EXHIBIT 24.1
Published on June 7, 2001
Exhibit 24.1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and appoint R. David Hoover, Albert R. Schlesinger, and Raymond J. Seabrook, and any one or all of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation the S-8 Registration Statement of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Exchange Act of 1993, as amended, and to sign any amendment or amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such S-8 Registration Statement in the matter of the Ball Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized. Dated: June 7, 2001 /s/ Raymond J. Seabrook /s/ Frank A. Bracken - --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Raymond J. Seabrook Officer Frank A. Bracken Director /s/ Albert R. Schlesinger /s/ Howard M. Dean - --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Albert R. Schlesinger Officer Howard M. Dean Director /s/ George A. Sissel /s/ John T. Hackett - --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- George A. Sissel Officer John T. Hackett Director /s/ R. David Hoover --------------------------------------------------- R. David Hoover Director /s/ John F. Lehman --------------------------------------------------- John F. Lehman Director /s/ Ruel C. Mercure, Jr. --------------------------------------------------- Ruel C. Mercure, Jr. Director /s/ Jan Nicholson --------------------------------------------------- Jan Nicholson Director /s/ George A. Sissel --------------------------------------------------- George A. Sissel Director /s/ William P. Stiritz --------------------------------------------------- William P. Stiritz Director /s/ Stuart A. Taylor II --------------------------------------------------- Stuart A. Taylor II Director