EX-8.1 5 ex8-1.htm LIST OF NASPERS' SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES List of Naspers' significant subsidiaries
Exhibit 8.1

Naspers Limited’s Significant Subsidiaries
 
The following table presents each of Naspers Limited’s significant subsidiaries (including direct and indirect holdings), the area of business, the country of incorporation and percentage of shares of each subsidiary owned by Naspers Limited as of March 31, 2006.
 
 
Name of Subsidiary
 
 
Percentage Ownership(1)
 
 
Business
 
 
Country of Incorporation
             
Electronic Media
           
MIH Investments (Proprietary) Limited
 
100.0    
 
Holding company
 
South Africa
MIH Holdings Limited
 
100.0    
 
Holding company
 
South Africa
MIH (BVI) Limited
 
100.0    
 
Holding company
 
British Virgin Islands
Myriad International Holdings BV 
 
100.0    
 
Holding company
 
The Netherlands
MultiChoice Africa (Proprietary) Limited
 
100.0    
 
Pay-television operator in South Africa
 
South Africa
MultiChoice Africa Limited
 
100.0    
 
Pay-television operator in Sub Saharan Africa
 
Mauritius
NetMed NV
 
74.9(2)
 
Holding company in the Mediterranean
 
The Netherlands
NetMed Hellas SA
 
74.9(2)
 
Content provider in Greece
 
Greece
MultiChoice Hellas SA
 
44.9    
 
Pay-television operator in Greece
 
Greece
MultiChoice Cyprus Holdings Limited 
 
51.7    
 
Holding company in Cyprus
 
Cyprus
MultiChoice Cyprus Limited
 
26.4    
 
Pay-television operator in Cyprus
 
Cyprus
M-Web Holdings (Proprietary) Limited
 
100.0    
 
Internet content provider in Africa
 
South Africa
M-Web (Thailand) Limited
 
100.0    
 
Internet service provider in Thailand
 
Thailand
Shanghai Sportscn.com Information Technology Company Limited  
 
87.7    
 
Online sport content provider in China
 
China
Irdeto Access BV
 
100.0    
 
Pay-television content protection technology
 
The Netherlands
Entriq Inc.
 
100.0    
 
Media management and protection technology
 
United States of America
 
Print Media
           
Media24 Limited
 
100.0    
 
Print Media
 
South Africa
Paarl Media Holdings (Proprietary) Limited
 
92.1    
 
Print Media
 
South Africa
Touchline Media (Proprietary) Limited 
 
100.0    
 
Magazine publishing
 
South Africa
Boland Newspapers (Proprietary) Limited 
 
75.0    
 
Newspaper publishing
 
South Africa
Via Afrika Limited
 
100.0    
 
Book publishing
 
South Africa
Educor Holdings Limited
 
100.0    
 
Adult training and higher education
 
South Africa
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(1)
The percentage ownership refers to the effective ownership percentage of the group, excluding any shares held by stock compensation plans in the group.
 
(2)
During July 2006, MIH acquired from Global and Antenna their shares in NetMed. MIH now owns 87.5% of NetMed NV and the remaining 12.5% is owned by Teletypos.
 
 
 
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