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Demonstrating genuine concern for people, communities, and the environment in all operations

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Fostering innovation and continuous learning to advance chemical solutions

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Working together across global teams to achieve shared goals and drive results

Collaboration

Taking ownership of commitments, performance, and protecting corporate reputation

Accountability

Upholding the highest ethical standards and transparency in all business dealings

Integrity

Albemarle Corporation is a global specialty chemicals company and one of the world's largest lithium producers, with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and refining catalysts for energy storage, pharmaceuticals, and industrial applications.

J. Kent Masters

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Neal R. Sheorey

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Netha N. Johnson

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President

Mark R. Mummert

Chief Operating Officer

Battery-grade lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage systems. Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers with major conversion plants in Chile and China.

Lithium Compounds for Energy Storage

Bromine-based flame retardants and specialized chemical applications across multiple industries. Albemarle operates production plants in the US, China, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, and UK.

Bromine and Derivatives

Clean fuels technologies including hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) for petroleum refining to produce cleaner fuels and meet environmental regulations.

Hydroprocessing Catalysts

FCC catalysts and additives for heavy oil upgrading in petroleum refining, helping refineries maximize gasoline and diesel yields.

Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Catalysts

Lithium greases representing over 70% of global grease production for automotive, steel, aircraft and heavy machinery applications, as well as specialized industrial lithium compounds.

Technical Grade Lithium for Industrial Processes

Products for power plant pH stabilization, absorption chillers, welding flux, metal surface treatment, profile vulcanization, and wastewater treatment.

Specialty Chemicals for Industrial Applications

Albemarle reported Q2 2025 net sales of $1.3 billion, down 7% from prior year, with net income of $23 million representing 112% improvement from Q2 2024 loss. Adjusted EBITDA of $336 million down 13%. Cost reduction efforts reached 90% of $350M target.

Albemarle Q2 2025 Results Show Resilience Amid Lithium Market Pressures

Albemarle ended Q4 2024 with $1.2 billion in revenue and net income of $75 million. Full-year 2024 revenue reached $5.4 billion. Energy Storage segment saw 63% sales decline due to 53% drop in lithium prices, highlighting challenging market conditions.

Albemarle Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

Albemarle announced 2025 capital expenditures will be $650-$700 million, down approximately 60% from $1.7 billion in 2024, as company focuses on cash preservation and operational efficiency amid lithium price pressures.

Albemarle Cuts 2025 Capital Expenditures by 60% to Preserve Cash

Albemarle reported record production at its La Negra (Chile) and Meishan (China) lithium conversion facilities in Q4 2024, demonstrating operational excellence even as the company navigates a challenging lithium pricing environment.

Albemarle Achieves Record Lithium Production Despite Price Challenges

Albemarle forecasts lithium demand to more than double between 2024 and 2030, driven by EV market penetration reaching 54% by 2030 (up from 21% in 2024) and stationary storage growing from 190 GWh to 970 GWh. Demand expected to grow at 15-20% CAGR.

Albemarle Projects Strong Long-term Lithium Demand Growth

Five businessmen founded Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company on February 11, 1887 in Richmond, Virginia, employing fewer than ten workers producing Kraft and blotting paper.

Company Founded as Albemarle Paper Manufacturing

Albemarle acquired Ethyl Corporation for $200 million, marking its strategic entry into the chemicals business and beginning its transformation from paper manufacturing.

Acquisition of Ethyl Corporation

Bromine operations commenced in Magnolia, Arkansas, establishing Albemarle's presence in specialty bromine chemicals that would become a core business segment.

Bromine Operations Begin

Company sold remaining paper manufacturing operations to focus exclusively on specialty chemicals, completing its strategic transformation.

Exit from Paper Manufacturing

Ethyl spun off its chemicals business, creating Albemarle Corporation as a publicly traded entity focused on specialty chemicals.

Albemarle Corporation Created as Public Company

Albemarle acquired the refinery catalysts platform from AkzoNobel for €615.7 million, establishing the Ketjen business segment.

Acquired Refinery Catalysts from AkzoNobel

Albemarle moved its headquarters from Richmond, Virginia to Baton Rouge, Louisiana as part of strategic reorganization.

Headquarters Moved to Baton Rouge

Albemarle acquired Rockwood Holdings, a premier specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium and bromine, and moved headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina. This transformative acquisition positioned Albemarle as a global lithium leader.

Acquired Rockwood Holdings

Albemarle secured stake in Wodgina Hard Rock Lithium Mine and launched Kemerton Lithium Project in Western Australia, significantly expanding lithium production capacity.

Major Lithium Expansion in Western Australia

J. Kent Masters was appointed Chairman, President and CEO of Albemarle Corporation, bringing leadership experience from Foster Wheeler and Advent International.

J. Kent Masters Named Chairman and CEO

Albemarle implemented cost reduction initiatives achieving over 50% of its $300-$400 million target and reduced capital expenditures by over 50% for 2025 to $700-$800 million, responding to lithium price pressures.

Aggressive Cost Reduction Program

Placing employee well-being as the utmost priority, achieving 12% reduction in injuries in FY2024 with over 70% of sites maintaining injury-free records for 12+ months.

Safety

Upholding ethical standards and transparency in all business dealings, ensuring responsible practices across our global operations and supply chain.

Fostering teamwork internally and with external partners to reach common objectives, leveraging diverse perspectives to drive innovation and excellence.

Encouraging ownership of individual and team actions and outcomes, taking responsibility for results and continuous improvement.

Committing to excellence and consistently aiming to surpass expectations, driving superior performance for customers, shareholders, and stakeholders.

Results and Outperformance

Taking on the aspirational challenge to make all products recyclable or reusable by 2025, driving innovation in circular economy and responsible packaging solutions.

Sustainability

Amcor is a global packaging leader with origins in 1860s Australia, developing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods. With 77,000 employees across 210 locations in 36+ countries generating $15 billion in sales, the company achieved 95%+ recyclability targets and completed the historic $8.4 billion Berry Global acquisition in 2025.

Peter Konieczny

Chief Executive Officer

Kirby Losch

Chief Commercial Officer

Fred Stephan

David Clark

Chief Sustainability Officer

Ron Delia

Former CEO (Retired April 2024)

Comprehensive range of flexible packaging solutions for food segments including fresh produce, dairy, meat, fish, poultry, snacks, confectionery, frozen foods, and ready meals. Includes high-barrier films, stand-up pouches, rollstock, and specialty packaging that extends shelf life and protects product quality.

Flexible Packaging

Plastic bottles, jars, and containers for beverage, food, spirits and wine, home and personal care, and healthcare markets. As the world's largest manufacturer of PET containers, Amcor provides innovative rigid packaging solutions with lightweighting, recyclability, and barrier properties.

Rigid Plastic Containers

Specialized pharmaceutical and medical device packaging including blister packs, stick packs, sachets, inhalables packaging, transdermal patches, sterile medical packaging, hospital packaging, vision care, intravenous fluids, and injectables. Designed to protect sensitive medications and medical products with regulatory compliance.

Pharmaceutical Packaging

Specialty folding cartons for consumer goods, healthcare, and food applications. Provides brand differentiation, product protection, and shelf appeal with sustainable fiber-based materials and innovative designs.

Specialty Cartons

Wide range of plastic closures, caps, and dispensing systems for beverage, food, personal care, and pharmaceutical applications. Includes child-resistant closures, tamper-evident designs, and innovative dispensing solutions.

Closures and Caps

Next-generation packaging incorporating post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, designed for recyclability and reusability, and advancing circular economy principles. Includes partnerships with Avantium on plant-based PEF polymer for rigid containers and innovative material science reducing environmental impact.

Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Comprehensive $20 billion core portfolio of consumer packaging and dispensing solutions for nutrition and health applications, combining Amcor and Berry's complementary capabilities in material science, innovation, and sustainable packaging across 400 facilities in 140 countries.

Consumer Packaging & Dispensing (Post-Berry Acquisition)

Amcor completed its all-stock acquisition of Berry Global at a fixed exchange ratio of 7.25 Amcor ordinary shares for each Berry share, creating a combined entity with approximately 70,000 employees, 400 facilities across 140 countries, and $23 billion in anticipated sales revenue. The acquisition, the largest in Amcor's history, establishes the company as the global leader in consumer packaging and dispensing solutions with $650 million of identified synergies through fiscal 2028.

Amcor Completes Historic $8.4B Berry Global Acquisition

Through a portfolio review following the Berry Global acquisition, Amcor identified its $20 billion core portfolio of consumer packaging and dispensing solutions for nutrition and health. The company also identified businesses with combined annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion that are less aligned with the core portfolio, including the $1.5 billion North America Beverage business, signaling potential divestitures to sharpen strategic focus.

Amcor Identifies $20B Core Portfolio, Plans $2.5B Divestitures

Amcor's Board of Directors appointed Peter Konieczny as permanent Chief Executive Officer after he served as Interim CEO since April 2024. Konieczny has been a member of the Amcor Global Management Team since 2010 and brings extensive international experience. Following his promotion, new leadership appointments included Kirby Losch as Chief Commercial Officer, Fred Stephan as Chief Operating Officer, and David Clark as Chief Sustainability Officer.

Peter Konieczny Appointed Permanent CEO of Amcor

Amcor reported achieving 95% recyclability for rigid packaging and over 94% for flexible packaging in fiscal year 2024, approaching its aspirational 2025 goal to make all products recyclable or reusable. The company also increased post-consumer recycled (PCR) content purchases to 9.4% of total volume, nearing its 10% target and demonstrating leadership in sustainable packaging innovation.

Amcor Achieves 95% Packaging Recyclability Milestone

In fiscal year 2024, Amcor achieved a 12% reduction in workplace injuries, with over 70% of its sites maintaining an injury-free record for 12 months or more. This safety performance demonstrates the company's commitment to employee well-being and operational excellence across its global manufacturing network.

Amcor Achieves 12% Injury Reduction, 70%+ Sites Injury-Free

Amcor Rigid Packaging USA signed a joint development agreement with Avantium to explore the use of plant-based polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) in rigid containers for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home, and personal care applications. This partnership advances sustainable packaging solutions and circular economy principles through renewable material innovation.

Amcor Partners with Avantium on Plant-Based Packaging Innovation

Amcor reported volumes up 0.7% over the previous quarter and up 2.3% year-over-year, with flexibles volumes up 3% and rigids volumes up about 1%. The integration of Berry Global is proceeding according to plan, with the combined company positioned to capture growth opportunities in consumer packaging while managing headwinds from healthcare destocking and weaker beverage demand in North America.

Berry Global Integration Drives Volume Growth

Samuel Ramsden established a paper mill in Melbourne, Australia, marking the beginning of what would eventually become Amcor. This pioneering operation was among the earliest ventures in Australian paper making during the colonial era's industrial expansion.

First Paper Mill Founded

Multiple independent paper milling businesses around Melbourne consolidated to form the Australian Paper Mills Company Ltd. with capital of £214,000, creating one of Australia's largest paper manufacturers and establishing the foundation for future growth.

Australian Paper Mills Company Formation

The company was formally incorporated as Australian Paper Manufacturers (APM), establishing the modern corporate structure that would operate for six decades and expand beyond paper into packaging and related industries.

Australian Paper Manufacturers Incorporated

Australian Paper Manufacturers was renamed Amcor Limited, signaling the company's evolution from a primarily paper-focused business to a diversified packaging corporation with global ambitions. This marked the beginning of the modern Amcor era.

Renamed to Amcor Limited

Amcor acquired the rigid packaging and closures businesses of Schmalbach-Lubeca for approximately $2.875 billion, making Amcor the largest manufacturer of PET containers globally. This transformational acquisition significantly expanded Amcor's rigid plastics capabilities.

Schmalbach-Lubeca Acquisition

Amcor completed the acquisition of Alcan's food and global pharmaceutical and tobacco businesses from Rio Tinto for $2.03 billion, significantly strengthening its flexible packaging portfolio and pharmaceutical packaging capabilities.

Alcan Businesses Acquisition

Amcor announced the acquisition of Bemis Company through $5.25 billion in shares, creating a global flexible packaging leader with enhanced innovation capabilities, broader geographic reach, and complementary product portfolios.

Bemis Company Acquisition

Amcor set the aspirational challenge to make all its products recyclable or reusable by 2025, positioning the company as a sustainability leader in the packaging industry and driving innovation in circular economy solutions.

Sustainability Pledge Announced

Ron Delia retired as CEO after nine years of leadership, with Peter Konieczny appointed as Interim CEO (later permanent CEO in September 2024). New leadership roles were created including Chief Sustainability Officer David Clark, COO Fred Stephan, and CCO Kirby Losch.

Leadership Transition to Peter Konieczny

Amcor reported achieving 95% recyclability for rigid packaging and over 94% for flexible packaging in fiscal year 2024, nearing its 2025 goal and demonstrating industry leadership in sustainable packaging solutions. PCR purchases reached 9.4% of total volume.

Sustainability Milestone Achieved

Amcor entered into an agreement to acquire US-based Berry Global for $8.4 billion in an all-stock transaction (7.25 Amcor shares per Berry share), creating the largest acquisition in Amcor's history and establishing the company as the global leader in consumer packaging.

Berry Global Acquisition Agreement

On April 30, 2025, Amcor completed the acquisition of Berry Global, creating a combined entity with approximately 70,000 employees, 400 facilities across 140 countries, and $23 billion in anticipated sales revenue. The transaction brings $650 million of identified synergies through fiscal 2028.

Berry Global Acquisition Completed

Amcor identified its $20 billion core portfolio of consumer packaging and dispensing solutions for nutrition and health, and identified businesses with $2.5 billion in annual sales (including $1.5B North America Beverage) as less aligned with core strategy, signaling potential divestitures.

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