ranged from $20 million to $30 million. The PRP group offered a $5.5 million settlement to resolve the USEPA
claim of $16 million for past costs at the SRSNE site. PRP/USEPA negotiations to resolve the past cost claims from
the USEPA have not been resolved and are not being actively pursued by the PRP group. A natural resources
damage claim of approximately $4.5 million is anticipated. USEPA gave final approval for a $29 million
remediation plan for the site on October 11, 2005. The cost of the site remedy is now expected to be approximately
$82 million. The company will be responsible for approximately 0.00109 percent of the future site costs. Based on
the information available to the company at the present time, the company does not believe that this matter will have
a material adverse effect upon the liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
On December 30, 2002, the company received a 104(e) letter from the USEPA pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) requesting answers to certain questions
regarding the waste disposal practices of Heekin Can Company and the relationship between the company and
Heekin Can Company. Region 5 of the USEPA is involved in the cleanup of the Jackson Brothers Paint Company
site, which consists of four, and possibly five, sites in and around Laurel, Indiana. The Jackson Brothers Paint
Company apparently disposed of drums of waste in those sites during the 1960s and 1970s. The USEPA has alleged
that some of the waste that has been uncovered was sent to the sites from the Cincinnati plant operated by Heekin
Can Company. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management referred this matter to the USEPA for
removal of the drums and cleanup. At the present time, there are an undetermined number of drums at one or more
of the sites that have been initially identified by the USEPA as originating from Heekin Can Company. The USEPA
has sent 104(e) letters to seven PRPs including Heekin Can Company. On January 30, 2003, the company
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responded to the request for information pursuant to Section 104(e) of CERCLA. The USEPA has initially
estimated cleanup costs to be between $4 million and $5 million. Based on the information available to the company
at the present time, the company does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect upon the
liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
Europe
In January 2003 the German government passed legislation that imposed a mandatory deposit of 25 eurocents on all
one-way packages containing beverages except milk, wine, fruit juices and certain alcoholic beverages. Ball
Packaging Europe GmbH (BPE), together with certain other plaintiffs, contested the enactment of the mandatory
deposit for non-returnable containers based on the German Packaging Regulation (Verpackungsverordnung) in
Federal and State Administrative Court. All other proceedings have been terminated except for the determination of
minimal court fees that are still outstanding in some cases, together with minimal ancillary legal fees. The relevant
industries, including BPE and its competitors, have successfully set up a Germany-wide return system for one-way
beverage containers, which has been operational since May 1, 2006, the date required under the deposit legislation.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no matters submitted to the security holders during the fourth quarter of 2007.
Part II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters
Ball Corporation common stock (BLL) is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange.
There were 5,424 common shareholders of record on February 3, 2008.
Common Stock Repurchases
The following table summarizes the company’s repurchases of its common stock during the quarter ended
December 31, 2007.
Purchases of Securities

October 1 to October 28, 2007
October 29 to November 25,
2007
November 26 to December 31,
2007
Total

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased(a)

Average Price
Paid per Share

Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs