Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
           Officers

On June 2, 2021, WestRock Company announced that Jeffrey W. Chalovich, the Company's president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer, will retire from the Company in August 2021.

The Company also announced a new commercial and operational leadership structure.

? Patrick E. Lindner will serve as president, Commercial, Innovation and

Sustainability. He had served as the Company's president, Consumer Packaging

since March 2019 and as the Company's chief innovation officer since October

2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lindner served as executive advisor to

private equity firm New Mountain Capital and chief operating officer of W.L.

Gore & Associates, and in various leadership roles with E.I. Du Pont De Nemours

and Company. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hamilton College

and a PhD in chemistry from Dartmouth University.

? Peter C. Durette will serve as president, Corrugated Packaging. He had served

as the Company's executive vice president, corrugated container and chief

strategy officer. Mr. Durette served as chief strategy officer of MeadWestvaco

Corporation since 2009 and had retained this role with the Company since its

formation in 2015. During his time with the Company and MeadWestvaco, Mr.

Durette has held various other commercial and operating roles, including

president of enterprise solutions, executive vice president of beverage

packaging and senior vice president of home health and beauty. Prior to joining

MeadWestvaco, he spent more than a decade with Marakon Associates, a boutique

strategic advisory company. Mr. Durette holds a bachelor's in economics from

Duke University and a master of business administration from The Wharton School

at University of Pennsylvania.

? Patrick M. Kivits will serve as president, Consumer Packaging. He had served as

the Company's president, Multi Packaging Solutions since August 2020 and, prior

to that, as executive vice president operations North America for Multi

Packaging Solutions since November 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.

Kivits spent 20 years in the specialty chemical industry, working for H.B.

Fuller and Henkel in adhesives for the packaging industry. He holds a master's

degree in mechanical process engineering from Eindhoven University of

Technology, The Netherlands, and a master of business administration from

Henley Business School in the United Kingdom.

? John L. O'Neal will serve as president, Global Paper. He had served as the

Company's executive vice president, food and beverage Americas since 2016. From

2012 to 2016, he served in senior leadership roles in the Company's Corrugated

Packaging and Paper Solution businesses. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.

O'Neal spent 16 years working for Mirant Corporation. He holds a bachelor's

degree in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of

California, Berkeley and a master of business administration from Goizueta

Business School, Emory University.

? Thomas M. Stigers will serve as president, Mill Operations. He had served as

the Company's executive vice president, containerboard mills. Mr. Stigers

joined the Company in connection with its acquisition of Southern Container

Corp in 2008, where he served as vice president of Solvay Paperboard. Mr.

Stigers has worked in the paper industry since 1987 in various operational

leadership roles with Champion International, Simpson, Donohue, and

Abitibi-Consolidated. He holds bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering from

Clarkson University and paper science and engineering from the State University

of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, as well as a master

of business administration from Adelphi University.

There is no arrangement or understanding between any of Messrs. Lindner, Durette, Kivits, O'Neal and Stigers and any other persons pursuant to which any of Messrs. Lindner, Durette, Kivits, O'Neal and Stigers was selected as an officer. There are no family relationships between any of Messrs. Lindner, Durette, Kivits, O'Neal and Stigers and any director or executive officer of the Company, and no transactions involving any of Messrs. Lindner, Durette, Kivits, O'Neal and Stigers that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on June 2, 2021 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)      Exhibits

           Ex. 99.1           Press release, dated June 2, 2021
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