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Just Dial Limited Earnings Release 2020

Jan 20, 2020

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January 20,2020

BSE Limited National Stock Metropolitan Stock
Department of Corporate Services of lndia Limited of lndia Limited
Listing Department Listing Department 4th Floor, Vibgyor Towers,
P J Towers, Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C 62,
Dalal Street, Plot no. C/1, G Block, G Block, Opp. Trident Hotel,
Mumbai - 400001 Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Scrip Code: 535648 Bandra (East), Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400051 Mumbai - 400098

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub,: Press Release

ln accordance with Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of lndia (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith Press Release of the Company in respect of Unaudited Financial Results of the Company for the 3'd quarter ended December 31 , 2019.

We request you to take the same on record.

Thanking You,

Yours truly,

Encl: As above

Just Diol Limited

CIN NO: L74l40MH l993PLC 150054

Registered & Corporole Office i Polm Court Building M, 501/8, 51h Floot l.le,./ tink Rood, Besides Goregoon Sports Complex. Molod Wesl, l umboi Iel. :022-28884060 / 39808795 . Fox : 022-28893789

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Earnings Release

JUST DIAL ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019

Mumbai, India, January 20, 2020 – Just Dial Limited (BSE: 535648, NSE: JUSTDIAL), India's leading local search engine company, today announced its financial and operating results for its third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2019. Following are the key highlights:

  • Mobile Traffic (Quarterly Unique Visitors) grew 21.4% YoY in 3Q-FY20 to 127.9 million users
  • Total Traffic (Quarterly Unique Visitors) grew 17% YoY in 3Q-FY20 to 157 million users
  • 3Q-FY20 Revenue witnessed 3.8% YoY growth, Operating EBITDA grew 21.5% YoY
  • Net Profit stood at ₹ 62 Crores, up 8.2% YoY
  • Cash & Investments stood at ₹ 1,535.7 Crores as on December 31, 2019
  • Total listings stood at 28.6 million; Active paid campaigns stood at 534,960, up 10.2% YoY

Financial Highlights for Fiscal 2020 Third Quarter (3Q-FY20)

  • Operating Revenue: Total Operating Revenue stood at ₹ 235.4 Crores, growing 3.8% YoY.
  • Operating EBITDA: Operating EBITDA at ₹ 67.1 Crores witnessed growth of 21.5% YoY. Adjusted Operating EBITDA Margin, excluding ESOP expenses, stood at 30.3%, up 355 bps YoY.
  • Net Profit (Profit after Taxes) stood at ₹ 62 Crores, up 8.2% YoY. Other income stood at ₹ 26.4 Crores for the quarter, versus ₹ 44.1 Crores in 2Q-FY20 and ₹ 34.1 Crores in 3Q-FY19.
  • Cash and Investments stood at ₹ 1,535.7 Crores as on December 31, 2019 compared to ₹ 1,441.1 Crores as on December 31, 2018 and ₹ 1,468.0 Crores as on September 30, 2019.

Business Highlights for Fiscal 2020 Third Quarter (3Q-FY20)

Total Traffic (Unique Visitors) for the quarter stood at 157 million, up 17% YoY. 81.4% traffic originated on Mobile platforms, 13.7% on Desktop/ PC and 4.8% on our Voice platform.

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  • Total Active Listings stood at 28.6 million as on December 31, 2019, an increase of 15.3% YoY and 3.6% QoQ. 991,552 listings were added (net) to the database during the quarter. Out of total listings, 15.9 million listings were geocoded as on December 31, 2019, up 18.7% YoY. Total Images in listings stood at 78.4 million, up 41.8% YoY and up 6.9% QoQ.
  • Total Ratings & Reviews stood at 105.9 million at the end of quarter, up 16% YoY.
  • Active Paid Campaigns at the end of quarter stood at 534,960, up 10.2% YoY.
JUST DIAL LTD - 3Q FY20 (Quarter ended December 31, 2019) PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
Metric Unit 3Q-FY20 3Q-FY19 YoYchange 2Q-FY20 QoQchange
Operating Revenue (₹ million) 2,354 2,268 3.8% 2,426 -2.9%
Operating EBITDA (₹ million) 671 552 21.5% 672 -0.3%
Operating EBITDA Margin % 28.5% 24.3% 415 bps 27.7% 77 bps
Adjusted EBITDA (excl. ESOP expenses) (₹ million) 712 606 17.6% 703 1.4%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin(excl. ESOP expenses) % 30.3% 26.7% 355 bps 29.0% 130 bps
Other Income, net (₹ million) 264 341 -22.6% 441 -40.2%
Profit Before Taxes (₹ million) 781 807 -3.2% 962 -18.8%
Net Profit (₹ million) 620 573 8.2% 769 -19.3%
Net Profit Margin* % 26.4% 25.3% 1,07 bps 31.7% -536 bps
Unearned Revenue (period end) (₹ million) 3,712 3,786 -1.9% 3,804 -2.4%
Cash & Investments (period end) (₹ million) 15,357 14,411 6.6% 14,680 4.6%
Unique Visitors^ (million) 157.0 134.2 17.0% 161.3 -2.6%
- Mobile (million) 127.9 105.3 21.4% 129.8 -1.5%
- Desktop/ PC (million) 21.6 20.3 6.1% 23.3 -7.6%
- Voice (million) 7.6 8.6 -11.6% 8.1 -6.3%
- Mobile % share 81.4% 78.5% 296 bps 80.5% 92 bps
- Desktop/ PC % share 13.7% 15.1% -140 bps 14.5% -73 bps
- Voice % share 4.8% 6.4% -156 bps 5.0% -19 bps
Total Listings (period end) (million) 28.6 24.8 15.3% 27.6 3.6%
Net Listings Addition 991,552 1,014,966 -2.3% 1,116,042 -11.2%
Total Images in Listings (period end) (million) 78.4 55.3 41.8% 73.4 6.9%

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Listings with Geocodes (period end) (million) 15.9 13.4 18.7% 15.2 5.0%
Ratings & Reviews (million) 105.9 91.3 16.0% 100.8 5.0%
Paid campaigns (period end) 534,960 485,410 10.2% 528,915 1.1%
Total App Downloads (period end) (million) 26.1 22.8 14.0% 25.4 2.7%
- Android (million) 22.8 19.8 15.0% 22.2 2.8%
- iOS (million) 2.4 2.2 10.1% 2.4 2.2%
- Others (million) 0.8 0.8 0.9% 0.8 0.3%
App Downloads per day 11,912 14,437 -17.5% 13,849 -14.0%
Number of Employees (period end) 13,058 12,476 4.7% 12,997 0.5%

^ Unique visitors are aggregated across various mediums – Voice, Desktop/ PC, Mobile; these may not necessarily be mutually exclusive.

* Net Profit Margin is calculated as Net Profit (Profit After Taxes) as a percentage of Operating Revenue for the quarter.

Note: Numbers from 1Q FY20 incorporate IND AS 116, Leases, which became effective 1 April 2019, and requires change in reporting for rental leases. Consequently, for the period 1Q FY20/ 2Q FY20/ 3Q FY20, rent expense is lower by Rs65.9 million/ Rs61.8 million/ Rs66.5 million, depreciation is higher by Rs53.2 million/ Rs50.6 million/ Rs52.7 million, finance cost is higher by Rs17.0 million/ Rs21.8 million/ Rs24.7 million, respectively, vis-àvis the amounts if erstwhile standards were applicable.

About Just Dial Limited

Just Dial Limited provides local search related services to users in India through multiple platforms such as Desktop/ PC website, mobile site (https://www.justdial.com/), mobile apps (Android, iOS), over the telephone (Voice, pan India number 88888-88888) and text (SMS). Justdial's JD App, is an All-in-One App, and has enhanced features such as Map-aided Search, JD Pay, Live TV, Videos, News, Sports Scores, Stock Quotes, to make the life of the consumer infinitely smoother & more engaging.

Justdial also enables price discovery and provides transaction-oriented services for its users. These services aim at making several day-to-day tasks conveniently actionable and accessible to users from one App. With this step, Justdial is transitioning from being purely a provider of local search and related information to being a direct/ indirect enabler of such transactions. Justdial has also recently launched an end-to-end business management solution for SMEs, through which it intends to transition thousands of SMEs to efficiently run business online and have their adequate online presence via their own website, mobile site. Apart from this, Justdial has also launched JD Pay, a unique solution for quick digital payments for its users and vendors. Apart from India, Justdial's database spans across US, Canada and UAE.