UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): March 30, 2021 (March 24, 2021)
Pactiv Evergreen Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-39528 | 98-1538656 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1900 W. Field Court, Lake Forest, Illinois, 60045
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(847) 482-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
| Title of each class | | Trading symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, par value $0.001 per share | | PTVE | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On March 30, 2021, Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (the “Company”) announced that John Rooney, the Company’s President of Beverage Merchandising and the Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Packaging LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, will be leaving the Company effective as of June 30, 2021.
A copy of the press release, dated March 30, 2021, announcing Mr. Rooney’s departure, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The press release at Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d). Exhibits.
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.
Date: March 30, 2021
| | PACTIV EVERGREEN INC. |
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| | By: | /s/ Steven Karl |
| | | Steven Karl |
| | | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
