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July 2012

DS Smith plc and SCA Packaging: Latest News

As of July 1st 2012, DS Smith plc has completed the acquisition of SCA Packaging.  Click here for

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June 2012

Acquisition of SCA Packaging: Latest News

The DS Smith Group has announced today that completion of its €1.6 billion deal to acquire SCA Packaging's recycling operations is expected to take place on 30 June 2012.

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May 2012

DS Smith Group's SCA Acquisition Approved

The DS Smith Group (‘the Group’) is pleased to confirm that the European Commission competition authority has today approved its acquisition of SCA Packaging’s recycling operations.

The €1.6 billion deal was first announced in January 2012 and today’s decision will allow the Group to proceed as planned.

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January 2012

DS Smith Group Chief Executive, Miles Roberts, RISI’S 2012 European CEO of the Year

8 We are pleased to announce that RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, has named DS Smith Group Chief Executive, Miles Roberts, as the European CEO of the Year 2012.

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January 2012

DS Smith Plc - Proposed Acquisition of SCA Packaging and Rights Issue

Creation of a leading pan-European recycled packaging business

DS Smith Plc has today announced the proposed acquisition of the packaging division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA for a net consideration of approximately €1.6 billion (c. £1.3 billion*).

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January 2012

Gareth Davies takes charge as DS Smith Chairman, Peter Johnson, steps down

This January, it has been announced that Peter Johnson, Chairman of DS Smith Plc, has retired. The Board had been planning his retirement in 2012 for some time. Peter joined the Board in 1999 as a non-Executive Director, taking the helm as Chairman in 2007.

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December 2011

FSA Reassures Consumers Over Mineral Oils in Packaging

On December 15th 2011, the Food Standards Agency published the results of its survey, which looked into the possible migration into food of selected printing ink components from printed packaging materials. It concluded that there were no concerns in relation to health.

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November 2011

St Regis wins on appeal

7 The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling, made in April by a judge sitting at Exeter Crown Court, that St Regis Paper Company Ltd (now DS Smith Paper Ltd) intentionally made a false entry in a required Environment Agency record at Higher Kings Mill in Devon.

The decision was welcomed by Managing Director, Chris Rosser, who said: “We are d

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October 2011

Higher Kings Mill purchased by Asia File

3 Higher Kings MillDS Smith Paper’s specialist producer of filing and educational papers, Higher Kings Mill in Devon, has been purchased by Asia File Corporation Berhad. The international company, based in Malaysia, is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of filing and stationery products.

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September 2011

EA Permit Brings Waste Energy Plant Closer

2 Kemsley Mill, DS Smith PaperOne of the country's largest recycling facilities has been given the green light to power its operations with a new Sustainable Energy Plant.

The pe

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