BALL CORPORATION
10 Longs Peak Drive, Broomfield, Colorado 80021-2510
PROXY STATEMENT
March 9, 2012
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual
Shareholder Meeting to be Held on Wednesday, April 25, 2012:
The Proxy Statement, Form 10-K and Annual Report are Available at
http://materials.proxyvote.com/058498
To Shareholders of Ball Corporation:
This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy are furnished to shareholders in connection with the solicita-
tion by the Board of Directors of Ball Corporation (the ``Corporation'' or ``Ball'') of proxies to be voted at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders (the ``Annual Meeting'') to be held April 25, 2012, for the purposes stated in the accompanying
notice of the meeting. We are first furnishing and making available to shareholders the proxy materials on March 9,
2012.
Please submit your proxy as soon as possible so that your shares can be voted at the meeting. All properly
completed proxies submitted by telephone or Internet, and all properly executed written proxies returned by share-
holders who request paper copies of the proxy materials, that are delivered pursuant to this solicitation, will be voted at
the meeting in accordance with the directions given in the proxy, unless the proxy is revoked prior to completion of
voting at the meeting. Only holders of record of shares of the Corporation's common stock as of the close of business on
March 1, 2012, the record date for the Annual Meeting, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, or at any
adjournments or postponements of the meeting.
Any Ball Corporation shareholder of record as of March 1, 2012, the record date, desiring to submit a proxy by
telephone or via the Internet will be required to enter the unique voter control number imprinted on the Ball
Corporation proxy, and therefore should have the proxy for reference when initiating the process.
· To submit your proxy by telephone, call 1-800-690-6903 on a touch-tone telephone and follow the menu
instructions provided. There is no charge for this call.
· To submit your proxy over the Internet, log on to the Web site www.proxyvote.com and follow the instructions
provided.
Similar instructions are included on the enclosed proxy.
A shareholder of record of the Corporation may revoke a proxy in writing at any time prior to the meeting by
sending written notice of revocation to the Corporate Secretary; by voting again by telephone; by voting via the
Internet; by voting in writing if you requested your materials in paper copy; or by voting in person at the meeting.
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