Ball to Announce First Quarter Earnings on April 27
March 24 2006 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) will announce its first quarter 2006
earnings on Thursday, April 27, 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 1-800-741-7590. International
callers should dial +1-212-676-4915. For those unable to listen to
the live call, a taped rebroadcast will be available until 11 a.m.
Mountain Time on May 4, 2006. To access the rebroadcast, dial
800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or + 1-402-977-9140 (international
callers) and enter 21287926 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=1262129 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 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, Web site: http://www.ball.com/
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