SASOL LIMITED: PRODUCTION AND SALES METRICS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2022; HEDGING UPDATE

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Apr 25, 2022, 01:54 ET

JOHANNESBURG, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sasol has published its production and sales performance metrics for the nine months ended 31 March 2022 on the Company´s website at www.sasol.com, under the Investor Centre section:

https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-reporting/business-performance-metrics

Sasol is continuing to manage the consequences of the heavy rainfall and accompanying floods experienced in KwaZulu-Natal and assess the impact on the business. We are supporting our employees and communities during this challenging period. The situation has resulted in a force majeure declaration on the export of certain chemical products and our Q4 FY22 volume outlook could be impacted subject to the extent of infrastructure damage and the timing of the recovery and restoration of key infrastructure and utilities.

We will update the market of any material impacts in due course.

OIL HEDGING UPDATE

Sasol has made significant progress in deleveraging its balance sheet through a combination of asset divestments, operational actions and now more supportive pricing. Despite this improvement, leverage remained above target levels at 31 December 2021 along with ongoing volatility and unprecedented uncertainty about the macro outlook.

On this basis the hedging programme has been kept in place to mitigate downside pricing risks and ensure that Sasol can execute its strategy with confidence. Given Sasol's improved financial position the oil hedge cover ratio for financial year 2023 was reduced to ~40% compared to the ~69% in financial year 2022. This includes of 80% of total Synfuels synthetic crude oil production and 90% of Sasol's share of Oryx production.

On the back of the recent increase in oil prices as a result of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Sasol has progressed the implementation of the financial year 2023 hedging strategy and has now executed 85% of the oil hedging mandate. This uses zero costs collars to provide downside protection below ~ US$63,03 per barrel together with a higher cap of ~ US$91,62 per barrel.

In line with Sasol's risk management policy, as the balance sheet continues to deleverage and so is able to absorb more downside risk the hedge cover ratios are expected to decrease further.

The Company will however continue to update the market on any changes to our financial risk management positions in our quarterly market disclosures.

For further information, please contact:

Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
[email protected]

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