CHESAPEAKE CORP /VA/
DEFC14A, 2000-01-19
PAPERBOARD MILLS
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                                 SCHEDULE 14A

                                (Rule 14a-101)
                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN CONSENT STATEMENT

                           SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
              Consent Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Filed by the Registrant [_]

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [X]

Check the appropriate box:

[_] Preliminary Consent Statement         [_] Confidential, For Use of the
                                              Commission Only (as permitted by
                                              Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

[_] Definitive Consent Statement

[X] Definitive Additional Materials

[X] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

                        SHOREWOOD PACKAGING CORPORATION
               (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                            CHESAPEAKE CORPORATION
                                SHEFFIELD, INC.
                 (Name of Person(s) Filing Consent Statement)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

[X] No fee required.

[_] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act

  Rules 14a-6(i)1 and 0-11.

  (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

  (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

  (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
      pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:

  (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

  (5) Total fee paid:

[_] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

[_] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
    Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
    paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
    number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.

  (1)  Amount Previously Paid:

  (2)  Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

  (3)  Filing Party:

  (4)  Date Filed:
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    On January 18, 2000, Chesapeake issued the following press release.

  [Logo] Chesapeake Corporation

                   CHESAPEAKE EXTENDS SHOREWOOD TENDER OFFER
                           THROUGH FEBRUARY 18, 2000

Richmond, VA--January 18, 2000--Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE: CSK) announced
today that it has extended its cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding
shares of Shorewood Packaging Corporation (NYSE: SWD) for $17.25 per share, or
approximately $500 million. The offer, which was scheduled to expire at
midnight on January 20, 2000, has been extended through midnight, New York
City time, on February 18, 2000.

As of the close of business on Tuesday, January 18, 2000, 2,458,271 shares of
Shorewood common stock have been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant
to Chesapeake's tender offer.

Chesapeake Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a global leader in
specialty packaging and merchandising services. Chesapeake is the largest
North American producer of temporary and permanent point-of-purchase displays,
the North American leader for litho-laminated packaging, the leading European
folding carton, leaflet and label supplier, and a local leader in specific
U.S. markets for customized, corrugated packaging. Chesapeake has over 40
locations in North America, Europe and Asia. Chesapeake's net sales in 1998
were $950.4 million. Chesapeake's website is www.cskcorp.com.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. While the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are not applicable to forward-looking statements
made in connection with a tender offer, it has not been judicially determined
whether such safe harbor provisions apply to forward-looking statements in a
consent solicitation conducted in connection with a tender offer. The accuracy
of such forward-looking statements is subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions that may cause Chesapeake's actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to: competitive products and pricing; production
costs, particularly for raw materials such as corrugated box, folding carton
and display materials; fluctuations in demand; government policies and
regulations affecting the environment; interest rates; currency translation
movements; and other risks that are detailed from time to time in reports
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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                  CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS

Chesapeake Corporation ("Chesapeake") and Sheffield, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Chesapeake ("Purchaser"), and certain other persons named below
may be deemed to be participants in a consent solicitation (the "Consent
Solicitation") that may be conducted by Chesapeake and Purchaser in connection
with the tender offer (the "Offer") by Purchaser to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of common stock ("Shares") of Shorewood Packaging
Corporation ("Shorewood") for $17.25 per Share net to the seller in cash. The
participants in this solicitation may include: (i) the directors of Chesapeake
(Harry H. Warner, Chairman of the Board; Thomas H. Johnson, President & Chief
Executive Officer; Robert L. Hintz; James E. Rogers; John W. Rosenblum; Frank
S. Royal; Wallace Stettinius; Richard G. Tilghman; Joseph P.Viviano; and Hugh
V. White, Jr.); and (ii) certain officers of Chesapeake: J.P. Causey Jr.,
Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel; Andrew J. Kohut, Senior
Vice President-Strategic Business Development; Octavio Orta, Executive Vice
President-Display & Packaging; William T. Tolley, Senior Vice President-
Finance & Chief Financial Officer; Molly Remes, Director-Corporate
Communications; and Joel Mostrom, Vice President-Land Development. As of the
date of this communication, approximately 14.9% of the outstanding Shares of
Shorewood, or approximately 4.1 million Shares, are beneficially owned by
Chesapeake and Purchaser (including Shares to be purchased pursuant to a stock
purchase agreement between Chesapeake and a third-party). Chesapeake has
retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation ("DLJ") to act as its co-financial advisors in
connection with the Offer, for which Goldman Sachs and DLJ will receive
customary fees, as well as reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Chesapeake and Purchaser have retained Goldman Sachs and DLJ to act as their
Co-Dealer Managers in connection with the Offer, for which Goldman Sachs and
DLJ will receive customary fees, as well as reimbursement of reasonable out-
of-pocket expenses. In addition, Chesapeake and Purchaser have agreed to
indemnify Goldman Sachs and certain related persons and DLJ and certain
related persons against liabilities, including certain liabilities under the
federal securities laws, arising out of each of their engagements. Neither
Goldman Sachs nor DLJ believes that they or any of their respective partners,
directors, officers, employees, affiliates or controlling persons, if any, is
a "participant" as defined in Schedule 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act
in the solicitation of proxies and/or consents, or that Schedule 14A requires
the disclosure of certain information concerning Goldman Sachs or DLJ. In
connection with Goldman Sachs' role as Co-Dealer Manager to Chesapeake and
Purchaser, the following investment banking employees of Goldman Sachs may
communicate in person, by telephone or otherwise with a limited number of
institutions, brokers or other persons who are stockholders of Shorewood and
may solicit consents from these institutions, brokers or other persons: Ravi
Sinha, George Mattson, James Katzman, Peter Comisar and Jason Gilbert. In
connection with DLJ's role as Co-Dealer Manager to Chesapeake and Purchaser,
the following investment banking employees of DLJ may communicate in person,
by telephone or otherwise with a limited number of institutions, brokers or
other persons who are stockholders of Shorewood and may solicit consents from
these institutions, brokers or other persons: L. Price Blackford, Doug Brown,
Daniel Schleifman, Robert Simensky and Andrew Kramer. Goldman Sachs and DLJ
each engage in a full range of investment banking, securities trading, market-
making and brokerage services for institutional and individual clients. In the
normal course of its business Goldman Sachs and/or DLJ may trade securities of
Shorewood for each of their own accounts and the accounts of their customers
and, accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in such
securities. Goldman Sachs and DLJ has each informed Chesapeake that, as of the
date hereof, neither of them holds any Shares for its own account. Goldman
Sachs or DLJ and/or certain of their respective affiliates may have voting and
dispositive power with respect to certain Shares held in asset management,
brokerage and other accounts. Goldman Sachs, DLJ, and each such of their
respective affiliates disclaim beneficial ownership of such Shares. Other than
as set forth herein, to the knowledge of Chesapeake

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and Purchaser, as of the date of this communication, none of Chesapeake,
Purchaser, any of their respective directors, executive officers, employees or
other representatives, or other persons known to Chesapeake or Purchaser who
may solicit consents has any interest, direct or indirect, in Shorewood by
security holding or otherwise.

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For media relations, call:                      For investor relations, call:
Molly Remes                                     William Tolley/Joel Mostrom
804-697-1110                                    804-697-1157/804-697-1147

                        Joele Frank/Josh Silverman
                        J. Frank Associates
                        212-355-4449, ext. 107/121


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