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 |
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* The chair of the board does not receive additional remuneration if he/she is a member of or chairs any subcommittee of the board. |
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To reappoint the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as independent registered auditor of the company (noting that |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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:
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| 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:
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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. |
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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. ” |
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The following special resolutions will be considered and, if approved, will be adopted with or without amendment: |
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SPECIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER ONEThat 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:
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:
Material changes 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 TWOThat 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 |
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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
