<B>Port Townsend Paper Agrees to Buy Crown Packaging Divisions</B>

Port Townsend Paper entered an agreement with Crown Packaging Ltd., to purchase the assets of Crown’s traditional packaging divisions. The purchase will be for the cash price of $61.5 million, subject to post-closing adjustments.

The deal is expected to be complete by this March.

The acquisition will include two Crown corrugated and converted paper products plants in Richmond and Kelowna, B.C., two sheet plants, located in Burnaby and Kelowna, B.C., and the Crown Creative Group, also located in Burnaby, B.C.

January 2001
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