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    John Purtell's questions to Amcor PLC (AMCR) leadership

    John Purtell's questions to Amcor PLC (AMCR) leadership • Q4 2025

    Question

    John Purtell asked for clarification on whether market share shifts or customer destocking were contributing factors to the recent weak volume performance.

    Answer

    CEO Peter Konieczny stated definitively that neither market share shifts nor customer destocking were the cause of the volume weakness. He attributed the performance squarely to softer consumer and customer demand, noting that the broad destocking trend seen in prior quarters has concluded.

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    John Purtell's questions to Amcor PLC (AMCR) leadership • Q3 2025

    Question

    John Purtell asked for color on volume trends within the quarter, including any insights from April, and the key assumptions behind the Q4 volume growth forecast.

    Answer

    CEO Peter Konieczny noted that consumer demand weakness in North America was observed throughout the quarter. He explained the Q4 forecast assumes a continuation of Q3 trends for the legacy Amcor business (flat volumes) combined with a two-month contribution from Berry's slightly positive volume profile, resulting in an overall flat to slightly growing outlook.

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    John Purtell's questions to Amcor PLC (AMCR) leadership • Q2 2025

    Question

    John Purtell asked about the key benefits of globalizing the Rigid Packaging business through the Berry merger and the growth outlook for the acquired closures and dispensing systems businesses.

    Answer

    CEO Peter Konieczny clarified that the merger creates a scaled, multi-region player by combining Amcor's $3B Rigids business with Berry's $7B containers and closures business. He stressed the complementarity, noting Berry's portfolio aligns with Amcor's higher-value specialty containers business, not its North American beverage business. He highlighted attractive additions like Berry's healthcare containers and dispensing systems. He deferred giving a specific growth outlook for closures, stating it was too early.

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    John Purtell's questions to Amcor PLC (AMCR) leadership • Q1 2025

    Question

    John Purtell asked for confirmation on Q1 volume growth, noting that Flexibles volume growth of 3% was consistent with Q4 and not an acceleration.

    Answer

    CEO Peter Konieczny explained that overall company volume growth accelerated by 100 basis points to 2%. He noted that excluding healthcare and North American beverage headwinds, the rest of the portfolio grew 4%, with the Flexibles segment growing 5% on that same basis. Konieczny added that medical device destocking has ended, while pharma destocking should abate by the end of the calendar year, setting up a stronger second half.

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