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RockTenn and Smurfit-Stone Announce Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period

Tuesday 08. February 2011 - RockTenn (NYSE: RKT) and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC) announced today that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation by RockTenn.

The transaction remains subject to other customary closing conditions, including approval by the stockholders of both companies.