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Recommended All-share Combination of DS Smith PLC and International Paper Company Approved

According to their press release, on 16 April 2024, the boards of International Paper Company ("International Paper") and DS Smith Plc ("DS Smith") announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of DS Smith with International Paper (the "Combination"), to be implemented by way of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme"). The scheme document in connection with the Scheme was published and sent by DS Smith to DS Smith Shareholders on 11 September 2024 (the "Scheme Document"). As announced by DS Smith on 7 October 2024, the Scheme was approved by the requisite majority of DS Smith Shareholders on 7 October 2024.

Subject to the Scheme becoming effective, DS Smith shareholders shall receive New International Paper Shares which will rank pari passu in all respects with International Paper Shares that are in issue at the Scheme Record Time (being 6.00 p.m. GMT on 31 January 2025), including the right to receive and retain, in full, dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid by International Paper after the Effective Date.

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