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WestRock Reports Fiscal 2020 First Quarter Results

January 30, 2020 6:30 AM EST

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, today announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2019.

Notable items in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 include:

Net sales of $4.42 billion increased by 2.2% compared to the prior year quarter Earned $0.53 per diluted share and $0.58 of adjusted earnings per diluted share compared to $0.54 per diluted share and $0.83 of adjusted earnings per diluted share in the prior year quarter Achieved more than $110 million of cumulative KapStone run-rate synergies and performance improvements through... More