•Kristen Actis-Grande joining Sealed Air as Chief Financial Officer

•Protective volumes further stabilized in the quarter with the industrial portfolio inflecting to volume growth driven by our continued transformation efforts

•Food sales flat with favorable price offset by softer volume driven by market pressure in our North American business

•Margin expansion and Adjusted EPS growth driven by improved operating leverage and continued business optimization

•Continued focus on debt paydown with Net Debt below $4 billion

•Maintaining our financial outlook for 2025 with improved FX outlook being offset by volume weakness in North America

CHARLOTTE, N.C., August 5, 2025 – Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) announced second quarter 2025 financial results and business updates.

“While our Protective turnaround will be non-linear, this quarter is a mark of progress as we delivered our best volume performance since the fourth quarter of 2021 and our industrial portfolio inflected to volume growth,” said Dustin Semach, Sealed Air’s President and CEO. “Market pressures are accelerating, primarily in North America, as the impact of global trade policies weigh on economic growth and consumer spending patterns are beginning to shift. More importantly, we are relentlessly focused on controlling the controllables by putting our customers first, winning new business, and executing on our transformation.”

“Our second quarter results exceeded our expectations across all metrics, despite the increasing market headwinds. We are accelerating our productivity initiatives to improve operating leverage in the business and offset any further volume weakness in the second half,” said Roni Johnson, Interim CFO. “We are being prudent and maintaining our full year guidance range, as we will have more visibility throughout the third quarter on the impact of shifting global trade policies and consumer buying patterns.”

($ millions, except per share data)

Unless otherwise stated, all results compare second quarter 2025 results to second quarter 2024 results from continuing operations. Year-over-year financial discussions present operating results from continuing operations as reported.

Net sales of $1.34 billion decreased less than 1% as reported, with the Food segment flat and the Protective segment down 3% in the quarter. Net sales decreased $17 million, or 1%, on a constant currency basis. Volumes decreased by $23 million, or 2%. Price increased by $6 million, or less than 1% in the quarter.

Income tax expense was $37 million, or an effective tax rate of 28.3% in the quarter. This compares to an income tax expense of $38 million, or an effective tax rate of 27.8%, in the prior year. The Adjusted Tax Rate was 24.4% in the quarter, as compared to 25.5% in the prior year.

Net earnings were $94 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, as compared to net earnings of $98 million, or $0.67 per diluted share in the prior year. The current year results were unfavorably impacted by $38 million of Special Items expense compared to $23 million of Special Items expense in the prior year. The increase in Special Items expense was due to higher professional services and other charges that are considered one-time or infrequent and higher costs in connection with the cost take-out to grow program ("CTO2Grow Program").

Adjusted EBITDA was $293 million, or 21.9% of net sales, as compared to $285 million, or 21.2% in the prior year. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to lower operating costs driven by productivity benefits including savings from the CTO2Grow Program, partially offset by unfavorable net price realization, lower volume and unfavorable impacts from currency translation.

Adjusted earnings per diluted share increased 7% to $0.89, from $0.83 in the prior year, primarily due to higher Adjusted EBITDA and lower interest expense.

Second quarter net sales in Food were $896 million, or flat as reported. Currency fluctuations had a negligible impact. Price had a favorable impact of $14 million, or 2%. Volumes decreased $13 million, or 1%, primarily resulting from softness in the North American market. Adjusted EBITDA of $210 million, or 23.4% of net sales, increased 3% from $205 million, or 22.9% of net sales in the prior year. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was due to lower operating costs driven by productivity benefits, including the CTO2Grow Program, slightly favorable net price realization, partially offset by lower volume.

Second quarter net sales in Protective were $439 million, a decrease of 3% as reported. Currency fluctuations had a favorable impact of $6 million, or 1%. On a constant currency basis, net sales decreased $18 million, or 4%. Volumes decreased $10 million, or 2%, primarily resulting from the remaining impact of prior year customer churn in the fulfillment portfolio, partially offset by growth in the industrial portfolio. Price had an unfavorable impact of $8 million, or 2%. Adjusted EBITDA of $78 million, or 17.8% of net sales, decreased approximately 5% from $82 million, or 18.1% of net sales in the prior year. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to unfavorable net price realization, partially offset by lower operating costs driven by productivity benefits, including the CTO2Grow Program.

Cash flow from operating activities during the first six months of 2025 was a source of $168 million, as compared to a source of $313 million during the prior year period. The decrease in cash flow from operating activities primarily reflects higher incentive compensation and tax payments made in 2025, compared to the prior year period.

Capital expenditures in the first six months of 2025 were $87 million, as compared to $106 million during the prior year period. Free Cash Flow, defined as net cash from operating activities less capital expenditures, was a source of $81 million for the first six months of 2025, as compared to a source of $207 million during the prior year period.

Dividend payments for the first six months of both 2025 and 2024 were $60 million.

Total debt was $4.3 billion as of June 30, 2025 and $4.4 billion as of December 31, 2024. Net Debt, defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, was $4.0 billion as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, Sealed Air had approximately $1.2 billion of available liquidity comprised of $354 million of cash and $830 million of available and unused lines of credit under our committed credit facilities. The net leverage ratio, defined as net debt divided by last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA, was 3.6x as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. We have not provided guidance for the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, as they are not available without unreasonable effort due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility of certain Special Items.

Sealed Air Corporation will host a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss our Second Quarter 2025 Results. The conference call will be webcast live on the Investors homepage at ir.sealedair.com. A replay of the webcast will also be available thereafter. A slide presentation, which includes supplemental information relating to the Company’s second quarter earnings will be made available through the “Presentations & Events” section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.sealedair.com/events-and-presentations prior to the call.

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE), is a leading global provider of packaging solutions that integrate sustainable, high-performance materials, automation, equipment and services. Sealed Air designs, manufactures and delivers packaging solutions that preserve food, protect goods and automate packaging processes. We deliver our packaging solutions to an array of end markets including fresh proteins, foods, fluids and liquids, medical and life science, e-commerce retail, logistics and omnichannel fulfillment operations, and industrials. Our globally recognized solution brands include CRYOVAC® brand food packaging, LIQUIBOX® brand liquids systems, SEALED AIR® brand protective packaging, AUTOBAG® brand automated packaging systems, and BUBBLE WRAP® brand packaging. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,400 employees who serve customers in 117 countries/territories.

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In this press release, we include certain non-GAAP financial measures, including Net Debt, Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted EPS, net sales on an "organic" and a “constant currency” basis, Free Cash Flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, net leverage ratio and Adjusted Tax Rate. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to assess operating and financial performance, set budgets, provide guidance and compare with peers’ performance. We believe such non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for GAAP information. See the attached supplementary information for reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Information reconciling forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is not presented because it is not available without unreasonable effort. The reconciling information that is not available includes forward-looking ranges of certain Special Items with high variability, complexity and low visibility. We are unable to address the probable significance of such unavailable information, which could have a potential significant impact on our future GAAP financial results.

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(1)2025 adjustments primarily consist of depreciation and amortization of $119 million, share-based compensation expense of $22 million, profit sharing expense of $11 million, provision for inventory obsolescence of $11 million and loss on debt redemption and refinancing activities of $5 million. 2024 adjustments primarily consist of depreciation and amortization of $120 million, share-based compensation expense of $15 million, profit sharing expense of $13 million, provision for inventory obsolescence of $11 million and loss on debt redemption and refinancing activities of $7 million.

(1)     Our volume reported above includes the net impact of changes in unit volume as well as the period-to-period change in the mix of products sold.

(2)     Total constant currency change is a non-GAAP financial measure which excludes the impact of foreign currency translation.

(1)Adjusted EBITDA divided by net sales.

(1)Depreciation and amortization by segment are as follows:

(i) Includes share-based incentive compensation of $10.7 million and $22.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $7.2 million and $15.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

The calculation of the non-GAAP Adjusted Tax Rate is as follows:

  

(1)For the three months ended June 30, 2025, Tax Special Items reflect interest accruals for uncertain tax positions. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, Tax Special Items reflect the resolution of certain previous years' international tax matters, partially offset by interest accruals for uncertain tax positions. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, Tax Special Items reflect accruals for uncertain tax positions.

						Three Months Ended June 30,																								Six Months Ended June 30,
						2025												2024												2025												2024
(In USD millions, except per share data)						Net Earnings						Diluted EPS						Net Earnings						Diluted EPS						Net Earnings						Diluted EPS						Net Earnings						Diluted EPS
GAAP net earnings and diluted EPS from continuing operations						$	94.2					$	0.64					$	97.8					$	0.67					$	211.1					$	1.43					$	181.2					$	1.24
Special Items(1)						37.7						0.26						22.9						0.16						40.3						0.27						52.3						0.36
Non-GAAP adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS(2)						$	131.9					$	0.89					$	120.7					$	0.83					$	251.4					$	1.71					$	233.5					$	1.60
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted												147.4												146.0												147.1												145.7
Reconciliation of adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS to comparable constant currency
% increase - adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS						9.3		%				7.2		%
% currency impact						1.9		%				2.4		%
% comparable constant currency						11.2		%				9.6		%

(1)Special Items include items in the table below.

(2)Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 does not sum due to rounding.

    

						Three Months Ended June 30,												Six Months Ended June 30,
(In USD millions, except per share data)						2025						2024						2025						2024
Special Items:
Liquibox intangible amortization						$	7.6					$	7.7					$	15.2					$	15.2
Restructuring charges						2.8						2.5						5.4						18.0
Other restructuring associated costs(i)						6.4						6.4						12.3						13.2
Foreign currency exchange loss due to highly inflationary economies						4.3						0.6						6.0						5.5
Loss on debt redemption and refinancing activities						5.1						6.8						5.1						6.8
Contract terminations						3.0						—						3.0						(0.1)
Charges related to acquisition and divestiture activity						1.0						1.0						1.1						(0.9)
CEO severance and separation costs						—						—						7.4						—
Accelerated share-based compensation expense(ii)						—						—						5.0						—
Other Special Items(iii)						12.9						1.6						16.3						2.1
Pre-tax impact of Special Items						43.1						26.6						76.8						59.8
Tax impact of Special Items and Tax Special Items						(5.4)						(3.7)						(36.5)						(7.5)
Net impact of Special Items						$	37.7					$	22.9					$	40.3					$	52.3
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted						147.4						146.0						147.1						145.7
Loss per share impact from Special Items						$	(0.26)					$	(0.16)					$	(0.27)					$	(0.36)

(i)Other restructuring associated costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily relate to fees paid to third-party consultants in support of the CTO2Grow business transformation.

(ii)Accelerated share-based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily relates to the vesting of certain equity awards for our prior CEO upon his departure.

(iii)Other Special Items for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 include fees related to professional services and other charges directly associated with Special Items or events that are considered one-time or infrequent.