Ball Corporation to Speak at Nov. 20 Credit Conference
November 13 2008 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today announced that the company will speak
to the investment community on Nov. 20, 2008, at the Bank of
America Credit Conference in Orlando, Fla. Scott C. Morrison, vice
president and treasurer, will speak at the conference at 9:10 a.m.
Eastern Time. To listen to the presentation via Web cast, please go
to the following URL:
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/credit08/id76104444.cfm A
replay of the presentation and breakout session will be available
until Dec. 5, 2008, at the same URL. It will also be available at
http://www.ball.com/ in the investor relations section under
"presentations." 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 15,000 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/. 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: media, Scott McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , or
investors, Ann T. Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , both of Ball
Corporation Web Site: http://www.ball.com/
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