FMN | October 30th, 2017

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The earnings increase in North America was attrib- uted in part to higher sale prices as well as higher sales volumes and improved operations. Overall for the quarter, IP reported net earnings of $395 million or 95 cents per share.That compares to net earnings of $80 million or 19 cents per share in the second quarter and $312 million in net earnings a year ago. “We are excited about the platform for future growth created by this combination,” said Graphic Packaging President and CEO Michael Doss. “We ex- pect the transaction will significantly increase our mill production and converting scale, meaningfully increase our exposure to the growing foodservice market, provide significant runway to realize syner- gies, and drive strong financial results.” Doss described the $75 million in synergies as “compelling”, which will be driven by cost reduc- tions, increased paperboard integration, and procure- ment and mill efficiencies. Graphic Packaging is a provider of paper-based pack- aging for a variety of products to food, beverage and other consumer product companies.The company op- erates on a global basis, and is one of the largest pro- ducers of folding cartons in the United States. It also claims market-leading positions in coated unbleached kraft paperboard and coated-recycled paperboard. International Paper’s North America Consumer Pack- aging business is a producer of solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard and paper-based foodservice prod- ucts globally. The business includes two SBS mills lo- cated in Augusta, Georgia and Texarkana, Texas with annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons of SBS, three converting facilities in the United States and one in the UK, with the capacity to convert 250,000 tons of SBS paperboard into more than 24 billion units of paper-based cups and cylindrical containers. Siegwerk Acquires Van Son Liquids Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, has signed a contract to purchase Van Son Liquids B.V. located in Hilversum, Netherlands. The deal includes the transfer of all technical exper- tise, product portfolio and manufacturing equipment related to Van Son Liquids headquarters in Hilversum. Siegwerk will continue to produce and serve cus- tomers from the production site in Hilversum. As a new member of the Siegwerk family,Van Son Liquids B.V. will be renamed into Siegwerk Hilversum B.V. going forward, whereas the product brand name AquaBase+ will be kept.

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