Amcor reports first quarter result and reaffirms outlook for fiscal 2025
Highlights - Three Months Ended
- Third consecutive quarter of sequential improvement in volume growth;
- Net sales of
$3,353 million ; - GAAP Net income of
$191 million ; GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of 13.2 cps; - Adjusted EBIT of
$365 million , up 3% on a comparable constant currency basis; - Adjusted EPS of 16.2 cps, up 5% on a comparable constant currency basis; and
- Quarterly dividend increased to
12.75 cents per share.
Fiscal 2025 outlook reaffirmed
- Adjusted EPS of
72-76 cents per share; Adjusted Free Cash Flow of$900-1,000 million .
"I am pleased with the overall performance trajectory of the business and I am excited about the significant opportunities we have ahead of us to enhance our profitable organic growth profile, continue to build earnings momentum and evolve into an even stronger company than we are today. We have already taken a number of concrete actions to further leverage |
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2023 $ million |
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2024 $ million |
Net sales |
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3,443 |
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3,353 |
Net income attributable to |
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152 |
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EPS (diluted US cents) |
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10.5 |
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Three Months Ended |
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2023 $ million |
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2024 $ million |
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Net sales |
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3,443 |
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3,353 |
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EBITDA |
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459 |
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466 |
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EBIT |
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358 |
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365 |
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Net income |
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226 |
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234 |
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EPS (diluted US cents) |
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Free Cash Flow |
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(1) Adjusted non-GAAP results exclude items which are not considered representative of ongoing operations. Comparable constant currency ∆% excludes the impact of movements in foreign exchange rates and items affecting comparability. Further details related to non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to GAAP measures can be found under "Presentation of non-GAAP information" in this release. |
Note: All amounts referenced throughout this document are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and numbers may not add up precisely to the totals provided due to rounding. |
Shareholder returns
Dividend
The Amcor Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of
The ex-dividend date will be
Financial results - Three Months Ended
Segment information
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Net sales $ million |
EBIT $ million |
EBIT / |
EBIT / Average |
Net sales |
EBIT $ million |
EBIT / |
EBIT / Average |
Flexibles |
2,568 |
322 |
12.5 |
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2,552 |
329 |
12.9 |
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875 |
62 |
7.1 |
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801 |
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Other(2) |
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Total |
3,443 |
358 |
10.4 |
15.0 |
3,353 |
365 |
10.9 |
14.8 |
(1) Return on average funds employed includes shareholders' equity and net debt, calculated using a four quarter average and last twelve months adjusted EBIT. |
(2) Represents corporate expenses. |
Net sales of
Volumes were up approximately 2% compared with the same quarter last year, which represents a sequential improvement of 1 percentage point when compared to year over year volume growth in the quarter ended
Adjusted EBIT of
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Three Months Ended |
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Comparable |
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2023 $ million |
2024 $ million |
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Net sales |
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2,568 |
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Adjusted EBIT |
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322 |
329 |
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Adjusted EBIT / Sales % |
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12.5 |
12.9 |
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Net sales of
Volumes improved sequentially and were up approximately 3% compared with the prior year with continued growth across most geographies. As expected, destocking continued in healthcare categories and volumes remained soft, unfavorably impacting overall segment volumes for the quarter by approximately 2%. Across the balance of the Flexibles business, overall volumes were approximately 5% higher than the prior year. Price/mix had an unfavorable impact on net sales of approximately 4%, primarily due to lower volumes in high value healthcare categories. On a comparable constant currency basis net sales were approximately 1% lower than last year.
In
In
Across the Asian region, sales and volumes increased at low single digit rates with growth in
Adjusted EBIT of
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Three Months Ended |
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Reported |
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Comparable |
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2023 $ million |
2024 $ million |
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Net sales |
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875 |
801 |
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Adjusted EBIT |
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62 |
62 |
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Adjusted EBIT / Sales % |
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7.1 |
7.7 |
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Net sales of
On a comparable constant currency basis, net sales were approximately 4% lower than last year reflecting lower volumes.
In
Adjusted EBIT of
Net interest and income tax expense
For the three months ended
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
For the three months ended
Net debt was
Fiscal 2025 Guidance reaffirmed
For the twelve month period ending
- Adjusted EPS of approximately 72 to
76 cents per share, which represents comparable constant currency growth of 3% to 8% (includes approximately 4% headwind related to normalization of incentive compensation payments) compared with70.2 cents per share in fiscal 2024.- Assuming current exchange rates prevail through fiscal 2025, movements in exchange rates are not expected to have a material impact on reported EPS.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow of approximately
$900 million to$1,000 million .
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the
Presentation of non-GAAP information
Included in this release are measures of financial performance that are not calculated in accordance with
Management has used and uses these measures internally for planning, forecasting and evaluating the performance of the Company's reporting segments and certain of the measures are used as a component of
Dividends
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Three Months Ended |
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2023 |
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2024 |
Net sales |
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3,443 |
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3,353 |
Cost of sales |
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(2,798) |
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(2,694) |
Gross profit |
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645 |
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659 |
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
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(302) |
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(315) |
Research and development expenses |
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(27) |
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(28) |
Restructuring and related expenses, net |
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(28) |
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(6) |
Other income/(expenses), net |
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(18) |
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2 |
Operating income |
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270 |
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312 |
Interest expense, net |
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(75) |
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(75) |
Other non-operating expenses, net |
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(1) |
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(1) |
Income before income taxes and equity in loss of affiliated companies |
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194 |
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236 |
Income tax expense |
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(39) |
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(43) |
Equity in loss of affiliated companies, net of tax |
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Net income |
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154 |
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193 |
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests |
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(2) |
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(2) |
Net income attributable to |
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152 |
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191 |
USD:EUR average FX rate |
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0.9189 |
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0.9105 |
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Basic earnings per share attributable to |
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0.105 |
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0.132 |
Diluted earnings per share attributable to |
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0.105 |
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0.132 |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Basic |
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1,439 |
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1,440 |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Diluted |
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1,439 |
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1,444 |
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Three Months Ended |
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($ million) |
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2023 |
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2024 |
Net income |
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154 |
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193 |
Depreciation, amortization and impairment |
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149 |
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141 |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effect of acquisitions, divestitures, and |
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(490) |
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(631) |
Other non-cash items |
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52 |
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28 |
Net cash used in operating activities |
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(135) |
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(269) |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets |
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(124) |
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(145) |
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets |
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4 |
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1 |
Business acquisitions and investments in affiliated companies, and other |
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(22) |
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(11) |
Net debt proceeds |
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396 |
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454 |
Dividends paid |
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(176) |
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(180) |
Share buyback/cancellations |
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(30) |
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— |
Purchase of treasury shares, proceeds from issuance of shares and tax withholdings for share- |
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(46) |
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(34) |
Other, including effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents |
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(32) |
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28 |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
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(165) |
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(156) |
Cash and cash equivalents balance at beginning of the year |
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689 |
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588 |
Cash and cash equivalents balance at end of the period |
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524 |
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432 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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588 |
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432 |
Trade receivables, net |
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1,846 |
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1,973 |
Inventories, net |
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2,031 |
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2,228 |
Property, plant, and equipment, net |
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3,763 |
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3,854 |
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6,736 |
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6,753 |
Other assets |
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1,560 |
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1,670 |
Total assets |
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16,524 |
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16,910 |
Trade payables |
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2,580 |
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2,380 |
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt |
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96 |
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128 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |
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6,603 |
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7,176 |
Accruals and other liabilities |
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3,292 |
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3,233 |
Shareholders' equity |
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3,953 |
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3,993 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
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16,524 |
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16,910 |
Components of Fiscal 2025 Net Sales growth |
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Three Months Ended |
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Flexibles |
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Total |
Net sales fiscal 2025 |
2,552 |
801 |
3,353 |
Net sales fiscal 2024 |
2,568 |
875 |
3,443 |
Reported Growth % |
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(8) |
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FX % |
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(1) |
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Constant Currency Growth % |
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(7) |
(3) |
RM Pass Through % |
— |
(3) |
(1) |
Items affecting comparability % |
— |
— |
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Comparable Constant Currency Growth % |
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(4) |
(2) |
Acquired operations % |
— |
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Organic Growth % |
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(4) |
(2) |
Volume % |
3 |
(4) |
2 |
Price/Mix % |
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures |
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Reconciliation of adjusted Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), Earnings before interest |
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EBITDA |
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EBIT |
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Net |
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EPS
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EBITDA |
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EBIT |
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Net |
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EPS |
Net income attributable to |
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152 |
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152 |
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152 |
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10.5 |
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191 |
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191 |
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191 |
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13.2 |
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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Tax expense |
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39 |
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39 |
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43 |
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43 |
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Interest expense, net |
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75 |
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75 |
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75 |
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75 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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142 |
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140 |
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EBITDA, EBIT, Net income, and EPS |
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410 |
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268 |
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152 |
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10.5 |
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451 |
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311 |
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191 |
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13.2 |
Impact of highly inflationary accounting |
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17 |
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17 |
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17 |
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1.2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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0.1 |
Restructuring and related expenses, net(2) |
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28 |
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28 |
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28 |
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1.9 |
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6 |
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6 |
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6 |
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0.4 |
Other |
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4 |
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4 |
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4 |
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0.2 |
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7 |
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7 |
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7 |
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0.4 |
Amortization of acquired intangibles(3) |
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41 |
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41 |
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2.8 |
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39 |
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39 |
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2.8 |
Tax effect of above items |
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(16) |
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(1.1) |
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(11) |
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(0.7) |
Adjusted EBITDA, EBIT, Net income and EPS |
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459 |
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358 |
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226 |
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15.6 |
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466 |
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365 |
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234 |
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16.2 |
Reconciliation of adjusted growth to comparable constant currency growth |
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% items affecting comparability |
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% currency impact |
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2 |
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3 |
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3 |
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5 |
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5 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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459 |
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466 |
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Interest paid, net |
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(47) |
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(36) |
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Income tax paid |
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(53) |
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(75) |
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Purchase of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets |
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(124) |
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(145) |
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Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets |
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4 |
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1 |
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Movement in working capital |
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(459) |
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(586) |
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Other |
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(7) |
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(20) |
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Adjusted Free Cash Flow |
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(227) |
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(395) |
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(1) Calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended |
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(3) Amortization of acquired intangible assets from business combinations. |
Reconciliation of adjusted EBIT by reportable segment |
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Three Months Ended |
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Flexibles |
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Rigid |
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Other |
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Total |
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Flexibles |
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Rigid |
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Other |
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Total |
Net income attributable to |
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152 |
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191 |
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests |
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2 |
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2 |
Tax expense |
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39 |
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43 |
Interest expense, net |
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75 |
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75 |
EBIT |
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256 |
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40 |
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(28) |
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268 |
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280 |
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59 |
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(28) |
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311 |
Impact of highly inflationary accounting |
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— |
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17 |
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— |
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17 |
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— |
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2 |
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— |
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2 |
Restructuring and related expenses, net(1) |
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24 |
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4 |
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— |
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28 |
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6 |
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— |
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— |
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6 |
Other |
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2 |
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— |
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2 |
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4 |
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6 |
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— |
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1 |
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7 |
Amortization of acquired intangibles(2) |
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40 |
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1 |
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— |
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41 |
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37 |
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1 |
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1 |
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39 |
Adjusted EBIT |
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322 |
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62 |
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(26) |
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358 |
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329 |
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62 |
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(26) |
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365 |
Adjusted EBIT / sales % |
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12.5 % |
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7.1 % |
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10.4 % |
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12.9 % |
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7.7 % |
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10.9 % |
Reconciliation of adjusted growth to comparable constant currency growth |
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% items affecting comparability |
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% currency impact |
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3 |
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2 |
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3 |
(1) Includes incremental restructuring and related expenses attributable to group wide initiatives to partly offset divested earnings from the Russian business. |
(2) Amortization of acquired intangible assets from business combinations. |
Reconciliation of net debt |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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Short-term debt |
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84 |
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115 |
Current portion of long-term debt |
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12 |
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13 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |
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6,603 |
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7,176 |
Net debt |
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6,111 |
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6,872 |
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