6-K 1 EDGAR023q2shortform.htm CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION EDGAR023q2shortform
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE
 
ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
February 15, 2023
Commission File Number 0-28800
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DRDGOLD Limited
Constantia Office Park
Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Road
Cycad House, Building 17, Ground Floor
Weltevreden Park 1709
(
Address of principal executive offices
)
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Exhibit
 
99.1
 
Release dated
 
February 15, 2023
 
“CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM
RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER
 
2022 AND CASH DIVIDEND
DECLARATION
 
”
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DRDGOLD LIMITED
Date: February 15, 2023
 
By: /s/ Riaan Davel
 
Name: Riaan Davel
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 99.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
”)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
 
UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS
 
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
31 DECEMBER 2022 AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION
INTRODUCTION
The contents of this
 
short form announcement are the
 
responsibility of the board of
 
directors of DRDGOLD
(“
Board
”).
Shareholders
 
are
 
advised
 
that
 
this
 
short
 
form
 
announcement
 
represents
 
a
 
summary
 
of
 
the
 
information
contained in the full announcement and does not contain full or complete
 
details.
 
Any investment decisions by investors and/or shareholders should therefore be based on consideration of
the full announcement, accessible
via
 
the JSE Limited (“
JSE
”) link at
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/JSE/ISSE/DRD/Interim_23.pdf
 
and also available for viewing on the
Company’s website at https://www.drdgold.com/downloads?task=download.send&id=295&catid=122&m=0.
A copy
 
of the
 
full announcement
 
is available
 
for inspection,
 
at DRDGOLD’s
 
registered office
 
and at
 
the
offices
 
of
 
its
 
sponsor
 
at
 
no
 
charge
 
during
 
normal
 
business
 
hours
 
on
 
Mondays
 
to
 
Fridays
 
from
 
today,
 
15 February 2023.
KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS
 
SUMMARY
Six months ended
31 December 2022
Six months ended
31 December 2021
% change
Revenue – R million
2,654.3
2,498.5
6%
Operating profit – R million
792.4
832.0
(5%)
Earnings per share – South African (“
SA
”)
cents per share (“
cps
”)
62.3
58.0
7%
Headline earnings per share – SA cps
62.3
58.0
7%
Interim dividend – SA cps
20
20
-
DIVIDEND
The Board
 
has declared
 
an interim
 
cash dividend
 
of 20
 
SA cps
 
for the
 
six months
 
ended 31
 
December
2022 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
 
cents
 
per
 
ordinary
 
share
 
for
 
shareholders
 
exempt
 
from
Dividend Withholding Tax;
●
 
the net local dividend
 
amount is 16 SA
 
cents per ordinary share for
 
shareholders liable to pay Dividend
Withholding Tax;
●
 
DRDGOLD
 
currently
 
has
 
864,588,711
 
ordinary
 
shares
 
in
 
issue
 
(which
 
includes
 
3,896,663
 
treasury
shares); and
●
 
DRDGOLD’s income 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,
 
the salient
 
dates
for payment of the dividend are as follows:
●
 
last date to trade ordinary shares
cum
-dividend: Tuesday,
 
7 March 2023;
●
 
ordinary shares trade
ex
-dividend: Wednesday,
 
8 March 2023;
●
 
record date: Friday,
 
10 March 2023; and
●
 
payment date: Monday,
 
13 March 2023.
On payment date, dividends due to holders of certificated securities 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
 
and the JSE,
 
between Wednesday,
 
8 March 2023
 
and
Friday,
 
10 March
 
2023,
 
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,
 
13
March 2023.
 
The holders of
 
American Depositary Receipts (“
ADRs
") should confirm dividend
 
details with the depository
bank.
Assuming an exchange
 
rate of R17.00/$1,
 
the net dividend
 
payable on an
 
ADR is equivalent
 
to 9 United
States cents per
 
ADR 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
 
15 February 2023
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
#
, CD Flemming
#
Company Secretary:
E Beukes
 
Investor Relations:
For further information, contact Jane Kamau at:
 
Tel:
 
(+27) (0)11 880
 
3924
Website: http://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