Dealing in securities by directors of listed companies Sappi Limited Reg No 1936/008963/06 (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) JSE Code SAP ISIN code ZAE000006284 (“Sappi” or “the Company”) DEALING IN SECURITIES BY DIRECTORS OF LISTED COMPANIES In terms of paragraph 3.63 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, we hereby provide the following information regarding dealing in securities of Sappi by directors of the Company and its major subsidiaries. The dealings were on-market transactions and clearances for the dealings were received in terms of Listings Requirement 3.66, as follows: Director’s name : A Rossi Company : Sappi Fine Paper North America, Sappi Fine Paper Europe, Sappi Southern Africa Date of transaction : 11 December 2013 Nature of transaction : Sale of shares Number of shares sold : 30 000 Selling price per share : R28.60 Total value : R858 000 Class of security : Ordinary shares Extent of interest : Direct beneficial Director’s name : M Gardner Company : Sappi Fine Paper North America Date of transaction : 11 December 2013 Nature of transaction : Sale of shares Number of shares sold : 45 000 Selling price per share : R29.00 Total value : R1 305 000 Class of security : Ordinary shares Extent of interest : Direct beneficial Denis O’Connor Group Secretary Sappi Limited Tel +27 (0)11 407 8072 Fax +27 (0)11 339 1881 Denis.OConnor@Sappi.com 13 December 2013 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 13/12/2013 03:15:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.