SASOL LIMITED: AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
- Operating profit increased 8%
- Dividend declared at 1,000 cents per share
- EBIT declined 65%
- Decline in earnings and profitability
Earnings performance
Sasol's financial results for the year ended 30 June 2023 were impacted by the volatile global economic landscape and the underperformance of state-owned enterprises in
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of R21,5 billion declined
Operating profit of R55,4 billion before remeasurement items increased
- The full impairment of the South African wax CGU of R0,9 billion, the full impairment of the Essential Care Chemicals CGU in Sasol China of R0,9 billion, and the full reversal of impairment recognised in 2019 on the Tetramerisation CGU in Lake Charles of R3,6 billion; and
- The Secunda liquid fuels refinery CGU impairment of R8,1 billion at 31 December 2022 after being negatively impacted by an update in macroeconomic price assumptions including higher electricity price forecasts and lower gas selling prices. An additional impairment of R27,2 billion was recognised for this CGU resulting in it now being fully impaired. Sasol continues to advance implementation of its emission reduction roadmap (ERR) in
South Africa to achieve a30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004. The ERR involves the turning down of boilers, implementing energy efficiency projects, reducing coal usage and integrating 1 200 MW of renewable energy into our operations by 2030. With no significant additional gas to restore volumes back to historic levels, the ERR assumes lower production volumes post 2030 and also results in increased cost of coal and capital expenditure. Optimisation of the ERR is ongoing with several technology and feedstock solutions underway to partially recover volume post 2030, however the maturity thereof needs to be further progressed before it can be incorporated in the impairment calculation. Although the chemical CGUs in the Secunda complex were also negatively impacted, their respective recoverable amounts remained above carrying values given the products' higher derivative value.
In addition, profit on disposal of businesses of R8,5 billion was recorded in 2022 compared to R0,7 billion for 2023.
Key metrics | 2023 | 2022 | Change % |
EBIT (R million) | 21 520 | 61 417 | (65) |
Headline earnings (R million) | 33 777 | 29 735 | 14 |
Basic earnings per share (Rand) | 14,00 | 62,34 | (78) |
Headline earnings per share (Rand) | 53,75 | 47,58 | 13 |
Interim dividend (Rand per share) | 7,00 | - | 100 |
Final dividend (Rand per share) | 10,00 | 14,70 | (32) |
Net asset value | 2023 | 2022 | Change % |
Total assets (R million) | 433 838 | 419 548 | 3 |
Total liabilities (R million) | 232 314 | 226 351 | (3) |
Total equity (R million) | 201 524 | 193 197 | 4 |
Turnover | EBIT/(LBIT)1 | |||
2022 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | |
Restated | ||||
R million | R million | R million | R million | |
Energy business | ||||
24 386 | 27 666 | Mining | 2 580 | 3 456 |
11 941 | 11 988 | Gas | 6 432 | 14 622 |
99 972 | 118 708 | Fuels | (7 128) | 27 959 |
Chemicals business | ||||
67 275 | 70 586 | 17 669 | 24 072 | |
41 926 | 44 942 | America | (543) | 981 |
55 419 | 48 194 | Eurasia | (1 188) | 7 552 |
56 | - | Corporate Centre | 3 698 | (17 225) |
300 975 | 322 084 | Group performance | 21 520 | 61 417 |
(28 229) | (32 388) | Intersegmental turnover | ||
272 746 | 289 696 | External turnover | ||
1 Loss before interest and tax |
Sasol's results contain an adjustment in respect of an error in the 2022 financial year related to purchases and sales of inventory with the same counterparty that were entered into in contemplation of one another to mitigate production shortfalls and facilitate sales to customers in the coastal areas of
Dividend
The Sasol Limited board of directors (the Board) declared a final gross cash dividend of South African 1
The salient dates for holders of ordinary shares and Sasol BEE ordinary shares for the year ended 30 June 2023 are: | |
Declaration date | Wednesday, 23 August 2023 |
Last day for trading to qualify for and participate in the interim dividend (cum dividend) | Tuesday, 12 September 2023 |
Trading ex dividend commences | Wednesday, 13 September 2023 |
Record date | Friday, 15 September 2023 |
Dividend payment date (electronic and certificated register) | Monday, 18 September 2023 |
The salient dates for holders of American Depository Receipts for the year ended 30 June 2023 are:1 | |
Ex dividend on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) | Thursday, 14 September 2023 |
Record date | Friday, 15 September 2023 |
Approximate date for currency conversion | Tuesday, 19 September 2023 |
Approximate dividend payment date | Friday, 29 September 2023 |
1 All dates approximate as the NYSE sets the record date after receipt of the dividend declaration. |
The Company's tax number is 9520018608.
Short-form statement
This announcement is the responsibility of the Board and is only a summary of the information in Sasol Limited's Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2023 (the Annual Financial Statements). The Annual Financial Statements have been published and can be found on the company's website, https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results, and can also be viewed on the JSE link, https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/JSE/ISSE/SOL/FY23Result.pdf
The Annual Financial Statements have been audited by the Group's auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. (PwC), who expressed an unmodified opinion thereon. Any investment decision should be based on the information contained in the Annual Financial Statements. Copies of the Annual Financial Statements may also be requested from the Investor Relations office, investor.relations@sasol.com or +27 10 344 9280.
Financial numbers in this announcement have been correctly extracted from the audited Annual Financial Statements. This announcement does not include the information required pursuant to paragraph 16A(j) of IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'. The information in this announcement has not been audited and reported on by Sasol Limited's external auditors.
Important information
Sasol's President and Chief Executive Officer, Fleetwood Grobler, and Chief Financial Officer, Hanré Rossouw, will present the results at 09h00 (SA time) on 23 August 2023, followed by a market call to address questions.
Please connect to the call via the webcast link: https://www.corpcam.com/Sasol23082023
or via teleconference call link: https://eu01.z.antigena.com/l/8Yc4uSEhZxbc1_O-KegnGgSyQn2FVZK57LWXak7vPQxUd-5z~yu4K02l6z_-CBA6Cqc04j~PN6fvK~V6SXF0XMC5ROR4XFsfJ-h5B_hG5gAbOa56lcRwXqRdwf7-ef09wB8fe3avulwTcJc-mX0Pv8NwDm6a1AJhLKp-NUNGGFbxbPPN3XsHZ187q1GIuJVmwGAS4GV74SdmZPQtoync4sKHWGFWyJGIY8nVmF4z7W4uFAXhU7pFj8mkUUu2uVqpJh
A recording of the presentation will be available on the website thereafter.
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, VP Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
investor.relations@sasol.com
Disclaimer - Forward-looking statements
Sasol may, in this document, make certain statements that are not historical facts and relate to analyses and other information which are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements may also relate to our future prospects, expectations, developments, 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 business, results of operations, markets, employees, financial condition and liquidity; the effectiveness of any actions taken by Sasol to address or limit any impact of COVID-19 on its business; the capital cost of our projects and the timing of project milestones; our ability to obtain financing to meet the funding requirements of our capital investment programme, as well as to fund our ongoing business activities and to pay dividends; statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition, and regarding future economic performance including cost containment, cash conservation programmes and business optimisation initiatives; recent and proposed accounting pronouncements and their impact on our future results of operations and financial condition; our business strategy, performance outlook, plans, objectives or goals; statements regarding future competition, volume growth and changes in market share in the industries and markets for our products; our existing or anticipated investments, acquisitions of new businesses or the disposal of existing businesses, including estimates or projection of internal rates of return and future profitability; our estimated oil, gas and coal reserves; the probable future outcome of litigation, legislative, regulatory and fiscal developments, including statements regarding our ability to comply with future laws and regulations; future fluctuations in refining margins and crude oil, natural gas and petroleum and chemical product prices; the demand, pricing and cyclicality of oil, gas and petrochemical product prices; changes in the fuel and gas pricing mechanisms in
Please note: One billion is defined as one thousand million, bbl – barrel, bscf – billion standard cubic feet, mmscf – million standard cubic feet, oil references brent crude, mmboe – million barrels oil equivalent. All references to years refer to the financial year ended 30 June. Any reference to a calendar year is prefaced by the word "calendar".
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