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Holzer & Holzer is probing whether O-I Glass broke securities laws after an $873 million goodwill write-down drove a $6.33 per-share loss.
"Investors who purchased O-I stock and suffered a loss on that investment are encouraged to contact the firm," Corey Holzer, a partner at Holzer & Holzer, said in the Aug. 3 announcement.
O-I Glass reported second-quarter 2026 results on July 28 showing sales of $1.668 billion, a net loss of $972 million, and the $873 million non-cash goodwill impairment plus a $96 million increase to deferred tax valuation allowances, both tied to Europe. The stock fell about 15 percent on July 29 after the company cut its full-year guidance to adjusted earnings of $1.00 to $1.50 per share, from $1.65 to $1.90. Adjusted second-quarter EPS came in at $0.09, while Europe segment operating profit slid to $6 million from $90 million a year earlier.
The investigation centers on whether O-I Glass adequately disclosed the condition of its European operations when it issued forward-looking guidance in April. CEO Gordon Hardie told investors on the first-quarter call that the company was "confident we can strengthen results as the year progresses," three months before the impairment. A second firm, Levi & Korsinsky, has opened a separate probe, and the write-down could invite additional shareholder class actions.
The April guidance cut to $1.00 to $1.50 per share followed first-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.05, and Hardie had described the Europe decline as "down roughly $68 million from a year ago" at that time. The second-quarter report showed the segment's operating profit had fallen to $6 million, an $84 million swing from the prior-year quarter. Holzer & Holzer, an ISS top-rated securities litigation firm, said it is investigating whether the company complied with federal securities laws, without specifying the alleged violations. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for shareholders since its founding in 2000, according to its website.
The probe adds legal and reputational risk to a stock already down sharply on the earnings miss. A successful class action could force O-I Glass to pay damages tied to the period when investors bought shares at prices the firms allege were inflated by incomplete disclosure. Investors will watch for any class action filing and for O-I Glass's next earnings report for signs of stabilizing European volumes, which remain the central risk to the company's turnaround plan.
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