THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A PROPOSAL WHICH, IF IMPLEMENTED, WILL RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE LISTING OF REXAM’S SHARES ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE’S MAIN MARKET FOR LISTED SECURITIES AND THE TERMINATION OF THE REXAM ADR PROGRAMME. PART II OF THIS DOCUMENT COMPRISES AN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 897 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser who, if you are taking advice in the United Kingdom, is authorised pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or, if you are in a territory outside the United Kingdom, is an appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Rexam Shares, please send this document and the accompanying documents (other than documents or forms personalised to you) at once to the purchaser or transferee, or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for delivery to the purchaser or transferee. If you have sold or otherwise transferred part of your holding of Rexam Shares, please consult the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected. Recommended cash and share offer for REXAM PLC by BALL UK ACQUISITION LIMITED a wholly-owned subsidiary of BALL CORPORATION to be effected by means of a Scheme of Arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 This document (including any documents incorporated into it by reference) should be read as a whole and in conjunction with the accompanying Forms of Proxy and Form of Election. This document should also be read in conjunction with the Ball Prospectus. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Chairman of Rexam in Part I of this document, which contains the unanimous recommendation of the Rexam Directors that you vote in favour of the Scheme at the Court Meeting and the Special Resolution at the General Meeting. A letter from Rothschild and Barclays explaining the Scheme appears in Part II of this document and it, together with the rest of this document, comprises an explanatory statement in compliance with section 897 of the Companies Act. Notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting, which will both be held on 8 June 2016, are set out at the end of this document. The Court Meeting will start at 11.00 a.m. and the General Meeting at 11.15 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting shall have concluded or been adjourned). Rexam Shareholders will find enclosed with this document a BLUE Form of Proxy for use at the Court Meeting and a WHITE Form of Proxy for use at the General Meeting. Whether or not you intend to attend the Meetings in person, please complete and sign both the enclosed Forms of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return them to the Company’s registrars, Equiniti, as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by 11.00 a.m. on 6 June 2016 in the case of the Court Meeting and 11.15 a.m. on 6 June 2016 in the case of the General Meeting. If the BLUE Form of Proxy for use at the Court Meeting is not returned by the above time, it may be handed to a representative of Equiniti at the venue of the Court Meeting or the Chairman of the Court Meeting before the start of the Court Meeting. However, in the case of the General Meeting, unless the WHITE Form of Proxy is returned by the time mentioned above, it will be invalid. The completion and return of a Form of Proxy will not prevent Rexam Shareholders from attending and voting in person at either the Court Meeting or the General Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, if you so wish and are so entitled. If you have any questions relating to this document or the completion and return of the Forms of Proxy or the Form of Election, please call the Shareholder Helpline on 0800 169 6946. From outside the UK please call +44 121 415 7008. Calls to the Shareholder Helpline from outside the UK will be charged at the applicable international rate. Lines are open from 8.30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (London time) Monday to Friday (except English and Welsh public holidays). Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training purposes. Please note that the Shareholder Helpline operators cannot provide advice on the merits of the Scheme or the Offer or give financial, tax, investment or legal advice. If you hold Rexam ADRs, you should instead call Georgeson LLC, on 888-566-3252 toll free from within the US or +1-781-575-2137 from outside the US. Rothschild, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Rexam and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone (whether or not a recipient of this document) other than Rexam for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any transaction or any other matters referred to herein. Barclays, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively for Rexam and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rexam for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to herein. Credit Suisse International, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively for Rexam and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rexam for providing the protections afforded to clients of Credit Suisse International nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer, the content of this document or any other matter referred to herein. Neither Credit Suisse International nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Credit Suisse International in connection with the Offer, any statement contained herein or otherwise. Merrill Lynch International, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively for Rexam and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rexam for providing the protections afforded to clients of Merrill Lynch International nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to herein. Greenhill & Co. International LLP, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively as lead financial adviser to Ball and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Ball for providing the protections afforded to clients of Greenhill & Co. International LLP, nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matters referred to in this document. Neither Greenhill & Co. International LLP nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Greenhill & Co. International LLP in connection with this document, any statement contained herein, the Offer or otherwise. Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: BaFIN—Federal Financial Supervisory Authority). Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch is further authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of its authorisation and regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority are available on request. Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch is acting as financial adviser to Ball and no one else in connection with the contents of this document. Neither Deutsche Bank AG nor any other company in the Deutsche Bank Group will be responsible to any person other than Ball for providing the protections to clients under the UK regulatory regime nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any matters 2 referred to in this document. Neither Deutsche Bank nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Deutsche Bank in connection with this document, any statement contained herein or otherwise. Goldman Sachs International, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, and its affiliate, Goldman, Sachs & Co, are acting as joint financial adviser to Ball and no one else in connection with the Offer and the other matters referred to in this document.