Sappi prices €450 million senior notes offering


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Sappi Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1936/008963/06
JSE share code: SAP
ISIN code:  ZAE000006284
LEI Number: 549300SSI7XQH8ESJG95
("Sappi" or the "Company")


Sappi prices €450 million senior notes offering

Further to Sappi’s announcement on March 11, 2019 in connection with a bond issue, Sappi Limited announced today that it priced Sappi Papier Holding GmbH’s bond offering to raise €450 million of new senior notes due 2026 with a coupon of 3.125% per annum.

The net proceeds of the offering will be used to redeem all of Sappi Papier Holding GmbH’s €450 million senior notes due 2022.

Steve Binnie, CEO of Sappi Limited, commented as follows on the bond offering: “This refinancing of the 2022 bond meets the group’s objective of extending the debt maturity profile and further reducing finance charges, allowing more financial flexibility to implement future strategic initiatives.”

This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute any offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state or foreign securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under federal or applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

This press release shall not be considered an “offer of securities to the public” for purposes of the Luxembourg law on prospectus for public offering dated 10 July 2005. Furthermore, this press release constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities nor shall it give rise to or require the publication of a prospectus in any EU member state which has implemented the Prospectus Directive.

This announcement does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities nor is it intended to be an inducement to engage in investment activity for the purpose of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom.
 
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In addition, in the United Kingdom (the “UK”), this announcement is directed only at persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) who are high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iii) to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activities within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). In the UK, any investment activity to which this announcement relates is only available to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.  This announcement must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons.

The offer of the notes does not, nor is it intended to, constitute an “offer to the public” (as that term is defined in the South African Companies Act, 2008 (the “SA Companies Act”)) and does not, nor is it intended to, constitute a prospectus prepared and registered under the SA Companies Act.  No South African resident or offshore subsidiary of a South African resident may subscribe for or purchase any of the notes or beneficially own or hold any of the notes unless specific approval has been obtained from the South African Reserve Bank by such person or such subscription, purchase or beneficial holding or ownership is pursuant to the SA Companies Act, or is otherwise permitted under the South African Exchange Control Regulations or the rulings or policies promulgated thereunder.