RockTenn to Acquire Smurfit-Stone

The aggregate purchase price being paid for Smurfit-Stone’s equity in the transaction is approximately $3.5 billion, consisting of approximately $1.8 billion of cash and the issuance of 30.9 million shares of RockTenn common stock. Following the acquisition, RockTenn shareholders will own approximately 56 percent and Smurfit-Stone shareholders will own 44 percent of the combined company.