EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on October 28, 2005
Exhibit 24
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, Raymond J. Seabrook, and Douglas K. Bradford, 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-3 Registration Statement of
the
Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to sign any amendment
or
amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
S-3
Registration Statement in the matter of the Corporation’s 2005 Stock and Cash
Incentive Plan, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents
and attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Dated:
October 28, 2005
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/s/
R. David Hoover
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/s/
Howard M. Dean
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R.
David Hoover
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Officer
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Howard
M. Dean
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Director
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/s/
Raymond J. Seabrook
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/s/
Hanno C. Fiedler
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Raymond
J. Seabrook
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Officer
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Hanno
C. Fiedler
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Director
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/s/
Douglas K. Bradford
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/s/
R. David Hoover
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Douglas
K. Bradford
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Officer
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R.
David Hoover
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Chairman
of the Board
and
Director
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/s/
John F. Lehman
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John
F. Lehman
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Director
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/s/
Jan Nicholson
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Jan
Nicholson
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Director
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/s/
George M. Smart
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George
M. Smart
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Director
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/s/
George A. Sissel
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George
A. Sissel
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Director
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/s/
Theodore M. Solso
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Theodore
M. Solso
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Director
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/s/
Stuart A. Taylor II
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Stuart
A. Taylor II
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Director
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/s/
Erik H. van der Kaay
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Erik
H. van der Kaay
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Director
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