Ball Corporation Board Declares Dividend
January 24 2007 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable March 15, 2007, to
shareholders of record on March 1, 2007. Ball Corporation is a
supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products and
owns Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ball will report its
2006 results on Jan. 25 (see conference call details below). The
company employs 15,500 people. Conference Call Details Ball
Corporation 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 Feb. 1, 2007. To
access the rebroadcast, dial 800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or
+1-402-977-9140 (international callers) and enter 21313862 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=1438470 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; crop 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; the effect of LIFO accounting
and any changes to such 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; successful or unsuccessful
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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