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WRTRP acquisition approved by DRDGOLD shareholders

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Published: Wednesday, 28 March 2018 02:00

DRDGOLD Limited has announced that, at a general meeting today, shareholders voted in favour of all resolutions relating to the company’s proposed acquisition of certain of Sibanye-Stillwater’s West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project (WRTRP) assets.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. 28 MARCH 2018. DRDGOLD Limited (DRDGOLD; JSE, NYSE: DRD) has announced that, at a general meeting today, shareholders voted in favour of all resolutions relating to the company’s proposed acquisition of certain of Sibanye-Stillwater’s West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project (WRTRP) assets.

In terms of the key resolutions approved:

• DRDGOLD will issue approximately 265 million shares to Sibanye-Stillwater in return for the WRTRP assets, resulting in Sibanye-Stillwater holding approximately 38% of DRDGOLD;
• Sibanye-Stillwater has the option to subscribe for so many shares for cash to increase its holding in DRDGOLD to 50.1% within 24 months; and
• a mandatory offer by Sibanye-Stillwater to DRDGOLD’s other shareholders is waived.

DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius says: “This transaction is a step-change for DRDGOLD. We have doubled our reserves and secured infrastructure to access these very quickly. After many years of consolidation this is a major advance towards growing our company.” Besides DRDGOLD shareholder approval, implementation of the acquisition is subject to the fulfilment or waiver of other conditions.

Updated information will be provided in due course.

Note to editors:

A more detailed announcement relating to the content of this media release can be accessed via SENS and the DRDGOLD website, www.drdgold.com. Additional information relating to the proposed transaction is also available on the DRDGOLD website.

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