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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