Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced the conclusion of its partnership with International Paper Company. The final tranche of the membership interests held by International Paper in Graphic Packaging International Partners, LLC were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Graphic Packaging common stock. As a result, Graphic Packaging now owns 100 percent of the Partnership.
Graphic Packaging completed the combination with International Paper’s North America Consumer Packaging Business in January 2018. Graphic Packaging owned 79.5 percent of the partnership and was sole manager, while International Paper owned 20.5 percent. As part of the final transaction, 22,773,072 membership units were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Graphic Packaging common stock. The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding following the transaction is roughly 306.9 million shares.
Graphic Packaging Holding Company is a provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions for a wide variety of products to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies.
