BALL Corp — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 2, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BALL CORP (BLL)
CIK: 0000009389
Period of Report: 2010-03-02

Reporting Person: HOOVER R DAVID (Director, CHAIRMAN & C.E.O. BALL CORP.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-02	Common Stock	M	6761	$8.2657	Acquired	241220.4707	Direct
2010-03-02	Common Stock	S	6761	$54.5385	Disposed	234459.4707	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-03-02	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.2657	M	6761	Disposed	2010-04-25	Common Stock (6761)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3600.012	Indirect
Common Stock	146246	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of Stock Options.

F2: Regular sale.

F3: Total number of 401(k) Plan shares includes shares acquired through periodic dividend reinvestment, participant's contributions and employer matching contributions.

F4: The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities in the Suzanne A. Hoover Trust.

F5: Shares exercisable beginning one year after grant in 25% increments and thereafter annually upon the anniversary of the date of the grant of the stock option.