DRDGOLD shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of shareholders held today, 2 December 2019, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 31 October 2019, 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.
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: Re-appointment of KPMG Inc. as the independent external auditors of the Company
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 128 263 79.57% |
0.03% | 97.49% | 2.51% |
Ordinary resolution number 2: Election of Mrs Kuby Prudence Lebina as a director of the Company
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 007 577 79.55% |
0.05% | 99.92% | 0.08% |
Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Mr Geoffrey Charles Campbell as a director of the Company
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 042 073 79.55% |
0.04% | 99.73% | 0.27% |
Ordinary resolution number 4: Re-election of Mr Edmund Abel Jeneker as a director of the Company
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 046 073 79.56% |
0.04% | 99.72% | 0.28% |
Ordinary resolution number 5: Re-election of Mr Adriaan Jacobus Davel as a director of the Company
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 047 073 79.56% |
0.04% | 99.74% | 0.26% |
Ordinary resolution number 6: General authority to issue securities for cash
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 917 563 79.54% |
0.06% | 89.44% | 10.56% |
Ordinary resolution numbers 7.1 – 7.3: Election of Audit Committee members
Ordinary resolution number 7.1: Election of Mr Johan Andries Holtzhausen – Chairman
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 014 923 79.55% |
0.04% | 99.93% | 0.07% |
Ordinary resolution number 7.2: Election of Mr Jean Johannes Nel
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 021 823 79.55% |
0.04% | 95.95% | 4.05% |
Ordinary resolution number 7.3: Election of Mrs Kuby Prudence Lebina
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 987 917 79.55% |
0.05% | 99.92% | 0.08% |
Ordinary resolution number 8: Endorsement of the Remuneration Policy
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 810 763 79.52% |
0.07% | 99.69% | 0.31% |
Ordinary resolution number 9: Endorsement of the Implementation Report
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 701 773 79.51% |
0.09% | 99.77% | 0.23% |
Ordinary resolution number 10: Authority for the directors to sign all required documents
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 809 013 79.52% |
0.07% | 99.93% | 0.07% |
Ordinary resolution number 11: Adoption of the DRDGOLD Management Long-Term Incentive Scheme
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 771 793 79.52% |
0.08% | 99.67% | 0.33% |
Special resolution number 1: General authority to repurchase issued securities
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
554 048 598 79.56% |
0.04% | 99.83% | 0.17% |
Special resolution number 2: General authority to provide financial assistance in terms of sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 929 893 79.54% |
0.06% | 99.86% | 0.14% |
Special resolution number 3: Approval of non-executive directors’ remuneration
Shares Voted | Abstained | For | Against |
553 868 073 79.53% |
0.07% | 95.82% | 4.18% |
Notes
Johannesburg
2 December 2019
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