{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"26333","rtpr_id":"nACSHjsrva","ticker":"GPK","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["GPK"],"title":"Pomerantz Law Firm Announces The Filing of a Class Action Against Graphic Packaging Holding Company and Certain Former Officers - GPK","author":"ACCESSWIRE","published_at":"2026-05-07T17:30:00.747Z","article_body":"NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / May 7,\n2026 / Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed\nagainst Graphic Packaging Holding Company (\"Graphic Packaging\" or the\n\"Company\") (NYSE:GPK) and certain of its former officers.   The class\naction, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of\nNew York, and docketed under 26-cv-03790, is on behalf of a class consisting\nof all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise\nacquired Graphic Packaging securities between February 4, 2025 and February 2,\n2026, both dates inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), seeking to recover damages\ncaused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue\nremedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934\nand Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its\nformer top officials.\n\nIf you are an investor who purchased or otherwise acquired Graphic Packaging\nsecurities during the Class Period, you have until July 6, 2026, to ask the\nCourt to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.  A copy of the\nComplaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com.  To discuss this action,\ncontact Danielle Peyton at newaction@pomlaw.com or 646-581-9980 (or\n888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are\nencouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number\nof shares purchased. \n\n[Click here for information about joining the class action]\n(https://pr.report/lddp)\n\nGraphic Packaging, together with its subsidiaries, designs, produces, and\nsells consumer packaging products. Its customers include businesses in the\nfood, foodservice, beverage, household, and other consumer product industries\nin the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The Company sells its products\nthrough sales offices, as well as through broker arrangements with third\nparties.\n\nAt all relevant times, Defendants touted the purported strength and stability\nof Graphic Packaging's business model and operations, as well as its purported\nability to deliver on its cost and inventory reduction, free cash flow (FCF\"),\nand profitability goals, notwithstanding ongoing and persistent market\nheadwinds challenging the Company's and its customers' businesses.\n\nIndeed, in February 2025, despite its President and Chief Executive Officer\n(\"CEO\"), Defendant Michael P. Doss (\"Doss\"), acknowledging \"unusual volume\nchallenges for the industry and our customers\" over the past several years,\nGraphic Packaging forecasted full year (\"FY\") 2025 net sales, adjusted EBITDA,\nand adjusted earnings per share (\"EPS\") of $8.7 billion to $8.9 billion, $1.68\nbillion to $1.78 billion, and $2.53 to $2.78, respectively, excluding foreign\nexchange impacts. Defendant Doss attributed the Company's ability to weather\nthe aforementioned headwinds to its overall business model and operations,\nasserting that Defendants would continue to \"build on\" the Company's\n\"consistent\" and \"profit[able]\" and \"strong and steady\" results in 2025.\n\nThe complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made\nmaterially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business,\noperations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or\nmisleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Graphic Packaging\nwas experiencing, inter alia, significant inventory management issues, as well\nas significantly reduced demand and volumes and increased costs; (ii)\nDefendants downplayed the true scope and severity of the foregoing issues,\nwhich were likely to, and did, have a material negative impact on the\nCompany's business and financial results; (iii) Defendants likewise overstated\nthe strength and sustainability of the Company's business model and\noperations, as well as its ability to weather ongoing macroeconomic headwinds;\n(iv) accordingly, the Company's previously issued FY 2025 financial guidance\nwas unreliable and/or unrealistic; and (v) as a result, Defendants' public\nstatements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.\n\nThe truth began to emerge on May 1, 2025, when Graphic Packaging issued a\npress release reporting its first quarter (\"Q1\") 2025 financial results. Among\nother results, the press release reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.51, missing\nconsensus estimates by $0.07, and revenue of $2.12 billion, representing a\n6.2% year-over-year decline, and missing consensus estimates by $10 million.\nThe press release further revealed that the Company had negatively revised its\npreviously issued FY 2025 net sales outlook to a range of $8.2 billion to $8.5\nbillion, significantly down from its prior guidance of $8.7 billion to $8.9\nbillion; its adjusted EBITDA outlook to a range of $1.4 billion to $1.6\nbillion, significantly down from its prior guidance of $1.68 billion to $1.78\nbillion; and its adjusted EPS outlook to a range of $1.75 to $2.25,\nsignificantly down from its prior guidance of $2.53 to $2.78. The Company\nblamed the negatively revised guidance on \"an expectation of a 2% volume\ndecline and $80 million of input cost inflation at the midpoint\", as well as\n\"higher macroeconomic and consumer spending uncertainty.\"\n\nOn this news, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $3.94 per share, or 15.57%,\nto close at $21.37 per share on May 1, 2025.\n\nOn December 8, 2025, Graphic Packaging issued a press release announcing that\nit \"plans to accelerate certain inventory reduction plans into the fourth\nquarter that were originally planned for 2026\", and that \"production\ncurtailment is expected to impact fourth quarter operating results by $15\nmillion, which is in addition to the $15 million relating to\" certain\nearlier-announced curtailments. The Company further revealed that it had\nnegatively revised its FY 2025 financial guidance again, now expecting its\nadjusted EBITDA \"to be in the range of $1.38 billion to $1.43\nbillion\"-significantly below its previously revised guidance of $1.4 billion\nto $1.45 billion-and adjusted EPS \"to be in the range of $1.75 to\n$1.95\"-significantly below its previously revised guidance of $1.80 to $2.00.\n\nIn a separate press release issued the same day, Graphic Packaging announced\nthat Defendant Doss had \"mutually agreed with [its] Board of Directors to step\ndown from his role [as President and CEO] and as a director effective December\n31, 2025.\"\n\nFollowing these disclosures, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $1.35 per\nshare, or 8.66%, to close at $14.23 per share on December 9, 2025.\n\nThen, on February 3, 2026, Graphic Packaging issued a press release reporting\nits fourth quarter (\"Q4\") and FY 2025 financial results. Among other results,\nGraphic Packaging reported Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, missing consensus\nestimates by $0.06. The Company attributed its disappointing Q4 2025 earnings\nresults to, inter alia, lower volumes, increased costs, and inventory\nreduction. Further, Graphic Packaging projected a meaningful decline in\nadjusted EBITDA in 2026, citing \"a $130 million negative impact from actions\ntaken to reduce inventory and generate [FCF], an approximately $100 million\naccrual (non-cash in 2026) for a return to more normal incentive compensation,\nJanuary weather and production impacts, and other largely offsetting operating\nitems.\"\n\nIn the same press release, Graphic Packaging's new President and CEO, Robbert\nRietbroek, announced that he had \"initiated a comprehensive review of our\norganization structure, operations, and footprint,\" among other aspects of the\nCompany's business, thereby confirming the weakness and unsustainability of\nits present business model and operations.\n\nOn this news, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $2.36 per share, or 15.97%,\nto close at $12.42 per share on February 3, 2026.\n\nPomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris,\nand Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of\ncorporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late\nAbraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz\npioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years\nlater, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the\nrights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and\ncorporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered billions of dollars in damages\nawards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.\n\nAttorney advertising.  Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.\n\nSOURCE: Pomerantz LLP\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/business-and-professional-services/pomerantz-law-firm-announces-the-filing-of-a-class-action-agains-1164908)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nACSHjsrva","title":"Pomerantz Law Firm Announces The Filing of a Class Action Against Graphic Packaging Holding Company and Certain Former Officers - GPK","author":"ACCESSWIRE","ticker":"GPK","created":"2026-05-07T17:30:00.747Z","tickers":["GPK"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / May 7,\n2026 / Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed\nagainst Graphic Packaging Holding Company (\"Graphic Packaging\" or the\n\"Company\") (NYSE:GPK) and certain of its former officers.   The class\naction, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of\nNew York, and docketed under 26-cv-03790, is on behalf of a class consisting\nof all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise\nacquired Graphic Packaging securities between February 4, 2025 and February 2,\n2026, both dates inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), seeking to recover damages\ncaused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue\nremedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934\nand Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its\nformer top officials.\n\nIf you are an investor who purchased or otherwise acquired Graphic Packaging\nsecurities during the Class Period, you have until July 6, 2026, to ask the\nCourt to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class.  A copy of the\nComplaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com.  To discuss this action,\ncontact Danielle Peyton at newaction@pomlaw.com or 646-581-9980 (or\n888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are\nencouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number\nof shares purchased. \n\n[Click here for information about joining the class action]\n(https://pr.report/lddp)\n\nGraphic Packaging, together with its subsidiaries, designs, produces, and\nsells consumer packaging products. Its customers include businesses in the\nfood, foodservice, beverage, household, and other consumer product industries\nin the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The Company sells its products\nthrough sales offices, as well as through broker arrangements with third\nparties.\n\nAt all relevant times, Defendants touted the purported strength and stability\nof Graphic Packaging's business model and operations, as well as its purported\nability to deliver on its cost and inventory reduction, free cash flow (FCF\"),\nand profitability goals, notwithstanding ongoing and persistent market\nheadwinds challenging the Company's and its customers' businesses.\n\nIndeed, in February 2025, despite its President and Chief Executive Officer\n(\"CEO\"), Defendant Michael P. Doss (\"Doss\"), acknowledging \"unusual volume\nchallenges for the industry and our customers\" over the past several years,\nGraphic Packaging forecasted full year (\"FY\") 2025 net sales, adjusted EBITDA,\nand adjusted earnings per share (\"EPS\") of $8.7 billion to $8.9 billion, $1.68\nbillion to $1.78 billion, and $2.53 to $2.78, respectively, excluding foreign\nexchange impacts. Defendant Doss attributed the Company's ability to weather\nthe aforementioned headwinds to its overall business model and operations,\nasserting that Defendants would continue to \"build on\" the Company's\n\"consistent\" and \"profit[able]\" and \"strong and steady\" results in 2025.\n\nThe complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made\nmaterially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business,\noperations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or\nmisleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Graphic Packaging\nwas experiencing, inter alia, significant inventory management issues, as well\nas significantly reduced demand and volumes and increased costs; (ii)\nDefendants downplayed the true scope and severity of the foregoing issues,\nwhich were likely to, and did, have a material negative impact on the\nCompany's business and financial results; (iii) Defendants likewise overstated\nthe strength and sustainability of the Company's business model and\noperations, as well as its ability to weather ongoing macroeconomic headwinds;\n(iv) accordingly, the Company's previously issued FY 2025 financial guidance\nwas unreliable and/or unrealistic; and (v) as a result, Defendants' public\nstatements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.\n\nThe truth began to emerge on May 1, 2025, when Graphic Packaging issued a\npress release reporting its first quarter (\"Q1\") 2025 financial results. Among\nother results, the press release reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.51, missing\nconsensus estimates by $0.07, and revenue of $2.12 billion, representing a\n6.2% year-over-year decline, and missing consensus estimates by $10 million.\nThe press release further revealed that the Company had negatively revised its\npreviously issued FY 2025 net sales outlook to a range of $8.2 billion to $8.5\nbillion, significantly down from its prior guidance of $8.7 billion to $8.9\nbillion; its adjusted EBITDA outlook to a range of $1.4 billion to $1.6\nbillion, significantly down from its prior guidance of $1.68 billion to $1.78\nbillion; and its adjusted EPS outlook to a range of $1.75 to $2.25,\nsignificantly down from its prior guidance of $2.53 to $2.78. The Company\nblamed the negatively revised guidance on \"an expectation of a 2% volume\ndecline and $80 million of input cost inflation at the midpoint\", as well as\n\"higher macroeconomic and consumer spending uncertainty.\"\n\nOn this news, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $3.94 per share, or 15.57%,\nto close at $21.37 per share on May 1, 2025.\n\nOn December 8, 2025, Graphic Packaging issued a press release announcing that\nit \"plans to accelerate certain inventory reduction plans into the fourth\nquarter that were originally planned for 2026\", and that \"production\ncurtailment is expected to impact fourth quarter operating results by $15\nmillion, which is in addition to the $15 million relating to\" certain\nearlier-announced curtailments. The Company further revealed that it had\nnegatively revised its FY 2025 financial guidance again, now expecting its\nadjusted EBITDA \"to be in the range of $1.38 billion to $1.43\nbillion\"-significantly below its previously revised guidance of $1.4 billion\nto $1.45 billion-and adjusted EPS \"to be in the range of $1.75 to\n$1.95\"-significantly below its previously revised guidance of $1.80 to $2.00.\n\nIn a separate press release issued the same day, Graphic Packaging announced\nthat Defendant Doss had \"mutually agreed with [its] Board of Directors to step\ndown from his role [as President and CEO] and as a director effective December\n31, 2025.\"\n\nFollowing these disclosures, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $1.35 per\nshare, or 8.66%, to close at $14.23 per share on December 9, 2025.\n\nThen, on February 3, 2026, Graphic Packaging issued a press release reporting\nits fourth quarter (\"Q4\") and FY 2025 financial results. Among other results,\nGraphic Packaging reported Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, missing consensus\nestimates by $0.06. The Company attributed its disappointing Q4 2025 earnings\nresults to, inter alia, lower volumes, increased costs, and inventory\nreduction. Further, Graphic Packaging projected a meaningful decline in\nadjusted EBITDA in 2026, citing \"a $130 million negative impact from actions\ntaken to reduce inventory and generate [FCF], an approximately $100 million\naccrual (non-cash in 2026) for a return to more normal incentive compensation,\nJanuary weather and production impacts, and other largely offsetting operating\nitems.\"\n\nIn the same press release, Graphic Packaging's new President and CEO, Robbert\nRietbroek, announced that he had \"initiated a comprehensive review of our\norganization structure, operations, and footprint,\" among other aspects of the\nCompany's business, thereby confirming the weakness and unsustainability of\nits present business model and operations.\n\nOn this news, Graphic Packaging's stock price fell $2.36 per share, or 15.97%,\nto close at $12.42 per share on February 3, 2026.\n\nPomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris,\nand Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of\ncorporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late\nAbraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz\npioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years\nlater, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the\nrights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and\ncorporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered billions of dollars in damages\nawards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.\n\nAttorney advertising.  Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.\n\nSOURCE: Pomerantz LLP\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/business-and-professional-services/pomerantz-law-firm-announces-the-filing-of-a-class-action-agains-1164908)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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