Listen Live to Ball Presentation at the Banc of America Securities 34th Annual Investment Conference
September 14 2004 - 12:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
Listen Live to Ball Presentation at the Banc of America Securities
34th Annual Investment Conference BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 14
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL), one of the
world's leading suppliers of metal and plastic packaging to the
beverage and food industries, will speak to the investment
community at the Banc of America Securities 34th Annual Investment
Conference on Sept. 20, 2004, in San Francisco. R. David Hoover,
Ball's chairman, president and chief executive officer, will
present at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time. To listen to the presentation
and Q&A and subsequent breakout session live via Web cast,
please go to the following URLs:
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/34th-annual-2004/id21101339.cfm
(formal presentation)
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/34th-annual-2004/id77102862.cfm
(breakout session) A replay of the presentation and breakout
session will be available through Oct. 8, 2004. 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 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 government
and commercial markets. Ball employs 13,100 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: Media, Scott
McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , or Investors, Ann Scott,
+1-303-460-3537, , both of Ball Corporation Web site:
http://www.ball.com/
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