SASOL LTD. $60.80 - New York symbol SSL

SASOL LTD. (ADR) $60.80 (New York symbol SSL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (082-883-9697; www.sasol.comtarget=”_blank”; ADRs outstanding: 650.5 million; Market cap: $40.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%) has won its appeal to the European General Court to have a fine for its involvement in the European paraffin wax cartel reduced. The European Commission imposed the fine, for 318.2 million euros ($430.5 million U.S.), on Sasol in October 2008.

The company states that it was unaware of any price-fixing activities before the European Commission commenced its investigation into the European paraffin wax industry in April 2005.

It paid the fine in January 2009 but viewed it as excessive. The court has now cut the fine by 168.22 million euros, to 149.98 million euros.

Sasol is still a buy.

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