O-I Glass Inc.

10/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/16/2024 14:31

Material Event Form 8 K

ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

As part of the previously communicated Fit to Win initiative, O-I Glass, Inc. (the "Company") has approved a severance program that is expected to reduce future selling, general and administrative costs in the Americas segment, as well as reduce retained corporate and other costs not allocable to the Company's reportable segments. The Company expects to record a charge associated with this program of approximately $21 million in the third quarter of 2024, a majority of which relates to cash severance expenditures expected to be paid in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking" statements related to the Company within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current expectations and projections about future events at the time, and thus involve uncertainty and risk. The words "expect," "intend," "will," "anticipate" and other similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements.

It is possible that the Company's future results may differ from expectations due to a variety of factors including, but not limited to: (1) the general political, economic and competitive conditions in markets and countries where the Company has operations, including uncertainties related to economic and social conditions, trade disputes, disruptions in the supply chain, competitive pricing pressures, inflation or deflation, changes in tax rates and laws, war, civil disturbance or acts of terrorism, natural disasters, public health issues and weather, (2) cost and availability of raw materials, labor, energy and transportation (including impacts related to the current Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas conflicts and disruptions in supply of raw materials caused by transportation delays), (3) competitive pressures from other glass container producers and alternative forms of packaging or consolidation among competitors and customers, (4) changes in consumer preferences or customer inventory management practices, (5) the continuing consolidation of the Company's customer base, (6) the Company's ability to improve its glass melting technology, known as the MAGMA program, and implement it within the timeframe expected, (7) unanticipated supply chain and operational disruptions, including higher capital spending, (8) the Company's ability to achieve expected benefits from margin expansion and profitability initiatives, such as its Fit to Win program, including expected impacts from production curtailments and furnace closures, (9) seasonality of customer demand, (10) the failure of the Company's joint venture partners to meet their obligations or commit additional capital to the joint venture, (11) labor shortages, labor cost increases or strikes, (12) the Company's ability to acquire or divest businesses, acquire and expand plants, integrate operations of acquired businesses and achieve expected benefits from acquisitions, divestitures or expansions, (13) the Company's ability to generate sufficient future cash flows to ensure the Company's goodwill is not impaired, (14) any increases in the underfunded status of the Company's pension plans, (15) any failure or disruption of the Company's information technology, or those of third parties on which the Company relies, or any cybersecurity or data privacy incidents affecting the Company or its third-party service providers, (16) risks related to the Company's indebtedness or changes in capital availability or cost, including interest rate fluctuations and the ability of the Company to generate cash to service indebtedness and refinance debt on favorable terms, (17) risks associated with operating in foreign countries, (18) foreign currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, (19) changes in tax laws or U.S. trade policies, (20) the Company's ability to comply with various environmental legal requirements, (21) risks related to recycling and recycled content laws and regulations, (22) risks related to climate-change and air emissions, including related laws or regulations and increased ESG scrutiny and changing expectations from stakeholders, and the other risk factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.