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Tue 11 Nov 2009Smurfit Kappa in 8-year debt issue

Europe’s largest containerboard maker Smurfit Kappa today said that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries plans to issue debt in the form of senior secured notes due 2017.

The net proceeds of the new notes will be used to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under its senior credit facility, the company added.