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Charles Gross
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

International Paper Shareholders Are Better Off Without Smurfit Deal; Maintaining $47 FVE

Both firms recently confirmed an initial, failed, takeover bid of Smurfit Kappa by International Paper. The offer consisted of EUR 22 per share in cash and just under EUR 14.5 per share in issued equity. That represents a 30% premium to Smurfit Kappa's unaffected share price, and we believe the deal would prove value-dilutive to International Paper shareholders had it been accepted. With the existing proposal unanimously declined by Smurfit's board, our outlook for International Paper is unchang...
Underlying
International Paper Company

International Paper is a producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa, India and Russia. The company's segments are: Industrial Packaging, which manufactures containerboard, such as linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft; Global Cellulose Fibers, which produces fluff pulp for making absorbent hygiene products like baby diapers, feminine care, adult incontinence and other non-woven products; and Printing Papers, which produces printing and writing papers, such as uncoated papers for use in copiers, desktop and laser printers and digital imaging.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Charles Gross

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