BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) board of directors today elected
Jeff A. Knobel treasurer of the
corporation. Knobel, 39, has held the position of senior director,
treasury operations, since 2005 and was vice president and
treasurer of Ball's European packaging business from 2002 to 2005.
He joined Ball in 1997.
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Ball's shareholders re-elected at the company's annual meeting
today Hanno C. Fiedler; John F. Lehman; Georgia
R. Nelson; and Erik H. van der
Kaay to board terms that will expire at the corporation's
2013 annual meeting. Shareholders elected John A. Hayes to a term that will expire at the
corporation's 2011 annual meeting.
Ball's board also declared a dividend of 10 cents per share is payable June 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on
June 1, 2010. Ball will report its
first quarter 2010 results on April
29 (see conference call details 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 14,000 people worldwide and reported 2009 sales of more than
$7.3 billion. For the latest Ball
news and for other company information, please visit
www.ball.com.
Conference Call Details
Ball Corporation [NYSE: BLL] will hold its regular quarterly
conference call on the company's first quarter 2010 earnings on
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at
9 a.m. Mountain Time
(11 a.m. Eastern). The North
American toll-free number for the call is 800-732-5617.
International callers should dial 212-231-2901. 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=2976701.
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 May
6, 2010. To access the replay, call 800-633-8284 (North
American callers) or 402-977-9140 (international callers) and use
reservation number 21463971. A written transcript of the call will
be posted within 48 hours of the call's conclusion to Ball's Web
site at 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
www.sec.gov. Factors that might affect our packaging segments
include fluctuation in product demand and preferences; availability
and cost of raw materials; 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; 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 or tax rates.
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 recession
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 climate change, or
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.
SOURCE Ball Corporation