International Paper assigns two directors to committees
Two retiring directors may attend selected committee meetings as invited, non-voting guests until their December 31, 2026 retirement dates.
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Form Type
8-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
International Paper Company appointed Katherine Collins to its Audit and Finance Committee and Governance Committee, and Lori J. Ryerkerk to its Management Development and Compensation Committee and Safety, Sustainability and Technology Committee. The Board made these assignments on October 8, 2026; both directors began serving as independent directors on October 1, 2026.
Ahmet C. Dorduncu and Kathryn D. Sullivan plan to retire from the Board effective December 31, 2026. Until their respective retirement dates, they may attend Audit and Finance and Safety, Technology and Sustainability committee meetings as invited guests. They will serve only in a non-voting capacity, will not be considered committee members for governance or quorum purposes, and will have no voting rights on committee matters.
8-K Event Classification
2 items: 5.02, 9.01
2 items
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers
Governance
Key personnel changes including departures, elections, or appointments of directors and executive officers.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
Independent director service began: October 1, 2026
Committee assignments made: October 8, 2026
Retirement effective date: December 31, 2026
3 metrics
Independent director service began
October 1, 2026
Katherine Collins and Lori J. Ryerkerk
Committee assignments made
October 8, 2026
Assignments for Katherine Collins and Lori J. Ryerkerk
Retirement effective date
December 31, 2026
Ahmet C. Dorduncu and Kathryn D. Sullivan
Key Terms
independent directors, non-voting capacity, quorum purposes
3 terms
independent directors regulatory
"serve as independent directors"
Members of a company’s board who do not have significant business, family, or financial ties to the company and are not part of its management; they are chosen to provide impartial oversight of strategy, financial reporting, executive pay and risk. They matter to investors because independent directors act like an objective referee, helping ensure decisions favor shareholders’ long-term interests rather than insiders, which can strengthen trust and reduce the chance of mismanagement or conflicts of interest.
non-voting capacity regulatory
"serve solely in a non-voting capacity"
quorum purposes regulatory
"not be considered members of the committee for governance or quorum purposes"
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 8, 2026
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number 1-3157
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (901 ) 419-9000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, $1 per share par value | IPC | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As previously reported in International Paper Company's (the "Company") Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2026 (the "Prior 8-K"), the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee, appointed Katherine Collins and Lori J. Ryerkerk to serve as independent directors of the Company effective October 1, 2026. At the time of the appointments, the Board had not yet determined the committee assignments for Ms. Collins and Ms. Ryerkerk.
Following further consideration, the Board, upon recommendation of the Governance Committee, on October 8, 2026, appointed Ms. Collins to serve as a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and the Governance Committee and appointed Ms. Ryerkerk to serve as a member of the Management Development and Compensation Committee and the Safety, Sustainability and Technology Committee.
As previously disclosed in the Prior 8-K, Directors Ahmet C. Dorduncu and Kathryn D. Sullivan notified the Board of their intention to retire from Board service effective December 31, 2026. Consistent with the Board's succession planning and transition process described in the Prior 8-K, Mr. Dorduncu and Ms. Sullivan will remain available to support an orderly transition by attending Audit and Finance and Safety, Technology and Sustainability committee meetings as invited guests until their respective retirement dates. During this transition period, they will serve solely in a non-voting capacity, will not be considered members of the committee for governance or quorum purposes, and will not possess any voting rights with respect to committee matters.
The information set forth in this Item 5.02 Current Report on Form 8-K updates and supplements the disclosure contained in the Prior 8-K regarding the committee assignments of Ms. Collins and Ms. Ryerkerk and the previously disclosed transition arrangements for Directors Dorduncu and Sullivan.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d). Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as inline XBRL. | |||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| International Paper Company | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | October 8, 2026 | By: | /s/ Joseph R. Saab | |||||||||||
| Name: | Joseph R. Saab | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||||