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NASPERS LIMITED - Update on Repurchase Programme and Claim It Campaign

Naspers Limited
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What this filing means

Naspers bought back 665,075 of its own N ordinary shares in the week of 12 to 16 October 2026, at an average of ZAR716.6438 each, for ZAR476.6 million (US$28.8 million). It is the same weekly disclosure the group has published since it began voluntarily reporting its Naspers-leg purchases alongside the mandatory Prosus updates. The filing also reminds holders to claim unpaid dividends under the JSE's market-wide "Claim It" campaign.

Naspers is steadily buying back its own shares and telling the market each week what it paid. That is a capital-allocation choice, not new information about how the business is trading — the buyback programme has run since 2022. The second half of the notice is housekeeping: if you hold Naspers shares and have never collected a dividend you were owed, there is a JSE portal to claim it.

Bear case

  • The filing gives no cumulative programme total, no remaining authority and no comparison to prior weeks' purchase volumes, so the pace of the buyback cannot be assessed from this notice alone.

AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

A weekly execution report on a programme launched in June 2022, plus a reminder about unclaimed dividends. It confirms the buyback is still running at roughly the same weekly pace, but it carries no new information about earnings, the Prosus discount or the pace of the programme itself. Nothing here changes a view on the business. So what: the next real test is the half-year results, where the market can weigh the buyback against the underlying earnings and cash flow.

The half-year results are where the market will judge whether the buyback is being funded from genuine free cash flow rather than balance-sheet capacity.

Evidence from the filing

  • The week's repurchase volume and price.

    “For the period between 12 October 2026 and 16 October 2026, the Group purchased 665,075”

  • The programme is a long-running, previously announced one.

    “Shareholders are referred to the announcement issued by Naspers on 27 June 2022 in respect”

  • The notice is a voluntary weekly update, not a new event.

    “Considering the regulatory requirement to provide weekly updates on Prosus ordinary shares”

  • The second subject is a dividend-claim reminder.

    “Shareholders are reminded to claim any unpaid or unclaimed dividends they may be entitled”
Category
Share Repurchase
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Oct 20, 2026

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