UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2018

or

 

 

Commission file number   001-07349

 

BALL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  303/469-3131

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corporation

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

For the period ended September 30, 2018

 

INDEX

 

 

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

BALL CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BALL CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (LOSS)

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BALL CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BALL CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

1.     Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ball Corporation and its controlled affiliates, including its consolidated variable interest entities (collectively Ball, the company, we or our), and have been prepared by the company. Certain information and footnote disclosures, including critical and significant accounting policies normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, have been condensed or omitted for this quarterly presentation.

 

Results of operations for the periods shown are not necessarily indicative of results for the year, particularly in view of the seasonality in the packaging segments and the variability of contract sales in the company’s aerospace segment. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2018, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (annual report).

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires Ball’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting periods. These estimates are based on historical experience and various assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Ball’s management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis and adjusts or revises the estimates as circumstances change. As future events and their impacts cannot be determined with precision, actual results may differ from these estimates. In the opinion of management, the financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary to fairly state the results of the periods presented.

 

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in order to conform to the current year presentation.

 

 

2.     Accounting Pronouncements

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

 

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

 

On January 1, 2018, Ball adopted Accounting Standard Codification 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” and all related amendments (collectively, the new revenue standard) applying the modified retrospective method to all contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2018. The cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard was recognized as an adjustment to the company’s retained earnings balance as of January 1, 2018. Comparative periods have not been restated and continue to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

The cumulative effect of the changes made to the consolidated January 1, 2018, balance sheet for the adoption of the new revenue standard is as follows:

 

 

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the new revenue standard, the impact of adoption on our consolidated statement of earnings and balance sheet was as follows:

 

 

 

The following summarizes the significant changes to the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings and consolidated balance sheet as a result of the new revenue standard adopted on January 1, 2018, compared to if the company had continued to recognize sales under the previous revenue recognition guidance:

 

 

 

 

Share-Based Compensation

 

In May 2017, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to provide clarity and reduce diversity in practice, cost and complexity when applying stock compensation accounting guidance regarding modifications to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. The amendments specify that all changes to the terms and conditions of a share-based payment award will require an entity to apply modification accounting unless all of the following are met: (1) the fair value of the modified award is the same as the fair value of the original award immediately before the original award is modified, (2) the vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified and (3) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. The guidance was applied prospectively on January 1, 2018, and it did not have an impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs

 

In March 2017, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to change the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost. Employers are required to report the service cost component in the same line item as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the associated employees during the period. The other components of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations, if one is presented. The amendments also permit only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. This guidance was adopted by the company on January 1, 2018, and the capitalization of the service cost component was applied on a prospective basis. Curtailment and settlement losses are reported by the company in business consolidation and other activities. All other non-service components are immaterial and are presented in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses beginning in 2018. These non-service costs were reported in both cost of sales and SG&A in prior periods; however, due to immateriality in all prior periods presented, no retrospective adjustments were considered necessary.  Such costs were $4 million and $16 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $21 million for the full year 2017. 

 

Sales of Nonfinancial Assets

 

In February 2017, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to clarify the scope and to add guidance for partial sales of nonfinancial assets. The guidance requires that all entities account for the derecognition of a business in accordance with guidance for consolidation, including instances in which the business is considered to be in substance real estate. This guidance was applied on January 1, 2018, using a modified retrospective approach and did not have a material impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Definition of a Business

 

In January 2017, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to further clarify the definition of a business in determining whether or not a company has acquired or sold a business. The amendments provide a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. If the screen is not met, the amendments in this update (1) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (2) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. The amendments also narrow the definition of the term “output” so that the term is consistent with how outputs are described in the new guidance for revenue recognition. The guidance was applied prospectively for Ball on January 1, 2018, and did not have an impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

In November 2016, accounting guidance was issued requiring the statement of cash flows to reconcile the change in the total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This guidance was applied retrospectively on January 1, 2018, and the impact on the 2017 statement of cash flow was not material. The impact on the 2016 statement of cash flows was material due to approximately $2 billion of restricted cash held by the company at December 31, 2015, in an acquisition escrow account. In July 2016, the funds in the escrow account were used to pay a portion of the cash component of the acquisition price of Rexam. The impact on the statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, was a $3 million reduction in cash flows from operating activities.

 

In August 2016, accounting guidance was issued addressing the following eight specific cash flow issues:

 

 

This guidance was applied retrospectively on January 1, 2018, and did not have a material impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

 

Intra-Entity Transfers

 

In October 2016, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued that require entities to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs, as opposed to when the asset is sold to an unrelated third party. The amendments also eliminate the exception for an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory. This guidance was applied on a modified retrospective basis on January 1, 2018, and did not have a material impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Financial Assets and Liabilities

 

In January 2016, accounting guidance was issued on the classification and measurement of financial assets and liabilities (equity securities and financial liabilities) under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. Subsequent guidance was issued in February 2018 to clarify certain aspects of the guidance issued in January 2016. The guidance modifies how entities measure equity investments and present changes in the fair value of financial liabilities. Under the new guidance, entities have to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method at fair value and recognize any related changes in fair value in net income unless the investments qualify for the new practicality exception. An exception applies to those equity investments that do not have a readily determinable fair value and do not qualify for the practical expedient to estimate fair value under the guidance and, as such, these investments may be measured at cost. The guidance was applied on January 1, 2018, and did not have a material impact on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

New Accounting Guidance

 

Derivatives and Hedging

 

In October 2018, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to permit use of the overnight index swap (OIS) rate based on the secured overnight finance rate (SOFR) as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. This guidance is effective for Ball on January 1, 2019, and is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Cloud Computing Arrangements

 

In August 2018, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to clarify the accounting for implementation costs for cloud computing arrangements.  The amendments specify that existing guidance for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software applies to capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract. The guidance is effective for Ball on January 1, 2020, and the company is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Fair Value Measurements and Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs

 

In August 2018, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to simplify financial statement disclosures related to defined benefit plans and fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for Ball on January 1, 2020, and is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Share Based Payments

 

In June 2018, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to simplify share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. The amendments specify that existing guidance for share-based payment transactions with employees applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards. The amendments also clarify that existing guidance does not apply to share-based payments used to effectively provide (1) financing to the issuer or (2) awards granted in conjunction with selling goods or services to customers as part of revenue contracts. The guidance is effective for Ball on January 1, 2019, and is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Stranded Tax Effects

 

In February 2018, accounting guidance was issued to permit the reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of stranded tax effects resulting from the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017. The guidance is effective for Ball on January 1, 2019, and the company is currently assessing whether or not to early adopt the new guidance.

 

Financial Assets

 

In June 2016, amendments to existing guidance were issued requiring financial assets or a group of financial assets measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected when finalized. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that will be deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. This guidance affects loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investments in leases, off-balance-sheet credit exposures, reinsurance receivables and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope that have the contractual right to receive cash. The guidance will be effective on January 1, 2020. The company is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Lease Accounting

 

In February 2016, lease accounting guidance was issued which, for operating leases, will require a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, on its balance sheet. The guidance also requires a lessee to recognize a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term, generally on a straight-line basis.

 

In July 2018, targeted improvements were issued to provide an additional optional transition method that would allow entities to apply the new leases standard upon adoption by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. This option is in addition to the existing modified retrospective transition method that requires entities to apply the new standard at the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements. Ball is electing this additional transition approach and will apply the new standard as of January 1, 2019 rather than the earliest comparative period presented. Additionally, the amendments included a lessor-specific practical expedient, by underlying asset class, to not separate nonlease components from the associated lease components, similar to the practical expedient already made available by the standard to lessees. The lessor practical expedient is limited to circumstances in which the nonlease component or components otherwise would be accounted for under the new revenue guidance and both of the following are true: (1) the timing and pattern of transfer are the same for the nonlease component(s) and associated lease component and (2) the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease. Codification improvements were also were issued on a variety of topics within the new leases standard, which represent minor corrections or improvements and are not expected to have a significant impact on accounting practices.

 

We have established a cross-functional implementation team, which includes representatives from all of our business segments. We are utilizing a bottoms-up approach to analyze the impact of the new standard by reviewing our current lease population, including completeness, to identify potential accounting, data and other operational changes that might be required under the new guidance. In addition, we are implementing the required changes to our business processes, systems and controls to support recognition and disclosure upon adoption. This includes enhancing processes and controls for identifying leases, centralizing the accounting for leases, and implementing a system to calculate the accounting impact for the lease standard. The guidance will be effective for Ball on January 1, 2019, and it is expected that a material amount of lease assets and liabilities will be recorded on our consolidated balance sheet.

 

3.     Business Segment Information

 

Ball’s operations are organized and reviewed by management along its product lines and geographical areas and presented in the four reportable segments outlined below:

 

Beverage packaging, North and Central America:  Consists of operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico that manufacture and sell metal beverage containers throughout those countries.

 

Beverage packaging, South America: Consists of operations in Brazil, Argentina and Chile that manufacture and sell metal beverage containers throughout most of South America.

 

Beverage packaging, Europe:  Consists of operations in numerous countries in Europe, including Russia, that manufacture and sell metal beverage containers throughout most of Europe.

 

Aerospace: Consists of operations that manufacture and sell aerospace and other related products and provide services used in the defense, civil space and commercial space industries.

 

As presented in the table below, Other consists of  non-reportable segments located in Africa, Middle East and Asia (beverage packaging, AMEA) and Asia Pacific (beverage packaging, Asia) that manufacture and sell metal beverage containers; a non-reportable segment that manufactures and sells aerosol containers, extruded aluminum aerosol containers and aluminum slugs  (aerosol packaging);  undistributed corporate expenses; intercompany eliminations and other business activities.

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those in the consolidated financial statements and are discussed in Note 1. The company also has investments in operations in Guatemala, Panama, South Korea, the U.S. and Vietnam that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting and, accordingly, those results are not included in segment sales or earnings.

 

On July 31, 2018, Ball sold its U.S. steel food and steel aerosol packaging business and formed a joint venture, Ball Metalpack. After the sale, Ball’s 49 percent ownership of Ball Metalpack's financial results is reported in equity in results of affiliates, net of tax, within Ball's consolidated statements of earnings. The financial results of Ball’s remaining non-reportable aerosol packaging segment are reported within Other in the table below.  As a result of the sale of the U.S. steel food and steel aerosol business, the results of operations for 2018 and prior year comparative periods of the entire former food and aerosol packaging reportable segment are included as a non-reportable segment within Other in the segment table below.  

 

Summary of Business by Segment

 

 

The company does not disclose total assets by segment as it is not provided to the chief operating decision maker.