Our performance in 2009 - Sappi

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Share statistics
at September 2009
Shareholding Number of Number % of shares
– ordinary shares in issue shareholders % of shares* in issue
1 – 5,000 5,455 82.8 4,107,630 0.8
5,001 – 10,000 236 3.6 1,709,659 0.3
10,001 – 50,000 334 5.1 7,778,376 1.5
50,001 – 100,000 140 2.1 10,135,496 2.0
100,001 – 1,000,000 339 5.1 116,634,218 22.6
Over 1,000,000 86 1.3 375,367,926 72.8
6,590 100.0 515,733,305 100.0
Shareholder spread % of shares
– type of shareholder in issue
Non-public 0.02
Group directors 0.02
Associates of group directors –
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 2009 was 6,587) 99.98
* The number of shares excludes 21,384,559 treasury shares held by the group.
Sappi has a primary listing on the JSE Limited and a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
100.00
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 2009, the following beneficial
holders of more than 5% of the issued share capital of Sappi Limited:
Shares %
Public Investment Commissioner (SA) 43,340,842 8.4
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited (ZA) 25,987,096 5.0
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 2009, the following fund managers were
responsible for managing 5% or more of the share capital of Sappi Limited:
Shares %
Allan Gray Limited 153,036,665 29.7
Old Mutual Investment Group South Africa 66,834,079 13.0
Rand Merchant Bank 42,578,535 8.3