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Prosus N.V.'s Board has nominated Arnold Goldberg (58) for appointment as an independent non-executive director at its next annual general meeting. Concurrently, Mr. Roberto Oliveira de Lima will retire as an independent non-executive director and from two committees, and Ying Xu will join the human resources and remuneration committee, all effective July 1, 2026.
| Date | 19 May 2026 |
| Time | 16:30:00 |
| Category | Board changes |
| ID | 9675E |
Prosus N.V.
(Incorporated in the Netherlands)
(Legal Entity Identifier: 635400Z5LQ5F9OLVT688)
AEX and JSE Share Code: PRX ISIN: NL0013654783
(Prosus)
The board of directors ("Board") has decided to nominate Arnold Goldberg (58) for appointment as an independent non-executive director of Prosus at the next annual general meeting.
With effect from 19 May 2026, Mr Goldberg is expected to be appointed as an independent non-executive director of Naspers Limited. Mr Goldberg is expected to be classified as an independent non-executive director of Naspers under the King Report IV on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016 and Prosus under the Dutch Corporate Governance Code.
Mr Goldberg earned a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida in 1990 and began his career as a Software Engineer at Harris Corporation and ABB Ltd., later contributing to IBM's WebSphere Application Server. From 2000 to 2008, he held leadership roles at Hyperion Solutions and eBay, building infrastructure teams and setting technology standards. Between 2008 and 2012, he scaled startups like LinkedIn, launching platform initiatives, and Box, growing the engineering team 20x. At PayPal (2013-2021), he has led agile transformations, rebuilt merchant products, and oversaw 2 000+ employees and a US$400m budget, driving significant growth in revenue and market cap. Arnold joined Google in January 2022 as VP and GM of Payments, leading teams for Google Pay, Google Wallet and the Payments Platform, serving Billions of users. He drove an open ecosystem strategy, tripling growth rates, and expanded Google's financial services into new technologies. Arnold stepped down in June 2025.
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 Goldberg.
Furthermore, Mr Roberto Oliveira de Lima will retire as an independent non-executive director of the board and the human resources and remuneration committee and nominations committee with effect from 1 July 2026. The board expresses its deepest gratitude to Roberto for his significant and invaluable contributions to the Naspers Group over many years.
Ying Xu, an independent non-executive director, will join the human resources and remuneration committee with effect from 1 July 2026.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
19 May 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