Sappi Voting Rights and Capital

JOHANNESBURG, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In accordance with the United
Kingdom's Financial Services Authority's Disclosure (FSA's) and Transparency
Rules, Sappi (NYSE: SPP) advises that its issued share capital comprises
537,117,864 ordinary shares of R1.00 each. Of that number, the Company holds
21,329,759 shares in Treasury through a subsidiary company and a trust leaving
515,788,105 shares with voting rights, all of which rights are identical with
each share carrying the right to one vote.

The above figures are as at 29 May 2009 and may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Sappi
Limited under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

About Sappi Limited
A global leader in the pulp and paper industry, Sappi Limited (NYSE, JSE, LSE)
conducts its business through two business units, Sappi Fine Paper and Sappi
Forest Products. Sappi Fine Paper, operating in Europe, North America and
South Africa, produces a wide range of coated fine paper brands with an
international reputation for quality and innovation. The company also produces
a range of uncoated graphic and business papers, coated and uncoated specialty
papers, as well as casting release papers. Sappi Forest Products owns or
manages approximately 540,000 hectares of plantations through Sappi Forests;
is a leading Southern African fully integrated pulp, packaging paper and
newsprint business through Sappi Kraft ; and is the world's leading producer
of chemical cellulose used in the manufacture of viscose fibre through Sappi
Saiccor; Sappi Trading, based in Hong Kong, operates a trading network for the
international sales and distribution of the products of the two divisions
outside their core operation regions. For more information, visit:
www.sappi.com.

SOURCE Sappi Limited

Denis O'Connor of Sappi Limited, +27-11-407-8072, denis.o'connor@sappi.com