Exhibit 24.1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and
officers of Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and
appoint R. David Hoover, Albert R. Schlesinger, and George A. Sissel, and any
one or all of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the
undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact,
and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their
respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation the S-8
Registration Statement of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Exchange Act of
1993, as amended, and to sign any amendment or amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such S-8 Registration Statement
in the matter of the Ball Corporation 2000 Deferred Compensation Company Stock
Plan and the Ball Corporation 2001 Deferred Compensation Plan, hereby ratifying
and confirming all acts taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact or any one of
them, as herein authorized.
Dated: December 14, 2000
/s/ R. David Hoover /s/ Frank A. Bracken
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R. David Hoover Officer Frank A. Bracken Director
/s/ Albert R. Schlesinger /s/ Howard M. Dean
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Albert R. Schlesinger Officer Howard M. Dean Director
/s/ George A. Sissel /s/ John T. Hackett
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George A. Sissel Officer John T. Hackett Director
/s/ R. David Hoover
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R. David Hoover Director
/s/ John F. Lehman
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John F. Lehman Director
/s/ Ruel C. Mercure, Jr.
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Ruel C. Mercure, Jr. Director
/s/ Jan Nicholson
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Jan Nicholson Director
/s/ George A. Sissel
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George A. Sissel Director
/s/ William P. Stiritz
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William P. Stiritz Director
/s/ Stuart A. Taylor II
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Stuart A. Taylor II Director
