BALL CORPORATION (NYSE:BLL) Files An 8-K Other Events

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BALL CORPORATION (NYSE:BLL) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01 Other Events.

Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), intends to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to which the Company may, from time to time, offer its securities, including debt securities that are guaranteed by certain of the Company's 50% owned domestic subsidiaries. The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide updated guarantor financial information to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X.

The Company has retrospectively adjusted the condensed consolidating financial information of the subsidiary guarantors by updating the historical financial statements contained in Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of Ball Corporation and subsidiaries in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the "Form 10-K"). These updated historical financial statements are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed only to update the Notes to the historical financial statements, as described herein. All other information in the Company's Form 10-K remains unchanged. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not modify or update the disclosures in the Form 10-K, nor does it reflect any subsequent information or events, other than the inclusion of the retrospectively adjusted guarantor financial information.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
23.1	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
99.1	Consolidated Financial Statements of Ball Corporation and subsidiaries and Notes thereto as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and for the three years ended December 31, 2017, including the retrospectively adjusted guarantor information in Note 23.
101	The following financial information from Ball Corporation’s Current Report on Form8-K as of December31, 2017 and 2016, and for the three years ended December 31, 2017, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i)the Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (ii)the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings, (iii)the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv)the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v)the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Earnings and (vi)Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. (Filed herewith.)

BALL Corp ExhibitEX-23.1 2 bll-20180306ex2317ec03e.htm EX-23.1 bll_Ex23_1 Exhibit 23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S−3 (Nos. 333−129292 and 333−208235) and Registration Statements on Form S−8 (Nos. 333−32393,…To view the full exhibit click here
About BALL CORPORATION (NYSE:BLL)
Ball Corporation (Ball) is a supplier of metal packaging to the beverage, food, personal care and household products industries. The Company’s packaging products are produced for a range of end uses and are manufactured in facilities around the world. The Company operates in four segments: metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia; metal beverage packaging, Europe; metal food and household products packaging, and aerospace and technologies. Its product lines include aluminum and steel beverage containers. The Company also produces steel food, aerosol, paint, general line and decorative specialty containers, as well as extruded aluminum aerosol and beverage containers and aluminum slugs. The Company sells its packaging products to multinational beverage, food, personal care and household products companies. Its aerospace business is engaged in the designing, development and manufacturing of aerospace systems for civil, commercial and national security aerospace markets.