8-K: Current report
Published on October 30, 2025
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Ball Corporation
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated October 30, 2025
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 29, 2025, the Board of Directors of Ball Corporation elected John E. Panichella to serve as a director of the Company. Panichella is the Chief Executive Officer of Solenis, a position he has held since 2014. Prior to Solenis, Panichella held senior leadership roles at Ashland Inc., General Electric Water and Process Technologies, and BetzDearborn. Panichella has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Finance Committees of the Board of Directors.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Panichella and any other person pursuant to which Panichella was elected to the Board of Directors. There is no family relationship between Panichella and any member of the Board of Directors or any executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions between the Company and Panichella that require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Also on October 30, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Panichella. A copy of the press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1. In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Current Report on Form 8-K, this press release is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information or Exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits.
The following are furnished as exhibits to this report:
Exhibit 99.1 | ||
Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
Ball Corporation
Form 8-K
October 30, 2025
EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
Description | Exhibit | |
99.1 | ||
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/ Hannah S. Lim-Johnson | ||
Hannah S. Lim-Johnson | |||
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||
Date: October 30, 2025