WestRock (WRK)

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2023 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, retain, and motivate highly effective leaders, reward sustained corporate and individual performance, and drive the achievement of our strategic objectives and the delivery of long-term stockholder value. We link a substantial portion of target total compensation to the achievement of performance metrics and goals, with a focus on multi-year metrics and equity vehicles to align executive and stockholder interests.

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “What is the effect of abstentions and broker non-votes? Proposal Effect of Broker Non-Vote Effect of Abstention Election of 12 Directors Named in the Proxy Statement No effect No effect Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation No effect Vote against Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP for Fiscal 2023 Not applicable Vote against Will There Be A Physical Location for the 2024 Annual Meeting? No, we plan to hold our 2024 Annual Meeting virtually in an effort to enhance the ability of our stockholders to attend and participate.”.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes have no effect Abstentions: No effect GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK All of our corporate powers are exercised by or under the authority of our board of directors (the “Board”), and our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board, subject to limitations and other requirements in our charter documents or in applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Of the companies WestRock names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including WestRock.

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

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