Listen Live to Ball Presentation at Lehman Brothers High-Yield Conference
March 14 2005 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Listen Live to Ball Presentation at Lehman Brothers High-Yield
Conference BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL), one of the world's leading suppliers
of metal and plastic packaging to the beverage and food industries,
will speak to the investment community on March 18 at the Lehman
Brothers 2005 High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference in
Orlando, Fla. Scott C. Morrison, vice president and treasurer, is
scheduled to speak at 7:45 a.m. Eastern. To listen to the
presentation live via Web cast, use the following URL:
http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/031605a_cs/default.asp?entity=Ball
A replay of the presentation will be available approximately two
hours after the presentation ends and will be accessible for up to
90 days at the same URL. 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 13,200 people worldwide and reported 2004 sales of $5.4
billion. 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 or management's
evaluation of the company's internal control over financial
reporting. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT: Investor, 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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