UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 3, 2020

RANPAK HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-38348	98-1377160
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7990 Auburn Road Concord Township, OH	44077
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 440-354-4445

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	PACK	New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	PACK WS	New York Stock Exchange

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers.

On March 4, 2020, Ranpak Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that, on March 3, 2020, Kurt Zumwalt was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective immediately. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.

Mr. Zumwalt will serve as a Class III director on the Board and will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In connection with his appointment to the Board, Mr. Zumwalt will be entitled to compensation under the Company’s director compensation program similar to the amounts and forms paid to other non-employee members of the Board as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A with respect to the business combination filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2019.

CAUTION ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Current Report and the Exhibit attached hereto contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the parties, perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to estimates, projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this Current Report and the Exhibit attached hereto may include, for example, statements about: our expectations around the performance of the business; our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business; our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; the lack of a market for our securities.

The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report and the Exhibit attached hereto are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us taking into account information currently available to us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: (1) our inability to secure a sufficient supply of paper to meet our production requirements; (2) the impact of the price of kraft paper on our results of operations; (3) our reliance on third party suppliers; (4) the high degree of competition in the markets in which we operate; (5) consumer sensitivity to increases in the prices of our products; (6) changes in consumer preferences with respect to paper products generally; (7) continued consolidation in the markets in which we operate; (8) the loss of significant end-users of our products or a large group of such end-users; (9) our failure develop new products that meet our sales or margin expectations; (10) our future operating results fluctuating, failing to match performance or to meet expectations; (11) our ability to fulfill our public company obligations; and (12) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in filings made with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, they could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. We are not undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should not take any statement regarding past trends or activities as a representation that the trends or activities will continue in the future. Accordingly, you should not put undue reliance on these statements.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1*	Press Release dated March 4, 2020.

* Furnished herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 4, 2020

RANPAK HOLDINGS CORP.
By:	/s/ Michele Smolin
	Michele Smolin
	Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

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