Lewis Ronald J. 4

What Happened Ronald J. Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of Ball Corporation (BALL), received an award of 2,265.433 stock units (derivative units) on 2026-02-27 valued at $52.97 per unit, for a total grant value of $120,000. This was an award/grant (code A) under Ball’s Deferred Compensation Company Stock Plan rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and terms: 2026-02-27 — 2,265.433 units at $52.97 per unit; aggregate value $120,000.
• Post-transaction holdings: Not disclosed in the provided excerpt of the filing.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Each unit may be settled for one share of stock or an equivalent cash amount under the Deferred Compensation Company Stock Plan.
  • F2: The units were awarded for deferred compensation and the Company match under the Plan.
  • F3: Stock units are distributed upon separation of service in accordance with the Plan.
• Filing timeliness: Form 4 filed 2026-03-02 appears timely (filed after the 2026-02-27 transaction within the standard two-business-day window).

Context This is a compensation-related award (deferred stock units), a common executive pay practice and not an open-market purchase or sale that necessarily signals a change in insider market sentiment. Because these are derivative stock units, they may convert to actual shares or cash later and are typically paid out per the plan’s distribution rules (often upon separation from service).