Brown Carole Lynnette 4

What Happened Carole Lynnette Brown, a director of Smurfit Westrock plc, was granted 51 restricted stock units (RSUs) on March 18, 2026. The filing reports the RSUs as acquired at $0.00 (total reported value $0). The award represents dividend-equivalent RSUs credited in connection with the issuer's quarterly dividend; each RSU entitles the holder to one ordinary share subject to the award's terms.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-18; transaction type: Award/Grant (code A).
• Quantity and price: 51 RSUs @ $0.00 (reported value $0).
• Filing date: 2026-03-20 — filed within the standard two-business-day window (timely).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing details.
• Footnotes: F1 — RSUs credited as dividend equivalents and subject to the same terms as the underlying award; F2 — filing notes inclusion of 4,422 RSUs that will vest on the earlier of May 2, 2026 or the date of the next annual meeting (pertains to vesting schedule for certain RSUs).
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, sale, or tax-withholding event in this transaction.

Context This was a compensation-related grant (dividend-equivalent RSUs), not a market purchase or sale. RSUs are rights to receive shares in the future subject to vesting and other conditions; they do not represent an immediate cash purchase or disposition. Such grants are routine for executive/director compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate a personal buy/sell signal.