Late on Friday, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk and chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos spoke to analysts about the group’s decision to sell 2% of its stake in Chinese Internet giant Tencent.
Van Dijk explained the rationale for the sale and what the JSE-listed Internet and media group intends to do with the proceeds. Naspers sold 190m Tencent shares, reducing its stake from 33.2% to 31.2%, yielding US$9.8bn.
Listen to the full call below.
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