2007 Annual Report - Sappi

Directors and secretaries
The names of the directors appear on pages 12 to 14. The
secretaries and their business and postal addresses also appear
on page 194 of this report.
During the year, Messrs K de Kluis and W Pfarl retired as
directors. Mr R J Boëttger, Mr J D McKenzie and Mrs K R Osar
were appointed to the board during the year and Dr D C Cronjé
was appointed to the board after the year end. In terms of the
company’s Articles of Association, it will be necessary to
confirm each of their appointments at the forthcoming annual
general meeting. They will in terms of the Articles of Association
retire from the board at that meeting, and all being eligible, have
offered themselves for re-election.
At the year-end there were thirteen directors, two of whom
were executive directors. Ten non-executive directors were
independent.
In terms of the company’s Articles of Association, Dr D Konar,
Mrs B Radebe, Dr F A Sonn and Mr E van As will retire by
rotation from the board at the forthcoming annual general
meeting. Mr van As has indicated that he will not be available
for re-election to the board, but the others, all being eligible,
have offered themselves for re-election.
Personal details of Mr R J Boëttger, Mr J D McKenzie,
Mrs K R Osar and Dr D C Cronjé as well as those of Dr D Konar,
Mrs B Radebe and Dr F A Sonn are set out in the notice to
members on page 188.
The interests of directors in the shares of the company
(including options and rights and options in terms of The Sappi
Limited Share Incentive Scheme and conditional share awards
in terms of the Sappi Limited Performance Share Incentive Plan)
are disclosed in notes 30 and 39 to the group annual financial
statements.
A register of interests of directors and other executives in
shares of the company is available to shareholders and the
public on request.
Subsidiary companies
Details of the company’s significant subsidiaries are given in
Annexure A on page 185.
Special resolutions
A full list of the special resolutions passed by the company
and its subsidiaries during the year will be made available to
shareholders on request.
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