Ball Corporation Declares Dividend
July 23 2008 - 3:32PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable Sept. 15, 2008, to
shareholders of record on Sept. 2, 2008. Ball will announce its
second quarter 2008 results on Thursday, July 24, before the market
opens. Conference call details are below. Ball Corporation is a
supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging for beverage,
food and household products 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 2007 sales of approximately $7.4 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 800-734-8583.
International callers should dial 212-231-2900. 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=1882825
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 1
p.m. Eastern Time on July 31, 2008. To access the replay, call
800-633-8284 (North American callers) or 402-977-9140
(international callers) and use reservation number 21386780. 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 product 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; competitive activity;
failure to achieve anticipated productivity improvements or
production cost reductions, including our beverage can end project;
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; changes in senior management; the
current global credit squeeze; successful or unsuccessful
acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; integration of
recently acquired businesses; regulatory action or laws including
tax, environmental, health and workplace safety, including in
respect of chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; 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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