Ball Corporation (BALL) Form 4 shows that Daniel J. Rabbitt, identified as S.V.P. & C.F.O. and a reporting person, had transactions dated 08/15/2025 and the filing was signed on 08/19/2025. The filing reports an award of 6,253 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that convert one-for-one into common shares and vest on the third anniversary of the award date subject to continued employment. The table also records a reported disposition indicated with a "D" for 7,700 common shares. The Form 4 is a single-person filing and was submitted under Section 16 reporting requirements.
Ball Corporation filed a Form 8-K that attaches a set of exhibits documenting debt documentation and legal opinions related to a securities transaction. The filing lists an Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated August 14, 2025, a form of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (included with the supplemental indenture), and legal opinions and consents from counsel including Todd A. Mikesell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The exhibits also reference the base indenture dated November 27, 2015, and indicate Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee. The filing is signed by Hannah Lim-Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.
Ball Corporation is offering $750.0 million of 5.500% senior notes due September 15, 2033, interest payable January 1 and July 1 beginning January 1, 2026, with interest accruing from August 14, 2025. The notes are priced at 100% with an underwriting discount of 1.2583333%, proceeds before expenses of $740,562,500.25 and estimated net proceeds of approximately $738.4 million.
The company intends to use net proceeds for general corporate purposes and to repay outstanding borrowings under its U.S. dollar and multi-currency revolving credit facilities prior to other applications. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations, guaranteed by substantially all domestic subsidiaries but not by foreign subsidiaries, and will be effectively subordinated to secured debt and structurally subordinated to liabilities of non-guarantor subsidiaries. On an as adjusted basis after the offering, the company would have had approximately $7.13 billion in aggregate long-term debt and related capitalization figures shown in the prospectus supplement.
Ball Corporation has agreed to sell $750 million of 5.500% Senior Notes maturing in 2033 through an underwriting agreement with a syndicate led by BofA Securities. The notes are being offered under the company's shelf registration and the offering is expected to close subject to customary closing conditions. Net proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes and may include refinancing or repayment of debt; the company plans to repay outstanding borrowings under its U.S. dollar and multi-currency revolving credit facilities prior to applying proceeds, using a portion of the offering proceeds together with cash on hand. The underwriting agreement is filed as an exhibit to the report.
Ball Corporation (BALL) – Form 3 Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership
On 07/01/2025, newly appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Daniel J. Rabbitt filed his first Form 3, formally placing him under Section 16 reporting rules. The filing does not record any open-market transactions; it simply discloses the securities he already owns.
- Direct common stock: 24,135.54 shares
- 401(k) plan holdings: 1,346 shares
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: 3,996.82 shares
- Deferred compensation units: 20,567.9 units convertible 1-for-1 into common shares or cash upon separation
- Restricted Stock Units: 3,047 units with three- and four-year vesting schedules
- Equity awards: 436 Stock Appreciation Rights and 50,664 non-qualified stock options granted between 2018-2025; strike prices range from $38.38 to $86.57 and vest in four equal annual tranches
The disclosure highlights a sizeable personal stake that economically aligns the new CFO with shareholders but contains no information that would alter Ball Corporation’s financial outlook.