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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

April 8, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)

BALL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Indiana
  
1-7349
  
35-0160610
  
 
(State of
  
(Commission
  
(IRS Employer
  
 
Incorporation)
  
File No.)
  
Identification No.)
  

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)


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Ball Corporation
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated April 13, 2009

Item 2.05.
Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

On April 8, 2009, the Company issued a press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the closure of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic packaging plants in Baldwinsville, New York, and in Watertown, Wisconsin.  As a result of the closures, an after-tax charge of approximately $14.6 million will be recorded in the company’s second quarter results.  The charges include $3.8 million for personnel costs, $5.8 million related to the termination of the lease at Baldwinsville and the sale of the Watertown facility, $3.9 million for the termination of an electricity contract and $10.5 million primarily related to accelerated depreciation and the cost of installing equipment in alternative plants.  These charges will be offset by tax recoveries of approximately $9.4 million.  Cost reductions associated with these plant closings are expected to be approximately $12 million annually beginning in 2010.

Item 9.01.
Exhibits.

(d)         Exhibits.

The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report:

Exhibit 99.1  Ball Corporation Press Release dated April 8, 2009.


 
 
 


 
SIGNATURE
  


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.

 
BALL CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
 
By:
/s/ Raymond J. Seabrook
   
Name:
Raymond J. Seabrook
   
Title:
Executive Vice President and
     
Chief Financial Officer



Date:    April 13, 2009
 
 


 
 
 

Ball Corporation
Form 8-K
April 13, 2009


EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Description
  
Exhibit
     
Press Release dated April 8, 2009.
  
99.1