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SAPPI LIMITED - Report on proceedings at the annual general meeting

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Report on proceedings at the annual general meeting

Sappi Limited                                                                                                                                                   
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1936/008963/06
JSE share code: SAP
ISIN: ZAE000006284
"Sappi" or “the Company”

REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At eighty sixth annual general meeting ("AGM") of the shareholders of Sappi held on Wednesday, 08 February 2023 all the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at
the meeting were approved by the requisite majority of votes. In this regard, Sappi confirms the voting statistics from the AGM as follows:


Resolutions                                                     Votes cast disclosed as a         Number of           Shares voted        Shares abstained
                                                                percentage in relation to the     shares voted        disclosed as a      disclosed as a
                                                                total number of shares voted                          percentage in       percentage in
                                                                at the meeting                                        relation to the     relation to the total
                                                                                                                      total issued        issued shares*
                                                                                                                      shares*
                                                                For             Against

Ordinary resolution number 1 – Re-election of Mr MA Fallon as   77.94           22.06             511,768,508         89.47               0.01
a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 2 – Re-election of Mr NP Mageza      76.96           23.04             511,772,008         89.47               0.01
as a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 3 – Re-election of Dr B              85.02           14.98             511,772,008         89.47               0.01
Mehlomakulu as a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 4 – Re-election of Mr GT Pearce      99.49           0.51              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
as a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 5 – Election of Mr LL von Zeuner     99.37           0.63              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
as a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 6 – Election of Ms E Istavridis as   99.84           0.16              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
a director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 7 – Election of Mr NL Sowazi as a    98.96           1.04              511,771,908         89.47               0.01
director of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 8 – Election of Mr NP Mageza as      76.85           23.15             511,768,508         89.47               0.01
a member and chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 9 – Election of Ms ZN Malinga as     98.06           1.94              511,772,008         89.47               0.01
a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 10 – Election of Dr B Mehlomakulu    81.88           18.12             511,772,008         89.47               0.01
as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 11 – Election of Mr RJAM             98.68           1.32              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
Renders as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 12 – Election of Mr LL von Zeuner    97.69           2.31              511,713,004         89.46               0.02
as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 13 – Election of Ms E Istavridis as  98.93           1.07              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 14 – Election of Mr NL Sowazi as     95.28           4.72              511,772,008         89.47               0.01
a member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Ordinary resolution number 15 – Re-appointment of KPMG Inc      99.92           0.08              511,769,533         89.47               0.01
as auditors of Sappi for the financial year ending 30
September 2023 and until the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting of Sappi
Ordinary resolution number 16 - Non-binding endorsement of      95.16           4.84              510,304,393         89.22               0.27
remuneration policy
Ordinary resolution number 17 - Non-binding endorsement of      85.03           14.97             510,781,376         89.30               0.19
remuneration implementation report
Special resolution number 1 - General authority to repurchase   78.09           21.91             511,746,500         89.47               0.02
shares
Special resolution number 2 - Non-executive directors' fees     98.57           1.43              511,714,279         89.46               0.02
Special resolution number 3 – Loans or other financial          82.05           17.95             510,303,446         89.22               0.27
assistance to related or inter-related companies or
corporations and to any person related to the company or any
such company or corporation
Ordinary resolution number 18 - Authority for directors and     99.72           0.28              511,768,508         89.47               0.01
Group Company Secretary to sign all documents and do all
such things necessary or reasonably desirable for or incidental
to the implementation of the above resolutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
*Total issued shares is 571 987 233

The special resolution/s will, where necessary, be lodged for registration with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in due course.

09 February 2023

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 09-02-2023 05:14:00
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