Amcor (AMCR) risk factors: FY2026 10-K
Item 1A of the 10-K for the period ending 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-14. 33 risk factor headings as filed. Read Item 1A in full · The whole 10-K · What changed since FY2025
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Headings mentioning a theme: Tariffs 1 · AI 1 · Cybersecurity 1 · China 0 · Interest rates 1. Compare across the S&P 500.
Strategic Risks
6- Changes in Consumer Demand — Demand for our products could be affected by a variety of factors, including economic conditions and regulatory developments.reworded
- Key Customers and Customer Consolidation — The loss of key customers, a reduction in their production requirements or consolidation among key customers could have a significant adverse impact on our sales revenue and profitability.
- Competition — We face significant competition in the industries and regions in which we operate, which could adversely affect our business.
- Integration — We may face challenges with integrating acquisitions and achieving the financial and other results and benefits anticipated at the time of acquisition.new
- Strategic Review of Portfolio — Our strategic review of our portfolio may cause disruptions to our business, may not result in the completion of transactions to restructure or divest all non-core businesses, and may not create additional value for our shareholders.new
- Expanding Our Current Business — We may be unable to expand our current business effectively through organic growth, investments, or acquisitions.
Operational Risks
9- Global Economic Conditions — Challenging global economic conditions, have had, and may continue to have, a negative impact on our business operations and financial results.
- International Operations — Our international operations subject us to various risks that could adversely affect our business operations and financial results.
- Raw Materials — Price fluctuations or shortages in the availability of raw materials, energy, and other inputs could adversely affect our business.
- Commercial Risks — We are subject to production, supply, and other commercial risks, including counterparty credit risks, which may be exacerbated in times of economic volatility.
- Health Crises — Our business and operations may be adversely affected by pandemics, epidemics, or other disease outbreaks.
- Attracting, Developing, and Retaining Talent — If we are unable to attract, develop, and retain our global executive management team and our other skilled workforce, we may be adversely affected.
- Labor Disputes — Our business could be adversely affected by labor disputes and an inability to renew collective bargaining agreements at acceptable terms.
- Physical Impacts of Climate Change — Our business is subject to physical risks related to climate change which could negatively impact our business operations and financial results.
- Significant Disruption at Key Manufacturing Facility — A significant disruption at one of our key manufacturing facilities could adversely affect our business operations and financial results.
Information Technology and Cybersecurity Risks
3- Cybersecurity Risk — The disruption of our operations or risk of loss of our sensitive business information could negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.Cybersecurity
- Information Technology — A failure or disruption in our information technology systems could disrupt our operations, compromise customer, employee, supplier, and other data, and could negatively affect our business.
- Artificial Intelligence — Our use of artificial intelligence technologies could adversely affect our business and financial results.newAI
Financial Risks
6- Indebtedness and Credit Rating — Our indebtedness may limit our flexibility or result in a downgrade in our credit rating, which could reduce our operating flexibility, increase our borrowing costs, and negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.reworded
- Interest Rates — Rising interest rates increase our borrowing costs on our variable rate indebtedness and could have other negative impacts.Interest rates
- Exchange Rates — We are exposed to foreign exchange rate risk.
- Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets — A significant write-down of goodwill and/or other intangible assets would have a material adverse effect on our reported results of operations and financial position.reworded
- Internal Controls — If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results which may adversely affect investor confidence and adversely impact our stock price.
- Insurance — Our insurance policies, including our use of a captive insurance company, may not provide adequate protection against all of the key operational risks we face.
Legal and Compliance Risks
7- Intellectual Property — Our inability to defend our intellectual property rights or intellectual property infringement claims against us could have an adverse impact on our ability to compete effectively.
- Litigation — Litigation, including product liability claims and litigation related to Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") impacts, or regulatory developments could adversely affect our business operations and financial performance.
- ESG Practices — Increasing scrutiny and emerging expectations from investors, customers, suppliers, and governments with respect to our ESG practices and commitments may impose additional costs on us or expose us to additional risks.
- ESG Regulations — Changing and emerging ESG government regulations, including climate and circularity-related rules, may adversely affect our company.reworded
- Operations EHS Risks — We are subject to risks, liabilities, and costs related to EHS laws and regulations, as well as changes in the global climate, that could adversely affect our business.reworded
- Tax Law Changes — Changes in tax laws or changes in our geographic mix of earnings could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
- Trade Policy — Our business may be impacted by changes to trade policy, including tariff and custom regulations, or failure to comply with such regulations may have an adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations.Tariffs
Risks Relating to Being a Jersey, Channel Islands Company Listing Ordinary Shares
2- Our ordinary shares are issued under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands, which may not provide the level of legal certainty and transparency afforded by incorporation in a U.S. jurisdiction and which differ in some respects to the laws applicable to U.S. corporations.
- U.S. shareholders may not be able to enforce civil liabilities against us.
No longer in Item 1A
4Headings in the FY2025 10-K with no match this year.
- Successful Integration — The combined company may be unable to successfully integrate the businesses of Amcor and Berry in the expected time frame or at all.
- Substantial Merger Costs — We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, substantial costs as a result of the Merger.
- Inability to Realize Merger Benefits — The combined company may be unable to realize the anticipated benefits of the Merger.
- Merger Related Tax Liabilities — Additional tax liabilities could have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, and/or liquidity.
Headings are the lines of Item 1A set wholly in bold or italics, as the parser reads them, without the introductory paragraph that opens the section. A heading is new when no heading in the prior 10-K matches it after ignoring case and punctuation, and reworded when it shares at least 60 percent of its words with one that went away. Source: the filing on sec.gov.
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