Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
WestRock Company (the "Company") today announced its intention to realign its
segment reporting structure to four categories: Corrugated Packaging, Consumer
Packaging, Paper and Distribution. This new structure will enable the Company to
provide clarity and transparency about the performance of its integrated
packaging business and aligns with the Company's strategy and operating
structure. The Company will provide profitability, volume and growth metrics
along each of these business segments when it reports its fiscal first quarter
2022 earnings.
The information provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 is "furnished" and shall not
be deemed to be "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filings.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements regarding, among other things, that the Company intends to realign
its segment reporting structure to four categories: Corrugated Packaging,
Consumer Packaging, Paper and Distribution; that this new structure will enable
the Company to provide clarity and transparency about the performance of its
integrated packaging business and aligns with the Company's strategy and
operating structure; and that the Company will provide profitability, volume and
growth metrics along each of these business segments when it reports its fiscal
first quarter 2022 earnings. Forward-looking statements are based on our current
expectations, beliefs, plans or forecasts and are typically identified by words
or phrases such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "would," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," "target,"
"prospects," "potential" and "forecast," and other words, terms and phrases of
similar meaning. Forward looking statements involve estimates, expectations,
projections, goals, forecasts, assumptions, risks and uncertainties. We caution
readers that forward- looking statements are not a guarantee of future
performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained
in forward-looking statements. Our businesses are subject to a number of general
risks that would affect any such forward-looking statements. These risks are
described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
in Item 1A under the caption "Risk Factors" in our annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 2021.
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