JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholders are advised that the integrated report for the year ended September 2012 will be dispatched to shareholders commencing on 19 December 2012. The integrated report will also be available online on 10 December 2012 on the Sappi website (www.sappi.com ). The audited annual financial statements included in the integrated report contain no material modifications to the reviewed preliminary results for the year ended September 2012 which were published on 08 November 2012.

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The annual financial statements have been audited by Sappi's auditors, Deloitte & Touche. Their unqualified report is available for inspection at the company's registered office.

Sappi intends to file its annual report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 10 December 2012. Once filed, this document will also be available on www.sappi.com

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of shareholders of Sappi will be held at the registered office of the company in the Auditorium, ground floor, 48 Ameshoff Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday 06 February 2013 at 14:00 to transact business as stated in the notice of the annual general meeting forming part of the annual financial statements.

Braamfontein
10 December 2012
Sponsor to Sappi: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Sappi Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1936/008963/06
JSE share code: SAP
ISIN code:  ZAE000006284
NYSE code: SPP
('Sappi' or 'the company')

SOURCE Sappi Limited