Article: Rock-Tenn Company Announces Elimination of Class B Common Stock.

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Rock-Tenn Company (NYSE:RKT) today announced that on June 30, 2002, each issued and outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of Rock-Tenn Company has been automatically converted into one share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Company.

This automatic conversion occurred because on May 17, 2002, various executive officers and members of the Company's Board of Directors delivered a notice to the Company of their election to convert the shares of Class B Common Stock owned by them into shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the ...

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