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The following table sets forth sales by product for our Sappi Fine Paper Europe operations:<br />

Year ended September<br />

2010 2009 (2) 2008<br />

Sales: (US$ million)<br />

Coated woodfree paper (1) .................... 3,167 2,527 2,407<br />

Uncoated woodfree paper ................... 265 160 27<br />

Speciality coated paper and other ............. 206 208 286<br />

Total ................................. 3,638 2,895 2,720<br />

(1) Includes coated mechanical paper produced at Lanaken, Kirkniemi and Kangas mill. We ceased production at<br />

the Kangas mill in January 2010.<br />

(2) Includes 9 months of sales relating to the Acquired Business.<br />

For fiscal 2010, Sappi Fine Paper Europe sold approximately 3.8 million tonnes of paper and pulp<br />

products. The following table sets forth the annual production capacity, number of paper machines and<br />

products for fiscal 2010 at each of Sappi Fine Paper Europe’s mills in Europe.<br />

Production<br />

capacity Number of<br />

Mill (’000 tonnes) paper<br />

Mill Locations Paper machines Products<br />

Alfeld ...... Germany 330 5 Coated and Uncoated woodfree paper,<br />

coated speciality paper<br />

Ehingen .... Germany 250 1 Coated woodfree paper and uncoated<br />

woodfree paper<br />

Stockstadt . . . Germany 430 2 Coated woodfree paper and uncoated<br />

woodfree paper<br />

Gratkorn .... Austria 950 2 Coated woodfree paper and uncoated<br />

woodfree paper<br />

Maastricht . . . Netherlands 280 1 Coated woodfree paper<br />

Nijmegen . . . Netherlands 240 1 Coated woodfree paper<br />

Lanaken .... Belgium 500 2 Coated mechanical paper and coated<br />

woodfree paper<br />

Kangas (1) .... Finland — — —<br />

Kirkniemi .... Finland 730 3 Coated mechanical paper<br />

Biberist ..... Switzerland 500 3 Coated woodfree paper and uncoated<br />

woodfree paper<br />

(1) We ceased production at Kangas mill in January 2010.<br />

Alfeld. The Alfeld mill is located to the south of Hannover, Germany, and its origins date back to<br />

1706. It has a paper production capacity of approximately 330,000 tonnes and a pulp production<br />

capacity of approximately 125,000 tonnes per annum. It produces coated woodfree and speciality paper<br />

products, which are mainly coated and have a variety of finishes. In 1995, a major rebuild of Alfeld’s PM 3<br />

was completed, enhancing the production of low substance flexible packaging papers. Alfeld’s PM 3<br />

employs a fully integrated concept of on-line coating and calendaring. The Alfeld mill produces totally<br />

chlorine-free (‘‘TCF’’) bleached sulphite pulp for its own use. In early 2002, a rebuild of Alfeld’s PM 2 was<br />

completed. Alfeld spent approximately e 50 million on the rebuild of its PM 2.<br />

Ehingen. The Ehingen mill is located to the southeast of Stuttgart, Germany and was acquired by<br />

Hannover Papier, predecessor entity to Sappi Alfeld, in 1987. A paper machine with a capacity of<br />

180,000 tonnes per annum of coated woodfree paper was commissioned in July 1991, expanding<br />

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