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accession: "0001193125-24-278596"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T03:47:21.040918+00:00"
event_type: "other"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# International Paper executive compensation 2025 LTIP moves to 100% PSUs with relative TSR metric

## Summary
- 2025 LTIP approved Dec 9, 2024; executive officers now receive 100% performance stock units (PSUs) vs. prior 80/20 split.
- Sole performance metric is relative total shareholder return (TSR) against 40-company S&P Composite 1500 Materials Index peer group.
- Award values approved: CEO Silvernail $12.5M, CFO Nicholls $3.5M, EVP Hamic $2.8M, General Counsel Saab $2.0M.
- PSUs vest over three-year performance period; performance range 0%–200%.
- Compensation committee increased total direct compensation for Nicholls and Saab based on market positioning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-278596
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524278596/0001193125-24-278596-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524278596/d916350d8k.htm

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