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 31, 2019 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 at the Company’s boardroom, 1
Sixty Jan Smuts Building, 2nd Floor - North Tower, 160 Jan Smuts
Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa at 09:00 a.m. (South African time)
on Monday, 02 December 2019, to transact the business as stated in
the notice of annual general meeting which will be distributed to DRDGOLD shareholders
(“Shareholders”) today, Thursday, 31 October 2019.
The notice of annual general meeting also
contains summary consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June
2019.
Shareholders
are advised that the annual report suite, including the integrated report and
the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019 (“Annual
Financial Statements”), is available on the Company’s website at https://www.drdgold.com/investors-and-media/annual-reports/2019 from today,
Thursday, 31 October 2019.
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, 31 October 2019. The Form 20-F may also be accessed
electronically from the SEC website and DRDGOLD’s website later today, Thursday, 31 October 2019.
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 2019, published on Tuesday, 3 September 2019 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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2019
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Record
date to determine which shareholders are entitled to receive the notice of
annual general meeting
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Friday,
18 October
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Last day to trade in order to be eligible to attend,
participate in and vote at the annual general meeting
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Tuesday,
19 November
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Record
date to determine which shareholders are entitled to attend, participate in
and vote at the annual general meeting
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Friday,
22 November
|
Forms
of proxy for the annual general meeting for shareholders
registered on the South African register to be lodged by 09:00 a.m. (South
African Time)
|
Friday,
29 November*
|
Forms
of proxy for the annual general meeting for shareholders
holding shares in the form of American Depositary Receipts to
be lodged by 02:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard
Time)
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Thursday,
28
November*
|
Forms
of proxy for the annual general meeting for shareholders
registered on the United Kingdom register to be lodged by 09:00
a.m. (Greenwich Mean Time)
|
Thursday,
28 November*
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