DS Smith agrees £5.8bn 引き継ぎ/買収 を取り引きする International Paper

  • International Paper is one of the world's biggest paper and 低俗雑誌 providers?
  • DS Smith first received a 企て,努力,提案 from the Tennessee-based group last month

一括ing 巨大(な) DS Smith has agreed to be acquired by US 競争相手 International Paper in a £5.8billion 取引,協定.

The two 商売/仕事s said the tie-up would help create a major 維持できる 一括ing company across Europe and North America and 'optimise' their mill 網状組織s, 供給(する) chains and freight costs.

Bosses at International Paper, one of the world's biggest paper and 低俗雑誌 providers, also believe the 引き継ぎ/買収 would produce at least $514million (£413million) in cost synergies within four years.

Snapping up: Packaging giant DS Smith has agreed to be acquired by US rival International Paper in a £5.8billion deal

Snapping up: 一括ing 巨大(な) DS Smith has agreed to be acquired by US 競争相手 International Paper in a £5.8billion 取引,協定

DS Smith first received a 企て,努力,提案 from the Tennessee-based group last month, just a few weeks after it 受託するd a £5.1billion 申し込む/申し出 by fellow British 一括ing 会社/堅い Mondi.

Under International Paper's 提案, DS Smith 株 are valued at £4.15 each, 代表するing a 賞与金 of 47 per cent to their £2.81 の近くにing price on 7 February.

If it is fully 認可するd, DS Smith's 投資家s will own around one-third of the 大きくするd 商売/仕事, while International Paper 株主s will 支配(する)/統制する the other two-thirds.

示す S. Sutton, 議長,司会を務める and 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある of International Paper, said the 引き継ぎ/買収 was 'a 論理(学)の next step' in his 会社/堅い's 戦略 to '運動 profitable growth.'

He 追加するd: 'DS Smith is a leader in 一括ing 解答s with an 広範囲にわたる reach across Europe, which complements International Paper's 能力s and will 加速する growth through 革新 and sustainability.'

設立するd in 1940 by two cousins, DS Smith 供給(する)s 一括ing to 小売 巨大(な)s such as アマゾン, Zalando, Tesco, Cadbury owner Mondelez, and home 器具s 製造者 Philips.

The FTSE 100 group 雇うs around 30,000 people across more than 30 countries, 含むing 4,750 in the UK.

Since 2020, the company's growth has been uplifted by a Covid-induced にわか景気 in online shopping and higher selling prices for boxes, paper and 再生利用するing.

Its 引き継ぎ/買収 代表するs another 可能性のある blow for the UK markets, which have lost several high-profile 指名するs to foreign 買い手s in 最近の years, such as Morrisons, G4S, Hotel Chocolat and Ted パン職人.

分析家s have 大部分は 非難するd this 傾向 on the 続けざまに猛撃する's 証拠不十分 since the European Union 国民投票 and a perceived undervaluation of UK-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d 株.

However, International Paper said it 計画(する)s to 行為/行う a 第2位 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing of its 株 on the London 在庫/株 交流 and 設立する a European (警察,軍隊などの)本部 at DS Smith's (警察,軍隊などの)本部 in the UK 資本/首都.

Danni Hewson, 長,率いる of 財政上の 分析 at AJ Bell, said the move was a '肯定的な step and good for the 評判 of the UK 株式市場 that a US 会社/堅い sees value in having a London presence, even though this type of 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing means it wouldn't qualify for the FTSE 100.

'International Paper might have also taken the 見解(をとる) that 申し込む/申し出ing UK-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d 在庫/株 would help get the 引き継ぎ/買収 over the line.'

DS Smith 株 were 3.7 per cent lower at 394.6p on late Tuesday afternoon.