Graham Packaging Company announces management changes

Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced the following management changes. Ashok Sudan, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Global Food and Beverage, has resigned his position at Graham Packaging effective June 30, 2010. Peter Lennox has been appointed to succeed Mr. Sudan. Mr. Lennox's previously served as the company's Senior Vice President, General Manager of Household Chemical and Automotive, Personal Care/Specialty and South America and has been with Graham since 2000. Mr. Lennox has previously run the company's European business, PET Business Unit, and most recently the company's Household Chemical and Automotive, Personal Care, and South American Business units. We thank Ashok for his many years of service to Graham and wish him well in his new endeavors, stated CEO Mark Burgess. At the same time, we are excited to have someone as uniquely qualified as Peter Lennox to continue our pursuit of growth and driving market conversions to value-added plastic containers.