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DRDGOLD LIMITED - Results of annual general meeting and changes to the board of directors

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Results of annual general meeting and changes to the board of directors

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 AND CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

DRDGOLD shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting
(“AGM”) of shareholders held on Friday, 30 November 2018, all the ordinary and special
resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 24 October 2018, 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.

APPOINTMENT OF A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Shareholders
are advised that Mr. Jean Johannes Nel has been appointed as a non-executive director to
the Company, with immediate effect, following the conclusion of the AGM.

Mr Nel holds an accounting degree from the University of Stellenbosch and is a qualified
Chartered Accountant (SA). Mr Nel is currently a non-executive director of Mimosa
Investments Limited, which owns the Mimosa platinum mine in Zimbabwe, and Northam
Platinum Limited. Mr Nel previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Aquarius Platinum
Limited (“Aquarius Platinum”) from 2012 to 2016, and following the acquisition of Aquarius
Platinum by Sibanye Gold Limited (trading as Sibanye-Stillwater) (“Sibanye-Stillwater”), Mr
Nel served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Platinum Division of Sibanye-Stillwater until
January 2017.

The board of directors of the Company welcomes Mr Nel and looks forward to working with
him going forward.

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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: Reappointment of KPMG Inc. as the independent auditors of
the Company

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                   Against

 553 642 755           0.05%                  98.91%                1.09%
 79.50%

Ordinary resolution number 2: Election of Mr Jean Johannes Nel as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                   Against

 553 434 555           0.08%                  99.44%                0.56%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Mr Johan Holtzhausen as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 486 295           0.07%                  99.87%                 0.13%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 4: Re-election of Mr Niel Pretorius as a director of the Company

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 482 875           0.07%                  99.82%                 0.18%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 5: Re-election of Mrs Toko Mnyango as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 464 805           0.07%                  99.86%                 0.14%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 6: General authority to issue securities for cash

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 005 675           0.14%                  92.43%                 7.57%
 79.41%

Ordinary resolution numbers 7.1 – 7.3: Election of Audit Committee members

Ordinary resolution number 7.1: Election of Mr Johan Holtzhausen – Chairman

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 458 035           0.07%                  99.88%                 0.12%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 7.2: Election of Mr Edmund Jeneker

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 432 225           0.08%                  99.83%                 0.17%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 7.3: Election of Mrs Toko Mnyango

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 443 685           0.07%                  99.87%                 0.13%
 79.47%

Ordinary resolution number 8: Endorsement of the Remuneration Policy

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 552 133 449           0.26%                  82.37%                 17.63%
 79.28%

Ordinary resolution number 9: Endorsement of the Implementation Report

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 552 153 239           0.26%                  99.83%                 0.17%
 79.28%

Ordinary resolution number 10: Authority for the directors to sign all required documents

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 432 735           0.08%                  99.89%                 0.11%
 79.47%

Special resolution number 1: General authority to repurchase issued securities

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against

 553 572 385           0.06%                  99.79%                 0.21%
 79.49%

Special resolution number 2: General authority to provide financial assistance in terms of
sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act

 Shares Voted          Abstained              For                    Against
 552 496 525           0.21%                  99.58%                 0.42%
 79.33%


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 2018

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