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NASPERS LIMITED - Update on final increased cash offer for Just Eat plc by Prosus N.V

Release Date: 20/12/2019 15:30
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Update on final increased cash offer for Just Eat plc by Prosus N.V

Naspers Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1925/001431/06)
JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000015889
LSE ADS code: NPSN ISIN: US 6315121003
(“Naspers”)

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE
A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

20 December 2019


UPDATE ON FINAL INCREASED CASH OFFER FOR JUST EAT PLC BY PROSUS N.V.
THROUGH ITS WHOLLY-OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY MIH FOOD DELIVERY HOLDINGS B.V

                          

Prosus notes the announcement by Just Eat’s board regarding its recommendation and
Takeaway.com’s announcement regarding the acceptance level for its offer.

Prosus has offered to acquire the entire share capital of Just Eat for 800p per share. This cash offer
remains open to acceptances from Just Eat shareholders. However, Prosus does not plan currently to
make market purchases of Just Eat shares in support of its offer.

Commenting, Bob van Dijk, CEO of Prosus, said: “We maintain our belief that in the UK and other
European markets, Just Eat will require significant investments in own-delivery and technology as
competitive dynamics and customer preferences continue to evolve. We have always stated that we
would remain disciplined with respect to price on acquiring Just Eat, balancing our desire to own an
attractive business with the need for significant investment in that business while maintaining
acceptable returns for Prosus shareholders.”

Enquiries:

 Investor Enquiries                                                           +1 347 210 4305
 Eoin Ryan, Head of Investor Relations

 Media Enquiries                                                             +44 207 251 3801
 Sarah Ryan, International Media Relations
 Finsbury (PR adviser to Prosus)
                                                
 J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Financial adviser to Prosus and MIH)                  +44 20 7742 4000
 Charles Harman
 Barry Weir
 Bill Hutchings
 James Robinson
 Chris Wood

 Morgan Stanley & Co International plc (Financial adviser to                 +44 207 425 8000
 Prosus and MIH)
 Mark Rawlinson
 Gergely Voros
 Enrique Perez-Hernandez
 Laurence Hopkins
 Ben Grindley

 Finsbury (PR adviser to Prosus)                                             +44 207 251 3801
 Rollo Head
 Guy Lamming


Allen & Overy LLP is retained as legal adviser to Prosus and MIH.

Important notice related to financial advisers

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan
Cazenove (J.P. Morgan Cazenove) and which is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and
the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Prosus and MIH and no
one else in connection with the Final Increased Offer and will not regard any other person as its client
in relation to the Final Increased Offer and shall not be responsible to anyone other than Prosus or MIH
for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, or for providing advice in
relation to the Final Increased Offer or any matter referred to in this announcement. Neither J.P. Morgan
Cazenove nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever
(whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, in delict, under statute or otherwise) to any person
who is not a client of J.P. Morgan Cazenove in connection with this announcement, any statement
contained herein, the Final Increased Offer or otherwise.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (Morgan Stanley), which is authorised by the PRA and
regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for
Prosus and MIH and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this Increased Offer. In
connection with such matters, Morgan Stanley, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents will not regard any other person as their client, nor will they be responsible to
any other person for providing the protections afforded to their clients or for providing advice in
connection with the contents of this Increased Offer or any other matter referred to herein.




Further information

This announcement is provided for information purposes only. It is not intended to and does not
constitute or form part of, an offer, invitation, inducement or the solicitation of an offer to purchase,
otherwise acquire, subscribe for, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of or exercise rights in respect of
any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction,
pursuant to the Final Increased Offer or otherwise nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of                                                      
any securities pursuant to the Final Increased Offer in any jurisdiction in contravention of any applicable
laws.

The Final Increased Offer will be subject to English law and to the applicable requirements of the City
Code, the Panel, the Listing Rules, the London Stock Exchange and the FCA.

The Final Increased Offer will be being implemented solely pursuant to the terms of the Final Increased
Offer Document, which will contain further information about the Final Increased Offer.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus exempted document.

Overseas shareholders

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in, and the availability of the Final
Increased Offer to persons who are residents, citizens or nationals of, jurisdictions other than England
and Wales and the Netherlands may be restricted by law and regulation and therefore any persons into
whose possession this announcement comes who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the United Kingdom and the Netherlands should inform themselves about and observe any applicable
requirements. In particular, the ability of persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or the
Netherlands, or who are subject to the laws of another jurisdiction, to participate in the Final Increased
Offer or to accept or procure the acceptance of the Final Increased Offer, may be affected by the laws
of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located. Just Eat Shareholders who are in any doubt
regarding such matters should consult an appropriate independent financial adviser in their relevant
jurisdiction without delay. Any failure to comply with such requirements may constitute a violation of the
laws and/or regulation of any such jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
companies and other persons involved in the Final Increased Offer disclaim any responsibility or liability
for any violation of such restrictions by any person.

This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the City
Code, the Market Abuse Regulation and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the
information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this
announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside England and
Wales and/or the Netherlands.

The receipt of cash pursuant to the Final Increased Offer by Just Eat Shareholders may be a taxable
transaction under applicable national, state and local, as well as foreign and other tax laws. Each Just
Eat Shareholder is urged to consult their independent professional adviser regarding the tax
consequences of the Final Increased Offer applicable to him.

Unless otherwise determined by MIH or required by the City Code, and permitted by applicable law and
regulation, the Final Increased Offer is not being made and will not be made available directly or
indirectly in, into or from or by any use, means, instrumentality (including, but not limited to, facsimile,
e-mail or other electronic transmission, telex or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or of
any facility of a national, state or other securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction or where to
do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction. No person may accept or procure the acceptance of
the Final Increased Offer by any use, means, instrumentality of, or from within, any Restricted
Jurisdiction or where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction, and the Final Increased Offer
will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities or, from or within
a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction, if to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of
that jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and any documentation relating to the Final
Increased Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise
forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction where
to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction and persons receiving such documents (including
agents, custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise forward, distribute or send them                                                    
in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction where to do so would violate the
laws in that jurisdiction. If the Final Increased Offer is implemented by way of a Scheme (unless
otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulation), no person may vote in favour of the Scheme by
any use, means, instrumentality or form and the Final Increased Offer will not be capable of acceptance
from or within a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction, if to do so would constitute a violation
of the laws of that jurisdiction.

Further details in relation to Just Eat Shareholders who are resident in, ordinarily resident in, or citizens
of, jurisdictions outside England and Wales is contained in the Offer Document dated 11 November
2019.

Notice to US investors

The Final Increased Offer is being made to Just Eat Shareholders resident in the United States in
reliance on, and compliance with, the applicable US tender offer rules, including Section 14(e) of the
US Exchange Act, and Regulation 14E thereunder. The Final Increased Offer is being made in the
United States by MIH and no one else. None of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, Morgan Stanley or any of their
respective affiliates will be making the Final Increased Offer in or outside the United States.

The Final Increased Offer relates to the shares of a UK incorporated company and is subject to
disclosure and other procedural requirements, which are different from certain United States disclosure
and procedural requirements, including with respect to withdrawal rights, offer timetable, settlement
procedures and timing of payments.

Furthermore, the payment and settlement procedure with respect to the Final Increased Offer will
comply with the relevant United Kingdom rules, which differ from US payment and settlement
procedures, particularly with regard to the date of payment of consideration.

In accordance with normal UK practice and consistent with Rule 14e-5(b) under the US Exchange Act,
MIH, certain affiliated companies and their nominees or brokers (acting as agents) may make certain
purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, shares in Just Eat other than pursuant to the Final
Increased Offer, before or during the period in which the Final Increased Offer remains open for
acceptance (or, if the Final Increased Offer is implemented by way of a Scheme, until the date on which
the Scheme becomes effective, lapses or is otherwise withdrawn). If such purchases or arrangements
to purchase were to be made they would be made outside the United States either in the open market
at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices and would comply with applicable law,
including, to the extent applicable, the US Exchange Act. Any information about such purchases will be
disclosed as required in the UK and the Unites States, will be reported to a Regulatory Information
Service and will be available on the London Stock Exchange website at
www.londonstockexchange.com. In addition, in accordance with normal UK practice and consistent with
Rule 14e-5(b) under the US Exchange Act, J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Morgan Stanley & Co.
International plc and their affiliates may continue to act as exempt principal traders in Just Eat Shares
on the London Stock Exchange and engage in certain other purchasing activities consistent with their
respective normal and usual practice and applicable law. Any information about such purchases will be
disclosed as required in the UK and the United States, will be reported to a Regulatory Information
Service and will be available on the London Stock Exchange website at
www.londonstockexchange.com. To the extent that such information is made public in the United
Kingdom, it will also be publicly disclosed in the United States.

Financial information included in this announcement, the Offer Document dated 11 November 2019 and
the Revised Offer Document has been or will have been prepared in accordance with accounting
standards applicable in the UK and the Netherlands, as applicable, and may not be comparable to
financial information of US companies or companies whose financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.


                                                     
The receipt of consideration by a US holder for the transfer of its Just Eat Shares pursuant to the Final
Increased Offer may be a taxable transaction for United States federal income tax purposes and under
applicable United States state and local, as well as non-US and other, tax laws. Each Just Eat
Shareholder is urged to consult their independent professional adviser immediately regarding the tax
consequences of the Final Increased Offer applicable to them, including under applicable United States
federal, state and local, as well as non-US and other, tax laws.

It may be difficult for US holders to enforce their rights, effect service of process within the United States
and/or enforce any claim arising out of the US federal securities laws, since Just Eat is incorporated
under the laws of England and Wales. Prosus and MIH are organised under the laws of the Netherlands
and the majority of the officers and directors of Just Eat, Prosus and MIH are residents of countries
other than the United States. It may not be possible to sue Prosus, MIH or Just Eat, or any of their
respective directors, officers or affiliates, in a non-US court for violations of US securities laws. It may
be difficult to compel Prosus, MIH, Just Eat and their respective directors, officers and affiliates to
subject themselves to the jurisdiction and judgment of a US court. There is substantial doubt as to the
enforceability in the United Kingdom of original actions, or of actions for enforcement of judgments of
US courts, based on civil liability provisions of US federal securities laws and judgments of a US court.

Neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission nor any US state securities commission has
approved or disapproved the Final Increased Offer, or passed upon the fairness of the Final Increased
Offer or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this announcement. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

No offer to acquire securities or to exchange securities for other securities has been made, or will be
made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality
of interstate or foreign commerce or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States
or any other country in which such offer may not be made other than: (i) in accordance with the tender
offer requirements under the US Exchange Act, or the securities laws of such other country, as the case
may be; or (ii) pursuant to an available exemption from such requirements.

Forward looking statements

This announcement contains certain statements that are or may be forward looking statements,
including with respect to the Final Increased Offer. Forward-looking statements are prospective in
nature and are not based on current or historical facts, but rather on assumptions, expectations,
valuations, targets, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events, and are therefore subject
to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially
from the future results, performance or events expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this announcement may be forward
looking statements. Without limitation, forward looking statements often include words such as “targets”,
“plans”, “believes”, “hopes”, “continues”, “expects”, “is expected”, “objective”, “outlook”, ”risk”, “seeks”,
“aims”, “intends”, “will”, “may”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “will look to”,
“budget”, “strategy”, “would look to”, “scheduled”, “goal”, “prepares”, “forecasts”, “cost-saving”, “is
subject to”, “synergy”, “projects” or words or terms of similar substance or the negative thereof, as well
as variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”,
“could”, “should”, “would”, “might”, “probably” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements
are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty, because they relate to events
and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and the factors described in the context of
such forward-looking statements in this announcement could cause actual results and developments
to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Many factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking
statements. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on                                                     
such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement. Any forward-
looking statements made in this announcement on behalf of Prosus or MIH are made as of the date of
this announcement based on the opinions and estimates of directors of Prosus or MIH respectively and
no assurance can be given that such opinions or estimates will prove to have been correct.

No forward-looking or other statements have been reviewed by the auditors of Prosus, MIH or Just Eat.
All forward looking statements contained in this announcement and all subsequent oral or written
forward-looking statements attributable to Prosus, MIH or Just Eat or their respective members,
directors, officers, advisers or employees or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in
their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.

Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this announcement. None of Prosus, MIH
or Just Eat, or any of their respective members, associates or directors, officers or advisers and any
person acting on behalf of one or more of them, provides any representation, warranty, assurance or
guarantee that the occurrence of the events expressed or implied in any forward looking statements in
this announcement will actually occur. Other than in accordance with their legal or regulatory obligations
(including under the City Code, the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules), no member of the Prosus Group is under, or undertakes, any obligation, and each of the
foregoing expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

No profit forecasts or estimates

No statement in, or referred to in, this announcement or incorporated by reference into this
announcement is intended as or shall be deemed to be a profit forecast or estimate for any period. No
statement in, or referred to in, this announcement or incorporated by reference into this announcement
should be interpreted to mean that income of persons (where relevant), cash flow from operations, free
cash flow, earnings or earnings per share for Just Eat, Prosus or the Enlarged Group (as applicable)
for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historic published cash
flow from operations, free cash flow, earnings, earnings per share or dividend for Just Eat, Prosus, MIH
or Naspers or the Enlarged Group (as applicable).

Disclosure requirements of the City Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the City Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant
securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an
offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must
make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of an offer period and, if later,
following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified.

An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person’s interests and short positions in,
and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of: (i) the offeree company; and (ii) any
securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies
must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th business day following the
commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the
10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first
identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities
exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a
Dealing Disclosure. Under Rule 8.3(b) of the City Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in
1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange
offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree
company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing
concerned and of the person’s interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant
securities of each of: (i) the offeree company; and (ii) any securities exchange offeror, save to the extent                                                     
that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to
whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the business day
following the date of the relevant dealing. If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement
or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of
an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the
purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and
Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons
acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4). Details of the offeree and offeror
companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing
Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the
offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required
to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

Publication on website and availability of hard copies

A copy of this announcement and the documents required to be published by Rule 26 of the City Code
will be made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted
Jurisdictions), on Prosus’s website at www.prosus.com/investors/justeat in accordance with Rule 26 of
the City Code. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of the website is not incorporated into, and
does not form part of, this announcement.

Just Eat Shareholders may request a hard copy of this announcement by contacting Computershare
Investor Services PLC at Corporate Actions Projects, Bristol, BS99 6AH during business hours on 0370
707 1066 (lines are open from 8.30a.m. to 5.30p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in
England and Wales)). If you have received this announcement in electronic form, copies of this
announcement and any document or information incorporated by reference into this announcement will
not be provided unless such a request is made. Just Eat Shareholders may also request that all future
documents, announcements and information to be sent to them in relation to the Final Increased Offer
should be in hard copy form.

If you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement or the action you should take, you are
recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank
manager, solicitor, accountant or independent financial adviser duly authorised under FSMA if you are
resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial
adviser.

Time

Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time in this announcement are to London time.

Sponsor
Investec Bank Limited




                                                   

Date: 20-12-2019 03:30:00
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