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

                                                           February 28, 2003
                                                   (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) 469-3131
                                         (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 February 28, 2003

Regulation FD Disclosure

Ball Corporation had posted on its external web site for a period of less than 24 hours on February 27 and 28, 2003, charts that
contained certain company information.

Information posted on the web site included a chart projecting 2003 earnings per diluted share approximately 4% higher than the
$3.60 per diluted share the company said in its earnings release of January 29, 2003, that it expects to exceed for 2003.
Another chart contained information that the company has estimated, for planning purposes, 2003 earnings before interest and
taxes of $458 million, or an increase of $149 million over 2002 results.  Much of the projected increase was attributed to the
addition of a European beverage can business, acquired on December 19, 2002.

The company reiterated its previously disclosed estimate of 2003 earnings per diluted share of more than $3.60.



Limitation of Incorporation by Reference

In accordance with general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the
liability of that section.






                                                               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: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Date: February 28, 2003






                                                            Ball Corporation
                                                                Form 8-K
                                                           February 28, 2003


                                EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 Description                                                        Exhibit

Cautionary statement for purposes of the "safe harbor" provisions of the                              99.1
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended.

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

                                                      Forward-Looking Statements


The information in this Form 8-K contains "forward-looking" statements.  Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from
those expressed or implied.  As time passes, the relevance and accuracy of forward-looking statements contained in this release
may change.  The Company currently does not intend to update any particular forward-looking statement except, as it deems
necessary at quarterly or annual release of earnings.  Please refer to the Form 10-Q filed by Ball Corporation on
November 14, 2002, for a summary of key risk factors that could affect actual results or outcomes.  Factors that might affect
the Packaging segments or business of the Company are:  fluctuation in consumer and customer demand; competitive packaging
material availability, pricing and substitution; the weather; fruit, vegetable and fishing yields; company and industry
productive capacity and competitive activity; lack of productivity improvement or production cost reductions; regulatory
action or laws, the German mandatory deposit or other restrictive packaging legislation, such as recycling laws; availability
and cost of raw materials, energy and transportation; the ability or inability to pass on to customers changes in these costs,
particularly resin, steel and aluminum; pricing and ability or inability to sell scrap; and international business risks
(including foreign exchange rates) particularly in the United States, Europe and in developing countries such as China and Brazil.
Factors that may affect the Aerospace segment or business are:  funding, authorization and availability of government contracts
and the nature and continuation of those contracts; and technical uncertainty associated with Aerospace segment contracts.
Factors that could affect the Company as a whole include those listed plus:  successful and unsuccessful acquisitions, joint
ventures or divestitures and the integration activities associated therewith including the integration and operation of the
business of Schmalbach-Lubeca AG, now known as Ball Packaging Europe; the inability to purchase the Company's common stock;
regulatory action or laws including those related to corporate governance and financial reporting, regulations and standards,
business consolidation investment costs and the net realizable value of assets associated with the Company's activities; goodwill
impairment; changes in generally accepted accounting principles or their interpretation; litigation; antitrust, intellectual
property, consumer and other issues; strikes; boycotts; increases in various employee benefits and labor costs, specifically
pension, medical and health care costs incurred in the countries in which Ball has operations; rates of return projected and
earned on assets of the company's defined benefit retirement plans; interest rates and level of company debt; terrorist
activities, war or catastrophic events; and U.S. and foreign economic conditions.