EX. 99.2 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DEL.-SENIOR NOTES
Published on November 5, 1998
EXHIBIT 99.2
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
BALL CORPORATION
OFFER TO EXCHANGE ITS
SERIES B 7 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2006
FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
SERIES A 7 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2006
PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED , 1998
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this
form, must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i)
certificates for the Company's Series A 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2006 (the
"Outstanding Notes") are not immediately available, (ii) Outstanding Notes, the
Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents cannot be delivered to
The Bank of New York (the "Exchange Agent") on or prior to the Expiration Date
or (iii) the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed
on a timely basis. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand,
overnight courier or mail, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, to the
Exchange Agent. See "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering Outstanding
Notes" in the Prospectus. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed
delivery procedure to tender Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a
completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal relating to the Outstanding
Notes (or facsimile thereof) must also be received by the Exchange Agent on or
prior to the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.
THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 7E
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Reorganization Section
BY HAND OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Corporate Trust Services Window
Grand Level
Attention: Reorganization Section
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS
(ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY)
(212) 571-3080
TO CONFIRM BY TELEPHONE
OR FOR INFORMATION CALL:
(212) 815-6333
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DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS
SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA
FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID
DELIVERY.
THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE
SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE
GUARANTEED BY AN "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE
SIGNATURE BOX ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation
(the "Company"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Prospectus dated , 1998 (as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, the "Prospectus"), and the related Letter of Transmittal
(which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"), receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes set forth
below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering Outstanding
Notes."
Certificate No(s) (if available):_______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
$ ______________________________________________________________________________
(Total Principal Amount Represented by Outstanding Notes Certificate(s))
If Outstanding Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer, provide the
following information:
DTC Account Number:_____________________________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________________________________________
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* Must be in integral multiples of $1,000.
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All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the
death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned
hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors
and assigns of the undersigned.
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PLEASE SIGN HERE
Area Code and Telephone Number: ________________________________________________
Must be signed by the holder(s) of the Outstanding Notes as their name(s)
appear(s) on certificates for Outstanding Notes or on a security position
listing, or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by
endorsement and documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian,
attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or
representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below
and, unless waived by the Company, provide proper evidence satisfactory to the
Company of such person's authority to so act.
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PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as an "eligible guarantor
instruction," including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a
broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, government securities broker or
government securities dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities
exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings
association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association (each of
the foregoing being referred to as an "Eligible Institution"), hereby guarantees
to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above,
either the Outstanding Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer, or
confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Outstanding Notes to the
Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), pursuant to
the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either
case together with one or more properly completed and duly executed Letter(s) of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other required documents within three
New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of this Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery.
The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Letter(s) of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and the Outstanding Notes tendered hereby to
the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and that failure to do
so could result in a financial loss to the undersigned.
Area Code and Telephone Number: _________________________ Date: _______________
NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR OUTSTANDING NOTES WITH THIS FORM.
CERTIFICATES FOR ORIGINAL NOTES SHOULD ONLY BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL.
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