Three-Year Wage Agreement

RNS Number : 9276Z

Thungela Resources Limited

20 September 2022

 

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' or the 'Company' and, together with its affiliates, the 'Group')

THUNGELA SIGNS THREE-YEAR WAGE AGREEMENT

Thungela announces that it has signed a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers ("NUM") which is the recognised labour union across Thungela's operations, and which represents 86% of unionised employees. This agreement enables the implementation of a new wage agreement across Thungela's operations, other than Mafube which runs an independent wage negotiation process. The agreement is effective from 1 June 2022 and covers a period of three-years through to the end of May 2025.

The wage agreement increases salary and salary-related allowances and is expected to increase the total labour cost-to-company, on average by approximately 6% per annum over the three-year period.

Under the agreement, Thungela and the NUM also commit to engaging the board of trustees of the SACO Employee Partnership Plan Trust ("EPP") to review and amend the trust deed to enable the payment of awards made to the EPP in the same financial year in which they are declared, as opposed to vesting over a period of three years.

July Ndlovu, CEO of Thungela, commented: "We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with our employees and I thank the NUM for their collaboration and constructive engagement during the wage negotiation process. The agreement recognises the important role that our employees have in responsibly creating value together for a shared future."

Johannesburg

20 September 2022

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