25 November 2016
DRD: DRDGOLD LIMITED - Results of annual general meeting
DRD: DRDGOLD LIMITED - Results of annual general meeting Results of annual general meeting 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') RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DRDGOLD shareholders are advised that at the annual general meeting ('AGM') of shareholders held on Friday, 25 November 2016, all the ordinary and special resolutions, save for ordinary resolution number 5, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 21 September 2016, were approved by the requisite majority of shareholders present or represented by proxy. All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with 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: To reappoint KPMG Inc. as independent auditors of the Company for the ensuing period terminating on the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 973 131 185 641 272 767 461 205 670 63.27% 0.04% 99.92% 0.08% Ordinary resolution number 2: To elect Mr JA Holtzhausen as a director of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 686 791 471 981 272 354 181 332 610 63.21% 0.11% 99.88% 0.12% Ordinary resolution number 3: To re-elect Mr J Turk as a director of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 773 051 385 721 272 278 981 494 070 63.23% 0.09% 99.82% 0.18% Ordinary resolution number 4: To re-elect Mr DJ Pretorius as a director of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 766 271 392 501 272 410 311 355 960 63.22% 0.09% 99.87% 0.13% Ordinary resolution number 5: General authority to issue securities for cash Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 708 777 449 995 196 461 824 76 246 953 63.21% 0.10% 72.04% 27.96% Ordinary resolution number 6.1 - 6.4: Election of Audit Committee members Ordinary resolution number 6.1: Appointment of Mr JA Holtzhausen - Chairman Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 775 841 382 931 272 330 111 445 730 63.23% 0.09% 99.84% 0.16% Ordinary resolution number 6.2: Appointment of Mr EA Jeneker Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 760 541 398 231 272 112 118 648 423 63.22% 0.09% 99.76% 0.24% Ordinary resolution number 6.3: Appointment of Mr J Turk Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 835 771 323 001 272 244 191 591 580 63.24% 0.07% 99.78% 0.22% Ordinary resolution number 6.4: Appointment of Mr GC Campbell Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 834 051 324 721 266 757 333 6 076 718 63.24% 0.08% 97.77% 2.23% Ordinary resolution number 7: Endorsement of the Remuneration Policy Shares Voted Abstained For Against 257 867 017 15 291 755 195 039 632 62 827 385 59.77% 3.54% 75.64% 24.36% Ordinary resolution number 8: To authorise the directors to sign all required documents Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 937 081 221 691 272 589 981 347 100 63.26% 0.05% 99.87% 0.13% Special resolution number 1: General authority to repurchase issued securities Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 863 297 295 475 272 121 837 741 460 63.25% 0.07% 99.73% 0.27% Special resolution number 2: General authority to provide financial assistance in terms of sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act Shares Voted Abstained For Against 272 066 739 1 092 033 271 223 950 842 789 63.06% 0.25% 99.69% 0.31% Notes - Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share capital of DRDGOLD. - Percentages of shares voted for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted for each resolution. - Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share capital of DRDGOLD. Johannesburg 25 November 2016 Sponsor One Capital Date: 25/11/2016 11:35:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
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