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Update on regulatory approvals

In August 2009, Amcor announced that it had made a binding offer to acquire certain parts of the operations of Alcan packaging.

The businesses to be acquired had sales of US$4,082 million in CY2008. The combined Amcor and Alcan Packaging sales are approximately US$13 billion.

The acquisition is conditional on clearance by antitrust and competition authorities in the United States and the European Union, as well as various otherregulatory approvals in other jurisdictions.

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