Primedia Limited Annual Report 2005 Annual Report 2005
Annual Report 2005

SegmentReport

for the year ended 30 June 2005

BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The group is organised into four operating divisions – advertising, content, new media sectors (Primedia Unlimited) and one to one marketing. These divisions are the basis on which the group reports its primary segment information.
 RevenuePBIT(1)DepreciationSegment result
 20052004200520042005200420052004
 R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000
Advertising950 288 759 901296 970 211 74634 368 31 556293 535 205 436
Content933 827 899 52271 444 69 95124 353 23 42581 434 73 427
New media sectors33 467 5062 782 (114)805 372 782 (114)
One to one marketing62 726 67 8502 095 4 0251 481 2 3511 658 3 644
Disposed entities 24 608 (3 568) 880 5 776
Central(17 042) (17 002)1 673 1 413(13 047) (7 413)
 1 980 308 1 752 387356 249 265 03862 680 59 662366 362 280 756
Reconciliation of segment result to net profit for the year:
Finance cost(47 555) (32 042)
Revaluation of interest rate swap(7 518)
Investment income7 808 15 580
Share of associated companies' profits/(losses)457 (331)
Taxation(86 642) (64 032)
Minority interest(17 340) (24 403)
Net profit for the year215 572 175 528
 
      Capital Other non–cashSegmentSegment
     additions(4)expenses/(income)assets(2)liabilities(2)
20052004200520042005200420052004
 R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000
Advertising34 962 23 10530 446 28 805305 170 397 119309 126 187 621
Content50 442 20 24724 910 12 882355 516 336 078339 186 260 748
New media sectors3 138 448821 14 933 7954 989 339
One to one marketing1 719 1 7694 630 3 27928 439 21 29115 297 12 506
Disposed entities 425 (67)
Central(3)234 2316 399 6 94048 725 54 21283 866 132 653
 90 495 46 22567 206 51 839752 783 809 495752 464 593 867
 
GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTS
   South AfricaInternationalTotal group
200520042005200420052004
   R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000R'000
Revenue1 937 769 1 676 94442 539 75 4431 980 3081 752 387
Segment assets(2)722 715 769 20030 068 40 295752 783 809 495
Capital additions(4)  89 846 44 561649 1 66490 495 46 225
(1) Operating profit before amortisation, foreign exchange items and exceptional items.
(2) Excludes deferred tax, tax, goodwill and intangible assets, investments, associated companies and amounts due to vendors.
(3) Includes capitalised land and buildings of R27,0 million (2004: R28,0 million) leased by the group.
(4) Includes software.