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Final cash dividend declaration and distribution of integrated annual report 2022, notice of virtual AGM

Published: 2022-06-27 09:31:14 ET
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                                     Naspers Limited
                      (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
                         (Registration number 1925/001431/06)
                        JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000015889

                               (“Naspers” or “the company”)

FINAL CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INTEGRATED
ANNUAL REPORT 2022, NOTICE OF VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND
PUBLICATION OF B-BBEE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


Distribution of integrated annual report and notice of virtual annual general
meeting

Shareholders are advised that the company’s integrated annual report (including the
notice and proxy of the annual general meeting) and annual financial statements for the
year ended 31 March 2022 will be available on the company’s website www.naspers.com,
Monday 27 June 2022.

The notice of the virtual annual general meeting was posted to shareholders, 25 June
2022, and notice is hereby given that the 108th annual general meeting of the company
will be held at 14:00 on Thursday 25 August 2022, to transact business as stated in the
notice of the virtual annual general meeting. Given the ongoing pandemic and related
government action and regulations aimed at social distancing, the annual general meeting
will be conducted entirely through electronic communications as envisaged in the Act.

This notice together with the proxy form will be available on the Company’s website,
www.naspers.com, as of today. Proxy forms must be lodged, for administrative purposes,
by no later than 14:00 on Tuesday, 23 August 2022, alternatively presented to the Naspers
company secretary prior to the commencement of the annual general meeting.

The record date in order to be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 19
August 2022 and accordingly the last day to trade Naspers N Ordinary Shares in order to
be recorded in the Naspers Register on the record date to be eligible to vote and participate
at the Annual General Meeting is Tuesday, 16 August 2022.

Dividend declaration

Further to the summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March
2022 as released on SENS and the company’s website www.naspers.com, the board of
Naspers wishes to advise that the dividend to be paid in relation to the Naspers N ordinary
shares and A ordinary shares of the amount that Naspers receives from Prosus as a
dividend as referred to in the Prosus results announcement released on 27 June 2022,
will be as a terminal economics distribution under the cross-holding agreement between
Naspers and Prosus.

The board of Naspers intends to declare the dividend as soon as practicable.




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 Publication of B-BEE annual compliance certificate

 Shareholders are further advised that Naspers’s annual compliance certificate for the 2022
 financial year in terms of section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic
 Empowerment Act has been published and is also available on the Company’s website,
 www.naspers.com


 Cape Town
 27 June 2022
 Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited



For more information contact:


 Shamiela Letsoalo, Media Relations Director SA                      Eoin Ryan, Head of Investor Relations
 Tel:     +27 78 802 6310                                            Tel:    +1 347-210-4305
 Email: shamiela.letsoalo@naspers.com                                Email: eoin.ryan@naspers.com




 About Naspers

 Established in 1915, Naspers has transformed itself to become a global consumer internet company and one of the largest
 technology investors in the world. Through Prosus, the group operates and invests globally in markets with long-term growth
 potential, building leading consumer internet companies that empower people and enrich communities. Prosus has its primary
 listing on Euronext Amsterdam and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Naspers is the majority owner
 of Prosus.

 In South Africa, Naspers is one of the foremost investors in the technology sector and is committed to building its internet and
 ecommerce companies in the country. These include Takealot, Mr D Food, Superbalist, Autotrader, Property24 and PayU, in
 addition to Media24, South Africa’s leading print and digital media business.

 Naspers has a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (NPN.SJ) and a secondary listing on the A2X Exchange
 (NPN.AJ) in South Africa and has a level 1 American Depository Receipt (ADR) programme which trades on an over-the-counter
 basis in the US.

 For more information, please visit www.naspers.com.

 Naspers Foundry

 Naspers is focused on stimulating South Africa’s local tech sector through Naspers Foundry. This is a R1.4 billion investment
 vehicle that invests in early-stage technology companies that seek to address big societal needs.

 Naspers Labs

 In 2019, Naspers Labs, a youth development programme designed to transform and launch South Africa’s unemployed youth
 into economic activity, was launched. Naspers Labs focuses on digital skills and training, enabling young people to pursue tech
 careers.

 Naspers for Good

 Naspers employees are equally committed to giving back. Naspers for Good is a corporate philanthropy fund administered by a
 committee of employees in South Africa. Through the fund, Naspers forms partnerships with organisations that have a proven
 track record of delivering solutions for the most pressing challenges affecting our communities. Email causes@naspers.com for
 more information.




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Response to COVID-19

Naspers contributed R1.5 billion of emergency aid to support the South African government’s response to the COVID-19
pandemic. This contribution consisted of R500 million towards the Solidarity Fund, and R1 billion worth of PPE sourced and
distributed to South Africa’s front-line healthcare workers. In addition, Naspers contributed R6.9 million to the Nelson Mandela
Foundation’s EachOne FeedOne programme to support families impacted by COVID-19 with meals for a year.




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