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Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN) delivered a strong performance during a transformative year, as we build the leading lifestyle ecommerce company in Latin America, Europe and India, driven by AI and innovation.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN): The first six months of the financial year have been a successful period for the Group. Our operations delivered topline growth of 24%, with consolidated Ecommerce revenue of US$3.3bn, and we increased Ecommerce adjusted EBIT by five times to US$169m. We recently celebrated the listing of Swiggy, valued at US$11.3bn, and sold US$2bn+ of assets, including a portion of our Swiggy stake and our Trip.com position. Our buyback has created US$36bn of value since launch, with 12% NAV per share accretion, and is the largest globally of any tech company as a portion of market capitalisation. We are actively exploring the immense AI opportunity for our more than 2 billion customers, to accelerate our growth and profitability, and we are confident in the impact and value it will bring.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN):

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN, LSE: NPSN) The 110th annual general meeting (AGM) of the shareholders of Naspers was held through electronic communication yesterday.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN): It has been a standout year for the Group. Naspers simplified its Group structure, delivered improvements across all core performance metrics and achieved Ecommerce profitability six months ahead of target. Operating businesses have performed well, accelerating profitable growth, while the open-ended buyback programme continues to deliver value for our shareholders every day. The rapid deployment of AI-led technologies across the Naspers ecosystem is generating real results and will set the next frontier of value creation for the Group. Naspers has a strong balance sheet and is well positioned to generate improved returns through smart and disciplined capital allocation, driving value for all stakeholders.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN): Shareholders are advised that the Naspers group (“the Group”) is finalising its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN): Naspers is successfully delivering on its commitments. The fundamentals of its operating businesses are improving, driving profitable growth. The ongoing open-ended buyback continues to compound value over time and the removal of the cross-holding agreement has greatly simplified the Group’s structure. Lastly, with its strong balance sheet and through active portfolio management, the Group is well positioned to generate improved returns through smart and disciplined capital allocation, benefitting all its stakeholders.

Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) and Prosus (AEX and JSE Share Code: PRX) announced today that Bob van Dijk is stepping down as CEO and Board member of Naspers and Prosus after 10 successful years of leadership. Ervin Tu, presently Group Chief Investment Officer, was appointed Interim CEO. Bob will assist with this transition and will remain as a consultant to the Boards until 30 September 2024.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN, LSE: NPSN) The 109th annual general meeting (AGM) of the shareholders of Naspers was held through electronic communication today.

Naspers  (JSE:NPN) shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that notice is hereby given, in terms of the notice of annual general meeting posted to Shareholders today, on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 (Notice of Annual General Meeting), that the virtual annual general meeting of Naspers (the Annual General Meeting) will be held at 14:00 SAST on Thursday, 24 August 2023, entirely by electronic communication as permitted by the Companies Act 71 of 2008, and by Naspers's 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.

1. PROSUS CIRCULAR AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN): Shareholders are advised that the company’s integrated annual report and annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 will be available on the company’s website www.naspers.com, Tuesday 27 June 2023.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN): In the second half of the year the group made significant progress in delivery of its strategic priorities, positioning it well for long-term value creation. The ongoing open-ended repurchase programme is creating significant value for shareholders and actions taken in H2 to streamline operations have improved profitablity. The Group has increased confidence in achieving its H1 2025 profit ambition, while continuing to deliver high growth.

Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) (LSE:NPSN) has announced a solid set of results for the first half of the year. Despite a turbulent period during which industry growth expectations and valuations came under significant pressure, we have increased ecommerce revenues and continued organic investment into those segments where we see the highest growth potential. This investment is focused on building and extending our offering within core products to meet local market needs, notably within autos at OLX, convenience delivery in Food and credit at PayU. Organic investment levels peaked during the period, and together with increased scale and actively managing our cost base, our business is well positioned for improvements in profitability and cash flow generation. It is our ambition for our consolidated ecommerce portfolio to become profitable in H1 of FY2025. Our buyback programme will continue for the foreseeable future, as it meaningfully improves net asset value (NAV) per share, creating permanent value that will compound over time.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN): Shareholders are referred to article published on 31 October 2022 by Asian Tech Press. The article claims that a CITIC-lead group (a Chinese stated-owned investment company) is in talks with Naspers to buy all the Tencent shares owned by the Group.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN): On 31 August 2021, Naspers announced that an agreement had been reached between PayU Payments Private Limited (PayU), a subsidiary of Prosus N.V. (Prosus), and the shareholders of the Indian digital payments provider BillDesk to acquire BillDesk for US$4.7 billion.

Naspers Limited (Naspers) (JSE: NPN) The 108th annual general meeting (AGM) of Naspers Limited was held through electronic communication today.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN): Prosus N.V. (Prosus) (Euronext Amsterdam: PRX; JSE: PRX), which is majority owned by Naspers, and a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 33.3% stake in iFood, from minority shareholder Just Eat Holding Limited for €1.5bn in cash plus a contingent consideration of up to €300m. Following the transaction, Prosus and its affiliate company, Movile (a Brazilian investor in technology companies) will fully own iFood.

Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) (LSE:NPSN) announced strong revenue growth with profitability in core operations for the year ending 31 March 2022.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN; LSE: NPSN) shareholders are advised that on 23 December 2021, the board of directors of Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent), declared a special interim dividend in the form of a distribution in specie of Class A ordinary shares (the JD.com shares) of JD.com, Inc. (JD.com), a company whose American depositary shares are listed on NASDAQ Global Select Market (stock symbol: JD, ISIN Code: US47215P1066) and whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) (stock code: 9618), representing a majority of the JD.com shares held by Tencent (the JD.com in specie distribution).

Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) delivered a strong performance in the six months ending 30 September 2021, growing ecommerce revenues 52%. The group stepped up investment to further accelerate growth across its increasingly valuable internet businesses.

Naspers Limited ("Naspers") (JSE: NPN; LSE: NPSN): Further to the announcement released by Prosus N.V. ("Prosus") today, 12 July 2021, shareholders are advised that:

Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) full year results confirm revenues and trading profit at record levels, as well as strong progress on strategy.