Ball Corporation Board Declares Dividend
July 25 2007 - 10:27AM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable Sept. 18, 2007, to
shareholders of record on Sept. 4, 2007. Ball Corporation is a
supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products for
beverage, food and household customers, and of aerospace and other
technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball
Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 15,500 people
worldwide and reported 2006 sales of $6.6 billion. 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 800-205-6714. International callers should
dial 415-908-4703. Please use the following URL for a Web cast of
the live call: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-
eventDetails&c=115234&eventID=1589905 For those unable to
listen to the live call, a taped replay will be available about an
hour after the live call's conclusion until 11 a.m. on August 2,
2007. To access the replay, call 800-633-8284 (North American
callers) or 402-977-9140 (international callers) and use
reservation number 21342805. 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 investors 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; and changes in foreign exchange rates, tax rates and
activities of foreign subsidiaries. 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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