---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408075-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPK"
cik: "0001408075"
company_name: "GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T12:09:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T12:15:18.896562+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graphic Packaging Q2 adjusted EBITDA down 26% to $247M; lowers full-year guidance

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $2,188M (-1% YoY); net income $24M ($0.08 EPS) vs $104M ($0.34) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $247M vs $336M; margin 11.3% vs 15.3%; inflation impact $60M in quarter.
- Full-year guidance: Net sales at high end of $8.4B-$8.6B; Adj. EBITDA at low end of $1.05B-$1.25B; Adj. EPS lowered to $0.65-$0.90.
- Adjusted cash flow guidance cut to $600M-$700M; capex below $450M; net leverage 4.7x.
- Footprint optimization: divested Croatia facility, closing Lebanon, TN, evaluating Winsford, UK.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408075-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPK
- cik: 0001408075
- company_name: GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T12:09:41+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807526000024/0001408075-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807526000024/gpk-20260731.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408075-26-000024
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408075-26-000024.txt

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