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Ball Selected for Key Social Responsibility Index

Tuesday 26. May 2009 - Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has been selected for inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series. The index is designed to facilitate investment in companies that meet globally recognized corporate responsibility standards.

Companies in the FTSE4Good Index Series have met stringent social and environmental criteria, and are positioned to capitalize on the benefits of responsible business practice. To be included to the index, Ball was independently assessed and met the stringent social and environmental criteria of FTSE4Good.

“Social responsibility and sustainability offer opportunities to public companies to prosper while creating economic, social and environmental value,” said R. David Hoover, Ball’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “The inclusion of Ball in the FTSE4Good Index Series offers investors a means to evaluate our company as a socially responsible investment.”

The index was created by the global index company FTSE Group, based in the United Kingdom. To learn more about the FTSE4Good Index Series, go to http://www.ftse.com/Indices/FTSE4Good_Index_Series.