SAP - Sappi - New Non-Exec Director

SAP - Sappi - New Non-Exec Director                                             
SAPPI Limited                                                                   
(Registration number 1936/008963/06)                                            
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Share code: SAP & ISIN: ZAE000006284)                                           
("Sappi" or the "Company")                                                      
30 April 2007                                                                   
Karen R Osar joins Sappi Limited Board                                          
Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper group, today announced that Ms         
Karen R Osar will join the Sappi Limited Board with effect from 01 May 2007     
as a non-executive director.                                                    
Ms Osar (57), executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of     
speciality chemicals company Chemtura Corporation until her retirement at       
the end of March 2007, has held various senior management and board             
positions in her career. She was vice president and treasurer for Tenneco       
Inc and has also served as CFO of Westvaco Corporation and as senior vice       
president and CFO of the merged MeadWestvaco Corporation. Prior to these        
appointments she spent 19 years at JP Morgan and Company becoming a             
managing director of the Investment Banking Group. She currently serves on      
the boards of Webster Financial Corporation and the Bank of New York            
Hamilton Mutual Funds and has chaired numerous board audit committees. She      
holds an MBA, Finance, from Columbia University in New York.                    
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NOTE TO EDITORS:                                                                
Additional information on Ms Karen R Osar:                                      
She holds a BA, Latin American Studies from Smith College, Northampton, MA      
as well as an MBA, Finance from Columbia University, New York, NY               
JP Morgan and Company: latterly as managing director, Investment Banking        
Group Tenneco, Inc: vice president and treasurer MeadWestvaco Corporation       
and Westvaco Corporation: senior vice president and chief financial officer     
2004-2007      Chemtura Corporation: executive vice president and chief         
financial officer                                                 

1998-present   Director of Bank of New York Hamilton Mutual Funds; Chair of     
              audit committee 1999-2006                                         
1998-2005      Director of Allergan, Inc; Chair of audit and finance            
committee 1999-2005                                               

2003-2006      Director of Encore Medical Corporation; Chair of audit           
              committee 2003-2006                                               
2006-present   Director of Webster Financial Corporation                        
For further information:                                                        
Andre F Oberholzer                                                              
Group Head Corporate Affairs                                                    
Sappi Limited (Reg No 1936/008963/06)                                           
Tel       +27 (0)11 407 8044                                                    
Fax       +27 (0)11 403 8236                                                    
Mobile    +27 (0)83 235 2973                                                    
andre.oberholzer@sappi.com                                                      
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