inc, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG Inc.<br>Johannesburg, South Africa

**May 6, 2026**

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## Exhibit 23.2

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**Exhibit 23.2**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 12, 2023 (September 29, 2025 as to Notes 10, 16 and 21) relating to the financial statements of Lesaka Technologies, Inc., appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lesaka Technologies, Inc. for the year ended June 30, 2025.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche<br>Johannesburg, South Africa

**May 6, 2026**

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## Ex-Filing

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| | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Security Type**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Security Class Title**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Fee Calculation Rule**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Amount Registered**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Fee Rate**  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Amount of Registration Fee**  |
| 1 | Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | Other | 3300000 | $4.84 | $15972000.00 | 0.0001381 | $2205.73 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: |  | $15972000.00  |  | $2205.73  |
| Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  |  |  |  | $0.00  |
| Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  |  |  |  | $2205.73  |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <sup>1</sup> Lesaka Technologies, Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register an aggregate of 3,300,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), which may be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), consisting of (i) 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of the Plan and (ii) 300,000 shares of Common Stock that may become available for issuance pursuant to the share counting and share recycling provisions of the Plan, including upon the expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or other termination of awards. In addition, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of Common Stock, which may be issued pursuant to the Plan to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based on the average of the high and low prices of the shares of the Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 4, 2026.

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