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Reviewed condensed consolidated financial statements and cash dividend declaration for the year ended 30 June 2024

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Published: Wednesday, 21 August 2024 02:00

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Reviewed condensed consolidated financial statements and cash dividend declaration for the year ended 30 June 2024

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

REVIEWED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024

INTRODUCTION

The contents of this announcement are the responsibility of the board of directors of DRDGOLD ("Board").

As the information in this announcement does not provide all of the details, any investment decisions should be based
on the full results which are available through the following JSE cloudlink
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/JSE/ISSE/DRD/FS_FY2024.pdf and also available for viewing on the
Company's website at:
https://www.drdgold.com/component/jdownloads/?task=download.send&id=336&catid=123&m=0&Itemid=232.

KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS SUMMARY

                                                                        Year ended          Year ended      % Change
                                                                      30 June 2024        30 June 2023
    Revenue – R million                                                    6,239.7             5,496.3            14
    Operating profit – R million                                           2,081.3             1,819.0            14
    Earnings per share – South African ("SA") cents per ordinary             154.3               149.1             3
    share ("cps")
    Headline earnings per share – SA cps                                     154.1               148.2             4
    Final dividend – SA cps                                                     20                  65          (69)

The condensed consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 have been reviewed, in
accordance with the International Standard on Review Engagements (ISRE) 2410, by BDO South Africa Inc., who
expressed an unmodified review conclusion.

CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION

The Board has declared a final cash dividend of 20 SA cps for the year ended 30 June 2024 as follows:

•     the dividend has been declared out of income reserves;
•     the local Dividend Withholding Tax rate is 20% (twenty per cent);
•     the gross local dividend amount is 20 SA cps for shareholders exempt from Dividend Withholding Tax;
•     the net local dividend amount is 16 SA cps for shareholders liable to pay Dividend Withholding Tax;
•     DRDGOLD currently has 864,588,711 ordinary shares in issue (which includes 3,090,081 treasury shares); and
•     DRDGOLD's tax reference number is 9160/013/60/4.

In compliance with the requirements of Strate Proprietary Limited ("Strate") and the JSE Limited Listings
Requirements, given the Company's primary listing on the exchange operated by the JSE Limited, the salient dates
for payment of the dividend are as follows:

•     last date to trade ordinary shares cum-dividend: Tuesday, 10 September 2024;
•     ordinary shares trade ex-dividend: Wednesday, 11 September 2024;
•     record date: Friday, 13 September 2024; and
•     payment date: Monday, 16 September 2024.

On payment date, dividends due to holders of certificated ordinary shares on the SA share register will either be
electronically transferred to such shareholders' bank accounts or, in the absence of suitable mandates, dividends will
be held in escrow by the Company until suitable mandates are received to electronically transfer dividends to such
shareholders.

Dividends in respect of dematerialised shareholdings will be credited to such shareholders' accounts with the relevant
Central Securities Depository Participant (CSDP) or broker.

To comply with the further requirements of Strate, between Wednesday, 11 September 2024 and Friday,
13 September 2024, both days inclusive, no transfers between the SA share register and any other share register
will be permitted and no ordinary shares pertaining to the SA share register may be dematerialised or rematerialised.

The currency conversion date for the Australian and United Kingdom share registers will be Monday,
16 September 2024.

The holders of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") should confirm dividend details with the depository bank.

ADR information is tentative and subject to confirmation by the depository bank. Assuming an exchange rate of
R18.00/$1, the net dividend payable on an ADR is equivalent to 9 United States cents per share for ADR holders
liable to pay Dividend Withholding Tax. However, the actual rate of payment will depend on the exchange rate on the
date for currency conversion.


On behalf of the Board

TJ Cumming                                                                         DJ Pretorius
Non-Executive Chairman                                                             Chief Executive Officer

Johannesburg
21 August 2024


DIRECTORS
#Independent

^Lead Independent

Executives:
DJ (Niël) Pretorius (Chief Executive Officer)
AJ (Riaan) Davel (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-executives:
TJ Cumming (Non-Executive Chairman); EA Jeneker#^; JA Holtzhausen#, TVBN Mnyango#, JJ Nel#, KP Lebina# and
CD Flemming#

Company Secretary:
K Mbanyele


MEDIA AND INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Jane Kamau
Tel: +27 11 880 3924
Website: www.drdgold.com
REGISTERED OFFICE:
Constantia Office Park
Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Road
Cycad House, Building 17, Ground Floor
Weltevreden Park, 1709
South Africa

SPONSOR:
One Capital
17 Fricker Road, Illovo, 2196

Date: 21-08-2024 08:00:00
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