NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the ninety-sixth annual general meeting of Naspers Limited (”the company” or
“Naspers”) will be held on the 18th floor of Naspers Centre, 40 Heerengracht in Cape Town, South Africa, on
Friday, 27 August 2010 at 11:15. The following resolutions will be considered and, if approved, be adopted with or without amendment:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. The financial statements of the company and the group for the twelve (12) months ended 31 March 2010 and the reports of the directors and the auditor to be considered and accepted.
   
2. The confirmation of dividends in relation to the N ordinary and A ordinary shares of the company.
   
3.

The approval of the remuneration of the non-executive directors for the year ended 31 March 2010 and
31 March 2011 as follows:

Naspers board and committee fees   31 March 2010   31 March 2011  
Board      
Chair*   R1 887 000   R2 011 400  
Board member   R354 000   R378 800  
Committees       
  • Audit: chair  
R270 000   R270 000  
member   R135 000   R135 000  
  • Risk:**                       chair  
  R120 000  
                                       member     R60 000  
  • Human resources: chair  
R132 000   R140 000  
                                       member R66 000   R70 000  
  • Nomination:             chair  
R48 000   R50 000  
                                       member   R24 000   R25 000  

* The chair of the board does not receive additional remuneration if he/she is a member of or chairs any subcommittee of the board.
** The risk committee was formed on 30 April 2010.

4.

To reappoint the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as independent registered auditor of the company (noting that
Mr A Wentzel is the individual registered auditor of that firm who will undertake the audit) for the period until the next annual general meeting of the company.

5.

To approve the appointment of Prof D Meyer who was appointed as a director with effect from 25 November 2009. Her abridged curriculum vitae appears here.

6.

To elect Messrs T Vosloo, N P van Heerden, H S S Willemse and L N Jonker, who retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Their abridged curricula vitae appear here.

The board unanimously recommends that the appointments and re-election of directors in terms of resolutions 5 and 6 be approved by the shareholders of the company. The re-election of each director will be carried out in separate ordinary resolutions.

7.

To place the authorised but unissued share capital of the company under the control of the directors and to grant, until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the company, an unconditional general authority to the directors to allot and issue at their discretion (but subject to the provisions of section 221 of the Companies Act, No 61 of 1973, as amended (”the Act”), and the requirements of the JSE Limited (“the JSE”) and any other exchange on which the shares of the company may be quoted or listed from time to time) the unissued shares of the company on such terms and conditions and to such persons, whether they be shareholders or not, as the directors at their discretion deem fit.

8. Subject to a minimum of 75% of the votes of shareholders of the company present in person or by proxy at the annual general meeting and entitled to vote, voting in favour thereof, the directors be authorised and are hereby authorised to issue unissued shares of a class of shares already in issue in the capital of the company for cash as and when the opportunity arises, subject to the requirements of the JSE, including the following:
  • this authority shall not endure beyond the earlier of the next annual general meeting of the company or beyond fifteen (15) months from the date of the meeting
  • that a paid press announcement giving full details, including the impact on the net asset value and earnings per share, will be published at the time of any issue representing, on a cumulative basis within one year, 5% or more of the number of shares of that class in issue prior to the issue
  • the aggregate issue of any particular class of shares in any financial year will not exceed 5% of the issued number of that class of shares (including securities which are compulsorily convertible into shares of that class)
  • that in determining the price at which an issue of shares will be made in terms of this authority, the discount at which the shares may be issued may not exceed 10% of the weighted average traded price of the shares in question, as determined over the thirty (30) business days prior to the date that the price of the issue is determined, and
  • that the shares will only be issued to “public shareholders” as defined in the Listings Requirements of the JSE, and not to related parties.
   
9.

To consider and, if deemed fit, to pass with or without modification the following ordinary resolution:

“Resolved that proposed amendments to the trust deed of the Naspers Share Incentive Scheme, Masters reference IT 4713/97 prescribed by Schedule 14 of the JSE Listings Requirements be approved.”

The Naspers Share Incentive Scheme (“the scheme”) was adopted by shareholders of Naspers during 1997. The terms of the trust deed of the scheme must be amended to comply with Schedule 14 of the JSE Listings Requirements which took effect on 15 October 2008.

The principal terms of the scheme as amended are as follows:

(a) a person in the permanent employ of the group (being Naspers, its subsidiaries and other entities in which Naspers has a substantial interest, whether directly or indirectly which has been approved by the directors of Naspers to form part of the group), may participate in the scheme. Such persons include any officers or executive directors of the group, a person who has concluded a fixed term contract with an entity within the group, as well as an employee who has retired and in respect of whom the trustees of the scheme have exercised their discretion in terms whereof the retired employee is still entitled to remain as participant under the scheme;
(b) offers made or options granted under the scheme to eligible participants to acquire shares in Naspers are exercisable over a period of 10 years following the date of the acceptance of an offer or option;
(c) eligible participants will acquire shares in Naspers for a consideration equivalent to the nominal value or the market price (whichever is the higher) of a share which may, in the discretion of the trustees, be adjusted upwards for inflation, having regard to the period over which the purchase price will be payable;
(d) the trustees of the scheme will only acquire shares for the scheme when a participant or group of participants to whom the shares will be offered have been formally identified by the trustees;
(e) shares held by the trustees may only be sold on the termination of the employment of or on the death of a participant or on behalf of a participant, once the rights of ownership have vested;
(f) when granting or making options or offers to employees, the trustees shall take cognisance of the criteria set by the company’s human resources and remuneration committee from time;
(g) a participant shall be entitled to receive delivery of shares pursuant to the exercise of an option or acceptance of an offer after release of such shares by the trustees and against payment by the participant of all monies owing to the trust in respect of such shares;
(h) payment for shares acquired under the scheme must be made in full after the release and against the delivery of the shares or by means of a scheme loan;
(i) ownership of shares held by the trust shall remain with the trust until such time as the shares are delivered to the participant. Prior to such delivery the trust, as owner of the shares, shall take up any rights in terms of rights or capitalisation issues or a share capital reduction, receive all dividends paid in respect of the shares, exercise voting rights in respect of the shares and generally exercise all rights that inure to the owner of the shares;
(j) upon the termination of the employment of a participant by reason of death, permanent disability or takeover of the company, all amounts owing by the participant in respect of the purchase of shares by him/her, must be paid within 12 months of the date of termination of employment, unless the trustees in their exclusive discretion lay down a different period. Upon termination for any other reason than those mentioned, any purchase of shares will, unless the trustees in their exclusive discretion decide otherwise, be cancelled to the extent that shares sold to the participant have not yet been released, with the result that any amounts, (except for interest levied on a scheme loan if applicable), already paid for such shares by the participant, will be repaid to the participant and the participant will enjoy no further rights in terms of the scheme;
(k) the directors may place unissued shares in the share capital of Naspers at the disposal of the trustees for allocation to participants in terms of this trust. The maximum number of shares available for fresh allocation after 27 August 2010 to participants under this scheme and any other share incentive scheme of Naspers or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Naspers is 40 588 541 shares which number will increase by virtue of any subdivision of shares or decrease by virtue of any consolidation of shares, as the case may be. This maximum number may also be increased with the prior approval by ordinary resolution of the equity security holders of Naspers, such resolution to require a 75% majority of the votes cast in favour of such resolution by all equity security holders present or represented by proxy at the general meeting to approve such resolution excluding the votes attaching to all equity securities owned or controlled by persons who are existing participants in the scheme where such equity securities were acquired in terms of the scheme and may be impacted by the proposed changes;
(l) more than one option or offer may be granted or made to an employee from time to time, provided that the number of scheme shares to which any single participant is entitled in terms of this scheme, shall not exceed 12 176 562 shares;
(m) the maximum number of shares contemplated in (k) and (l) may be adjusted on a capitalisation issue, a special dividend, a rights issue, a reduction of capital and where shares are subdivided or consolidated, and the purchase price payable in respect thereof (where applicable) must be adjusted, so as to ensure that the participant remains entitled to the same proportion of the issued share capital of Naspers to which he/she was entitled prior to the occurrence of the event in question;
(n) the issue of shares as consideration for the acquisition of assets, the issue of shares for cash or a vendor consideration placing will not be regarded as circumstances requiring adjustments;

(o)

certain provisions of the trust deed may only be amended by way of an ordinary resolution of shareholders (requiring a 75% majority of the vote cast in favour of such resolution). These are the provisions which relate to (i) the categories of persons to which or for whose benefit scheme shares may be bought or issued in terms of the scheme (ii) the calculation of the total number of shares which may be acquired for the purpose of or pursuant to this scheme (iii) the maximum number of options and scheme shares which may be acquired by any participant (iv) the share price and the time period within which payment of the purchase price must be made (v) the amount payable on acceptance or exercise, as the case may be (vi) the voting, dividend, transfer and other rights, including those arising on a liquidation of Naspers attaching to the shares and to any options (vii) the basis upon which any awards are made (viii) the treatment of any options (vested and unvested) in instances of mergers, take-overs or corporate actions and (ix) the rights of participants upon termination of employment or retirement or death insofar as it relates to the premature withdrawal from the scheme.

 

The trust deed of the Naspers Share Incentive Scheme in its amended form will be available for inspection by shareholders during normal business hours at Naspers’s registered address, 40 Heerengracht, Cape Town, 8000 (contact person Denise Vos) and in Johannesburg at 251 Oak Avenue, Randburg, 2194 (contact person Gillian Kisbey-Green) for a period of 14 days prior to the date of this annual general meeting.

The amendment of the terms of the scheme must be approved by ordinary resolution requiring a 75% majority of the votes cast in favour of such resolution by all shareholders present or represented by proxy at the annual general meeting. Votes attaching to equity securities owned or controlled by persons who are existing participants in the scheme and which have been acquired in terms of the scheme and may be impacted by the changes will be excluded from the vote.

10.

Details of the Naspers group share-based incentive schemes currently in existence can be found in this annual report. (The Naspers Share Incentive Scheme referred to in the previous ordinary resolution, the other existing Naspers group share-based incentive schemes and such Naspers group share-based schemes that are established in future are hereafter collectively referred to as ‘Naspers group share-based incentive schemes’.)

It is proposed that, subject to the requirements of Schedule 14 of the Listings Requirements and the trust deeds of the Naspers group share-based incentive schemes, the directors be granted the authority to allot and issue up to 40 588 541 Naspers shares (being 10% of the issued N ordinary share capital of Naspers as at 31 March 2010) to the Naspers group share-based incentive schemes. Accordingly, the following resolution is proposed:

To consider and, if deemed fit, to pass with or without modification the following ordinary resolution:

“Resolved, as a special authority in terms of section 221(2) of the Companies Act, No 61 of 1973 and subject to the Listings Requirements of the JSE, that the board of directors of Naspers shall be authorised, after the date of passing of this resolution, to allot, issue and make application to the JSE for the listing of up to 40 588 541 Naspers N ordinary shares to the Naspers group share-based incentive schemes and/or the participants thereunder as and when the trustees/administrators of the Naspers group share-based incentive scheme in question wish to offer or deliver Naspers N ordinary shares to the participants thereunder, in each instance on the terms applicable to the Naspers group share-based incentive scheme in question. ”

The following special resolutions will be considered and, if approved, will be adopted with or without amendment:

SPECIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE

That the company or any of its subsidiaries be and are hereby authorised, by way of a general authority, to acquire N ordinary shares issued by the company, in terms of and subject to sections 85(2), 85(3) and 89 of the Companies Act, No 61 of 1973, as amended, and in terms of the rules and requirements of the JSE being that:

  • any such acquisition of N ordinary shares shall be effected through the order book operated by the JSE trading system and done without any prior understanding or arrangement
  • this general authority shall be valid until the company’s next annual general meeting, provided that it shall not extend beyond fifteen (15) months from the date of passing of this special resolution
  • an announcement will be published as soon as the company or any of its subsidiaries have acquired N ordinary shares constituting, on a cumulative basis, 3% of the number of N ordinary shares in issue prior to the acquisition pursuant to which the aforesaid 3% threshold is reached, and for each 3% in aggregate acquired thereafter, containing full details of such acquisitions
  • acquisitions of N ordinary shares in aggregate in any one financial year may not exceed 20% of the company’s N ordinary issued share capital as at the date of passing of this special resolution
  • in determining the price at which N ordinary shares issued by the company are acquired by it or any of its subsidiaries in terms of this general authority, the maximum premium at which such N ordinary shares may be acquired will not exceed 10% of the weighted average of the market value at which such N ordinary shares are traded on the JSE as determined over the five (5) business days immediately preceding the date of repurchase of such N ordinary shares by the company or any of its subsidiaries
  • the company has been given authority by its articles of association
  • at any point, the company may only appoint one agent to effect any repurchase on the company’s behalf
  • the company’s sponsor must confirm the adequacy of the company’s working capital for purposes of undertaking the repurchase of N ordinary shares in writing to the JSE before entering the market for the repurchase
  • the company remaining in compliance with the minimum shareholder spread requirements of the JSE Listings Requirements, and
  • the company and/or its subsidiaries not repurchasing any N ordinary shares during a prohibited period as defined by the JSE Listings Requirements, unless a repurchase programme is in place where dates and quantities of shares to be traded during the prohibited period are fixed and full details of the programme have been disclosed in an announcement over the Securities Exchange News Service (SENS) prior to the commencement of the prohibited period.

Before the general repurchase is effected, the directors, having considered the effects of the repurchase of the maximum number of N ordinary shares in terms of the foregoing general authority, will ensure that for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the notice of the annual general meeting:

  • the company and the group will be able, in the ordinary course of business, to pay their debts
  • the assets of the company and the group, fairly valued in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, will exceed the liabilities of the company and the group, and
  • the company and the group’s ordinary share capital, reserves and working capital will be adequate for ordinary business purposes.


The following additional information, some of which appears elsewhere in the annual report of which this notice forms part, is provided in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements for purposes of the general authority:


Directors’ responsibility statement

The directors, whose names appear in the directorate collectively and individually, accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information pertaining to this special resolution number one and certify that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no facts that have been omitted which would make any statement false or misleading, and that all reasonable enquiries to ascertain such facts have been made and that special resolution number one contains all relevant information.

Material changes
Other than the facts and developments reported on in the annual report, there have been no material changes in the affairs or financial position of the company and its subsidiaries since the date of signature of the audit report and up to the date of this notice.

The directors have no specific intention, at present, for the company to repurchase any of its N ordinary shares, but consider that such a general authority should be put in place should an opportunity present itself to do so during the year which is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.

The reason for and effect of special resolution number one is to grant the company a general authority in terms of the Companies Act and the JSE Listings Requirements for the acquisition by the company, or a subsidiary of the company, of the company’s N ordinary shares.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO

That the company or any of its subsidiaries be and are hereby authorised, by way of a general authority, to acquire A ordinary shares issued by the company, in terms of and subject to sections 85(2), 85(3) and 89 of the Companies Act, No 61 of 1973, as amended.

The reason for and effect of special resolution number two is to grant the company a general authority in terms of the Companies Act for the acquisition by the company, or a subsidiary of the company, of the company’s A ordinary shares.

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

11. Each of the directors of the company is hereby authorised to do all things, perform all acts and sign all documentation necessary to effect the implementation of the ordinary and special resolutions adopted at this annual general meeting.
 

OTHER BUSINESS

To transact such other business as may be transacted at an annual general meeting.

Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote in their stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the company.

A form of proxy, which includes the relevant instructions for its completion, is attached for the use of holders of certificated shares and “own name” dematerialised shareholders who wish to be represented at the annual general meeting. Completion of a form of proxy will not preclude such a shareholder from attending and voting (in preference to that shareholder’s proxy) at the annual general meeting.

Holders of dematerialised shares, other than “own name” dematerialised shareholders, who wish to vote at the annual general meeting must instruct their central securities depositary participant (CSDP) or broker accordingly in the manner and cut-off time stipulated by their CSDP or broker.

Holders of dematerialised shares, other than “own name” dematerialised shareholders, who wish to attend the annual general meeting in person need to arrange the necessary authorisation as soon as possible through their CSDP or broker.

The form appointing a proxy and the authority (if any) under which it is signed must reach the transfer secretaries of the company by no later than 11:15 on Thursday, 26 August 2010. A form of proxy is enclosed with this notice. The form of proxy may also be obtained from the registered office of the company.

By order of the board

G Kisbey-Green
Company secretary

14 July 2010
Cape Town