Graphic Packaging International, Inc. recently announced a price increase of its solid unbleached sulfate (SUS(R)) paperboard, effective with shipments on or after May 31, 2010. The price of GPI's coated folding carton grades Pearl-Kote(R) and Omni-Kote(R) will increase by $40 per ton. Aqua-Kote(R), GPI's carrier grade, will increase by $45 per ton.
Statements of the Company's plans regarding price increases in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on currently available information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's present expectations. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, as such statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements. Additional information regarding these and other risks is contained in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC.