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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FRIEDERY JOHN R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BALL CORP [BLL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) COO, N. American Packaging (Last) (First) (Middle) BALL CORPORATION, 10 LONGS PEAK DR. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/17/2004 (Street) BROOMFIELD, CO 80021-2510 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Prepaid Variable Forward Contract

(1)

11/17/2004

J(1)

35,000 (1)

11/16/2007(1)

11/16/2007

Common Stock

35,000

(1)

35,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FRIEDERY JOHN R BALL CORPORATION 10 LONGS PEAK DR. BROOMFIELD, CO 80021-2510			COO, N. American Packaging

Signatures

By: Charles E. Baker, GenCounsel&AsstCorpSec For: John R. Friedery		11/18/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On 11-17-04, John R. Friedery entered into a prepaid variable forward contract (Contract) with a broker/dealer (Buyer) for disposition of 35,000 shares of Ball Corp Common Stock (Ball Shares). Contract obligates Mr. Friedery to deliver to Buyer on 11-16-07 (Settlement Date) a number of Ball Shares equal to $1,504,650 (currently 35,000 Ball Shares @$42.99). In exchange Mr. Friedery initially receives a portion of the settlement price. The number of Ball Shares to be sold by Mr. Friedery under Contract will be 35,000 base amount & will depend on whether the ceiling price is above floor price. To fulfill the Contract, Ball Shares have been delivered to Buyer but will not be sold until 11-16-07. At Mr. Friedery's option he may deliver cash equivalent to value of required number of Ball Shares to be delivered on Settlement Date.
Remarks: Total number of Common Shares directly owned includes shares acquired through participation in the Ball Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Total number of 401(k) Plan shares includes shares acquired through periodic dividend reinvestment and employer matching contributions.

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