UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR
SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission
File Number:
1-03439
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN
JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION HOURLY SAVINGS PLAN
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION HOURLY SAVINGS
PLAN
ST. LAURENT PAPERBOARD HOURLY SAVINGS PLAN
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
222 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 346-6600
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants
principal executive offices)
Plan Interests
(Title
of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Title
of each class of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section
13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please
place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied
upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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o
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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o
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(jj)
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o
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Rule 15d-6
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x
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Approximate
number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: *
*
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation common stock, $0.01 par value, has been
eliminated as an investment option under the Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation Savings Plan, Jefferson Smurfit Corporation Hourly Savings Plan,
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Hourly Savings Plan and St. Laurent
Paperboard Hourly Savings Plan (the Plans). Therefore, interests in the Plans
are exempt from registration.
Accordingly, this Form 15 has been filed to suspend the Plans duties to
file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including on Form 11-K.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plans have caused
this certification/notice to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.
Date:
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June 21, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Paul K. Kaufmann
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Paul K. Kaufmann
Member, Administrative
Committee of the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Retirement Plans
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