Ball to Announce Fourth Quarter Earnings on Jan. 27
December 27 2004 - 5:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
Ball to Announce Fourth Quarter Earnings on Jan. 27 BROOMFIELD,
Colo., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation
(NYSE:BLL) will announce its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday,
Jan. 27, 2005, 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
888-391-0235. International callers should dial 646-862-1155. For
those unable to listen to the live call, a taped rebroadcast will
be available until 11 p.m. Mountain Time on Feb. 3, 2005. To access
the rebroadcast, dial 800-633-8284 (domestic callers) or
+1-402-977-9140 (international callers) and enter 21219416 as the
reservation number. To listen to the call via Web cast, please use
the following URL for the live call and for replay:
phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=115234&eventID=989918
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 supplier of high-quality
metal and plastic packaging products 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 more than
13,000 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; availability and cost of raw materials,
particularly resin, steel, aluminum and energy, and the ability to
pass on to customers changes in these costs; 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; changes in major
customer contracts or the loss of a major customer; international
business risks, such as foreign exchange rates, tax rates and
activities of foreign subsidiaries; 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; governmental investigations; 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.ball.com/
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