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Issuer:     INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ (IP)
CIK:        0000051434
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-17T20:10:28+00:00
Accession:  0000051434-26-000112
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

International Paper appoints Katherine Collins and Lori Ryerkerk to board; two directors to retire at year-end
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- Katherine Collins (former Head of Sustainable Investing at Putnam) and Lori Ryerkerk (former CEO of Celanese) appointed as independent directors effective Oct 1, 2026.
- Board now has 13 members, 12 of whom are independent.
- Dr. Kathryn Sullivan and Ahmet Dorduncu to retire from board Dec 31, 2026; retirements not due to disagreement.
- Collins brings investment and sustainable investing experience; Ryerkerk brings energy/chemicals operational and public company leadership.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000112/0000051434-26-000112-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000112/ip-20260714.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000051434-26-000112

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