Ball to Announce Fourth Quarter, Full Year Earnings on Jan. 29
December 29 2008 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) will announce its fourth quarter and full
year 2008 earnings on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, before trading
begins on the New York Stock Exchange. At 8 a.m. Mountain Time on
that day (10 a.m. Eastern), Ball will hold its regular quarterly
conference call on the company's results and performance. The North
American toll-free number for the call is 800-732-6870.
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&eve
ntID=2055776 For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped
replay will be available after the call's conclusion until noon
Eastern Time on Feb. 5, 2009. To access the replay, call
800-633-8284 (North American callers) or 402-977-9140
(international callers) and use reservation number 21406682. 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." 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;
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: 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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