EX-12
Published on March 2, 2017
Exhibit 12
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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					 Earnings before taxes  | 
				
					 
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					 $  | 
				124 | 
					 
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				346 | 
					 
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				645 | 
					 
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					 $  | 
				583 | 
					 
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					 $  | 
				596 | 
					 
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					 Interest expensed and capitalized (a)  | 
				
					 
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				349 | 
					 
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				272 | 
					 
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				198 | 
					 
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				216 | 
					 
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				201 | 
					 
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					 Interest expense within rent  | 
				
					 
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				18 | 
					 
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				21 | 
					 
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				26 | 
					 
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				24 | 
					 
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				23 | 
					 
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					 Amortization of capitalized interest  | 
				
					 
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				3 | 
					 
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				4 | 
					 
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				3 | 
					 
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				5 | 
					 
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				4 | 
					 
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					 Distributed income of equity investees  | 
				
					 
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				2 | 
					 
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				2 | 
					 
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				1 | 
					 
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				2 | 
					 
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				1 | 
					 
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					 Less:  | 
				
					 
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					 Interest capitalized  | 
				
					 
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				(11) | 
					 
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				(13) | 
					 
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				(5) | 
					 
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				(4) | 
					 
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				(6.0) | 
					 
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					 Adjusted earnings  | 
				
					 
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					 $  | 
				485 | 
					 
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				632 | 
					 
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				868 | 
					 
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				826 | 
					 
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				819 | 
					 
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					 Fixed charges (b)  | 
				
					 
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				367 | 
					 
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				293 | 
					 
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				224 | 
					 
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				239 | 
					 
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				224 | 
					 
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					 Ratio of earnings to fixed charges  | 
				
					 
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					 1.3x  | 
				
					 
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					 2.2x  | 
				
					 
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					 3.9x  | 
				
					 
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					 3.4x  | 
				
					 
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					 3.7x  | 
				
					 
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			 (a)  | 
			 Amounts do not include interest for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions.  | 
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			 (b)  | 
			 Fixed charges include interest expensed and capitalized as well as interest expense within rent.  | 
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