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Form 6-K SASOL LTD For: Feb 18

February 18, 2015 8:39 AM EST
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 
15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Report on Form 6-K for February 18, 2015

Commission File Number 1-31615

Sasol Limited
1 Sturdee Avenue
Rosebank 2196
South Africa

(Name and address of registrant's principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will 
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F __X__ Form 40-F _____

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission 
in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached 
annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission 
in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other 
document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish 
and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the 
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized 
(the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home 
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, 
as long as the report or other document is not a press release, 
is not required to be and has not been distributed to the 
registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material 
event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or 
other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the 
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the 
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes _____ No __X__

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the 
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-_______________.


Enclosures: Change to dividend policy and segmental reporting 


Sasol Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1979/003231/06)
Sasol Ordinary Share codes:       JSE: SOL      NYSE: SSL
Sasol Ordinary ISIN codes:        ZAE000006896  US8038663006
Sasol BEE Ordinary Share code:    JSE: SOLBE1
Sasol BEE Ordinary ISIN code:     ZAE000151817
("Sasol" or "the Company" or "the Group")

CHANGE TO DIVIDEND POLICY AND SEGMENTAL REPORTING

In response to the current low oil price environment, an 
initiative to conserve cash over the next 30 months was announced 
by Sasol on 28 January 2015 ("Response Plan"). 

Sasol's Response Plan comprises 5 key components, namely: 
*	capital portfolio phasing and reductions;
*	capital structuring; 
*	working capital improvements; 
*	margin enhancement; and 
*	further cash cost reductions, supplementing the Group's 
	target of at least R4 billion annual costs savings driven
	through the company-wide business performance enhancement 
	programme, which was launched in 2013.

Looking specifically at the capital structuring lever, the 
management team and the Sasol board of directors ("Board") 
evaluated the Company's progressive dividend policy, which had 
been introduced to maintain or improve dividends in line with the 
Company's anticipated sustainable growth in earnings. 

The Company's dividend policy takes into consideration various 
factors, including overall market and economic conditions, the 
Group's financial position, capital investment plans as well as 
earnings growth. 

In the context of a low oil price environment, the Group's 
earnings will be negatively impacted. The current macroeconomic 
conditions have therefore necessitated a reassessment of the 
Company's progressive dividend policy.

At a special meeting of the Sasol Board, the directors approved a 
change in the Company's dividend policy. The revised policy is 
based on a dividend cover range, which will be similar to the 
dividend cover rates applied during the 2008 to 2014 financial 
years. 

The Board considers that, in the current environment, this 
revised dividend policy, together with the other components of 
the Response Plan, will provide sufficient flexibility for the 
Company to manage its balance sheet. This will also allow the 
Group to execute its growth programme while continuing to return 
value to shareholders through dividend payouts.

Another important component of the Company's Response Plan 
efforts is the ongoing refinement of its operating model, and the 
further optimisation of its management structures to ensure 
greater focus and efficiency while enabling additional cost 
reductions.

To this end, earlier this month, Sasol announced changes to its 
top management structures. The Company has also decided to 
combine two of its reportable segments, Southern Africa Energy 
and International Energy, and their associated management 
structures, into one segment, now called Energy.

Given this decision, Sasol's segmental reporting will now consist 
of six reportable segments: Mining, Exploration and Production 
International, Energy, Base Chemicals, Performance Chemicals, and 
Group Functional Support. 

Sasol will be announcing its results for the first half of the 
2015 financial year on 9 March 2015. The interim dividend will be 
announced at the same time, and the segment information contained 
in these results will be disclosed on this revised basis. 

18 February 2015
Johannesburg

Sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
the registrant, Sasol Limited, has duly caused this report to be 
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. 


Date February 18, 2015			By: 	/s/ V D Kahla 
					Name: 	Vuyo Dominic Kahla 
					Title: 	Company Secretary



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