6-K - AMBP - Equibles

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of April, 2023

Commission File Number: 001-40709

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

(Name of Registrant)

56, rue Charles Martel

L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

+352 26 25 85 55

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _____

EXHIBIT INDEX

This report on Form 6-K comprises of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.’s (the “Company”) proxy materials for its 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders, audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, and audited annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3, respectively.

Incorporation by Reference

The information set forth in Exhibit 99.1 of this report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement filed on Form F-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-258749) by the Company (including any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement), and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.


Exhibit<br><br>Number		Description
99.1		Proxy Materials for the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
99.2		Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. – Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022
99.3		Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. – Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 11, 2023

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
By:	/s/ Oliver Graham
Name:	Oliver Graham
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

56, rue Charles Martel

L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

T: +352 26 25 85 - 55

F: +352 26 38 94 - 44

E: enquiries@ardaghgroup.com

April 11, 2023

Dear Shareholder,

You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual General Meeting”) of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company”) to be held on May 16, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time at 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Information concerning the matters to be considered and voted upon at the Annual General Meeting is set out in the attached Convening Notice and Proxy Statement.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed March 24, 2023 (10:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 4:00 p.m. EDT) as the record date for the Annual General Meeting (the “Record Date”), and only holders of record of the ordinary shares at such time will be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

If you are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting or you wish to be represented, please authorize a proxy to vote your ordinary shares in accordance with the instructions you have received. This will not prevent you from voting your ordinary shares in person if you subsequently choose to attend our Annual General Meeting.

Please note that powers of attorney or proxy cards must be received by the tabulation agent (Computershare), no later than 6:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 12:00 p.m. EDT, on May 14, 2023, in order for such votes to be taken into account.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company, we thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Paul Coulson Chairman

Convening Notice to

the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

to be held on May 16, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time

at 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

April 11, 2023

Dear Shareholder,

The Board of Directors of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company”) is pleased to invite you to attend the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual General Meeting”), to be held on May 16, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, at 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg with the following agenda:

Agenda of the Annual General Meeting

1.	Consider the reports of the Board of Directors of the Company and the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
2.	Consider the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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3.	Confirm the distribution of interim dividends approved by the Board of Directors of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve carrying forward the results for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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4.	Grant discharge (quitus) to all members of the Board of Directors of the Company who were in office during the year ended December 31, 2022, for the proper performance of their duties.
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5.	Re-elect the Class II Directors of the Company :
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●	Oliver Graham, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders;
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●	Elizabeth Marcellino, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders; and
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●	John Sheehan, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders.
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6.	Approve the aggregate amount of the directors’ remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2023.
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7.	Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Société coopérative as statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) of the Company for the period ending at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Pursuant to articles 21 and 22 of the articles of association of the Company and article 430-10 of the Luxembourg Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (as amended), the Annual General Meeting will validly deliberate on its agenda with the quorum requirement of at least one-third (1/3) of the issued share capital corresponding to the issued ordinary shares of the Company, and the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting will be adopted by a simple majority of the votes validly cast.

Any shareholder who holds one or more ordinary share(s) on March 24, 2023, at 10:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 4:00 p.m. EDT (the “Record Date”) will be admitted to the Annual General Meeting, and may attend the Annual General Meeting and vote, as applicable, in person or by proxy. Any shareholder who holds one or more preferred share(s) on the Record Date may attend the Annual General Meeting in person or be represented by proxy, but cannot vote.

Please consult the Proxy Statement enclosed herewith, and also available on the Company’s website, as to the procedures for attending the Annual General Meeting or to be represented by proxy. Copies of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and its annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022, together with the reports of the Board of Directors and the statutory auditor are available at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm.

Sincerely,

Paul Coulson

Chairman

on behalf of the Board of Directors

ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

PROXY STATEMENT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 16, 2023

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Proxy Statement is being provided to solicit proxies on behalf of the board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) of Ardagh Metal Packaging **** S.A. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) for use at the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual General Meeting”) to be held on May 16, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time at the Company’s registered office, 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This Proxy Statement is available on our website at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm, together with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and its annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 and our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Annual Report on Form 20-F”). The Proxy Statement also will be made available to our “street name” holders (meaning beneficial owners with their ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) held through a bank, brokerage firm or other record owner) and registered shareholders (which includes the beneficial owners of the preferred shares of the Company (the “Preferred Shares,” and together with the Ordinary Shares, the “Shares”)) as at the Record Date (as defined below) through the delivery methods described below.

This Proxy Statement, together with the Convening Notice containing the agenda and the proxy card with reply envelope, are hereinafter referred to as the “Proxy Materials.”

Foreign Private Issuer

We are a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 3b-4 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and as a result, we are not required to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements.

How May the Annual General Meeting Materials Be Accessed?

(a)	Street name holders

We have elected to provide access to our Proxy Materials over the internet. Accordingly, we are sending a notice (the “Information Notice”) on April 11, 2023, regarding the internet availability of Proxy Materials to our street name holders of record as of 10:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 4:00 p.m. EDT, on March 24, 2023 (the “Record Date”). You will have the ability to access the Proxy Materials, the Company’s consolidated financial statements and its annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022, and our Annual Report on Form 20-F on the website referred to in the Information Notice (www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm). Street name holders may also request to receive a printed set of the Proxy Materials. Instructions on how to access the Proxy Materials either by viewing them online or by requesting a copy may be found in the Information Notice. You will not receive a printed copy of the Proxy Materials unless you have requested one when setting up your brokerage account or request one in the manner set forth in the Information Notice. This permits us to conserve natural resources and reduces our printing costs, while giving shareholders a convenient and efficient way to access our Proxy Materials and to exercise the voting rights attendant to their Ordinary Shares at the Annual General Meeting.^^

(b)	Registered shareholders

We are mailing the Proxy Materials on April 11, 2023 to all registered shareholders of our Shares as at the Record Date.

Who May Vote at the Annual General Meeting?

Only registered shareholders or street name holders of our Shares as at the Record Date will be entitled to notice of the Annual General Meeting and only registered shareholders or street name holders of our Ordinary Shares will be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. On the Record Date, 597,588,908 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding and 56,306,306 Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding. Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote at the Annual General Meeting. The Preferred Shares have no voting rights on the items submitted to the Annual General Meeting.

What Constitutes a Quorum?

At any ordinary general meeting (including the Annual General Meeting), the holders of in excess of one-third (1/3) of the share capital corresponding to the issued Ordinary Shares, who are present in person or represented by proxy will form a quorum for the transaction of business. As the Preferred Shares of the Company do not have any voting rights on the items submitted to the Annual General Meeting, the Preferred Shares will not be taken into account for determining the quorum Abstentions, as described below, are counted as Ordinary Shares present for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists.

What Are Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions?

Broker non-votes occur when brokers holding Ordinary Shares in street name for beneficial owners do not receive instructions from the beneficial owners about how to vote their Ordinary Shares and the broker is unable to vote the Ordinary Shares in its discretion in the absence of an instruction. An abstention occurs when a shareholder withholds such shareholder’s vote on a particular matter by checking the “ABSTAIN” box on the proxy card.

Your broker will NOT be able to vote your Ordinary Shares with respect to any of the proposals or other matters considered at the Annual General Meeting, unless you have provided instructions to your broker. We strongly encourage you to provide instructions to your broker to vote your Ordinary Shares and exercise your right as a shareholder. A vote will not be cast in cases where a broker has not received an instruction from the beneficial owner.

With respect to all of the proposals or other matters considered at the Annual General Meeting, only those votes cast “FOR” or “AGAINST” are counted for the purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to each such proposal.

Broker non-votes and abstentions are not considered votes cast and have no effect on the outcome of any of the proposals.

What Is the Process for Voting and Revocation of Proxies?

If you are a registered shareholder holding Ordinary Shares, you can vote by mail by marking, dating, signing and returning the proxy card in the postage-paid envelope. Submitting your proxy by mail will not affect your ability to attend the Annual General Meeting in person and to vote at the Annual General Meeting.

If your Ordinary Shares are held in “street name”, you will receive instructions from your bank, brokerage firm or other record owner. You must follow the instructions of the bank, brokerage firm or other record owner in order for your Ordinary Shares to be voted on your behalf.

The Company will retain an independent tabulator to receive and tabulate the proxies.

If you submit a proxy and direct how your Ordinary Shares will be voted, the individuals named as proxies will vote your Ordinary Shares in the manner you indicate. If you submit a proxy but do not direct how your Ordinary Shares will be voted, the individuals named as proxies will vote your Ordinary Shares “FOR” the re-election of each of the nominees for director and “FOR” each of the other proposals identified herein.

It is not expected that any other matters will be brought before the Annual General Meeting. If, however, other matters are properly presented, the individuals named as proxies will vote in accordance with their discretion with respect to such matters.

A registered shareholder holding Ordinary Shares who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised at the Annual General Meeting by:

●	attending the Annual General Meeting and voting in person;
●	delivering a written notice on or before May 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 12:00 p.m. EDT at the address given below, stating that the previously delivered proxy is revoked; or
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●	signing and delivering on or before May 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 12:00 p.m. EDT to the address given below a subsequently dated proxy card dated prior to the vote at the Annual General Meeting.
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If you are a registered shareholder holding Ordinary Shares, you may request a new proxy card by calling the Company at its registered office in Luxembourg at +352 26 25 85 55.

Registered shareholders holding Ordinary Shares should send any written notice or proxy card by (i) regular mail to Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., c/o Computershare, PO Box 43101, Providence, RI 02940-5067, or (ii) by courier or U.S. overnight mail to Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., c/o Computershare, 150 Royall Street, Suite 101, Canton, MA 02021 (Telephone: 1800-736-3001 and from outside the US +1 781 575 3100).

Any street name holder of Ordinary Shares may change or revoke previously given voting instructions by contacting the bank or brokerage firm holding the Ordinary Shares or by obtaining a legal proxy from such bank or brokerage firm and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting. Your last voting instructions, prior to or at the Annual General Meeting, are the voting instructions that will be taken into account.

Who May Attend the Annual General Meeting?

Only holders of our shares as at the Record Date or their legal proxy holders may attend the Annual General Meeting. All holders of our shares planning to attend the Annual General Meeting in person must contact our Assistant Company Secretary, Cindy Cooper, at +352 26 25 85 55 or cindy.cooper@ardaghgroup.com by May 14, 2023 to reserve a seat. For admission, shareholders should

arrive at the Annual General Meeting check-in area no less than 15 minutes before the Annual General Meeting is scheduled to begin.

●	Registered shareholders

To be admitted to the Annual General Meeting, you will need a form of photo identification. You will be admitted to the Annual General Meeting only if we are able to verify your shareholder status by checking your name against the list of registered shareholders on the Record Date.

●	Street name holders

To be admitted to the Annual General Meeting, you will need a form of photo identification and you must also bring valid proof of ownership of your Ordinary Shares on the Record Date; in order to vote at the Annual General Meeting, you must bring a valid legal proxy from the holder of record.

If you hold your Ordinary Shares in street name through a bank or brokerage firm, a brokerage statement reflecting your ownership as at the Record Date or a letter from a bank or broker confirming your ownership as at the Record Date is sufficient proof of ownership to be admitted to the Annual General Meeting.

Registration will begin on May 16, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. Luxembourg time and the Annual General Meeting will begin on May 16, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time.

No cameras, recording equipment, electronic devices (including cell phones) or large bags, briefcases or packages will be permitted at the Annual General Meeting.

Certain members of the Board of Directors will attend the Annual General Meeting.

What Is the Process for the Solicitation of Proxies?

We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the Annual General Meeting. We may solicit by mail, telephone, personal contact and electronic means and arrangements are made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send the Information Notice, and if requested, Proxy Materials, to beneficial owners. Upon request, we will reimburse them for their reasonable expenses. In addition, our directors, officers and employees may solicit proxies, either in person or by telephone, facsimile or written or electronic mail (without additional compensation). Shareholders are encouraged to return their proxies promptly.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEMS NO. 1 AND 2:

APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

At the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors will present the report on conflicts of interest, the management report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as well as the reports of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the consolidated financial statements and the annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022. The management report and the statutory auditor’s reports are available on our website at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm. After such presentation, the following resolutions will be put before the Annual General Meeting for approval:

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting, after having reviewed the report of the Board of Directors and the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, hereby approves the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022 in their entirety.

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting, after having reviewed the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022, hereby approves the annual accounts of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022 in their entirety.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

Approval of these proposals requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of votes validly cast on such resolution by shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. In the case of an equality of votes the resolutions will fail.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and its annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM NO. 3:

APPROVAL OF ALLOCATION OF ANNUAL RESULTS

The Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting (1) to confirm the distribution of interim dividends which have been made in respect of the year ended December 31, 2022, being:

(i)	the amount of $60,330,806 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) on June 28, 2022 (as the 2022 first quarter dividend);
(ii)	the amount of $60,330,806 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) on June 28, 2022 (as the 2022 second quarter dividend);
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(iii)	the amount of $59,756,285 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) and of €5,624,999.97 which was distributed as interim dividend (€0.0999 per preferred share) on October 27, 2022 (as the 2022 third quarter dividend); and
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(iv)	the amount of $59,756,285 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) and of €5,624,999.97 which was distributed as interim dividend (€0.0999 per preferred share) on November 28, 2022 (as the 2022 fourth quarter dividend); and
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(2) to approve carrying forward the results for the year ended December 31, 2022.

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting hereby (1) confirms the distribution of interim dividends which have been made in respect of the year ended December 31, 2022, being (i) the amount of $60,330,806 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) on June 28, 2022 (as a 2022 first quarter dividend), (ii) the amount of $60,330,806 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) on June 28, 2022 (as a 2022 second quarter dividend), (iii) the amount of $59,756,285 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) and the amount of €5,624,999.97 which was distributed as an interim dividend (€0.0999 per preferred share) on October 27, 2022 (as a 2022 third quarter dividend), and (iv) the amount of $59,756,285 which was distributed as an interim dividend ($0.10 per ordinary share) and the amount of €5,624,999.97 which was distributed as an interim dividend (€0.0999 per preferred share) on November 28, 2022 (as a 2022 fourth quarter dividend), all such distributions being made out of the available reserves of the Company, and (2) approves carrying forward the results for the year ended December 31, 2022 as recommended by the Board of Directors.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of votes validly cast on such resolution by the shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. In the case of an equality of votes the resolution will fail.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the allocation of our annual results.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM NO. 4:

APPROVAL OF DISCHARGE TO DIRECTORS FOR PERFORMANCE

Under Luxembourg law, the shareholders are asked to vote on the discharge (quitus) of the directors with respect to the performance of their duties during the year ended December 31, 2022. At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders will be asked to approve the following resolution with respect to the discharge of our directors who served during the year ended December 31, 2022:

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting hereby grants discharge (quitus) to the members of the Board of Directors who were in office during the year ended December 31, 2022 for the proper performance of their duties.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of discharge to the members of the Board of Directors.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM NO. 5:

RE-ELECTION OF CLASS II DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY

Our Board of Directors consists of ten (10) directors. The articles of association of the Company (the “Articles of Association”) provide that our Board of Directors will consist of no fewer than three (3) directors and no more than fifteen (15) directors, with the number of directors within that range being determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. Pursuant to our Articles of Association, our directors are appointed by the annual general meeting of shareholders for a period of one to three years.

The Board of Directors has nominated Oliver Graham, Elizabeth Marcellino and John Sheehan for re-election as directors of the Company as Class II Directors, with each of their terms of office expiring at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2026. All nominees are presently members of the Board of Directors.

As provided in the Articles of Association, except in the case of a vacancy in the office of director filled by the Board of Directors as described therein, the Company may elect directors by resolution adopted at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders (including an annual general meeting of shareholders).

Nominees for Re-election to the Board of Directors

Information concerning the nominees for re-election to the Board of Directors is set forth below:

Name	Age	Position	Independent
Oliver Graham	55	Chief Executive Officer and Director
Elizabeth Marcellino	65	Director	⌧
John Sheehan	57	Director

Oliver Graham is CEO of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., a position he has held since 2020. Before taking up this role, Mr. Graham was CEO of Metal Packaging Europe with responsibility for Metal Packaging Brazil, as well as being Ardagh Group S.A. Commercial Director. He joined Ardagh in 2016 following the acquisition of the metal beverage packaging business, prior to which he was Group Commercial Director at Rexam PLC. Mr. Graham joined Rexam PLC in 2013 from The Boston Consulting Group, where he was a partner. He is a British citizen.

Elizabeth Marcellino is a writer and communications consultant who worked for more than a decade as a journalist reporting on a wide range of policy issues for Los Angeles-based City News Service. She was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where she worked from 1991 to 2004 in investment banking, portfolio management, and private equity, with a focus on the real estate industry. Ms. Marcellino serves as a member of the board of directors of Gores Holdings IX and sits on the national board of Jumpstart for Young Children, a nonprofit organization. She earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. in Finance and Real Estate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Marcellino is an independent director and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Sustainability Committee. She is a citizen of the United States of America.

John Sheehan was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Director of Ardagh Group in 2021, having previously been Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Ardagh in 2012, Mr. Sheehan spent twelve years in the equity capital markets with Investec, RBS and

NCB, covering a range of industry sectors, including packaging. Mr. Sheehan qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders will be asked to approve the following resolution:

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting hereby approves the re-election of Oliver Graham, Elizabeth Marcellino and John Sheehan, each as a Class II Director of the Company for a term ending at the Company’s 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

The re-election of each nominee for director requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of votes validly cast on such matter by the shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. In the case of an equality of votes the resolution will fail.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the re-election of the three directors named above to terms of office expiring at the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM NO. 6:

APPROVAL OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION

We have established a compensation program for our directors that are not employed by the Company or any of its affiliates (our “non-employee directors”) for their service on the Board of Directors and any of its committees. The aggregate amount of our non-employee directors’ compensation as proposed by the Board of Directors for the year ending December 31, 2023 is approximately $1,605,000.

The non-employee directors’ compensation program will allow each non-employee director the opportunity to elect to receive Ordinary Shares in lieu of a portion of the annual cash retainer payable to the non-employee director under the program. We also reimburse our non-employee directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as directors, including, without limitation, travel expenses in connection with their attendance in person at Board of Directors and committee meetings. Directors who are employees do not receive any compensation for their services as directors.

We refer to the arrangements described above as the “Remuneration Arrangements.”

At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders will be asked to approve the following resolution:

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting hereby approves the Remuneration Arrangements with respect to the non-employee directors of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2023.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the non-employee directors’ remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2023.

PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM NO. 7:

APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AUDITOR

At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders will be asked to approve the following resolution:

RESOLVED: The Annual General Meeting hereby approves the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Société coopérative as approved statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) of the Company for the period ending at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Société coopérative as approved statutory auditor (réviseurs d’entreprises agréé) for the period ending at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Directors

Composition of Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors currently consists of ten (10) members divided into three classes, of which seven (7) directors have been deemed by it to be “independent” as set forth under the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE Standards”). Our Board of Directors consists of such number of directors as the general meeting of shareholders may from time to time determine, provided that the Board of Directors is composed at all times of no fewer than three (3) directors and no more than fifteen (15) directors. For further information concerning our officers, directors and senior management, please see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—A. Directors and Officers” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Election of Directors

The holders of our Ordinary Shares have the right to elect the Board of Directors at a general meeting of shareholders by a simple majority of the votes validly cast. The existing directors have the right to appoint persons to fill vacancies, which persons may hold office until the next following annual general meeting of shareholders.

Our Board of Directors is classified into three classes of directors. Our current Class I Directors are Yves Elsen, Damien O’Brien, and Hermanus Troskie, with each of their terms of office expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual general meeting of shareholders. Our current Class II Directors are Oliver Graham, Elizabeth Marcellino and John Sheehan, with each of their terms of office expiring on the date of this Annual General Meeting. Each of the Class II Directors has been nominated for re-election at the Annual General Meeting, each for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders. Our current Class III Directors are Paul Coulson, Abigail Blunt, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Edward White, with each of their terms of office expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Experience of Directors

We believe that the composition of the Board of Directors, which includes a broad spread of nationalities, backgrounds and expertise, provides the breadth and depth of skills, knowledge and experience that are required to effectively lead an internationally diverse business with interests spanning three continents and nine countries.

We believe that our non-employee directors have broad-based international business expertise and have gained significant and relevant industry specific expertise over a number of years. The composition of the Board of Directors reflects the need to maintain a balance of skills, knowledge and experience, including in areas such as sustainability and information technology.

The non-employee directors use their broad-based skills, diverse range of business and financial experiences and international backgrounds in reviewing and assessing any opportunities or challenges facing the Company and play an important role in developing the Company’s strategy and scrutinizing the performance of management in meeting the Company’s goals and objectives.

We expect our Board members collectively to have the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to effectively oversee the management of the Company, including a high degree of personal and

professional integrity, an ability to exercise sound business judgment on a broad range of issues, sufficient experience and background to have an appreciation of the issues facing the Company, a willingness to devote the necessary time to fulfil their duties to the Board of Directors, a commitment to representing the best interests of the Company and a dedication to enhancing shareholder value.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors has six standing committees: an executive committee, an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), a compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”), a nominating and governance committee (the “Nominating and Governance Committee”), a finance committee and a sustainability committee. The members of each committee are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve until their successors are elected, unless they are earlier removed or they resign. Each of the committees reports to the Board of Directors at least on a quarterly basis, or as frequently as it deems appropriate and as the Board of Directors may request. For further information concerning the composition, duties and responsibilities of each of the committees, please see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—C. Board Practices” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.^^ In the future, our Board of Directors may establish other committees, as it deems appropriate, to assist it with its responsibilities. The charter for each committee is publicly available on our website at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this document.

Foreign Private Issuer and Controlled Company Status

We are a société anonyme incorporated in Luxembourg and our Ordinary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). We are therefore required to comply with certain U.S. securities laws and regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the NYSE Standards applicable to listed companies. As a “foreign private issuer” as defined under applicable U.S. securities laws, under the NYSE Standards, we are permitted to follow the corporate governance practices of our home country in lieu of certain provisions of the NYSE Standards. Our intention is to voluntarily comply with these requirements, and as a result, there are currently no significant differences under the NYSE Standards between our corporate governance practices and those of U.S. domestic issuers listed on the NYSE. However, we avail ourselves of certain exemptions afforded to foreign private issuers under the Exchange Act that regulate certain disclosure obligations and procedural requirements, such as the proxy rule exemptions.

We also qualify for and avail ourselves of certain of the controlled company exemptions under the NYSE Standards applicable to listed companies (both foreign private issuers and U.S. domestic issuers) as described in the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

As a controlled company, we are not required to comply with the following requirements:

●	a majority of the Board of Directors consist of independent directors;
●	the nominating and governance committee be composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities;
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●	the compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and
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●	there be an annual performance evaluation of the nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees.
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Our intention is to voluntarily comply with certain of these requirements, and as a result, the majority of our Board of Directors consists of independent directors, and we have written charters for and conduct annual performance evaluations of our Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee. However, we currently avail ourselves of the exemption that allows our Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee not to be composed entirely of independent directors, and there can be no assurance that we will not avail ourselves of other controlled company exemptions in the future.

Due to our status as a foreign private issuer and a controlled company, we may cease voluntary compliance with the requirements that we are exempt from at any time, and you may not have the same protections afford to shareholders of U.S. domestic issuers listed on the NYSE.

The controlled company exemptions do not modify the independence requirements for the Audit Committee, which requires it to be composed of at least three members, each of whom is “independent,” as set forth under the NYSE Standards and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules governing audit committee member independence. All of the members of our Audit Committee are considered independent directors, in accordance with the NYSE Standards and the SEC rules.

For a list of our major shareholders and information relating to their ownership of our Ordinary Shares, please see “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—A. Major shareholders” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Code of Conduct

Our Board of Directors has adopted a code of conduct (the “Code”) that establishes the standards of ethical conduct applicable to all of our directors, officers, employees, and third parties working on our behalf. The Code addresses, among other things, competition and fair dealing, conflicts of interest, financial matters and external reporting, compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations, company funds and assets, and confidentiality requirements and the process for reporting violations of the Code, employee misconduct, conflicts of interest or other violations. Any waiver of the Code with respect to any director or executive officer will be promptly disclosed and posted on our website. Amendments to the Code will be promptly disclosed and posted on our website. The Code is publicly available on our website at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance and in print to any shareholder who requests a copy. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this document.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Our Board of Directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines that serve as a framework within which our Board of Directors and its committees operate. These guidelines cover a number of areas, including the composition of the Board of Directors, membership criteria and director qualifications, director responsibilities, board agenda, roles of the chairman of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer, meetings of independent directors, access of the Board of Directors to management and independent advisors, director communications with third parties, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, evaluation of senior management and management succession planning. Our Nominating and Governance Committee reviews our corporate governance guidelines periodically and, if necessary, recommends changes to our Board of Directors. Additionally, our Board of Directors has adopted independence standards as part of our corporate governance guidelines. A copy of our corporate governance guidelines is posted on our website at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this document.

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

Shareholders and interested parties may contact any of the Company’s directors, including the Chairman, the non-employee directors as a group, the chair of any committee of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board by writing to them as follows:

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. 56, rue Charles Martel L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Attn: Company Secretary

Concerns relating to accounting, internal controls or auditing matters should be communicated to the Company through the Company Secretary and will be handled in accordance with the procedures established by the Audit Committee with respect to such matters.

PROPOSALS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Shareholders who together hold at least ten percent (10%) of the share capital and intend to have an item added to the agenda of the Annual General Meeting must comply with the requirements contained in article 19.2 of our Articles of Association. We reserve the right (subject to Luxembourg law) to reject, rule out of order or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal or nomination that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

The Company files annual and special reports and other information with the SEC. The Company’s SEC filings are available to the public on the SEC’s internet website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Company’s SEC filings are also available to the public on the Company’s website, www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com. Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this document, and you should not consider information contained on that website as part of this document.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 16, 2023

Information is now available regarding the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual General Meeting”) at www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS URGES YOU TO VOTE BY MARKING, DATING, SIGNING AND RETURNING A PROXY CARD.

With respect to all of the proposals and matters considered at the Annual General Meeting, Ordinary Shares held through a broker or other intermediary will not be voted unless the beneficial owner notifies the broker or other intermediary through which the Ordinary Shares are held with instructions regarding how to vote. We strongly encourage you to provide instructions to your broker or other intermediary to vote your Ordinary Shares and exercise your right as a shareholder.

If you wish to attend the Annual General Meeting in person, you must reserve your seat by May 14, 2023 by contacting our Assistant Company Secretary, Cindy Cooper, at +352 26 25 85 55 or cindy.cooper@ardaghgroup.com. Additional details regarding requirements for admission to the Annual General Meeting are described in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Who May Attend the Annual General Meeting?”

If you are a holder of record of our shares as at the Record Date, you will be admitted to the meeting upon presenting a form of photo identification. If you own Ordinary Shares beneficially through a bank, broker or otherwise, you will be admitted to the Annual General Meeting upon presenting a form of photo identification and proof of share ownership as at the Record Date; in order to vote at the Annual General Meeting you must bring a valid legal proxy signed by the record holder. A recent brokerage statement reflecting your ownership as at March 24, 2023 at 10:00 p.m. Luxembourg time, 4:00 p.m. EDT (the “Record Date”) or a letter from a bank or broker confirming your ownership as at the Record Date are examples of proof of share ownership for purposes of admission to the Annual General Meeting. If you are a holder of Ordinary Shares as at the Record Date, you will be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.^^

Regardless of whether or not you plan to attend the Annual General Meeting, please follow the instructions you received to authorize a proxy to vote your Ordinary Shares as soon as possible to ensure that your Ordinary Shares are represented at the Annual General Meeting. Any shareholder that decides to attend the Annual General Meeting in person may, if so desired, revoke the prior proxy by voting such person’s Ordinary Shares at the Annual General Meeting as further described in the Proxy Statement under the heading “What Is the Process for Voting and Revocation of Proxies?”

Luxembourg April 11, 2023

1UPX a) Oliver Graham, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders; b) Elizabeth Marcellino, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders; and c) John Sheehan, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders. For Against Abstain Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. 03RLVG + + q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q 2023 Annual General Meeting Proxy Card Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give full title. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to count. Please date and sign below. 1. Consider the reports of the Board of Directors of the Company and the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. 6. Approve the aggregate amount of the directors’ remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain 5. Re-elect the Class II Directors of the Company: 2. Consider the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022. 7. Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Société coopérative as statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) of the Company for the period ending at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders. 3. Confirm the distribution of interim dividends approved by the Board of Directors of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve carrying forward the results for the year ended December 31, 2022. For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 4. Grant discharge (quitus) to all members of the Board of Directors of the Company who were in office during the year ended December 31, 2022, for the proper performance of their duties. For Against Abstain A Proposals — The Board of Directors of the Company recommends a vote FOR Proposals 1-7, including FOR all the nominees listed MMMMMMMMM 572792 MMMMMMMMMMMM

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company for use at Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 16, 2023 or any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof. The undersigned, having read the Convening Notice and Proxy Statement, dated April 11, 2023, receipt of which is acknowledged hereby, does hereby appoint Paul Coulson, Oliver Graham, John Sheehan and Hermanus Troskie, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for and in the name of the undersigned, to vote and act at the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders (the "Annual General Meeting") of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the "Company") to be held at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time on May 16, 2023 at the Company's registered office, 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and at any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof, with respect to all of the ordinary shares of the undersigned, standing in the name of the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned is entitled to vote or act at the Annual General Meeting, with all of the powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present and acting as set forth on the reverse side hereof. This proxy, when properly executed and returned in a timely manner, will be voted in the manner directed on the reverse side hereof. If you submit a proxy but do not direct how your shares will be voted, the individuals named as proxies will vote your shares "FOR" the election of each of the nominees for director and "FOR" each of the other proposals identified herein. It is not expected that any other matters will be brought before the Annual General Meeting. If, however, other matters are properly presented, the individuals named as proxies will note in accordance with their discretion with respect to such matters. (Items to be voted appear on reverse side.) Proxy - Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 16, 2023: Information is now available regarding the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm.

1UPX a) Oliver Graham, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders; b) Elizabeth Marcellino, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders; and c) John Sheehan, as a Class II Director until the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders. For Against Abstain Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. 03RLUG + + q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q 2023 Annual General Meeting Proxy Card 1. Consider the reports of the Board of Directors of the Company and the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. 6. Approve the aggregate amount of the directors’ remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain 5. Re-elect the Class II Directors of the Company: 2. Consider the report of the statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) on the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve the Company’s annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2022. 7. Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Société coopérative as statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) of the Company for the period ending at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders. 3. Confirm the distribution of interim dividends approved by the Board of Directors of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2022 and approve carrying forward the results for the year ended December 31, 2022. For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 4. Grant discharge (quitus) to all members of the Board of Directors of the Company who were in office during the year ended December 31, 2022, for the proper performance of their duties. For Against Abstain Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give full title. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to count. Please date and sign below. A Proposals — The Board of Directors of the Company recommends a vote FOR Proposals 1-7, including FOR all the nominees listed 000004 MR A SAMPLE DESIGNATION (IF ANY) ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4 ADD 5 ADD 6 ENDORSEMENT_LINE______________ SACKPACK_____________ 1234 5678 9012 345 MMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 572792 MR A SAMPLE (THIS AREA IS SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE 140 CHARACTERS) MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND MR A SAMPLE AND C 1234567890 J N T C123456789 MMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMM 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext 000000000.000000 ext If no electronic voting, delete QR code and control # Δ ≈ You may vote online instead of mailing this card. Online Go to www.investorvote.com/AMBP or scan the QR code — login details are located in the shaded bar below. Save paper, time and money! Sign up for electronic delivery at www.investorvote.com/AMBP Votes submitted electronically must be received by 12:00 P.M. EDT on May 14, 2023 Your vote matters – here’s how to vote!

Small steps make an impact. Help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery, sign up at www.investorvote.com/AMBP This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company for use at Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 16, 2023 or any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof. The undersigned, having read the Convening Notice and Proxy Statement, dated April 11, 2023, receipt of which is acknowledged hereby, does hereby appoint Paul Coulson, Oliver Graham, John Sheehan and Hermanus Troskie, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for and in the name of the undersigned, to vote and act at the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders (the "Annual General Meeting") of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the "Company") to be held at 12:00 p.m. Luxembourg time on May 16, 2023 at the Company's registered office, 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and at any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof, with respect to all of the ordinary shares of the undersigned, standing in the name of the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned is entitled to vote or act at the Annual General Meeting, with all of the powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present and acting as set forth on the reverse side hereof. This proxy, when properly executed and returned in a timely manner, will be voted in the manner directed on the reverse side hereof. If you submit a proxy but do not direct how your shares will be voted, the individuals named as proxies will vote your shares "FOR" the election of each of the nominees for director and "FOR" each of the other proposals identified herein. It is not expected that any other matters will be brought before the Annual General Meeting. If, however, other matters are properly presented, the individuals named as proxies will note in accordance with their discretion with respect to such matters. (Items to be voted appear on reverse side.) Proxy - Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q Change of Address — Please print new address below. Comments — Please print your comments below. C Non-Voting Items + + Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 16, 2023: Information is now available regarding the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/agm.

Exhibit 99.2

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

Audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

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Consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022


Management Report	2

Consolidated Financial Statements

- Audit Report to the Shareholders of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.	17

- Consolidated Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2022	22

- Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 December 2022	23

- Consolidated Statement of Financial Position at 31 December 2022	24

- Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 December 2022	25

- Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2022	26

- Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements	27

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PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company” or “AMPSA”) was incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on 20 January 2021, in order to effect a reorganisation and acquire the Metal Packaging operations (together the “AMP Business”) of Ardagh Group S.A. (“AGSA”). The Company’s registered office is 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Prior to the reorganisation the AMP Business was owned by AGSA and its subsidiaries (“Ardagh” or the “Ardagh Group”). Prior to the reorganisation, the Company had no assets or liabilities, other than those associated with its formation, and did not conduct any operations until the completion of the reorganisation.

On 22 February 2021, the Company announced its entry into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among others, the Company, AGSA, Ardagh MP MergeCo Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“MergeCo”) and Gores Holdings V Inc. (“Gores Holdings V”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to effect the merger of MergeCo with and into Gores Holdings V, with Gores Holdings V being the surviving corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMPSA (the “Merger”, and, together with the other transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”) to create the Company, an independent, pure-play beverage can company, whose ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “AMBP.”

The Company and its subsidiaries (together, the “Group”) are a leading supplier of metal beverage cans globally, with a particular focus on the Americas and Europe. The Group supplies sustainable and infinitely recyclable metal packaging to a diversified customer base of leading global, regional and national beverage producers. AMPSA operates 24 production facilities in Europe and the Americas, currently employs approximately 6,300 people and recorded revenues of $4.7 billion in 2022.

The Group does not have any operations within Russia or Ukraine and continues to monitor and comply with the various sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United Nations Security Committee that have been imposed on the Russian government and certain Russian entities and individuals.

The Group has assessed the impact of the current macroeconomic environment in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

The consolidated financial statements reflect the consolidation of the legal entities forming the Group for the periods presented. The principal operating legal entities forming the Group are listed in note 26.

These financial statements have also been prepared for the purposes of satisfying the filing requirements for the individual financial statements of the Irish subsidiaries, the German subsidiaries and a number of the Dutch subsidiaries of the Group. Refer to note 29 for further details.

As used herein, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the audited consolidated financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) of this company, Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A..

The following table sets forth summary consolidated financial information for the Group.


		Year ended 31 December
Income Statement Data		2022	2021
		(in millions except margins and ratios)
Revenue		4,689	4,055

Adjusted EBITDA ^(1)^	****	625	662
Depreciation and amortisation		(359)	(343)
Exceptional items ^(2)^		(90)	(272)
Net finance income/(expense) ^(3)^		80	(235)
Profit/(loss) before tax		256	(188)
Income tax charge		(19)	(22)
Profit/(loss) for the year		237	(210)

Other data
Adjusted EBITDA margin ^(1)^		13.3%	16.3%
Interest expense ^(4)^		(113)	(115)
Maintenance capital expenditure ^(5)^		(109)	(88)
Growth investment capital expenditure ^(5)^		(486)	(598)

Balance Sheet Data (at year end)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ^(6)^		555	463
Working capital ^(7)^		7	(179)
Total assets		5,865	5,325
Total equity		455	286
Net borrowings ^(8)^		3,592	2,887
Net debt ^(9)^		3,037	2,424
Ratio of net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ^(1) (9) (10)^		4.9x	3.7x

All values are in US Dollars.

All footnotes are on page 7 of this document.

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OPERATING AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Operating Results

Business Drivers

The main factors affecting our results of operations for the Group are: (i) global economic trends, end-consumer demand for our products and production capacity of our manufacturing facilities; (ii) prices of energy and raw materials used in our business, primarily aluminium, steel and coatings, and our ability to pass through these and other cost increases to our customers, through contractual pass through mechanisms under multi-year contracts, or through renegotiation in the case of short-term contracts; (iii) investment in capacity expansion and operating cost reductions; (iv) acquisitions; and (v) foreign exchange rate fluctuations and currency translation risks arising from various currency exposures, primarily with respect to the euro, U.S. dollar, British pound, Polish zloty and Brazilian real.


		Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
		(in millions, except percentages)
Revenue
Europe		1,963	1,838
Americas		2,726	2,217
Total Revenue	****	4,689	4,055

Adjusted EBITDA ^(1)^
Europe		200	281
Americas		425	381
Total Adjusted EBITDA		625	662

Adjusted EBITDA Margin ^(1)^
Europe		10.2%	15.3%
Americas		15.6%	17.2%
Total Adjusted EBITDA Margin		13.3%	16.3%

All values are in US Dollars.

Bridge of 2021 to 2022 Revenue



Revenue	Europe	Americas	Group
	$'m	$'m	$'m
Revenue 2021	1,838	2,217	4,055
Organic	335	509	844
FX translation	(210)	—	(210)
Revenue 2022	1,963	2,726	4,689

Bridge of 2021 to 2022 Adjusted EBITDA



Adjusted EBITDA	Europe	Americas	Group
	$'m	$'m	$'m
Adjusted EBITDA 2021	281	381	662
Organic	(49)	44	(5)
FX translation	(32)	—	(32)
Adjusted EBITDA 2022	200	425	625

2022 margin %	10.2%	15.6%	13.3%
2021 margin %	15.3%	17.2%	16.3%

All footnotes are on page 7 of this document.

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Review of the Year

Revenue

Revenue in the year ended 31 December 2022, increased by $634 million, or 16%, to $4,689 million, compared with $4,055 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. The increase in revenue is primarily driven by the pass through to customers of higher input costs and favourable volume/mix effects of 6%, which includes an impact of our growth investment program, partly offset by unfavourable foreign currency translation effects of $210 million.

Europe. Revenue increased by $125 million, or 7%, to $1,963 million for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared with $1,838 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. The increase in revenue principally reflects the pass through of higher input costs and favourable volume/mix effects of 6%, which includes an impact of our growth investment program, partly offset by unfavourable foreign currency translation effects of $210 million.

Americas. Revenue increased by $509 million, or 23%, to $2,726 million for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared with $2,217 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. Revenue growth reflected the pass through of higher input costs and favourable volume/mix effects of 7%.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $37 million, or 6%, to $625 million in the year ended 31 December 2022, compared with $662 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA is principally due to input cost headwinds and increased operating costs, partly offset by favourable volume/mix effects, which includes an impact of the Group’s growth investment program.

Europe. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $81 million, or 29%, to $200 million for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared with $281 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. Excluding unfavourable foreign currency translation effects of $32 million, the decrease in Adjusted EBITDA principally reflected input cost headwinds and increased operating costs, which were partly offset by favourable volume/mix effects, which includes an impact of the Group’s growth investment program.

Americas. Adjusted EBITDA increased by $44 million, or 12%, to $425 million for the year ended 31 December 2022, compared with $381 million in the year ended 31 December 2021. Adjusted EBITDA growth was mainly driven by favourable volume/mix effects, which includes an impact of our growth investment program, partly offset by increased operating costs.

Financing and Investment Activity

On 8 June 2022, the Group issued $600 million 6.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2027. Net proceeds from the issuance of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes.

Lease obligations at 31 December 2022 of $327 million, primarily reflects $204 million of new lease liabilities and foreign currency movements, partly offset by $59 million of principal repayments, for the year ended 31 December 2022. We expect that during 2023, our lease obligations will increase upon commencement of new leases.

At 31 December 2022, the Group had $415 million available under the Global Asset Based Loan Facility. The amount increased from $325 million on 27 September 2022.

Events subsequent to the reporting period

In February 2023, the Group completed the acquisition of a majority share in NOMOQ AG (“NOMOQ”), a start-up digital can printer based in Switzerland, for an initial consideration of €15 million, with a further €10 million payable in 2024, subject to NOMOQ achieving certain milestones.

On 21 February 2023, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend was paid on 28 March 2023 to shareholders of record on 14 March 2023.

On 21 February 2023, the Board approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend was paid on 28 March 2023.

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Footnotes to the Selected Financial Information

(1)	Adjusted EBITDA consists of profit/(loss) for the year before income tax charge/(credit), net finance expense, depreciation and amortisation and exceptional operating items. We use Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate and assess our segment performance. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because we believe that it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in evaluating companies in the packaging industry. However, other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA in a manner different from ours. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under IFRS and should not be considered an alternative to profit/(loss) as indicators of operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with IFRS.

(2)	Exceptional items are shown on a number of different lines in the Consolidated Income Statement, as referred to in note 5 – Exceptional items of the audited consolidated financial statements.

(3)	Includes exceptional finance income and expense.

(4)	Interest expense is the aggregate of interest on Senior Secured Green and Senior Green Notes and interest on related party borrowings for the years ended 31 December 2022 and 2021, respectively, included within other net finance expense as set out in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements.

(5)	Capital expenditure is the sum of purchase of property, plant and equipment and software and other intangibles, net of proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment, as per the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

(6)	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash include short term bank deposits and restricted cash as per the note disclosures to the consolidated financial statements included in this report.

(7)	Working capital is comprised of inventories, trade and other receivables, contract assets, trade and other payables and current provisions. Other companies may calculate working in a manner different to ours.

(8)	Net borrowings comprise non-current and current borrowings net of deferred debt issue costs.

(9)	Net debt is comprised of net borrowings, net of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.

(10)	Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 4.9x, is based on net debt at 31 December 2022 of $3,037 million and reported Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2022 of $625 million. Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio for the year ended 31 December 2021 of 3.7x, is based on net debt at 31 December 2021 of $2,424 million and reported Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2021 of $662 million.<br><br>

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DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

Board of Directors

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to members of the board of directors of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Board”) as of 11 April 2023, the approval date of these consolidated financial statements.


Name	****	Age	****	Position	****	Expiration of current directorship term	Independent
Paul Coulson		70		Chairman		2024
Oliver Graham		55		Chief Executive Officer and Director		2023
John Sheehan		57		Director		2023
Abigail Blunt		61		Non-Executive Director		2024	☒
Yves Elsen		65		Non-Executive Director		2025	☒
Elizabeth Marcellino		65		Non-Executive Director		2023	☒
Damien O’Brien		67		Non-Executive Director		2025	☒
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hammond of Runnymede		67		Non-Executive Director		2024	☒
Hermanus Troskie		52		Non-Executive Director		2025
Edward White		75		Non-Executive Director		2024	☒

Committees of the Board

Our Board has six standing committees: an audit committee (“Audit Committee”), a compensation committee (“Compensation Committee”), a nominating and governance committee (“Nominating and Governance Committee”), a sustainability committee (“Sustainability Committee”), a finance committee (“Finance Committee”) and an executive committee (“Executive Committee”). The members of each committee are appointed by the Board and serve until their successors are elected and qualified, unless they are earlier removed or they resign. Each of the committees report to the Board as it deems appropriate and as the Board may request. The composition, duties and responsibilities of the six standing committees are set forth below. In the future, our Board may establish other committees, as it deems appropriate, to assist it with its responsibilities.

Audit Committee

In 2022, five meetings of the Audit Committee were held, with an attendance rate of 100%. Our Audit Committee currently consists of Edward White, Abigail Blunt, Yves Elsen, Elizabeth Marcellino, Damien O’Brien and The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hammond of Runnymede, with Edward White serving as the chair of the Audit Committee. All of our Audit Committee members are independent directors, in accordance with the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE Standards”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements.

Our Audit Committee, among other matters, oversees (1) our financial reporting, auditing and internal control activities; (2) the integrity and audits of our financial statements; (3) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (4) the qualifications and independence of our independent auditors; (5) the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditors; and (6) our overall risk exposure and management. Duties of the audit committee include the following:

●	annually review and assess the adequacy of the audit committee charter and review the performance of the audit committee;
●	be responsible for recommending the appointment, retention and termination of our independent auditors and determine the compensation of our independent auditors;
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●	review the plans and results of the audit engagement with the independent auditors;
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●	evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of our independent auditors;
●	have authority to approve in advance all audit and non-audit services by our independent auditors, the scope and terms thereof and the fees therefor;
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●	review the adequacy of our internal accounting controls;
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●	ensure the Company maintains a robust risk management function, including in respect of IT and cyber security risk management; and
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●	meet at least quarterly with our executive officers, internal audit staff and our independent auditors in separate executive sessions.
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The Audit Committee has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties and to retain counsel for this purpose where appropriate. Each of the Audit Committee members meets the financial literacy requirements of the NYSE listing standards and the Board has determined that Edward White qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in the rules of the SEC. The designation does not impose on the Audit Committee Financial Expert any duties, obligations or liabilities that are greater than those generally imposed on members of our Audit Committee and our Board. Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Compensation Committee

In 2022, three meetings of the Compensation Committee were held, with an attendance rate of 100%. Our Compensation Committee currently consists of Paul Coulson, Damien O’Brien and Hermanus Troskie, with Paul Coulson serving as the chair of the Compensation Committee. As we are a controlled company as defined under NYSE Standards, our Compensation Committee is not required to be composed entirely of independent directors, although if such rules change in the future or we no longer meet the definition of a controlled company under the current rules, we will adjust the composition of the Compensation Committee accordingly in order to ensure compliance with such rules.

The Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain, and terminate, any compensation consultant to assist in the evaluation of employee compensation and to approve the consultant’s fees and the other terms and conditions of the consultant’s retention. The Compensation Committee, among other matters:

●	at the request of our Board, reviews and makes recommendations to our Board relating to management succession planning;
●	administers, reviews and makes recommendations to our Board regarding our compensation plans;
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●	reviews and approves our corporate goals and objectives with respect to compensation for executive officers and, evaluates each executive officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives to set his or her annual compensation, including salary, bonus and equity and non-equity incentive compensation, subject to approval by our Board; and
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●	provides oversight of management’s decisions regarding the performance, evaluation and compensation of other officers.
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Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Compensation Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Nominating and Governance Committee

In 2022, five meetings of the Nominating and Governance Committee were held, with an attendance rate of 100%. Our Nominating and Governance Committee currently consists of Paul Coulson, Yves Elsen, Damien O’Brien and Hermanus Troskie, with Paul Coulson serving as the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. As we are a controlled

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company as defined under NYSE Standards, our Nominating and Governance Committee is not required to be composed entirely of independent directors, although if such rules change in the future or we no longer meet the definition of a controlled company under the current rules, we will adjust the composition of our Nominating and Governance Committee accordingly in order to ensure compliance with such rules. The Nominating and Governance Committee, among other matters:

●	selects and recommends to the Board nominees for election by the shareholders or appointment by the board;
●	annually reviews with the Board the composition of the board with regards to characteristics such as independence, knowledge, skills, experience and diversity of the board members;
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●	makes recommendations on the frequency and structure of board meetings and monitor the functioning of the committees of the board;
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●	develops and recommends to our Board a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to us and periodically reviews such guidelines and recommends changes to our Board for approval as necessary; and
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●	oversees the annual self-evaluation of our Board.
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Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Nominating and Governance Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Sustainability Committee

In 2022, six meetings of the Sustainability Committee were held, with an attendance rate of 100%. The Sustainability Committee currently consists of Oliver Graham, Abigail Blunt, David Bourne, Jennifer Cumbee, Elizabeth Marcellino and John Sheehan, with Oliver Graham serving as the chair of the Sustainability Committee. The meetings of the Sustainability Committee are attended by the CEOs of Metal Packaging Europe and Metal Packaging Americas and by sustainability, human resources and procurement executives. The Sustainability Committee, among other matters:

●	assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility for the Company’s environmental and social sustainability objectives;
●	makes recommendations to the Board relating to environmental and social sustainability matters;
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●	develops and oversees the implementation of a sustainability strategy; and
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●	advises the Board periodically with regard to current and emerging environmental and social sustainability developments.
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Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Sustainability Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Finance Committee

Our Finance Committee currently consists of Paul Coulson, David Bourne, Cormac Maguire, John Sheehan and Hermanus Troskie, with Paul Coulson serving as the chair of the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee, among other matters,

●	reviews and monitors the capital structure, financial policies and treasury function of the Company and makes recommendations to the Board in relation thereto; and
●	reviews and recommends to the Board whether to approve financing agreements or arrangements, including plans to issue, incur, amend, repurchase, redeem or repay, as applicable, indebtedness.
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Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Finance Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Executive Committee

The Board has established an Executive Committee that oversees the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Paul Coulson, David Bourne, Michael Dick, Oliver Graham and John Sheehan currently serve on the Executive Committee, with Paul Coulson serving as the chair of the Executive Committee.

Our Board has adopted a written charter for the Executive Committee, which is available on our corporate website at https://www.ardaghmetalpackaging.com/corporate/investors/governance. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this Management Report.

Key Management Compensation

The aggregate amount of compensation our key management (including directors) received from the Group for service as key management for the year ended 31 December 2022 was $3 million. In addition, subsidiaries of Ardagh Group, which do not form part of the Group, incurred transaction-related and other compensation for key management during the year of $nil. An aggregate of approximately $0.3 million has been set aside or accrued for the year ended 31 December 2022 to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits to our key management (including directors). See “Note 26 – Related Party Information” to the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Luxembourg Trade Register Number (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés)

B 251465

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STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The directors are responsible for preparing the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The consolidated financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

●	select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
●	make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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●	state that the consolidated financial statements comply with IFRS as adopted by the EU; and
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●	prepare the consolidated financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business.
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The directors confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the consolidated financial statements.

The directors are responsible for keeping proper books of account that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and enable them to ensure that the consolidated financial statements comply with Luxembourg Law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES OF MARKET RISK

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: capital risk, interest rate, currency exchange risk, commodity price risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.

Capital structure and risk

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern and provide returns to its shareholders. The Group funds its operations primarily from the following sources of capital: borrowings, cash flow and shareholders’ capital. The Group aims to achieve a capital structure that results in an appropriate cost of capital to accommodate material investments or acquisitions, while providing flexibility in short and medium term funding. The Group also aims to maintain a strong balance sheet and to provide continuity of financing by having a range of maturities and borrowing from a variety of sources.

The Group’s overall treasury objectives are to ensure sufficient funds are available for the Group to carry out its strategy and to manage certain financial risks to which the Group is exposed, details of which are provided below. The Finance Committee reviews and monitors the capital structure, financial policies and treasury function of the Company in addition to advising the Board on whether to approve financing agreements or arrangements.

Financial risks are managed on the advice of Group Treasury and senior management in conjunction with the Finance Committee. The Group does not permit the use of treasury instruments for speculative purposes, under any circumstances. Group Treasury regularly reviews the level of cash and debt facilities required to fund the Group’s activities, plans for repayment and refinancing of debt, and identifies an appropriate amount of headroom to provide a reserve against unexpected funding requirements.

The Group’s long-term liquidity needs primarily relate to the Group’s growth investment program and the servicing of our debt obligations. We expect to satisfy our future long-term liquidity needs through a combination of cash flow generated from operations and, where appropriate, to raise additional financing and to refinance our debt obligations in advance of their respective maturity. The Group generates substantial cash flow from our operations on an annual basis. The Group had $555 million (2021: $463 million) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at 31 December 2022, as well as available but undrawn liquidity of $415 million (2021: $325 million) under its credit facilities.

Additionally, financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, are used to hedge exposure to interest rate, currency exchange risk and commodity price risk.

One of the Group’s key metrics is the ratio of consolidated external net debt as a multiple of Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is the profit or loss for the period before income tax charge or credit, net finance expense, depreciation and amortisation and exceptional operating items. As at 31 December 2022 the ratio was 4.86x (2021: 3.66x).

Interest rate risk

At 31 December 2022, the Group’s Senior Secured Green and Senior Green Notes were 100% (2021: 100%) fixed, with a weighted average interest rate of 3.8% (2021: 3.3%). As a result, interest rate movements would not have a material impact on either the profit or loss or shareholders equity.

Currency exchange risk

The Group presents its consolidated financial information in U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the Company is the euro.

The Group operates 24 production facilities in 9 countries, across three continents and its main currency exposure in the year to 31 December 2022, from the euro functional currency, was in relation to the U.S. dollar, British pound, and Brazilian real. Currency exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions and recognised assets and liabilities.

As a result of the consolidated financial statements being presented in U.S. dollar, the Group’s results are also impacted by fluctuations in the U.S. dollar exchange rate versus the euro.

The Group has a limited level of transactional currency exposure arising from sales or purchases by operating units in currencies other than their functional currencies.

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The Group has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to foreign currency translation risk. Currency exposure arising from the net assets of the Group’s foreign operations is managed primarily through borrowings and swaps denominated in the Group’s principal foreign currencies.

Fluctuations in the value of these currencies with respect to the euro functional currency may have a significant impact on the Group’s financial condition and results of operations. The Group believes that a strengthening of the euro exchange rate (the functional currency) by 1% against all other foreign currencies from the 31 December 2022 rate would decrease shareholders’ equity by approximately $5 million (2021: $3 million decrease).

Commodity price risk

The Group is exposed to changes in prices of its main raw materials, primarily energy and aluminium. Production costs are exposed to changes in prices of our main raw materials, primarily aluminium. Aluminium ingot is traded daily as a commodity on the London Metal Exchange, which has historically been subject to significant price volatility. Because aluminium is priced in U.S. dollar, fluctuations in the U.S. dollar/euro rate also affect the euro cost of aluminium ingot. The price and foreign currency risk on the aluminium purchases in Europe and in Americas are hedged by entering into swaps under which we pay fixed euro and U.S dollar prices, respectively. Furthermore, the relative price of oil and its by-products may impact our business, affecting our transport, lacquer and ink costs.

Where we do not have pass through sales contracts in relation to the underlying raw material cost, the Group uses derivative agreements to manage this risk. The Group depends on an active liquid market and available credit lines with counterparty banks to cover this risk. The use of derivative contracts to manage our risk is dependent on robust hedging procedures. Increasing raw material costs over time has the potential, if customers are unable to pass on price increases, to reduce sales volume and could therefore have a significant impact on our business. The Group is also exposed to possible interruptions of supply of aluminium and steel or other raw materials and any inability to purchase raw materials could negatively impact our operations.

As a result of the volatility of natural gas and electricity prices, the Group have either included energy pass through clauses in their sales contracts or developed an active hedging strategy to fix a significant proportion of its energy costs through contractual arrangements directly with our suppliers. The Group policy is to purchase natural gas and electricity by entering into forward fixed price arrangements with suppliers for the majority of our anticipated requirements for the year ahead. Such contracts are used exclusively to obtain delivery of our anticipated energy supplies. The Group does not net settle, nor do we sell within a short period of time after taking delivery. The Group avails of the own use exemption and, therefore, these contracts are treated as executory contracts. The Group typically builds up these contractual positions in tranches of approximately 10% of the anticipated volumes. Any natural gas and electricity which is not purchased under forward price-fixing arrangements is purchased under index tracking contracts or at spot prices. Where entering forward price-fixing arrangements with suppliers is not practical, the Group may use derivative agreements with counterparty banks to cover the risk.

Credit risk

Credit risk arises from derivative contracts, cash and investments held with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposures to the customers of the Group, including outstanding receivables. The policy of the Group is to invest excess liquidity, only with recognised and reputable financial institutions. For banks and financial institutions, only independently rated parties with a minimum rating of “BBB+” from at least two credit rating agencies are accepted, where possible. The credit ratings of banks and financial institutions are monitored to ensure compliance with Group policy. Risk of default is controlled within a policy framework of dealing with high quality institutions and by limiting the amount of credit exposure to any one bank or institution.

The Group’s policy is to extend credit to customers of good credit standing. Credit risk is managed on an on-going basis, by experienced people within the Group. The Group’s policy for the management of credit risk in relation to trade receivables involves periodically assessing the financial reliability of customers, taking into account their financial position, past experience and other factors. Provisions are made, where deemed necessary, and the utilisation of credit limits is regularly monitored. Management does not expect any significant counterparty to fail to meet its obligations. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of each asset. For the year ended 31 December 2022, the ten largest customers of the Group accounted for approximately 57% of total revenues (2021: 58%). There is no recent history of default with these customers.

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Surplus cash held by the operating entities over and above the balance required for working capital management is transferred to Group Treasury, where practically possible. Group Treasury invests surplus cash in interest-bearing current accounts and bank time deposits with appropriate maturities to provide sufficient headroom as determined by the below-mentioned forecasts.

Liquidity risk

The Group is exposed to liquidity risk which arises primarily from the maturing of short term and long term debt obligations and from the normal liquidity cycle of the business throughout the course of a year. The Group’s policy has been to ensure that sufficient resources are available either from cash balances, cash flows or undrawn committed bank facilities, to ensure all obligations can be met as they fall due.

To effectively manage liquidity risk, the Group:

●	has committed borrowing facilities that it can access to meet liquidity needs;
●	maintains cash balances and liquid investments with highly-rated counterparties;
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●	limits the maturity of cash balances;
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●	borrows the bulk of its debt needs under long term fixed rate debt securities; and
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●	has internal control processes to manage liquidity risk.
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Cash flow forecasting is performed in the operating entities of the Group and is aggregated by Group Treasury. Group Treasury monitors rolling forecasts of the Group’s liquidity requirements to ensure it has sufficient cash to meet operational needs while maintaining sufficient headroom on its undrawn committed borrowing facilities at all times so that the Group does not breach borrowing limits or covenants on any of its borrowing facilities. Such forecasting takes into consideration the Group’s debt financing plans.

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ENVIRONMENTAL, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Environmental, Health and Safety

Our operations and properties are regulated under a wide range of laws, ordinances and regulations and other legal requirements concerning the environment, health and safety and product safety in each jurisdiction in which we operate. We believe that our production facilities are compliant, in all material respects, with these laws and regulations.

The principal environmental issues we face include the environmental impact of the disposal of water used in our production processes, generation and disposal of waste, the receiving, use and storage of hazardous and non-hazardous materials, the potential contamination and subsequent remediation of land, surface water and groundwater arising from our operations and the impact on air quality through gas and particle emissions, including the emission of greenhouse gases.

Innovation, Research and Development

The majority of our innovation, development and engineering activities are primarily concentrated at our regional technical centre in Elk Grove, Illinois and at our research facility in Bonn, Germany. These centres focus on identifying and serving the existing and potential needs of customers, including the achievement of cost reductions, particularly metal content reduction, and meeting new and anticipated legislative requirements, as well as providing technology, engineering and support services to our product facilities and customers.

We currently hold and maintain a number of patent families, filed in several jurisdictions and covering a range of different products.

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Audit Report to the Shareholders of

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

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Audit report

To the Shareholders of

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

Report on the audit of the consolidated financial statements

Our opinion

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as at 31 December 2022, and of its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union.

What we have audited

The Group’s consolidated financial statements comprise:

●	the consolidated income statement for the year then ended;
●	the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year then ended;
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●	the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2022;
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●	the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year then ended;
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●	the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended; and
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●	the notes to the consolidated financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies.
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Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Law of 23 July 2016 on the audit profession (Law of 23 July 2016) and with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) as adopted for Luxembourg by the “Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier” (CSSF). Our responsibilities under the Law of 23 July 2016 and ISAs as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF are further described in the “Responsibilities of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” for the audit of the consolidated financial statements” section of our report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

We are independent of the Group in accordance with the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, including International Independence Standards, issued by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA Code) as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial statements. We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities under those ethical requirements.

Other information

The Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information stated in the management report but does not include the consolidated financial statements and our audit report thereon.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2 rue Gerhard Mercator, B.P. 1443, L-1014 Luxembourg T : +352 494848 1, F : +352 494848 2900, www.pwc.lu

Cabinet de révision agréé. Expert-comptable (autorisation gouvernementale n°10028256) R.C.S. Luxembourg B 65 477 - TVA LU25482518

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Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and those charged with governance for the consolidated financial statements

The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

Responsibilities of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” for the audit of the consolidated financial statements

The objectives of our audit are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an audit report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Law of 23 July 2016 and with ISAs as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the Law of 23 July 2016 and with ISAs as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control;

●	obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control;

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●	evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Board of Directors;

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conclude on the appropriateness of the Board of Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our audit report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our audit report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern;

●	evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation;

●	obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities and business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate to them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, actions taken to eliminate threats or safeguards applied.

Report on other legal and regulatory requirements

The management report is consistent with the consolidated financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative<br>Represented by	Laurence Demelenne

Luxembourg, 11 April 2023

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Consolidated Financial Statements

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT


				Year ended 31 December 2022			Year ended 31 December 2021
				Before			Before
				exceptional	Exceptional		exceptional	Exceptional
				items	items	Total	items	items	Total
		Note		’m	’m	’m	’m	’m	’m
					Note 5			Note 5
Revenue		4		4,689	—	4,689	4,055	—	4,055
Cost of sales				(4,096)	(67)	(4,163)	(3,409)	(30)	(3,439)
Gross profit	****		****	593	(67)	526	646	(30)	616
Sales, general and administration expenses				(189)	(23)	(212)	(176)	(242)	(418)
Intangible amortisation		10		(138)	—	(138)	(151)	—	(151)
Operating profit	****	****	****	266	(90)	176	319	(272)	47
Net finance income/(expense)		6		(138)	218	80	(178)	(57)	(235)
Profit/(loss) before tax	****	****	****	128	128	256	141	(329)	(188)
Income tax charge		7		(36)	17	(19)	(39)	17	(22)
Profit/(loss) for the year	****	****	****	92	145	237	102	(312)	(210)

Profit/(loss) attributable to:
Equity holders						237			(210)
Non-controlling interests						—			—
Profit/(loss) for the year						237			(210)

Earnings/(loss) per share
Basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to equity holders		8				0.38			(0.39)

All values are in US Dollars.

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME


				Year ended 31 December
				2022	2021
	****	Note	****	’m	’m
Profit/(loss) for the year	****	****	****	237	(210)
Other comprehensive income
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to income statement
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
– Arising in the year				10	4
			****	10	4
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges
– New fair value adjustments into reserve				31	159
– Movement out of reserve to income statement				(3)	—
– Movement in deferred tax				14	(11)
			****	42	148
Items that will not be reclassified to income statement
– Re-measurement of employee benefit obligations		20		35	33
– Deferred tax movement on employee benefit obligations				(10)	(6)
			****	25	27
Total other comprehensive income for the year	****	****	****	77	179

Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the year	****	****	****	314	(31)

Attributable to:
Equity holders				314	(31)
Non-controlling interests				—	—
Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the year				314	(31)

All values are in US Dollars.

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION


				At 31 December
				2022	2021
		Note		’m	’m
Non-current assets
Intangible assets		10		1,473	1,662
Property, plant and equipment		11		2,390	1,842
Derivative financial instruments		19		9	7
Deferred tax assets		12		54	71
Employee benefit assets		20		27	78
Other non-current assets				4	4
			****	3,957	3,664
Current assets
Inventories		13		567	407
Trade and other receivables		14		509	512
Contract assets		15		239	182
Derivative financial instruments		19		38	97
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		16		555	463
			****	1,908	1,661
TOTAL ASSETS	****	****	****	5,865	5,325

Equity attributable to owners of the parent
Equity share capital		17		267	7
Share premium		17		5,989	5,992
Other reserves		24		(5,657)	(5,593)
Retained earnings				(144)	(120)
				455	286
Non-controlling interests				—	—
TOTAL EQUITY	****	****	****	455	286

Non-current liabilities
Borrowings		19		3,524	2,831
Employee benefit obligations		20		149	256
Derivative financial instruments		19		17	2
Deferred tax liabilities		12		158	207
Other liabilities and provisions		21		98	343
			****	3,946	3,639
Current liabilities
Borrowings		19		68	56
Interest payable				13	12
Derivative financial instruments		19		40	10
Trade and other payables		22		1,298	1,270
Income tax payable				35	40
Provisions		21		10	10
Deferred income				—	2
			****	1,464	1,400
TOTAL LIABILITIES	****	****	****	5,410	5,039
TOTAL EQUITY and LIABILITIES	****	****	****	5,865	5,325

All values are in US Dollars.

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY



	Attributable to the owner of the parent
								Non-
	Invested	Share	Share	Treasury	Other	Retained		controlling	Total
	capital	capital	premium	shares	reserves	earnings	Total	interests	equity
	’m	’m	’m	$'m	$’m	$’m	$’m	$’m	$’m
		Note 17	Note 17	Note 17	Note 24
1 January 2021	63	—	—	—	(15)	—	48	—	48
Loss for the period pre AMP Transfer *	(74)	—	—	—	—	—	(74)	—	(74)
Total other comprehensive income for the period pre AMP Transfer *	11	—	—	—	55	—	66	—	66
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory pre AMP Transfer	—	—	—	—	(6)	—	(6)	—	(6)
Loss for the period post AMP Transfer *	—	—	—	—	—	(136)	(136)	—	(136)
Total other comprehensive income for the period post AMP Transfer *	—	—	—	—	97	16	113	—	113
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory post AMP Transfer	—	—	—	—	(77)	—	(77)	—	(77)
Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners
Capital contribution	—	—	—	—	113	—	113	—	113
Increase in invested capital	176	—	—	—	—	—	176	—	176
AMP Transfer	(176)	6	4,982	—	(5,924)	—	(1,112)	—	(1,112)
Business combination	—	1	1,010	—	164	—	1,175	—	1,175
31 December 2021	—	7	5,992	—	(5,593)	(120)	286	—	286

1 January 2022	—	7	5,992	—	(5,593)	(120)	286	—	286
Profit for the year	—	—	—	—	—	237	237	—	237
Total other comprehensive income for the year	—	—	—	—	52	25	77	—	77
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory	—	—	—	—	(116)	—	(116)	—	(116)
Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners
Shares acquired by AMPSA (Treasury shares)	—	—	—	(35)	—	—	(35)	—	(35)
Cancellation of Treasury shares	—	—	—	35	—	(35)	—	—	—
Preferred shares issued (Note 17)	—	260	(3)	—	—	—	257	—	257
Dividends (Note 25)	—	—	—	—	—	(251)	(251)	—	(251)
31 December 2022	—	267	5,989	—	(5,657)	(144)	455	—	455

All values are in US Dollars.

*For the twelve months ended 31 December 2021, the Group reported a loss of $210 million and total other comprehensive income of $179 million, respectively.

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS


				Year ended 31 December
				2022		2021
		Note		$’m		$’m
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations		23		322		611
Net interest paid*				(123)		(113)
Settlement of foreign currency derivative financial instruments*				41		8
Income tax paid				(35)		(48)
Net cash from operating activities				205		458

Cash flows used in investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment				(585)		(679)
Purchase of intangible assets				(11)		(8)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment				1		1
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired				—		(5)
Net cash used in investing activities				(595)		(691)

Cash flows from/(used in) financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings		19		709		2,773
Repayment of borrowings		19		(110)		(5)
Proceeds from ordinary share issuance, net of costs				(1)		925
Deferred debt issue costs paid				(11)		(35)
Lease payments				(59)		(48)
Proceeds from preferred share issuance, net of costs				257		—
Dividends paid		25		(251)		—
Treasury shares purchased				(35)		—
Repayment of related party borrowings to Ardagh				—		(2,738)
Payment as part of capital reorganisation				—		(574)
Proceeds from related party borrowings from Ardagh				—		2
Cash received from Ardagh		26		—		206
Redemption premium and issuance costs paid				—		(52)
Cash remitted to Ardagh		26		—		—
Net cash inflow from financing activities				499		454

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	****	****	****	109	****	221	****

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the year		16		463		257
Exchange loss on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash				(17)		(15)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year		16	****	555	****	463	****

*Prior year amounts which had been included in Interest paid previously have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to the Consolidated

Financial Statements

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ARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S.A.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General information

The Group has assessed the impact of the current macroeconomic environment in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

These financial statements have also been prepared for the purposes of satisfying the filing requirements for the Irish subsidiaries, the German subsidiaries and a number of the Dutch subsidiaries for the Group. Refer to note 29 for further details.

The principal accounting policies that have been applied to the consolidated financial statements are described in note 3.

2. Statement of directors’ approval

The audited consolidated financial statements were approved for issue by Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. on 11 April 2023.

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3. Summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with, and are in compliance with, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and related interpretations as adopted by the EU. IFRS as adopted by the EU is comprised of standards and interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and IFRS and interpretations approved by the predecessor International Accounting Standards Committee that have been subsequently approved by the IASB and remain in effect. References to IFRS hereafter should be construed as references to IFRS as adopted by the EU.

The consolidated financial statements, are presented in U.S. dollar, rounded to the nearest million, and have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for the following:

●	Private and Public Warrants (as defined below) and the Earnout Shares (as defined below) (see note 21) are stated at fair value; and
●	derivative financial instruments are stated at fair value; and
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●	employee benefit obligations are measured at the present value of the future estimated cash flows related to benefits earned and pension assets valued at fair value.
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The preparation of consolidated financial information in conformity with IFRS requires the use of critical accounting estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and income and expenses. It also requires management to exercise judgment in the process of applying Group accounting policies. These estimates, assumptions and judgments are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances and are subject to continual re-evaluation. However, actual outcomes may differ from these estimates. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements are discussed in the critical accounting estimates, assumptions and judgments.

Basis of preparation prior to the AMP Transfer

For the periods prior to effecting the series of transactions that resulted in, among other things, the Company owning the AMP Business (the “AMP Transfer”), which was completed on 1 April 2021, consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a carve-out basis from the consolidated financial statements of AGSA, to represent the financial position and performance of the AMP Business as if the AMP Business had existed on a stand-alone basis for the year ended 31 December 2020, and for the three months from 1 January 2021 to 1 April 2021, the date that the AMP Transfer occurred, for the audited consolidated income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement of cash flows and as at 31 December 2020 for the audited consolidated statement of financial position. However, those consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred if the AMP Business had been a stand-alone entity during the period presented.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by aggregating the financial information from the entities as described in note 26, together with assets, liabilities, income and expenses that management has determined are specifically attributable to the AMP Business including related party borrowings, and direct and indirect costs and expenses related to the operations of the Business. The following summarises the principles applied in preparing the consolidated financial statements:

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Controlled companies that are part of the AMP Business have been included in the consolidated financial statements. Goodwill, customer relationship intangible assets and fair value adjustments directly attributable to the acquisition of the controlled companies that are part of the AMP Business by Ardagh, have been included in the consolidated financial statements. No companies were acquired or disposed of during the financial periods prior to the AMP Transfer;

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●	The AMP Business did not in the past form a separate legal group and therefore it is not possible to show issued share capital or a full analysis of reserves. The net assets of the AMP Business are represented by the cumulative investment of Ardagh in the AMP Business, shown as invested capital;
●	All intercompany balances, investments in subsidiaries and share capital within the AMP Business have been eliminated upon combination in the consolidated financial statements;
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●	All employee benefit obligations are directly attributable to the AMP Business and are obligations of the entities described in note 20;
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●	Cumulative translation differences directly attributable to the controlled companies that are part of the AMP Business, have been allocated at the amounts included in the Ardagh Group’s consolidated financial statements;
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●	Corporate center costs allocated by Ardagh, prior to the AMP Transfer, have been included in selling, general and administration (“SG&A”) expenses ($27 million for the year ended 31 December 2020, and $9 million for the three months ended 31 March 2021). The Ardagh support provided to the AMP Business included stewardship by Ardagh senior management personnel and functional support in terms of typical corporate areas such as Group finance, legal and risk, in addition to, discrete support which was provided from centralised management activities such as human resources (“HR”), sustainability and information technology (“IT”) in order to complement and support the activities in these areas which existed within the AMP Business. The Ardagh corporate head office costs were allocated principally based on Adjusted EBITDA, with settlement of these costs recorded within invested capital. The allocations to the AMP Business reflected all the costs of doing business and Management believes that the allocations were reasonable and materially reflected what the expenses would have been on a stand-alone basis. These costs reflected the arrangements that existed in Ardagh and are not necessarily representative of costs that may arise in the future.
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●	Tax charges and credits and balances in the consolidated financial statements have been calculated as if the AMP Business was a separate taxable entity using the separate return method. The tax charges and credits recorded in the consolidated income statement and tax balances recorded in the consolidated statement of financial position have been affected by the taxation arrangements within Ardagh and are not necessarily representative of the positions that may arise in the future. Differences between the tax charges and credits and balances in the consolidated financial statements, and the tax charges and credits and balances in the historical records of the AMP Business are included in invested capital;
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●	The AMP Business has its own treasury functional team with certain treasury and risk management functions being performed by a central treasury function, which includes cash pooling and similar arrangement between Ardagh and the AMP Business. Interest on related party borrowings and allocated costs and expenses as described below have generally been deemed to have been paid by the AMP Business to Ardagh in the month in which the costs were incurred. In addition, all external debt used to fund Ardagh’s operations is managed and held centrally. Related party borrowings to Ardagh, representing back-to-back agreements related to those components of the Ardagh’s corporate debt used to fund the initial acquisition of the AMP Business by Ardagh, is included in the consolidated financial statements reflecting the debt obligation and related interest costs of the Business. Any cash balances reflected on the consolidated financial statements are legally owned by the AMP Business. Ardagh has entered into certain derivative instruments with external counterparties on behalf of the AMP Business and on the back of those related-party derivatives between Ardagh and the AMP Business have been executed, the impact of which have been included in the consolidated financial statements;
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●	Other intercompany balances between Ardagh and the AMP Business with the exception of the related party borrowings discussed above are deemed to be long term funding in nature and did not remain a liability upon separation from Ardagh and hence have been presented as part of invested capital in the consolidated financial statements.
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Basis of preparation after the AMP Transfer

For the periods after the AMP Transfer, from 1 April 2021 through 31 December 2021, and the year ended 31 December 2022, consolidated financial statements have been prepared for the Group as a stand-alone business. The accounting policies, presentation and methods of computation followed in the consolidated financial statements are consistent with those applied in the audited consolidated financial statements of the AMP Business for the year ended 31 December 2020,

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except for the new or amended accounting policies identified as applying after the AMP Transfer as indicated in the paragraphs below, in addition to the calculation of earnings per share as further detailed in note 8 and the recognition and measurement of the Earnout Shares and Public and Private Warrants as further detailed in note 21 and the recognition and measurement of the IFRS 2 charge in note 24.

Going concern ****

At the date that the audited consolidated financial statements were approved for issue by the Board, the Board has formed the judgment that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, these audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, the Board has taken into account all available information about a period, extending to at least, 31 December 2023. In arriving at its conclusion, the Board has taken account of the Group’s current and anticipated trading performance, together with current and anticipated levels of cash and net debt and the availability of committed borrowing facilities and, as a result, it is the Board’s judgment that it is appropriate to prepare the audited consolidated financial statements using the going concern basis**.**

Recently adopted accounting standards and changes in accounting policies

The impact of new standards, amendments to existing standards and interpretations issued and effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022 have been assessed by the Board as not having had a material impact on the Group.

Recent accounting pronouncements

The Board’s assessment of the impact of new standards, which are not yet effective and which have not been early adopted by the Group, on the consolidated financial statements and disclosures is on-going but is not expected to have a material impact for the Group.

Basis of combination (for the periods prior to the AMP Transfer)

(i)	Controlled companies

The companies included in these consolidated financial statements are all entities over which the AMP Business has control. The AMP Business controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the activities of the entity.

The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of controlled companies by the AMP Business. The cost of an acquisition is the consideration given in exchange for control of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquired legal entities. Directly attributable transaction costs are expensed and included as exceptional items within sales, general and administration expenses. The acquired net assets are initially measured at fair value. The excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is allocated to those groups of cash-generating units (“CGUs”) that are expected to benefit from the business combination in which the goodwill arose for the purpose of assessing impairment. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or whenever indicators suggest that impairment may have occurred. Any goodwill and fair value adjustments are recorded as assets and liabilities of the acquired legal entity in the currency of the primary economic environment in which the legal entity operates (the “functional currency”).

(ii) Transactions eliminated on consolidation

Transactions, balances and unrealised gains or losses on transactions between Group companies are eliminated. Subsidiaries’ accounting policies have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

(iii) Transactions with the rest of the Ardagh Group

Any unsettled intercompany balances between the Group and the rest of the Ardagh Group are presented as related party receivables or payables in the consolidated financial statement, within Trade and other receivables and Trade and other payables.

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Basis of consolidation (for the periods after the AMP Transfer)

(i) Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group and are de-consolidated from the date on which control ceases. Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured entities) over which the Group has control. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the activities of the entity.

The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries by the Group. The cost of an acquisition is the consideration given in exchange for control of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquired legal entities. Acquisition-related costs are expensed and included as exceptional items within sales, general and administration expenses. The acquired net assets are initially measured at fair value. The excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Any goodwill and fair value adjustments are recorded as assets and liabilities of the acquired legal entity in the functional currency of that legal entity. If the cost of acquisition is less than the fair value of the Group’s share of the net assets of the legal entity acquired, the difference is recognised directly in the consolidated income statement. The Group considers obligations of the acquiree in a business combination that arise as a result of the change in control, to be cash flows arising from obtaining control of the controlled entity, and classifies these obligations as investing activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Predecessor accounting is used to account for the transfer of a subsidiary in the form of a capital reorganisation. Under predecessor accounting, the Group carries forward the predecessor carrying values of the acquired net assets and the liabilities assumed as previously reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Ardagh Group. The difference between the consideration given and the aggregate carrying value of the assets and the liabilities of the acquired entity at the date of the transaction is included in equity in other reserves.

(ii)	Non-controlling interests

Non-controlling interests represent the portion of the equity of a subsidiary which is not attributable to the Group. Non-controlling interests are presented separately in the consolidated financial statements. Changes in ownership of a subsidiary which do not result in a change in control are treated as equity transactions.

(iii)	Transactions eliminated on consolidation

(iv) Transactions with the rest of the Ardagh Group

Any unsettled intercompany balances between the Group and the rest of the Ardagh Group are presented as related party receivables or payables in the consolidated financial statements, within Trade and other receivables and Trade and other payables.

Foreign currency

(i)	Functional and presentation currency

The functional currency of the Company is euro. The consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollar which is the Group’s presentation currency.

(ii)	Foreign currency transactions

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the functional currency of that entity.

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Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the reporting date are translated into the functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at that date. Foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in the consolidated income statement, except: (i) differences on foreign currency borrowings that provide an effective hedge against a net investment in a foreign entity (“net investment hedges”), which are taken to other comprehensive income until the disposal of the net investment, at which time they are recognised in the consolidated income statement; and (ii) differences on certain derivative financial instruments discussed under “Derivative financial instruments” below.

(iii)	Financial statements of foreign operations

The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into euro at foreign exchange rates ruling at the reporting date. The revenues and expenses of foreign operations are translated to euro at average exchange rates for the year. Foreign exchange differences arising on retranslation and settlement of such transactions are recognised in other comprehensive income. Gains or losses accumulated in other comprehensive income are recycled to the consolidated income statement when the foreign operation is disposed of.

Non-monetary items measured at fair value in foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates as at the date when the fair value is determined.

Business combination and goodwill

All business combinations are accounted for by applying the acquisition method of accounting. This involves measuring the cost of the business combination and allocating, at the acquisition date, the cost of the business combination to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date.

The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate of the consideration transferred, which is measured at acquisition date fair value, and the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree. For each business combination, the Group elects whether to measure the non-controlling interests in the acquiree at fair value or at the proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred and included in sales, general and administration expenses.

When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition date.

Any contingent consideration is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date.

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the net identifiable assets of the acquired subsidiary at the date of acquisition.

Goodwill is stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is allocated to those groups of cash-generating units (“CGUs”) that are expected to benefit from the business combination in which the goodwill arose for the purpose of assessing impairment. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or whenever indicators suggest that impairment may have occurred.

Where goodwill has been allocated to a CGU and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill associated with the disposed operation is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on disposal. Goodwill disposed in these circumstances is measured based on the relative values of the disposed operation and the portion of the cash-generating unit retained.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost.

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Intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination are capitalised separately from goodwill if the intangible asset is separable or arises from contractual or other legal rights. They are initially recognised at cost which, for intangible assets arising in a business combination, is their fair value at the date of acquisition.

Subsequent to initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. The carrying values of intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed for indicators of impairment at each reporting date and are subject to impairment testing when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable.

The amortisation of intangible assets is calculated to write off the book value of finite lived intangible assets over their useful lives on a straight-line basis, on the assumption of zero residual value. Management estimates the useful lives within the following ranges:


Computer software		2 – 7 years
Customer relationships		5 – 15 years
Technology		5 – 15 years

(i) Computer software

Computer software development costs are recognised as assets. Costs associated with maintaining computer software programs are recognised as an expense as incurred.

(ii) Customer relationships

Customer relationships acquired in a business combination are recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Customer relationships have a finite useful economic life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation.

(iii) Technology

Technology based intangibles acquired in a business combination are recognised at fair value at the acquisition date and reflect the Group’s ability to add value through accumulated technological expertise surrounding product and process development.

(iv) Research and development costs

Research costs are expensed as incurred. Development costs relating to new products are capitalised if the new product is technically and commercially feasible. All other development costs are expensed as incurred.

Property, plant and equipment

(i)	Owned assets

Items of property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, except for land which is shown at cost less impairment. Spare parts which form an integral part of plant and machinery and which have an estimated useful economic life greater than one year are capitalised. Spare parts which do not form an integral part of plant and machinery and which have an estimated useful economic life less than one year are included as consumables within inventory and expensed when utilised.

Where components of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items of property, plant and equipment.

(ii)	Leased assets

At the lease commencement date or the effective date of a lease modification, the Group recognises a lease liability as the present value of expected future lease payments, discounted at the Group’s incremental borrowing rate unless the rate implicit in the lease is readily determinable, excluding any amounts which are variable based on the usage of the underlying asset and a right-of-use asset generally at the same amount plus any directly attributable costs. The incremental borrowing

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rate is the discount rate the Group would have to pay to borrow, over a similar term and with a similar security, the funds necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar economic environment. The Group combines lease and non-lease components and accounts for them as a single lease component with the exception of the dunnage asset class. Extension options or periods after termination options are considered by management if it is reasonably certain that the lease will be extended or not terminated.

(iii)	Subsequent costs

The Group recognises in the carrying amount of an item of property, plant and equipment, the cost of replacing the component of such an item when that cost is incurred, if it is probable that the future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. When a component is replaced the old component is de-recognised in the period. All other costs are recognised in the consolidated income statement as an expense as incurred. When a major overhaul is performed, its cost is recognised in the carrying amount of the plant and equipment as a replacement if the recognition criteria above are met.

(iv)	Depreciation

Depreciation of owned assets is charged to the consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of property, plant and equipment. Land is not depreciated. The estimated useful lives are as follows:


Buildings		30 – 40 years
Plant and machinery		3 – 20 years
Dunnage and other		3 – 10 years

Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of its useful life and the lease term. Where the lease contains a transfer of ownership or a purchase option which is reasonably certain to be exercised, the right-of-use asset is depreciated over the useful life of the underlying asset.

Assets’ useful lives and residual values are adjusted, if appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

Joint operation

A joint operation is a type of joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights and obligations to the individual assets and liabilities relating to the arrangement. An investment in a joint operation is accounted for by each party recognising its agreed share of interest in any assets, liabilities and related expense or income.

Impairment of non-financial assets

Assets that have an indefinite useful economic life are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment or whenever indicators suggest that impairment may have occurred. Assets that are subject to amortisation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.

For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets excluding goodwill and long-lived intangible assets, are grouped at the lowest levels at which cash flows are separately identifiable. Goodwill and long-lived intangible assets are allocated to groups of CGUs. The groupings represent the lowest level at which the related assets are monitored for internal management purposes.

Non-financial assets other than goodwill that suffered impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.

The recoverable amount of other assets is the greater of their fair value less costs to dispose and value in use. In assessing fair value less costs to dispose, management uses a market approach, applying a multiple to Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2022. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash inflows, the recoverable amount is determined for the CGU to which the asset belongs.

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Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. The cost of inventories is based on the first-in, first-out basis and includes expenditure incurred in acquiring the inventories and bringing them to their current location and condition. In the case of finished goods and work-in-progress, cost includes direct materials, direct labor and attributable overheads based on normal operating capacity.

Net realisable value is the estimated proceeds of sale less all further costs to completion, and less all costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.

Spare parts which are deemed to be of a consumable nature, are included within inventories and expensed when utilised.

Equity transactions

(i)	Share repurchases

When shares are repurchased, the amount of consideration paid together with any directly related expense is presented as a deduction of equity within treasury shares until such shares are cancelled, at which time the amount is reclassified from treasury shares to share capital and retained earnings, respectively, with no gain or loss recognition either upon initial repurchase or subsequent cancellation.

(ii)	Preferred shares

Preferred shares are classified as equity, if there are no contractual obligations, to deliver any cash or another financial asset under the respective terms of the instrument. If there is a contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset, the instrument is either a financial liability in its entirety in case of non-discretionary payments for principal and dividends, or a compound interest with a liability and an equity component, if dividend payments are at the full discretion of the Group. See note 17 for further details.

Non-derivative financial instruments

Non-derivative financial instruments comprise trade and other receivables, cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, borrowings, trade and other payables and the Private and Public Warrants as well as the Earnout Shares (see note 21 for further details). Non-derivative financial instruments are recognised initially at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs, except as described below. Subsequent to initial recognition, non-derivative financial instruments are measured as described below.

(i)	Trade and other receivables

Trade and other receivables are recognised initially at the transaction price and are, thereafter measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method less any provision for impairment, in accordance with the Group’s held to collect business model. The Group uses estimates based on expected credit losses and current information in determining the level of debts for which a specific allowance for impairment is required. For all other trade receivables, the Group uses an allowance matrix to measure the expected credit loss, based on historical actual credit loss experiences, adjusted for forward-looking information.

(ii)	Securitised assets

The Group has entered into securitisation transactions involving certain of its trade receivables. The securitised assets are recognised on the consolidated statement of financial position, until all of the rights to the cash flows from those assets have expired or have been fully transferred outside the Group, or until substantially all of the related risks, rewards and control of the related assets have been transferred to a third party.

The Group has also entered into a Global Asset Based Loan Facility (“ABL”) involving certain of its trade receivables and inventory. The lenders under the ABL have security over those receivables, inventory and the bank accounts where the associated cash flows are received. The risks, rewards and control of these assets are still retained by the Group and are, therefore, recognised on the statement of financial position.

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(iii)	Contract assets

Contract assets represent revenue required to be accelerated or recognised over time, based on production completed in accordance with the Group’s revenue recognition policy (as set out below). A provision for impairment of a contract asset will be recognised using an allowance matrix to measure the expected credit loss, based on historical actual credit loss experiences, adjusted for forward-looking information.

(iv)	Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash include cash on hand and call deposits held with banks and restricted cash. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash are carried at amortised cost.

Short term bank deposits of greater than three months’ maturity which do not meet the definition of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash are classified as financial assets within current assets and stated at amortised cost.

Restricted cash comprises cash held by the Group but which is ring-fenced or used as security for specific financing arrangements, and to which the Group does not have unfettered access. Restricted cash is measured at amortised cost.

(v)	Borrowings (including related party borrowings during the periods prior to the AMP Transfer)

Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortised cost; any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognised in the Group’s consolidated income statement over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest rate method.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Group, has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

(vi)	Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value at each reporting date. The method of recognising the resulting gain or loss depends on whether the derivative is designated as a hedging instrument, and if so, the nature of the item being hedged.

The fair values of various derivative instruments used for hedging purposes are disclosed in note 19. The full fair value of a hedging derivative is classified as a non-current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is more than 12 months and as a current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is less than 12 months. Trading derivatives are classified as a current asset or liability.

(i)	Cash flow hedges

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges are recognised in other comprehensive income, allocated between cash flow hedge gains or losses and cost of hedging gains or losses. For cash flow hedges which subsequently result in the recognition of a non-financial asset, the amounts accumulated in the cash flow hedge reserve are reclassified to the asset in order to adjust its carrying value. Amounts accumulated in the cash flow hedge reserve and cost of hedging reserve, or as adjustments to carrying value of non-financial assets, are recycled to the consolidated income statement in the periods when the hedged item will affect profit or loss.

The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the consolidated income statement. When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, any cumulative gain or loss existing at that time remains in equity and is recognised in the consolidated income statement when the forecast

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cash flow arises. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in equity is immediately transferred to the consolidated income statement.

(ii)	Net investment hedges

Derivative financial instruments are classified as net investment hedges when they hedge changes in the Group’s net investments in its subsidiaries due to exposure to foreign currency. Net investment hedges are accounted for in a similar manner to cash flow hedges. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion of a net investment hedge is recognised immediately in the consolidated income statement within finance income or expense.

Fair value measurement

The Group measures derivative financial instruments and pension assets at fair value at each balance sheet date. Fair value related disclosures for financial instruments and pension assets that are measured at fair value or where fair values are disclosed, are summarised in the following notes:

●	Disclosures of valuation methods, significant estimates and assumptions (notes 19 and 20)
●	Quantitative disclosures of fair value measurement hierarchy (note 19)
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●	Financial instruments (including those carried at amortised cost) (note 19)
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●	Private and Public Warrants and Earnout Shares (note 21)
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Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:

●	in the principal market for the asset or liability; or
●	in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.
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The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Group.

The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.

A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.

The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs.

Employee benefits

(i)	Defined benefit pension plans

Typically, defined benefit plans define an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of service and compensation.

The liability recognised in the consolidated statement of financial position in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the reporting date less the fair value of plan assets. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of high quality

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corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension liability.

Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to equity in other comprehensive income in the period in which they arise. Past service costs and past service credits are recognised immediately in the consolidated income statement.

(ii)	Other long term employee benefits

The Group’s obligations in respect of other long term employee benefit plans represents the amount of future benefit that employees have earned in return for service in the current and prior periods for post-retirement medical schemes, partial retirement contracts and long service awards. These are included in the category of employee benefit obligations on the consolidated statement of financial position. The obligation is computed on the basis of the projected unit credit method and is discounted to present value using a discount rate equating to the market yield at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds of a currency and term consistent with the currency and estimated term of the obligations. Actuarial gains and losses are recognised in full in the Group’s consolidated statement of comprehensive income in the period in which they arise.

(iii)	Defined contribution plans

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. The contributions are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be reliably estimated.

Provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation using a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the obligation.

Revenue recognition

Our products include metal containers primarily for the beverage markets with consumer-driven demand. In addition to metal containers, the Group manufactures and supplies a wide range of can ends. Containers and ends are usually distinct items and can be sold separately from each other. A significant portion of our sales volumes are supplied under contracts which include input cost pass-through provisions.

The Group usually enters into framework agreements with its customers, which establish the terms under which individual orders to purchase goods or services may be placed. As the framework agreements do not identify each party’s rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred, they do not create enforceable rights and obligations on a stand-alone basis. Therefore, the Group has concluded that only individual purchase orders create enforceable rights and obligations and meet the definition of a contract. The individual purchase orders have, in general, a duration of one year or less and, as such, the Group does not disclose any information about remaining performance obligations under these contracts. The payment terms of the Group are in line with customary business practice, which can vary by customer and region. The Group has availed of the practical expedient from considering the existence of a significant financing component as, based on past experience, we expect that, at contract inception, the period between when a promised good is transferred to the customer and when the customer pays for that good will be one year or less.

Revenue is recognised when control of a good or service has transferred to the customer. For certain contracts, the Group manufactures products for customers that have no alternative use and for which the Group has an enforceable right to payment for production completed to date. The Group has concluded that it has such enforceable right to payment plus a reasonable margin once it receives an individual purchase order. Therefore, for such products that have no alternative use and where an enforceable right to payment exists, the Group will recognise revenue over time based on the units produced output method such that a portion of revenue, net of any related estimated rebates and cash discounts, excluding sales or value added tax, will be recognised prior to the dispatch of goods as the Group satisfies the contractual performance

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obligations for those contracts. For all other contracts, the Group will continue to recognise revenue primarily on dispatch of the goods, net of any related customer rebates and cash discounts, excluding sales and value added taxes.

The Group often sells products with rebates and cash discounts based on cumulative sales over a period. Such rebate and cash discount consideration is only recognised when it is highly probable that it will not be subsequently reversed and is recognised using the most likely amount depending on the individual contractual terms.

Exceptional items

The Group’s consolidated income statement, cash flow and segmental analysis separately identify results before specific items. Specific items are those that in management’s judgment need to be disclosed by virtue of their size, nature or incidence to provide additional information. Such items include, where significant, restructuring, redundancy and other costs relating to permanent capacity realignment or footprint reorganisation, directly attributable acquisition costs and acquisition integration costs, and other transaction-related costs, profit or loss on disposal or termination of operations, start-up costs incurred in relation to and associated with plant builds, significant new line investments, major litigation costs and settlements and impairments of non-current assets. In this regard the determination of “significant” as included in our definition uses qualitative and quantitative factors. Judgment is used by the Group in assessing the particular items, which by virtue of their scale and nature, are disclosed in the Group’s consolidated income statement, and related notes as exceptional items. Management considers columnar presentation to be appropriate in the consolidated income statement as it provides useful additional information and is consistent with the way that financial performance is measured by management and presented to the Board. Exceptional restructuring costs are classified as restructuring provisions and all other exceptional costs when outstanding at the balance sheet date are classified as exceptional items payable.

Net finance expense

Periods prior to the AMP Transfer

Net finance expense comprises interest expense on related party borrowings, interest costs on leases, net foreign currency translation gains or losses related to financing, net interest cost on net pension plan liabilities, ineffective portions of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments, losses on derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments and are recognised in profit or loss, and other finance expense.

The AMP Business capitalises borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of manufacturing plants that require a substantial period of time to build that would have been avoided if the expenditure on the qualifying asset had not been made.

Periods after the AMP Transfer

Finance income comprises interest income on funds invested, gains on disposal of financial assets, ineffective portions of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments and gains on derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments and are recognised in profit or loss.

Finance expense comprises interest expense on borrowings (including amortisation of deferred debt issuance costs), related party borrowings, interest cost on leases, certain net foreign currency translation related to financing, net interest cost on net pension plan liabilities, losses on extinguishment of borrowings, ineffective portions of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments, losses on derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments and are recognised in profit or loss, and other finance expense.

The Group capitalises borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of manufacturing plants that require a substantial period of time to build that would have been avoided if the expenditure on the qualifying asset had not been made.

Costs related to the issuance of new debt are deferred and amortised within finance expense over the expected terms of the related debt agreements by using the effective interest rate method.

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Income tax

Periods prior to the AMP Transfer

Income tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognised in the consolidated income statement except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income.

Current tax is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred income tax is recognised, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax liabilities are generally not recognised if they arise from the initial recognition of goodwill and deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax liability is settled.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised. Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, except for deferred income tax liabilities where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the AMP Business and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when the deferred income tax assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a net basis.

Differences between the tax charges and credits in the consolidated financial statements and the tax charges and credits in the historical records of the AMP Business are included as offset in invested capital.

Periods after the AMP Transfer

Deferred income tax is recognised, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax liabilities are generally not recognised if they arise from the initial recognition of goodwill; deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax liability is settled.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised. Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associates, except for deferred income tax liability where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

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Segment reporting

Periods prior to the AMP Transfer

As described in note 1, the AMP Business has not historically operated as a separate stand-alone group and has been managed centrally by Ardagh. For the purposes of these consolidated financial statements, the AMP Business has two operating and reporting segments: Europe and Americas, with internal reporting provided on this basis to the Executive Committee of Ardagh, being its Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”). The internal information supporting this segmental organisation is used by the CODM to allocate resources and assess segmental performance.

Periods after the AMP Transfer

The Board and Chief Financial Officer have been identified as the CODM for the Group.

Operating segments are identified on the basis of the internal reporting regularly provided to the Board in order to allocate resources to the segment and assess its performance.

Critical accounting estimates, assumptions and judgments

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below. Please refer to the basis of preparation for details of the critical accounting estimates, assumptions and judgments exercised in preparing the combined financial statements.

(i)	Income taxes

The Group is subject to income taxes in numerous jurisdictions and judgment is therefore required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes. There are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the ordinary course of business. Where uncertain tax treatments exist, the Group assesses whether it is probable that a tax authority will accept the uncertain tax treatment applied or proposed to be applied in its income tax filings. The Group assesses for each uncertain tax treatment whether it should be considered independently or whether some tax treatments should be considered together based on what the Group believes provides a better prediction of the resolution of the uncertainty. The Group considers whether it is probable that the relevant authority will accept each uncertain tax treatment, or group of uncertain tax treatments, assuming that the taxation authority with the right to examine any amounts reported to it will examine those amounts and will have full knowledge of all relevant information when doing so.

The Group measures tax uncertainties using its best estimate of likely outcomes. This estimate relies on estimates and assumptions and may involve judgments about future events.

Corporate activity including acquisitions, disposals and reorganisations often create tax uncertainties. The Group has determined, with the benefit of opinions from external tax advisors and legal counsel, where appropriate, that it has provided for all taxation liabilities that are probable to arise from such activities.

New information may become available that causes the Group to change its judgment regarding the adequacy of existing tax liabilities. Such changes could result in incremental tax liabilities which could have a material effect on cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.

Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were originally estimated such differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions in the period in which such determination is made.

(ii)	Measurement of employee benefit obligations

The Group follows guidance of IAS 19 (R) to determine the present value of its obligations to current and past employees in respect of defined benefit pension obligations, other long term employee benefits, and other end of service employee benefits which are subject to similar fluctuations in value in the long term. The Group values its liabilities, with the assistance

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of professional actuaries, to ensure consistency in the quality of the key assumptions underlying the valuations. The critical assumptions and estimates applied are discussed in detail in note 20.

(iii)	Exceptional items

The consolidated income statement and segment analysis separately identify results before exceptional items. Exceptional items are those that in our judgment need to be disclosed by virtue of their size, nature or incidence.

The Group believes that this presentation provides additional analysis as it highlights exceptional items. The determination of “significant” as included in our definition uses qualitative and quantitative factors which remain consistent from period to period. Management uses judgment in assessing the particular items, which by virtue of their scale and nature, are disclosed in the consolidated income statement and related notes as exceptional items. Management considers the consolidated income statement presentation of exceptional items to be appropriate as it provides useful additional information and is consistent with the way that financial information is measured by management and presented to the Board. In that regard, management believes it to be consistent with paragraph 85 of IAS 1 “Presentation of financial statements” (“IAS 1”), which permits the inclusion of line items and subtotals that improve the understanding of performance.

(iv) Business combinations, goodwill and similar transactions (for the periods after the AMP Transfer)

For each transaction the Group will assess the accounting acquirer and acquiree and whether those parties meet the definition of a business under IFRS 3, which could involve significant judgments depending on the structure of the transaction.

Goodwill only arises in business combinations, where both parties meet the definition of a business. The amount of goodwill initially recognised is dependent on the allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. The determination of the fair value of the assets and liabilities is based, to a considerable extent, on management’s judgment, with the assistance of third-party experts. Allocation of the purchase price affects the results of the Group as finite lived intangible assets are amortised, whereas indefinite lived intangible assets, including goodwill, are not amortised and could result in differing amortisation charges based on the allocation to indefinite lived and finite lived intangible assets.

A transaction, where the accounting acquiree does not meet the definition of a business, is not a business combination under IFRS 3, but could be an asset acquisition or a share-based payment transaction under IFRS 2. In the latter case, the difference in the fair value of consideration given by the acquirer over the fair value of identifiable net assets of the acquiree represents a service and is accounted for as a share-based payment expense. In order to estimate such fair values management might need to apply a significant amount of judgment in respect of key assumptions underlying such calculations, as outlined in more detail in note 21 for the Private Warrants.

(v) Valuation of Earnout Shares resulting from the AMP Transfer

The Group follows the guidance of IAS 32 (Financial Instruments Presentation) in accounting for the Earnout Shares. The Earnout Shares are recorded as a financial liability and measured at fair value. The key data inputs into the valuation are volatility, dividend yield, share price hurdles, share price, and risk-free rate. Volatility is the significant assumption in the valuation of the Earnout Shares as it is not directly market observable and there is estimation uncertainty involved in determining the assumed volatility. The critical assumptions and estimates applied are discussed in detail in note 21.

4. Segment analysis

The Group’s two operating and reportable segments, Europe and Americas, reflect the basis on which the Group’s performance is reviewed by Management and presented to the CODM.

Performance of the Group is assessed based on Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is the profit or loss for the period before income tax charge or credit, net finance expense, depreciation and amortisation and exceptional operating items. Other items are not allocated to segments, as these are reviewed by the CODM on a group-wide basis. Segmental revenues are derived from sales to external customers. Inter-segment revenue is not material.

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Reconciliation of profit/(loss) for the year to Adjusted EBITDA



		Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
		’m	’m
Profit/(loss) for the year		237	(210)
Income tax charge (note 7)		19	22
Net finance (income)/expense (note 6)		(80)	235
Depreciation and amortisation (notes 10, 11)		359	343
Exceptional operating items (note 5)		90	272
Adjusted EBITDA	****	625	662

All values are in US Dollars.

The segment results for the year ended 31 December 2022 are:


		Europe	Americas	Total
	****	’m	’m	$’m
Revenue		1,963	2,726	4,689
Adjusted EBITDA		200	425	625
Capital expenditure		213	382	595
Segment assets		2,754	3,111	5,865

All values are in US Dollars.

The segment results for the year ended 31 December 2021 are:


		Europe	Americas	Total
	****	’m	’m	$’m
Revenue		1,838	2,217	4,055
Adjusted EBITDA		281	381	662
Capital expenditure		190	496	686
Segment assets		2,785	2,540	5,325

All values are in US Dollars.

One customer accounted for greater than 10% of total revenue in 2022 (2021: one).

Capital expenditure is the sum of purchases of property, plant and equipment and software and other intangibles, net of proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment, as per the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Segment assets consist of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, derivative financial instrument assets, deferred tax assets, other non-current assets, employee benefit assets, inventories, contract assets, trade and other receivables and cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those in the consolidated financial statements of the Group as set out in note 3.

Total revenue from the Group in countries which account for more than 10% of total revenue, in the current or prior years presented, are as follows:


	****
		Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
Revenue	****	’m	’m
U.S.		2,181	1,727
U.K		385	396
Brazil		549	439

All values are in US Dollars.

The revenue above is attributed to countries on a destination basis.

Non-current assets, excluding derivative financial instruments, taxes, pensions and goodwill arising on acquisitions in countries which account for more than 10% of non-current assets are the U.S. 44% (2021: 39%), Germany 12% (2021: 13%) and Brazil 15% (2021: 13%).

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The Company is domiciled in Luxembourg. During the year the Group had revenues of $nil (2021: $nil) with customers in Luxembourg. Non-current assets located in Luxembourg were $nil (2021: $nil).

Within each reportable segment our respective packaging containers have similar production processes and classes of customers. Further, they have similar economic characteristics, as evidenced by similar profit margins, similar degrees of risk and similar opportunities for growth. Based on the foregoing, we do not consider that they constitute separate product lines and therefore additional disclosures relating to product lines is not necessary.

Disaggregation of revenue

The following illustrates the disaggregation of revenue by destination for the year ended 31 December 2022:


		North	Rest of the
	Europe	America	world	Total
	$'m	$'m	$'m	$'m
Europe	1,937	10	16	1,963
Americas	–	2,178	548	2,726
Group	1,937	2,188	564	4,689

The following illustrates the disaggregation of revenue by destination for the year ended 31 December 2021:


		North	Rest of the
	Europe	America	world	Total
	$'m	$'m	$'m	$'m
Europe	1,824	5	9	1,838
Americas	1	1,772	444	2,217
Group	1,825	1,777	453	4,055

The following illustrates the disaggregation of revenue based on the timing of transfer of goods and services:


	****	Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Over time		3,747	3,160
Point in time		942	895
Total	****	4,689	4,055

All values are in US Dollars.

5. Exceptional items


	****	Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Start-up related and other costs		67	30
Exceptional items – cost of sales		67	30
Transaction-related and other costs		23	242
Exceptional items – SG&A expenses		23	242
Exceptional finance (income)/expense		(218)	57
Exceptional items – finance (income)/expense		(218)	57
Exceptional income tax credit (note 7)		(17)	(17)
Total exceptional items, net of tax	****	(145)	312

All values are in US Dollars.

Exceptional items are those that in management’s judgment need to be disclosed by virtue of their size, nature or incidence.

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2022

Exceptional items of $145 million have been recognised for the year ended 31 December 2022, primarily comprising:

●	$67 million start-up related and other costs in the Americas ($40 million) and in Europe ($27 million), primarily relating to the Group’s investment programs.
●	$23 million transaction-related and other costs, primarily comprised of $14 million of professional advisory fees and other costs in relation to transformation initiatives, and $9 million of foreign currency translation losses relating to the exceptional cost of hedging activities in the Americas.
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●	$218 million net exceptional finance income primarily relates to a gain on movements in the fair market values of $242 million on the Earnout Shares, Public Warrants and Private Warrants, partly offset by a foreign currency loss of $22 million thereon.
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●	$17 million from tax credits relating to the above exceptional items.
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2021

Exceptional items of $312 million have been recognised for the year ended 31 December 2021, primarily comprising:

●	$30 million start-up related costs in the Americas ($21 million) and Europe ($9 million), relating to the Group’s investment programs.
●	$242 million transaction-related and other costs, primarily comprised of an expense of $205 million relating to the service for the listing of the Ordinary Shares upon the completion of the Business Combination on 4 August 2021 and $41 million of professional advisory fees in relation to the Business Combination and transactions and other costs related to transformation initiatives, partly offset by a $4 million credit related to a loan forgiven with respect to the U.S. pension plan.
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●	$57 million exceptional finance expense comprised of a charge of $52 million from AGSA for redemption premiums and issuance costs on related party borrowings in conjunction with the AMP Transfer, $5 million interest payable on the AMP Notes Issuance in March 2021 related to the period prior to completion of the AMP Transfer on 1 April 2021 and a net $13 million foreign currency loss on the Earnout Shares and Public and Private Warrants, partly offset by a foreign currency translation gain of $13 million on the Promissory Note issued by the Company to AGSA as part of the consideration in connection with the Business Combination.
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●	$17 million from tax credits relating to the above exceptional items.
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6. Net finance expense


	****	Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Senior Secured Green and Senior Green Notes		113	72
Interest on related party borrowings		—	43
Net pension interest cost (note 20)		3	3
Foreign currency translation losses		3	49
Other net finance expense		19	11
Net finance expense before exceptional items	****	138	178
Exceptional finance (income)/expense (note 5)		(218)	57
Net finance (income)/expense	****	(80)	235

All values are in US Dollars.

During the year ended 31 December 2022 the total amount of interest paid to related parties was $nil (2021: $43 million).

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Group recognised $12 million (2021: $8 million) related to lease liabilities within other finance expense and interest paid in cash used in operating activities.

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7. Income tax


	****	Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Current tax:
Current tax for the year		32	17
Adjustments in respect of prior years		2	(3)
Total current tax		34	14
Deferred tax:
Deferred tax for the year		(14)	4
Adjustments in respect of prior years		(1)	4
Total deferred tax		(15)	8
Income tax charge	****	19	22

All values are in US Dollars.

Reconciliation of income tax charge and the profit/(loss) before tax multiplied by the domestic tax rate of the Group for 2022 and 2021 is as follows:


	****	Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Profit/(loss) before tax		256	(188)
Profit/(loss) before tax multiplied by the standard rate of Luxembourg corporation tax: 24.94% (2021: 24.94%)		64	(47)
Tax losses for which no deferred income tax asset was recognised		14	3
Re-measurement of deferred taxes		—	9
Adjustment in respect of prior years		1	1
Income subject to state and other local income taxes		8	9
Income taxed at rates other than standard tax rates		(59)	11
Non-deductible items		3	39
Other		(12)	(3)
Income tax charge	****	19	22

All values are in US Dollars.

The total income tax charge outlined above for each year includes tax credits of $17 million in 2022 (2021: $17 million) in respect of exceptional items, being the tax effect of the items set out in note 5.

Tax losses for which no deferred income tax asset was recognised relates to net operating losses and the carry-forward of interest expense in certain jurisdictions for the year ended 31 December 2022. Re-measurement of deferred taxes for the year ended 31 December 2021 relates to the impact of the substantially enacted change in rate of corporation tax in the United Kingdom. Income taxed at non-standard rates takes account of foreign tax rate differences (versus the Luxembourg standard 24.94% rate) on earnings and includes the non-taxable gain on movements in the fair market values on the Earnout Shares, Public Warrants and Private Warrants for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Non-deductible items includes transaction related and other costs attributable to the completion of the Business Combination for the year ended 31 December 2021.

The Group is monitoring the progress of the recent OECD announcements in relation to a two-pillar solution to reform the global corporate international tax system, commonly referred to as the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting 2.0 project (“BEPS 2.0”). While further clarity is required on how the OECD model rules are to be interpreted and implemented, the proposals are not expected to have a material impact on the effective tax rate of the Group.

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8. Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

The following table reflects the income statement profit/(loss) and share data used in the basic EPS calculations:


	31 December
	2022	****	2021 (i)
	'm		'm
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders as presented in the income statement
Less: Dividends on preferred shares (see note 25)
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders used in calculating earnings per share
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for EPS (millions) ^(ii)^
Earnings/(loss) per share

All values are in US Dollars.

Diluted earnings per share is consistent with basic earnings per share, as there are no dilutive potential shares during the periods presented above.

(i) In advance of the completion of the Business Combination, on 4 August 2021, 493,763,520 ordinary shares of the Company, with a par value €0.01 per share, were issued to AGSA. Upon completion of the Business Combination, a further 109,519,577 ordinary shares of the Company, with a par value of €0.01, were issued to remaining shareholders. The share issuances prior to and upon completion of the Business Combination have been utilised in the calculation of the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the year ended 31 December 2021.

(ii) The weighted average number of ordinary shares included in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share has been adjusted to exclude ordinary shares repurchased and held by the Company as treasury shares. The number of ordinary shares so held at the balance sheet date is detailed in note 17.

Please refer to note 17 for any details of transactions involving ordinary shares for the years ended 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2021.

There have been no material transactions involving common shares or potential ordinary shares between the reporting date and the authorisation of these financial statements.

9. Employee costs


		Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Wages and salaries		334	345
Social security costs		91	82
Defined benefit plan pension costs (note 20)		13	12
Defined contribution plan pension costs (note 20)		17	17
Group employee costs		455	456

All values are in US Dollars.


	****	At 31 December
Employees	****	2022	****	2021	****
Europe		3,420		3,196
Americas		2,899		2,565
Group		6,319		5,761

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Fees paid to Auditor


	Year ended 31 December
	2022		2021
	$'m		$'m
Audit services fees	5		4
Audit-related services fees	1		1
Tax services fees	—		1
Total	6	****	6

10. Intangible assets


			Customer	Technology
		Goodwill	relationships	and other	Software	Total
	****	’m	’m	’m	’m	$’m

Cost						****
At 1 January 2021		1,055	1,464	42	28	2,589
Additions		—	—	6	2	8
Acquisition		3	—	—	—	3
Transfers		—	—	(2)	2	—
Disposal		—	—	(2)	(1)	(3)
Exchange		(48)	(64)	(2)	—	(114)
At 31 December 2021	****	1,010	1,400	42	31	2,483
Amortisation
At 1 January 2021			(654)	(34)	(17)	(705)
Charge for the year			(143)	(4)	(4)	(151)
Exchange			33	1	1	35
At 31 December 2021	****		(764)	(37)	(20)	(821)
Net book value
At 31 December 2021	****	1,010	636	5	11	1,662

Cost						****
At 1 January 2022		1,010	1,400	42	31	2,483
Additions		—	—	10	1	11
Acquisition		(1)	2	—	—	1
Transfers		—	—	(5)	5	—
Exchange		(33)	(64)	(2)	(1)	(100)
At 31 December 2022	****	976	1,338	45	36	2,395
Amortisation
At 1 January 2022			(764)	(37)	(20)	(821)
Charge for the year			(133)	(1)	(4)	(138)
Exchange			35	1	1	37
At 31 December 2022	****		(862)	(37)	(23)	(922)
Net book value
At 31 December 2022	****	976	476	8	13	1,473

All values are in US Dollars.

Amortisation expense of $138 million (2021: $151 million) has been charged to the consolidated income statement of the Group in respect of continuing operations.

In 2022, AGSA and AMPSA signed a letter agreement for the development and acquisition of joint information technology assets (both hardware and software) which are operated for the mutual benefit of both parties (the “Joint IT Assets”). This letter agreement requires the consent of both parties for all activities that significantly affect the returns from the Joint IT Assets and unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, the agreement provides that rights, title and interest in any Joint IT Assets, shall be divided in agreed proportions. Costs in both the development and operation of the Joint IT Assets will be borne by both parties, in accordance with each party’s ownership share. In the year ended 31 December 2022,

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AMPSA capitalised costs associated with the development of the Joint IT Assets of approximately $5 million. The Joint IT Asset agreement is accounted for as a joint operation.

Impairment

The Group has considered the carrying value of the Group’s intangible assets (excluding goodwill) and assessed for indicators of impairment at 31 December 2022 in accordance with IAS 36. No such indicators of impairment were identified. The Group has concluded that the potential impact of climate change does not have a significant impact on the carrying value or remaining useful lives of the intangible assets of the Group at 31 December 2022.

Goodwill

Allocation of goodwill

Goodwill that originated from the acquisition of the Group by Ardagh has been allocated to CGUs that are expected to benefit from synergies arising from that combination. The groupings represent the lowest level at which the related goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes.

The lowest level within the Group at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes and consequently the groups of CGUs to which goodwill is allocated and tested for impairment, is set out below:


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Europe		537	570
Americas		439	440
Total goodwill	****	976	1,010

All values are in US Dollars.

Impairment tests for goodwill

The Group performs its impairment test of goodwill annually or whenever indicators suggest that impairment may have occurred.

Recoverable amount and carrying amount

The Group uses the fair value less costs of disposal (“FVLCD”) model for the purposes of its annual goodwill impairment testing.

In assessing FVLCD, we have used a market approach, which includes, as a key assumption, a multiple to Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2022. The multiple used is based on both AMP and comparable companies’ equity valuations and was further adjusted for selling costs. The valuation is considered to be level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

A sensitivity analysis was performed reflecting reasonably possible potential variations in the applied Adjusted EBITDA multiple. If the multiple which was applied to the Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2022, was reduced by 1x, the recoverable amounts calculated for the Europe and Americas groups of CGUs are still significantly in excess of the carrying values of the Europe and Americas groups of CGUs. As a result of the significant excess of recoverable amount, we consider that completing the calculation of the recoverable amount of the Europe and Americas groups of CGUs using a value in use (“VIU”) model or providing additional disclosures under IAS36 are not required.

For the year ended 31 December 2021, the Group used the VIU model for the purposes of goodwill impairment testing. A sensitivity analysis was performed reflecting reasonably possible potential variations in the key assumptions used. In all cases the recoverable values calculated were significantly in excess of the carrying values of the groups of CGUs.

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11. Property, plant and equipment


			Plant,
		Land and	machinery	Dunnage
		buildings	and other	and other	Total
	****	’m	’m	’m	$’m
Cost
At January 1, 2021		386	1,298	126	1,810
Additions		74	744	21	839
Acquisition		1	7	—	8
Disposals		(7)	(11)	(5)	(23)
Exchange		(15)	(48)	(4)	(67)
At 31 December 2021	****	439	1,990	138	2,567
Depreciation
At January 1, 2021		(112)	(410)	(56)	(578)
Charge for the year		(47)	(129)	(16)	(192)
Disposals		5	11	4	20
Exchange		6	16	3	25
At 31 December 2021	****	(148)	(512)	(65)	(725)
Net book value
At 31 December 2021	****	291	1,478	73	1,842
Cost
At January 1, 2022		439	1,990	138	2,567
Additions		266	506	52	824
Disposals		(17)	(30)	(2)	(49)
Exchange		(15)	(56)	(5)	(76)
At 31 December 2022	****	673	2,410	183	3,266
Depreciation
At January 1, 2022		(148)	(512)	(65)	(725)
Charge for the year		(57)	(139)	(25)	(221)
Disposals		14	28	2	44
Exchange		6	16	4	26
At 31 December 2022	****	(185)	(607)	(84)	(876)
Net book value
At 31 December 2022	****	488	1,803	99	2,390

All values are in US Dollars.

Depreciation expense of $206 million (2021: $181 million) has been charged in cost of sales and $15 million (2021: $11 million) in sales, general and administration expenses.

Construction in progress at 31 December 2022 was $631 million (2021: $634 million).

Included in property, plant and equipment is an amount for land of $47 million (2021: $49 million).

Substantially all of the Group’s property, plant and equipment is pledged as security under the terms and conditions of the Group’s financing arrangements. No interest was capitalised in the year (2021: $nil).

Impairment

The Group has considered the carrying value of the property, plant and equipment of the Group and assessed the indicators of impairment at 31 December 2022 in accordance with IAS 36. No such indicators of impairment were identified. The Group has concluded that the potential impact of climate change does not have a significant impact on the carrying value or remaining useful lives of the property, plant and equipment of the Group at 31 December 2022.

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Right of Use assets — Net Book Value, depreciation and variable lease expense

The following right-of-use assets were included in property, plant and equipment:


			Plant,	Dunnage
	****	Land and	machinery	and
		buildings	and other	other	Total
Net book value At 31 December	****	’m	’m	’m	$’m
2022		126	164	37	327
2021		71	67	41	179

All values are in US Dollars.

The increase in the net book value of the right-of use assets at 31 December 2022 to $327 million (2021: $179 million) is primarily the result of total additions to the right-of-use assets of $211 million (2021: $103 million) and total right-of-use assets acquired of $nil (2021: $1 million), offset by a depreciation charge of $57 million (2021: $46 million), comprised of Land and buildings: $41 million (2021: $34 million); Plant and machinery: $10 million (2021: $6 million), and Dunnage and other: $6 million (2021: $6 million) and exchange losses, all during the year ended 31 December 2022.

The Group incurred variable lease expense of $38 million for the year ended 31 December 2022 (2021: $35 million) primarily related to warehouse leases.

Capital commitments

The following capital commitments in relation to property, plant and equipment were authorised by management, but have not been provided for in the consolidated financial statements:


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Contracted for		303	452
Not contracted for		98	181
	****	401	633

All values are in US Dollars.

12. Deferred tax

The movement in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the year was as follows:


		Assets	Liabilities	Total
	****	’m	’m	$’m
At 1 January 2021	****	135	(250)	(115)
Credited/(charged) to the income statement (note 7)		14	(22)	(8)
Charged to other comprehensive income		(5)	(12)	(17)
Exchange		(6)	10	4
At 31 December 2021	****	138	(274)	(136)
Credited/(charged) to the income statement (note 7)		36	(21)	15
(Charged)/credited to other comprehensive income		(21)	25	4
Exchange		(4)	17	13
At 31 December 2022	****	149	(253)	(104)

All values are in US Dollars.

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The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:


	At 31 December
	2022	2021
	’m	$’m
Tax losses	25	10
Employee benefit obligations	18	40
Depreciation timing differences	51	54
Provisions	32	23
Other	23	11
	149	138
Available for offset	(95)	(67)
Deferred tax assets	54	71
Intangible assets	(108)	(128)
Accelerated depreciation and other fair value adjustments	(123)	(96)
Other	(22)	(50)
	(253)	(274)
Available for offset	95	67
Deferred tax liabilities	(158)	(207)

All values are in US Dollars.

The tax credit recognised in the consolidated income statement is analysed as follows:


	****
		Year ended 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Tax losses		15	7
Employee benefit obligations		3	2
Depreciation timing differences		(1)	4
Provisions		8	2
Other deferred tax assets		11	(1)
Intangible assets		13	22
Accelerated depreciation and other fair value adjustments		(29)	(31)
Other deferred tax liabilities		(5)	(13)
		15	(8)

All values are in US Dollars.

Deferred tax assets are only recognised on tax loss carry forwards to the extent that the realisation of the related tax benefit through future taxable profits is probable based on management’s forecasts. The Group did not recognise deferred tax assets of $17 million (2021: $4 million) in respect of tax losses amounting to $120 million (2021: $14 million) that can be carried forward against future taxable income due to uncertainty regarding their utilisation.

No provision has been made for temporary differences applicable to investments in subsidiaries as the Group is in a position to control the timing of reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Given that exemptions and tax credits would be available in the context of the Group’s investments in subsidiaries in the majority of jurisdictions in which it operates, the aggregate amount of temporary differences in respect of which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognised would not be material.

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13. Inventories


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Raw materials and consumables		347	268
Work-in-progress		6	6
Finished goods		214	133
	****	567	407

All values are in US Dollars.

Certain inventories held by the Group have been pledged as security under the Group’s ABL (note 19). There were no drawings under such facility at 31 December 2022 (2021: nil).

The amounts recognised as a write down in inventories or as a reversal of a write down for the year ended 31 December 2022 were not material (2021: not material).

At 31 December 2022, the hedging gain included in the carrying value of inventories, which will be recognised in the income statement when the related finished goods have been sold is $1 million (2021: $14 million).

14. Trade and other receivables


	****		At 31 December
			2022	2021
	Note	****	’m	$’m
Trade receivables			333	334
Other receivables and prepayments			175	167
Related party receivables	26		1	11
	****	****	509	512

All values are in US Dollars.

The fair values of trade and other receivables approximate the amounts shown above.

Movements on the provisions for impairment of trade receivables are as follows:


	****	****	2022	****	2021
			$'m		$'m
At 1 January			7		8
Provision for receivables impairment			4		—
Receivables written off during the year as uncollectible			—		(1)
Net remeasurement of loss allowance			(7)		—
At 31 December	****		4		7

The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of receivable set out above.

Provisions against specific balances

Significant balances are assessed for evidence of increased credit risk. Examples of factors considered are high probability of bankruptcy, breaches of contract or major concession being sought by the customer. Instances of significant single customer related bad debts are rare.

Providing against the remaining population of customers

The Group monitors actual historical credit losses and adjusts for forward-looking information to measure the level of expected losses. Adverse changes in the payment status of customers of the Group, or national or local economic conditions that correlate with defaults on receivables owing to the Group, may also provide a basis for an increase in the level of provision above historic loss experience.

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At 31 December 2022, trade receivables of $11 million (2021: $18 million) were past due but not impaired. These relate to a number of independent customers for whom there is no recent history of default. The aging analysis of these trade receivables is as follows:


	At 31 December
	2022	2021
	$'m	$'m
Up to three months past due	3	15
Three to six months past due	1	1
Over six months past due	7	2
	11	18

Receivables Factoring and Related Programs

The Group participates in several uncommitted accounts receivable factoring and related programs with various financial institutions for certain receivables. Such programs are accounted for as true sales of receivables, as they are either without recourse to the Group or transfer substantially all the risk and rewards to the financial institutions. Receivables of $530 million were sold under these programs at 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021: $456 million).

15. Contract assets

The following table provides information about significant changes in contract assets:


		2022	2021
		’m	$’m
At 1 January		182	139
Transfers from contract assets recognised at beginning of year to receivables		(176)	(137)
Increases as a result of new contract assets recognised during the year		229	185
Other (including exchange)		4	(5)
Balance as at 31 December	****	239	182

All values are in US Dollars.

16. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash


		At 31 December
		2022	2021
		’m	$’m
Cash at bank and in hand		469	432
Short term bank deposits		81	28
Restricted cash		5	3
	****	555	463

All values are in US Dollars.

17. Equity share capital and share premium

Issued and fully paid shares:


	Total shares (par value €0.01)	Share capital	Share premium
	(million)	$'m	$'m
At 31 December 2021	603	7	5,992
Preferred shares issued *	–	260	(3)
Cancellation of ordinary shares	(6)	–	–
At 31 December 2022	597	267	5,989

The authorised share capital of the Company is set at one billion Euro and zero Cents (EUR 1,000,000,000), divided into up to one hundred billion (100,000,000,000) shares (the “Shares”) represented by Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares.

* On 8 July 2022, the Company issued 56,306,306 non-convertible, non-voting 9% cumulative preferred shares of nominal value of €4.44 per preferred share to Ardagh for €250 million (approximately $260 million). The preferred shares are perpetual instruments with no fixed term and are only redeemable at the sole discretion of the Company. The preferred shares provide for annual cumulative dividends that may accumulate indefinitely if not declared. Redemption of the preferred shares at par plus unpaid dividends, as well as the payment of dividends on the preferred shares are entirely at the discretion

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of the Company, and have therefore been classified as equity. Transaction costs of $3 million related to the issuance of the preferred shares are included in share premium.

For the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company repurchased a total of 5,768,638 ordinary shares (31 December 2021: nil ordinary shares) returning $35 million to shareholders. The amount paid to repurchase these shares was initially recognised as a deduction of equity within treasury shares, together with any directly related expense. Upon cancellation of all the repurchased ordinary shares for the year ended 31 December 2022, the amount paid to repurchase these shares was transferred to retained earnings.

There were no other material share transactions for the year ended 31 December 2022.

18. Financial risk factors

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: capital risk, interest rate, currency exchange risk, commodity price risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.

Capital structure and risk

The Group’s overall treasury objectives are to ensure sufficient funds are available for the Group to carry out its strategy and to manage certain financial risks to which the Group is exposed, details of which are provided below. The finance committee of the Board (the “Finance Committee”) reviews and monitors the capital structure, financial policies and treasury function of the Company in addition to advising the Board on whether to approve financing agreements or arrangements.

Additionally, financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, are used to hedge exposure to interest rate, currency exchange risk and commodity price risk.

Interest rate risk

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Currency exchange risk

The Group presents its consolidated financial information in U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the Company is the euro.

As a result of the consolidated financial statements being presented in U.S. dollar, the Group’s results are also impacted by fluctuations in the U.S. dollar exchange rate versus the euro.

The Group has a limited level of transactional currency exposure arising from sales or purchases by operating units in currencies other than their functional currencies.

Commodity price risk

As a result of the volatility of natural gas and electricity prices, the Group has developed an active hedging strategy to fix a significant proportion of its energy costs through contractual arrangements directly with our suppliers. The Group policy is to purchase natural gas and electricity by entering into forward fixed price arrangements with suppliers for the majority of our anticipated requirements for the year ahead. Such contracts are used exclusively to obtain delivery of our anticipated energy supplies. The Group does not net settle, nor do we sell within a short period of time after taking delivery. The Group avails of the own use exemption and, therefore, these contracts are treated as executory contracts. The Group typically builds up these contractual positions in tranches of approximately 10% of the anticipated volumes. Any natural gas and electricity which is not purchased under forward price-fixing arrangements is purchased under index tracking contracts or at spot prices. Where entering forward price-fixing arrangements with suppliers is not practical, the Group may use derivative agreements with counterparty banks to cover the risk.

Credit risk

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credit ratings of banks and financial institutions are monitored to ensure compliance with Group policy. Risk of default is controlled within a policy framework of dealing with high quality institutions and by limiting the amount of credit exposure to any one bank or institution.

Liquidity risk

To effectively manage liquidity risk, the Group:

●	has committed borrowing facilities that it can access to meet liquidity needs;
●	maintains cash balances and liquid investments with highly-rated counterparties;
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●	limits the maturity of cash balances;
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●	borrows the bulk of its debt needs under long term fixed rate debt securities; and
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●	has internal control processes to manage liquidity risk.
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19. Financial assets and liabilities

The Group’s net debt was as follows:


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Loan notes		3,231	2,690
Other borrowings		361	197
Net borrowings	****	3,592	2,887
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(555)	(463)
Net debt	****	3,037	2,424

All values are in US Dollars.

The Group’s net borrowings of $3,592 million (2021: $2,887 million) are classified as non-current liabilities of $3,524 million (2021: $2,831 million) and current liabilities of $68 million (2021: $56 million) in the consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 2022.

At 31 December 2022, the Group’s net debt and available liquidity was as follows:


	****		Maximum	****	Final	****		****		****		****
			amount		maturity		Facility						Available
Facility		Currency	drawable		date		type		Amount drawn				liquidity
			Local						Local	****
			currency						currency		$'m		$'m
			m						m				****
2.000% Senior Secured Green Notes			450		01-Sep-28		Bullet		450		480		–
3.250% Senior Secured Green Notes			600		01-Sep-28		Bullet		600		600		–
6.000% Senior Secured Green Notes			600		15-Jun-27		Bullet		600		600		–
3.000% Senior Green Notes			500		01-Sep-29		Bullet		500		533		–
4.000% Senior Green Notes			1,050		01-Sep-29		Bullet		1,050		1,050		–
Global Asset Based Loan Facility			415		06-Aug-26		Revolving		–		–		415
Lease obligations		Various	–		–		Amortising		–		327		–
Other borrowings		Various	–		Rolling		Amortising		–		40		–
Total borrowings	****		****	****	****	****	****	****		****	3,630	****	415
Deferred debt issue costs	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****		(38)		–
Net borrowings	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	3,592		415
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			****	****	****	****	****	****	****		(555)		555
Net debt / available liquidity	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	3,037		970

All values are in Euros.

A number of the Group’s borrowing agreements contain certain covenants that restrict the Group’s flexibility in areas such as incurrence of additional indebtedness (primarily maximum secured borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA and a minimum Adjusted EBITDA to interest expense), payment of dividends and incurrence of liens. The Global Asset Based Loan Facility is subject to a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant if 90% or more of the facility is drawn. The facility also includes cash dominion, representations, warranties, events of default and other covenants that are of a nature customary for such facilities.

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At 31 December 2021 the Group’s net debt and available liquidity was as follows:


	****		Maximum	****	Final	****		****		****		****
			amount		maturity		Facility						Available
Facility		Currency	drawable		date		type		Amount drawn				liquidity
			Local						Local	****
			currency						currency		$'m		$'m
			m						m				****
2.000% Senior Secured Green Notes			450		01-Sep-28		Bullet		450		510		–
3.250% Senior Secured Green Notes			600		01-Sep-28		Bullet		600		600		–
3.000% Senior Green Notes			500		01-Sep-29		Bullet		500		566		–
4.000% Senior Green Notes			1,050		01-Sep-29		Bullet		1,050		1,050		–
Global Asset Based Loan Facility			325		06-Aug-26		Revolving		–				325
Lease obligations		Various	–		–		Amortising		–		182		–
Other borrowings		Various	–		Rolling		Amortising		–		19		–
Total borrowings	****		****	****	****	****	****	****		****	2,927	****	325
Deferred debt issue costs	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****		(40)		–
Net borrowings	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	2,887		325
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			****	****	****	****	****	****	****		(463)		463
Net debt / available liquidity	****		****	****	****	****	****	****	****		2,424		788

All values are in Euros.

The following table summarises the Group’ movement in net debt:


	At 31 December
	2022	2021
	’m	$’m
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash per consolidated statement of cash flows*	(92)	(206)
Increase in net borrowings	705	52
Increase/(decrease) in net debt	613	(154)
Net debt at 1 January	2,424	2,578
Net debt at 31 December	3,037	2,424

All values are in US Dollars.

*	Includes exchange loss on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

The increase (2021: decrease) in net debt primarily includes proceeds from borrowings of $732 million (2021: $2,780 million), of which $23 million (2021:$7 million) was a non-cash transaction (a supplier credit arrangement in the Americas), a net increase in lease obligations of $145 million (2021: $46 million), a net decrease of deferred debt issue costs of $2 million (2021: increase of $40 million) which is partly offset by repayments of borrowings of $110 million (2021: $5 million), an increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $92 million (2021: increase of $206 million), foreign exchange gains of $64 million (2021: gains of $61 million). For the year ended 31 December 2021, the decrease in net debt also includes repayments of related party borrowings of $2,668 million, of which $927 million was a non-cash transaction.

Maturity profile

The maturity profile of the Group’s total borrowings is as follows:


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Within one year or on demand		68	56
Between one and three years		100	55
Between three and five years		704	59
Greater than five years		2,758	2,757
Total borrowings	****	3,630	2,927
Deferred debt issue costs		(38)	(40)
Net borrowings	****	3,592	2,887

All values are in US Dollars.

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Included within total borrowings between three and five years and greater than five years is the Group’s Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes of $3,263 million (2021: $2,726 million).

The maturity profile of the contractual undiscounted cash flows related to the Group’s lease liabilities is as follows:


	****	At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Not later than one year		70	50
Later than one year and not later than five years		224	127
Later than five years		108	36
	****	402	213

All values are in US Dollars.

The table below analyses the Group’s financial liabilities (including interest payable) into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the reporting date to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contracted undiscounted cash flows.


			Derivative
		Total	financial	Trade
		borrowings	instruments	payables
At 31 December 2022	****	’m	’m	$’m
Within one year or on demand		210	40	1,227
Between one and three years		374	4	—
Between three and five years		947	12	—
Greater than five years		2,891	1	—

All values are in US Dollars.


			Derivative
		Total	financial	Trade
		borrowings	instruments	payables
At 31 December 2021	****	’m	’m	$’m
Within one year or on demand		152	10	1,204
Between one and three years		242	2	—
Between three and five years		243	—	—
Greater than five years		2,973	—	—

All values are in US Dollars.

The carrying amount and fair value of the Group’s borrowings excluding lease obligations are as follows:


	Carrying value
	Amount	Deferred debt
	drawn	issue costs	Total	Fair value
At 31 December 2022	$'m	$'m	$'m	$'m
Loan notes	3,263	(32)	3,231	2,702
Other borrowings	40	(6)	34	40
	3,303	(38)	3,265	2,742


	Carrying value
	Amount	Deferred debt
	drawn	issue costs	Total	Fair value
At 31 December 2021	$'m	$'m	$'m	$'m
Loan notes	2,726	(36)	2,690	2,682
Other borrowings	19	(4)	15	19
	2,745	(40)	2,705	2,701

Earnout Shares and Warrants

Please refer to note 21 for further details about the recognition and measurement of the Earnout Shares as well as the Public and Private Warrants.

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Financing activity

2022

On 8 June 2022, the Group issued $600 million 6.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2027. Net proceeds from the issuance of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes.

Lease obligations at 31 December 2022 of $327 million (31 December 2021: $182 million), primarily reflects $204 million of new lease liabilities and foreign currency movements, partly offset by $59 million of principal repayments, for the year ended 31 December 2022.

At 31 December 2022, the Group had $415 million available under the Global Asset Based Loan Facility. The amount increased from $325 million on 27 September, 2022.

2021

On 12 March 2021, the Group, in connection with the transaction related to the combination of Ardagh Metal Packaging with Gores Holdings V, issued €450 million 2.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2028, $600 million 3.250% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2028, €500 million 3.000% Senior Green Notes due 2029 and $1,050 million 4.000% Senior Green Notes due 2029.

On 24 March 2021, and 30 March 2021, historical related party debt of $113 million was settled, being reflected as a non-cash capital contribution within other reserves.

On 1 April 2021, upon the consummation of the AMP Transfer, historical related party debt of $2,555 million was settled, of which $1,741 million was paid to AGSA with the remainder of $814 million being reflected as a non-cash capital contribution within other reserves.

On 6 August 2021, AMPSA and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Global Asset Based Loan Facility in the amount of $300 million. The amount increased to $325 million on 29 September 2021.

Lease obligations at 31 December 2021 of $182 million, primarily reflect $100 million of new lease liabilities and $1 million of lease liabilities acquired, partly offset by $55 million of principal repayments and foreign currency movements for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Effective interest rates


	2022		2021
	USD	EUR	USD	EUR
2.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2028		2.27%		2.30%
3.250% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2028	3.52%		3.58%
6.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2027	6.70%
3.000% Senior Green Notes due 2029		3.25%		3.28%
4.000% Senior Green Notes due 2029	4.26%		4.31%


	2022	2021
	Various Currencies
Lease obligations	5.02%	4.55%

The carrying amounts of net borrowings are denominated in the following currencies.


	At 31 December
	2022	2021
	’m	$’m
Euro	1,057	1,115
U.S. dollar	2,492	1,745
	19	15
Other	24	12
	3,592	2,887

All values are in British Pounds.

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The Group has undrawn borrowing facilities expiring beyond one year at 31 December 2022, of $415 million (2021: $325 million).

Fair value methodology

The Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments:

Level 1	Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2	Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (as prices) or indirectly (derived from prices); and
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Level 3	Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
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There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year.

Fair values are calculated as follows:

(i)	Senior Secured Green and Senior Green notes – the fair value of debt securities in issue is based on valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are based on observable market data and represent Level 2 inputs.
(ii)	Global Asset Based Loan facility and other borrowings – the fair values of the borrowings in issue is based on valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are based on observable market data and represent Level 2 inputs.
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(iii)	Commodity and foreign exchange derivatives – the fair value of these derivatives are based on quoted market prices and represent Level 2 inputs.
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(iv)	Earnout Shares, Private Warrants and Public Warrants - the fair values of the Earnout Shares and Private Warrants are based on valuation techniques using an unobservable volatility assumption which represents Level 3 inputs, whereas the fair value of the Public Warrants is based on an observable market price and represents a Level 1 input.
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Derivative financial instruments


		Assets	Liabilities	Total
				Contractual
		Fair	Fair	or notional
		values	values	amounts
	****	’m	’m	$’m
Fair Value Derivatives
Commodity forward contracts		29	34	522
Forward foreign exchange contracts		18	23	1,132
At 31 December 2022	****	47	57	1,654

All values are in US Dollars.

Included within the $47 million fair value assets and $57 million fair value liabilities at 31 December 2022, is $12 million and $nil, respectively, which have been transacted by AGSA.


		Assets	Liabilities	Total
				Contractual
		Fair	Fair	or notional
		values	values	amounts
	****	’m	’m	$’m
Fair Value Derivatives
Commodity forward contracts		101	2	284
Forward foreign exchange contracts		3	10	1,176
At 31 December 2021	****	104	12	1,460

All values are in US Dollars.

Included within the $104 million fair value assets and $12 million fair value liabilities at 31 December 2021, is $95 million and $6 million, respectively, which have been transacted by AGSA.

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Derivative instruments with a fair value of $9 million (2021: $7 million) are classified as non-current assets and $38 million (2021: $97 million) as current assets in the consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 2022. Derivative instruments with a fair value of $17 million (2021: $2 million) are classified as non-current liabilities and $40 million (2021: $10 million) as current liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 2022.

All cash payments in relation to derivative instruments are paid or received when they mature.

The Group mitigates the counterparty risk for derivatives by contracting with major financial institutions which have high credit ratings. Certain derivative instruments have been entered into with external counterparties by AGSA on behalf of the Group and on the back of those related party derivatives between AGSA and the Group have been executed, the impact of which have been included in the consolidated financial statements.

Net investment hedges in foreign operations

During the year, the Group designated $326 million of its 6.000% Senior Secured Green Notes due 2027 as a net investment hedge. A gain of $7 million was recognised in relation to this hedge in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Commodity forward contracts

The Group hedges a portion of its anticipated metal and energy purchases. Excluding conversion and freight costs, the physical metal and energy deliveries are priced based on the applicable indices agreed with the suppliers for the relevant month. Certain forward contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and the Group has determined the existence of an economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument based on common indices used. Ineffectiveness may arise if there are changes in the forecasted transaction in terms pricing, timing or quantities, or if there are changes in the credit risk of the Group or the counterparty. The Group applies a hedge ratio of 1:1.

Fair values have been based on quoted market prices and are valued using Level 2 valuation inputs. The fair value of these contracts when initiated is $nil; no premium is paid or received.

Forward foreign exchange contracts

The Group operates in a number of currencies and, accordingly, hedges a portion of its currency transaction risk. Certain forward contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and are set so to closely match the critical terms of the underlying cash flows. In hedges of forecasted foreign currency sales and purchases ineffectiveness may arise for similar reasons as outlined for metal forward contracts.

The fair values are based on Level 2 valuation techniques and observable inputs including the contract prices. The fair value of these contracts when initiated is $nil; no premium is paid or received.

20. Employee benefit obligations

The Group operates defined benefit or defined contribution pension schemes in most of its countries of operation and the assets are held in separately administered funds. The principal funded defined benefit schemes, which are funded by contributions to separately administered funds, are in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Other defined benefit schemes are unfunded and the provision is recognised in the consolidated statement of financial position. The principal unfunded schemes are in Germany.

The contribution rates to the funded plans are agreed with the Trustee boards, plan actuaries and the local pension regulators periodically. The contributions paid in 2022 were those recommended by the actuaries.

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the assets and liabilities attributable to the employees and former employees (and their respective beneficiaries) of Ardagh Metal Packaging USA Corp. were spun out of the Ardagh North America Retirement Income Plan which was previously co-sponsored with Ardagh Glass Packaging North America into a new scheme, the Ardagh Metal Pension Plan. This crystalised a cash outflow of $27 million, which included $12 million paid to AGSA in respect of the assets transferred.

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In addition, the Group has other employee benefit obligations in certain territories.

Total employee benefit obligations, net of employee benefit assets included within non-current assets, recognised in the consolidated statement of financial position of $122 million (2021: $178 million) includes other employee benefit obligations of $37 million (2021: $47 million).

The employee obligations and assets of the defined benefit schemes included in the consolidated statement of financial position are analysed below:


		Germany		UK*		U.S and Other**		Total
		2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021
		'm	'm	'm	'm	'm	'm	'm	$'m
Obligations		(90)	(138)	(136)	(249)	(61)	(82)	(287)	(469)
Assets		—	—	163	327	39	11	202	338
Net (obligations)/assets	****	(90)	(138)	27	78	(22)	(71)	(85)	(131)

All values are in US Dollars.

* The net employee benefit asset in the UK as at 31 December 2022 is included within non-current assets on the statement of financial position (2021: included within non-current assets on the statement of financial position).

**Net obligation of ‘Other’ at 31 December 2022; $4 million, 2021; $8 million.

Defined benefit pension schemes

The amounts recognised in the consolidated income statement are:


		Year ended
		31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	’m
Current service cost and administration costs:
Cost of sales – current service cost (note 9)		(11)	(13)
Cost of sales – past service credit (note 9)		—	4
SG&A – current service cost (note 9)		(2)	(3)
		(13)	(12)
Finance expense (note 6)		(3)	(3)
	****	(16)	(15)

All values are in US Dollars.

The amounts recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income are:


		31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Re-measurement of defined benefit obligation:
Actuarial gain arising from changes in demographic assumptions		1	6
Actuarial gain arising from changes in financial assumptions		157	9
Actuarial (loss)/gain arising from changes in experience		(13)	5
	****	145	20
Re-measurement of plan assets:
Actual (loss)/return less expected return on plan assets		(121)	8
Actuarial gain for the year on defined benefit pension schemes	****	24	28
Actuarial gain on other long term and end of service employee benefits		11	5
	****	35	33

All values are in US Dollars.

The actual return on plan assets was a loss of $116 million in 2022 (2021: gain of $13 million).

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Movement in the defined benefit obligations and assets:


		Obligations		Assets
		2022	2021	2022	2021
	****	’m	’m	’m	$’m
At 1 January		(469)	(517)	338	350
Transfer		—	—	12	—
Interest income		—	—	5	5
Loan forgiveness (note 5)		—	4	—	—
Current service cost		(10)	(11)	—	—
Past service credit		—	4	—	—
Interest cost		(7)	(7)	—	—
Administration expenses paid		—	—	(1)	—
Re-measurements		145	20	(121)	8
Employer contributions		—	—	22	2
Employee contributions		(1)	(1)	1	1
Benefits paid		17	24	(17)	(24)
Exchange		38	15	(37)	(4)
At 31 December	****	(287)	(469)	202	338

All values are in US Dollars.

The defined benefit obligations above include $92 million of unfunded obligations, principally in Germany (2021: $140 million).

Interest income and interest cost above does not include interest cost of $1 million (2021: $1 million) relating to other employee benefit obligations. Current service costs above do not include current service costs of $3 million (2021: $4 million) relating to other employee benefit obligations.

During the year ended 31 December 2021, the Group and the Trustees of the UK schemes collaborated to implement a Bridging Pension Option for members on retirement around the starting level of pensions until the State Pension Age. This resulted in the recognition of a gain of $3 million within the income statement for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Plan assets comprise:


		At 31 December
		2022	2022	2021	2021
	****	’m	%	’m	%
Equities		—	—	—	—
Target return funds		89	44	176	52
Bonds		72	36	105	31
Cash/other		41	20	57	17
	****	202	100	338	100

All values are in US Dollars.

The pension assets do not include any of the Group’s ordinary shares, other securities or other Group assets.

Investment strategy

The choice of investments takes account of the expected maturity of the future benefit payments. The plans invest in diversified portfolios consisting of an array of asset classes that attempt to maximise returns while minimising volatility. The asset classes include fixed income government and non-government securities and real estate, as well as cash.

Characteristics and associated risks

The pension plans in Germany operate under the framework of German Company Pension Law (BetrAVG) and general regulations based on German Labor Law. The entitlements of the plan members depend on years of service and final salary. Furthermore, the plans provide lifelong pensions. No separate assets are held in trust, i.e. the plans are unfunded defined benefit plans. During the year ended 31 December 2019, the Ardagh Group elected to re-design its pension scheme in Germany, moving to a contribution orientated scheme.

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The U.K. pension plan is a trust-based U.K. funded final salary defined benefit scheme providing pensions and lump sum benefits to members and dependents. There is one pension plan in place relating to Ardagh Metal Packaging UK Limited and Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading UK Limited. It is closed to new entrants and was closed to future accrual effective 31 December 2018. For this plan, pensions are calculated either based on service to 31 December 2018, with members’ benefits based on earnings as at 31 December 2018, for those members who were still active at that date, or based on service to the earlier of retirement or leaving date for members who stopped accruing benefits prior to 31 December 2018, based on earnings as at retirement or leaving date. The U.K. pension plan is governed by a board of trustees, which includes members who are independent of the Company. The trustees are responsible for managing the operation, funding and investment strategy. The U.K. pension plan is subject to the U.K. regulatory framework, the requirements of The Pensions Regulator and is subject to a statutory funding objective.

Our North American business within our Americas segment sponsors a defined benefit pension plan as a single employer scheme which is subject to U.S. federal law, reflecting regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor. The North American plan covers hourly employees only. Plan benefits are determined using a formula which reflects the employees’ years of service.

Assumptions and sensitivities

The principal pension assumptions used in the preparation of the financial statements take account of the different economic circumstances in the countries of operations and the different characteristics of the respective plans, including the duration of the obligations. The ranges of the principal assumptions applied in estimating defined benefit obligations were:


	Germany		UK		U.S.
	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Rates of inflation	2.00	1.70	3.00	3.20	2.50	2.20
Rates of increase in salaries	3.40	2.50	2.50	2.60	3.00	3.00
Discount rates	3.89	1.16	5.03	1.90	5.52	3.04

Assumptions regarding future mortality experience are based on actuarial advice in accordance with published statistics and experience.

These assumptions translate into the following average life expectancy in years for a pensioner retiring at age 65. The mortality assumptions for the countries with the most significant defined benefit plans are set out below:


		Germany				UK				U.S.
		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
	****	Years	****	Years	****	Years	****	Years	****	Years	****	Years
Life expectancy, current pensioners		22		22		23		22		21		21
Life expectancy, future pensioners		25		25		24		23		22		22

If the discount rate were to decrease by 50 basis points from management estimates, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would increase by an estimated $22 million (2021: $47 million). If the discount rate were to increase by 50 basis points, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would decrease by an estimated $19 million (2021: $41 million).

If the inflation rate were to decrease by 50 basis points from management estimates, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would decrease by an estimated $9 million (2021: $15 million). If the inflation rate were to increase by 50 basis points, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would increase by an estimated $9 million (2021: $16 million).

If the salary increase rate were to decrease by 50 basis points from management estimates, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would decrease by an estimated $10 million (2021: $20 million). If the salary increase rate were to increase by 50 basis points, the carrying amount of the pension obligations would increase by an estimated $11 million (2021: $21 million).

The impact of increasing the life expectancy by one year would result in an increase in the net pension obligation of the Group of $7 million at 31 December 2022 (2021: $14 million), holding all other assumptions constant.

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The Group’s best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to defined benefit schemes in 2023 is approximately $8 million (2022: $1 million).

The principal defined benefit schemes are described briefly below at 31 December:


		Europe		Europe		North
		UK		Germany		America
Nature of the schemes	****	Funded*	****	Unfunded	****	Funded
2022
Active members		—		766		763
Deferred members		589		225		91
Pensioners including dependents		531		173		104
Weighted average duration (years)		14		15		16
2021
Active members		—		816		808
Deferred members		589		202		75
Pensioners including dependents		531		154		83
Weighted average duration (years)		18		19		20

*	Census data is updated every 3 years as part of the full valuation for purpose of the UK pension regulator.

The expected total benefit payments over the next five years are:


							Subsequent
		2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	five years
	****	’m	’m	’m	’m	’m	$’m
Benefits		17	15	16	17	19	101

All values are in US Dollars.

The Group also has defined contribution plans; the contribution expense associated with these plans for 2022 was $17 million (2021: $17 million). The Group’s best estimate of the contributions expected to be paid to these plans in 2023 is $18 million (2022: $17 million).

Other employee benefits

Long term employee benefit obligations of $37 million (2021: $47 million) comprise amounts due to be paid under post-retirement medical schemes in North America, partial retirement contracts in Germany and other obligations to pay benefits primarily related to long service awards**.**

21. Other liabilities and provisions


		At 31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Other liabilities
Non-current		83	325
Provisions
Current		10	10
Non-current		15	18
		108	353

All values are in US Dollars.

Other liabilities

Resulting from the AMP Transfer, effective on 1 April 2021, AGSA has a contingent right to receive up to 60.73 million additional shares in the Company (the “Earnout Shares”). The Earnout Shares are issuable by AMP to AGSA subject to attainment of certain share price hurdles, with equal amounts of shares at $13, $15, $16.50, $18, and $19.50, respectively, over a five-year period from the 180th day following the closing of the Merger on 4 August 2021. In accordance with IAS 32 (Financial Instruments—Presentation), the arrangement has been assessed to determine whether the Earnout Shares represent a liability or an equity instrument. As the arrangement may result in AMP issuing a variable number of shares in

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the future, albeit capped at a total of 60.73 million shares, the Earnout Shares have, in accordance with the requirements of IAS 32, been recognised as a financial liability measured at fair value in the consolidated financial statements. A valuation assessment was performed for the purpose of determining the financial liability using a Monte Carlo simulation using key data inputs for: share price hurdles; risk-free rate (4%); and traded closing AMP share price, with estimates for volatility (50%) (31 December 2021: volatility 34%) and dividend yield. The estimated valuations of the liability at 31 December 2022, and 31 December 2021, were $76 million and $292 million, respectively. Changes in the fair market valuation of the Earnout Shares of $216 million have been reflected as exceptional finance income within net finance income for the year ended 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021: exceptional finance expense within net finance expense of $8 million). Any increase or decrease in volatility of 5% would result in an increase or decrease in the liability at 31 December 2022, of approximately $17 million (31 December 2021: $40 million).

On 4 August 2021, all warrants previously exercisable for the purchase of shares in Gores Holdings V were converted into AMP warrants exercisable for the purchase of ordinary shares in AMP at an exercise price of $11.50 over a five-year period after the closing of the Merger on 4 August 2021. In accordance with IAS 32, those warrants have been recognised as a financial liability measured at fair value in the consolidated financial statements. For the warrants issued to the former sponsors of Gores Holdings V (“Private Warrants”) a valuation was performed for the purpose of determining the financial liability. The valuation applied a Black Scholes model, using a key data input for the risk-free rate (4%), with estimates for volatility (50%) (31 December 2021: volatility 34%) and dividend yield. All other outstanding warrants (“Public Warrants”) were valued using the traded closing prices of the AMP warrants. The estimated valuations of the liability at 31 December 2022, and 31 December 2021, were $7 million and $33 million, respectively. Changes in the valuation of the Public and Private Warrants of $26 million have been reflected as exceptional finance income within net finance income for the year ended 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021: $8 million). Any increase or decrease in volatility of 5% would result in an increase or decrease in the fair value of the Private Warrants at 31 December 2022, of approximately $1 million (31 December 2021: $1 million).

Provisions


		Total
		provisions
	****	$’m
At 1 January 2021	****	33
Provided		5
Released		(5)
Paid		(3)
Exchange		(2)
At 31 December 2021	****	28
Provided		14
Released		(9)
Paid		(7)
Exchange		(1)
At 31 December 2022	****	25

Provisions relate mainly to probable environmental claims, customer quality claims and tax deferrals arising from the CARES Act. In addition to the aforementioned, provisions also includes non-current amounts in respect of annual, long term (three-year), cash bonus incentive programs for senior management of the Group, of approximately $11 million (2021: $14 million). Current amounts in respect of these long term incentive programs are included in trade and other payables.

The provisions classified as current are expected to be paid in the next twelve months. The timing of non-current provisions is subject to uncertainty.

22. Trade and other payables


	****		At 31 December
			2022	2021
	Note	****	’m	$’m
Trade payables			1,060	1,006
Other payables and accruals including other tax and social security payable			220	240
Payables and accruals for exceptional items			13	15
Related party payables	26		5	9
		****	1,298	1,270

All values are in US Dollars.

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The fair values of trade and other payables approximate the amounts shown above.

Other payables and accruals mainly comprise accruals for operating expenses, deferred income and value added tax payable.

Trade payables processing

Certain of the Group’s suppliers have access to independent third-party payable processors. The processors allow suppliers, if they choose, to sell their receivables to financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the supplier and the financial institution. We have no involvement in the sale of these receivables and the suppliers are at liberty to use these arrangements if they wish to receive early payment. As the original liability to our suppliers, including amounts due and scheduled payment dates, remains as agreed in our supply agreements and is neither legally extinguished nor substantially modified, the Group continues to present such obligations within trade payables.

23. Cash generated from operating activities


		Year ended
		31 December
		2022	2021
	****	’m	$’m
Profit/(loss) for the year	****	237	(210)
Income tax charge (note 7)		19	22
Net finance (income)/expense (note 6)		(80)	235
Depreciation and amortisation (notes 10, 11)		359	343
Exceptional operating items (note 5)		90	272
Movement in working capital		(202)	16
Exceptional costs paid, including restructuring		(101)	(67)
Cash generated from operations	****	322	611

All values are in US Dollars.

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24. Other reserves


		Foreign
		currency	Cash flow		Total
		translation	hedge	Other	other
		reserve	reserve	reserves	reserves
	****	’m	$’m	’m	$’m
1 January 2021	****	(32)	17	—	(15)
Total other comprehensive income for the period pre AMP Transfer		14	41	—	55
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory pre AMP Transfer		—	(6)	—	(6)
Total other comprehensive (expense)/income for the period post AMP Transfer		(10)	107	—	97
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory post AMP Transfer		—	(77)	—	(77)
Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners
Capital contribution		—	—	113	113
AMP Transfer ^(1)^		—	—	(5,924)	(5,924)
Business Combination ^(2)^		—	—	164	164
31 December 2021	****	(28)	82	(5,647)	(5,593)

All values are in US Dollars.


1 January 2022	****	(28)	****	82	(5,647)	****	(5,593)
Total other comprehensive income for the period		10		42	—		52
Hedging gains transferred to cost of inventory		—		(116)	—		(116)
31 December 2022	****	(18)	****	8	(5,647)	****	(5,657)

^(1)^ The AMP Transfer was accounted for as a capital reorganisation as, prior to such transactions, AMPSA did not meet the definition of a business under IFRS 3 (Business Combination). Under a capital reorganisation, the consolidated financial statements of AMPSA reflect the net assets transferred at pre-combination predecessor book values. The impact to other reserves has been calculated as follows:


		$’m
Equity issued to AGSA		4,988
AMP Promissory Note		1,085
Cash payment (see cash flow statement)		574
Initial fair value of Earnout Shares		284
Total consideration given		6,931
Less aggregate carrying value of net assets acquired ^*^		(323)
Impact from predecessor accounting		6,608
Non-cash capital contribution		(814)
Other reserves on AMP Transfer at date of reorganisation		130
Total impact on other reserves		5,924

^*^Included within the carrying value of the net assets acquired is $1,741 million of related party borrowings, the settlement of which, together with the $574 million payment noted above, comprise the $2,315 million of cash paid to Ardagh.

^(2)^Management exercised significant judgment when accounting for the Merger under IFRS 2. The difference in the fair

value of equity instruments issued by AMPSA, over the fair value of identifiable net assets of Gores Holdings V (including

the fair value of assumed Gores Public and Private Warrants of $41 million) represents a service for listing of the shares in AMPSA and is accounted for as a share-based payment expense in accordance with IFRS 2. In accordance with IFRS 2, the increase in equity for equity-settled share-based payments are measured directly at the fair value of the goods or services received. Management has used the market value of the GHV equity and warrants as the basis for estimating the market value of the instruments to be issued by AMPSA as the GHV instruments (equity and warrants) were publicly traded at the time of the Merger. The cost of such service, which is a fully vested non-cash and non-recurring expense, is calculated as shown in the table below, using Gores Holdings V market prices as of 4 August 2021 for the Gores Holdings V Class A common stock to be exchanged for shares in AMPSA.

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	Shares	$’m
Class A stockholders	30,175,827
Class F stockholders	9,843,750
Total shares to be issued to Gores Holdings V stockholders	40,019,577
Market value per share at the Closing Date	$10.59
Fair value of shares to be issued to Gores Holdings V in consideration for combination		424
Net assets of Gores Holdings V at Closing Date (including fair value of assumed Public and Private Warrants)		219
Difference - being IFRS 2 cost for listing services		205

The cost for the listing service of $205 million has been presented as an exceptional item as outlined in note 5, with an offset in other reserves of $164 million and in other liabilities and provisions of $41 million, respectively.

25. Dividends


		Year ended 31 December
	****	2022	****	2021
		$'m		$'m
Cash dividends on ordinary shares declared and paid:
Interim dividend for 2022: $0.10 per share		60		–
Interim dividend for 2022: $0.10 per share		61		–
Interim dividend for 2022: $0.10 per share		59		–
Interim dividend for 2022: $0.10 per share		60		–
Cash dividends on preferred shares declared and paid:
Interim dividend for 2022		6		–
Interim dividend for 2022		5		–
		251		–

On 26 April 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of $60 million was paid on 28 June 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 June 2022.

On 27 May 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of $61 million was paid on 28 June 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 June 2022.

On 29 September 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of $59 million was paid on 27 October 2022 to shareholders of record on 13 October 2022.

On 25 October 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of $60 million was paid on 28 November 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 November 2022.

On 29 September 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend of €6 million (approximately $6 million) was paid on 27 October 2022.

On 25 October 2022, the Board approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend of €6 million (approximately $5 million) was paid on 28 November 2022.

26. Related party transactions and information

(i)	Interests of Paul Coulson

At 11 April 2023, the approval date of these financial statements, ARD Holdings S.A., the ultimate parent company of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is controlled by Paul Coulson, our Chairman, who controls ARD Holdings S.A. as a result

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of his 18.83% stake in ARD Holdings S.A. and his 52.42% stake in Yeoman Capital S.A., which in turn owns 33.88% of the equity interests in ARD Holdings S.A. Other than 125,000 ordinary shares directly held by Mr. Coulson, he has no direct ownership in the shares of AMPSA. However, based upon the definition of “beneficial owner” under U.S. securities laws, he may be deemed to have shared beneficial ownership of the shares of AMPSA held by Ardagh by virtue of his control of ARD Holdings S.A. and AGSA.

(ii)	Common directorships

Paul Coulson, Abigail Blunt, Yves Elsen, Oliver Graham, Damien O’Brien, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hammond of Runnymede, John Sheehan, Hermanus Troskie, and Edward White who serve as directors on the board of the Company also serve as directors on the board of AGSA. Paul Coulson, Yves Elsen, John Sheehan and Hermanus Troskie who serve as directors on the board of the Company also serve as directors on the board of ARD Holdings S.A.. Two of the ARD Holdings S.A. directors who are also directors on the board of the Company (Paul Coulson and Hermanus Troskie) also serve as directors in the Yeoman group of companies.

During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into transactions relating to non-material non-employee director and office rental fees with certain members of the Maitland International Holdings and Stonehage Fleming groups of companies. Hermanus Troskie is a director of the Company and during the year ended 31 December 2022, he was employed for one month by the Maitland International Holdings group of companies and for the remainder of the reporting period by the Stonehage Fleming group of companies.

(iii) Yeoman Capital S.A.

At 31 December 2022, Yeoman Capital S.A. owned 33.88% of the ordinary shares of ARD Holdings S.A.

(iv) Key management compensation

Key management are those persons who have the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group. Key management is comprised of the members who served on the Board and the Group’s executive leadership team during the reporting period. Key management include individuals who provide services to AMPSA while the related costs are fully borne by the Ardagh Group. An allocation of the compensation attributable for these services is included below. The amount outstanding at 31 December 2022, was $nil (2021: $2 million).

Salaries and other short-term employee benefits related to key management for the year ended 31 December 2022, was $3 million (2021: $5 million). Post-employment and other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2022, was $1 million (2021: $nil).

In addition, subsidiaries of the Ardagh Group, which do not form part of the Group, incurred transaction-related and other compensation for key management during the year of $nil (2021: $28 million).

(v)	Transactions with Associates

Trivium Packaging B.V. (“Trivium”) and its subsidiaries are associates of AMPSA. For the year ended 31 December 2022, a subsidiary of AMPSA completed the purchase of land from a subsidiary of Trivium for a total consideration of approximately $3 million and completed other non-material transactions, including but not limited to, the sale of spare parts to and receipt of cutting and printing services from Trivium subsidiaries.

(vi) Transactions and balances with Other Related Parties

For the year ended 31 December 2022 other related party transaction and balances include the settlement of related party loans (note 5 and note 19), the Group’s pension schemes (note 5 and note 20), the Services Agreement and the Joint IT Assets Agreement between AMPSA and AGSA (please see below and note 10, respectively), the issuance of ordinary shares and preferred shares to AGSA (note 17), derivative financial instruments (note 19), Earnout shares (note 21), movement in working capital, including costs reimbursed from AGSA of $8 million and dividends (note 25).

In 2021 AGSA and AMPSA entered into a Services Agreement, pursuant to which AGSA, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, shall provide certain corporate and business-unit services to AMPSA and its subsidiaries, and AMPSA, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, shall provide certain corporate and business-unit services to

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AGSA and its affiliates (other than the AMP Entities). The services provided by AGSA, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, pursuant to the Services Agreement include typical corporate functional support areas such as finance, legal, risk, HR, procurement, sustainability and IT in order to complement the activities in areas which exist within AMPSA. The services provided by AMPSA, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, are mainly in the areas of procurement and IT. For each calendar year from 2021 through 2024, as consideration for the net corporate services provided by AMPSA and AGSA, or their respective direct or indirect affiliates, AMPSA has incurred an expense of $33 million from Ardagh Group for the calendar year 2021, and $38 million for calendar year 2022 and will incur an expense of $39 million for calendar year 2023 and $39 million for calendar year 2024. The fees paid for services pursuant to the Services Agreement are subject to adjustment for third party costs and variations for certain volume-based services. As of 31 December 2024 or, if earlier, the date upon which AMP or Ardagh Group undergoes a change of control, all corporate services provided pursuant to the Services Agreement will be provided at a price equal to the fully allocated cost of such services, or such other price to be negotiated in good faith by the parties, taking into consideration various factors, including the cost of providing such corporate services and the level of services expected to be provided.

The table below reflects the following related party transactions recorded through invested capital in the three months ended 31 March 2021:


		For the period ended
		31 March
		2021
	****	$’m
Net cash received from Ardagh		206
Tax offset in invested capital		(34)
Other changes in intercompany balances		4
	****	176

Other changes in intercompany balances represent unsettled amounts between the Group and the rest of the Ardagh Group in relation to the transactions listed above.

With the exception of the balances outlined in (i) to (vi) above, there are no material balances outstanding with related parties at 31 December 2022.

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(vii) Subsidiaries

The following table provides information relating to our principal operating subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned, with the exception of Hart Print Inc. which is 92% owned, at 31 December 2022:


		Country of
Company	****	incorporation
Ardagh Metal Packaging Manufacturing Austria GmbH		Austria
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Austria GmbH		Austria
Ardagh Metal Packaging Brasil Ltda		Brazil
Ardagh Indústria de Embalagens de Metálicas do Brasil Ltda.		Brazil
Hart Print Inc.		Canada
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading France SAS		France
Ardagh Metal Packaging France SAS		France
Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany GmbH		Germany
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Germany GmbH		Germany
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Netherlands B.V.		Netherlands
Ardagh Metal Packaging Netherlands B.V.		Netherlands
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Poland Sp. z o.o		Poland
Ardagh Metal Packaging Poland Sp. z o.o		Poland
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Spain SL		Spain
Ardagh Metal Packaging Spain SL		Spain
Ardagh Metal Packaging Europe GmbH		Switzerland
Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading UK Limited		United Kingdom
Ardagh Metal Packaging UK Limited		United Kingdom
Ardagh Metal Packaging USA Corp.		United States

A number of the above legal entities act as subsidiary guarantor for the debt of the Company, at 31 December 2022.

27. Contingencies

Environmental issues

The Group is regulated under various national and local environmental, occupational health and safety and other governmental laws and regulations relating to:

●	the operation of installations for manufacturing of metal packaging and surface treatment using solvents;
●	the generation, storage, handling, use and transportation of hazardous materials;
---	---
●	the emission of substances and physical agents into the environment;
---	---
●	the discharge of waste water and disposal of waste;
---	---
●	the remediation of contamination;
---	---
●	the design, characteristics, collection and recycling of its packaging products; and
---	---
●	the manufacturing and servicing of machinery and equipment for the metal packaging industry.
---	---

The Group believes, based on current information that it is in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and permit requirements. It does not believe it will be required, under existing or anticipated future environmental laws and regulations, to expend amounts, over and above the amounts accrued, which will have a material effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations or cash flows. In addition, no material proceedings against the Group arising under environmental laws are pending. Finally, the Group believes that the potential impact of climate change on the Group has not resulted in a contingent obligation at 31 December 2022.

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Legal matters

The Group is involved in certain legal proceedings arising in the normal course of its business. The Group believes that none of these proceedings, either individually or in aggregate, are expected to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

28. Events after the reporting period

On 21 February 2023, the Board approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend was paid on 28 March 2023 to shareholders of record on 14 March 2023.

On 21 February 2023, the Board approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend was paid on 28 March 2023.

On 28 March 2023, the Brazilian beverages company, Grupo Petrópolis, which is a customer of AMPSA, filed for a court-supervised reorganisation. The Group has assessed the impact of the Grupo Petrópolis reorganisation and concluded there is no impact on the statement of financial position for the year ended as at 31 December 2022.

29. Filing Requirements

****

The Company has guaranteed certain liabilities of a number of its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2022 including guarantees under Section 357 of the Irish Companies Act, 2014, and Section 264 of the German Commercial Code, as listed below. Furthermore, the Company has assumed joined and several liability in accordance with Section 403, Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code for the liabilities of a number of its Dutch subsidiaries, as listed below.

Section 357 Exemption – Irish Company Law Requirement

The Irish subsidiary undertakings of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. listed below, which are included in these consolidated financial statements, have availed of an exemption from filing their individual financial statements with the Irish Registrar of Companies as permitted by Section 357 of the Irish Companies Act, 2014 on the basis that they have satisfied the conditions as laid out in Sections 357 (a) to (h) of that Act.

Ardagh Packaging Holdings Limited

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance plc

Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited

Section 264 Exemption – German Commercial Code Requirement

The German subsidiary undertakings of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. listed below, which are included in these consolidated financial statements, have availed of an exemption from filing their individual financial statements with the German Registrar of Companies as permitted by Section 264 paragraph 3 of the German Commercial Code, on the basis that they have satisfied the conditions as laid out in Section 264 Paragraph 3 Item 1.-5. of that Code.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Holdings Germany GmbH

Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany GmbH

Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Germany GmbH

Section 403 Exemption – Dutch Civil Code Requirement

The Company has issued a declaration of joint and several liability as referred to in section 403, book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code in respect of a number of its consolidated participations. This provides an exemption for those entities from filing their individual financial statements. The declaration concerns:

Ardagh Metal Packaging Netherlands B.V.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Netherlands B.V.

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.

Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

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Audited Annual Accounts of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. for the year ended 31 December 2022


Directors and Other Information	2
Audit Report	3
Balance Sheet	6
Profit and Loss Account	8
Notes to the Audited Annual Accounts	10

Directors and Other Information

Directors

Abigail Blunt

Paul Coulson

Yves Elsen

Oliver Graham

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hammond of Runnymede

Elizabeth Marcellino

Damien O’Brien

John Sheehan

Hermanus Troskie

Edward White

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Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative

Réviseur d’Entreprises agréé

2, rue Gerhard Mercator

L-1014 Luxembourg

Audit report

Audit **** report

To the Shareholders of

Ardagh **** Metal **** Packaging **** S.A. Our opinion

In our opinion, the accompanying annual accounts give a true and fair view of the financial position of

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company”) as at 31 December 2022, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements relating to the preparation and presentation of the annual accounts.

What we have audited

The Company’s annual accounts comprise:

●	the abridged balance sheet as at 31 December 2022;
●	the abridged profit and loss account for the year then ended; and
---	---
●	the notes to the annual accounts, which include a summary of significant accounting policies.
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Basis **** for opinion

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

We are independent of the Company in accordance with the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, including International Independence Standards, issued by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA Code) as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the annual accounts. We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities under those ethical requirements.

Other information

The Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information stated in the annual report but does not include the annual accounts and our audit report thereon.

Our opinion on the annual accounts does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2 rue Gerhard Mercator, B.P. 1443, L-1014 Luxembourg T : +352 494848 1, F : +352 494848 2900, www.pwc.lu

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In connection with our audit of the annual accounts, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the annual accounts or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and those charged with governance for the annual accounts

The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the annual accounts in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements relating to the preparation and presentation of the annual accounts, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of annual accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the annual accounts, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Responsibilities **** of **** the **** “Réviseur **** d’entreprises **** agréé” **** for **** the **** audit **** of **** the **** annual **** accounts

The objectives of our audit are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual accounts as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an audit report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Law of 23 July 2016 and with ISAs as adopted for Luxembourg by the CSSF will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual accounts.

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identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the annual accounts, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control;

●	obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control;

●	evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Board of Directors;

●

conclude on the appropriateness of the Board of Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our audit report to the related disclosures in the annual accounts or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our audit report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern;

●	evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the annual accounts, including the disclosures, and whether the annual accounts represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société cooperative Represented by

Laurence Demelenne

Luxembourg, 11 April 2023


Annual Accounts Helpdesk :		RCSL Nr. : B251465
Tel.	: (+352) 247 88 494
Email	: centralebilans@statec.etat.lu	ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET
		Financial year from 01 01/01/2022 to 02 31/12/2022 (in 03 )


		Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
		56, rue Charles Martel
		L-2134 Luxembourg

All values are in Euros.


ASSETS

	Reference(s)		Current year		Previous year
A.<br><br>Subscribed capital unpaid	1101		101			102
I.<br><br>Subscribed capital not called	1103		103			104
II.<br><br>Subscribed capital called but unpaid	1105		105			106

B.<br><br>Formation expenses	1107		107			108

C.<br><br>Fixed assets	1109		109	4.804.440.522,00	110	5.130.515.820,00
I.Intangible assets	1111		111		112
II.Tangible assets	1125		125		126
III.Financial assets	1135	3	135	4.804.440.522,00	136	5.130.515.820,00

D.<br><br>Current assets	1151		151	111.876,00	152	10.087.466,00

I.Stocks	1153		153		154
II.Debtors	1163	4	163	111.259,00	164	10.087.143,00
a)<br><br>becoming due and payable within one year	1203		203	111.259,00	204	10.087.143,00
b)<br><br>becoming due and payable after more than one year
	1205		205		206
III.Investments	1189		189		190
IV.Cash at bank and in hand	1197		197	617,00	198	323,00

E.<br><br>Prepayments	1199		199		200	1.574.974,00

TOTAL (ASSETS)			201	4.804.552.398,00	202	5.142.178.260,00

The notes in the annex form an integral part of the annual accounts


RCSL Nr. : B251465	Matricule : 2021 2200 442


CAPITAL, RESERVES AND LIABILITIES

	Reference(s)		Current year		Previous year
A.Capital and reserves	1301	5	301	4.780.310.025,00	302	5.141.345.469,00
I.Subscribed capital	1303		303	255.976.180,00	304	6.032.831,00
II.Share premium account	1305		305	5.099.966.132,00	306	5.099.699.682,00
III.Revaluation reserve	1307		307		308
IV.Reserves	1309		309	-33.425.557,00	310
V.Profit or loss brought forward	1319		319	35.009.647,00	320
VI.Profit or loss for the financial year	1321		321	-333.317.502,00	322	35.612.956,00
VII.Interim dividends	1323		323	-243.898.875,00	324
VIII.Capital investment subsidies	1325		325		326

B.Provisions	1331		331		332

C.Creditors	1435		435	23.187.519,00	436	241.596,00
a)becoming due and payable within one year	1453	6	453	22.069.436,00	454	241.596,00
b)becoming due and payable after more than one year	1455	7	455	1.118.083,00	456

D.Deferred income	1403	8	403	1.054.854,00	404	591.195,00

TOTAL (CAPITAL, RESERVES AND LIABILITIES)			405	4.804.552.398,00	406	5.142.178.260,00

The notes in the annex form an integral part of the annual accounts


Annual Accounts Helpdesk :		RCSL Nr. : B251465
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		Financial year from 01 01/01/2022 to 02 31/12/2022 (in 03 )




		Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
		56, rue Charles Martel
		L-2134 Luxembourg

All values are in Euros.


	Reference(s)		Current year		Previous year
1.to 5. Gross profit or loss	1651	9	651	-2.580.975,00	652	-849.017,00
6.Staff costs	1605		605		606
a)Wages and salaries	1607		607		608
b)Social security costs	1609		609		610
i)relating to pensions	1653		653		654
ii)other social security costs	1655		655		656
c)Other staff costs	1613		613		614
7.Value adjustments	1657		657		658
a)in respect of formation expenses and of tangible and intangible fixed assets	1659		659		660
b)in respect of current assets	1661		661		662
8.Other operating expenses	1621	11	621	-5.091.679,00	622	-9.874.389,00

The notes in the annex form an integral part of the annual accounts

RCSL Nr. : B251465	Matricule : 2021 2200 442


	Reference(s)		Current year		Previous year
9.Income from participating interests	1715		715		716	46.329.444,00
a) derived from affiliated undertakings	1717	12	717		718	46.329.444,00
b) other income from participating<br>interests	1719		719		720
10. Income from other investments and loans forming part of the fixed assets	1721		721		722
a) derived from affiliated undertakings	1723		723		724
b) other income not included under a)	1725		725		726
11. Other interest receivable and similar income	1727		727	1.988.294,00	728	6.918,00
a) derived from affiliated undertakings	1729	13	729	1.988.294,00	730	6.918,00
b) other interest and similar income	1731		731		732
12. Share of profit or loss of undertakings accounted for under the equity method	1663		663		664
13. Value adjustments in respect of financial assets and of investments held as current assets	1665		665	-326.075.298,00	666
14. Interest payable and similar expenses	1627		627	-1.503.699,00	628
a) concerning affiliated undertakings	1629	14	629	-1.503.699,00	630
b) other interest and similar expenses	1631		631		632
15. Tax on profit or loss	1635	15	635		636
16. Profit or loss after taxation	1667		667	-333.263.357,00	668	35.612.956,00
17. Other taxes not shown under items 1 to 16	1637		637	-54.145,00	638
18. Profit or loss for the financial year	1669		669	-333.317.502,00	670	35.612.956,00

The notes in the annex form an integral part of the annual accounts

Notes to the Audited Annual Accounts

1.	General information

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (the “Company” or “AMPSA”) is the holding company for the Metal Packaging operations of Ardagh Group S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Ardagh Group”). The Company was incorporated in Luxembourg on 20 January 2021. Its registered office is located at 56, rue Charles Martel, L-2134, Luxembourg. The Company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The immediate parent company of the Company is Ardagh Group S.A.. ARD Holdings S.A. is the ultimate parent company of the Company and of Ardagh Group S.A., the holding company of the Ardagh Group.

The Company also prepares consolidated financial statements, which are published according to the provisions of Luxembourg law.

On February 22, 2021, Ardagh Group announced its entry into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among others, Ardagh, Ardagh Metal Packaging, Ardagh MP MergeCo Inc., a wholly- owned subsidiary of the Company (“MergeCo”) and Gores Holdings V Inc. (“Gores Holdings V”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to effect the merger of MergeCo with and into Gores Holdings V, with Gores Holdings V being the surviving corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMPSA (the “Merger”, and, together with the other transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”) to create an independent, pure-play beverage can company, whose ordinary shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “AMBP.”

2.	Summary of significant accounting policies
2.1	Basis of preparation
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The annual accounts are prepared in conformity with the Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements under the historical cost convention. The accounting policies and valuation rules are, apart from those enforced by the amended Law of 19 December 2002, determined, and implemented by the Board of Directors.

The preparation of annual accounts requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires the Board of Directors to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the accounting policies. Changes in assumptions may have a significant impact on the annual accounts in the period in which the assumptions changed. The Board of Directors believe that the underlying assumptions are appropriate and that the annual accounts therefore present the financial position and results fairly.

The Company makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the next financial year. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations and future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

2.2	Significant accounting policies

The main valuation rules applied by the Company are the following:

(a)	Financial assets

Shares in affiliated undertakings, participating interests and securities held as fixed assets are valued at purchase price including the expenses incidental thereto. Loans to affiliated undertakings are valued at nominal value.

In the case of durable depreciation in value according to the opinion of the Board of Directors, value adjustments are made in respect of financial fixed assets, so that they are valued at the lower figure to be attributed to them at the balance sheet date. These value adjustments are not continued if the reasons for which the value adjustments were made have ceased to apply.

(b)	Debtors

Debtors are valued at their nominal value. They are subject to value adjustments where their recovery is compromised. These value adjustments are not continued if the reasons for which the value adjustments were made have ceased to apply.

(c)	Foreign currency Translation

Transactions expressed in currencies other than Euro are translated into Euro at the exchange rate effective at the time of the transaction.

Financial assets expressed in other currencies than Euro are translated at the exchange rate effective at time of transaction. At the balance sheet date, these assets remain translated at historical exchange rates.

Cash at bank and in hand is translated at the exchange rate effective at the balance sheet date. Exchange losses and gains are recorded in the profit and loss account of the year.

Other assets and liabilities are translated separately respectively at the lower or at the higher of the value converted at the historical exchange rate or the value determined on the basis of the exchange rates effective at the balance sheet date. The unrealised exchange losses are recorded in the profit and loss account. The exchange gains are recorded in the profit and loss account at the moment of their realisation whereas unrealised exchange gains are recognised on the balance sheet as deferred income.

Where there is an economic link between an asset and liability, these are valued in total according to the method described above and the net unrealised losses are recorded in the profit and loss account whereas unrealised exchange gains are not recognised.

(d)	Provision for taxation

Provision for taxation corresponding to the tax liability estimated by the Company for the financial years for which the tax return has not yet been filed are recorded under the caption “Other creditors – tax authorities”.

(e)	Creditors

Creditors are recorded at their reimbursement value. Where the amount repayable on account is greater than the amount received, the difference is shown as an asset and is written off over the period of the debt based on a linear method.

(f)	Share premium account

A share premium account is recorded in the Capital and reserves section of the balance sheet. The share premium account represents the difference between the par value of the shares issued and the issue price.

(g)	Preferred shares

The preferred shares have been classified as equity because there are no contractual obligations on the Company to deliver any cash or another financial asset under the respective terms.

(h)	Dividends

The company issued cash dividends on its shares on a quarterly basis in 2022 – please refer to Note 5 for details. Decisions in relation to dividend are determined by its Board of Directors, however the company intends to continue to pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per Ordinary Share, which would equate to a full year dividend of $0.40 per Ordinary Share. In addition, each Preferred Share is entitled to an annual dividend amounting to 9% of its nominal value.

(i)	Derivative financial instruments

The Company may enter into derivative financial instruments such as options, swaps, futures or foreign exchange contracts. These derivative financial instruments are initially recorded at cost.

Derivative financial instruments are fair valued based on market/valuation techniques. Unrealised gains are not recorded until they are realised and unrealised losses are recognised in profit & loss account.

3.	Shares in Affiliated Undertakings

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Shares in affiliated undertakings	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
Shares in affiliated undertakings at 1 January 2022 (2021: 20 January)		5,130,516		-
Contributions to Ardagh Metal Packaging Group S.à.r.l.		-		4,911,958
Contributions to Ardagh Packaging Holdings Limited		-		218,558
Impairment of shares in affiliated undertakings		(326,075)		-
Shares in affiliated undertakings at 31 December 2022		4,804,441		5,130,516

The following table provides information relating to our principal operating subsidiaries at 31 December 2022:


Name	****	Registered Office	****	Ownership<br>%	Last<br>balance sheet date	****	Net equity<br>(Luxembourg GAAP)		****	Loss for the<br><br>year	****
							’000			’000
								Unaudited		Unaudited
Ardagh Metal<br>Packaging Group<br>S.à.r.l.		56 rue Charles Martel, L-2134 Luxembourg, Luxembourg		100%	31/12/2022			€4,804,659*		(€110,453)*
Ardagh Packaging<br>Holdings Limited		Ardagh House, South Country Business Park, Leopardstown,<br>Dublin 18, Ireland		6.12%	31/12/2022			$669,847*		($911)*

* These relate to the unaudited stand-alone annual accounts of these entities.

2022

Management has assessed the recoverable amounts of the shares in affiliated undertakings against the respective carrying values and concluded that an impairment charge of €326,075,298 (2021: €nil) should be recognised, which is presented in the income statement within “value adjustments in respect of financial assets and of investments held as current assets”. The Company uses the fair value less costs of disposal (“FVLCD”) model for the purposes of its impairment test. In assessing FVLCD, management uses a market approach, which includes, as key assumptions, the valuation multiple which a market participant would apply to projected risk-Adjusted EBITDA and the forecasted full year 2023 Adjusted EBITDA.

2021

In 2021, the Company contributed its investment in Gores Holdings V of €218,557,891 to Ardagh Metal Packaging Holdings S.à.r.l. in exchange for Class B shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging Holdings S.à.r.l..

In 2021, the Company made contributions to Ardagh Metal Packaging Group S.à.r.l. in the form of its investment in Ardagh Metal Packaging Holdings S.à.r.l. of €2,907,155,410, cash of $695,000,000 and receivables totalling €1,419,354,808.

4.	Amounts owed by affiliated undertakings

---	---	---	---	---
	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
- becoming due and payable within one year		111		10,087

5.	Capital and reserves

---	---	---	---	---
Subscribed capital	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
Authorised and subscribed
597,575,322 ordinary shares of €0.01 each		5,976		6,033
56,306,306 preferred shares of €4.44 each		250,000		-
		255,976		6,033

The movements in the subscribed capital were as follows:


	****	Par Value	****	No. of Shares	****	Issued subscribed capital
		€				€’000
As at 1 January 2022		0.01		603,327,326		6,033
Share Capital subscriptions		0.01		16,634		-
Cancellation of ordinary shares ^(i)^		0.01		(5,768,638)		(57)
		-		597,575,322		5,976

Preferred shares issued (ii)		4.44		56,306,306		250,000
As at 31 December 2022		-		653,881,628		255,976

The movements in the reserve accounts are as follows:


	Subscribed<br>capital	Share premium account	Legal reserve	Other reserves	Profit or loss brought forward	Profit or loss for the year	Interim Dividends
	€’000	€’000	€’000	€’000	€’000	€’000	€’000
At 1 January 2022	6,033	5,099,700	—	—	—	35,613	—
Allocation of profit or loss from previous year	—	—	603	—	35,010	(35,613)	—
Shared premium issuance	—	266	—	—	—	—	—
Cancellation of ordinary shares (i)	(57)	—	—	(34,029)	—	—	—
Preferred shares issued (ii)	250,000	—	—	—	—	—	—
Loss for the year	—	—	—	—	—	(333,317)	—
Interim dividends (iii)	—	—	—	—	—	—	(243,899)
At 31 December 2022	255,976	5,099,966	603	(34,029)	35,010	(333,317)	(243,899)

(i) On 8 July 2022, the Company issued 56,306,306 non-convertible, non-voting 9% cumulative preferred shares of nominal value of €4.44 per preferred share to Ardagh Investments Holdings S.à.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A., for €250 million. The preferred shares are perpetual instruments with no fixed term and are only redeemable at the sole discretion of the Company. The preferred shares provide for annual cumulative dividends that may accumulate indefinitely if not declared. Redemption of the preferred shares at par plus unpaid dividends, as well as the payment of dividends on the preferred shares are entirely at the discretion of the Company and have therefore been classified as

equity. Transaction costs of $3 million related to the issuance of the preferred shares are included in Profit and Loss account.

(ii) For the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company repurchased and cancelled a total of 5,768,638 ordinary shares (31 December 2021: nil ordinary shares) returning €34 million ($35 million) to shareholders. The AGM approved the cancellation of these shares on 19 May 2022.

(iii) On 26 April 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of €56 million ($60 million) was paid on 28 June 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 June 2022.

On 27 May 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of €57 million ($61 million) was paid on 28 June 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 June 2022.

On 29 September 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of €60 million ($59 million) was paid on 27 October 2022 to shareholders of record on 13 October 2022.

On 25 October 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of €60 million ($60 million) was paid on 28 November 2022 to shareholders of record on 14 November 2022.

On 29 September 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend of €6 million (approximately $6 million) was paid on 27 October 2022.

On 25 October 2022, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend of €5 million (approximately $5 million) was paid on 28 November 2022.

Legal reserve

Under Luxembourg law, the Company is required to allocate a minimum of 5% of its annual net income to a legal reserve, until this reserve equals 10% of the subscribed share capital. This reserve is not available for distribution.

6. Amount owed to affiliated undertakings


	2022	2021
	€’000	€’000
Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited	22,016	1

2022 reflects an interest-bearing, working capital loan denominated in euro and U.S. dollar with Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited. Interest is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual days elapsed. The loan is repayable on demand and carries interest at a variable rate. Please refer to Note 4 for 2021, reflecting an amount due to affiliated undertakings with Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited.

7. Other creditors


	2022	2021
	€’000	€’000
Other creditors becoming due and payable within one year	1,118	241

8. Deferred income


	2022	2021
	€’000	€’000
Deferred income	1,055	590

This amount represents an unrealised exchange gain on a U.S. dollar loan referenced in Note 6 calculated at the exchange rate effective at the balance sheet date. In accordance with the Foreign Currency accounting policy outlined in 2.2 (c) above, this gain is recognised as deferred income because the gain has not been realised.

9. Other external expenses


	****	2022	2021
		€’000	€’000
Other external charges		(2,581)	(849)

Other external expenses relate to direct and indirect costs and expenses for the operations of the Company.

10. Staff Costs

This company has no employees.

11. Other operating expenses


	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
Other operating charges		(5,091)		(9,874)

Other operating expenses primarily relate to transaction related costs, including $3 million for the issuance of the preferred shares. Please refer to Note 5.

12. Income from participating interests


	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
Ardagh Metal Packaging Group S.à.r.l.		-		46,329

In 2021, income derived from affiliated undertakings relates to dividend income.

13. Other interest receivable and similar income


	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
- derived from affiliated undertakings		1,988		7

Interest income arising from amounts on deposit with Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited.

14. Interest payable and similar expenses


	****	2022	2021
		€’000	€’000
- other interest and similar expenses		(1,504)	—

Interest payable primarily arising from foreign currency translation losses.

15. Value adjustments in respect of financial assets and of investments held as current assets


	****	2022	2021
		€’000	€’000
Impairment of shares in affiliated undertakings		(326,075)	-

16. Other taxes

The Company is subject in Luxembourg to the applicable general tax regulations.


	****	2022	****	2021
		€’000		€’000
Tax expense for the financial year		(54)		-

17.	Commitments and contingencies

Section 357 Exemption – Irish Company Law Requirement

The Irish subsidiary undertakings of the Company listed below have availed of an exemption from filing their individual financial statements with the Irish Registrar of Companies as permitted by Section 357 of the Irish Companies Act, 2014 on the basis that they have satisfied the conditions as laid out in Sections 357 (a) to (h) of that Act.

Ardagh Packaging Holdings Limited Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance plc Ardagh Metal Packaging Treasury Limited

Section 264 Exemption – German Commercial Code Requirement

The German subsidiary undertakings of the Company listed below, have availed of an exemption from filing their individual financial statements with the German Registrar of Companies as permitted by Section 264 paragraph 3 of the German Commercial Code, on the basis that they have satisfied the conditions as laid out in Section 264 Paragraph 3 Item 1.-5. of that Code.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Holdings Germany GmbH Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany GmbH Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Germany GmbH

Section 403 Exemption – Dutch Civil Code Requirement

Ardagh Metal Packaging Netherlands B.V. Ardagh Metal Packaging Trading Netherlands B.V.

Earnout Shares

Ardagh Group S.A. has a contingent right to receive up to 60.73 million Earnout Shares from the Company. The Earnout Shares are issuable by the Company to Ardagh Group S.A. subject to attainment of certain stock price hurdles, over a five- year period from the 180th day following the closing of the Merger.

Warrants

All warrants previously exercisable for the purchase of shares in Gores Holdings V were converted into AMPSA warrants exercisable for the purchase of shares in AMPSA at an exercise price of $11.50 over a five-year period after closing of the Merger. There have been no triggering events in relation to the warrants and as a result these have been treated as off- balance sheet items.

18.	Related party transactions

The primary related party transactions of the Company include investments in and loans to and from affiliated entities as well as associated interest. Other transactions include the preferred share issuance and dividends declared and paid. Please refer to preceding notes in this Annual Report.

On 8 July 2022, the Company issued 56,306,306 non-convertible, non-voting 9% cumulative preferred shares of nominal value of €4.44 per preferred share to Ardagh Investments Holdings S.à.r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A., for €250 million. The preferred shares are perpetual instruments with no fixed term and are only redeemable at the sole discretion of the Company.

In 2021, Ardagh Group S.A. and AMPSA entered into a Services Agreement, pursuant to which Ardagh Group S.A., either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, shall provide certain corporate and business-unit services to AMPSA and its subsidiaries, and AMPSA, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, shall provide certain corporate and business- unit services to AGSA and its affiliates (other than the AMPSA Entities). The services provided pursuant to the Services Agreement include typical corporate functional support areas such as finance, legal, risk, HR procurement, sustainability and IT in order to complement the activities in areas which exist within AMPSA.

19.	Subsequent events

On 21 February 2023, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of $0.10 per ordinary share. The interim dividend of €56 million ($60 million) was paid on 28 March 2023 to shareholders of record on 14 March 2023.

On 21 February 2023, the Board of Directors approved an interim dividend on the annual 9% dividend of the preferred shares. The interim dividend of €6 million was paid on 28 March 2023.

On 20 March 2023, the Company increased its share capital from EUR 255,975,751.86 to EUR 255,975,887.72 by issuing 13,586 Ordinary Shares.

20.	Approval of annual accounts

The Board of Directors approved these annual accounts on 11 April 2023. 17