Prosus N.V.
(Incorporated in the Netherlands)
(Legal Entity Identifier: 635400Z5LQ5F9OLVT688)
AEX and JSE Share Code: PRX ISIN: NL0013654783
(Prosus)
CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD
The board of directors ("Board") has decided to nominate Pedro Arnt (53) as an independent non-executive director to the Prosus Board, as well as a member of the audit and risk committees, at a specially to be scheduled general meeting of the company.
With effect from 10 August 2026, Mr Arnt has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Naspers Limited. Mr Arnt has been classified as an independent non-executive director of Naspers under the King Report V on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2025 and Prosus under the Dutch Corporate Governance Code.
Mr Arnt earned a BA in Political Science from Haverford College in 1995 and an MPhil in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford in 1997. He began his career at The Boston Consulting Group as an Associate, advising Global 500 companies across Latin America and the United States, with a focus on the emerging electronic commerce practice during the internet expansion of the late 1990s. In 1999, Pedro joined MercadoLibre as one of the company’s earliest executives, working across marketing, sales, customer operations, treasury and investor relations. He served as VP of Marketing & Sales, then as VP of Customer Operations from 2003, before being appointed VP of Planning, Treasury & Investor Relations in 2007, playing a key role in the company’s Nasdaq initial public offering that year. In 2011, he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MercadoLibre, a role he held for more than twelve years, during which the company grew into one of Latin America’s largest technology and fintech platforms, reaching a market capitalisation of approximately US$100 billion. Pedro joined dLocal in August 2023 as Co-Chief Executive Officer, becoming standalone Chief Executive Officer in 2024, a role he holds today. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Allegro.eu SA.
The Board confirms that in compliance with the JSE Listings Requirements fit and proper assessments have been conducted and that the Board is satisfied with the outcomes of the assessments. Additionally, the Group confirms that there are no positive statements to report in respect of the integrity information contained in the director’s declarations.
The Board takes great pleasure in welcoming Mr Arnt.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
11 August 2026
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited
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About Prosus
Prosus is the power behind the world’s leading lifestyle ecommerce brands, across Europe, India, and Latin America, unlocking an AI-first world for our 2 billion customers.
The Prosus technology ecosystem spans food delivery, payments, classifieds, travel, events, and mobility. Our integrated approach enhances user engagement and creates the foundation for unprecedented AI capabilities through proprietary data and cross-service intelligence.
Through Prosus Ventures, we invest in companies which inspire and support the Prosus ecosystem. We search for new opportunities at the leading edge of AI and ecommerce, the digital AI workforce and in frontier technologies, such as robotics, drones and synbio.
The team actively backs exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to improve people’s everyday lives.
To find out more, please visit www.prosus.com.
Disclaimer
The Repurchase Programme is being conducted in accordance with Articles 5(1) and 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (“Market Abuse Regulation”) and Articles 2 to 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 supplementing the Market Abuse Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programmes and stabilisation measures (the “Delegated Regulation”). This document is issued in connection with the disclosure and reporting obligation set out in Article 2(1) of the Delegated Regulation.
This document contains information that qualifies as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the Market Abuse Regulation.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
The information contained in this announcement may contain forward-looking statements, estimates and projections. Forward-looking statements involve all matters that are not historical and may be identified by the words “anticipate”, ”believe”, ”estimate”, ”expect”, ”intend”, ”may”, ”should”, ”will”, ”would” and similar expressions or their negatives, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements reflect Prosus’s intentions, beliefs or current expectations, involve elements of subjective judgement and analysis and are based upon the best judgement of Prosus as of the date of this announcement, but could prove to be wrong. These statements are subject to change without notice and are based on a number of assumptions and entail known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Therefore, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
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