SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a -16 or 15d -16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Report on Form 6-K for 6 July 2005
Sasol Limited
1 Sturdee Avenue
Rosebank 2196
South Africa
(Name and address of registrant’s principal executive office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F
X Form 40-F _____
Enclosures:
Trading statement
Sasol Limited – Trading Statement
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1979/003231/06)
(ISIN: ZAE000006896)
(Registration number 1979/003231/06)
(ISIN: ZAE000006896)
Share codes:
JSE - SOL
NYSE - SSL
JSE - SOL
NYSE - SSL
("Sasol")
On 25 April 2005, Sasol issued a Trading Statement advising that it
On 25 April 2005, Sasol issued a Trading Statement advising that it
anticipated Rand attributable earnings and earnings per share for
the financial year ending 30 June 2005 to be between 45% and 55%
higher than those achieved in the previous financial year. The
the financial year ending 30 June 2005 to be between 45% and 55%
higher than those achieved in the previous financial year. The
Trading Statement also advised that headline earnings were expected
to increase by between 55% and 65% compared to the previous
financial year.
to increase by between 55% and 65% compared to the previous
financial year.
At the time the Trading Statement was issued, the Rand was trading
at about R6,00 : US$1,00 and international oil prices were about
US$52,60 per barrel. During the intervening period through to end-
June 2005, the Rand weakened by more than 10% and oil prices
increased by approximately 5%.
June 2005, the Rand weakened by more than 10% and oil prices
increased by approximately 5%.
Primarily as a consequence of these factors, Sasol wishes to
announce that Rand attributable earnings and earnings per share for
the full financial year ended 30 June 2005, are expected to be
between 55% and 60% higher than those achieved in the previous
financial year.
between 55% and 60% higher than those achieved in the previous
financial year.
Impairment tests on all material assets have been undertaken as a
part of the year-end accounting exercise. Primarily because of
anticipated impairments and other capital effects including non-
recurring income and proceeds from asset disposals in the previous
year, it is also expected that Rand headline earnings and headline
earnings per share should be between 80% and 85% better than those
year, it is also expected that Rand headline earnings and headline
earnings per share should be between 80% and 85% better than those
achieved in the previous financial year.
This revised view has not been audited or reviewed by the company’s
This revised view has not been audited or reviewed by the company’s
auditors.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
6 July 2005
Issued by sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited
Forward looking statements
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 29,
2004 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.
"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 29,
2004 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.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant, Sasol Limited, has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: 6 July 2005
By:
/s/ N L Joubert
Name: Nereus Louis Joubert
Title: Company Secretary
Name: Nereus Louis Joubert
Title: Company Secretary