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2023
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2023
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Summary Income Statement Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net sales
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| | | $ | 10,105 | | | | | $ | 11,021 | | | | | $ | 14,694 | | | | | $ | 14,544 | | | | | $ | 12,861 | | |
Net income attributable to Amcor plc
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| | | $ | 473 | | | | | $ | 868 | | | | | $ | 1,048 | | | | | $ | 805 | | | | | $ | 939 | | |
Summary Balance Sheet Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents
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| | | $ | 457 | | | | | $ | 564 | | | | | $ | 689 | | | | | $ | 775 | | | | | $ | 850 | | |
Total assets
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| | | $ | 16,660 | | | | | $ | 17,278 | | | | | $ | 17,003 | | | | | $ | 17,426 | | | | | $ | 17,188 | | |
Long-term debt less current portion (including capital
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lease obligations)
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| | | $ | 7,055 | | | | | $ | 6,804 | | | | | $ | 6,653 | | | | | $ | 6,340 | | | | | $ | 6,186 | | |
Total shareholders’ equity
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| | | $ | 4,008 | | | | | $ | 4,308 | | | | | $ | 4,090 | | | | | $ | 4,141 | | | | | $ | 4,821 | | |
Other Operating Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital expenditures
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| | | $ | 358 | | | | | $ | 382 | | | | | $ | 526 | | | | | $ | 527 | | | | | $ | 468 | | |
Depreciation and amortization
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| | | $ | 448 | | | | | $ | 425 | | | | | $ | 569 | | | | | $ | 579 | | | | | $ | 572 | | |
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Cash and cash equivalents(1)
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| | | $ | 457 | | | | | $ | 457 | | |
Indebtedness(2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current portion of long-term debt
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| | | | 12 | | | | | | 12 | | |
Short-term debt
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| | | | 119 | | | | | | 119 | | |
Total current borrowings(2)
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| | | | 131 | | | | | | 131 | | |
Long-term debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bank loans and commercial paper
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| | | | 2,856 | | | | | | | | |
1.125% Euro bonds due 2027(3)
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| | | | 539 | | | | | | 539 | | |
4.000% senior unsecured notes due 2025
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| | | | 499 | | | | | | 499 | | |
3.100% senior unsecured notes due 2026
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| | | | 299 | | | | | | 299 | | |
3.625% senior unsecured notes due 2026
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| | | | 599 | | | | | | 599 | | |
4.500% senior unsecured notes due 2028
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| | | | 470 | | | | | | 470 | | |
2.630% senior unsecured notes due 2030
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| | | | 498 | | | | | | 498 | | |
2.690% senior unsecured notes due 2031
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| | | | 731 | | | | | | 731 | | |
5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2033
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| | | | 492 | | | | | | 492 | | |
% Notes offered hereby
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Other long-term debt(4)
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| | | | 84 | | | | | | 84 | | |
Total long-term debt, less current portion
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| | | | 7,055 | | | | | | | | |
Total borrowings(2)
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| | | | 7,186 | | | | | | | | |
Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Retained earnings
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| | | | 802 | | | | | | 802 | | |
Total equity attributable to owners of Amcor plc
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| | | | 3,944 | | | | | | 3,944 | | |
Non-controlling interests
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| | | | 64 | | | | | | 64 | | |
Total equity
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| | | | 4,008 | | | | | | 4,008 | | |
Total capitalization
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Underwriter
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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Mizuho Securities USA LLC
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TD Securities (USA) LLC
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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PNC Capital Markets LLC
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Standard Chartered Bank
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Net sales – external
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| | | $ | 732 | | | | | $ | 1,065 | | |
Net sales – to subsidiaries outside the Obligor Group
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| | | | 3 | | | | | | 6 | | |
Total net sales
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| | | | 735 | | | | | | 1,071 | | |
Gross profit
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| | | | 139 | | | | | | 187 | | |
Net income
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| | | $ | 380 | | | | | $ | 1,583(1) | | |
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Net income attributable to Obligor Group
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| | | $ | 380 | | | | | $ | 1,583 | | |
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Current assets – external
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| | | $ | 1,710 | | | | | $ | 1,184 | | |
Current assets – due from subsidiaries outside the Obligor Group
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| | | | 146 | | | | | | 190 | | |
Total current assets
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| | | $ | 1,856 | | | | | $ | 1,374 | | |
Non-current assets – external
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| | | | 1,439 | | | | | | 1,415 | | |
Non-current assets – due from subsidiaries outside the Obligor Group
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| | | | 12,276 | | | | | | 10,992 | | |
Total non-current assets
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| | | | 13,715 | | | | | | 12,407 | | |
Total assets
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| | | $ | 15,571 | | | | | $ | 13,781 | | |
Liabilities
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Current liabilities – external
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| | | $ | 2,708 | | | | | $ | 1,912 | | |
Current liabilities – due to subsidiaries outside the Obligor Group
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| | | | 22 | | | | | | 37 | | |
Total current liabilities
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| | | | 2,730 | | | | | | 1,949 | | |
Non-current liabilities – external
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| | | | 7,221 | | | | | | 6,801 | | |
Non-current liabilities – due to subsidiaries outside the Obligor Group
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| | | | 10,742 | | | | | | 9,917 | | |
Total non-current liabilities
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| | | | 17,963 | | | | | | 16,718 | | |
Total liabilities
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| | | $ | 20,693 | | | | | $ | 18,667 | | |
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Special Meetings of Shareholders
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Shareholders generally do not have the right to call meetings of shareholders unless that right is granted in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
However, if a corporation fails to hold its annual meeting within a period of 30 days after the date designated for the annual meeting, or if no date has been designated for a period of 13 months after its last annual meeting, the Delaware Court of Chancery may order a meeting to be held upon the application of a shareholder.
Under Delaware corporate law, a corporation is required to set a minimum quorum of one-third of the issued and outstanding shares for a shareholders meeting.
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The Jersey Companies Law does not provide for a shareholder right to put a proposal before the shareholders at the annual general meeting. However, under the Jersey Companies Law, shareholders holding 10% or more of the company’s voting rights and entitled to vote at the relevant meeting may require the directors to call a meeting of shareholders. This must be held as soon as practicable but in any case not later than two months after the date of the deposit of the requisition. The requisition shall state the objects of the meeting.
Pursuant to the Articles of Association, no business may be transacted at a general meeting, except the election of a chairperson and the adjournment of the meeting, unless a quorum of members is present when the meeting proceeds to business.
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group who or which owns or owned more than 15% of the target’s outstanding voting stock within the past three years.
This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors.
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Interested director transactions are permissible and may not be legally voided if:
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either a majority of disinterested directors, or a majority in interest of holders of shares of the corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote upon the matter, approves the transaction upon disclosure of all material facts; or
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An interested director must disclose to the company the nature and extent of any interest in a transaction with the company, or one of its subsidiaries, which to a material extent conflicts or may conflict with the interests of the company and of which the director is aware. Failure to disclose an interest entitles the company or a shareholder to apply to the court for an order setting aside the transaction concerned and directing that the director account to the company for any profit.
A transaction is not voidable and a director is not accountable notwithstanding a failure to disclose an interest if the transaction is confirmed by special resolution of shareholders (requiring a two-thirds majority of the shareholders voting) and the nature and extent of the director’s interest in the transaction are disclosed in reasonable detail in the notice calling the meeting at which the resolution is passed.
Although it may still order that a director account for any profit, a court will not set aside a transaction unless it is satisfied that the interests
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Under Delaware corporate law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it.
The certificate of incorporation of a Delaware corporation may provide that shareholders of any class or classes or of any series may vote cumulatively either at all elections or at elections under specified circumstances.
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Under Delaware corporate law, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of a corporation may be taken by written consent of the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take that action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote were present and voted. In addition, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent through amendment to its certificate of incorporation.
All consents must be dated and are only effective if the requisite signatures are collected within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered.
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| | | | | | | authorized by a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company (which as noted above requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votes cast at a quorate general meeting (or such higher threshold as may be set out in a company’s articles of association)). In relation to any merger or consolidation under the Jersey Companies Law, unlike dissenting shareholders of a Delaware corporation, dissenting shareholders of a Jersey company have no appraisal rights that would provide the right to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined fair value of the shares. However, under Jersey law, dissenting shareholders may object to the Court on the grounds they are unfairly prejudiced by the merger. | |
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The Jersey Companies Law provides that where a person has made an offer to acquire a class or all of the company’s outstanding shares not already held by the person and has as a result of such offer acquired or contractually agreed to acquire 90% or more of such outstanding shares, that person is then entitled (and may be required) to acquire the remaining shares. In such circumstances, a holder of any such remaining shares may apply to the courts of Jersey for an order that the person making such offer not be entitled to purchase the holder’s shares or that the person purchase the holder’s shares on terms different than those under which the person made such offer.
In addition, where the company and its creditors or shareholders or a class of either of them propose a compromise or arrangement between the company and its creditors or our shareholders or a class of either of them (as applicable), the courts of Jersey may order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors or of the company’s shareholders or class of shareholders (as applicable) to be called in such a manner as the court
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The court may in its discretion treat a single class of shares as multiple classes, or multiple classes of shares as a single class, for the purposes of the shareholder approval referred to above, taking into account all relevant circumstances, which may include circumstances other than the rights attaching to the shares themselves.
The Jersey Companies Law contains no specific restrictions on the powers of directors to dispose of assets of a company. As a matter of general law, in the exercise of those powers, the directors must discharge their duties of care and act in good faith, for a proper purpose and in the best interests of the company.
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Election and Removal of Directors
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| | Under Delaware corporate law, unless otherwise specified in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors and may be removed with or without cause (or, with respect to a classified board, only with cause unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise) by the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. | | | As permitted by the Jersey Companies Law and pursuant to the Articles of Association, directors of Amcor can be appointed and removed in the manner described in the section headed “Board of Directors” above. | |
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| | Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components, the duty of | | | Under the Jersey Companies Law, a director of a Jersey company, in exercising the director’s powers and discharging the director’s duties, has a fiduciary duty to act honestly and in | |
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| | | | care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director must act in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. A director must not use his or her corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation. | | |
good faith with a view to the best interests of the company; and a duty of care to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Customary law is also an important source of law in the area of directors’ duties in Jersey as it expands upon and provides a more detailed understanding of the general duties and obligations of directors. The Jersey courts view English common law as highly persuasive in this area. In summary, the following duties will apply as manifestations of the general fiduciary duty under the Jersey Companies Law: a duty to act in good faith and in what he or she bona fide considers to be the best interests of the company; a duty to exercise powers for a proper purpose; a duty to avoid any actual or potential conflict between his or her own and the company’s interests; and a duty to account for profits and not take personal profit from any opportunities arising from his or her directorship, even if he or she is acting honestly and for the good of the company. However, the articles of association of a company may permit the director to be personally interested in arrangements involving the company (subject to the requirement to have disclosed such interest).
Under the Articles of Association, a director who has an interest in a matter that is being considered at a meeting of the Board (as defined in the Articles of Association) may, despite that interest, be present and be counted in a quorum at the meeting, unless that is prohibited by the Jersey Companies Law, but may not vote on the matter if such interest is one which to a material extent conflicts or may conflict with the interests of the Company and of which the director is aware, and in respect of any such matter the decision of the chairperson of the meeting shall be final.
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Limitations on Director’s Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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A Delaware corporation may include, subject to certain exceptions, in its certificate of incorporation provisions limiting the personal liability of its directors and officers to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for many types of breach of fiduciary duty. However, these provisions may not limit liability for any breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, the authorization of unlawful dividends, stock purchases, or redemptions, or any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
Moreover, these provisions would not be likely to bar claims arising under U.S. federal securities laws.
A Delaware corporation may indemnify a director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in defense of an action, suit, or proceeding by reason of his or her position if (i) the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
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The Jersey Companies Law does not contain any provision permitting Jersey companies to limit the liabilities of directors for breach of fiduciary duty. However, a Jersey company may exempt from liability, and indemnify directors and officers for, liabilities:
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incurred in defending any civil or criminal legal proceedings where:
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the person is either acquitted or receives a judgment in their favor;
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where the proceedings are discontinued other than by reason of such person (or someone on their behalf) giving some benefit or suffering some detriment; or
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where the proceedings are settled on terms that such person (or someone on their behalf) gives some benefit or suffers some detriment but in the opinion of a majority of the disinterested directors, the person was substantially successful on the merits in the person’s resistance to the proceedings;
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incurred to anyone other than to the company if the person acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company;
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incurred in connection with an application made to the court for relief from liability for negligence, default, breach of duty, or breach of trust under Article 212 of the Jersey Companies Law in which relief is granted to the person by the court; or
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| | | | | | | against all losses, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Officer as a present or former director or officer of the Company or of a related body corporate. | |
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Variation of Rights of Shares
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Shareholder Suits
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| | Class actions and derivative actions generally are available to the shareholders of a Delaware corporation for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and actions not taken in accordance with applicable law. In such actions, the court has discretion to permit the winning party to recover attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with such action. | | |
Under Article 141 of the Jersey Companies Law, a shareholder may apply to court for relief on the ground that the conduct of a company’s affairs, including a proposed or actual act or omission by a company, is “unfairly prejudicial” to the interests of shareholders generally or of some part of shareholders, including at a minimum the shareholder making the application.
Under Article 143 of the Jersey Companies Law (which sets out the types of relief a court may grant in relation to an action brought under Article 141 of the Jersey Companies Law), the court may make an order regulating the affairs of a company,
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requiring a company to refrain from doing or continuing to do an act complained of, authorizing civil proceedings and providing for the purchase of shares by a company or by any of its other shareholders. There may be customary personal law actions available to shareholders which would include certain derivate and other actions to bring proceedings against the directors of the company as well as the company.
In principle, Amcor will normally be the proper plaintiff and a class action or derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, a minority shareholder can seek in limited circumstances agreement from the court for special dispensation if the shareholder can show:
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| | | | | | | any director or officer of Amcor governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits. | |
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Inspection of Books and Records
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| | All shareholders of a Delaware corporation have the right, upon written demand, to inspect or obtain copies of the corporation’s shares ledger and its other books and records for any purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a shareholder. | | |
Shareholders of Amcor will have the right under the Jersey Companies Law to inspect Amcor’s register of shareholders and, provided certain conditions are met, to obtain a copy. Shareholders of Amcor will also be able to inspect the minutes of any shareholder meetings.
The register of directors and secretaries must during business hours (subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company may by its articles of association or in general meeting impose, but so that not less than two hours in each business day be allowed for inspection) be open to the inspection of a shareholder or director of the company without charge and, in the case of a public company or a company which is a subsidiary of a public company, of any other person on payment of such sum (if any), not exceeding £5, as the company may require.
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Amendments of Governing Documents
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| | Amendments to the certificate of incorporation of a Delaware corporation require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon or such greater vote as is provided for in the certificate of incorporation. A provision in the certificate of incorporation requiring the vote of a greater number or proportion of the directors or of the holders of any class of shares than is required by Delaware corporate law may not be amended, altered or repealed except by such greater vote. Bylaws may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote and may, if so provided in the | | | The memorandum of association and articles of association of a Jersey company may only be amended by special resolution passed by shareholders in general meeting or by written resolution passed in accordance with its articles of association. | |
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Dissolution and Winding Up
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| | Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with a dissolution initiated by the board of directors. | | |
Under the Jersey Companies Law and the Articles of Association, Amcor may be voluntarily dissolved, liquidated or wound up by a special resolution of the shareholders. In addition, a company may be wound up by the courts of Jersey if the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so or that it is expedient in the public interest to do so.
Alternatively, a creditor with a claim against a Jersey company of not less than £3,000 may apply to the Royal Court of Jersey for the property of that company to be declared en désastre (being the Jersey law equivalent of a declaration of bankruptcy). Such an application may also be made by the Jersey company itself without having to obtain any shareholder approval.
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