BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights
- Ball shareholders elected at the company's annual meeting today
John A. Hayes, George M. Smart, Theodore M. Solso and Stuart A. Taylor II to Ball's board of
directors
- Ball's board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 7 cents per share
- The board also elected Jeffrey A.
Knobel vice president and treasurer of the company
- Knobel, 40, was elected treasurer in April 2010
- Ball will announce its first quarter and full-year earnings on
April 28, 2011
Ball Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) shareholders elected at the
company's annual meeting today John A.
Hayes, George M. Smart,
Theodore M. Solso and Stuart A. Taylor II to Ball's board of
directors. They will serve board terms that will expire at the
corporation's 2014 annual meeting.
The company's board of directors declared a cash dividend of
7 cents per share, payable
June 15, 2011, to shareholders of
record on June 1, 2011. The board
also elected Jeffrey A. Knobel as
vice president and treasurer. Knobel, 40, was elected treasurer in
April 2010. He joined Ball in
1997.
Ball will report its first quarter 2011 results on April 28 before the market opens. Conference call
details are below.
Ball Corporation is a supplier of high quality 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
14,500 people worldwide and reported 2010 sales of more than
$7.6 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 first quarter 2011 results tomorrow at
9 a.m. Mountain Time (11 a.m. Eastern). The North American toll-free
number for the call is 800-736-4610. International callers should
dial 212-231-2919. Please use the following URL for a webcast of
the live call:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=115234&eventID=3927994
For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped replay will
be available after the call's conclusion until 11 a.m. Mountain Time (1
p.m. Eastern) on May 5, 2011.
To access the replay, call 800-633-8284 (North American callers) or
402-977-9140 (international callers) and use reservation number
21518170. A written transcript of the call will be posted
within 48 hours of the call's conclusion to Ball's website 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 on our website 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; political instability and sanctions; 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
recent global recession and its effects on liquidity, credit risk,
asset values and the economy; successful or unsuccessful
acquisitions; regulatory action or laws including tax,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions affecting products filled in our containers, 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