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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Amcor (AMCR)

Amcor completes all-stock Berry Global merger, issuing about 860 million shares

Mixed Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

Amcor completed its all-stock merger with Berry Global on April 30, 2025, converting each Berry common share into 7.25 Amcor ordinary shares. Amcor expects to issue about 860 million shares, plus up to about 16 million more for Berry equity awards, which will dilute existing holders while management projects $650 million of synergies by fiscal 2028.

Key points

  • Each Berry common share converted into 7.25 Amcor ordinary shares; about 860 million Amcor shares expected to be issued, plus up to about 16 million more for equity awards
  • Management expects $260 million of pre-tax synergies in fiscal 2026, driving about 12% adjusted EPS accretion, and about $650 million total pre-tax synergies by end of fiscal 2028
  • Stephen Sterrett, Jonathan F. Foster, James T. Glerum, Jr. and Jill A. Rahman joined the board; Arun Nayar, Andrea Bertone and David Szczupak resigned
  • Jean-Marc Galvez appointed Division President, Global Containers and Closures, with annualized base salary of CHF 880,000

The filing

CompanyAmcor (AMCR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 30, 2025, 4:13 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-042520

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 30, 2025.

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