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Sappi Limited Voting Rights and Capital

Thursday 02. April 2009 - In accordance with the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority's Disclosure (FSA's) and Transparency Rules, Sappi (NYSE:SPP) advises that its issued share capital comprises 537,117,864 ordinary shares of ZAR1.00 each.

Of that number, the Company holds 21,324,023 shares in Treasury through a subsidiary company and a trust leaving 515,793,841 shares with voting rights, all of which rights are identical with each share carrying the right to one vote.

The above figures are as at 31 March, 2009 and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Sappi Limited under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.