18.4

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD

Details of the final dividend are provided in note 5.5.

Subsequent to 31 December 2020, the following notable events have occurred:

Tronox SA flip-in

On 23 February 2021, Tronox Holdings plc exercised its “flip-in” call option over Exxaro’s 26% shareholding in Tronox SA, for which Tronox Holdings plc delivered 7 246 035 newly issued Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares to Exxaro on 24 February 2021. With these additional Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares, Exxaro owned 21 975 315 Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares, representing approximately 14.6% of Tronox Holdings plc’s total outstanding voting shares.

Tronox Holdings plc disposal

On 24 February 2021, Exxaro announced the commencement of a public offering in the United States of up to 17 million ordinary shares in Tronox Holdings plc. Furthermore, Exxaro granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 2.55 million additional Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares from Exxaro at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

On 25 February 2021, Exxaro announced the pricing of its upsized offering of 19 108 970 Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares at a public offering price of US$18.25 per share for a total net proceeds of approximately US$332 million (approximately R4.81 billion), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, Exxaro granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2 866 345 Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares (Option shares). Settlement was expected to occur on 1 March 2021. Subsequent to the sale, Exxaro’s ownership in Tronox Holdings plc would have reduced to the Option shares, which represented approximately 1.9% of Tronox Holdings plc outstanding voting shares.

On 2 March 2021, Exxaro announced that the underwriters fully exercised the Option. Following the disposal on 1 March 2021 Exxaro no longer owned any Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares.

Exxaro has therefore concluded its stated strategy to monetise its stake in Tronox over time in the best possible manner taking into account prevailing market conditions. The funds from the disposal of the Tronox Holdings plc ordinary shares will be used to repay debt, invest in renewable energy projects and make distributions to shareholders in accordance with Exxaro’s capital allocation framework.

The directors are not aware of any other significant matter or circumstance arising after the reporting period up to the date of this report, not otherwise dealt with in this report.

ECC operation

On 8 April 2021, Exxaro signed a sale and purchase agreement with Overlooked Colliery Proprietary Limited who will acquire ECC. The purchase price of R871 million includes a deferred payment mechanism of R150 million dependent on ECC signing a third party coal supply agreement. The sale will only be effective once all conditions precedent to the sales agreement have been met.