WESTMINSTER, Colo.,
Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball
Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) board of directors (the "Board") today
declared a cash dividend of 20 cents
per share, payable March 15, 2022, to
shareholders of record as of March 1,
2022.
In addition, following a review of the company's governance
profile, the Board has amended the company's bylaws (1) to opt out
of the classified board structure required by the Indiana Business
Corporation Law, (2) to permit shareholders to amend the bylaws,
and (3) to increase the retirement age for directors to 75 years of
age from 72 years of age. In line with these changes, the Board
intends to recommend the company's shareholders approve amendments
to the company's articles of incorporation to declassify the Board
and to expressly permit shareholders to amend the bylaws at the
company's 2022 shareholders' meeting.
Ball will announce its fourth quarter 2021 earnings on
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Conference
call details are below.
Conference Call Details
Ball Corporation (NYSE:
BLL) will announce its fourth quarter 2021 earnings on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at 9 a.m. Mountain time (11
a.m. Eastern). The North American toll-free number for the
call is 877-256-3243. International callers should dial +1
212-231-2919. Please use the following URL for a webcast of the
live call:
https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/vurbtc23
For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped replay will
be available from 11 a.m. Mountain
time on Jan. 27, 2022, until
11 a.m. Mountain time on February 3, 2022. To access the replay, call
800-633-8284 (North American callers) or +1 402-977-9140
(international callers) and use reservation number 22002488. A
written transcript of the call will be posted within 48 hours of
the call's conclusion to Ball's website at www.ball.com/investors
under "news and presentations."
About Ball Corporation Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage,
personal care and household products customers, as well as
aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the
U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
21,500 people worldwide and reported 2020 net sales of $11.8
billion. For more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect
with us on Facebook or Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking" statements concerning
future events and financial performance. Words such as "expects,"
"anticipates," "estimates," "believes," and similar expressions
typically identify forward-looking statements, which are generally
any statements other than statements of historical fact. Such
statements are based on current expectations or views of the future
and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed
or implied. You should therefore not place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements and they should be read in conjunction
with, and qualified in their entirety by, the cautionary statements
referenced below. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Key factors,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be different are summarized in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99 in our
Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at www.sec.gov.
Additional factors that might affect: a) our packaging segments
include product capacity, supply, and demand constraints and
fluctuations and changes in consumption patterns; availability/cost
of raw materials, equipment, and logistics; competitive packaging,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; footprint
adjustments and other manufacturing changes, including the startup
of new facilities and lines; failure to achieve synergies,
productivity improvements or cost reductions; unfavorable mandatory
deposit or packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation;
power and supply chain interruptions; changes in major customer or
supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier;
inability to pass through increased costs; political instability
and sanctions; currency controls; changes in foreign exchange or
tax rates; and tariffs, trade actions, or other governmental
actions, including business restrictions and shelter-in-place
orders in any country or jurisdiction affecting goods produced by
us or in our supply chain, including imported raw materials; b) our
aerospace segment include funding, authorization, availability and
returns of government and commercial contracts; and delays,
extensions and technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts;
c) the company as a whole include those listed above plus: the
extent to which sustainability-related opportunities arise and can
be capitalized upon; changes in senior management, succession, and
the ability to attract and retain skilled labor; regulatory actions
or issues including those related to tax, ESG reporting,
competition, environmental, health and workplace safety, including
U.S. FDA and other actions or public concerns affecting products
filled in our containers, or chemicals or substances used in raw
materials or in the manufacturing process; technological
developments and innovations; the ability to manage cyber threats;
litigation; strikes; disease; pandemic; labor cost changes;
inflation; rates of return on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; pension changes; uncertainties
surrounding geopolitical events and governmental policies,
including policies, orders, and actions related to COVID-19;
reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting our debt; and
successful or unsuccessful joint ventures, acquisitions and
divestitures, and their effects on our operating results and
business generally.
Important Additional Information Regarding Proxy
Solicitation
The company intends to file a proxy statement and accompanying
proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the
company's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders (the "Proxy
Statement" and such meeting the "2022 Annual Meeting"). The
company, its directors and certain of its executive officers will
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in
respect of the 2022 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names
of the company's directors and executive officers and their
respective interests in the company by security holdings or
otherwise is set forth in the company's proxy statement for the
2021 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the SEC on
March 15, 2021 (the "2021 Proxy
Statement"). To the extent holdings of such participants in the
company's securities have changed since the amounts described in
the 2021 Proxy Statement, such changes have been reflected on
Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements
of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional
information can also be found in the company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2020, filed with the SEC on February
17, 2021. Details concerning the company's nominees for
election to the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting will be included
in the Proxy Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION,
INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING
THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTS THERETO BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. These documents, including the definitive Proxy
Statement (and any amendments or supplements thereto) and other
documents filed by the Company with the SEC, are available for no
charge at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and on
the company's website at www.ball.com/investors.
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