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HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED - Results of Harmony's Extraordinary General Meeting for Shareholders

Release Date: 31/01/2024 16:10
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Results of Harmony's Extraordinary General Meeting for Shareholders

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Registration number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
ISIN: ZAE000015228
JSE share code: HAR
("Harmony" and/or "the Company")

RESULTS OF HARMONY'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Shareholders of Harmony ("Shareholders") are referred to the announcement
released by the Company on 18 December 2023, announcing the publication of a
circular to Shareholders regarding the proposed broad-based black economic
empowerment transactions. Harmony advises Shareholders that, at the Company's
electronic Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") held today, 31 January 2024,
the requisite majority of Shareholders approved all the ordinary and special
resolutions, as set out in the notice of EGM dated, 14 December 2023, forming
part of the Company's circular to Shareholders published on the Company's website
on 18 December 2023.

Terms used but not defined in this announcement shall bear the meanings given
to them in the announcement published on 11 December 2023.

There were 619 982 888 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the EGM.

The voting results of the resolutions were as follows:


                                          Total shares voted           Total shares in
                                                                            issue
                                    For    Against      Number of      Voted   Abstained
                                    (%)        (%)    shares voted       (%)         (%)
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. Approval of specific
   authority to issue the
   ESOP Trust Shares to the
   ESOP Trust                    96,90%      3,10%      538 981 592   86,93%       0,03%
 2. Approval of specific
    authority to issue the (i)
    Harmony Community Trust
    Subscription Shares to the
    Harmony Community Trust;
    and (ii) Conversion Shares   96,38%      3,62%      538 993 620   86,94%       0,03%
3. Waiver of pre-emptive
   rights in respect of the
   ESOP Trust Share Issue and
   Harmony Community Trust
   Share Issue                   96,90%      3,10%      538 977 367   86,93%       0,03%
4. General Authorisation         96,93%      3,07%      539 026 815   86,94%       0,02%
                                      Total shares voted           Total shares in
                                                                        issue
                                    For   Against     Number of     Voted   Abstained
                                    (%)       (%)   shares voted      (%)         (%)
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
1. Creation of additional
   preference shares             95,79%     4,21%   539 071 496    86,95%       0,02%
2. Approval of the amendments
   to the Company's Memorandum
   of Incorporation              96,90%     3,10%   539 000 180    86,94%       0,03%
3. Authorisation for the
   ability to issue 30% or
   more of the Preference
   Shares to the Harmony
   Community Trust for the
   purposes of implementing
   the Harmony Community Trust
   Share Issue, including to
   the extent that the Harmony
   Community Trust is a
   related person to the
   Company                       96,35%     3,65%   538 978 086    86,93%       0,03%
4. Approval of specific
   authority to repurchase the
   Harmony Community Trust
   Repurchase Shares pursuant
   to the exercise of the
   Harmony Community Trust
   Call Option or the Harmony
   Community Trust Pre-Emptive
   Share Buy-Back Right          96,86%     3,14%   538 978 697    86,93%       0,03%
5. Financial Assistance in
   terms of section 44 of the
   Companies Act                 96,90%     3,10%   538 919 654    86,92%       0,04%


In accordance with the Shareholder approvals obtained at the EGM, the amended
memorandum of incorporation of the Company will be filed with the Companies and
Intellectual Property Commission as soon as practicable and is expected to be
registered no later than 19 February 2024. Thereafter, the Company's share
capital will be amended, in accordance with the corporate actions timetable of
the JSE Limited.

Ends.

For more details contact:

Shela Mohatla
Group Company Secretary
+27(0) 71 571 4249

Johannesburg, South Africa
31 January 2024
Corporate Advisor to Harmony in respect of the ESOP
Tamela Holdings Proprietary Limited

Independent Reporting Accountants and Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated

Legal Advisor to Harmony in respect of the Transactions
Bowman Gilfillan Incorporated

Transaction Sponsor
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

Date: 31-01-2024 04:10:00
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