SAPPI LIMITED - Notification of Acquisition of beneficial interest in securities

Notification of Acquisition of beneficial interest in securities

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



TRP121 : NOTIFICATION OF ACQUISITION OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SECURITIES

In compliance with Section 122(3)(b) of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 (“Act”) and
regulation 121(2)(b) of the Companies Act Regulations 2011, shareholders are informed
that Sappi received the following notification on 11 August 2014 :

-    acquisition of shares by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (“DFA”), on behalf of their
     segregated clients, such that DFA’s total beneficial interest in the Company as of
     6 August 2014 has increased to 5% of the issued capital of the Company.




Denis O’Connor
Group Secretary
Sappi Limited
Tel +27 (0)11 407 8072; Fax +27 (0)11 339 1881
Denis.OConnor@Sappi.com


11 August 2014
Sponsor : UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd


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