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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-148959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001012100"
company_name: "SEALED AIR CORP/DE"
filed_at: "2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:45:05.396691+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sealed Air completes $10.3B acquisition by CD&R; shareholders get $42.15/share

## Summary
- Merger completed April 9, 2026; Sealed Air is now a wholly owned subsidiary of CD&R funds.
- Shareholders received $42.15 per share in cash; total enterprise value $10.3 billion.
- SEE stock delisted from NYSE; company becomes private and remains headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
- All prior directors resigned at closing; existing officers continue in their roles.
- Company repaid all outstanding credit facilities and senior notes at the effective time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-148959
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001012100
- company_name: SEALED AIR CORP/DE
- filed_at: 2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/d86788d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1f09a31e7ced04e915748f4eed4a755719caa86f
  claim: SEALED AIR CORP/DE: Amended and restated bylaws in their entirety to be in the form of the bylaws of Merger Sub.
  evidence_excerpt: the bylaws of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time were amended and restated in their entirety to be in the form of the bylaws of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm
- claim_id: 45d0a1ee2cacee66341349da5417565dd766aedf
  claim: SEALED AIR CORP/DE: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement.
  evidence_excerpt: the certificate of incorporation of the Company was amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm
- claim_id: 0310ca0b860b5ccba0abb6d9565357bf2c3ccb9c
  claim: SEALED AIR CORP/DE terminated 1.573% Senior Notes due 2026 with Noteholders valued at Redeemed or satisfied and discharged in full (effective 2026-04-09).
  evidence_excerpt: Concurrently with the occurrence of the Effective Time, the Company redeemed or satisfied and discharged in full its (i) 1.573% Senior Notes due 2026, (ii) 4.000% Senior Notes due 2027, (iii) 6.125% Senior Notes due 2028, (iv) 5.000% Senior Notes due 2029, (v) 7.250% Senior Notes due 2031 and (vi) 6.500% Senior Notes due 2032.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm
- claim_id: 508e56031673ce707558ca37b67930b696d08915
  claim: SEALED AIR CORP/DE terminated Fifth Amended and Restated Syndicated Facility Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. valued at Terminated and repaid all credit commitments (effective 2026-04-09).
  evidence_excerpt: At the Effective Time, the Company repaid, or caused to be repaid, all credit commitments outstanding under that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2025, by and among the Company, as Borrower Representative, the other Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm
- claim_id: 6e34492c9c5991a1046a976c6dfd73901cadb86a
  claim: SEALED AIR CORP/DE terminated Amended and Restated Receivables Loan Agreement with Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. valued at Repaid all indebtedness (effective 2026-04-09).
  evidence_excerpt: Concurrently with the occurrence of the Effective Time, the Company repaid all indebtedness related to each of the following receivables securitization agreements: (i) the Amended and Restated Receivables Loan Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2021, among Sealed Air Securitization DAC, as borrower, Sealed Air Limited, as servicer, and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. trading as Rabobank London, as administrative agent and funding agent and the Company, as performance undertaking provider; and (ii) the Ninth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2025, by and among Sealed Air Funding LLC, as seller, Sealed Air Corporation (US), as collection agent, and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as administrative agent and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., as a committed purchaser and a managing agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1012100/000119312526148959/0001193125-26-148959-index.htm

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