Smurfit Westrock Director MaryLynn FergusonMchugh Receives 48 Shares

What Happened
MaryLynn FergusonMchugh, a director of Smurfit Westrock plc (SW), was granted 48 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-09-10. The RSUs were recorded as an award/acquisition (code A) with an acquisition price of $0.00 (total reported acquisition value $0). The filing shows these units were accrued as dividend equivalents tied to the company's quarterly dividend.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-10; Form 4 filed: 2026-09-14 (filing appears timely under the two-business-day rule).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A).
• Shares/units received: 48 RSUs; reported acquisition price: $0.00; total acquisition value: $0.
• Footnote F1: RSUs were dividend equivalents from the quarterly dividend of $0.4523 per ordinary share; each RSU converts to one ordinary share under the same terms as the underlying award.
• Footnote F2: The filing notes inclusion of 4,537 RSUs that will vest on the earlier of May 1, 2027 or the next annual meeting of stockholders.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.

Context
This was an equity award (compensation/dividend-equivalent accrual), not an open-market purchase or sale. Awards and dividend-equivalent RSUs are routine forms of director compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate a buy/sell signal. The filing appears timely.