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Results of annual general meeting

Published: 2022-11-30 11:02:20 ET
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                                        DRDGOLD LIMITED
                            (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
                               (Registration number 1895/000926/06)
                                        JSE share code: DRD
                                        ISIN: ZAE000058723
                                     NYSE trading symbol: DRD
                                  (“DRDGOLD” or the “Company”)

                           RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DRDGOLD shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of
Shareholders held yesterday, 29 November 2022, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in
the notice of AGM dated 28 October 2022, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders
present or represented by proxy at the AGM. Further details regarding the voting results for each of the
resolutions are contained below.

All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the number and percentage of shares voted, the
percentage of shares abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each
resolution, are as follows:

Ordinary resolution number 1: Appointment of BDO South Africa Inc. (with the designated external
audit partner being Jacques Barradas) as the independent external auditors of the Company

 Shares Voted             Abstained                 For                       Against

 516 852 618              0.14%                     99.98%                    0.02%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 2: Re-election of Mr Tim Cumming as a director of the Company

 Shares Voted             Abstained                 For                       Against

 516 855 988              0.14%                     96.17%                    3.83%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Mr Jean Nel as a director of the Company

 Shares Voted             Abstained                 For                       Against

 516 855 288              0.14%                     98.05%                    1.95%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 4: Re-election of Mrs Charmel Flemming as a director of the Company

 Shares Voted             Abstained                 For                       Against

 516 855 988              0.14%                     99.98%                    0.02%
 59.78%
Ordinary resolution number 5: General authority to issue securities for cash

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 856 118             0.14%                    90.68%                   9.32%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution numbers 6.1 – 6.4: Re-appointment of Audit Committee members

Ordinary resolution number 6.1: Re-appointment of Mr Johan Holtzhausen (Chairman)

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 855 988             0.14%                    96.39%                   3.61%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 6.2: Re-appointment of Mr Jean Nel

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 855 288             0.14%                    97.96%                   2.04%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 6.3: Re-appointment of Mrs Prudence Lebina

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 831 988             0.14%                    99.98%                   0.02%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 6.4: Re-appointment of Mrs Charmel Flemming

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 856 988             0.14%                    99.98%                   0.02%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 7: Endorsement of the Remuneration Policy

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 829 954             0.14%                    98.98%                   1.02%
 59.78%


Ordinary resolution number 8: Endorsement of the Implementation Report

 Shares Voted            Abstained                For                      Against

 516 822 124             0.15%                    99.10%                   0.90%
 59.78%
Ordinary resolution number 9: Authority for the directors to sign all required documents

 Shares Voted             Abstained                For                     Against

 516 856 988              0.14%                    99.98%                  0.02%
 59.78%


Special resolution number 1: General authority to repurchase issued securities

 Shares Voted             Abstained                For                     Against

 516 852 493              0.14%                    93.33%                  6.67%
 59.78%


Special resolution number 2: Approval of non-executive directors’ remuneration

 Shares Voted             Abstained                For                     Against

 516 833 324              0.14%                    94.00%                  6.00%
 59.78%


Notes
   -    Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share capital of
        DRDGOLD.
    -   Percentages of shares voted for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of
        shares voted for each resolution.
    -   Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share capital of
        DRDGOLD.

Johannesburg
30 November 2022

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