EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael W. J. Smurfit and Patrick J.
Moore, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in- fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Annual Reports on Form
10-K and all required interim reports and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, regarding Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Signature Title
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/s/ Michael W. J. Smurfit Chairman of the Board
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Michael W. J. Smurfit and Director
/s/ Ray M. Curran President, Chief Executive
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Ray M. Curran Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Patrick J. Moore Vice President and Chief Financial
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Patrick J. Moore Officer (Principal Accounting
Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard A. Giesen Director
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Richard A. Giesen
/s/ Alan E. Goldberg Director
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Alan E. Goldberg
/s/ Howard E. Kilroy