INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO NEW

The following are the executive officers of our Company as of the date of this filing.

Andrew K. Silvernail, 54, joined International Paper as chief executive officer on May 1, 2024 and became chairman of the International Paper Board of Directors on October 1, 2024. Mr. Silvernail has two decades of experience leading global companies in the manufacturing and technology sectors. He joined IP from KKR & Co., Inc., a global investment firm,

where he served as an executive advisor, and 5 Nails, LLC, a private investment advisory firm where he served as founder, chair and chief executive officer (2022-2024). Mr. Silvernail served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Madison Industries, one of the world’s largest privately held companies (2021). Prior to that, Silvernail served as chairman and chief executive officer of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) (2011-2020). Mr. Silvernail previously held executive positions at Rexnord Industries, Newell Rubbermaid (NASDAQ: NWL) and Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR). He serves on the board of directors of Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) and Potter Global Technologies, a privately held company specializing in fire and safety solutions.

Clay R. Ellis, 54, senior vice president - Global Cellulose Fibers and IP Asia since January 2023. Mr. Ellis previously served as senior vice president - Enterprise Operational Excellence (2019-2022) and vice president - Manufacturing, Global Cellulose Fibers (2016-2019). Prior to that, he served as vice president of Pulp (2014-2016), and vice president Manufacturing, North American Papers (2012-2014). Mr. Ellis joined International Paper in 1992.

W. Thomas Hamic, 58, was appointed executive vice president and president - North American Packaging Solutions effective September 1, 2024. In this newly created role, Mr. Hamic leads the Container and Containerboard businesses in North America. Prior to this promotion, Mr. Hamic served as senior vice president - North American Container and chief commercial officer since January 2023. Mr. Hamic also served as senior vice president - Global Cellulose Fibers and Enterprise Commercial Excellence (2020-2022), senior vice president - Containerboard and Enterprise Commercial Excellence (2019-2020), vice president and general manager - Containerboard and Recycling, North American Container (2015-2019), vice president and general manager of the South Area Container the Americas (2009), and vice president, Industrial Packaging Group’s Finance and Strategy (2010). Mr. Hamic joined International Paper in 1991.

Timothy S. Nicholls, 63, has been the Company’s chief financial officer since June 2018. At completion of the DS Smith business combination, Mr. Nicholls also began serving as the interim leader of the combined Company’s Europe Middle East & Africa team responsible for leading integration planning. Mr. Nicholls previously served as senior vice president - Industrial Packaging the Americas (2017-2018), senior vice president - Industrial Packaging (2014-2016), senior vice president - Printing and Communications Papers of the Americas (2011-2014), senior vice president and chief financial officer (2007-2011), vice president and executive project leader of IP Europe (2007), and vice president and chief financial officer - IP Europe (2005-2006). Mr. Nicholls joined International Paper in 1999 following our acquisition of Union Camp Corporation where he had worked since 1991.

Joy N. Roman, 46, was appointed as the Company’s senior vice president, chief strategy and people officer effective February 3, 2025. Ms. Roman has broad experience and a proven track record in talent development, organizational effectiveness and strategy deployment in large global companies. Ms. Roman joined the Company from Berry Global, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging solutions, where she served as chief people and strategy officer since April 2024. Prior to this position, Roman served as group head of human resources for the technical and sustainability functions for Anglo American (LSE: AAL), a global mining company (2022-2023), and as chief human resources officer for the De Beers Group, a diamond company and joint venture of Anglo American and the government of the Republic of Botswana (2021-2022). She also spent four years as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) (2017-2021), a builder of luxury homes, and served in various roles of increasing responsibility across the strategy and human resource functions at 3M (NYSE: MMM), a diversified technology company (2015-2017).

Joseph R. Saab, 56, has been senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary since July 2022 and served as interim senior vice president – Human Resources and Corporate Affairs (August 2024-February 2025). Mr. Saab previously served as vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant corporate secretary (2019-2022) and associate general counsel - Industrial Packaging North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa (2014-2019). Mr. Saab joined International Paper in 2001.

There are no family relationships, as defined by the instructions to this item, among any of the Company’s executive officers and any other executive officers or directors of the Company.