Ball to Announce Second Quarter Earnings on July 29
June 28 2004 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Ball to Announce Second Quarter Earnings on July 29 BROOMFIELD,
Colo., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation
(NYSE:BLL) will announce its second quarter earnings on Thursday,
July 29, 2004, before trading begins on the New York Stock
Exchange. At 9 a.m. Mountain Time on that day (11 a.m. Eastern),
Ball will hold its regular quarterly conference call on the
company's results and performance. R. David Hoover, Ball's
chairman, president and chief executive officer, will host the
call. The North American toll-free number for the call is
888-489-9496. International callers should dial 1-646-862-1102. For
those unable to listen to the live call, a taped rebroadcast will
be available until midnight Mountain Time on Aug. 5, 2004. To
access the rebroadcast, dial 800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or
1-402-977-9140 (international callers) and enter 21199004 as the
reservation number. To listen to the call via Web cast, please use
the following URL for the live call and for replay:
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=BLL&script=1010&item_id=907563
A written transcript of the call will also be posted within 48
hours of the call's conclusion to Ball's Web site at
http://www.ball.com/ in the investor relations section under
"presentations." Ball Corporation is a leading supplier of
high-quality packaging products and innovative packaging solutions
to the beverage and food industries. The company also owns Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp., which develops sensors,
spacecraft, systems and components for the government and
commercial markets. Ball employs 12,600 people worldwide and
reported 2003 sales of $4.9 billion. Forward-Looking Statements The
information in this news release contains "forward-looking"
statements and other statements concerning future events and
financial performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates,"
"estimates," and variations of such words and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking 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 the company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in Exhibit
99.2 in the most recent Form 10-K. These filings are available at
the company's website and at http://www.sec.gov/. Factors that
might affect the packaging segments of the company include
fluctuation in consumer and customer demand; competitive packaging
material availability, pricing and substitution; changes in climate
and weather; fruit, vegetable and fishing yields; industry
productive capacity and competitive activity; lack of productivity
improvement or production cost reductions; the German mandatory
deposit or other restrictive packaging laws; availability and cost
of raw materials, such as resin, steel and aluminum, and the
ability to pass on to customers changes in these costs; changes in
major customer contracts or the loss of a major customer;
international business risks, such as foreign exchange rates and
tax rates; and the effect of LIFO accounting on earnings. Factors
that might affect the aerospace segment include: funding,
authorization and availability of government contracts and the
nature and continuation of those contracts; and technical
uncertainty associated with segment contracts. Factors that could
affect the company as a whole include those listed plus: successful
and unsuccessful acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures and
associated integration activities; regulatory action or laws
including environmental and workplace safety; goodwill impairment;
antitrust and other litigation; strikes; boycotts; increases in
various employee benefits and labor costs; rates of return
projected and earned on assets of the company's defined benefit
retirement plans; reduced cash flow; and interest rates affecting
our debt. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT: investors, Ann
Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or media, Scott McCarty, +1-303-460-2103,
, both of Ball Corporation Web site: http://www.sec.gov/ Web site:
http://www.ball.com/
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