Ball to Announce Second Quarter Earnings on July 27
June 27 2006 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) will announce its second quarter 2006
earnings on Thursday, July 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 1-800-779-2954. International
callers should dial +1-212-676-5377. For those unable to listen to
the live call, a taped rebroadcast will be available until 10 p.m.
Mountain Time on Aug. 3, 2006. To access the rebroadcast, dial
800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or +1-402-977-9140 (international
callers) and enter 21298143 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=1343616 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. Ball reported 2005
sales of $5.8 billion and employs 15,600 people. Forward-Looking
Statements This news release contains "forward-looking" statements
concerning future events and financial performance. Words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "estimates" 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;
integration of recently acquired businesses; 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; changes to the company's pension 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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