---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001748790-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMCR"
cik: "0001748790"
company_name: "Amcor plc"
filed_at: "2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T23:02:20.409747+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amcor H1 adj EPS +8% CC; raises buyback to $500M; maintains FY23 guidance

## Summary
- H1 adj EPS 36.6 cps (+8% CC); GAAP EPS 46.1 cps (+65%) includes $215M Russia gain.
- Q2 adj EPS 18.5 cps (+7% CC); net sales $3.64B (+1% CC) with volumes down 2%.
- Board approved additional $100M buyback; total FY23 expected up to $500M; dividend raised to 12.25 cps.
- Completed sale of Russian business for ~$365M cash; acquired MDK (China medical packaging) for ~$50M sales.
- FY23 guidance: adj EPS 77-81 cps, FCF $1.0-1.1B; more cautious on demand, interest/tax headwind ~4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001748790-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMCR
- cik: 0001748790
- company_name: Amcor plc
- filed_at: 2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748790/000174879023000005/0001748790-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748790/000174879023000005/amcr-20230207.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001748790-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Amcor plc reported financial results for first six months of fiscal year 2023.
  - Period: first six months of fiscal year 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 7, 2023, Amcor plc (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding financial results for the first six months of fiscal year 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748790/000174879023000005/0001748790-23-000005-index.htm

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