KapStone Reports First Quarter Results

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Container Board Stocks Pressured (IP) (PKG) (RKT) (MWV) (KS)

May 5, 2015 11:08 AM EDT

Container board stocks were pressured Tuesday, with International Paper (NYSE: IP), Packaging Corp. (NYSE: PKG), RockTenn (NYSE: RKT), MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) and Kapstone (NYSE:... More

Kapstone (KS) to Acquire Victory Packaging in Net $515M Deal

May 5, 2015 7:17 AM EDT

Kapstone (NYSE: KS) and Victory Packaging/Golden State Container jointly announced that they have signed an agreement for KapStone to acquire the assets of Victory Packaging in a cash-free, debt-free transaction for $615 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. In addition, two contingent earnouts totaling $45 million could be payable two and a half to four years after the close and are based on the continued strong growth of the business. Closing of the acquisition is subject to a number of customary conditions, including regulatory review.

The structure of the transaction will... More

Kapstone (KS) Misses Q1 EPS by 11c

May 4, 2015 5:16 PM EDT

Kapstone (NYSE: KS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.30, $0.11 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.41. Revenue for the quarter came in at $546.3 million versus the consensus estimate of $574.9 million.

In summary, CEO Roger Stone commented, "I expect to see our operations perform better in the second... More