Rock-Tenn

The company is called Rock-Tenn RKT, ticker symbol is RKT.

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Rock-Tenn is offering 0.30605 Rock-Tenn share, plus $17.50 in cash, for each Smurfit share.

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Rock-Tenn's purchase is the third major deal under Mr. Rubright since he took over Norcross, Ga.-based Rock-Tenn in 1999.

Smurfit Deal Is Set Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

Rock-Tenn also will assume $1.8 billion in Smurfit debt and pension liabilities.

Smurfit Deal Is Set Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

He said Rock-Tenn plants, for example, produce 1.1 billion square feet of corrugated boxes on average annually, double Smurfit's output.

Smurfit Deal Is Set Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

Rock-Tenn is paying $3.5 billion, including $1.8 billion in cash and the issuance of 30.9 million Rock-Tenn shares.

Smurfit Deal Is Set Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

Mr. Dillon says growing consumerism should provide a prolonged tail wind for Buckeye and cardboard-box makers International Paper Co., Rock-Tenn Co. and Temple-Inland Inc. He believes these U.S. companies' abundant supply of pulp from soft-wood trees will eventually prove to be an advantage over foreign-based competitors that primarily produce container board for new boxes from recycled cardboard.

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Mr. Moore declined to discuss specifically whether Rock-Tenn was forced to sweeten its offer.

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Rock-Tenn Co. acquired Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. earlier this year for about $3.5 billion.

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Smurfit exited bankruptcy proceedings this summer, and Rock-Tenn Chief Executive James Rubright pounced in December when Rock-Tenn advisers approached Smurfit.

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