President, Corrugated Packaging · WestRock Company (WRK)

Patrick Kivits

A named executive officer of WestRock in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$2,874,850

FY2022: $3,134,141

3rd of 5 named executive officers at WestRock by FY2023 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 13, 2023 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Patrick Kivits compensation by year

WestRock Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WestRock reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$632,751$683,375$741,813
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,577,749$1,238,571$1,550,234
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$876,083$785,622$506,554
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$135,007$426,573$76,249
Total$3,221,590$3,134,141$2,874,850

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WestRock Company DEF 14A filed December 13, 2023, accession 0001193125-23-293896, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WestRock Company filed document, accession 0001193125-23-293896. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 13, 2023.

$3.2M
$3.1M
$2.9M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU33,776$1,209,181—
PSU20,879$747,468—
PSU18,009$644,722—
RSU11,257$403,001—
RSU6,001$214,836—
RSU4,639$166,076—
RSU4,271$152,902—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WestRock Company's FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed December 13, 2023)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2024-05-03Sale—6,000$51.4451,502
2024-02-19Grant or award—4,659$0.0058,583
2024-02-19Tax withholding—1,402$43.7157,181
2024-02-05Grant or award—10,260$0.0056,583
2024-02-05Tax withholding—3,347$38.6653,236
2024-01-25Grant or award—10,836$0.0046,323
2023-12-15Tax withholding—7,432$42.5435,487

The 7 most recent of 7 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 →

WestRock’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
David SewellPresident and CEO$12,615,612
Alexander PeaseExecutive Vice President and CFO$3,573,651
Patrick Kivits · this pagePresident, Corrugated Packaging$2,874,850
Denise SingletonExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$2,855,676
Thomas StigersPresident, Mill Operations$2,826,260

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