Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
ENCLOSURES:
Sens Announcement dated 4 August 2022: Trading statement for the financial year
ended 30 June 2022
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1979/003231/06)
Sasol Ordinary Share code:
(Sasol or the Company)
TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022
Sasol's financial performance for the year ended 30 June 2022 (2022 financial year) was underpinned by
a favourable macroeconomic environment, with higher crude oil prices, refining margins and chemicals
prices against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions. This resulted in a strong gross margin
improvement from the prior year, combined with robust cost and capital expenditure performance. These
benefits were partly offset by operational challenges in our integrated South African value chains which
resulted in lower production, as reported in the annual business performance metrics published on
25 July 2022 (https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results).
Sasol´s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (adjusted EBITDA**) for the
2022 financial year is expected to increase by between 36% and 56% from R48,4 billion in the prior year,
to between R66,0 billion and R75,6 billion. This is mostly due to a strong recovery in Brent crude oil and
chemical prices, partly offset by realised oil hedging losses and lower Chemicals sales volumes.
Shareholders are advised that, for the 2022 financial year:
28%); and
Notable non-cash adjustments (before taxation) for the 2022 financial year include:
personal hygiene market during and post the COVID-19 pandemic;
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed and reported on
by the Company's external auditors.
followed by a conference call hosted by Fleetwood Grobler, our President and Chief Executive Officer
and Hanré Rossouw, our Chief Financial Officer.
teleconference call link:
https://services.choruscall.za.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=3629805&link
SecurityString=7a93dfa35
significant capital projects (exceeding R4 billion) which have reached beneficial operation and are still
ramping up, all translation gains and losses (realised and unrealised), all gains and losses on our
derivatives and hedging activities (realised and unrealised), and share-based payments on
implementation of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) transactions. Adjustments in
relation to the valuation of our derivatives at period end are to remove volatility from earnings as these
instruments are valued using forward curves and other market factors at the reporting date and could vary
from period to period. We believe core headline earnings are a useful measure of the group´s sustainable
operating performance.
** Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adjusting operating profit for depreciation, amortisation, share-based
payments, remeasurement items, change in discount rates of our rehabilitation provisions, all unrealised
translation gains and losses, and all unrealised gains and losses on our derivatives and hedging
activities.
Adjusted EBITDA and Core HEPS are not defined terms under IFRS and may not be comparable with
similarly titled measures reported by other companies. The aforementioned adjustments are the
responsibility of the directors of Sasol. The adjustments have been prepared for illustrative purposes only
and due to their nature, may not fairly present Sasol´s financial position, changes in equity, results of
operations or cash flows.
4 August 2022
Johannesburg
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited t/a BofA Securities
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and business strategies. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and measures taken in response, on Sasol's
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