Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation

Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, USA, 20 July 2010 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC) will announce financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2010, on 03 August, before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange.

The company will host a one-hour earnings conference call and webcast for analysts, institutional investors, and shareholders at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on 03 August to discuss Smurfit-Stone's results for the second quarter of 2010. The live dial-in telephone number for the call is 888-679-8037 (USA) or 617-213-4849 (international); passcode: 20306220 (dial in 10 minutes before conference call start time). The call also will be webcast at www.smurfit-stone.com.

A telephone replay of the call will be available through 17 August 2010 at 888-286-8010 (USA) or 617-801-6888 (international); passcode: 16228881. A replay of the webcast also will be available at www.smurfit-stone.com.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is one of the industry's leading integrated containerboard and corrugated packaging producers and one of the world's largest paper recyclers. The company is a member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Chicago Climate Exchange. Smurfit-Stone generated revenue of USD 5.57 billion in 2009; has led the industry in safety every year since 2001; and conducts its business in compliance with the environmental, health, and safety principles of the American Forest & Paper Association.