Board Converting News, December 6, 2021

INDUSTRY CALENDAR DECEMBER 10-12 ICPF Holiday Weekend in New York: The Muse New York. FEBRUARY 1, 2022 Chicago TAPPI: What’s New in Corrugated Program. FEBRUARY 13-17, 2022 AICC West Coast Ski Meeting: The Peaks Resort & Spa, Telluride, Colorado. MARCH 1-3, 2022 AICC Packagin Xperience: Kansas City, Missouri. MARCH 9-11, 2022 PPC Spring Outlook & Strategies Conference: Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, Colorado. MARCH 14-15, 2022 INFOFLEX 2022: Ft. Worth Convention Center, Texas. APRIL 6-8, 2022 AICC Spring Meeting: JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, California. MAY 1-4, 2022 TAPPICON 2022: Charlotte, North Carolina. SEPTEMBER 19-22, 2022 AICC/TAPPI 2022 Corrugated Week: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas.

Board Converting News® is published weekly by NV Business Publications, in association with Corrugated Today®, Recycling Markets®, Flexo Market News®, International Paper Board Indus- try®, and Folding Carton Industry®. Editorial and Marketing office: PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802. Subscription Rates in U.S. and Canada $223 per year or $355 for two years. Overseas rate per year $355 USD. Current issue single copies (pre-paid only) $8.50 in U.S. (elsewhere $9.50); add $5.00 per order for shipping & handling. No part of this publication may be transmit- ted or reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Robyn Smith - President/Publisher: rsmith@nvpublications.com Len Prazych - Vice President The Bureau stated that a review was conducted and concluded with the proposal of the sale of the Kamloops mill. It determined the proposed transaction is anti-com- petitive because it would provide Paper Excellence with monopsony power in a large part of southern B.C. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quar- ter of this year. Paper Excellence, Domtar Receive Canadian Approval For Merger Paper Excellence B.V. and Domtar Corporation jointly an- nounced that they have received Canadian Competition Act approval for a business merger. Through this merger, Karta Halten B.V., an affiliate of Paper Excellence, will ac- quire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Domtar common stock for $55.50 per share in cash according to an agreement and plan of merger dated May 10, 2021. The Canadian Commissioner of Competition filed the consent agreement, which fulfills the final condition for closing the merger, with the Competition Tribunal. As per the consent agreement, Domtar’s pulp mill in Kamloops, B.C. will be sold after the merger is completed. This is to resolve the Commissioner’s concerns about the implica- tions of this merger on the purchase of wood fibre from the Thompson/Okanagan region in B.C. The Competition Bureau also released a statement not- ing that the agreement was reached to address compe- tition concerns of the merger of two of Canada’s largest pulp and paper manufacturers – Karta Halten B.V. (Paper Excellence) and Domtar Corp.

The Price is Right

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More box makers and brokers are relying on the containerboard pricing in Board Converting News to negotiate their contracts with end users.

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