Mayelana ne-Thusano Trust
I-Thusano Trust yasungulwa ngo-2010 yi-Gold Fields njengohlelo lobunikazi bamasheya babasebenzi. Yanikeza abasebenzi abafanelekile ku-Patterson band A, B no-C ingxenye yobunikazi ku-Gold Fields, ngokwazisa umnikelo wabo kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bangazuza ezinsizeni zamaminerali zaseNingizimu Afrika.
Ngo-2012, lapho kusungulwa i-Sibanye-Stillwater, abahlomuli abafanayo nabo babelwa amasheya e-Sibanye-Stillwater, kwathi ngo-2019 kwengezwa amanye amasheya e-Sibanye-Stillwater. Sebebonke, abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-46,000 ababa ngabahlomuli besiKhwama seMali Esisiwe (Trust).
Amasheya agcinwe yisiKhwama seMali Esisiwe iminyaka eyi-15. Ngomhlaka-1 Disemba 2025, amasheya azonikezwa ngokusemthethweni – okusho ukuthi abahlomulayo ekugcineni bangafaka isicelo sokuthatha inani lawo. Kusukela kulolu suku, abahlomulayo bazokwazi:
- Ukuthengisa amasheya abo bese bethola inani lemali engukheshi (ngemva kokukhokhiswa intela);
- Ukudlulisela amasheya abo kumthengisi (stockbroker); noma
- Ukwenza inhlanganisela yakho kokubili.
I-Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s Investor Services (JIS) yengamela isiKhwama seMali Esisiwe egameni labahlomuli. Ukukhokhelwa nokudluliselwa kuzoqala kusukela ngo-1 Mashi 2026.
I-Thusano Trust ikhona ukuze iqinisekise ukuthi abasebenzi bayahlanganyela enanini laabasize ukukwakha.
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
