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Granting of conditional share awards to directors of listed company
Sappi Limited
Reg No 1936/008963/06
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
JSE Code SAP
ISIN code ZAE 000006284
NYSE code SPP
(“Sappi” or “the Company”)
7 December 2012
GRANTING OF CONDITIONAL SHARE AWARDS TO DIRECTORS OF
LISTED COMPANY
In terms of paragraph 3.63 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, we
hereby provide the following information regarding the granting of conditional share
awards by Sappi to the undermentioned directors of the Company and its major
subsidiary companies. The necessary authority in terms of paragraph 3.66 was
obtained and these were off-market transactions:
Date of notification
of transaction : 7 December 2012
Nature of transaction : Annual Grants of Conditional Share Awards in
terms of the Sappi Limited Performance Share
Incentive Plan
Strike price : Nil (no consideration)
Vesting dates for
Conditional share awards : 7 December 2016
Class of security : Ordinary shares
Extent of interest : Direct beneficial
DIRECTOR’S NAME COMPANY NUMBER OF NOTIONAL
SHARES VALUE
SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONAL (R)
AWARDS
SR BINNIE Sappi Limited 100 000 3 020 000
SJ BLYTH Sappi International SA 12 000 362 400
RJ BOËTTGER Sappi Limited 200 000 6 040 000
J BONER Sappi Fine Paper Europe (Company Secretary) 35 000 1 057 000
G BOWLES Sappi Southern Africa 39 000 1 177 800
HA DE JONGH Sappi Southern Africa 39 000 1 177 800
L DI AMATO Sappi International SA 5 000 151 000
M GARDNER Sappi Fine Paper North America 114 000 3 442 800
TS HAWKES Sappi Southern Africa 20 000 604 000
E LETLAPE Sappi Southern Africa 26 000 785 200
NN MAELANE Sappi Southern Africa 26 000 785 200
S MANCHESTER Sappi Fine Paper North America (Company Secretary) 37 000 1 117 400
PB McGRADY Sappi Southern Africa 39 000 1 177 800
JL MILLER Sappi Fine Paper North America 42 000 1 268 400
CM MOWATT Sappi Southern Africa 29 000 875 800
LJ NEWMAN Sappi International SA 14 000 422 800
DJ O’CONNOR Sappi Limited (Company Secretary) 9 000 271 800
J PÄSSLER Sappi International SA 24 000 724 800
G PEARCE Sappi Fine Paper Europe 35 000 1 057 000
R PEELMAN Sappi International SA 5 000 151 000
A ROSSI Sappi Southern Africa 85 500 2 582 100
LA SWARTZ Sappi Southern Africa/Sappi Fine Paper North America 85 500 2 582 100
AvC THIEL Sappi Southern Africa 100 000 3 020 000
GM VAN AARDE Sappi Southern Africa 26 000 785 200
AJW VAN DER MERWE Sappi Southern Africa 26 000 785 200
M VAN HOVEN Sappi Southern Africa/Sappi Fine Paper North America 60 000 1 812 000
BJ WIERSUM Sappi Fine Paper Europe 100 000 3 020 000
Denis O’Connor
Group Secretary
Sappi Limited
Tel +27 11 407 8111
Fax +27 11 339 1881
e-Mail Denis.O’Connor@sappi.com
www.sappi.com
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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