2007 Annual Report - Sappi

Share statistics
at September 2007
Shareholding Number of % Number % of shares
– ordinary shares in issue shareholders of shares* in issue
1 – 5,000 4,727 84.6 2,619,686 1.1
5,001 – 10,000 168 3.0 1,226,634 0.5
10,001 – 50,000 323 5.8 8,003,683 3.5
50,001 – 100,000 121 2.2 8,849,326 3.9
100,001 – 1,000,000 206 3.7 56,166,564 24.6
Over 1,000,000 39 0.7 151,605,188 66.4
5,584 100.0 228,471,081 100.0
Shareholder spread
% of shares
– Type of shareholder in issue
Non-public 0.27
Group directors 0.26
Associates of group directors 0.01
Trustees of the company’s share and retirement funding schemes –
Shareowners who, by virtue of any agreement, have the right to nominate board members –
Shareowners interested in 10% or more of the issued shares –
Public (The number of public shareholders as at September 2007 was 5,579) 99.73
100.00
* The number of shares excludes 10,600,811 treasury shares held by the group.
Sappi has a primary listing on the JSE Limited and secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange.
A large number of shares are held by nominee companies for beneficial shareholders. Pursuant to Section 140A of the South
African Companies Act, 1973, as amended, the directors have investigated the beneficial ownership of shares in Sappi Limited
including those which are registered in the nominee holdings and these investigations revealed as of September 2007 following
beneficial holders of more than 5% of the issued share capital of Sappi Limited:
Shares %
Public Investment Commissioner (SA) 28,333,841 12.4
Industrial Development Corporation (SA) 15,420,620 6.7
Further, as a result of these investigations, the directors have ascertained that some of the shares registered in the names of the
nominee holders are managed by various fund managers and that, as of September 2007, the following fund managers were
responsible for managing 5% or more of the share capital of Sappi Limited:
Shares %
Allan Gray Limited 44,051,294 19.3
Rand Merchant Bank 26,928,788 11.8
Old Mutual Investment Group South Africa 24,136,679 10.6
Sanlam Investment Managers 12,808,286 5.6
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