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Ball Corporation

BA L L   C O R P O R A T I O N   is a leading global supplier of innovative, sustainable  
metal packaging for beverages, food and household products, and of aerospace  
and other technologies and services for commercial and governmental customers.
Founded in 1880, the company employs 18,300 people worldwide. Ball Corporation  
stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BLL.

Please visit Ball’s Investor Center at www.ball.com/investors to view the 2017 online annual report. Where you  
see this information icon in our report, you can find additional information on that topic at www.ball.com. 

D R I V E   F O R  1 0
Drive for 10 is a mindset around perfection, with a greater sense of urgency 

around our future success. Drive for 10 has three major areas of focus: 

WE  KNOW    
WHO W E AR E

WE KNOW    
WHERE WE ARE GOING

WE KNOW    
WHAT IS IMPORTANT

Proud of our rich history, we recognize 
the whole of our company is greater 
than the sum of its parts. 

Most importantly, we believe in our 
people, our culture and our ability to 
deliver value to all our stakeholders. 
Though we encourage and embrace 
our diversity of thought, business, 
location and language, we are  
“One Ball,” valuing:

 UNCOMPROMISING  
INTEGRITY
 BEING CLOSE TO  
OUR CUSTOMERS

  BEHAVING LIKE OWNERS

 FOCUSING ON ATTENTION  
TO DETAIL

  BEING INNOVATIVE

We want to be the best at everything 
we do, and will continually strive for 
perfection at Ball as we pursue our 
strategy of:

 MAXIMIZING value in our  
existing businesses
 EXPANDING into new products  
and capabilities
 ALIGNING ourselves with the  
right customers and markets
 BROADENING our  
geographic reach
 LEVERAGING our know-how and 
technological expertise to provide  
a competitive advantage

In order to reach our goals, we must 
excel in these areas:
  CUSTOMER FOCUS 

 We must be viewed as a  
strategic partner with each  
of our key customers.

  OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 

 We must be the most competitive 
in terms of cost, quality and service 
in all the markets in which we 
compete by continually driving for 
efficiencies in all our processes.
 INNOVATION AND  
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
 We must identify and drive 
profitable growth.

  PEOPLE AND CULTURE FOCUS 
 We must have the best people, 
providing them with the right 
support, rewards and growth 
opportunities to thrive.

  SUSTAINABILITY 

 We must balance our economic, 
environmental and social impacts 
for greater long-term success.

B A L L  C O R P O R A T I O N

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
D E A R   F E L LOW
S H A R E H O L D E R S

In 2017, Ball Corporation had another strong year,  

thanks to our 18,300 employees around the world. 

By staying true to our culture, Drive for 10 vision and 

disciplined EVA® (economic value added) approach, 

we embraced the unique opportunities in each of 

our businesses and overcame challenges to deliver 

significantly higher comparable operating earnings, 

diluted earnings per share and free cash flow. 

Throughout the year, we executed our plan and 

delivered results with which we were pleased, but not 

surprised, including comparable EBITDA of $1.75 billion 

versus $1.36 billion in 2016, comparable net earnings 

attributable to the company of $728 million versus 

JOHN A. HAYES

Chairman, President  
& Chief Executive Officer

       Aligning ourselves with the right customers  

$563 million in 2016, and comparable full-year diluted 

and markets

earnings per share of $2.04 in 2017 versus $1.74 in  

2016. We also generated more than $920 million of  

free cash flow after investing approximately $350 million  

of our $550 million of total capital expenditures in EVA-

generating growth capital projects that position us well 

for the future. While these comparisons are somewhat 

distorted due to the Rexam acquisition’s mid-2016 

closing, we achieved or exceeded the 2017 targets  

we set for ourselves upon closing of the acquisition. 

   Broadening our geographic reach

      Leveraging our know-how and technological  
expertise to provide a competitive advantage

MAXIMIZING VALUE IN OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES

We continue to transform all of our businesses to 

leverage the diverse opportunities in front of us.  

We took numerous steps toward this transformation  

in 2017 and are confident we are making positive  

When we started our Drive for 10 journey in late 2010,  

long-term impacts on our organization. 

we faced an evolving landscape in which our customers, 

suppliers, markets, consumers and technologies were 

changing at a much faster pace than during the prior 

decade. To keep up with this change, we determined 

that we needed to move with a greater sense of urgency 

to be successful for another 135-plus years. Eight years 

later, our Drive for 10 vision is more relevant than ever.  

In 2017, we continued to execute, and stayed true to  

our “where we are going” levers: 

   Maximizing value in our existing businesses

     Expanding into new products and capabilities

In our global metal beverage container business, we 

made significant progress toward truly transforming the 

way we work and realizing the financial and strategic 

benefits of the Rexam acquisition; making the beverage 

can the most sustainable package in the supply chain; 

and ensuring customers and consumers continue 

to prefer cans over other packaging types. Despite 

some political, economic and weather-related volatility 

around the world, we remained focused on the things 

we could control—instilling and further reinforcing our 

EVA mindset among all new and existing employees, 

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A E R O S P A C E

In April, we broke ground on a 145,000-square-foot 
expansion of our Aerospace Manufacturing Center 
(AMC) in Westminster, Colorado, which will enhance 
our manufacturing and production capabilities so we 
can keep pace with our projected growth and meet 
ongoing customer needs, as well as maintain our 
competitive advantage in the aerospace industry.

reducing our general and administrative (G&A) 

Our aerospace business continued to win in the 

footprint, streamlining processes and systems to further 

marketplace with a variety of program and contract  

lower our G&A cost structure, executing our sourcing 

wins, and finished the year with a record $1.75 billion 

synergy plans, and aligning our global plant network to 

backlog, thereby sustaining its multi-year growth curve 

optimize costs and ensure the appropriate supply of our 

with numerous outstanding requests for bids and 

various beverage can sizes and shapes to meet market 

proposals in the pipeline to help fuel future growth.

As we strive to make the aluminum beverage container 

the most sustainable choice in the value chain from 

an economic, environmental and social standpoint, 

sustainability remains a top priority. In June, we 

announced our major achievements and progress 

toward our sustainability priorities—product stewardship, 

operational excellence, talent management and 

community ambassadors—and ambitious 2020 goals. 

demand requirements. We continued our global finance 

transformation projects and cost-out initiatives with the 

opening of shared service centers in Belgrade, Serbia, 

and Querétaro, Mexico. We ceased production in our 

Reidsville, North Carolina, and Recklinghausen,  

Germany, beverage can plants, and announced the 

closures of three additional U.S. beverage can plants  

to tighten 12-ounce beverage can capacity. 

In our food and aerosol business, we invested to 

accelerate profitable growth in aerosol while maximizing 

value in our food can business by reducing costs, 

improving manufacturing efficiencies and making the 

best use of our free cash flow. We celebrated openings 

for new aluminum aerosol lines in Ahmedabad, India, 

and Velim, Czech Republic. We also transitioned our 

North American tinplate flat sheet service center to 

Canton, Ohio; sold our paint and general line can  

plant in Hubbard, Ohio; and tightened food can  

capacity in the U.S. 

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This May, we will release our 2018 sustainability report 

with updated data and additional progress toward our 

goals. As part of this, we have aligned our plants and 

employees to further enhance the sustainability profile 

of our organization, our processes and our products. 

Because our long-term success also depends on our 

ability to have “the best” in terms of people and their 

creativity, we continue to make deliberate and intentional 

strides to further drive a more inclusive culture and 

diverse workforce. In 2017, for the third consecutive 

year, we received a perfect score on the Corporate 

Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and 

report on corporate policies and practices related to 

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer workplace 

equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign 

Foundation. We also have increased the diversity of our 

U.S. workforce from 40 to 45 percent over the past two 

years, while increasing the diversity of our management 

from 36 to 42 percent during that same time frame. 

EXPANDING INTO NEW PRODUCTS 

AND CAPABILITIES

The end markets around us are always changing,  

and we must be the most responsive and flexible  

in developing solutions to our customers’ challenges 

to help them be successful. At Ball, we are constantly 

looking ahead. 

As customers shift to 100 percent and infinitely 

recyclable aluminum cans from less sustainable 

substrates, demand for beverage cans—particularly 

specialty beverage cans—is growing around the  

world. As a result, our specialty can volumes represent 

more than 35 percent of our global units sold versus  

30 percent in 2016. 

In our aerosol business, we upheld our commitment to 

innovation and our customers and industry took note, 

with our aluminum aerosol cans earning several 

awards for innovation and packaging design for our 

ReAl®, Tactile and 360-degree can technologies. 

S U S TA I NA BI L I T Y

For the fifth consecutive year, 

Ball was listed on the Dow Jones 

Sustainability Index World (DJSI 

World) and Dow Jones Sustainability 

Index North America (DJSI NA) as the 

industry leader among container and 

packaging companies. We also were 

selected as a member of the Euronext 

Vigeo US 50 index, made up of the  

50 most advanced U.S. companies  

in the areas of environmental, social 

and governance performance, and 

the Euronext Vigeo World 120 index, 

which lists the 120 most advanced 

companies from Europe, North 

America and Asia Pacific for their 

corporate responsibility performance.

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BE V E R AGE   CA NS

Consumer preferences continue to move toward imported beer, craft 
beer, wine, energy drinks and sparkling water. On-premise and on-shelf 
differentiation remain important as brands compete for consumer attention 
and strive to grow their profit pools. With our industry-leading portfolio  
of can and bottle sizes, innovative technologies and attention-grabbing 
graphics, as well as our scale and footprint, we can deliver what  
customers need when and where they need it.

Our aerospace business is leveraging its design, 

We have made significant progress in aligning our 

development and manufacturing expertise in a  

global beverage business with these needs and, with the 

variety of areas to ensure that the U.S. and its allies 

growth of our product portfolio, leveraging our global 

have the most innovative, yet affordable intelligence, 

innovation efforts, dedicated global and regional key 

surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, from 

account teams, and commitment to ongoing operational 

real-time information for war fighters or longer-term 

and sustainability improvements, we are positioned for 

capabilities that keep our nation safe and secure. 

future success. 

Additionally, our phased array antennas for 

commercial space, aerospace and defense are 

utilized by customers in various ways, including, 

but not limited to, securing communications and 

developing new commercial data networks for  

the world’s ever-increasing data needs. 

ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THE  

RIGHT CUSTOMERS AND MARKETS

Whether global or local, our beverage customers 

expect us to deliver solutions and services so they 

can profitably grow their businesses. To build upon 

the success we have had over the years, we must 

anticipate their needs, identify new markets and 

opportunities for growth, and deliver problem-

solving solutions, whether a new price point 

for a specific convenience channel product or 

expanding distribution channels for new products. 

In our aluminum aerosol 

business, our innovative ReAl® 

technology, which increases 

the strength of aluminum 

used in the manufacturing 

process while lightweighting 

the can by 15 percent over a 

standard aluminum aerosol can, 

provides the ideal solution for 

customers who are committed to 

sustainability and moving toward 

a more circular economy. In 

2017, we partnered with Unilever 

to bring a more sustainable 

aluminum aerosol can to market 

for the Rexona® and Sure® 

antiperspirant brands. 

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Vietnam. In early 2018, we announced the construction 

of a new beverage can facility in Paraguay. 

The aluminum aerosol market continues to grow  

in Europe, India and Mexico, and our additional  

capacity investments in those areas and extensive 

product portfolio will allow us to better meet the 

increased demand. 

LEVERAGING OUR KNOW-HOW  

AND TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE

In all of our businesses, our employees have a  

wealth of knowledge and experience that is a true 

differentiator. When combined with the data and 

numerous technologies now available to us, this  

know-how and expertise is incredibly powerful, 

particularly in our larger, more global organization. 

In our beverage business, this expertise combined  

with our industry-leading can and bottle portfolio, 

virtually limitless printing and graphic capabilities,  

ends and other technologies, brings us closer to our 

goal of delivering anything, anytime, anywhere for  

our increasingly diverse customer base. We also  

are utilizing our data analytics capabilities to help 

transform the way our products are made by speeding 

up existing processes, redesigning new processes, 

conducting predictive maintenance, and utilizing 

In November, NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 

(JPSS-1) successfully launched from Vandenberg  

Air Force Base in California. JPSS-1 is one of the  

most advanced environmental systems ever created.  

The information collected from its next-generation  

suite of instruments provides global observations for  

U.S. weather and environmental predictions to help  

protect lives, property and our planet. 

BROADENING OUR GEOGRAPHIC REACH

We continue to align our businesses with the ever-

evolving marketplace and shifting customer expectations 

analytics in other ways previously unavailable to us. 

so we can deliver the benefits of our size, scale, expertise 

and capabilities to customers around the world to 

achieve profitable growth.

In 2017, we announced the construction of new 

In our aerosol business, we are manufacturing  

increasingly intricate shapes and leveraging significant 

technical experience from our beverage business to 

print using tactile ink for greater consumer interaction 

beverage container manufacturing plants just outside 

with the package. 

Phoenix, Arizona, and Madrid, Spain, to ensure we are 

close to customers and have the right product mix to 

meet market needs. To meet growing demand in other 

areas around the world, we also have made further 

investments to expand our facilities in Argentina, Texas 

and Mexico, and in our joint ventures in Panama and 

In November, the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile 

Systems Center selected our aerospace business  

to deliver the next-generation operational environmental 

satellite system. This new environmental satellite system 

will be based on the Ball Configurable Platform, a proven, 

agile spacecraft with 50 years of on-orbit operations for 

affordable remote sensing applications.

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Across Ball, we also continually apply our expertise to drive 

operational efficiencies, maintain a safer and healthier work 

environment, and improve the sustainability profile of our 

business and our products. 

DRIVING LONG-TERM SUCCESS

When we began our Drive for 10 journey, we committed  

to strive for perfection with a greater sense of urgency.  

We also had aspirations to double the amount of EVA  

dollars generated over the next decade while growing  

our comparable earnings per share to $2.50 per share  

(split adjusted). We are 70 percent of the way through  

this decade, and we are on—or above—our expectations.

However, significant opportunities remain across our 

organization, and we must continue to pursue them with  

a sense of urgency and a can-do attitude. We have a clear  

line of sight to all of the synergies we identified when we 

announced the Rexam transaction, and are well on our  

way to achieving our 2019 goals of $2 billion of comparable 

EBITDA and free cash flow in excess of $1 billion.

With Ball’s unique value-creation formula—the combination 

of our culture, Drive for 10 vision, EVA discipline, exceptional 

team, and unmatched product and service portfolio—we will 

persist in making the can the most sustainable package in 

the packaging supply chain, and leveraging our aerospace 

technologies for continued long-term earnings and free cash 

flow growth. 

Best regards,

JOHN A. HAYES

Chairman, President  
& Chief Executive Officer

B E V E R A G E   I N V E S T M E N T

In August, we announced the 

construction of a new, state-of-the-art 

specialty beverage packaging facility 

in Goodyear, Arizona, to serve growing 

customer demand for specialty cans  

in the southwestern U.S. Construction 

also continued on a two-line beverage 

can manufacturing facility near  

Madrid, Spain, to serve one of the 

fastest growing beer markets in 

Europe. Both facilities will begin 

production in mid-2018.

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2 0 1 7   F I V E - Y E A R   R E V I E W   O F   S E L E C T E D   F I N A N C I A L   D A T A

BALL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

($ in millions, except per share amounts)

Net Sales 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 

Total interest expense

Earnings before taxes 

Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation from:

Continuing operations (a) 

Discontinued operations 

Total net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation (a) 

Basic earnings per share: (c)

Basic—continuing operations (a) 

Basic—discontinued operations 

Basic earnings per share (a) 

Weighted average common shares outstanding (000s) (c) 

Diluted earnings per share: (c)

Diluted—continuing operations (a) 

  Diluted—discontinued operations 

Diluted earnings per share (a) 

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (000s) (c)  

Total assets 

Total interest bearing debt and capital lease obligations 

Cash dividends per share (c) 

Total cash provided by operating activities 

Non-GAAP Measures (b)

Comparable operating earnings 

Comparable net earnings 

Diluted earnings per share (comparable basis) (c) 

Free cash fl ow 

EVA dollars (d)  

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

2017  

2016  

2015  

2014  

2013 

10,983   

802 

(288 ) 

$ 

$ 

9,061 

463 

(338 ) 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

7,997 

606 

(260 ) 

8,570 

839 

(193 ) 

$ 

$ 

8,468

795

(212 )

514 

$ 

125 

$ 

346 

$ 

646 

$ 

583

374 

$ 

263 

$ 

281 

$ 

470 

$ 

406

—

—

—

—

1

374 

$ 

263 

$ 

281 

$ 

470 

$ 

407

1.07 

$ 

0.83 

$ 

1.02 

$ 

1.70 

$ 

1.39

—

—

—

—

—

1.07 

$ 

0.83 

$ 

1.02 

$ 

1.70 

$ 

1.39

350,269 

316,542 

274,600 

277,016 

291,886

1.05 

$ 

0.81 

$ 

1.00 

$ 

1.65 

$ 

1.36

—

—

—

—

—

1.05 

$ 

0.81 

$ 

1.00 

$ 

1.65 

$ 

1.36

356,985 

322,884 

281,968 

284,860 

298,446

17,169 

$  16,173 

6,971 

0.365 

1,478 

$ 

7,532 

0.26

194 

$ 

$ 

9,697 

5,051 

0.26

1,007 

$ 

$ 

7,535 

3,133 

0.26

1,012 

$ 

$ 

7,774

3,559

$ 

1,220 

$ 

976 

$ 

801 

$ 

920 

$ 

728

2.04 

922

240

563

1.74

(412 ) 

199

490

1.74

479

181

553

1.94

621

191

0.26

839

874

490

1.64

461

149

Total annual return to common shareholders (e)  

1.8 % 

4.0 % 

7.5 % 

33.1 % 

16.8 %

(a)   Includes business consolidation and other activities and other items affecting comparability between years. Additional details about the 2017, 2016 and 2015 

items are available in Note 5 to the consolidated fi nancial statements within Item 8 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

(b)   Non-U.S. GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation and should not be considered superior to, or a substitute for, fi nancial measures calculated 

in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Further discussion of non-GAAP fi nancial measures is available in Item 7 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K .

(c)  Amounts in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 have been retrospectively adjusted for the 2-for-1 stock split that was effective on May 16, 2017.
(d)  Net operating earnings after tax less a capital charge of 9% after-tax on average invested capital employed.
(e)   Change in stock price plus dividends paid, assuming reinvestment of all dividends paid. Information for this calculation is included in the shareholder return 

performance chart in Item 5 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

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D I R E CTO R S

ROBERT W. ALSPAUGH

MICHAEL J. CAVE

HANNO C. FIEDLER

Retired CEO of KPMG 
International1,2

Retired Senior Vice President  
of The Boeing Company1,2

Retired Chairman and CEO 
of Ball Packaging Europe1,4

DANIEL J. HEINRICH

R. DAVID HOOVER

JOHN A. HAYES

Former Executive Vice 

President and CFO of  
The Clorox Company1,4

Former Chairman, President 
and CEO of Ball Corporation2

Chairman, President  

and CEO of Ball Corporation

PEDRO HENRIQIE MARIANI

GEORGIA R. NELSON

CYNTHIA A. NIEKAMP

Chairman of the Board  
of Banco BBM 2

President and CEO  
of PTI Resources, LLC3,4

Retired Senior Vice President 
of PPG Industries, Inc.2,3

CATHY D. ROSS

GEORGE M. SMART

THEODORE M. SOLSO*

Former Executive Vice President 
and CFO of FedEx Express1,4

Retired President  
of Sonoco-Phoenix, Inc.3,4

Former Chairman and CEO 
of Cummins Inc.3,4

STUART A. TAYLOR II

COMMITTEES

CEO of The Taylor Group, LLC1,3

2  Fi n a n c e 

1 A u d i t 
4  N o m i n at i n g / Co r p o rat e   G o v e r n a n c e 
* Le a d   I n d e p e n d e n t   D i re c t o r 

3  H u m a n   Re s o u rc e s 

C O R P O R AT E   &   O P E R AT I N G   M A N AG E M E N T

G I H A N   A T A P A T T U   
President, Beverage Packaging Asia Pacific

J O H N   A .   H A Y E S   
Chairman, President and CEO

C H A R L E S   E .   B A K E R   
Vice President, General Counsel  
and Corporate Secretary

N A T E   C .   C A R E Y   
Vice President and Controller

A N T H O N Y   B A R N E T T   
President, Beverage Packaging  
Africa, Middle East and Asia

M .   A N D R E W   C R O U C H   
Vice President, Technology

J E F F R E Y   A .   K N O B E L   
Vice President and Treasurer

C A R L O S   M E D E I R O S   
President, Beverage Packaging  
North and Central America

S C O T T   C .   M O R R I S O N   
Senior Vice President and CFO 

L I S A   A .   P A U L E Y   
Senior Vice President, Human Resources  
and Administration

D A N I E L   W .   F I S H E R   
Senior Vice President, Ball Corporation;  
COO, Global Metal Beverage Packaging 

J A M E S   N .   P E T E R S O N   
Senior Vice President, Ball Corporation; 
COO, Food and Aerosol Packaging

C O L I N   J .   G I L L I S   
President, Beverage Packaging Europe

C A R L O S   P I R E S   
President, Beverage Packaging 
South America

K A T H L E E N   E .   P I T R E   
Vice President, Communications  
and Corporate Relations 

D A N I E L   J .   R A B B I T T   
Vice President, Corporate Planning  
and Development

M A N E T T E   A .   S N O W   
Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion

R O B E R T   D .   S T R A I N   
Senior Vice President, Ball Corporation;  
President, Ball Aerospace 

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2 0 1 7   S H A R E H O L D E R   I N FO R M AT I O N

QUARTERLY STOCK PRICES AND DIVIDENDS
Quarterly prices for the company’s common stock,  
as reported on the composite tape, and quarterly  
dividends in 2017 and 2016 were: 

2017 

4th Quarter 

3rd Quarter  2nd Quarter  1st Quarter 

ANNUAL MEETING

High  

$  43.24 

$  43.06 

$  42.73 

$  38.68

Low   

$  37.36 

$  38.79 

$  35.65 

$  36.00

Dividends  
per share 

$ 

0.10 

$ 

0.10 

$ 

0.10 

$  0.065

2016 

4th Quarter 

3rd Quarter  2nd Quarter  1st Quarter 

High  

$  41.07 

$  41.12 

$  38.35 

$  36.50

Low   

$  36.22 

$  34.34 

$  33.76 

$  31.15

Dividends  
per share 

$  0.065 

$  0.065 

$  0.065 

$  0.065

Amounts in the first and second quarters of 2017 and all quarters of  
2016 have been adjusted to reflect a two-for-one stock split which was  
effective May 16, 2017.

QUARTERLY RESULTS, COMPANY INFORMATION  
AND INVESTOR RELATIONS

Quarterly financial information and company news are posted 
on www.ball.com/investors. 

For investor relations call (303) 460-3537.

PURCHASE PLAN

A dividend reinvestment and voluntary stock purchase  
plan for Ball Corporation shareholders permits purchase  
of the company’s common stock without payment of a 
brokerage commission. Participants in this plan may have  
cash dividends on their shares automatically reinvested  
and, if they choose, invest by making optional cash  
payments. Additional information on the plan is available  
by writing Computershare, Dividend  Reinvestment  
Service, P.O. Box 505000, Louisville, KY 40233-5000. The  
toll-free number is (800) 446-2617, and the website is  
www.computershare.com/investor. You can access your  
Ball Corporation common stock account information on the  
Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through Computershare’s 
website. If you need assistance, please call Computershare at 
(800) 446-2617 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time.

The annual meeting of Ball Corporation shareholders  
will be held to tabulate the votes cast and to report 
the results of voting on the matters listed in the proxy 
statement sent to all shareholders. No other business  
and no presentations are planned. The meeting to  
report voting results will be held on Wednesday,  
April 25, 2018, at 7:30 a.m. Mountain time at Ball 
Corporation headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

The Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2017 filed by the 
company with the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission is enclosed.

CERTIFICATIONS

The company has filed with the New York Stock Exchange 
the chief executive officer’s annual certification regarding 
compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing 
 standards. The company also has filed with the United 
States Securities and Exchange Commission all required 
certifications by its chief executive officer and its chief 
financial officer regarding the quality of the company’s 
public disclosures.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

Computershare 
P.O. Box 505000 
Louisville, KY 40233-5000

SUSTAINABILITY

Ball Corporation balances economic, environmental and 
social aspects in its decision making and activities to 
create value for its stakeholders and to contribute to its 
Drive for 10 vision. Find out more about our sustainability 
strategy at www.ball.com/sustainability.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Ball Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.

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and other information contained in Ball Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2017, which is being 
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