- Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 18, 2010

 

SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		1-03439		36-2041256
(State or other jurisdiction of		(Commission		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

222 N. LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

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Item 8.01.                                         Other Events.

 

On November 17, 2010, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with a work stoppage at the Company’s mill in La Tuque, Quebec.  On November 18, 2010, a majority of the members of UNIK Local 34 voted to approve the Company’s contract proposal, which had previously been rejected.  The Company expects to resume production at the La Tuque mill as soon as possible.   The work stoppage will not have a material financial impact to the Company.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:	November 19, 2010
			SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
			By:	/s/ Craig A. Hunt
			Name:	Craig A. Hunt
			Title:	Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

 

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