Amcor announces interim profit result for six months ended 31 December 2009

23 February, 2010:

Highlights

• Profit after tax and before significant items of $172.5 million, up 3.0%.
• The translation impact from the higher Australian dollar on profit after tax and before significant items was negative $16.4 million.
• Earnings per share before significant items of 15.6 cents, down 18.3%.  This reduction is due to the additional shares on issue resulting from the equity raising to fund the Alcan Packaging acquisition.
• Operating cash flow of $144.5 million.
• Interim dividend of 12.5 cents per share.  This represents a dividend payout of $152.6 million, compared with $142.2 million payout in the previous corresponding period.
• Significant items, primarily relating to the acquisition of former Alcan Packaging businesses and planned restructuring, were an after tax expense of $77.5 million.
• Acquisition of the former Alcan Packaging businesses completed on 1 February 2010.

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