Ball to Announce Fourth Quarter Earnings on Jan. 26
January 09 2006 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) will announce its fourth quarter and full
year 2005 earnings on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, 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 888-294-1314.
International callers should dial +1 212-346-6533. For those unable
to listen to the live call, a taped rebroadcast will be available
until 11 a.m. Mountain Time on Feb. 2, 2006. To access the
rebroadcast, dial 800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or
+1-402-977-9140 (international callers) and enter 21279483 as the
reservation number. Please use the following URL for a Web cast of
the live call and for the replay:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=115234&eventID
=1187105 A written transcript of the call will 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." 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 This news release contains
"forward-looking" 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. Such 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 filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in Exhibit
99.2 in our 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 and
preferences; availability and cost of raw materials, including
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; changes in
foreign exchange rates, tax rates and activities of foreign
subsidiaries; and the effect of LIFO accounting. Factors that might
affect our aerospace segment include: funding, authorization,
availability and returns of government contracts; and delays,
extensions and technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts.
Factors that might 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; technological
developments and innovations; goodwill impairment; antitrust,
patent and other litigation; strikes; 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 other effects. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation
CONTACT: Investors, Ann T. Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or Media,
Scott McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , both of Ball Corporation
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