23 Jun 2025
Distribution of Integrated Annual Report 2025, Notice of Virtual Annual General Meeting, Dividend and Publication of B-BBEE Annual Compliance Certificate
Naspers Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1925/001431/06)
JSE share code: NPN ISIN: ZAE000325783
(Naspers)
Distribution of integrated annual report
Shareholders are advised that the company’s integrated annual report and annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be available on the company’s website www.naspers.com, Monday 23 June 2025.
Notice of virtual annual general meeting
Naspers shareholders are advised that notice is hereby given, in terms of the notice of annual general meeting posted to shareholders today, on Monday, 23 June 2025 (Notice of Annual General Meeting), that the virtual annual general meeting of Naspers will be held at 14:00 SAST on Thursday, 21 August 2025, entirely by electronic communication as permitted by the Companies Act 71 of 2008, and by Naspers' memorandum of incorporation. Naspers has retained the services of The Meeting Specialist Proprietary Limited (TMS) to host the annual general meeting, and the remote hosting of the annual general meeting will be on an interactive electronic platform that will facilitate remote participation and voting by shareholders.
Shareholders who wish to participate electronically and/or vote at the Annual General Meeting are required to deliver the electronic participation form to TMS as soon as possible, but in any event no later than 16:00 SAST on Tuesday, 12 August 2025 by email to [email protected]. TMS will assist shareholders with the requirements for participation in, and/or voting at, the Annual General Meeting, including details of how to access the electronic voting platform.
Proxy forms must be lodged, for administrative purposes, by no later than 14:00 SAST on Tuesday, 19 August 2025, alternatively presented to the Naspers company secretary prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.
The Notice of Annual General Meeting is also available on Naspers’ website at www.naspers.com/investors/shareholder-centre/shareholder-meetings. Naspers’ remuneration report and the proposed remuneration policy are included in the 2025 integrated annual report of Naspers that has already been made available to shareholders and on the website.
The record date in order to be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 15 August 2025, and accordingly the last day to trade Naspers N ordinary shares in order to be recorded in the Naspers shareholders' register on the record date to be eligible to vote and participate at the Annual General Meeting is Tuesday, 12 August 2025.
Dividend
Further to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 as released on SENS and the company’s website www.naspers.com, the Prosus board has recommended that its shareholders receive a distribution of a gross amount of 20 euro cents per ordinary share N which represents an increase of approximately 100% for free-float shareholders. Subject to the requisite approval by Prosus shareholders being obtained, a dividend will be paid by Naspers in relation to the Naspers N ordinary shares and A ordinary shares from the amount that Naspers receives from Prosus, in accordance with the rights attaching to the shares as set out in the Naspers memorandum of incorporation.
The board of Naspers intends to declare the dividend as soon as practicable.
Publication of B-BBEE annual compliance certificate
Shareholders are further advised that Naspers’s annual compliance certificate for the 2025 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, South Africa
23 June 2025
JSE sponsor to Naspers
Investec Bank Limited
Enquiries
| Investor Enquiries Eoin Ryan, Head of Investor Relations |
+1 347-210-4305 |
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+31 6 15494359 |
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+27 81 431 4855 |
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. These include Takealot, Mr D Food, 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 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 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.