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Availability of annual report, notice of annual general meeting and retirement of non-executive directors

Published: 2023-10-18 14:00:31 ET
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DISCOVERY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1999/007789/06)
Legal Entity Identifier: 378900245A26169C8132
JSE Share code: DSY ISIN: ZAE000022331
JSE Share code: DSBP ISIN: ZAE000158564
JSE Bond company code: DSYI
("Discovery" or the "Group" or the "Company")

AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL REPORT, NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND RETIREMENT OF NON-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Availability of Annual Report

Shareholders and noteholders are advised that the Discovery Annual Reporting Suite 2023, which
incorporates the Integrated Annual Report, is available on the Discovery website at
https://www.discovery.co.za/corporate/investor-relations. Whilst the annual financial statements have
previously been made available through the JSE cloudlink, the annual report is only available through the
Company’s weblink.
Notice of the Annual General Meeting

The Notice of the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), incorporating the Summarised Financial Statements
of the Discovery Group for the year ended 30 June 2023, together with a form of proxy, was distributed
today, 18 October 2023 and is also available for download on the Company’s website,
www.discovery.co.za/info/2023agmnotice.
Notice is hereby given that the twenty fourth AGM of the Company's ordinary shareholders will be held
in Auditorium 1, Ground Floor, 1 Discovery Place, Sandton, and through electronic participation on
Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 13h00 to transact the business as stated in the Notice of AGM.

Salient Dates

 Issuer name                                                                          Discovery Limited
 Type of instrument                                                                     Ordinary shares
 ISIN                                                                                    ZAE000022331
 JSE Share code                                                                                     DSY
 Meeting type                                                                 Annual General Meeting
 Meeting venue                     Auditorium 1, Ground Floor, 1 Discovery Place, Sandton and through
                                                                                electronic participation
 Record date to determine                                                      Friday, 13 October 2023
 which      shareholders    are
 entitled to receive the notice
 of meeting
 Publication/posting date                                                 Wednesday, 18 October 2023
 Last day to trade to determine                                            Tuesday, 7 November 2023
 eligible shareholders that may
 attend, participate, and vote
 at the meeting
 Record date to determine                                          Friday, 10 November 2023
 eligible shareholders that may
 attend, participate, and vote
 at the meeting
 Meeting deadline date (for                             13h00 on Tuesday, 14 November 2023
 administrative       purposes,
 forms of proxy for the
 meeting to be lodged)*
 Meeting date                                          13h00 on Thursday, 16 November 2023
 Publication of results                              On or about Thursday, 16 November 2023
 Company’s weblink to Notice                         www.discovery.co.za/info/2023agmnotice
 of AGM
 Company’s weblink to annual         https://www.discovery.co.za/corporate/investor-relations
 report and annual financial
 statements
 JSE cloudlink to annual https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/JSE/ISSE/DSY/DSY0623.pdf
 financial statements
*any proxies not lodged by this time must be handed to the chairperson of the AGM immediately prior to such proxy
exercising his/her right to vote at the AGM.

RETIREMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

In terms of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and Debt Listings Requirements, shareholders and
noteholders are advised that Dr. Vincent Maphai and Mrs Sindi Zilwa have indicated their intention to
formally retire as non-executive Directors of the Company and as members of the Committees on which
they serve to pursue other external opportunities. The resignation date is with effect from the conclusion
of the Company's upcoming AGM on 16 November 2023.

Dr Vincent Maphai has served as a non-executive Director of the Company since 2005 and has served on
various Committees in a range of capacities over his tenure. He will also retire as a member of the
Nominations Committee post the AGM.

Mrs Sindi Zilwa has served as a non-executive Director of the Company since 2003 and has served on
various Committees in a range of capacities over the years. She will also retire as the Chairperson of the
Social and Ethics and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committees post the AGM.

The Committees on which the retiring non-executive Directors served will remain duly constituted post
their retirement, and further announcements on compositions of the Committees will be made by the
Company in due course.

Discovery wishes to thank Vincent and Sindi for their invaluable contributions to the Group over many
years and for their guidance and oversight during the substantial strategic evolution of the Discovery
Group. We wish them all the very best with their future endeavours.

Sandton
18 October 2023
Sponsor and Debt Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited