s8-pos.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-121300
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-130552
 
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

SAPPI LIMITED
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of South Africa
 
None
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

48 Ameshoff Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg 2001
Republic of South Africa
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

The Sappi Limited Performance Share Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
Sarah Manchester, Esq.
Sappi Fine Paper North America
255 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
 (617) 423-7300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer  x
Accelerated filer  o
 
Non-accelerated filer  o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  o

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
 
This post-effective amendment relates to (i) the Registration Statement No. 333-121300 filed on December 15, 2004 on Form S-8, registering 250,000 ordinary shares, and (ii) the Registration Statement No. 333-130552 filed on December 21, 2005 on Form S-8, registering 5,000,000 ordinary shares, each such ordinary share to be offered pursuant to the Sappi Limited Performance Share Incentive Plan (the “Registration Statements”).
 
On September 9, 2013, Sappi Limited announced its intention to delist its American Depositary Shares and its underlying ordinary shares from the New York Stock Exchange and that this delisting would be followed by an application to deregister and terminate its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This post-effective amendment hereby terminates the Registration Statements and removes from registration all of the securities registered thereby which remain unsold as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, Sappi Limited estimates that approximately 155,110 of the aggregate 5,250,000 ordinary shares registered on the Registration Statements in connection with the Sappi Limited Share Performance Share Incentive Plan remain unsold.
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 30, 2013.
 
 
 
SAPPI LIMITED,
  
       
 
By:
 /s/ M. van Hoven  
    Name: M. van Hoven  
    Title:   Group Head Strategy & Legal  
       
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on September 30, 2013.
 

 /s/ R. J. Boëttger    /s/ S. Manchester  
R. J. Boëttger
  
S. Manchester
  
Chief Executive Officer : Director
  
Authorized U.S. Representative, Sappi
North America Vice President, Human
Resources and General Counsel
  
       
 /s/ D. C. Cronjé    /s/ L. J. Newman  
D. C. Cronjé
  
L. J. Newman
  
Chairman : Director
  
Principal Accounting Officer, Group
Financial Controller
  
       
     /s/ S. R. Binnie  
G. P. F. Beurskens
  
S. R. Binnie
  
Director
  
Chief Financial Officer : Director
  
       
 /s/ R. J. DeKoch    /s/ M. A. Fallon  
R. J. DeKoch
  
M. A. Fallon
  
Director
  
Director
  
       
       
 /s/ D. Konar    /s/ N. P. Mageza  
D. Konar
  
N. P. Mageza
  
Director
  
Director
  
       
 /s/ J. D. McKenzie    /s/ M. V. Moosa  
J. D. McKenzie
  
M. V. Moosa
  
Director
  
Director
  
       
 /s/ K. R. Osar      
K. R. Osar
  
B. Radebe
  
Director
  
Director
  
       
     /s/ R. Thummer  
A. N. R. Rudd
  
R. Thummer
  
Director
  
Director
  
 
 
 
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