Smurfit & Kappa to Merge,Creating Europe's Largest Containerboard Supplier

摘要

Jefferson Smurfit (headquartered in Dublin,Eire) and Kappa Packaging (headquartered in Eindhoven,Netherlands) have agreed on a merger to create Smurfit Kappa.Shares in the new entity will be distributed as 58.3% to existing Smurfit shareholders and 41.7% to existing Kappa shareholders.