0001732845-21-000063.txt : 20211110 0001732845-21-000063.hdr.sgml : 20211110 20211110172813 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001732845-21-000063 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211110 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211110 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pease Alexander W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001515026 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38736 FILM NUMBER: 211397981 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5605 CARNEGIE BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUTIE 500 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28209 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WestRock Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001732845 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS & BOXES [2650] IRS NUMBER: 371880617 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 678-291-7456 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Whiskey Holdco, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180227 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2021-11-10 1 0001732845 WestRock Co WRK 0001515026 Pease Alexander W 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD, NE SUITE 125 ATLANTA GA 30328 0 1 0 0 EVP & Chief Financial Officer Robert B. McIntosh (attorney-in-fact pursuant to power of attorney previously filed with the SEC) 2021-11-10 EX-24 2 attachment_1.txt PEASE POA POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander W. Pease, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WestRock Company (the "Company"), Robert B. McIntosh, the Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power to appoint a substitute or to execute and file with the Securities Exchange Commission on behalf of the undersigned or on behalf of any trust with respect to which the undersigned serves as a trustee, any Form 3s, Form 4s or Form 5s (or any amendments thereto) required to be so executed and filed by the undersigned or any such trust with respect to which the undersigned serves as trustee under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The undersigned hereby gives to said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and to each of them, full power and authority to act in the premises, including, but not limited to, full power and authority to determine in his or their sole discretion the time when, purpose for and manner in which any powers herein conferred shall be exercised. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, or any substitute or substitutes, may do by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall remain valid and in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) the date on which the undersigned is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) the date on which this power of attorney is revoked in writing by the undersigned. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney this 10th day of November, 2021. By: /s/ Alexander W. Pease Name: Alexander W. Pease Title: EVP Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of November, 2021. Susan Adams Notary Public STATE OF GEORGIA My Commission expires: December 17, 2022 [Notarial Seal]