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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:53:02.216692+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Corp names Hannah Lim-Johnson as chief legal officer; Charles Baker retiring after 30 years

## Summary
- Charles E. Baker, 66, retires as VP, general counsel and corporate secretary after 30 years at Ball.
- Hannah Lim-Johnson, 51, appointed SVP, chief legal officer and corporate secretary effective Sept. 18, 2023.
- Baker will remain to support completion of the proposed aerospace transaction announced last month.
- Lim-Johnson previously served as chief legal officer at Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) and at Kelly Services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000034/0000009389-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000034/ball-20230901x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles E. Baker departed as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at BALL Corp.
  - Action: will cease to occupy
  - Role: vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary
  source text: On September 1, 2023, the Company announced that Charles E. Baker, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, will cease to occupy those positions effective September 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000034/0000009389-23-000034-index.htm
- Executive change
  Hannah Lim-Johnson was appointed as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at BALL Corp.
  - Action: appointment
  - Role: senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary
  source text: The Company concurrently announced the appointment of Hannah Lim-Johnson as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective September 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000034/0000009389-23-000034-index.htm

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