Malunga neTrasti yeThusano
ITrasti yeThusano yasekwa ngo-2010 yiGold Fields njengesikim sobunini zabelo sabasebenzi. Yanika abasebenzi abafanelekileyo inxenye kwiibhendi zePatterson A, B no-C ubunini kwiGold Fields, inakana igalelo labo kwaye iqinisekisa ukuba banokuxhamla kwimithombo yezezimbiwa yaseMzantsi Afrika.
Ngo-2012, xa kwasekwa iSibanye-Stillwater, aba baxhamli banye baye babelwa izabelo zeSibanye-Stillwater kananjalo, kwaye ngo-2019 kongezwa izabelo ezingaphaya zeSibanye-Stillwater. Bebonke, bangaphezulu kwama-46,000 abasebenzi abaye baba ngabaxhamli beTrasti.
Izabelo bezigcinwe yiTrasti iminyaka eli-15. Ngowe-1 Disemba 2025, izabelo ziza kufumaneka — okuthetha ukuba abaxhamli ekugqibeleni banokufaka amabango exabiso lazo. Ukusukela ngalo mhla, abaxhamli baza wukwazi ukwenza oku:
- Ukuthengisa izabelo zabo kwaye bafumane ixabiso lekheshi (emva kokutsalwa kwerhafu);
- Ukudlulisela izabelo zabo kwibhrokha; okanye
- Ukwenza indibaniselwano yazo zombini.
IJohannesburg Stock Exchange’s Investor Services (JIS) ilawula itrasti egameni labaxhamli. Iintlawulo kunye nodluliso ziza kuqala ngowe-1 Matshi 2026.
ITrasti yeThusano ikhona ukuze iqinisekise ukuba abasebenzi banesabelo kwixabiso abancede ukulidala.
Thusano Trust timeline
TRUST ESTABLISHED
1 December 2010
Thusano Trust established. Shares issued to Gold Fields employees (beneficiaries) employed for a month or longer, on Patterson bands A, B and C
2012 and 2019
2012 and 2019
Thusano Trust beneficiaries receive shares in Sibanye-Stillwater
ACTION REQUIRED
22 November 2025
Deadline for beneficiaries to decide if they wanted to sell their shares, transfer them to their personal broker, or sell some and transfer others
VESTING DATE
1 December 2025
Thusano Trust vesting date, when beneficiaries became the owners of their Gold Fields and Sibanye-Stillwater shares
PAYOUT
March 2026
Thusano Trust begins making payments and transfers to beneficiaries, after deducting tax and fees
From 1 Dec 2010 to 1 Dec 2025 is a 15-year period during which beneficiaries received dividends when declared
