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Trading Statement
Naspers Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Reg. No 1925/001431/06)
JSE Share Code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000325783
("Naspers")
Trading statement
Shareholders are advised that the Naspers group ("the Group") is finalising its financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024.
During the year our ecommerce businesses delivered peer leading growth and accelerated profitability.
We are on track to fulfil our promises of consolidated ecommerce profitability and cash flow generation.
These factors, combined with improved profitability from our investments, and the continuation of the
share repurchase programme, supported meaningful growth in core headline earnings per share.
Core headline earnings per share and headline earnings per share for the year are expected
to increase driven by improved profitability of our ecommerce consolidated businesses and equity-
accounted investments, in particular Tencent, and an increase in our net interest income.
Earnings per share is expected to be negatively impacted, driven by a lower gain from a smaller
sale of our Tencent shareholding this year compared to last year. In addition, earnings from the
Group's equity-accounted investments decreased, primarily due to the lower gains on acquisitions
and disposals within Tencent relative to the previous year.
The gains relating to the sell down of Tencent and impairment charges impacting earnings per share
are excluded from headline and core headline earnings per share. The board considers core headline
earnings an appropriate indicator of the operating performance of the Group, as it adjusts for non-
operational items.
The Group has illustrated below the anticipated changes in earnings, headline earnings and core
headline earnings per share for continuing operations and total operations for the year ended 31 March
2024 as compared to the restated 31 March 2023 operations. Prior period numbers have been
adjusted to reflect the impact of the exit of the OLX Autos businesses (Details discussed later in the
statement):
31 March 2024
Restated Expected(decrease)/
31 March 2023 increase Expected
Continuing operations US cents US cents (decrease)/increase
%
Earnings per share(1) 2 014 (491-345) (24.38%-17.13%)
Headline earnings per share(1) 143 645-653 451.05%-456.64%
Core headline earnings* per share(1) 546 584-619 107.00%-113.40%
31 March 2024
Expected(decrease)/ Expected
Total operations 31 March 2023 increase (decrease)/increase
US cents US cents %
Earnings per share(1) 2 078 (555-409) (26.70%-19.70%)
Headline earnings per share(1) 119 669-677 562.18%-568.91%
Core headline earnings* per share(1) 503 627-662 124.70%-131.61%
The Group has restated the 31 March 2023 published information following OLX Autos classification
as Discontinued operations.
We have made meaningful progress in exiting our OLX Autos businesses. All of our OLX Autos
operations that have been disposed of, classified as held for sale or closed down by 31 March 2024
are presented as discontinued operations.
Prior period published earnings have been adjusted as follows:
31 March 2023 Published US$'m Restated US$'m
Earnings from total operations 4 331 4 331
Earnings from continuing operations 4102 4 198
Earnings from discontinuing operations 229 133
Consequent to the classification of OLX Autos to discontinued operations, the per share information
from continuing operations for 31 March 2023 has been restated as follows:
31 March 2023 – continuing operations Published US cents Restated US cents
Earnings per N share 1 968 2 014
Headline earnings per N share 119 143
Core headline earnings per N share 507 546
The successful removal of the cross-holding between Naspers and Prosus, was concluded in September
2023. The removal of the cross-holding does not have an impact on the Naspers weighted average
number of shares because the shares held by Prosus were treated as treasury shares and excluded
from the average number of shares. In addition, as a result of the capitalisation and share
consolidation, Naspers free-float shareholders hold the same number of shares as they did before the
transaction.
More details will be published with the financial statements on Monday, 24 June 2024.
Financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been subject to an independent
audit or review by the Group's auditors.
* Core headline earnings, a non-IFRS performance measure, represent headline earnings for the
period, excluding certain non-operating items. Specifically, headline earnings are adjusted for the
following items to derive core headline earnings: (i) equity-settled share-based payment expenses on
transactions where there is no cash cost to us. These include those relating to share-based incentive
awards settled by issuing treasury shares, as well as certain share-based
payment expenses that are deemed to arise on shareholder transactions; (ii) subsequent fair-value
remeasurement of cash-settled share-based incentive expenses; (iii) cash-settled share-based
compensation expenses deemed to arise from shareholder transactions by virtue of employment; (iv)
deferred taxation income recognised on the first-time recognition of deferred tax assets as this
generally relates to multiple prior periods and distorts current period performance; (v) fair-value
adjustments on financial and unrealised currency translation differences, as these items obscure our
underlying operating performance; (vi) one-off gains and losses (including acquisition-related costs)
resulting from acquisitions and disposals of businesses as these items relate to changes in our
composition and are not reflective of our underlying operating performance and (vii) the amortisation
of intangible assets recognised in business combinations and acquisitions. These adjustments are
made to the earnings of businesses controlled by us, as well as our share of earnings of associates
and joint ventures, to the extent that the information is available.
Core headline earnings per share constitute pro-forma financial information in terms of the JSE Limited
Listings Requirements. The pro forma financial information is the responsibility of the Group's
directors.
(1) Per share information is based on the net number of A and N ordinary shares in issue during the
respective periods.
11 June 2024
40 Heerengracht, Cape Town 8001
PO Box 2271
Cape Town 8000
South Africa
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited
Date: 11-06-2024 05:30:00
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