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MIHH / Naspers - Announcement

Release Date: 01/11/2002 08:02
Code(s): MHH NPN
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MIHH / Naspers - Announcement This announcement is not for distribution in or into the United States of America NASPERS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa) (Registration number 1925/001431/06) Share code NPN ISIN ZAE000015889 ("Naspers") MIH HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa) (Registration number 1993/005613/06) Share code MIH ISIN ZAE000018941 ("MIHH") CHANGE IN DATES REGARDING THE PROPOSED REORGANISATION OF NASPERS LIMITED ("NASPERS"), PURSUANT TO WHICH THE MINORITY INTERESTS IN MIH HOLDINGS LIMITED ("MIHH") AND MIH LIMITED ("MIHL") WILL BE ACQUIRED BY NASPERS The announcement of the proposed reorganisation of the Naspers group ("reorganisation") published on 26 September 2002 indicated that the documentation to be issued in relation to the reorganisation ("reorganisation documentation") would be posted to Naspers and MIHH shareholders ("shareholders") on or about Friday 25 October. Shareholders are advised that because of additional time required to process the requisite filings with the applicable regulatory authorities, there will be a slight delay in posting the reorganisation documentation. Accordingly, the reorganisation documentation will be posted to shareholders, on Friday 8 November 2002. An announcement setting forth the salient dates and times of the reorganisation will be published on SENS and in the press on the same day. This announcement is not an offer of shares, for sale, in the United States of America. Naspers` shares and Naspers` American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or exemption from registration by the Securities Exchange Commission. The public offering of Naspers` shares and Naspers` ADSs to be made in the United States to the MIHL shareholders, other than Naspers and MIHH, in terms of the merger of MIHL into MIH BVI Limited, a wholly-owned British Virgin Island ("BVI") subsidiary of MIHH, in accordance with BVI law, will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from Naspers. The prospectus will contain detailed information about Naspers and its management and will include Naspers` financial statements. Cape Town 1 November 2002 Merchant Bank INVESTEC CORPORATE FINANCE Investec Bank Limited (Registration number 1969/004763/06) Independent adviser to MIHH and MIHL boards of directors Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group Merrill Lynch International Registered in England Registration number 2312079 Regulated in the United Kingdom By The Financial Services Authority Transactional sponsor to Naspers and MIHH Investec Bank Limited (Registration number 1969/004763/06) Attorneys to the transaction WEBBER WENTZEL BOWENS Attorneys to Naspers JAN S. DE VILLIERS Sponsor to Naspers GENSEC BANK LIMITED (Registration number 1996/004744/06) Reporting accountants and auditors PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS INC Chartered Accountants (SA) Registered Accountants and Auditors (Registration number 1998/012055/21) Sponsor to MIHH Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group Merrill Lynch International Registered in England Registration number 2312079 Regulated in the United Kingdom By The Financial Services Authority Date: 01/11/2002 08:00:21 AM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department

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