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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-405397"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPK"
cik: "0001408075"
company_name: "GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO"
filed_at: "2026-09-28T20:30:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:36:22.197591+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graphic Packaging names Aditya Gandhi VP, Chief Accounting Officer, effective Sept. 28, 2026

## Summary
- Aditya Gandhi, 46, joined Graphic Packaging as VP and Chief Accounting Officer on Sept. 28, 2026, reporting to Interim CFO Charles D. Lischer.
- Gandhi was Chief Accounting Officer at AptarGroup since June 2026; before that CAO at Sonoco Products from Aug. 2022 to May 2026 and assistant corporate controller from Nov. 2021.
- Package includes a one-time restricted stock unit grant valued at about $715,000 vesting ratably over three years plus a $105,000 cash sign-on bonus.
- Prior roles include WestRock (segment controller, consumer packaging), a senior technical accounting position at GE and more than a decade at Deloitte; he is a CPA.
- CEO Robbert Rietbroek cited Gandhi's accounting advisory and paper-and-packaging finance experience; the company noted no related-party transactions or family relationships.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-405397
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPK
- cik: 0001408075
- company_name: GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T20:30:14+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000119312526405397/0001193125-26-405397-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000119312526405397/gpk-20260928.htm

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