WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 27,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) board of directors today declared a
cash dividend of 20 cents per share,
payable June 15, 2022, to
shareholders of record as of June 1,
2022. In addition, the company today announced that it is
changing its ticker symbol to BALL, effective at the start of
trading on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
Since the company's initial public offering in 1972, Ball stock
has traded under the ticker symbol BLL—four letter ticker symbols
were previously unavailable. To celebrate our 50th
anniversary as a public company and to ensure the BALL ticker
represents our 142-year old company, we are excited to change our
ticker effective May 10. The
transition will be seamless and coordinated through the New York
Stock Exchange and the company's shareholder recordkeeper and
transfer agent, Computershare.
Ball will announce its first quarter 2022 earnings on
Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Conference call details are below.
Conference Call Details
Ball Corporation will announce
its first quarter 2022 earnings on Thursday,
May 5, 2022, before trading begins on the New York Stock
Exchange. At 9 a.m. Mountain time on
that day (11 a.m. Eastern time), Ball
will hold its regular quarterly conference call on the company's
results and performance. The North American toll-free number for
the call is 800-897-4035. International callers should dial +1
212-231-2908. Please use the following URL for a webcast of the
live call:
https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/6i49rc3v
For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped replay will
be available from 11 a.m. Mountain
time on May 5, 2022, until
11 a.m. Mountain time on May 12, 2022. To access the replay, call
800-633-8284 (North American callers) or +1 402-977-9140
(international callers) and use reservation number 22016586. 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/investors under "news and
presentations."
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage,
personal care and household products for customers, as well as
aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the
U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
24,300 people worldwide and reported 2021 net sales of $13.8 billion. For more information, visit
www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
"forward-looking" statements concerning future events and financial
performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates,"
"believes," and similar expressions typically identify
forward-looking statements, which are generally any statements
other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based
on current expectations or views of the future and are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from those expressed or implied. You should
therefore not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements and they should be read in conjunction with, and
qualified in their entirety by, the cautionary statements
referenced below. 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 factors,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be different are summarized in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99 in our
Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at www.sec.gov.
Additional factors that might affect: a) our packaging segments
include product capacity, supply, and demand constraints and
fluctuations and changes in consumption patterns; availability/cost
of raw materials, equipment, and logistics; competitive packaging,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; footprint
adjustments and other manufacturing changes, including the startup
of new facilities and lines; failure to achieve synergies,
productivity improvements or cost reductions; unfavorable mandatory
deposit or packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation;
power and supply chain interruptions; changes in major customer or
supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier;
inability to pass through increased costs; war, political
instability and sanctions, including relating to the situation in
Russia and Ukraine and its impact on our supply chain and
our ability to operate in Russia
and the EMEA region generally; changes in foreign exchange or tax
rates; and tariffs, trade actions, or other governmental actions,
including business restrictions and shelter-in-place orders in any
country or jurisdiction affecting goods produced by us or in our
supply chain, including imported raw materials; b) our aerospace
segment include funding, authorization, availability and returns of
government and commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and
technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts; c) the Company
as a whole include those listed above plus: the extent to which
sustainability-related opportunities arise and can be capitalized
upon; changes in senior management, succession, and the ability to
attract and retain skilled labor; regulatory actions or issues
including those related to tax, ESG reporting, competition,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions or public concerns affecting products filled in our
containers, or chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in
the manufacturing process; technological developments and
innovations; the ability to manage cyber threats; litigation;
strikes; disease; pandemic; labor cost changes; inflation; rates of
return on assets of the Company's defined benefit retirement plans;
pension changes; uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and
governmental policies, including policies, orders, and actions
related to COVID-19; reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting
our debt; and successful or unsuccessful joint ventures,
acquisitions and divestitures, and their effects on our operating
results and business generally.
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