Notice of Results

Notice of Results

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

Announcement Date for 2013 Q3 Results

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Dublin, London, 17 October, 2013: Smurfit Kappa Group plc (“SKG” or the “Group”), one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products, with operations in Europe and the Americas, announces it will release 2013 third quarter results on Wednesday, 06 November 2013 at 07.00 GMT (02.00 ET).

The Group’s management team will host a conference call for analysts and institutional investors at 12.00 GMT (07.00 ET) on this date.

The details for this call are outlined below:

Ireland: [phone]

UK & Europe: [phone]

US: [phone]

Confirmation No: 12128151

The Group’s Q3 Press Release and Presentation will be available to download from the SKG website on 06 November 2013: www.smurfitkappa.com

ENDS

Smurfit Kappa

Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading producers of paper-based packaging in the world, with around 41,000 employees in approximately 350 production sites across 32 countries and with a sales revenue of €7.3 bn in 2012.

Innovation, service and pro-activity towards customers, using sustainable resources, is our primary focus. This focus is enhanced through us being an integrated producer, with our packaging plants sourcing the major part of their raw materials from our own paper mills. We are the European leader in paper-based packaging, operating in 21 countries selling products including corrugated, containerboard, bag-in-box, solidboard and solidboard packaging. We have a growing base in Eastern Europe in many of these product areas. We also have a key position in other product/market segments including graphicboard, MG paper and sack paper.

We are the only large scale pan regional player in the Americas, operating in 11 countries in total in North, Central and South America.

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Seamus Murphy Smurfit Kappa Group   Tel: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]		FTI Consulting     Tel: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]