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Form 8-K

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

Smurfit Westrock plc

Form 8-K

Smurfit Westrock plc (“Smurfit Westrock" or “Company”) today filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) disclosing that on January 14, 2025, Jairo Lorenzatto, President and Chief Executive Officer, LATAM, of Smurfit Westrock notified the Company that he will be stepping down from his role on January 31, 2025 for personal reasons. He will be succeeded by Alvaro Henao, effective as of February 1, 2025. Mr. Lorenzatto will remain in a non-executive advisory role with the Company through March 1, 2025 to assist with the leadership transition.

Mr. Henao currently serves as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Integration, the role he has held since 2024. Previously, over the course of 36 years, he held various positions of increased responsibility at Smurfit Kappa Group plc*. Most recently, between 2013 and 2023, he served as Chief Executive Officer, Central Cluster, at Smurfit Kappa Group plc.

* Smurfit Kappa Group plc combined with WestRock Company to create Smurfit Westrock plc on July 5, 2024

The Form 8-K is available to view on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov and the Company’s website at https://investors.smurfitwestrock.com/financials/sec-filings/default.aspx.

16 January 2025

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