AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Ball (BALL)

Ball appoints Darlene Nicosia and Sherry Buck to board, effective September 21

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Ball Corporation's board elected Darlene Nicosia, CEO of Maker's Pride, and Sherry Buck, former CFO of W.L. Gore & Associates, as directors on September 8, 2026, effective September 21, 2026. The company said the two bring manufacturing, operations and finance experience to the board, and the filing discloses no financial results, guidance or deal terms.

Key points

  • Nicosia has been CEO of Maker's Pride since 2022 and previously held leadership roles at the Coca-Cola Company from 1993 to 2022.
  • Buck retired in December 2025 as CFO of W.L. Gore & Associates, a role she held from 2021, and has served on the Lennox International board since 2019.
  • Nicosia is expected to join the Finance and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees; Buck is expected to join the Finance and Audit Committees.
  • The appointments were announced in a press release dated September 9, 2026, furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The filing

CompanyBall (BALL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 9, 2026, 8:09 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-106140

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 09, 2026.

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