SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
DRDGOLD LIMITED
Date: October 29, 2020 By:
/s/ Riaan Davel
Name:
Riaan Davel
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 99.1
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”)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING AND NO CHANGE STATEMENT
Notice is hereby given that DRDGOLD’s annual
general meeting of shareholders will be held remotely at 10:00 a.m. (South African
time) on Tuesday, 01 December 2020, to transact the business as
stated in the notice of which will be distributed to DRDGOLD shareholders (“Shareholders”)
today, Thursday, 29 October 2020.
The notice of annual general meeting also
contains summary consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June
2020.
The Company has retained the services of The
Meeting Specialist Proprietary Limited (“TMS”) to remotely host the annual
general meeting 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 annual general
meeting.
Shareholders who wish to electronically attend, participate and/or
vote at the annual general meeting 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 (South African time) on Friday, 27 November 2020. Shareholders
participating in this manner may still appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf
at the annual general meeting. Access by means of electronic communication will
be at the expense of the individual Shareholder.
Shareholders are advised that the annual report suite, including
the Integrated Report and the Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30
June 2020 (“Annual Financial Statements”), is available on the Company’s
website at https://www.drdgold.com/investors-and-media/annual-reports/2020 from today, Thursday, 29 October 2020.
In compliance with the United
States federal securities laws, DRDGOLD will file its annual report on
Form 20-F (“Form 20-F”) with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) today, Thursday, 29 October
2020. The Form 20-F may also be
accessed electronically from the SEC website and DRDGOLD’s website later today, Thursday, 29 October 2020.
The Annual Financial Statements , as included
in Form 20-F and published on DRDGOLD’s website, are prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards and its interpretations
adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.
The Annual Financial Statements, and the auditor’s report thereon,
contain no modifications to the financial information contained in the
condensed consolidated provisional results for the year ended
30 June 2020, published on Tuesday, 1 September 2020 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
the Company Secretary of DRDGOLD at elise.beukes@drdgold.com
or on fax number +27 86 47 1176.
Salient dates
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2020
|
Record date to determine which Shareholders
are entitled to receive the notice of annual general meeting
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Friday, 23 October
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Last day to trade in order to be eligible to electronically
attend, participate in and vote at the annual general meeting
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Tuesday, 17 November
|
Record date to determine which Shareholders
are entitled to electronically attend, participate in and vote at the annual
general meeting
|
Friday, 20 November
|
Forms of proxy for the annual general meeting
for Shareholders registered on the
South African register to be lodged by 10:00 a.m. (South
African Time)
|
Friday, 27 November*
|
Forms of proxy for the annual general meeting
for Shareholders holding shares in the
form of American Depositary Receipts to be lodged by
03:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
|
Friday, 27
November*
|
Forms of proxy for the annual general meeting
for Shareholders registered on the
United Kingdom register to be lodged by 10:00 a.m. (Greenwich Mean Time)
|
Friday, 27
November*
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*Any forms of
proxy not lodged by this date and time must be handed to the chairman of the
annual general meeting before the appointed proxy exercises any of the relevant
Shareholder’s rights.
Johannesburg
29 October 2020
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