8-K: Current report filing
Published on July 24, 2008
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
July 24,
2008
(Date of
earliest event reported)
BALL
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Indiana
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1-7349
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35-0160610
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(State
of
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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Incorporation)
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File
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Identification
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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)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Ball
Corporation
Current
Report on Form 8-K
Dated
July 24, 2008
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Item 2.02.
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Results
of Operations and Financial
Condition.
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On
July 24, 2008, Ball Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release
announcing its second quarter earnings for 2008, which results are set forth in
the press release dated July 24, 2008, and attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
Earnings
information regarding the second quarter for 2008, as well as information
regarding the use of non-GAAP financial measures, are set forth in the attached
press release.
The
information in this Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the
“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall
not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference in such filing.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits.
The
following is furnished as an exhibit to this report:
Exhibit
99.1 Ball
Corporation Press Release dated July 24, 2008.
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SIGNATURE
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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.
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BALL
CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/
Raymond J. Seabrook
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Name:
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Raymond J.
Seabrook
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Date: July 24,
2008
Ball
Corporation
Form
8-K
July 24,
2008
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Description
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Exhibit
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Press
Release dated July 24, 2008.
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99.1
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