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Sasol - Reissue: Trading Statement June 2006 including forward looking
statements disclaimer
Sasol Limited
(Incorporated in South Africa)
(Registration number: 1979/003231/06)
ISIN Code: ZAE000006896
Share Code: SOL
NYSE Code: SSL
("Sasol" or "the Company")
Reissue: Trading Statement June 2006 including forward looking statements
disclaimer
When Sasol on 7 March 2006 announced its interim financial results for the six
months ended 31 December 2005, we commented "Assuming lower oil and commodity
chemical prices and a stronger rand relative to the first half, earnings in the
second half of the financial year are expected to be considerably lower than the
first half year although pleasing growth in earnings for the full financial year
is anticipated."
Contrary to expectations, average international oil prices in the second half of
the financial year are anticipated to be approximately 8% higher than in the
first half. The average Rand: US dollar exchange rate is expected to be
approximately 6% stronger than in the first half, in line with expectations.
As a consequence, while earnings in the second half of the financial year are
still expected to be lower than in the first half year, headline earnings per
share for the full financial year are expected to be between 20 - 25% higher
than those achieved in the previous financial year. Attributable earnings per
share are expected to be between 35 - 40% higher, with the difference in the
increases arising because of capital effects of about R1,2 billion in the
previous financial year.
The above information has not been reviewed and reported on by the Company"s
auditors.
2 June 2006
Johannesburg
Issued by sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited
Forward looking statements - disclaimer
We may in this document make statements that are not historical facts and relate
to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and
estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These are forward-looking statements
as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words
such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan",
"could", "may", "endeavour" and "project" and similar expressions are intended
to identify such forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of
identifying such statements. By their very nature, forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there
are risks that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking
statements will not be achieved. If one or more of these risks materialize, or
should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may be very
different from those anticipated. The factors that could cause our actual
results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates
and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements are discussed more
fully in our annual report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 20-
F filed on October 26, 2005 and in other filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements apply only as of
the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to
update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
Date: 05/06/2006 04:46:03 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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