Listen Live to Ball Presentation at Lehman Brothers High-Yield Bond Conference
March 09 2006 - 3:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 9 /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 16 at the Lehman
Brothers 2006 High-Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference in
Orlando, Fla. Scott C. Morrison, vice president and treasurer, is
scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. To listen to the
presentation live via Web cast, use the following URL:
http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/031506a_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 and owns Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp., which develops sensors,
spacecraft, systems and components for government and commercial
customers. Ball reported 2005 sales of $5.8 billion and the company
employs 13,100 people worldwide. 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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