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Issuer:     GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO (GPK)
CIK:        0001408075
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-28T20:30:14+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-405397
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000119312526405397/0001193125-26-405397-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000119312526405397/gpk-20260928.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-405397

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