THUNGELA RESOURCES LIMITED - Thungela and Transnet conclude amendment to the Long-Term Agreement

Thungela and Transnet conclude amendment to the Long-Term Agreement

THUNGELA RESOURCES LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 2021/303811/06
JSE Share Code: TGA
LSE Share Code: TGA
ISIN: ZAE000296554
Tax number: 9111917259
('Thungela' and, together with its affiliates, the 'Group')


THUNGELA AND TRANSNET CONCLUDE AMENDMENT TO THE LONG-TERM AGREEMENT

On 14 April 2022, Thungela issued an announcement on SENS and RNS informing the market that
Transnet SOC Ltd, acting through its Transnet Freight Rail Division ("Transnet"), had notified Coal Export
Parties ("CEPs") on 8 April 2022 that a number of circumstances beyond Transnet’s reasonable control
would continue to detract from Transnet's ability to perform at its contracted rail capacity for at least the
next six months and that accordingly Transnet believed that it was under Force Majeure. Transnet also
expressed a view that these circumstances actuated a termination right of the existing Long-Term
Agreement ("LTA"), which Transnet desired to exercise.

Thungela, as well as other CEPs, rejected Transnet's view that it was entitled to terminate the LTA but
committed to engage in negotiations with Transnet in order to negotiate a deed of amendment to the LTA
for the balance of the tenure of the LTA (which expires on 31 March 2024).

Thungela and Transnet have now reached agreement on the deed of amendment, which was concluded
with the following outcomes:
    - Transnet has declared a minimum contractual rail capacity of 60Mt for its financial year ending
      March 2023, which will be reviewed by Transnet on a six-monthly basis with a view to increasing
      this.
    - Agreement on the rail tariff escalation to be applied as from 1 April 2022 for the balance of the
      tenure of the LTA. Performance and underutilization ("take or pay") penalties, in revised form, will
      continue to be applied.

Thungela management is appreciative of Transnet's constructive engagement in the negotiations, during
which time bulk coal rail services and export sales continued. The conclusion of the deed of amendment,
and the spirit of collaboration between Transnet and Thungela in achieving this, is encouraging. At this
stage, however, Thungela does not believe that these developments will have a material impact on the
Group’s operational outlook which was published as part of its interim results for the six months ended 30
June 2022 announced on SENS and RNS on 15 August 2022.

18 August 2022

Investor Relations
Ryan Africa
Email: ryan.africa@thungela.com

Media Contacts
Tarryn Genis
Email: tarryn.genis@thungela.com

UK Financial adviser and corporate broker
Liberum Capital Limited
Tel: +44 20 3100 2000

Sponsor
Rand Merchant Bank
(A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 18-08-2022 09:00:00
Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). 
The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of
 the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, 
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
 information disseminated through SENS.