Executive Vice President, Corrugated Products · PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA (PKG)

Donald Shirley

A named executive officer of PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,042,283

FY2024: $3,091,240

4th of 6 named executive officers at Packaging Corp of America by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Donald Shirley compensation by year

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$499,189$566,502$583,500$601,008$623,550$646,938$736,595
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$929,956$939,321$1,136,551$1,425,078$1,396,463$1,536,086$1,875,061
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$411,000$513,750$855,000$837,900$779,250$810,420$1,010,000
Pension and deferred compensation$388,355$430,427$159,503—$324,415$67,067$386,725
All other$25,958$29,458$30,342$31,252$19,635$30,729$33,901
Total$2,254,459$2,479,458$2,764,897$2,895,238$3,143,314$3,091,240$4,042,283

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-127602, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA filed document, accession 0001193125-26-127602. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$2.3M
$2.5M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$4.0M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU20,788$4,287,109—
RSU12,566$2,591,486—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-20Sale—12,000$250.7119,110
2026-03-27Grant or award—478$0.0033,760
2026-03-27Grant or award—6,254$0.0033,282
2026-03-27Tax withholding—2,650$212.2531,110

The 4 most recent of 4 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Mark KowlzanChief Executive Officer$16,992,255
Thomas HassfurtherPresident$12,180,320
Charles CarterExecutive Vice President-- Mill Operations$5,183,282
Donald Shirley · this pageExecutive Vice President, Corrugated Products$4,042,283
Kent PfledererExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,704,428
Robert MundyRetired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,405,143

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