Availability of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Annual Compliance Report and dealings in securities
Directors' dealingsNot material
In brief
DRDGOLD published its annual B-BBEE compliance report on its website. Following the 27 October 2026 vesting of incentive awards, ten directors and officers disposed of 510 105 shares via a pooled on-market sale for R20 769 945.29 at a VWAP of R40.7170.
The announcement
Availability of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Annual Compliance Report and dealings in securities DRDGOLD LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1895/000926/06) ISIN: ZAE000058723 JSE & A2X share code: DRD NYSE trading symbol: DRD (“DRDGOLD” or the “Company”) AVAILABILITY OF THE BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT AND DEALINGS IN SECURITIES Availability of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Annual Compliance Report Shareholders of DRDGOLD ("Shareholders") are advised that the Company's annual compliance report prepared pursuant to section 13G(2) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003, as amended, is available on the Company's website at: https://www.drdgold.com/jdownloads/Downloads/bee-certificate-2026.pdf. Dealings in securities Shareholders are advised that, in terms of the equity settled long-term incentive scheme (“LTI Scheme”), as approved by Shareholders on 2 December 2019, qualifying employees (“Participants”) were awarded conditional shares on 25 October 2023, comprising performance shares (80% of the total conditional shares awarded) and retention shares (20% of the total conditional shares awarded) (“Awards”). Awards vest three years after grant date, subject to the rules of the LTI Scheme, including certain performance conditions being met. Following the assessment of the applicable DRDGOLD performance conditions for the financial year ended 30 June 2026, 60% of the Awards eligible for vesting, vested on 27 October 2026. Vested Awards are settled in the form of DRDGOLD ordinary shares (“DRDGOLD Shares”) at a zero-exercise price. Furthermore, various Participants have elected to dispose of all or a portion of the vested DRDGOLD Shares (“Relevant DRDGOLD Shares”), pursuant to the off-market vesting of the Awards made on 25 October 2023 to executive directors, a prescribed officer and the company secretary of DRDGOLD and directors of its major subsidiaries on 27 October 2026. Accordingly, in order to facilitate the disposal, a pooled sale arrangement has been put in place in terms of which the aggregate of the Relevant DRDGOLD Shares were disposed of, by an independent third party, through various on-market trades (“Pooled Sale”). The value of DRDGOLD Shares sold, related to the Participants detailed below, is based on the daily volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) achieved in the Pooled Sale, as set out in the table below. Date of Sale Number of DRDGOLD Price per DRDGOLD Share Total value of Shares sold DRDGOLD Shares sold 27 October 2026 510 105 Various different trades with the R20 769 945.29 following price information: - VWAP of R40.7170; - highest price of R40.85; and - lowest price of R40.70. The proceeds from the Pooled Sale (as set out above), have been apportioned to the various Participants based on the number of Relevant DRDGOLD Shares disposed of by such Participants. The apportionment of the proceeds of the Pooled Sale of DRDGOLD Shares to executive directors, a prescribed officer and the company secretary of DRDGOLD and directors of DRDGOLD’s major subsidiaries is as set out below: Company Name Number of Total value of DRDGOLD Shares DRDGOLD Shares sold sold Directors Niel Pretorius DRDGOLD 117 980 R4 803 791.66 Henriette Hooijer DRDGOLD 22 687 R923 746.58 Henry Gouws Ergo Mining Proprietary 89 160 R3 630 327.72 Limited (“Ergo”) and Far West Gold Recoveries Proprietary Limited (“FWGR”) Dean Lindecke Ergo 48 948 R1 993 015.72 Ryno Bornman Ergo 8 388 R341 534.20 Kevin Kruger FWGR 73 830 R3 006 136.11 Kgabo Moloto FWGR 21 999 R895 733.28 Lihan Laas FWGR 14 787 R602 082.28 Prescribed Officer Jaco Schoeman DRDGOLD 94 575 R3 850 810.28 Company Secretary Kgomotso Mbanyele DRDGOLD 17 751 R722 767.47 In compliance with paragraph 6.83 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, prior clearance to deal was obtained from the chairman of the board of directors of DRDGOLD. The nature and extent of the Participants’ interest in the abovementioned transactions is direct beneficial. Johannesburg 28 October 2026 Sponsor One Capital Date: 28/10/2026 05:45:00 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.