Sasol Drops $950 Million Share Plan for Black-Investor Debt

Sasol Drops $950 Million Share Plan for Black-Investor Debt

ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Sasol Limited, the world’s largest maker of fuel from coal, abandoned a plan to sell about 13 billion rand ($950 million ) of shares in order to repay debt owed by investors who participated in a transaction to boost black ownership of the company. Johannesburg-based Sasol transferred a stake to about 250,000 black investors in 2008 in a so-called black economic empowerment deal. The transaction was partly financed through…

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