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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 6, 2025, Amcor plc (the “Company”) announced that Mr. Eric Roegner, the Company’s President, Amcor Rigid Packaging, became Executive Vice President, Integration and Special Projects, effective January 1, 2025 and no longer serves as an executive officer of the Company. In his new role, Mr. Roegner reports to the Company’s Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development Group, and will bring his knowledge of the closures and containers business to facilitate strategic initiatives, including the integration with Berry Global.
Mr. Roegner is a party to an employment agreement with the Company, dated August 28, 2018 (the “Original Employment Agreement”), which was modified by a letter agreement (the “Roegner Letter Agreement”), effective as of January 1, 2025, between the Company and Mr. Roegner to reflect his new role and title. As reflected in the Roegner Letter Agreement, Mr. Roegner’s compensation as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2024 will remain unchanged in his new role.
Mr. Rodrigo Lecot has been appointed to serve as Interim President, Amcor Rigid Packaging, effective January 1, 2025.
The foregoing descriptions of the Roegner Letter Agreement and the Original Employment Agreement are not complete, are in summary form only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Roegner Letter Agreement and the Original Employment Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| Exhibit No. |
Description |
| 10.1 | Letter Agreement between Amcor Rigid Plastics USA Inc. and Eric Roegner, effective as of January 1, 2025.* |
| 10.2 | Employment Agreement between Amcor Rigid Plastics USA Inc. and Eric Roegner, dated as of August 28, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amcor plc’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 12, 2019).* |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File. The cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document. |
* This exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMCOR PLC | |||
| Date | January 6, 2025 | /s/ Damien Clayton | |
| Name: | Damien Clayton | ||
| Title: | Company Secretary | ||