Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On
On
The resignations of Messrs. Noto and Paulsen were not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies, or practices.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
In an employee town hall held by PMI earlier today, Chief Executive Officer
PMI expects to deliver full-year 2022 results broadly in line with its forecast
provided on
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains projections of results and goals and other forward-looking statements, including statements regarding final business and financial results. Achievement of results is subject to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. In the event that risks or uncertainties materialize, or underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, PMI is identifying important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by PMI.
PMI's business risks include: excise tax increases and discriminatory tax
structures; increasing marketing and regulatory restrictions that could reduce
our competitiveness, eliminate our ability to communicate with adult consumers,
or ban certain of our products in certain markets or countries; health concerns
relating to the use of tobacco and other nicotine-containing products and
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; litigation related to tobacco use and
intellectual property; intense competition; the effects of global and individual
country economic, regulatory and political developments, natural disasters and
conflicts; the impact and consequences of
In addition, important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties related to: the agreement with Altria Group, Inc., and the benefits of the transaction; the possibility that expected benefits related to recent or pending acquisitions, including the transaction with Swedish Match, may not materialize as expected; Swedish Match's business experiencing disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, licensees, other business partners or governmental entities; difficulty retaining key Swedish Match employees; the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the proposed transaction with Swedish Match; and the parties being unable to successfully implement integration strategies or to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected time-frames or at all.
PMI is further subject to other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly
filed documents, including PMI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fourth
quarter and year ended
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