---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T08:59:30.747768+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Corporation amends bylaws to comply with Universal Proxy Rules, effective Jan 25, 2023

## Summary
- Board approved bylaw amendments on Jan 25, 2023, referencing SEC Rule 14a-19 for proxy solicitations.
- Dissident nominating shareholders must use proxy cards in a color other than white.
- Nominating shareholders required to include background information about the dissident entity/organization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000004/0000009389-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000004/bll-20230125x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  BALL Corp: Amended bylaws to add Universal Proxy Rules compliance requirements, including Rule 14a-19, dissident proxy card color, and background information requirements (effective 2023-01-25).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-25
  source text: On January 25, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s amended by-laws (the “Bylaws”) to, among other things, ensure nominating shareholders comply with solicitation and notice requirements under the Universal Proxy Rules by; (1) adding a specific reference to the proxy solicitation rule (Rule 14a-19) relating to the requirements for nominations and the proper form for such notices of such nominations; (2) mandating that a dissident use a color other than white for its proxy card; and (3) requiring dissidents to include background information about the dissident entity/organization.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000004/0000009389-23-000004-index.htm

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