-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TBq2OCWZj9oohatAHBwVlwqFzrdW7IZn5ks5YXz1DEFfhMUctWmN7F6anKX+nZNV m/vTm3jpAWRSPbHVmUCDgg== 0000009389-00-000005.txt : 20000307 0000009389-00-000005.hdr.sgml : 20000307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000009389-00-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000306 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000306 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BALL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000009389 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL CANS [3411] IRS NUMBER: 350160610 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07349 FILM NUMBER: 562110 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 LONGS PEAK DRIVE CITY: BROOMFIELD STATE: CO ZIP: 80021-2510 BUSINESS PHONE: 3034695511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 5000 CITY: BROOMFIELD STATE: CO ZIP: 80038-5000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BALL BROTHERS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19731115 8-K 1 CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K UNITED STATES 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 March 6, 2000 ------------- (Date of earliest event reported) Commission file number 1-7349 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) 469-5511 -------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable -------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Ball Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K Dated March 6, 2000 Item 2. Disposition of Assets Ball Corporation and ConAgra Grocery Products Company, a unit of ConAgra, Inc., announced on February 24, 2000, that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a strategic alliance for the manufacture and supply of metal food containers for ConAgra Grocery Products. The two companies agreed to form a joint venture company called Ball Western Can Company to acquire and operate certain ConAgra Grocery Products can manufacturing assets in California. Additionally, Ball will purchase certain can manufacturing assets now owned and used by the ConAgra Grocery Products plant in Newport, Tennessee. The new joint venture company and Ball will then supply metal food cans and ends under long-term agreements to ConAgra Grocery Products, whose requirements are currently about one billion cans and ends per year. Ball and ConAgra Grocery Products believe that the transaction will be finalized by the end of March 2000. The text of the press release disseminated by the Company on February 24, 2000, is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1. Ball Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K Dated March 6, 2000 EXHIBIT INDEX Description Exhibit Text of Press Release Disseminated by the Registrant on February 24, 2000 (Filed herewith) EX-99.1 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/ R. David Hoover --------------------------------------- Name: R. David Hoover Title: Vice Chairman, President and Chief Financial Officer Date: March 6, 2000 EX-99.1 2 EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 Contacts: Ball Corporation ConAgra Grocery Products Company Scott McCarty Kay Carpenter Broomfield, CO Fullerton, Calif. (303) 460-2103 (714) 680-1144 Ball, ConAgra Grocery Products Agree to Form Strategic Alliance BROOMFIELD, Colo. Feb. 24, 2000 -- Ball Corporation [NYSE:BLL] and ConAgra Grocery Products Company, a unit of ConAgra, Inc. [NYSE: CAG], announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a strategic alliance for the manufacture and supply of metal food containers for ConAgra Grocery Products. Under the alliance, the two companies will form a joint venture company called Ball Western Can Company to acquire and operate certain ConAgra Grocery Products can manufacturing assets in California. Additionally, Ball will purchase certain can manufacturing assets now employed in the ConAgra Grocery Products plant in Newport, Tenn., and relocate them to an existing Ball plant near Knoxville, Tenn. The new joint venture company and Ball then will supply metal food cans and ends under long-term agreements to ConAgra Grocery Products, whose requirements are currently about one billion cans and ends per year. Ball and ConAgra Grocery Products said they expect to have the transaction finalized by the end of March. ConAgra Grocery Products Company manufactures and markets such well-known brand names as Hunt's tomato products; Wesson oils; Orville Redenbacher's Popping Corn; Swiss Miss puddings and cocoas; Knott's jams, jellies and preserves; Peter Pan Peanut Butter; Rosarita Mexican Foods; Van Camp's Beans; and Healthy Choice soup and pasta sauce to name a few. ConAgra Grocery Products is an operating company of ConAgra, Inc., a $25 billion multi-national company that is the world's second largest food conglomerate. Ball Corporation produces rigid metal and plastic packaging products, primarily for foods and beverages, and supplies aerospace and other technologies to government and commercial customers. The company reported 1999 sales of $3.6 billion. -- end -- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----