Ball Corporation Board Declares Dividend
October 25 2006 - 3:09PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable Dec. 15, 2006, to
shareholders of record on Dec. 1, 2006. 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. Conference Call
Details Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) will hold its regular quarterly
conference call on the company's results and performance tomorrow
at 9 a.m. Mountain Time (11 a.m. Eastern). The North American
toll-free number for the call is 888-391-0236. International
callers should dial 212-676-5387. For those unable to listen to the
live call, a taped rebroadcast will be available until 11 a.m.
Mountain Time on Nov. 2, 2006. To access the rebroadcast, dial
800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or +1-402-977-9140 (international
callers) and enter 21304689 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=1390670 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 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 Exhibit 99.2
in our Form 10-K, which 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 and commercial contracts;
and delays, extensions and technical uncertainties affecting
segment contracts. Factors that might affect the company as a whole
include those listed plus: accounting changes; 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; pension changes; 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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