8-K: Current report filing
Published on January 30, 2014
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(D) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 29, 2014
(Date of earliest event reported)
BALL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
|
Indiana
|
001-07349
|
35-0160610
|
||||
|
(State of
|
(Commission
|
(IRS Employer
|
||||
|
Incorporation)
|
File No.)
|
Identification No.)
|
10 Longs Peak Drive, P.O. Box 5000, Broomfield, CO 80021-2510
(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP Code)
(303) 469-3131
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
|
□
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|
|
□
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
|
|
□
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|
|
□
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
|
Ball Corporation
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated January 30, 2014
|
Item 2.02.
|
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
|
On January 30, 2014, Ball Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2013, which results are set forth in the press release dated January 30, 2014, and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Earnings information regarding the fourth quarter and full year 2013, as well as information regarding the use of non-GAAP financial measures, are set forth in the attached press release.
The information in this Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
|
Item 5.03.
|
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
|
On January 29, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company amended its Bylaws to change the dates of the Annual Shareholders Meetings and Regular Quarterly Meetings of the Board of Directors. Exhibit 3(ii) attached hereto provides the text of the amended sections.
|
Item 9.01.
|
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
|
(d) Exhibits.
The following are furnished as exhibits to this report:
|
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
||
|
Exhibit 3(ii)
|
Amendment to Bylaws
|
||
|
Exhibit 99.1
|
Ball Corporation Press Release dated January 30, 2014
|
||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
BALL CORPORATION
|
|||
|
(Registrant)
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Scott C. Morrison
|
||
|
Name:
|
Scott C. Morrison
|
||
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
||
Date: January 30, 2014
Ball Corporation
Form 8-K
January 30, 2014
|
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
||
|
Description
|
Exhibit No.
|
|
|
Amendment to Bylaws
|
3(ii)
|
|
|
Ball Corporation Press Release dated January 30, 2014
|
99.1
|
|