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DRDGOLD LIMITED - Notice of AGM, availability of AFS and annual report, no change statement and availability of the B-BBEE report

Release Date: 28/10/2024 15:00
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Notice of AGM, availability of AFS and annual report, no change statement and availability of the B-BBEE report

DRDGOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1895/000926/06)
JSE & A2X share code: DRD
NYSE trading symbol: DRD
ISIN: ZAE000058723
("DRDGOLD" or the "Company" or the "Group")

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT, NO CHANGE STATEMENT AND
AVAILABILITY OF THE BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL
COMPLIANCE REPORT

Notice of annual general meeting

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting ("AGM") of DRDGOLD shareholders
("Shareholders") will be held remotely at 10:00 a.m. (South African Standard Time) on Wednesday,
27 November 2024, to transact the business as stated in the notice of AGM dated 28 October 2024
("Notice"), which was distributed to Shareholders today, 28 October 2024.

The Notice also contains summary consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2024.

The Company has retained the services of The Meeting Specialist Proprietary Limited ("TMS") to
remotely host the AGM on an interactive electronic platform in order to facilitate remote electronic
attendance, participation and voting by Shareholders and/or their proxies. TMS will assist Shareholders
with the requirements for electronic attendance, participation in, and/or voting at the AGM.

Shareholders who wish to electronically attend, participate in and/or vote at the AGM are required to
contact TMS at proxy@tmsmeetings.co.za or on +27 11 520 7950/1/2 as soon as possible, in any event
by no later than 10:00 a.m. (South African Standard Time) on Tuesday, 26 November 2024.
Shareholders who wish to electronically participate at the AGM may still appoint a proxy to vote on their
behalf at the AGM. Access by means of electronic communication will be at the expense of the individual
Shareholder.

Salient dates
                                                                                                   2024
 Record date to determine which Shareholders are entitled to receive
 the Notice                                                                          Friday, 18 October
 Last day to trade in order to be eligible to electronically attend,
 participate in and vote at the AGM                                                Tuesday, 12 November
 Record date to determine which Shareholders are entitled to
 electronically attend, participate in and vote at the AGM                          Friday, 15 November
 Forms of proxy for the AGM for Shareholders holding shares in the
 form of American Depositary Receipts to be lodged by 03:00 a.m.
 (Eastern Standard Time)                                                           Monday, 25 November*
 Forms of proxy for the AGM for Shareholders registered on the
 United Kingdom register to be lodged by 10:00 a.m. (Greenwich
 Mean Time)                                                                        Monday, 25 November*
 Forms of proxy for the AGM for Shareholders registered on the
 Australian register to be lodged by 01:00 a.m. (Australian Western
 Standard Time)                                                                    Monday, 25 November*
 Forms of proxy for the AGM for Shareholders registered on the South
 African register to be lodged by 10:00 a.m. (South African Time)                 Tuesday, 26 November*

*Any forms of proxy not lodged by this date and time must be handed to the chairman of the AGM before the
appointed proxy exercises any of the relevant Shareholder's rights.

Availability of Annual Financial Statements and Annual Report

Shareholders are advised that the Company's annual report suite, including, inter alia, the annual
integrated report for the year ended 30 June 2024 ("Annual Report"), which contains, inter alia, the
information required in terms of paragraph 8.62 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and the
Group's annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 ("Annual Financial
Statements"), is available on the Company's website at:
https://www.drdgold.com/investors/reports-and-results#ars2024 from today, 28 October 2024.

The Annual Financial Statements are also available through the following JSE cloudlink:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/JSE/ISSE/DRD/AFS_FY2024.pdf.

In compliance with the United States federal securities laws, DRDGOLD expects to file its annual report
on Form 20-F ("Form 20-F") with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on
Wednesday, 30 October 2024. The Form 20-F may also be accessed electronically from the
SEC website and DRDGOLD's website on or about Wednesday, 30 October 2024.

The Annual Financial Statements, as included in Form 20-F and published on DRDGOLD's website as
well as the JSE cloudlink, are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
and its interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, and have been audited
by BDO South Africa Inc., who expressed an unmodified audit opinion thereon.

No change statement

The Annual Financial Statements, and the auditor's report thereon, contain no modifications to the
financial information contained in the reviewed condensed consolidated financial statements for the
year ended 30 June 2024, published on Wednesday, 21 August 2024 or the auditor's report thereon.

Should Shareholders require further information, have any questions or require a hard copy of the
Annual Financial Statements (a copy of which will be provided, free of cost), please contact
Ms Kgomotso Mbanyele, the company secretary of DRDGOLD, at kgomotso.mbanyele@drdgold.com
or on telephone number +27 87 285 9576.

Availability of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Annual Compliance Report

Shareholders are advised that the Company's annual compliance report prepared pursuant to section
13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003, as amended, is
available on the Company's website at:
https://www.drdgold.com/all-categories/download/130-2024/343-bee-certificate-october-2024


Johannesburg
28 October 2024

Sponsor
One Capital

Date: 28-10-2024 03:00:00
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