---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:16:42.357177+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball beats Q4 estimates; CEO Hayes to step down, Fisher named successor

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.90; comparable EPS $0.97 (+20% YoY); revenue $3.7B vs $3.1B
- FY2021 GAAP EPS $2.65; comparable EPS $3.49 (+18% YoY); sales $13.8B (+17%)
- CEO John Hayes to step down April 27, remains Chairman; President Daniel Fisher named CEO
- Global beverage can volumes up 7% in FY2021; aerospace backlog $2.5B, won-not-booked $5.0B
- Returned ~$950M to shareholders; deployed $1.7B capex in 2021; guides for >10–15% LT EPS growth

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938922000003/0000009389-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938922000003/bll-20220126x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-22-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-22-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-22-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel W. Fisher was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at BALL Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the appointment of Daniel W. Fisher as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ball Corporation, effective April 27, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938922000003/0000009389-22-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  John A. Hayes changed role as Chief Executive Officer at BALL Corp.
  - Action: plans to step down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: John A. Hayes, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, plans to step down as Chief Executive Officer on April 27, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938922000003/0000009389-22-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.