---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-073481"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SW"
cik: "0002005951"
company_name: "Smurfit Westrock plc"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:44:16.051063+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smurfit WestRock re-registers as plc, changes name, allots 24,900 shares for Irish capital requirements

## Summary
- On June 18, 2024, re-registered as a public limited company and changed name from Smurfit WestRock Limited to Smurfit WestRock plc.
- On June 13, 2024, allotted 24,900 ordinary shares to Matsack Nominees Limited to satisfy minimum capitalization under Irish law.
- Issuance relied on Section 4(a)(2) exemption from US Securities Act; shares issued to nominee of legal advisors Matheson LLP.
- Re-registration and name change are steps in the previously announced combination of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-073481
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SW
- cik: 0002005951
- company_name: Smurfit Westrock plc
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465924073481/0001104659-24-073481-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2005951/000110465924073481/tm2417631d1_8k.htm

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