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Naspers Limited/ MIH Holdings Limited - Results Announcement

Release Date: 02/12/2002 16:41
Code(s): MHH NPN
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Naspers Limited/ MIH Holdings Limited - Results Announcement 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 1993/005613/6) Share code MHH ISIN ZAE000018941 ("MIHH") RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF MIH LIMITED ("MIHL") SHAREHOLDERS, MIHH SCHEME MEETING AND THE GENERAL MEETING OF NASPERS SHAREHOLDERS IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED REORGANISATION OF NASPERS Further to the announcement dated 8 November 2002, Investec Bank Limited is authorised to announce that: * the merger of MIHL into MIH BVI Limited ("the merger") has been approved by the requisite majority of votes exercisable by the MIHL shareholders in a special meeting held on Friday 29 November 2002; * the scheme of arrangement ("the scheme"), proposed by Naspers between MIHH and its shareholders, has been approved by the requisite majority of scheme members at the scheme meeting held on Monday 2 December 2002; * the resolutions necessary to approve and to implement the reorganisation, were passed without modification by the Naspers shareholders in general meeting held on Monday 2 December 2002. Application will be made to the High Court of South Africa (Witwatersrand Local Division), which is located in the High Court Building, von Brandis Square, corner Pritchard and von Brandis Streets, Johannesburg ("the Court") to sanction the scheme on Tuesday 10 December 2002 at 10:00 or as soon thereafter as Counsel may be heard. If the Court sanctions the scheme, the only remaining condition precedent to which the scheme and reorganisation will remain subject, will be the registration of the Order of Court sanctioning the scheme by the Registrar of Companies. A further announcement regarding the outcome of the application to the Court and details of the surrender procedure required for existing MIHH documents of title will be published on or about Wednesday 11 December 2002. Cape Town 3 December 2002 Merchant bank Investec Corporate Finance Investec Bank Limited (Registration number 1969/004763/06) Independent advisor 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 Webber Wentzel Bowens Attorneys to Naspers Jan S. De Villiers Attorneys Sponsor to Naspers Gensec Bank Limited (Registration number 1996/004744/06) Reporting accountants and auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. Chartered Accountants (SA) Registered Accountants & Auditors (Registration no. 1998/012055/21) Sponsor to MIHH Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd Registration number 1995/001805/07 Registered Sponsor and Member of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Date: 02/12/2002 04:41:00 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department

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