Listen Live to Ball Presentation at the 35th Annual Banc of America Securities Investment Conference
September 13 2005 - 2:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 13 /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 Sept. 20, 2005, at the
35th Annual Banc of America Securities Investment Conference in San
Francisco. Raymond J. Seabrook, Ball's senior vice president and
chief financial officer, will speak at the conference. Ball's
presentation is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. To
listen to the presentation live via Web cast, use the following
URL:
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/35th-annual-2005/id48208374.cfm
To listen to the ensuing breakout session, use the following URL:
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/35th-annual-2005/id74209808.cfm
A replay of the presentation will be available approximately two
hours after the presentation ends and will be accessible through
Oct. 7. Ball Corporation is a supplier of metal and plastic
packaging products, primarily for 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 Corporation employs more
than 13,500 people 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, including due to the effects of Hurricane
Katrina, as well as recent significant increases in resin, steel,
aluminum and energy costs, and the ability to pass such increases
on to customers; competitive packaging availability, pricing and
substitution; changes in climate and weather; fruit, vegetable and
fishing yields; industry productive capacity and competitive
activity; failure to achieve anticipated productivity improvements
or production cost reductions, including those associated with our
beverage can end project; the German mandatory deposit or other
restrictive packaging laws; changes in major customer or supplier
contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier; 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; regulatory action or
laws including tax, environmental and workplace safety;
governmental investigations; goodwill impairment; antitrust and
other litigation; strikes; boycotts; labor cost changes; 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: 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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