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Rocket Internet AG: Lazada Group GmbH Financing Round of EUR 200 million

Rocket Internet AG / Key word(s): Financing

29.11.2014 08:30

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Quasi Ad-hoc Announcement Pursuant to Sec. 19 para. 1 lit. c) of the
General Terms and Conditions of Deutsche Börse AG for the Regulated
Unofficial Market (Freiverkehr) on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse

Lazada Group GmbH Financing Round of EUR 200 million

Berlin, Germany, 29th November 2014 - Existing and new shareholders of
Lazada Group GmbH ("Lazada") agreed to invest a total amount of EUR 200.0
million in Lazada. Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, leads
this financing round. Rocket Internet AG ("Rocket Internet") participates
as an existing shareholder of Lazada with an amount of EUR 15.3 million.
Based on this financing round, Lazada's post-money valuation of EUR 504.4
million increases to EUR 957.8 million (or EUR 1 billion considering 100%
of Lazada's business). Rocket Internet's total shareholding (direct and
indirect) in Lazada changes from 26.7% to 23.8%. This results in an
increase in the last portfolio value ("LPV") of Rocket Internet's stake in
Lazada by EUR 93.3 million (from EUR 134.7 million to EUR 228.0 million).

For further information, please see the press release issued by Lazada
today.

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