Packaging firm Sealed Air's CEO Doheny steps down

Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. packaging firm Sealed Air said on Monday Chief Executive Officer Ted Doheny had stepped down after about six years in the role.

Chief Operating Officer Emile Chammas and Finance Chief Dustin Semach will act as interim co-CEOs and co-presidents, said Sealed Air.

Doheny will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity to assist in the transition.

Shares of the company rose 1.2% to $28.91 in extended trading.

Sealed Air, which makes food packaging boxes and automated bagging equipment, reiterated its full-year net sales forecast of $5.40 billion to $5.60 billion.

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company also reiterated its annual adjusted earnings per share forecast of between $2.75 and $2.95, and core earnings in the range of about $1.075 billion to $1.125 billion.

The company is expected to post its third-quarter results on Nov. 2.

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)