Naspers Limited

Detailed financials for the six months ended September 2019

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Naspers today

V

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Sustainable leadership positions

#1 in South Africa

$109bn

Market capitalisation1

#1 in South Africa

#1 in South Africa

Largest Consumer Internet Company in Europe

1Source: Bloomberg, priced at 30 September 2019.

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Bringing world-class online shopping and food delivery to SA

GeneralFashion

#1ecommerce retailer in South Africa

Solid performance from the 1P business

Mr D grew orders by 111%and GMV by 105%YoY2

Food delivery

Logistics

  1. Numbers in brackets representyear-on-year growth in local currency.
  2. KPI's for the six months ended September 2019.

GMV (US$m)1

40% (51%)

1H FY19

1H FY20

Trading loss (US$m)1

(23)

(22)

4% (25%)

1H FY19

1H FY20

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Media transitioning into digital

SA's leadingmedia Group

Reaching 18.2maverage monthly unique browsers across its digital platforms

8 out of every 10newspapers/magazines consumed by adults in SA are Media24 publications

Netwerk24 is the largest paywall news sitein SA with

+55k subscribers

Revenue (US$m)1

Trading profit/(loss) (US$m)

-18%(-5%)

+US$14m

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170

139

(10)

1H FY19

1H FY20

1H FY19

1H FY20

1Numbers in brackets represent year-on-year growth in local currency.

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Helping SA entrepreneurs build great tech businesses

R1.4bn over 3 years

Foundry's first

investment was a 27%

minority stake in

SweepSouth

A South Africa focused tech business funding initiative that helps talented and ambitious technology entrepreneurs develop and grow businesses that improve people's lives.

Pipeline growing

steadily

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Summary of Financials

Revenue1,2

Trading profit 1,2

Core headline earnings1

11% (20%)

6% (9%)

8% (10%)

9.2

10.2

1.81.9

1.7

1.5

1H FY19

1H FY20

1H FY19

1H FY20

1H FY19

1H FY20

  1. All figures presented are from continuing operations and reported in US$bn.
  2. Results reported on aneconomic-interest basis, i.e. equity-accounted investments are proportionately consolidated. Numbers in brackets represent year-on-year growth in local currency, excluding M&A.

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Composition of the Naspers Group

Revenue

EBITDA

Trading profit

1H FY19

1H FY20

1H FY19

1H FY20

1H FY19

1H FY20

Prosus Group

8 881

9 925

2 043

2 327

1 835

1 918

Takealot

135

169

(21)

(16)

(23)

(22)

Media

170

139

(5)

7

(10)

4

Corporate and other

2

10

(28)

(2)

(14)

(4)

Economic interest

9 188

10 243

1 989

2 316

1 788

1 896

Less: Equity-accounted investments1

(7 676)

(8 513)

(2 100)

(2 458)

(1 911)

(2 098)

Consolidated

1 512

1 730

(111)

(142)

(123)

(202)

1Includes the associates and joint ventures of the Naspers and Prosus Group

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Core headline earnings reconciliation

US$m

1HFY19

1HFY20

Headline earnings from continuing operations

2 732

1 425

Equity-settledshare-based payment expenses

236

275

Amortisation of other intangible assets

126

173

Retention option expense

4

8

Reversal of tax1

-

138

Transaction-related costs

7

85

Fair-value adjustments and currency translation differences

(1 559)

(440)

Core headline earnings from continuing operations

1 546

1 664

1Tax related to Securities Transfer Tax (STT) payable on cancelation of the M ordinary shares pursuant to the listing of Prosus.

Note: Reported headline earnings and core headline earnings from discontinued operations amounted to US$34m and US$118m respectively for 1HFY19.

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Prosus vs Naspers core headline earnings reconciliation

US$m

Naspers

Prosus

Difference

Headline earnings from continuing operations

1 425

1 614

(189)

Equity-settledshare-based payment expenses

275

281

(6)

Amortisation of other intangible assets

173

170

3

Retention option expense

8

8

-

Reversal of tax1

138

-

138

Transaction-related costs

85

79

6

Fair-value adjustments and currency translation differences

(440)

(439)

(1)

Core headline earnings from continuing operations

1 664

1 713

(49)

1Tax relates to Securities Transfer Tax (STT) payable on cancelation of the M ordinary shares pursuant to the listing of Prosus.

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Net cash profile

Net Cash of US$5.9bnat 30 September 2019

440

3 247

Naspers cash

Prosus cash

Prosus interst bearing debt

8 672

Note: Naspers and Prosus cash includes short-term investments and overdraft

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Current assets and liabilities

Current assets (US$m)

FY19

1HFY20

Inventory

209

205

Trade receivables

172

182

Other receivables and loans

518

644

Derivative financial instruments

4

4

Cash/short-term cash investments

9 582

9 120

Assets held for sale

67

21

Total

10 552

10 176

Current liabilities (US$m)

FY19

1HFY20

Current portion of long-term debt

23

1 068

Trade payables

287

279

Accrued expenses & other current liabilities

1 258

1 269

Derivative financial liabilities

3

2

Bank overdraft

8

8

Liabilities held for sale

2

12

Total

1 581

2 638

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Glossary

-

EBITDA:

Earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortization

-

M&A:

Mergers and acquisitions

-

FCF:

Free cash flow

-

SA:

South Africa

-

FX:

Foreign exchange

-

TP:

Trading profit / (loss)

-

GMV:

Gross merchandise value

-

YoY:

Year-on-year

-

IFRS:

International Financial Reporting Standards

-

1P:

First-party

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Naspers Group portfolio

74%

96%

85%

Organogram depicts effective percentage holdings in major entities at 30 September 2019.

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Prosus Group portfolio

Ecommerce

Classifieds

Payments &

Food delivery

Etail

Travel

Ventures

Fintech

100%1

99%

81%

80%

5%

24%

13%

100%

22%

55%3

100%

21%

22%

21%

80%2

21%

39%

44%

36%

99%

12%

12%

99%

17%

69%

72%

12%

  1. OLX owns 50% of operations in Brazil and 66% of Indonesia.
  2. 80% effective interest in Letgo Global B.V (previously Ambatana Holdings); Letgo Global B.V holds 100% in letgo USA B.V.
  3. Movile holds 67% of iFood.

Organogram depicts Prosus' effective percentage holdings in major entities at 30 September 2019

Social & internet platforms

31%

28%

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Contact us

Eoin Ryan

(Head of Investor Relations)

InvestorRelations@Naspers.com

https://www.naspers.com/

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