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Fluctuation in customer and consumer growth, demand and preferences, particularly during the months when the demand for metal beverage beer and soft drink cans is heaviest; customer and supplier consolidation, power and supply chain influence; loss of one or more major customers or suppliers or changes to contracts with one or more customers or suppliers; manufacturing overcapacity or under capacity; failure to achieve anticipated productivity improvements or cost reductions including those associated with capital expenditures; changes in climate and weather; crop yields; interest rates affecting our debt; labor strikes and work stoppages; antitrust, intellectual property, consumer and other litigation; level of maintenance and capital expenditures; failure to achieve synergies; capital availability; economic conditions; and acts of war, terrorism or catastrophic events.

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Competition in pricing and the possible decrease in, or loss of, sales or margins resulting therefrom.

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The timing and extent of regulation or deregulation; competition in each line of business; product development and introductions; and technology changes.

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Ball’s ability or inability to have available sufficient production capacity in a timely manner.

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Overcapacity in metal container industry production facilities and its impact on costs, pricing and financial results.

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Regulatory action or federal, state, local or foreign laws, including mandatory deposit or restrictive packaging legislation such as recycling laws.

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Regulatory action or laws including tax, environmental, health and workplace safety, including in respect of climate change, or chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the manufacturing process, particularly concerning Bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical used in the manufacture of epoxy coatings applied to many types of containers (including certain of those products produced by the company).

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Regulations and standards, including changes in generally accepted accounting principles or their interpretation.

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Loss contingencies related to income and other tax matters, including those arising from audits performed by national, state and local tax authorities.

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The availability and cost of raw materials, supplies, power and natural resources needed for the production of metal containers as well as aerospace products.

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Changes in senior management; increases and trends in various employee benefits and labor costs, including pension, medical and health care costs incurred in the countries in which Ball has operations; rates of return projected and earned on assets and discount rates used to measure future obligations and expenses of the company’s defined retirement plans; and changes in the company’s pension plans.

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The ability or inability to pass on to customers changes in raw material cost, particularly steel and aluminum.

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Regional  recessions in various continents or countries, including in Brazil, and their effects on liquidity, credit risk, asset values and the economy; international business and market risks (including foreign exchange rates, currency controls or tax rates); political and economic instability in various markets, including periodic sell-offs on global equity markets; restrictive trade practices of national governments; the imposition of duties, taxes or other government charges by national governments; exchange controls; ongoing uncertainties surrounding sovereign debt of various countries, as well as rating agency downgrades of various governments’ debt; and ongoing uncertainties and other effects surrounding the U.S. government budget, funding, cutbacks and debt limit, as well as any potential government shutdowns or the impact of any threats of such shutdowns.

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Changes in foreign exchange rates of the currencies or currency controls in the countries in which the company and its joint ventures carry on business.

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Undertaking successful and unsuccessful acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures and the integration activities associated with acquisitions and joint ventures, including, with respect to the  Rexam PLC (Rexam) acquisition, or the associated divestiture; ability to achieve cost-out initiatives and synergies; the effect of the acquisition or the divestiture on Ball’s business relationships, operating results and business generally; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Ball related to the acquisition of Rexam, or the associated divestiture.

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The ability or inability to achieve technological and product extensions or new technological and product advances in the company’s businesses.

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Delays, extensions and technical uncertainties, as well as schedules of performance associated with contracts for aerospace products and services, and the success or lack of success of satellite launches and the businesses and governments associated with aerospace products, services and launches.

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The authorization, funding and availability and returns of government contracts and the nature and continuation of those contracts and related services provided thereunder, as well as the delay, cancellation or termination of contracts for the United States government, other customers or other government contractors.

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Actual versus estimated business consolidation and investment exit costs and the estimated net realizable values of assets associated with such activities; and goodwill impairment.

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Changes to unaudited results due to statutory audits of our financial statements or management’s evaluation of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting.