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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-260917"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001012100"
company_name: "SEALED AIR CORP/DE"
filed_at: "2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T16:04:40.585043+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SEE CEO Ted Doheny steps down immediately; Chammas, Semach named interim co-CEOs

## Summary
- Ted Doheny resigned as CEO and Board member; remains advisor through Jan 18, 2024.
- Emile Chammas (COO) and Dustin Semach (CFO) appointed Interim Co-Presidents and Co-CEOs.
- Board begins internal/external search with executive search firm for permanent CEO.
- Sergio Pupkin, Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, to leave on Dec 31, 2023.
- FY 2023 guidance reaffirmed: net sales $5.4-5.6B, adj. EBITDA $1.075-1.125B, adj. EPS $2.75-2.95.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-260917
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001012100
- company_name: SEALED AIR CORP/DE
- filed_at: 2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/0001193125-23-260917-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/d501589d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-260917
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-260917.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-260917.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sergio Pupkin departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Growth & Strategy Officer at SEALED AIR CORP/DE.
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Growth & Strategy Officer
  source text: the Company and Sergio Pupkin, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, mutually agreed that Mr. Pupkin will be leaving the Company, effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/0001193125-23-260917-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dustin Semach was appointed as Interim Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer at SEALED AIR CORP/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board approved the appointments of Emile Chammas, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Dustin Semach, Chief Financial Officer, as Interim Co-Presidents and Co-Chief Executive Officers upon Mr. Doheny’s departure unless and until a permanent replacement has been named, in addition to their current roles.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/0001193125-23-260917-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward L. Doheny II departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SEALED AIR CORP/DE.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Doheny has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/0001193125-23-260917-index.htm
- Executive change
  Emile Chammas was appointed as Interim Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer at SEALED AIR CORP/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board approved the appointments of Emile Chammas, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Dustin Semach, Chief Financial Officer, as Interim Co-Presidents and Co-Chief Executive Officers upon Mr. Doheny’s departure unless and until a permanent replacement has been named, in addition to their current roles.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312523260917/0001193125-23-260917-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.