SASOL FINANCING USA LLC ANNOUNCES CAPPED MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR ITS CAPPED TENDER OFFER AND FINAL RESULTS FOR ITS ANY AND ALL TENDER OFFER
The Capped Tender Offer is being made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated
The Capped Tender Offer and the Company's concurrent tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 6.500% Notes due 2028 were conditioned upon, among other things, the successful completion (in the sole determination of the Company) of one or more debt financing transactions raising aggregate gross proceeds of an amount at least equal to $750,000,000 (the "Debt Financing" and such condition, the "Financing Condition"). The Company satisfied the Financing Condition on
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ANY AND ALL TENDER OFFER
The complete terms and conditions of the Any and All Tender Offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase. Investors with questions regarding the terms and conditions of the Any and All Tender Offer may contact J.P. Morgan Securities plc at +44 20 2468 or by email to em_europe_lm@jpmorgan.com (Attention: Liability Management) and
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, the 2028 Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Any and All Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to holders of the 2028 Notes. Further, nothing contained herein shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any debt securities that are the subject of the Debt Financing. None of the Company or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the dealer managers, the tender agent or the trustee with respect to the 2028 Notes is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their 2028 Notes in response to the Any and All Tender Offer. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisors and make their own decisions whether to tender 2028 Notes in the Any and All Tender Offer, and, if so, the principal amount of 2028 Notes to tender.
This document and any documents detailing the investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates are for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Financial Promotion Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 43(2) ("members and creditors of certain bodies corporate") of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Financial Promotion Order, (iv) are outside the
This tender offer is not intended to be offered or otherwise made available to and should not be offered or otherwise made available to any retail investor in any member state of the EEA in circumstances in which this tender offer is restricted to non-retail investors. For these purposes, a "retail investor" means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the "IDD"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II.
ABOUT SASOL
A global chemicals and energy company, Sasol harnesses its knowledge and over 75 years' experience in the production and marketing of chemicals and fuels to integrate sophisticated technologies and processes into world-scale operating facilities, striving to safely and sustainably source, produce and market a range of high-quality products globally. Additional information can be found on the Company's website at https://www.sasol.com/ or at the Company's address below:
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identified through the inclusion of words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "drive", "estimate", "expect", "expressed confidence", "forecast", "future", "goal", "guidance", "intend", "may", "objective", "outlook", "plan", "position", "potential", "project", "seek", "should", "strategy", "target", "will" or variations of such words and other similar expressions. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there are risks that the 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, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. You should understand that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include among others, and without limitation:
- the outcome in pending and developing regulatory matters and the effect of changes in regulation and government policy;
- the political, social and fiscal regime and economic conditions and developments in the world, especially in those countries in which we operate;
- the outcome of legal proceedings including tax litigation and assessments;
- our ability to maintain key customer relations in important markets;
- our ability to improve results despite increased levels of competition;
- our ability to exploit our oil, gas and coal reserves as anticipated;
- the continuation of substantial growth in significant developing markets;
- the ability to benefit from our capital investment program;
- the accuracy of our assumptions in assessing the economic viability of our large capital projects and growth in significant developing areas of our business;
- the ability to gain access to sufficient competitively priced gas, oil and coal reserves and other commodities;
- the impact of environmental legislation and regulation on our operations and access to natural resources;
- our success in continuing technological innovation;
- the success of our Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment ownership transaction;
- our ability to maintain sustainable earnings despite fluctuations in oil, gas and commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates;
- our ability to maintain sufficient levels of cash at all times;
- our ability to attract and retain sufficient skilled employees;
- the impact of the imposition of tariffs, sanctions, and trade restrictions in the countries we operate, or targeting the countries in which we operate;
- our ability to consummate the Tender Offers or the Debt Financing on the anticipated terms, if at all; and
- our success at managing the foregoing risks.
For further discussion of factors that could cause one or more of these future events or results not to occur as implied by any forward-looking statement, see "Risk Factors" in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("
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