8-K: Current report filing
Published on August 12, 2002
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 12, 2002
(Date of earliest event reported)
Commission file number 1-7349
BALL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana 1-7349 35-0160610
(State of (Commission (IRS Employer
Incorporation) File No.) Identification No.)
10 Longs Peak Drive, P.O. Box 5000, Broomfield, CO 80021-2510
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(303) 469-3131
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Ball Corporation
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated August 12, 2002
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On June 27, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an Order requiring the filing of sworn statements
pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Order requires the principal financial
officer and the principal executive officer of the Companies to:
(a) file a written statement, under oath, that is in a form prescribed by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including a statement declaring whether or not the contents of that statement have been
reviewed with the company's audit committee, or
(b) file a written statement, under oath, describing the facts and circumstances that would make such a
statement incorrect and declaring whether or not the contents of that statement have been reviewed
with the company's audit committee.
A "covered" report is an Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K, and all definitive proxy materials of the reporting company filed
with the Commission subsequent to the filing of Form 10-K identified in the statement, and any amendments to any of
the foregoing.
On August 9, 2002, R. David Hoover, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ball Corporation
and Raymond J. Seabrook, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ball Corporation, each executed, under
oath, statements in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission Order stating that:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered
by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered
report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
of the date on which it was filed).
Each officer attests that they have reviewed the contents of the statement with the Audit Committee of the Board
of Directors of Ball Corporation. A covered report is defined in the statement to include the Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") on March 28, 2002; all
reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ball Corporation filed with
the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and any amendments to any of the
foregoing through the signature date of the statement.
The statements executed by the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ball Corporation
and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ball Corporation are furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (and not deemed to be filed herewith) and are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
Exhibit 99.2, respectively.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BALL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Raymond J. Seabrook
Name: Raymond J. Seabrook
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Date: August 12, 2002
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries
Form 8-K
August 12, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
Description Exhibit
Sworn Statement by the Principal Executive Officer of Ball Corporation 99.1
Regarding the Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to
Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Sworn Statement by the Principal Financial Officer of Ball Corporation 99.2
Regarding the Order Regarding the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to
Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.