Margarita Ice Introduces New Tropical Flavors in 12-ounce Plastic Bottle From Ball BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Margarita Ice and Ball Corporation have teamed up to offer four new Margarita Ice flavors in a no-break 12-ounce plastic bottle. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/LAW025) The new Margarita Ice flavors -- Margarita Lite Ice, Strawberry, Peach and Mango -- add a tropical twist to the flavored malt beverage category. They are already available in the new plastic bottle in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and will be introduced nationally by the end of July. "Margarita Ice is the one and only margarita flavored beer, and now it is available in a bottle that can be taken almost anywhere, such as the pool, the beach and out on the boat," said Mike Ricketts, national sales manager for Margarita Ice. Ball's plastic bottle provides a six-month shelf life using the company's proprietary Amazon HM technology. To find out more about Margarita Ice, please contact Mike Ricketts at 469-467-8786 or go to the company's Web site at http://www.margaritaice.com/. To find out more about Ball Corporation and its innovative plastic and metal packages, customers should contact Bob Tettero at 303-460-5579. 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 sophisticated sensors, spacecraft, systems and components for the government and commercial space 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/LAW025 DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT: Customer, Bob Tettero, +1-303-460-5579, , Investors, Ann Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or Media, Scott McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , all of Ball Corporation Web site: http://www.margaritaice.com/ Web site: http://www.ball.com/

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