JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On 1 June 2007, Sasol Wax GmbH and Sasol Wax International AG, both located in Hamburg, Germany, announced they had received a statement of objections from the European Commission on 31 May 2007, setting out the results of the European Commission's investigation into alleged anticompetitive behaviour by members of the European paraffin wax industry. According to the document, several European paraffin wax companies, including Sasol Wax International AG and Sasol Wax GmbH, have collectively infringed applicable antitrust laws. In a previous statement, Sasol Wax GmbH and Sasol Wax International AG said that they had cooperated fully with the European Commission and would continue to support the Commission in its investigation. Sasol Wax International AG, the holding company of Sasol Wax GmbH, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sasol Group of companies. Sasol formed a joint venture with the Schumann paraffin wax business in Hamburg in 1995. Initially called Schumann Sasol International AG, the business was re-named Sasol Wax International AG in 2002 when Sasol acquired 100% of the shares. According to the European Commission's findings, the alleged violation of antitrust laws by the paraffin wax businesses in Europe had commenced before Sasol became a shareholder in that business. Furthermore, the US Department of Justice investigation into Sasol Wax and other companies active in the wax business in the US, which was announced in April 2005, has been closed. The Department of Justice informed Sasol Wax on 2 May 2007 that it had closed the investigation and would not take action against Sasol Wax. In Sasol's financial year 2005/06, Sasol Wax had an operating profit of Euro 35,4 million, representing 1,3% of Sasol group operating profit. Sasol Investor Relations Tel.: +27 11 441 3113/3563/3321 Forward-looking statements: In this announcement we make certain statements that are not historical facts and relate to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results not yet determinable, relating, amongst other things, to exchange rate fluctuations, volume growth, increases in market share, total shareholder return and cost reductions. These are forward-looking statements as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "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. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and, if one or more of these risks materialise, 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 such forward-looking statements are discussed more fully in our most recent annual report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 20-F filed on 2 November 2006 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 Sasol does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Sasol Ltd. CONTACT: Sasol Investor Relations, +27-11-441-3113, +27-11-441-3563, +27-11-441-3321

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