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Sappi Limited’s Subsidiary, PE Paper Escrow GmbH commences bond buy-back
Sappi Limited
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Sappi Limited’s Subsidiary, PE Paper Escrow GmbH, Commences Cash Tender Offer and Consent
Solicitation for remaining Senior Secured Notes due 2014
Vienna, Austria - November 9, 2012
PE Paper Escrow GmbH (“PE Paper”, “we”, “us”, or the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sappi
Limited, announces the commencement of an offer to purchase for cash (the “Tender Offer”) any and all of PE
Paper’s outstanding euro-denominated 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”). In conjunction with
the Tender Offer, PE Paper is soliciting consents (the “Consents”) from Holders of Notes (“Holders”) to amend the
indenture governing the Notes (the “Indenture”) to eliminate or modify substantially all of the restrictive covenants
and certain events of default and related provisions (the “Proposed Amendments”) contained in the Indenture (the
“Consent Solicitation”, and together with the Tender Offer, the “Offer”). We will pay the Consent Payment
indicated in the table below to each Holder who validly consents to the Proposed Amendments prior to the Consent
Payment Deadline. Holders who tender Notes in the Tender Offer are deemed to consent to the Proposed
Amendments. Approval of the Proposed Amendments with respect to the Indenture requires the Consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, excluding for such
purposes any Notes owned by the Company or any of its affiliates (“Majority Consent”).
The Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase
Statement and Consent Solicitation Statement dated November 9, 2012 (as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”). Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Offer to Purchase.
The amounts in cash to be paid for the tender of Notes and delivery of Consents for each €1,000 principal
amount of Notes accepted for purchase are set forth in the table below. In addition, we will pay accrued and unpaid
interest (“Accrued Interest”) up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Time (as defined below) or the Settlement
Time (as defined below), as applicable.
Principal
Amount Tender Offer Consent Total
ISIN Common Code Title of Security Outstanding Consideration(1)(2) Payment (2) Consideration(1)(2)(3)
Reg S: XS0442348073 Reg S: 044234807 11.75% Senior Secured
144A: XS0442348313 144A: 044234831 Notes due 2014 €31,005,000 €1,058.75 €7.50 €1,066.25
(1) Does not include Accrued Interest.
(2) Per €1,000.00 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase.
(3) Inclusive of Consent Payment.
Holders who validly tender their Notes and validly deliver their Consents and do not validly withdraw their
Notes and revoke their Consents on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on November 21, 2012, unless
extended (the “Consent Payment Deadline”), and which Notes are accepted for purchase by us, will be eligible to
receive the “Tender Offer Consideration” (indicated in the table above) and the “Consent Payment” (indicated in the
table above, which together with the Tender Offer Consideration, amount to the “Total Consideration”). Holders
who validly tender their Notes and validly deliver their Consents after the Consent Payment Deadline on or before
12:00 midnight, New York City time on December 10, 2012, unless extended (the “Expiration Time”), and which
Notes are accepted for purchase by us, will be eligible to receive the Tender Offer Consideration. Notes tendered
and Consents delivered may only be withdrawn and revoked prior to the Consent Payment Deadline. Notes tendered
and Consents delivered after the Consent Payment Deadline and prior to the Expiration Time may not be withdrawn
and revoked, except as provided by law.
Outstanding Notes may be tendered, and will be accepted for purchase, only in minimum denominations of
€50,000 and integral multiples of €1,000, unless such requirement is waived by PE Paper, provided that any Holder
may tender all Notes held by such Holder and we may accept such Notes for purchase, even if the aggregate
principal amount of such Notes is less than €50,000 or not an integral multiple of €1,000.
We reserve the right, at any time following the Consent Payment Deadline and prior to the Expiration
Time, to accept for purchase all the Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Consent Payment Deadline (“Early
Settlement Election”). If we make the Early Settlement Election, we will pay the Total Consideration on a date (such
date, the “Early Settlement Time”) promptly following the Early Settlement Election. If we do not make the Early
Settlement Election, we will accept for purchase all validly tendered Notes at the Expiration Time, and payment for
all such Notes will be made promptly thereafter (the “Settlement Time”), except if we terminate the Tender Offer, at
our discretion. The payment of the Total Consideration and the Tender Offer Consideration, as the case may be,
shall include Accrued Interest up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Time or the Settlement Time, as
applicable.
Holders may not deliver Consents without validly tendering their Notes in the Tender Offer, and Holders
may not revoke Consents without withdrawing their tendered Notes from the Tender Offer.
If you do not tender your Notes, they will remain outstanding. We currently intend to issue a notice of
redemption for any and all Notes not tendered in the Offer and redeem such Notes in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture on the earliest possible day following the earlier of the Early Settlement Election, if any, and the
Expiration Time, at a redemption price of 105.875% of the principal amount of each such Note, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant date to receive
interest on the relevant interest payment date). We may deliver such notice of redemption as early as the earlier of
the Early Settlement Election, if any, and the Expiration Time.
From time to time after the Expiration Time of the Offer, or after termination or withdrawal of the Offer,
PE Paper and its affiliates may acquire Notes through open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions,
tender offers, exchange offers, redemptions or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices as PE Paper and its
affiliates may determine (or as may be provided for in the Indenture), which may be more or less than the Tender
Offer Consideration or the Total Consideration for the Notes and could be for cash or other consideration.
PE Paper’s acceptance for purchase of Notes validly tendered and Consents validly delivered pursuant to
the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, and the payment of the Total Consideration or Tender Offer
Consideration, as the case may be, are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain
conditions. PE Paper reserves the right to waive or modify in whole or in part any and all conditions to the Offer to
Purchase and to otherwise amend the Offer. PE Paper also has the right to terminate the Offer at any time and for
any reason, and to extend or otherwise amend the Consent Payment Deadline or the Expiration Time. Details of any
such extension or amendment will be announced as provided in the Offer to Purchase as soon as reasonably
practicable after the relevant decision is made. Additionally, PE Paper reserves the right, in its sole and absolute
discretion, not to accept any tender of Notes (and delivery of the corresponding Consent). In the event of a
termination of the Offer, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Offer will be promptly returned to the tendering Holders.
See “Terms of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation” in the Offer to Purchase.
The Total Consideration and the Tender Offer Consideration will be payable in cash at the Early Settlement
Time or the Settlement Time, as applicable. Under no circumstances will any interest be payable because of any
delay in the transmission of funds to Holders by any of the Clearing Systems.
The Proposed Amendments will be set forth in a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”)
which will become effective upon execution and delivery by PE Paper, the Trustee (as defined below), the Security
Agent (as defined below) and any other applicable party. It is anticipated that PE Paper, the Trustee, the Security
Agent and any other applicable party will execute the Supplemental Indenture in respect of the Notes upon receipt of
the Majority Consent or promptly thereafter. In any such event, although the Supplemental Indenture will become
effective upon execution, the Proposed Amendments will not become operative until the Early Settlement Time or
the Settlement Time, as applicable.
If the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture are adopted, Notes not tendered, that are tendered and validly
withdrawn or that we do not accept for purchase pursuant to the Offer will remain outstanding and subject to the
Indenture, as modified by the terms of the Supplemental Indenture as described under “Proposed Amendments” in
the Offer to Purchase. Holders of those Notes will no longer be entitled to the benefit of the principal restrictive
covenants and certain other provisions presently contained in the Indenture.
IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BECOME OPERATIVE, THEY WILL APPLY TO ALL NOTES
ISSUED UNDER THE INDENTURE, AND EACH HOLDER OF NOTES THAT ARE NOT VALIDLY
TENDERED AND ACCEPTED FOR PURCHASE HEREUNDER WILL BE BOUND BY SUCH PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
DF King Worldwide is acting as the Tender and Information Agent (in such capacity, the “Tender and
Information Agent”) for the Offer. The Trustee for the Notes is The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”). The
Security Agent for the Notes is J.P. Morgan Europe Limited (the “Security Agent”). J.P. Morgan Securities plc is
acting as dealer manager and consent solicitation agent (in such capacity, the “Dealer Manager”).
In accordance with normal and accepted market practice, the Trustee and the Security Agent express no
opinion as to the merits of the proposals as presented to Holders in the Offer to Purchase. Furthermore, the Trustee
and the Security Agent make no assessment of the impact of the proposals as presented to Holders on the interests of
the Holders either as a class or as individuals and make no recommendation as to whether Consents to these
proposals should be given.
NONE OF PE PAPER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE TRUSTEE, THE SECURITY AGENT, THE
DEALER MANAGER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER
HOLDERS SHOULD TENDER THEIR NOTES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO PURCHASE.
THE OFFER TO PURCHASE SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE
WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER AND CONSENT SOLICITATION.
Requests for information in relation to the Offer should be directed to:
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC
25 Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London E14 5JP
United Kingdom
Attn: Liability Management Group
Tel: +44 207 134 3166
Requests for information in relation to the procedures for participating in the Offer should be directed to:
DF KING WORLDWIDE
Citypoint, 11th Floor
1 Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9AW
United Kingdom
+44 20 7920 9700
sappi@king-worldwide.com
DISCLAIMER
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement
and the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision
is made with respect to the Offer. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are
recommended to seek your own financial and legal advice, including as to any tax consequences,
immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or
legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank,
custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to tender
Notes in the Offer. None of the Dealer Manager, the Tender and Information Agent, the Trustee, the
Security Agent or the Company or any of their respective affiliates makes any recommendation as to
whether Holders should participate in the Offer. The Dealer Manager and its affiliates are acting
exclusively for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to
anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to the customers of such Dealer
Manager or its affiliates or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any transaction or arrangement
referred to herein.
OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS
NEITHER THE ATTACHED OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR ANY RELATED DOCUMENT HAS
BEEN FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, NOR HAS ANY
SUCH DOCUMENT BEEN FILED WITH OR REVIEWED BY ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF AUSTRIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY, THE
UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY. NO AUTHORITY HAS PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE ATTACHED OFFER TO PURCHASE OR ANY
RELATED DOCUMENTS, AND IT IS UNLAWFUL AND MAY BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO
MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY
BE RESTRICTED BY LAW. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THE OFFER TO
PURCHASE COMES ARE REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY, THE DEALER MANAGER AND
THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT, AND TO
OBSERVE, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS.
This announcement, the Offer to Purchase, and any other materials or advertisements in
connection with the Offer may not be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of such jurisdiction.
In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed
broker or dealer, and the Dealer Manager or any of its affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in such
jurisdictions, the Offer shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or such affiliate (as the case
may be) on behalf of PE Paper in such jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this document comes
are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the Offer and the
distribution of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other related materials.
Austria. Neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials
relating to the Offer are subject to the Austrian Capital Markets Act (Kapitalmarktgesetz) and have not
been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or registration with the Austrian Financial Market
Authority (Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde). Accordingly, this announcement and the Offer to Purchase have
not been and will not be approved by the Austrian Financial Market Authority or any other regulatory body
in Austria. The Dealer Manager will not hold any physical meetings in Austria with Holders in connection
with the Offer.
Italy. None of this announcement, the Offer, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents and
materials relating to the Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of the
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (“CONSOB”) pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. In
Italy, the Offer is carried out as an exempted offer under Article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative
Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the “Financial Services Act”), and Article 35-bis,
paragraphs 3 and 4, letter b) of the CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended (the
“Regulation on Issuers”). The Offer is also being carried out in compliance with article 35-bis, paragraph 7,
letter a) of the Issuers’ Regulation. Accordingly, a Holder of Notes that is located in Italy can participate in
the Offer only if (i) the Notes tendered by it have a nominal value or an aggregate nominal amount equal to
or greater than €50,000 or if (ii) it qualifies as qualified investor (investitore qualificato), as defined
pursuant to Article 100 of the Financial Services Act and Article 34-ter, paragraph 1, letter b) of the
Regulation on Issuers (“Eligible Investors”); otherwise Holders of Notes located in Italy may not
participate in the Offer and neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or
materials relating to the Offer may be distributed or otherwise made available to them as part of the Offer.
The Offer cannot be extended, nor may copies of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any other
document relating to the Offer or the Notes be distributed, mailed or otherwise forwarded, or sent, to the
public in Italy, whether by mail or by any means or other instrument (including, without limitation,
telephonically or electronically) or any facility of a national securities exchange available in Italy, other
than to Eligible Investors. Persons receiving this announcement and the Offer to Purchase must not
forward, distribute or send it in or into or from Italy. Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes that qualify
as Eligible Investors can tender the Notes through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or
financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the
Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to
time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with
applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.
Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-
à-vis its clients in connection with the Notes or the Offer.
South Africa. Pursuant to South African Exchange Control regulations, no Notes were offered or
sold to prospective investors in South Africa. Accordingly, the Offer is not being made to any person
resident or located in South Africa. Holders are hereby notified that, to the extent such Holders are persons
resident or located in South Africa, the Offer is not available to them and they may not tender Notes
pursuant to the Offer and, as such, any acceptance of Notes tendered by such persons shall be ineffective
and void, and neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other offering material relating to
the Offer or the Notes may be distributed or made available in South Africa.
United Kingdom. The communication of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other
documents or materials relating to the Offer is not being made, and such documents and materials have not
been approved by, an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and materials are not being distributed to, and must not be
passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom, and are only for circulation to persons outside the
United Kingdom or to persons within the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment
professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”)) or within Article 43(2) of the Order, or to other persons to whom it
may lawfully be communicated in accordance with the Order.
This announcement and the Offer to Purchase do not constitute an offer or solicitation to
purchase Notes in any jurisdiction in which, or to, or from, any person to, or from, whom, it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation under applicable securities or blue sky laws.
Sappi sponsor in South Africa: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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