Ball Corporation Board Declares Dividend
January 25 2006 - 11:17AM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable March 15, 2006, to
shareholders of record on March 1, 2006. The company will announce
its fourth quarter and full year 2005 earnings on Thursday, Jan.
26, 2006, before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange.
Conference call information is below. Ball Corporation is a
supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products and
owns Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., which develops
sensors, spacecraft, systems and components for government and
commercial customers. The company employs more than 13,500 people
worldwide. Conference Call Details 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." 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 Web
site: http://www.ball.com/
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