Ball Corporation Declares Dividend
October 20 2008 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE:BLL) board of directors today declared a cash
dividend of 10 cents per share, payable Dec. 15, 2008, to
shareholders of record on Dec. 1, 2008. Ball will announce its
third quarter 2008 results on Thursday, Oct. 30, 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.
For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please
visit http://www.ball.com/. Conference Call Details Ball
Corporation will hold its regular quarterly conference call on the
company's results and performance on Oct. 30, 2008, at 9 a.m.
Mountain Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time). The North American toll-free
number for the call is 800-768-3232. International callers should
dial 212-231-2929. 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=1987423 For those unable to
listen to the live call, a taped replay will be available after the
call's conclusion until 1 p.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 6, 2008. To
access the replay, call 800-633-8284 (North American callers) or
402-977-9140 (international callers) and use reservation number
21395362. 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 and its effects on liquidity, credit
risk, asset values and the economy; 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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