UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

832727101

(CUSIP Number)

David Zemel
c/o Venor Capital Management LP
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036

with a copy to:

Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 756-2000


(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications)

February 4, 2010
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[ ].

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.


* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(Continued on following pages)

(Page 1 of 10 Pages)


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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 2 of 10 Pages
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 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 Venor Capital Master Fund Ltd.
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 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |X|

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 3 SEC USE ONLY
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 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

 WC
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 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 Cayman Islands
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 NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER

 SHARES 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 REPORTING 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 0
------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 0
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 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
 SHARES | |
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 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

 0%
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 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 OO
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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 3 of 10 Pages
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 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 Venor Capital Management LP

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 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |X|

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 3 SEC USE ONLY
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 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

 AF
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 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 Delaware
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 NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER

 SHARES 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 REPORTING 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 0
------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 0
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
 SHARES | |
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 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

 0%
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 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 PN, IA
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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 4 of 10 Pages
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 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 Venor Capital Management GP LLC

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 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |X|

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 3 SEC USE ONLY
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 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

 AF
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 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 Delaware
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 NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER

 SHARES 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 REPORTING 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 0
------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 0
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
 SHARES | |
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

 0%
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 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 OO
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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 5 of 10 Pages
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 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 Jeffrey Bersh

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 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |X|

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 3 SEC USE ONLY
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 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

 AF
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 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 United States
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 NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER

 SHARES 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 REPORTING 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 0
------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 0
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
 SHARES | |
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

 0%
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 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 IN
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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 6 of 10 Pages
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 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 Michael Wartell

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 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |_| (b) |X|

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 3 SEC USE ONLY
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 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

 AF
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 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 United States
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 NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER

 SHARES 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 REPORTING 0
 ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 0
------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------
 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 0
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
 SHARES | |
------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

 0%
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 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 IN
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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 7 of 10 Pages
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ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER

 This Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") amends the statement on Schedule
13D filed on February 1, 2010 (the "Original Schedule 13D", and the Original
Schedule 13D as amended, the "Schedule 13D") with respect to shares of common
stock par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the meanings set forth
in the Original Schedule 13D. This Amendment amends Items 4 and 5(a), (b), (c)
and (e) as set forth below. This is the final amendment to the Schedule 13D and
an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

 Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the
addition of the following:

 On February 4, 2010 the Reporting Persons determined to no longer
participate in any objection to the adequacy of the Issuer's proposed Disclosure
Statement to the U.S. Court and, therefore, to terminate their engagement of
legal counsel on their behalf and to dispose of their remaining shares of Common
Stock.

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 (a), (b), (c) and (e) are hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) VENOR CAPITAL MASTER FUND

 (a),(b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page
hereto for Venor Capital Master Fund is incorporated herein by reference.

 (c) Venor Capital Master Fund entered into transactions in the Common Stock
within the last sixty days which are set forth on Schedule A.

 (e) February 4, 2010 (see Item 4).

(b) VENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 (a),(b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page
hereto for Venor Capital Management is incorporated herein by reference.


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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 8 of 10 Pages
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 (c) Venor Capital Master Fund is the only Reporting Person to have effected
transactions in the Common Stock in the past sixty days.

 (e) February 4, 2010 (see Item 4).

(c) VENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GP

 (a),(b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page
hereto for Venor Capital Management GP is incorporated herein by reference.

 (c) Venor Capital Master Fund is the only Reporting Person to have effected
transactions in the Common Stock in the past sixty days.

 (e) February 4, 2010 (see Item 4).

(d) JEFFREY BERSH

 (a),(b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page
hereto for Jeffrey Bersh is incorporated herein by reference.

 (c) Venor Capital Master Fund is the only Reporting Person to have effected
transactions in the Common Stock in the past sixty days.

 (e) February 4, 2010 (see Item 4).

(e) MICHAEL WARTELL

 (a),(b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page
hereto for Michael Wartell is incorporated herein by reference.

 (c) Venor Capital Master Fund is the only Reporting Person to have effected
transactions in the Common Stock in the past sixty days.

 (e) February 4, 2010 (see Item 4).


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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 9 of 10 Pages
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 Signature

 After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

 Dated: February 8, 2010

 /s/ Jeffery Bersh
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 Venor Capital Master Fund Ltd.
 By: Jeffery Bersh as Director


 /s/ Jeffery Bersh
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 Venor Capital Management LP
 By Venor Capital Management GP LLC
 as general partner
 By: Jeffery Bersh as Managing Member


 /s/ Jeffery Bersh
 -----------------
 Venor Capital Management GP LLC
 By: Jeffery Bersh as Managing Member


 /s/ Jeffery Bersh
 -----------------
 Jeffery Bersh


 /s/ Michael Wartell
 -----------------
 Michael Wartell


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CUSIP No. 832727101 SCHEDULE 13D/A Page 10 of 10 Pages
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 SCHEDULE A

TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK BY VENOR CAPITAL MASTER FUND LTD. DURING THE
PAST 60 DAYS

Unless otherwise indicated, all trades were effected in the open market through
brokers.

Date of Transaction Shares Purchased (Sold) Price Per Share ($)*
------------------- ----------------------- -------------------

 02/03/10 (200,000.00) 0.2000000
 02/03/10 (350,000.00) 0.1990000
 02/03/10 (250,000.00) 0.2050000
 02/04/10 (125,000.00) 0.1801000
 02/04/10 (550,000.00) 0.1630000
 02/04/10 (300,000.00) 0.1802000
 02/05/10 (1,225,000.00) 0.1473000
 02/05/10 (200,000.00) 0.1385000
 02/05/10 (750,000.00) 0.1446000











* Excluding commissions.

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