MD&A
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following is a discussion of our financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and the selected financial data included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The discussion of our financial condition and results of operations includes various forward-looking statements about our markets, the demand for our products and our future prospects. These statements are based on certain assumptions we consider reasonable. For information about risks and exposures relating to us and our business, you should read the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" at the end of this Item 2 and the section entitled “Risk Factors” at Part II, Item 1A hereof. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to "Mativ," "we," "us," "our," the "Company" or similar terms include Mativ Holdings, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries. This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") is designed to provide a reader of our financial statements with an understanding of our recent performance, our financial condition and our prospects. This MD&A discusses the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. Recent Developments Throughout 2025, the U.S. government proposed the implementation of, or did implement, a number of tariffs on imports to the United States from a large number of countries. On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling invalidating tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA"), and on April 20, 2026, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("U.S. CBP") launched a refund platform. The net impact of IEEPA tariff refund claims submitted and accepted by U.S. CBP as of June 30, 2026 was not significant. The Company continues to monitor developments with respect to tariffs and trade policy, including refund initiati