---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408075-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPK"
cik: "0001408075"
company_name: "GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO"
filed_at: "2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:09:45.858157+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graphic Packaging Q2 net sales $2.24B (-6% YoY); adj. EBITDA $402M; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $2,237M vs $2,392M in Q2 2023; net income $190M ($0.62 EPS) vs $150M ($0.49 EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $402M (18.0% margin) vs $453M (18.9%); adjusted EPS $0.60 vs $0.66.
- Divested Augusta bleached paperboard facility on May 1; repurchased ~7.2M shares for $200M.
- Issued $500M of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2032; net leverage 2.9x vs 3.0x a year ago.
- FY 2024 guidance reiterated: adj. EBITDA $1.73-$1.83B; adj. EPS $2.65-$2.85.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408075-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPK
- cik: 0001408075
- company_name: GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO
- filed_at: 2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807524000026/0001408075-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807524000026/gpk-20240730.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408075-24-000026
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408075-24-000026.txt

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