FINANCIAL RESULTS

for the six months ended 30 June 2022

CONTENTS

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02

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Key messages and salient features

Kobus Verster

Operations and market review

Kobus Verster

Financial review and capital allocation

Suretha van Wyk

Sustainability and growth

Kobus Verster

05

Conclusion and outlook

Kobus Verster

KEY MESSAGES AND SALIENT FEATURES

Kobus Verster

OVERVIEW AND SALIENT FEATURES

+R373 million (12%)

+R543 million

STRONG EBITDA

HEADLINE

PROFITABILITY

EARNINGS

2022 H1: R3 591 million

2022 H1: R3 025 million

2021 H1: R3 218 million

2021 H1: R2 482 million

  • Successfully delivered against outlook
  • Sales volumes down by 8% to 1,2 million tonnes
  • Crude steel production down by 30% to 1,1 million tonnes due to rail service unavailability, electricity load-shedding and labour disruptions
  • Realised a 30% increase in rand steel prices

(22%)

-R1 695 million (61%)

-R195 million (44%)

NET DEBT

NET FINANCE

POSITION

CHARGES

2022 H1: R1 087 million

2022 H1: R250 million

2021 H1: R2 782 million

2021 H1: R445 million

  • Fixed cost of R3 448 million down by R604 million (-15%) against 2021 H2
  • New Value Plan Programme delivered R577 million in challenging operating environment
  • Free cash flow of R177 million (2021 H1: R985 million) after CAPEX (R693 million), the final settlement of a dollar-denominated trade payable with extended credit terms (R628 million), and other temporary investments in working capital (R1 951 million)

EBITDA (Rm)

Headline earnings (Rm)

Net debt (Rm)

2022 H1

3 591

2022 H1

3 025

2022 H1

1 087

2021 H2

5 351 +12%

2021 H2

4 378 +22%

2021 H2

1 258

-61%

2021 H1

3 218

2021 H1

2 482

2021 H1

2 782

2020 H2

1 293

2020 H2

570

2020 H2

3 838

2020 H1

-1 256

2020 H1

-2 613

2020 H1

3 702

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OVERVIEW AND SALIENT FEATURES (cont.)

International HRC1 and Rebar2 ($/t)

1 400

6%

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Average $975/t

Average $1 035/t

1 200

1 000

Platts,

800

600

Average $710/t

13%

Average $802/t

S&P

400

Source:

200

2021

2021

2021

2021

2022

2022

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Average international

Average international

HRC price

Rebar price

International hard coking coal3 ($/t)

700

600

500

Platts

400

S&P

300

Average $133/t

250%

Average $466/t

Source:

200

100

0

2021

2021

2021

2021

2022

2022

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Hard Coking Coal FOB Australia

International iron ore ($/t)

300

250

S&P Platts

200

150

Source:

100

27%

Average $147/t

Average $201/t

50

2021

2021

2021

2021

2022

2022

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Iron Ore Lump EPP

International scrap ($/t)

700

PlattsS&P

600

500

Source:

400

17%

Average $466/t

Average $545/t

300

2021

2021

2021

2021

2022

2022

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Scrap (East Asia)

1HRC: Hot Rolled Coil. Average domestic price between

2

Rebar: Average price between China FOB and Turkey FOB

N. Europe, Japan, Midwest, China, Turkey, India and Russia

3

FOB Australia

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