secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO (GPK)
CIK:        0001408075
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T12:09:41+00:00
Accession:  0001408075-26-000024
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807526000024/0001408075-26-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408075/000140807526000024/gpk-20260731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408075-26-000024

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