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Grant Slade, CFA
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Last Hurdle Cleared in Amcor-Bemis Tie-Up; Amcor Shares Remain Overvalued

With anti-trust clearance now provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, or DOJ, the final obstacle in the tie-up of narrow-moat Amcor and narrow-moat Bemis has been eliminated. Amcor’s proposed remedy to U.S. anti-trust issues--the sale of certain U.S. Amcor assets--was sufficient to assuage DOJ concerns while not impacting the expected USD 180 million in deal synergies. 
Our valuation is unchanged at AUD 14.60 per share but Amcor continues to screen as expensive, trading at an approximate 12%...
Underlying
Amcor PLC Shs Chess Depository Interests Repr 1 Sh

Amcor is a packaging company. Co. has the following reportable segments: Amcor Rigid Plastics, which manufactures rigid plastic containers for a range of primarily beverage and food products; Amcor Flexibles, which represents the aggregation of four operating segments of which each manufactures flexible and film packaging for their respective industries; as well as Other/Investments, which holds Co.'s equity accounted investments in the associate AMVIG Holdings Limited (AMVIG) and the joint venture Discma AG (Discma). AMVIG is mainly involved in the manufacture of tobacco packaging while Discma's operations primarily relate to the development and licensing of packaging product development.

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