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...Some companies, including Irish duo CRH and Smurfit Kappa, have quit the LSE and turned to New York because the US economy is a significant contributor to revenues and stock market valuations tend to be...
...that channels seed capital and other funding to companies seeking to emulate successful global champions — like building materials giants CRH and Kingspan, food group Kerry Group, packaging firm Smurfit Kappa...
...So do aggregates group CRH, caterer Compass and packaging maker Smurfit Kappa....
...UK LFL sales growth was +3.9% ex splits (+3.0% 3Q) and +2.6% inc splits (+1.4% 3Q). RoI LFL sales growth was -1.0% ex splits and -2.4% inc splits....
...CV: Mark Wiedman Born Long Island, NY, aged 48 Education AB degree, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, in Social Studies from Harvard College, 1992, and JD degree from Yale Law School in 1996....
...Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa, which successfully fended off a multibillion-dollar hostile bid from International Paper earlier this year, agreed to buy Netherlands-based Reparenco in May for €460m, and Amazon-supplier...
...Some 14 companies in the FTSE 100 were singled out, including BP, the oil group, and Smurfit Kappa, the packaging company, for having all-male executive committees....
...Cardboard box maker Smurfit Kappa is under pressure even after delivering fourth-quarter results that matched market forecasts, as strength in Europe and cost savings offset tough trading in the Americas...
...Sean Healey’s CV Born May 9 1961 Pay $13.9m (2016) Education 1979-83 AB Harvard College, history and literature, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa 1983-84 MA University College Dublin, political philosophy...
...Jim Lawrence created a splash when he joined the board of Smurfit Kappa last October....
...The Ireland-based cardboard box manufacturer subsequently merged with Dutch rival Kappa Industries to become Smurfit Kappa in 2005, and returned to the market in 2007....
...One lawsuit, brought by individual members of a University of Virginia fraternity, was dismissed in June, while a case brought by the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity claiming $25m in damages, and another brought...
...have required during his recent Aeromexico flight from Ciudad Juárez to Rome: socks; eye mask; a card showing the Vatican’s coat of arms; green mandarin body butter by the Italian cosmetics brand Acca Kappa...
...Only 1.8 per cent of Smurfit Kappa’s annual revenue (€8bn in 2013) is sourced in Ireland, for example....
...Chairman Levitt graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in 1952 before serving two years in the U.S. Air Force....
...Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa, the market leader, has a share of about 17 per cent....
...Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa, the market leader, has a share of about 17 per cent. One-third of the offer price will be funded by a rights issue and the rest by debt....
...Also on Tuesday Eurex said it would at the end of this month launching trading in equity options based on 11 of the most liquid Irish stocks, including Bank of Ireland, Kerry Group, Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa...
...It still owns 20 per cent of the enlarged Smurfit Kappa, created when the Irish company merged with Kappa Industries, its Dutch rival, in 2005. Smurfit Kappa floated in 2007....
...Before becoming head of Smurfit Kappa, Europe’s largest cardboard box maker, Gary McGann held many boardroom roles....
...There is also growing competition from Dongxiang, which owns the China licence to the Italian sportswear line, Kappa....
...Smurfit Kappa, the paper packaging manufacturer, launched a debt rescheduling plan this month that will see borrowing costs increase by €33m a year. The plan will also involve one-off costs of €26m....
...Smurfit Kappa is seeking to push out the maturity of borrowing facilities as it continues aggressively to pay down debt....
...Mr Curley said the scheme would increase Smurfit Kappa’s borrowing costs by €33m a year and also involve one-off costs of €26m....
...Just for the record the shortlist of sells based on the distance to default model from a Lapthorne paper back in the spring included Home Retail Group, Dimension Data, Berkeley Group, Smurfitt Kappa, British...
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