Item 1.01Item 1.01 - Entry into Material Agreement
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 25, 2025, Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Ball”),
entered into a Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), among Ball, as a borrower and guarantor,
certain subsidiaries of Ball party thereto as borrowers and as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral
agent, the lenders party thereto, and the initial issuing banks party thereto, which amends Ball’s existing stock secured Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2016 (as amended prior to the Sixth Amendment, the “Credit Agreement” and, as amended
by the Sixth Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) by, among other things, (i) extending the maturity of
each facility from June 28, 2027 to November 25, 2030 and (ii) refinancing the existing term loan A and revolving facilities thereunder
with (x) a term loan A facility available to Ball in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000, (y) a U.S. dollar revolving credit
facility available to Ball and certain of its domestic subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000, and (z) a multi-currency
revolving credit facility available to Ball and certain of its subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000.
Borrowings in (i) U.S. dollars shall bear interest based on a (x) term
secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) or (y) base rate, (ii) Pounds sterling shall bear interest based on a daily
sterling overnight index average rate (“SONIA”), (iii) Euros shall bear interest based on the EURIBOR rate, (iv) Canadian
dollars shall be interest based on the term CORRA Rate, (v) Swiss Francs shall be interest based on the SARON rate, and (vi) Australian
dollars shall be interest based on the BBSY rate, in each case of clauses (i) through (vi) above, plus a margin as described below.
The margin for each of the foregoing rates other than the base rate
shall range from, to the extent applicable to such benchmark rate, 1.00% to 1.50% based on the net leverage ratio (as defined in the Amended
Credit Agreement) of Ball, with interest periods at Ball’s option of 1, 3 or 6 months or, subject to certain conditions, 12 months.
The margin for base rate borrowings shall range from 0.00% to 0.50% based on the net leverage ratio of Ball. However, prior to the delivery
of Ball’s quarterly financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, such margin shall be 1.25 percent for all
borrowings except for base rate borrowings.
Outstanding term loans under the term loan A facility are payable in
equal installments of $0 on the last business day of each fiscal quarter occurring after November 25, 2025 and ending prior to the fiscal
quarter ending March 31, 2027; and subsequently in equal installments of $9,375,000 on the last business day of each of the following
full fiscal quarters commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2027, ending with (and including) the fiscal quarter ending December
31, 2028; and subsequently in equal installments of $18,750,000 on the last business day of each of the following full fiscal quarters
commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2029, ending with (and including) the fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the
maturity date, with the balance due on the maturity date.
The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary representations and
warranties, events of default and covenants for a transaction of this type. The Amended Credit Agreement also requires Ball to maintain
a net leverage ratio of no greater than 4.50 to 1.00 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Ball for which financial statements
have been delivered ending on or after December 31, 2025. The maximum permitted net leverage ratio increases by 0.50 upon the consummation
of certain permitted acquisitions for the four fiscal quarter period commencing with the fiscal quarter in which such acquisition occurs.
Commitments and loans outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement
may be voluntarily reduced or prepaid without premium or penalty other than payment of customary breakage costs. Loans outstanding under
the term loan facility will be subject to mandatory prepayment by the net cash proceeds of asset dispositions or casualty or condemnation
events with respect to assets of Ball and its subsidiaries, except for certain specified exceptions and subject to specified thresholds,
in each case to the extent not reinvested in accordance with the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement.
If an event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement occurs, the
commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated and the principal amount outstanding thereunder, together with all accrued
unpaid interest and other amounts owed thereunder, may be declared immediately due and payable.
Ball and all of its present and future material wholly-owned domestic
subsidiaries and material wholly-owned U.S. domiciled foreign subsidiaries guaranty the obligations (or, in the case of U.S. domiciled
foreign subsidiaries, certain foreign obligations only) under the loan documents and any swap contracts entered into with any of the lenders
or their affiliates that remain a lender or an affiliate, with certain exceptions and subject to grace periods in accordance with the
terms of the Amended Credit Agreement.
The obligations under the loan documents are secured, with certain
exceptions in accordance with the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and the applicable pledge agreement, by a pledge of (i) 100% of
the capital stock of each of Ball’s present and future direct and indirect material wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries directly
owned by Ball or any of its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, and (ii) 65% of the capital stock of each of Ball’s present and
future material wholly-owned U.S. domiciled foreign subsidiaries directly owned by Ball or any of its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries
(a “U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor”), in each case other than certain excluded subsidiaries. In addition, the obligations
of certain foreign borrowers under the loan documents are secured, with certain exceptions in accordance with the terms of the loan documents
and the applicable pledge agreement, by a pledge of 100% of the capital stock of any such foreign borrowers owned directly by a U.S. Domiciled
Foreign Guarantor or another foreign borrower.
The foregoing description of the Sixth Amendment and Amended Credit
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Sixth Amendment and
Amended Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and which is incorporated herein
by reference.