George M. Smart Elected to Ball Corporation Board; Company Declares Dividend
January 26 2005 - 11:37AM
PR Newswire (US)
George M. Smart Elected to Ball Corporation Board; Company Declares
Dividend BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
George M. Smart, former president of Sonoco-Phoenix, Inc., was
elected to the Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) board of directors
during the board's regular meeting. Smart, 59, is also past
chairman of the board and president of Phoenix Packaging
Corporation and former president and chief executive officer of
Central States Can Co. (a division of Van Dorn Company). "George's
extensive experience in the packaging industry and his business
acumen will be important assets to our company, and we are pleased
to have him on our board," said R. David Hoover, chairman,
president and chief executive officer of Ball. In addition to
electing Smart, Ball's board of directors declared a cash dividend
of 10 cents per share, payable March 15, 2005, to shareholders of
record on March 1, 2005. Ball Corporation is a supplier of
high-quality metal and plastic packaging products to the beverage
and food industries. The company also owns Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp., which develops sensors, spacecraft, systems and
components for government and commercial markets. Ball employs more
than 14,000 people worldwide and reported 2003 sales of $4.9
billion. Conference Call Information Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL)
will announce its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, Jan. 27,
2005, before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange. At 9
a.m. Mountain Time on that day (11 a.m. Eastern), Ball will hold
its regular quarterly conference call on the company's results and
performance. The North American toll-free number for the call is
888-391-0235. International callers should dial 646-862-1155. For
those unable to listen to the live call, a taped rebroadcast will
be available until 11 p.m. Mountain Time on Feb. 3, 2005. To access
the rebroadcast, dial 800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or
+1-402-977-9140 (international callers) and enter 21219416 as the
reservation number. To listen to the call via Web cast, please use
the following URL for the live call and for replay:
phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=115234&eventID=989918
A written transcript of the call will also be posted within 48
hours of the call's conclusion to Ball's Web site at
http://www.ball.com/ in the investor relations section under
"presentations." Forward-Looking Statements The information in this
news release contains "forward-looking" statements and other
statements concerning future events and financial performance.
Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," and variations
of same and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied. The company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Key risks and uncertainties are
summarized in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, especially in Exhibit 99.2 in the most recent
Form 10-K. These filings are available at our Web site and at
http://www.sec.gov/. Factors that might affect our packaging
segments include fluctuation in consumer and customer demand;
availability and cost of raw materials, particularly resin, steel,
aluminum and energy, and the ability to pass on to customers
changes in these costs; competitive packaging material
availability, pricing and substitution; changes in climate and
weather; fruit, vegetable and fishing yields; industry productive
capacity and competitive activity; lack of productivity improvement
or production cost reductions; the German mandatory deposit or
other restrictive packaging laws; changes in major customer
contracts or loss of a major customer; international business
risks, including foreign exchange rates, tax rates and activities
of foreign subsidiaries; and the effect of LIFO accounting on
earnings. Factors that might affect aerospace segment include:
funding, authorization and availability of government contracts and
the nature and continuation of those contracts; and technical
uncertainty associated with segment contracts. Factors that could
affect the company as a whole include those listed plus:
acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures and associated
integration activities; regulatory action or laws including
environmental and workplace safety; governmental investigations;
goodwill impairment; antitrust and other litigation; strikes;
boycotts; increases in employee benefits and labor costs; rates of
return projected and earned on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; reduced cash flow; interest rates
affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited results due to
statutory audits of our financial statements or internal controls
over financial reporting. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT:
Investors, Ann T. Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or Media, Scott
McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , both of Ball Corporation Web site:
http://www.ball.com/
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